2017-2018 Battle for Shining Path's Cup Year 8 (1 Viewer)

Previous League Winners

2016 - Keerock

2015 - Bananafish

2014 - rodg12

2013 - Bananafish
2012 - Keerock
2011 - Couch Burners
2010 - Mos Eisley Wraiths - wraith5

No Kickers

Top 4 records and next two highest scoring teams are in the playoffs.

Roster Size: 18

Total Starters: 7

Total On Bench: 11

Roster Setup
Quarterback (QB) 1 
Running Back (RB) 1 
Running Back/Wide Receiver (RB/WR) 1 
Wide Receiver (WR) 1
Wide Receiver/Tight End (WR/TE) 1 
Tight End (TE) 1 
Team Defense/Special Teams (D/ST) 1 
11 Bench


Scoring 
All TDs = 6
Passing = 1/25
Rushing/Receiving = 1/10 
Interceptions/Fumbles Lost = -1 
2pt Conversion = 2 
1 Point Per Reception 


Team Defense / Special Teams 
Every 25 kickoff return yards = 1 
Every 25 punt return yards = 1 
Each Sack = 2 
Interception/Fumble/Kickoff/Punt/ Blocked Punt or FG Return TD = 6 
Each Interception = 2 
Each Fumble Recovered = 2 
Each Safety = 4
0 points allowed (PA0) 10 
1-6 points allowed (PA1) 7 
7-13 points allowed (PA7) 4 
14-17 points allowed (PA14) 1 
22-27 points allowed (PA22) -1 
28-34 points allowed (PA28) -2

Draft order

Round 1

1.01. Nittanylions - David "Long" Johnson - RB Cardinals

1.02. FUJB -  Antonio "Doo Doo" Brown - WR Steelers

1.03. BB2K3 - Le'veon "You can ring my" Bell - RB Steelers

1.04. AndyD - Odell Beckham Jr - WR NYG

1.05. Henry Ford - LeSean "The Sean" McCoy - RB Bills 

1.06. Higgins - Julio Jones, WR ATL

1.07. yankee23fan - Ezekiel Elliot, RB DAL

1.08. bananafish - Mike Evans, WR TB

1.09. NRJ - Melvin "The Commissioner" Gordon - RB LAC

1.10 Keerock - AJ Green - WR Cin

11. Corporation - Devonta Freeman

12. rodg12 - Aaron Rodgers

Round 2

2.01 rodg12 - Dez Bryant - WR DAL 

2.02 Corporation - Gronk - TE NE

2.03 Keerock - Jordy Nelson WR GB

2.04 NRJ - Michael Thomas - WR NOS

2.05 Bananafish - "Floppy Balls" Brady - QB NE

2.06 yankee23fan - Jordan "Ron/Opie" Howard - RB CHI

2.07 Higgins - Jay "AjayAjayAjay" Ajayi - RB MIA

2.08 Henry Ford - Demarco "Bill" Murray - RB Tennessee

2.09 AndyD - Amari Cooper - WR Oakland

2.10 Buddy Ball 2K3 - Brandin Cooks WR Cheater McSkeeters 

2.11 Alias Du Jour - Christian McCaffrey - Deadly Weapon Carolina

2.12 nittanylion - Todd Gurley

Round 3

3.01 - nittanylion - Demaryius Thomas

3.02 - INXS - TY Hilton 

3.03 Buddy Ball 2K3 - Doug Baldwin 

3.04 Andy D - Travis Kelce

3.05 Henry Ford - Drew "Cool" Brees - QB, God's Chosen One

3.06 higgins - Greg Olsen

3.07 Y23-  DeAndre Hopkins. WR,  HOU 

3.08 bananafish - Allen Robinson, WR JAX

3.09 Leonard Fournette RB JAX

3.10 Keerock - Lamar Miller, RB HOU

3.11 Corporation - Golden Tate

3.12 rodg12 - Marshawn Lynch

Round 4

4.01 - rodg12 - Dalvin "Short Order" Cook

4.02 - Corporation - Devante "John Quincy" Adams

4.03 Keerock -  Isaiah "hard to come up with a nickname" Crowell, RB CLE

4.04 NRJ "Sleek" Tyreek Hill, WR KC

4.05 Bananafish Keenan Allen, WR LAC

4.06 Yankeefan - WR - Michael "there is an ointment for that," Crabtree - WR OAK/LV

4.07 higgins - Matt Ryan, ATL QB

4.08 Henry Ford - Terrelle Pryor, WR WAS

4.09 Andy D - Sammy Watkins, WR BUF

4.10 Buddy Ball 2K3 - Alshon Jeffrey, WR PHI

4.11 - Some guy that I can never find to tag - Big Ben

4.12  nittanylion - Larry Fitzgerald

Round 5

5.01 - nittanylion - Jimmy "Billy" Graham

5.02 - INXS - some Edelman

5.03 Buddy Ball 2K3 - X X X and FINALLY Joe Mixon

5.04 Andy Dufresne - Carlos "Dr Jeckyl and Mr." Hyde

5.05 Henry Ford -Ty Montgomery "Wards"

5.06 higgins - Jordan "Lou" Reed

5.07 Y23 - Jarvis "If it helps me in a contract year I will do Jay Cutler's" Landry - WR - MIA

5.08 nannerfish - Emmanuel "The Other Colonel" Sanders, WR DEN

5.09 NRJ - Mark "of the Beast" Ingram, RB NOS

5.10 Keerock - Kelvin Benjamin, WR CAR

5.11 Corporation Tevin Coleman

5.12 rodg12 Stefon Diggs

Round 6

6.01 - rodg12 - DeVante Parker, WR, MIA

6.02 - Corporation - Bilal Powell

6.03 Keerock -  Jameis Winston, QB TB

6.04 NRJ - Brandon Marshall, WR NYG

6.05 bananafish - Kyle Rudolph, TE MIN

6.06 Yankeefan -  fig" Newton.  QB CAR

6.07 higgins - Ameer Abdullah, DET RB

6.08 Tyler Eifert, TE CIN

6.09 - Russell "I'M SORRRYY!!!" Wilson, QB Seattle

6.10 Buddy Ball 2K3 - Delanie Walker TE

6.11 IC FBGCAV DeSean Jackson

6.12: Willie 'Norm' Snead

Round 7

7.01: nittanylion : Danny "Sportin'-a" Woodhead RB BAL

7.02: IC FBGCAV: Martellus "Wallace" Bennett TE GB

7.03: BB2K3: Jamison "Irishman's Curse" Crowder WR WAS

7.04: Andy D: Paul Perkins, RB NYG

7.05: Henry Ford: "Quickie" Martavis Bryant, WR PIT

7.06-higggs- Tyrell Williams, SD WR.

7.07 y23 - Pierre "my name means boy" Garcon 

7.08 nannerfish - Spencer Ware 

7.09 NRJ - Andrew Luck, QB IND

7.10 Keerock - Zach Ertz, TE PHI

7.11 Corporation - Kirk Cousins

7.12 rodg12 - Jason Witten

8.01 - rodg12 - Darren McFadden, RB, DAL

8.02 - Corporation - Eric Decker

8.03 Keerock -  Jeremy Maclin - WR BAL

8.04 NRJ - Hunter Henry TE LAC

8.05 bananafish - Theo Riddick, RB DET

8.06 Yankee23Fan - Eric Ebron, TE DET

8.07 higgins - Denver D/ST

8.08 Henry Ford - CJ Anderson, RB DEN

8.09 Andy Dufresne - Cameron Meredith, WR CHI

8.10 Buddy Ball 2K3 -  Legarrette Blount

8.11 - FUJB- Randall Cobb

8.12 - nittanylion - Phillip Rivers

9.01. Nittanylions - Coby Fleener

9.02. FUJB -  Frank Gore

9.03. Buddy Ball 2K3 - Jack Doyle

9.04. AndyD - Doug Martin, RB TB

9.05. Henry Ford - Corey "Haim" Davis, WR TEN

9.06. Higgins - Marcus Mariotta

9.07. yankee23fan - Terrance West

9.08. bananafish - Adam Thielen, WR MIN

9.09. NRJ - Duke "of Earl" Johnson, RB CLE

9.10 Keerock - Derrick Henry

9.11. @Corporation - John Brown

9.12. rodg12 - Kenny Britt

10.01 rodg12 - Mike Wallace, WR, BAL
10.02 Corporation - Derek Carr 
10.3 - Keerock - Jordan Matthews
10.04 NRJ - Robby Anderson WR NYJ
10.05 bananafish - Eddie Lacy, RB SEA
10.06 Yankee -  Eli Manning
10.07 Higgins - Kareem Hunt, KC RB.
10.08 Henry Ford - Dak Prescott, QB DAL
10.09 Andy D - Carson Wentz
10.10 BB2K3 - Matthew Stafford
10.11 IC FBGCav - Andy Dalton
10.12 nittanylion - Donte Moncrief, WR Colts

11.01 nittanylion - Rishard Matthews, WR Titans
11.02 - IC CAVFbg - Jonathan Stewart
11.03 - BB2K3 - Julius Thomas
11.04 - Andy D - Rob "I'm just big boned" Kelley
11.05 Henry Ford - Thomas Rawls, RB SEA
11.06 Higgins - Corey Coleman, CLE 24
11.07 Yankee23Fan - Seattle D/ST
11.08 bananafish - Tyler Lockett, WR SEA
11.09. NRJ - Gio "Saint" Bernard, RB CIN
11.10 bedrock - Adrian Peterson
11.11 Corporation - Houston D/ST
11.12 rodg12 - Jamaal Williams, RB, GB
 

12.01 rodg12 - 

12.02 Corporation 

12.03 Keerock - Kansas City D/ST

12.04 Nathan R. Jessep - Blake Bottles

12.05 bananafish - tick tock

12.01 rodg12 - Tyrod Taylor

12.02 Corporation - Josh Doctson

12.03 Keerock - Kansas City D/ST

12.04 Nathan R. Jessep - Blake Bottles

12.05 bananafish - Ted Ginn

12.06 Yankee - Cameron Brate

12.07 higgins - Kevin White

12.08 Henry Ford - Minnesota D/ST

12.09 Andy D - Austin Hoope

12.10 BB2k3 - Cole Beasley

12.11 IC FBGCav - Pittsburgh D/ST

12.12 nittanylion - CJ Prosise

13.01 nittanylion - Carson Palmer

13.02 IC FBGCav - Antonio Gates

13.03 Buddy Ball 2K3 - New England D/ST

13.04 Andy D - Zay Jones

13.05 Henry Ford - C.J. Fiedorowicz, TE HOU

13.06 Higgins -- Evan Engram, NYG TE.

13.07 Yankee23Fan - Shane Vereen RB NYG

13.08. bananafish - Cardinals D

13.09. NRJ - Darren "1,000 Steps per Second" Sproles, RB PHI (not NOS, which I am still bitter about)

13.10 @Keerock - Marvin Jones

13.11. Corporation - Mike Gillislee

13.12. rodg12 - Jared Cook

14.01 - Samaje Perine, RB, WAS

14.2 James White NE RB

14.3 Allen Hurns - WR JAX

14.04 NRJ - Charles Clay - TE BUF

14.05 bananafish - Taylor Gabriel WR ATL

14.06 Yankee - Sanu, WR ATL

14.07 higgins - Jalen Richard, RB OAK

14.08 Henry Ford - Jeremy Hill, RB CIN (I promise I'll stop taking RBs if you stop leaving them on the board)

14.09 Andy Dufresne - Alvin Kamara

14.10 Buddy Ball 2K3 - Torrey Smith WR Eagles

14.11IC FBGCav - Lewis RB Pats

14.12 nittanylion - Chris Thompson, RB Redskins

15.01 nittanylion - D/ST Panthers

15.02 IC FBGCav - Sims RB Tampa

15.03 Buddy Ball 2K3 - QB - D.Watson - Texans

15.04 Andy Dufresne - DEF - NYG

15.05 Henry Ford - M. Williams WR LAC

15.06 higgins - Deandre Washington, OAK RB.

15.07 Yankee - A. S. Jenkins - TE NYJ

15.08 Bananafish - Alex Smith, QB KC

15.09 NRJ - ArDarius StEwarT. WR NYJ

15.10 Kee D Allen TE NE

15.11 Corp Jaron Brown Ari WR

15.12 - Rodg12 Sterling Shepard, WR, NYG

16.01 - Rodg12 - Philadelphia Eagles, D/ST

16.02 - Corporation - Njoku, TE CLE

16.03 - Keerock - Kenny Stills, WR Mia

16.04 NRJ - :does Ray Lewis pre-game dance ritual: - Baltimore Ravens DEF

16.05 - bananafish - Joe Flacco, QB BAL 

16.06 - TENN DST

16.07 -- Jay Cutler, MIA QB.

16.08 - JAX DEF

16.09 Andy D - Tyler Higbee TE LAR

16.10 Buddy Ball 2K3 - Sexy Rex Burkhead RB Patriots 

16.11 Matt Jones RB Wash

16.12 nittanylion - JJ Nelson

17.01 nittanylion - Kenny Golladay

17.02 IC FBGCav - Ryan Mathews

17.03 Buddy Ball 2K3 - Chris Conley - WR Chiefs

17.04 Andy Dufresne - Cooper Kupp WR LAC

17.05 Henry Ford - Terrance Williams WR DAL

17.06 Higgins - skipped

17.07 Yankee - DeAngelo Williams, RB ?

17.08 bananafish - Jesse James, TE PIT

17.09 NRJ - Marqise Lee, WR JAX

17.10 Keerock - Sam Bradford- QB MIN

17.11 Miami Def

17.12 - Buffalo Bills D/ST

18.01 - Jacquizz Rodgers, RB, TB

18.02 - Corp - The other OJ, TE TB

18.03 - Keerock - Anquan Boldin WR BUF

18.04 - NRJ - Laquon "All's Well That" Treadwell WR, MIN

18.05 - bananafish - Jaamal Charles, RB DEN

18.06 @Yankee23Fan   skipped

18.07 - higgins -- Marlon Mack, IND RB

18.09 Henry Ford - Braxton Miller, WR HOU

18.10 Andy D - Deshone Kizer, QB CLE

18.11 Alfred Morris

18.12 nittanylion - Chris Hogan

Nittanylions

FUJB

BB2K3

Andy D

Henry Ford

Higgins

Y23F

Bananafish

Nathan R Jessup

Keerock

Corporation

rodg12

Over/Under for the number of times someone selects a player that has already been taken?

I think I've been 5-7 in 80% of the fantasy drafts I've ever been in.  Awesome. 

IR PUP dot.

Well, it's the #### to be first in something...

When do we start?

I'm thinking August 9th for a start date.

Andy Dufresne said:

I'm thinking August 9th for a start date.

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Great, that'll give me some time to buy a magazine.  

Does Playboy do a draft cheat sheet, or do I need to get Penthouse for that?

For some reason I I've got it in my head that both Y23F and Henry are lawyers -- should I be concerned that I'm sandwiched between them in the draft order? 

higgins said:

For some reason I I've got it in my head that both Y23F and Henry are lawyers -- should I be concerned that I'm sandwiched between them in the draft order? 

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Only if you've never dreamed of being the meat in a "Bar Association Sandwich."

@Henry Ford This is a kicker heavy league, take them early and often

Corporation said:

@Henry Ford This is a kicker heavy league, take them early and often

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If you truly understand fantasy football, every league is a kicker heavy league.  

Interested in following this league.  

turrible draft slot  and welcome, Henry! 

By the way, and this is a weird coincidence, I joined this board only six years ago, but I found out a few years ago here that I've known the person you knew as Shining Path's family for 20 years. His dad and I knew each other in the mid 90s. 

Henry Ford said:

By the way, and this is a weird coincidence, I joined this board only six years ago, but I found out a few years ago here that I've known the person you knew as Shining Path's family for 20 years. His dad and I knew each other in the mid 90s. 

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That's incredible!

Andy Dufresne said:

That's incredible!

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Yeah, his dad passed away a couple years ago, I think. But he was pretty known in the New Orleans area. 

@nittanylion

@Buddy Ball 2K3

@Henry Ford

@higgins

@IC FBGCav

@Yankee23Fan

@bananafish

@Nathan R. Jessep

@Keerock

@Corporation

@rodg12

Reminder that the target start date for the draft is Wednesday.

Perfect start date for me to cobble together a list after returning from my trip today!

Going on a mini vacation Friday - Monday and I wont have internet for most of that time. Sorry...

Buddy Ball 2K3 said:

Going on a mini vacation Friday - Monday and I wont have internet for most of that time. Sorry...

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As long as we now know in advance, it's not a big deal. We'll just stop at the end of a round on Thursday.

Andy Dufresne said:

As long as we now know in advance, it's not a big deal. We'll just stop at the end of a round on Thursday.

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I appreciate the courtesy  

Reminder of the most important rules (see first post for the remainder)

NO KICKERS!

Top 4 records and next two highest scoring teams are in the playoffs.

Roster Size: 18
Total Starters: 7
Total On Bench: 11

Roster Setup
Quarterback (QB) 1 
Running Back (RB) 1 
Running Back/Wide Receiver (RB/WR) 1 
Wide Receiver (WR) 1
Wide Receiver/Tight End (WR/TE) 1 
Tight End (TE) 1 
Team Defense/Special Teams (D/ST) 1 

All TDs = 6
1 Point Per Reception 

In memory of all the FBG we've lost including the three we commemorate with our trophy and two division names...

Drafting can commence at any time. Please remember to notify the next guy that it's his turn - either a PM or an @ mention. Might not hurt to do the same for the guy on deck, if it's not too much trouble.

Happy drafting!

1.01 Red-Skinned Natives: David Johnson,  RB Cardinals

1.02 - FUJB - Antonio Brown, WR PIT

@Buddy Ball 2K3 is up

1. Nittanylions - David "Long" Johnson - RB Cardinals

2. FUJB -  Antonio "Doo Doo" Brown - WR Steelers

3. BB2K3 - Le'veon "You can ring my" Bell

4. @Andy Dufresne

1. Nittanylions - David "Long" Johnson - RB Cardinals

2. FUJB -  Antonio "Doo Doo" Brown - WR Steelers

3. BB2K3 - Le'veon "You can ring my" Bell - RB Steelers

4. AndyD - Odell Beckham Jr - WR NYG

5. @Henry Ford

I like this, copy/pasting the current round so people can see where it's at. Also makes it easier to update the first post. Please continue to do this.

1. Nittanylions - David "Long" Johnson - RB Cardinals

2. FUJB -  Antonio "Doo Doo" Brown - WR Steelers

3. BB2K3 - Le'veon "You can ring my" Bell - RB Steelers

4. AndyD - Odell Beckham Jr - WR NYG

5. Henry Ford - LeSean "The Sean" McCoy - RB Bills 

@higgins 

Holy....... ok..... I'm getting ready....

....... cross off all Jets....... figure out where Forte is this year...... crap, Jet....... Tannehill is going to have an awesome year, keep an eye on him..... oh and I watched Hard Knocks last night so of course the Bucs guys are all going to be awesome, gotta move them up the board..... ok, ready!

Yankee23Fan said:

Holy....... ok..... I'm getting ready....

....... cross off all Jets....... figure out where Forte is this year...... crap, Jet....... Tannehill is going to have an awesome year, keep an eye on him..... oh and I watched Hard Knocks last night so of course the Bucs guys are all going to be awesome, gotta move them up the board..... ok, ready!

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I'd bump Finley.  That's just me. 

he he....... circle Finley....... no one will see this coming....

I'm really not kidding, watched Hard Knocks last night and I'm sitting there going, wait, Desean Jackson is on the Bucs?  WTF?  

The only thing I know about the NFL this season is that Tom Brady is 40 and Colin Kaepernick is supposed to be the NFL Commissioner or something.

Gimme 10-minutes -- in a meeting. 

1.06 -- Julio Jones, ATL WR.

1. Nittanylions - David "Long" Johnson - RB Cardinals

2. FUJB -  Antonio "Doo Doo" Brown - WR Steelers

3. BB2K3 - Le'veon "You can ring my" Bell - RB Steelers

4. AndyD - Odell Beckham Jr - WR NYG

5. Henry Ford - LeSean "The Sean" McCoy - RB Bills 

6. Higgins - Julio Jones, WR ATL

7. yankee23fan - Ezekiel Elliot, RB DAL

@bananafish

Yankee23Fan said:

1. Nittanylions - David "Long" Johnson - RB Cardinals

2. FUJB -  Antonio "Doo Doo" Brown - WR Steelers

3. BB2K3 - Le'veon "You can ring my" Bell - RB Steelers

4. AndyD - Odell Beckham Jr - WR NYG

5. Henry Ford - LeSean "The Sean" McCoy - RB Bills 

6. Higgins - Julio Jones, WR ATL

7. yankee23fan - Ezekiel Elliot, RB DAL

@bananafish

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As a Cowboys fan, I completely and totally HATE this pick.  

Yeah, that's gotta especially suck for you. Going in, you know he's not falling to you at the turn, but when he's there at 1.05, and every pick thereafter, you've gotta be saying, however faintly,'a man can DREAM, can't he?!!'...then Yankee comes bringing reality with him at 1.07...and landing himself quite the steal in the process, IMHO. Suspension be damned, Zeke's gonna ball out.

I feel your pain. Lotsa green space between 1.01 and 2.12/3.01...

nittanylion said:

Yeah, that's gotta especially suck for you. Going in, you know he's not falling to you at the turn, but when he's there at 1.05, and every pick thereafter, you've gotta be saying, however faintly,'a man can DREAM, can't he?!!'...then Yankee comes bringing reality with him at 1.07...and landing himself quite the steal in the process, IMHO. Suspension be damned, Zeke's gonna ball out.

I feel your pain. Lotsa green space between 1.01 and 2.12/3.01...

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Yeah, I definitely considered at 1.05.

he wouldn't have made it past 1.09 anyway  

So

....... I won?  Cool.

Yankee23Fan said:

So

....... I won?  Cool.

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If he doesn't get suspended and he's a better pass catcher than he was last year, probably.

nittanylion said:

Yeah, that's gotta especially suck for you. Going in, you know he's not falling to you at the turn, but when he's there at 1.05, and every pick thereafter, you've gotta be saying, however faintly,'a man can DREAM, can't he?!!'...then Yankee comes bringing reality with him at 1.07...and landing himself quite the steal in the process, IMHO. Suspension be damned, Zeke's gonna ball out.

I feel your pain. Lotsa green space between 1.01 and 2.12/3.01...

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There's also that whole Yankee's first rounders alway end up on IR thing for me to be mad about.

Hopefully him being a GMan fan (I believe) takes away the jinx since it could very well have been done intentionally.  At least I'm hoping.

Yankee23Fan said:

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....... I won?  Cool.

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No. Elliott lost.

Yeah I do have the kiss of death, this is true. 

Yankee23Fan said:

Yeah I do have the kiss of death, this is true. 

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Multiple Owners agree that Zeke could win the League for you single-handedly. Could you just stop drafting, now?

nittanylion said:

Multiple Owners agree that Zeke could win the League for you single-handedly. Could you just stop drafting, now?

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He will in a few rounds, but first he's going to load up his team with all Cowboys.

(I'd prefer Falcons, if you don't mind, Yankee.)