TwinTurbo
Footballguy
After 6 weeks, this team looks decent and you were able to steal Gronk at 2.09. What is your record and were you able to add any depth at WR on the wire?
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2016 "How did I do" Thread (1 Viewer)
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Caesar
Footballguy
I am currently sitting at 4-2 after 4 straight wins. not having Gronk the first couple weeks hurt, and I did start him the two weeks he didn't do much, but the team has been gaining ground since starting 0-2. I'm 4th in total points, and only 28 points behind 1st. Putting in a couple bids to bolster the depth on the bench tonight.
I like where I am sitting. One team is 6-0, one is 5-1. They are the 1 and 2 point getters. In fact, only two teams have a worse record than a team with fewer points. Its a pretty balanced league.
That being said, I am not even in the top 500 for the overall main event board, which tells you how balanced the league is. (or how bad our start efficiency is)
Hope to get through to the playoffs and see what happens.
Interesting I just checked my 15 FBG Leagues.. I only had two picks after pick 9 this year and both were the 12 hole.
5 teams out of my 15 from the 12 hole are 1st or 2nd in points. One of mine is leading their league in points and the other is 2nd only 6 points behind, they are 568 and 586 overall at this point... I also had pick 12 on one ME team and that team is coming on now that Bell is back. I am 5th in the league...
Will see how they end up I guess but both look good right now.. I got lucky with D. Johnson falling to me at 12 on one of them.. lol, I also took lewis and Gordon at 4 and 5th rounds. oops
Both are strong at RB though... Against the grain, there is always different ways to win just need to have good middle round picks and savy pickups... Some teams cannot overcome injuries though and I understand that completely...
Brees, Big Ben
D. Johnson, L. Miller, CJ Anderson, Howard, J. White, D. Lewis, Gillisee
M. Jones, J. Maclin, Britt, Snead, Kerley, T. Montgomery
Gates, Walford, L. Green
Gostkowski, Seattle
Luck, Kaepernick
L. Bell, Gordon, Howard, T. Coleman, Hyde, AP
Dez, G. Tate, Meredith, Kerely, Adams, T. Williams, T. Sharpe
Olsen, Eifert
Seattle, Buffalo, Gostkowski
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rustycolts
Footballguy
What does everyone need this last week in regular season play?Personally I need to outscore one team who is one point behind me I have 1492 to his 1491 to qualify for either #2 seed or #4 seed depending on what happens with the team that is #1 rite now.I know the other leading teams can't be to happy as I have a 5-5 record and the team that I'm fighting for either #2 or #4 is 4-6.We could both be in with losing records.
In my other league (only played two,wife said I was a dead man if I played anymore)I am 7-3 if I win I'm in if I lose not so much .
In my other league (only played two,wife said I was a dead man if I played anymore)I am 7-3 if I win I'm in if I lose not so much .
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This place has been soooo quite huh.. Good Luck Rustycolts hope you pull it out...
I had 15 teams this year.. Right now I have 10 in and 5 out... I have 6 1 or 2 seeds locked up so that is good.. Out of the 10 only one has a shot to lose out this last week.. But out of the 5 that are not in I am only out by 12 points and 10 points from getting them in.. Hopefully this last week goes well...
Good Luck to all
Caesar
Footballguy
I am the #1 seed in one league where I started 2-4 and then ran off 4 straight wins, accumulating almost 400 points in the past two weeks. I was in 9th place before the run. Have a 50 point lead on 2nd most points. At 6-4, I have the best record, which is interesting to me.
I am the #2 seed in all three of my other leagues. Have a 100 point lead in one, and am 5-5. I feel pretty confident I will make the playoffs in all 4, but just a matter of seeding.
I am also trying to hold onto the 2 seed in my main event league where I need to lose this week to ensure the #1 seed (who has the highest total points) will take the best record so I can get the #2 seed total points. If I win, he could actually fall to the #2 seed and I would be the number 3 seed most likely. I posted about it in the shark pool, but it was incohenent as hell, and I wasn't even drunk.
I am the #2 seed in all three of my other leagues. Have a 100 point lead in one, and am 5-5. I feel pretty confident I will make the playoffs in all 4, but just a matter of seeding.
I am also trying to hold onto the 2 seed in my main event league where I need to lose this week to ensure the #1 seed (who has the highest total points) will take the best record so I can get the #2 seed total points. If I win, he could actually fall to the #2 seed and I would be the number 3 seed most likely. I posted about it in the shark pool, but it was incohenent as hell, and I wasn't even drunk.
rustycolts
Footballguy
Good luck to you guys as well.Team I am in points race lead with has Brees,Ginn and Cooks going tonight.So tonights game is going to be real interesting.I'm sure that I somehow will snatch defeat out of the jaws of victory,anyway best of luck to you guys.
Did that 3 years ago with a team here... I lost on purpose to get the 4th seed instead of the 2nd or 3rd because the first seed had two best players on a bye for the first week of playoffs... Sometimes you have to do it.. I ended up winning the league and then winning the whole thing so it was meant to be..
Good Luck
I have one monster team over there too... Only did 6 and have 4 looking great there.. Seems to be the theme that we all have one real good one there.. Here is my team moving forward..
Stafford, Prescott
L. Bell, E. Elliot, M. Gordon, J Ajayi, C. Michael, B. Powell, T. West
Moncrief, Tate, J. Mathews, Britt, C. Patterson
Kelce, Henry
Bills, SD Hopkins, Vinatieri
Running backs are great, will need to start the two right recievers each week.. Hoping for Tate to finish with some monsters...
I am in the same boat on figuring out who to start each week with my best team at RT:
I have the following team:
Kaepernick, Palmer
D Murray, M Gordon, Crowell, Tevin Coleman (will be nice to have him back soon), Williams
Antonio Brown, Jordy, TY Hilton, Crabtree, Sanders, Tyrell Williams, Woods, Roberts, Hogan (probably need to drop 1 for a RB but love this group)
Fiedorowicz, Tye
Santos, NYG
I have the following team:
Kaepernick, Palmer
D Murray, M Gordon, Crowell, Tevin Coleman (will be nice to have him back soon), Williams
Antonio Brown, Jordy, TY Hilton, Crabtree, Sanders, Tyrell Williams, Woods, Roberts, Hogan (probably need to drop 1 for a RB but love this group)
Fiedorowicz, Tye
Santos, NYG
Coots said:
Wow that team is scary. Here's mine..
Mariota, Cousins, Dak
Ware, Howard, Ingram, Coleman, Smallwood
Evans, ARob, Tyrell, Lee, Floyd, Perriman
Walker, Julius, Tye
Gostkowski
NYG, New Eng
Had CJA here, tough loss. Ingram probably next. The Mariota/Walker connection has been gold. Still may not even get in. There are 4 top scoring teams and my record isn't great. The 3 seed going to 2nd total Pts (which I love) may end up screwing me.
CowboysIn15
Footballguy
My playoff team if the season ended now and currently 2nd in points. I'm not quite sure how.
Rodgers, winston
murray, west, Forsett, hunt, Chris Thompson, Cunningham
nelson, ty Williams, ty montgomery, crowder, Jj Nelson, enuwana, gabriel
gronk, witten
arizona, Atlanta
Feeling a little more confident in this one though:
Mariota, Carr, Taylor
Bell, DJohnson, Ware, Perkins, c west, d Lewis
Diggs, Beasley, Edelman, Sanu
Kendricks, Griffin
steelers, Falcons, Saints, 49ers
Rodgers, winston
murray, west, Forsett, hunt, Chris Thompson, Cunningham
nelson, ty Williams, ty montgomery, crowder, Jj Nelson, enuwana, gabriel
gronk, witten
arizona, Atlanta
Feeling a little more confident in this one though:
Mariota, Carr, Taylor
Bell, DJohnson, Ware, Perkins, c west, d Lewis
Diggs, Beasley, Edelman, Sanu
Kendricks, Griffin
steelers, Falcons, Saints, 49ers
CowboysIn15
Footballguy
Looks like my RB heavy team. Hopefully it's a winning strategy.Coots said:
brun
Footballguy
GL to all as you enter the playoffs.
I have one team (of 6) with potential. This team clinched the #1 seed in week 9 with some very lucky scheduling to offset my bad lineup decisions. Like week 6 when I started Forsett over Ware because Riddick and D Washington were out and Charles was active and I somehow convinced myself that Ware's workload would be greatly reduced. Yeah, that's right, Forsett scored 0.50 points while Ware put up 24.3 on my bench and I still won with less than 118 points. Dummy!
Ben Roethlisberger (PIT), Joe Flacco (BAL)
Matt Forte (NYJ), Spencer Ware (KC), Dion Lewis (NE), Duke Johnson (CLE), Dwayne Washington (DET)
Julio Jones (ATL), T.Y. Hilton (IND), Kenny Britt (LA), Allen Hurns (JAC), Will Fuller (HOU), Dorial Green-Beckham (PHI)
Jordan Reed (WAS), Jason Witten (DAL)
Chris Boswell (PIT), Dan Bailey (DAL)
SF Team Defense (SF), KC Team Defense (KC), MIA Team Defense (MIA)
I added Lewis in week 4. He was just dropped and I thought he could be a game changer for me if I made the playoffs. My 1st thought was maybe nobody else would notice or care about the drop and I could get him for just $1. I changed my mind numerous times and eventually talked myself into bidding $257. I was the only bidder.
3 D's are a lot, but I ran thru my FAAB budget too quickly and by week 9 got to the point where meaningful skill position players were beyond my reach. So, I looked for $1 opportunities and felt that SF D (Jets in week 14 & Rams in 16) and Mia D (Rams in week 11 and Jets in 15) could have value.
I have one team (of 6) with potential. This team clinched the #1 seed in week 9 with some very lucky scheduling to offset my bad lineup decisions. Like week 6 when I started Forsett over Ware because Riddick and D Washington were out and Charles was active and I somehow convinced myself that Ware's workload would be greatly reduced. Yeah, that's right, Forsett scored 0.50 points while Ware put up 24.3 on my bench and I still won with less than 118 points. Dummy!
Ben Roethlisberger (PIT), Joe Flacco (BAL)
Matt Forte (NYJ), Spencer Ware (KC), Dion Lewis (NE), Duke Johnson (CLE), Dwayne Washington (DET)
Julio Jones (ATL), T.Y. Hilton (IND), Kenny Britt (LA), Allen Hurns (JAC), Will Fuller (HOU), Dorial Green-Beckham (PHI)
Jordan Reed (WAS), Jason Witten (DAL)
Chris Boswell (PIT), Dan Bailey (DAL)
SF Team Defense (SF), KC Team Defense (KC), MIA Team Defense (MIA)
I added Lewis in week 4. He was just dropped and I thought he could be a game changer for me if I made the playoffs. My 1st thought was maybe nobody else would notice or care about the drop and I could get him for just $1. I changed my mind numerous times and eventually talked myself into bidding $257. I was the only bidder.
3 D's are a lot, but I ran thru my FAAB budget too quickly and by week 9 got to the point where meaningful skill position players were beyond my reach. So, I looked for $1 opportunities and felt that SF D (Jets in week 14 & Rams in 16) and Mia D (Rams in week 11 and Jets in 15) could have value.
rustycolts
Footballguy
Looks like I back into the playoffs as long as Oakland D scores less than 12 and thats on the first place team if he loses I'm eliminated.
rustycolts
Footballguy
I have one team over there as well that should make the playoffs and hopefully go a little farther.
Bortles,Dalton
Gordon,L.Murray,L.Miller,Martin,Blount,Hightower
Fitz,A.Rob,T.Benjamin,Hurns,T.Willams,Sharpe
Ebron,Brate,CJ Fied
Santos,Bills and Chargers
Caesar
Footballguy
Don't underestimate Osweiler's ability to make a defense look great. Good luck, though. i'm rooting for ya.
rustycolts
Footballguy
Well I made it to the playoffs.Two 5-6 teams make it while a 7-4 team is out doesn't seem right but I am not going to look a gift horse in the mouth.Probably not much chance for me with Luck out with concussion and McCoy banged up.I would just be happy to finish in the money in league play.Only thing that may help me is my opposition lost both Green and Bernard.Injuries have been brutal this year.
CowboysIn15
Footballguy
missed the playoffs by 8 points for the #4 seed. Guy who took the lead in the final week over me had Carr and Robert kelly. #1 seed with the best record finished dead last in points.
Caesar
Footballguy
My main event team ended up winning by 50 and getting total points all by itself. I needed to win by 49 for that to happen. He still got best record, so there's that, but the main event actually pays out to the 1 and 2 seed, so that was nice.
All four of my FBG teams made it into the playoffs with a #1 seed, 2 #2 seeds (one of which was 5-6) and one #4 seed. All my teams except for 1 ended up with a 7-4 record. All very different teams.
Also have two in the KFFSC that finished in the playoffs as well. 7 for 7 and getting paid after week 11 is pretty awesome. I will hope for the best, but the competition gets tough. Would love to make finals in at least 5 of 7.
All four of my FBG teams made it into the playoffs with a #1 seed, 2 #2 seeds (one of which was 5-6) and one #4 seed. All my teams except for 1 ended up with a 7-4 record. All very different teams.
Also have two in the KFFSC that finished in the playoffs as well. 7 for 7 and getting paid after week 11 is pretty awesome. I will hope for the best, but the competition gets tough. Would love to make finals in at least 5 of 7.
rustycolts
Footballguy
Sounds like you have had a pretty successful season so far.Were you able to avoid all the injuries this year?I had until this past week.Good luck the rest of the way.Maybe we can have two past winners posting here.
Caesar
Footballguy
I was more aggressive on the waiver wire than in years past, but only if I had someone worth dropping. I held tight on players I believed in, but I was quick to cut bait on players that looked bad early. Still kicking mytself for dropping Ajayi the first week he went off for 200+. I even drafted Rob Kelly in a couple leagues and held onto him until his recent run (pun intended).rustycolts said:
I think I mostly avoided injuries, though I did target keenan Allen heavy this year. I had Jamaal a couple places, and
Biggest thing for me was avoiding questionable situations. I didn't like Lamar Miller or Deandre Hopkins this year because Osweiler is Osweiler. I stayed away from Peterson Alshon, foster, Josh Gordon, and Gurley. I just didn't like where they were going. Taking David Johnson over Gurley in the main event was the difference maker.
Mostly, I think things just fell into place, but since I don't have a single player on any more than 3 teams, It was certainly a bit of luck as well. Speaking of Luck, he is the only QB I drafted in any league before the 11th round. I felt like 7.01 was too good of value for Luck to pass him up, and I was high on him going into the year. So, the late QB really worked for me using guys like Phillip Rivers, Carson Palmer, Jameis Winston, Andy Dalton and even streaming a few weeks of Simien, Kaepernick, and Wentz. I have said it before, and there is almost NO reason to draft a QB early, and yet, every draft, someone takes one in the first couple rounds it seems. That extra skill player in the first few rounds really helps absorb things like injuries and subpar performance, if you hit the right player, obviously.
Various strategies throughout the leagues, but never went true zero RB. Mostly I just paid attention to the value of players, and went with my instincts. The year has gone pretty opposite of last year where I didn't make the playoffs in any of my FBG or Main event leagues, but I did win a terminator. (currently in first in one of those also, but its a flimsy lead)
All in all, I was surprised at how well the year went based on how different my teams are constructed, but sometimes, things just go the way you need them to.
My best FBG team is still only 335th, but that was the team that was 2-4 and in 9th place at one point, so its heading in the right direction. I am just happy to have 3 FBG teams already qualified for the championship round, where its almost anybody's game.
Ironically, if you look back at my very first post in this thread, I came in to let everyone know I was in no danger of winning anything, mostly as a joke.... how things have changed.
Pretty low scoring for most of the Sunday players. Ended up at 500 for the weekend which I will take after the terrible goose egg from Ebron everywhere.
Do have a top 5 team at RT but unfortunately I don't believe you get anything for top 10 regular season over there although maybe I can get lucky in weeks 14-16.
Do have a top 5 team at RT but unfortunately I don't believe you get anything for top 10 regular season over there although maybe I can get lucky in weeks 14-16.
CowboysIn15
Footballguy
Feeling pretty confident heading into the championship next week.
Carr
Bell, DJohnson, Ware
Edelman, Diggs, Beasley (or sanu or ginn)
Kendricks
Bryant
Atl vs KC or SF vs chi
VS
Winston or Roethlisberher
JHill, Langford
Evans, Dbaldwin, Dthomas, Crowder
VDavis or Witten
vinatieri
KC vs Atl
Carr
Bell, DJohnson, Ware
Edelman, Diggs, Beasley (or sanu or ginn)
Kendricks
Bryant
Atl vs KC or SF vs chi
VS
Winston or Roethlisberher
JHill, Langford
Evans, Dbaldwin, Dthomas, Crowder
VDavis or Witten
vinatieri
KC vs Atl
brun
Footballguy
Well, you're off to a good start if your opponent played Witten due to uncertainty with Reed, as I did (I have Reed and Witten and am all out of FAAB dollars).
CowboysIn15
Footballguy
He did though Beasley didn't help me any.
Caesar
Footballguy
I won one of the four FBG leagues. Ironically, it was the one team that did not get an auto qualify for the championship round, so winning meant I have all 4 teams in the championship round.
I also won the main event league I am in, so that was nice. On to the next round where almost anything can happen. Good luck to all. Let's all make some money!!
I also won the main event league I am in, so that was nice. On to the next round where almost anything can happen. Good luck to all. Let's all make some money!!
Hopefully someone from this thread won the big prize. I stunk it up in the FBG Players Championship this year although I did OK in the main event. Luckily, I won the majority of my FFPC dynasty leagues so the year was still positive overall by a decent amount but I'll need to change up my strategy for next year if I continue to do this tourney as I clearly did something wrong.
Any thoughts on successful strategies from those who made some dough this year in the FBG Players Championship?
Any thoughts on successful strategies from those who made some dough this year in the FBG Players Championship?
Congrats Zeke! Looks like this team took 7th overall. Nice score. Guess DJ falling to pick 11 worked out ? Ha
Took 8th in the consolation. Lost the league championship by .5 also. Dam Allen Robinson.
The champ had DJ/Bell/McCoy. Not a bad trio. That's how you win Rookie Get lucky in the draft and stay healthy
Happy new year and see everyone next year. May you all get a pick in the top 4 next season.
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Thanks Gildz. This team went 11-0 in the league and scored most points and lost 197-186 first round of playoffs then stayed consistent to finish at 7th. Was a fun ride. Take care man.
Caesar
Footballguy
Had the same issue. All four of my FBG teams pooped themselves in one of the 3 weeks to make it impossible to finish in the money. One team came close to a 3 year subscription, but didn't make the cut.
Did ok in the main event finishing 41st overall, but man, that $500 drop on virtually the last play of Monday night sucked.
Was in first for a while in the terminator, but ended up 8th. Just couldn't hang on and Jeremy Hill is teh suck. All in all, considering the potential going into week 16, it was a disappointing finish.
As for strategy, I am not sure, but the one thing I learned this season was this. The teams that started out crappy, I really scoured the waiver wire and improved them. Took a team that started 2-4, and won the league, but the teams that started hot really faded down the stretch because I wasn't so caught up in adding depth. I thought what I had for depth was good enough, but I missed out on guys like Taylor Gabriel and Tyreek Hill, where I could have really bolstered my championship run. My main event team didn't even have much of a choice for week 16 roster because I had so many guys on IR by then.
Of course saying that, dropping Ajayi early to get depth could have also spelled doom, so its a fine line. Trust your draft sense, but don't be married to it. I guess that is where I'm at next year.
OTOH, anyone entered into the playoff competition? I don't usually because I suck at it, but was pretty far ahead in terms of winnings, so decided to give it a shot. Any strategies for that?
Caesar
Footballguy
Had you won your league, where would that have put you in the championship bracket, or don't you want to even look at that?
Nice job!!
Would have finished 63rd overall. Only a $250 difference in prize $ so not too bad.
I feel your Jeremy Hill disgust. Once I saw Martin was out, I threw in Sims for Hill. Was pretty disgusted with that decision until I saw what Hill did later that night. That last second sub, crappy or not, pushed me into the $. And in week 13, I pulled Malcolm Mitchell last second which cost me the title. Maybe the fantasy godz gave me one back I suppose.
Regarding the playoff challenge, I'm terrible at it. But doesn't it usually come down to the 1 obscure player that you HAVE to hit on? Martavis Bryant of last year, or Blount the year before. And then it's basically chalk everywhere else. I think a lot try to be too different and hit on multiple lesser owned guys and that's where it backfires. Also owners (myself included) always want to target the Wildcard QB's to get the extra game. That is probably a donk move. But I'm open to hearing others thoughts on this as well..
I feel your Jeremy Hill disgust. Once I saw Martin was out, I threw in Sims for Hill. Was pretty disgusted with that decision until I saw what Hill did later that night. That last second sub, crappy or not, pushed me into the $. And in week 13, I pulled Malcolm Mitchell last second which cost me the title. Maybe the fantasy godz gave me one back I suppose.
Regarding the playoff challenge, I'm terrible at it. But doesn't it usually come down to the 1 obscure player that you HAVE to hit on? Martavis Bryant of last year, or Blount the year before. And then it's basically chalk everywhere else. I think a lot try to be too different and hit on multiple lesser owned guys and that's where it backfires. Also owners (myself included) always want to target the Wildcard QB's to get the extra game. That is probably a donk move. But I'm open to hearing others thoughts on this as well..
CowboysIn15
Footballguy
Guy who took first finished the regular season 6-5 and lost in the first round of the playoffs. Not a bad consolAtion price for not winning his league.
Not sure on the playoff contest though my dad and I put two entries in from our winnings to have something to root for each week. I'm going to avoid qbs from Miami, Houston, and Oakland at the minimum.
Not sure on the playoff contest though my dad and I put two entries in from our winnings to have something to root for each week. I'm going to avoid qbs from Miami, Houston, and Oakland at the minimum.
