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Frank Costanza's Lawyer
Footballguy
I doubt anyone - Drinen included - would claim the power rankings would be a reliable way to predict who will and will not be cut. In general terms, a team at the top of the ranking is surely less likely to be cut than one at the bottom, but theres no way the top 4000 teams from the initial power rankings are the same 4000 that are still in the contest right now.14-kicker-guy is proof enough
CrossEyed
Footballguy
Not to mention having Parker out another week. 
apalmer
Footballguy
Although I'd prefer to have Parker this week, I can live without him (I hope) IF he's back to cover LT's bye next week.
Marauder
Footballguy
This could work out good for the rest of us if all the Steeler homers get knocked out this week.
should be an interesting week, to see how the scores unfold with the following guys not available to score this week:
Ladell Betts (183 teams still are alive with him)
Marty Booker (57)
Tom Brady (41)
Nate Burleson (370)
Reggie Bush (201)
Desmond Clark (174)
Mason Crosby (398)
Brodie Croyle (37)
Jay Cutler (1133)
Robert Ferguson (10)
Robbie Gould (368)
Ryan Grant (291) *
Rex Grossman (9)
Matt Hasselbeck (8)
Devin Hester (266)
Santonio Holmes (799)
Joe Horn (24)
Damon Huard (3)
Sam Hurd (51)
Brandon Jackson (4)
Chad Jackson (9)
Darrell Jackson (62)
Tarvaris Jackson (81)
Greg Jennings (295)
Larry Johnson (32)
Felix Jones (226)
James Jones (107) *
Kevin Jones (71)
Malcom Kelly (11)
Jon Kitna (159)
Donald Lee (239)
Brian Leonard (242)
Brandon Lloyd (57)
Ryan Longwell (167)
Laurence Maroney (16)
Brandon Marshall (1783)
Randy McMichael (76)
Rashard Mendenhall (55)
Sammy Morris (21)
Jordy Nelson (19)
Mike Nugent (1025)
Greg Olson (284)
Kyle Orton (293)
Green Bay D (296) *
Carson Palmer (37)
Willie Parker (363)
Adrian Peterson (241)
Michael Pittman (51)
Matt Prater (948)
Sidney Rice (158)
Aaron Rodgers (194)
Tony Romo (1054)
Tony Scheffler (167)
Jeremey Shockey (240)
Brandon Stokley (76)
Chester Taylor (145)
Ryan Torain (65)
Minnesota D (624)
Bobby Wade (19)
Kellen Winslow (144) *
Selvin Young (374)
i may have missed a guy or two, but should be interesting how it plays out nonetheless. It's obvious who the big ones are (Romo, Cutler, Prater, Marshall, Holmes ) 799 and over should be in bold
ones with an asterik, are on my team, not that you care most likely
Ladell Betts (183 teams still are alive with him)
Marty Booker (57)
Tom Brady (41)
Nate Burleson (370)
Reggie Bush (201)
Desmond Clark (174)
Mason Crosby (398)
Brodie Croyle (37)
Jay Cutler (1133)
Robert Ferguson (10)
Robbie Gould (368)
Ryan Grant (291) *
Rex Grossman (9)
Matt Hasselbeck (8)
Devin Hester (266)
Santonio Holmes (799)
Joe Horn (24)
Damon Huard (3)
Sam Hurd (51)
Brandon Jackson (4)
Chad Jackson (9)
Darrell Jackson (62)
Tarvaris Jackson (81)
Greg Jennings (295)
Larry Johnson (32)
Felix Jones (226)
James Jones (107) *
Kevin Jones (71)
Malcom Kelly (11)
Jon Kitna (159)
Donald Lee (239)
Brian Leonard (242)
Brandon Lloyd (57)
Ryan Longwell (167)
Laurence Maroney (16)
Brandon Marshall (1783)
Randy McMichael (76)
Rashard Mendenhall (55)
Sammy Morris (21)
Jordy Nelson (19)
Mike Nugent (1025)
Greg Olson (284)
Kyle Orton (293)
Green Bay D (296) *
Carson Palmer (37)
Willie Parker (363)
Adrian Peterson (241)
Michael Pittman (51)
Matt Prater (948)
Sidney Rice (158)
Aaron Rodgers (194)
Tony Romo (1054)
Tony Scheffler (167)
Jeremey Shockey (240)
Brandon Stokley (76)
Chester Taylor (145)
Ryan Torain (65)
Minnesota D (624)
Bobby Wade (19)
Kellen Winslow (144) *
Selvin Young (374)
i may have missed a guy or two, but should be interesting how it plays out nonetheless. It's obvious who the big ones are (Romo, Cutler, Prater, Marshall, Holmes ) 799 and over should be in bold
ones with an asterik, are on my team, not that you care most likely
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CrossEyed
Footballguy
I'm only missing Parker, Holmes and Longwell this week. Maybe Cotchery. So I'm hoping I'll be OK.This could work out good for the rest of us if all the Steeler homers get knocked out this week.
Not to mention having Parker out another week. 
Dodds: 134.72nd Opinion: 118.6very worried...
Jayrod
Footballguy
Shockey is playing this week.
tribecalledjeff
Footballguy
#28 in the new power rankings.
Jayrod
Footballguy
Wasn't meant to be an indictment of your work, but putting Shockey on there made me waste time looking to see if he was inactive. I was just trying to save other people the same hassel.Relax, I appreciated your work.levinakl said:real sorry I added ONE name that shouldn't have been on there...
If Holmes gets me knocked out I will be really angry.
FUBAR
Footballguy
I'll be missing Marshall, Holmes and Cotchery?CrossEyed said:I'm only missing Parker, Holmes and Longwell this week. Maybe Cotchery. So I'm hoping I'll be OK.Marauder said:This could work out good for the rest of us if all the Steeler homers get knocked out this week.
Wasn't meant to be an indictment of your work, but putting Shockey on there made me waste time looking to see if he was inactive. I was just trying to save other people the same hassel.Relax, I appreciated your work.levinakl said:real sorry I added ONE name that shouldn't have been on there...
Isn't it all wasted time at this point?
Dirty Weasel
Footballguy
A lot of people will be sweating this week, and I'm no exception. My problem this week looks to be at WR:
QB - Jay Cutler, Jake Delhomme, Kurt Warner - Cutler on a bye; Delhomme and Warner play against each other. I used Delhomme last week for the first time in this contest, and odds say I may use him again. CAR is very strong vs the pass. Luckily, ARI is not. There are still 2529 Warner owners left compared to 651 for Delhomme, so a perfect scenario for me would be a huge game by Delhomme and a bad game by Warner (although not so bad as to have Warner benched).
RB - Maurice Jones-Drew, Clinton Portis, Maurice Morris, Ricky Williams, Leon Washington, Ray Rice, Steve Slaton - Very nice matchups for my top 3 scoring guys (MJD, Portis, and Slaton). Morris may also figure into the mix with a good matchup vs SF. Won't expect much out of Williams vs BUF, but Leon has a shot at garbage time action vs KC. Rice seems to be relegated back to minimal duty in a tasty matchup vs OAK. I will most surely be getting my flex score from a RB this week. A perfect scenario here would be great games by MJD, Morris, and Leon, as they are all owned by less than 10% of the remaining teams. Sadly, if I had to settle for scores put up by this trio I'd probably be booted, as you will see by my WR options this week...
WR - Brandon Marshall, Jerricho Cotchery, Steve Smith, Derrick Mason, Reggie Williams, Steve Breaston - Marshall on a bye. Cotchery looking like he will sit out. Will be counting on the Delhomme/Smith connection to put up some monster scores. Mason now listed as questionable has me worried. Hope his undisclosed illness is minor, because he has been a consistent WR for me (averaging 13.5pts). Williams has been quite a bust so far, and Matt Jones not being suspended yet was a blow to Reggie's chance to be "the man" this week. At least Mike Walker is out. You wouldn't know it by his scoring in this contest, but Reggie Williams is actually WR2 on JAX in pass receptions (14). Let's see him find the end zone like he did last year. It was a great 3-week run by Steve Breaston in weeks 4 thru 6, but Boldin is now back. He may have shown his skills, but you can't expect alot from him as a WR3 now. Steve Smith is going to have to carry my WR corps this week, as I will likely be seeing single digit scores from my other guys.
TE - Tony Gonzalez, Dustin Keller - Another fine week by Gonzo would be awesome. Let's hope Pigpen uses Gonzo like Linus uses his security blanket. Keller has multiple catches only once this season. He's a sleeper, that's for sure.
K - Kris Brown, Jason Hanson - Have scored double digits in all but week 1 with this duo, and they have both already had their byes. Keep up the good work, guys.
D - New York Jets, Miami Dolphins - I've had to suffer through their bye weeks and low scores thus far, but now comes the juicy parts of their schedules. I've only hit double digits once (NYJ with 25 in week 4). The other 6 weeks I have averaged a dismal 5 points.
QB - Jay Cutler, Jake Delhomme, Kurt Warner - Cutler on a bye; Delhomme and Warner play against each other. I used Delhomme last week for the first time in this contest, and odds say I may use him again. CAR is very strong vs the pass. Luckily, ARI is not. There are still 2529 Warner owners left compared to 651 for Delhomme, so a perfect scenario for me would be a huge game by Delhomme and a bad game by Warner (although not so bad as to have Warner benched).
RB - Maurice Jones-Drew, Clinton Portis, Maurice Morris, Ricky Williams, Leon Washington, Ray Rice, Steve Slaton - Very nice matchups for my top 3 scoring guys (MJD, Portis, and Slaton). Morris may also figure into the mix with a good matchup vs SF. Won't expect much out of Williams vs BUF, but Leon has a shot at garbage time action vs KC. Rice seems to be relegated back to minimal duty in a tasty matchup vs OAK. I will most surely be getting my flex score from a RB this week. A perfect scenario here would be great games by MJD, Morris, and Leon, as they are all owned by less than 10% of the remaining teams. Sadly, if I had to settle for scores put up by this trio I'd probably be booted, as you will see by my WR options this week...
WR - Brandon Marshall, Jerricho Cotchery, Steve Smith, Derrick Mason, Reggie Williams, Steve Breaston - Marshall on a bye. Cotchery looking like he will sit out. Will be counting on the Delhomme/Smith connection to put up some monster scores. Mason now listed as questionable has me worried. Hope his undisclosed illness is minor, because he has been a consistent WR for me (averaging 13.5pts). Williams has been quite a bust so far, and Matt Jones not being suspended yet was a blow to Reggie's chance to be "the man" this week. At least Mike Walker is out. You wouldn't know it by his scoring in this contest, but Reggie Williams is actually WR2 on JAX in pass receptions (14). Let's see him find the end zone like he did last year. It was a great 3-week run by Steve Breaston in weeks 4 thru 6, but Boldin is now back. He may have shown his skills, but you can't expect alot from him as a WR3 now. Steve Smith is going to have to carry my WR corps this week, as I will likely be seeing single digit scores from my other guys.
TE - Tony Gonzalez, Dustin Keller - Another fine week by Gonzo would be awesome. Let's hope Pigpen uses Gonzo like Linus uses his security blanket. Keller has multiple catches only once this season. He's a sleeper, that's for sure.
K - Kris Brown, Jason Hanson - Have scored double digits in all but week 1 with this duo, and they have both already had their byes. Keep up the good work, guys.
D - New York Jets, Miami Dolphins - I've had to suffer through their bye weeks and low scores thus far, but now comes the juicy parts of their schedules. I've only hit double digits once (NYJ with 25 in week 4). The other 6 weeks I have averaged a dismal 5 points.
SeniorVBDStudent
Footballguy
Check "my team status" for your team number, then Edit / Find on the power rankings page...
Me too, but throw in Chris Chambers as well...I'll be missing Marshall, Holmes and Cotchery?CrossEyed said:I'm only missing Parker, Holmes and Longwell this week. Maybe Cotchery. So I'm hoping I'll be OK.Marauder said:This could work out good for the rest of us if all the Steeler homers get knocked out this week.
Not to mention having Parker out another week.
Dirty Weasel
Footballguy
Players owned by at least 10% of live teams who are either on bye or look like they may not play:
QB - Cutler (28%), Romo (26%)
RB - None
WR - Marshall (45%), Cotchery (30%), Holmes (20%), Mason (11%)
TE - Utecht (14%), Baker (11%)
K - Nugent (26%), Prater (24%)
D - MIN (16%)
I own 3 of the 4 WR's, ouch!
QB - Cutler (28%), Romo (26%)
RB - None
WR - Marshall (45%), Cotchery (30%), Holmes (20%), Mason (11%)
TE - Utecht (14%), Baker (11%)
K - Nugent (26%), Prater (24%)
D - MIN (16%)
I own 3 of the 4 WR's, ouch!
Alberta Clipper
Footballguy
Question/Request for DD:
Not sure if this has been requested before but on the query page or in another link is there a report that lists the current # alive for each player?
I've always had to enter each player name one at a time in the query form and toggle back/forth searching?
Is there an easier way or could it be added to a weekly report?
Thanks in advance
Clipper
Not sure if this has been requested before but on the query page or in another link is there a report that lists the current # alive for each player?
I've always had to enter each player name one at a time in the query form and toggle back/forth searching?
Is there an easier way or could it be added to a weekly report?
Thanks in advance
Clipper
Dirty Weasel
Footballguy
Here you go...http://subscribers.footballguys.com/contest/2008/stats.php
Just add it to your favorites.
Alberta Clipper
Footballguy
thanks DW! Do I have to take that report and multiply the %live x #alive for the week to get the #alive?
Dirty Weasel
Footballguy
Yup. I don't know of any place to automatically see number of live players, except for searching individually on the querier page.
Dirty Weasel
Footballguy
Update - Cotchery, Mason, and Baker are all active, sorry.
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Robbie Cooper
Footballguy
Very nice week to have Leon Washington on your squad.
ctriopelle
Footballguy
after the first set of games, the fantasystar DB shows the current cut level at just over 120.
Jayrod
Footballguy
That seems pretty high considering there are still 5 games to go.
H8fulHuck
Footballguy
I noticed that too. Looks like we will have a high cut score despite having several key players out.Good to have Boldin exceeding expectations this week.
Dirty Weasel
Footballguy
Sitting at 188.15 after the early games. Cutoff will be pretty high this week, but looks like week 9 here I come.
tommyGunZ
Footballguy
With six teams on bye meaning one less game and more players out, especially with some key injuries and the suspensions, I was expecting a lower cutoff, which I may or may not need. Score approximately 148 ish with Schaub -21, Slaton -13.9, Chris Johnson -13.9, and Kevin Walter -11.6 still to go.
What say you, cutoff 140+ or less????
What say you, cutoff 140+ or less????
RenegadeGM
Footballguy
Thanks to that 70 yard TD, it looks like I'll be using Demetrius Williams for the first time all year!
fasteddie_21
2006 NM Poker Champ
133.45 w/ this afternoon's games still to go and Chris Johnson.
Yup, I had a Ted Ginn sighting on my team this week...finally
Yup, I had a Ted Ginn sighting on my team this week...finally
Robbie Cooper
Footballguy
Houston's team stats aren't appearing on the Fantasy Star site. I'm thinking Schaub and Walters might be used this week...
Alberta Clipper
Footballguy
HOU/CIN is a rescheduled game - wonder if that's what has the site missing stats.Nice to know I have walters 2tds to come - currently sitting in high 140's.
ctriopelle
Footballguy
unfortunately, the HOU/CIN scores aren't calculating, so that would make for a problem in the fantasystar estimate. I have a PM in to OC to fix things so that gets cleaned up.
bengalboy
Footballguy
If I get by this week (147), I still have to gasp for air next week with Gore and Brees on the bye. I'll need Warner/Schaub/Portis/Slaton to come up big in week 9 in order to stay alive.
