2008 $35,000 Subscriber Contest (2 Viewers)

[nzranger]

QB - Matt Schaub - 13

QB - Jake Delhomme - 12

QB - Kurt Warner - 5

RB - Steven Jackson - 50

RB - Thomas Jones - 21

RB - Ricky Williams - 8

RB - Steve Slaton - 1

RB - T.J. Duckett - 1

RB - Brian Leonard - 1

WR - Anquan Boldin - 26

WR - Brandon Marshall - 23

WR - Steve Smith - 23

WR - Marvin Harrison - 20

WR - Kevin Walter - 6

WR - Steve Breaston - 1

TE - Jason Witten - 31

TE - Chris Baker - 1

PK - Mike Nugent - 1

PK - Joe Nedney - 1

TD - Houston Texans - 2

TD - New Orleans Saints - 2

TD - Cincinnati Bengals - 1

I figure if I make it through WK 5 i'm pretty solid..

 

[The Kerminator]

Seems like a lot of the same players are on most teams:

Here's what I figure are the most owned players.

QB: Brees, Romo, Schaub, Warner, Ryan

RB: T. Jones, Ricky Williams, Rice, Slaton

WR: Marshall, Cotchery, Steve Smith (CAR), Calvin Johnson, DeSean Jackson

TE: Keller, Fasano

K: Prater

I would guess Warner, Slaton, and Keller are at the very top of the list of the most owned players.

When do they post the most owned players? Interested to see.

 

[QuizGuy66]

Seems like a lot of the same players are on most teams:Here's what I figure are the most owned players.QB: Brees, Romo, Schaub, Warner, RyanRB: T. Jones, Ricky Williams, Rice, SlatonWR: Marshall, Cotchery, Steve Smith (CAR), Calvin Johnson, DeSean JacksonTE: Keller, FasanoK: PraterI would guess Warner, Slaton, and Keller are at the very top of the list of the most owned players.When do they post the most owned players? Interested to see.

The Turk (aka Doug Drinen) blesses us with summary stats as things go along. He loses a lot of sleep on this contest so I'll happily and patiently await his analysis -QG

 

[Jayrod]

Seems like a lot of the same players are on most teams:

Here's what I figure are the most owned players.

QB: Brees, Romo, Schaub, Warner, Ryan

RB: T. Jones, Ricky Williams, Rice, Slaton

WR: Marshall, Cotchery, Steve Smith (CAR), Calvin Johnson, DeSean Jackson

TE: Keller, Fasano

K: Prater

I would guess Warner, Slaton, and Keller are at the very top of the list of the most owned players.

When do they post the most owned players? Interested to see.

I have the bolded players.I don't know if that is good or bad. I guess if those guys pan out and are great values, you want to be a part of it, but then again, you need to differentiate enough.

I figure the top RB's, mid/lower WR's, top TE's and defenses are the places where this thing will be won/lost. I'm sure an injury or two will eliminate a lot of teams as well.

 

[pats3in4]

Lone try at this (did not re-enter team), with only a few personal rules in mind:

- No overlapping bye weeks within each position

- Up the "best ball" odds by having 3 QBs, TEs, Ks and TDs, especially during bye weeks

- Very high on MB3 this year

- Betting that Favre-to-Cotchery becomes a beautiful combo

- Betting that Jordan outplays Maroney

- Praying 10 RBs/WRs total is enough to choose from for 6 weekly scores (with likely 2 on byes in wks 4-10)

- Warner at $5 was too good to pass up

QB - Tony Romo - 23

QB - Jake Delhomme - 12

QB - Kurt Warner - 5

RB - Marion Barber III - 40

RB - Selvin Young - 21

RB - Chris Johnson - 14

RB - LaMont Jordan - 5

WR - Plaxico Burress - 29

WR - Jerricho Cotchery - 23

WR - Santana Moss - 14

WR - Reggie Williams - 8

WR - Kevin Walter - 6

WR - David Patten - 5

TE - Dallas Clark - 23

TE - Donald Lee - 9

TE - Dustin Keller - 2

PK - Kris Brown - 2

PK - Mike Nugent - 1

PK - Olindo Mare - 1

TD - Tampa Bay Buccaneers - 4

TD - New York Jets - 2

TD - Miami Dolphins - 1

 

[Doug Drinen]

The Turk (aka Doug Drinen) blesses us with summary stats as things go along. He loses a lot of sleep on this contest so I'll happily and patiently await his analysis

Indeed. Rest assured that I love this thing just as much as you guys do. I even entered a team this year!!I'll have various stats computed at some point before Sunday.

 

[Ahmad Rashad]

Seems like a lot of the same players are on most teams:

Here's what I figure are the most owned players.

QB: Brees, Romo, Schaub, Warner, Ryan

RB: T. Jones, Ricky Williams, Rice, Slaton

WR: Marshall, Cotchery, Steve Smith (CAR), Calvin Johnson, DeSean Jackson

TE: Keller, Fasano

K: Prater

I would guess Warner, Slaton, and Keller are at the very top of the list of the most owned players.

I have most of these players, too, bolded above. It's hard to pass up the values. I rounded out my roster with Westbrook, Portis, Winslow, and the DTBC combo. Instead of Ryan, I used Orton, who has a different bye week than Warner and Brees. That's what will differentiate my team -- I'll be riding Orton all the way to the championship. With the 1.5 per TE reception, Winslow should be a stud in this format if he stays healthy.

Tripled up on QB, TE, and PK, but not D, since a D team can't miss a week because of injury. My WR depth is weak, but other than that, I like this team.

 

[Andy Herron]

Here is mine for everyone to admire:

QB - Peyton Manning - 27

QB - Jake Delhomme - 12

RB - Marion Barber III - 40

RB - Jonathan Stewart - 21

RB - Chris Johnson - 14

RB - Ricky Williams - 8

RB - Ryan Torain - 5 (the team JATO rocket)

RB - Steve Slaton - 1

WR - Calvin Johnson - 25

WR - Brandon Marshall - 23

WR - Steve Smith - 23

WR - Sidney Rice - 11

WR - Mark Clayton - 9

WR - DeSean Jackson - 4

WR - Antonio Bryant - 2

TE - Ben Utecht - 5

TE - Anthony Fasano - 3

TE - Dustin Keller - 2

PK - Phil Dawson - 3

PK - Ryan Longwell - 3

TD - Green Bay Packers - 4

TD - Oakland Raiders - 4

Total value: 249

DOH!Dude, I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but your roster MUST add up to $250 to be eligible.

No

Each selection has a different cap value, but all teams must remain at or under the $250 cap. Note: Even though the software should show you if you are within the cap, it is your responsibility to ensure you have a team that is valued at $250 or less. Teams that have spent more than the $250 will be disqualified in week 1.

My bad. Sorry.I could have sworn I'd read that differently. Maybe just my old, tired eyes.

 

[Verbal Kint]

The Turk (aka Doug Drinen) blesses us with summary stats as things go along. He loses a lot of sleep on this contest so I'll happily and patiently await his analysis

Indeed. Rest assured that I love this thing just as much as you guys do. I even entered a team this year!!I'll have various stats computed at some point before Sunday.

Sunday?? SUNDAY???

 

[Stingdiddy]

QB - Tony Romo - 23

QB - Matt Schaub - 13

QB - Kurt Warner - 5

RB - Joseph Addai - 50

RB - Clinton Portis - 33

RB - DeAngelo Williams - 15

RB - Ricky Williams - 8

RB - Steve Slaton - 1

WR - Terrell Owens - 36

WR - Greg Jennings - 22

WR - Nate Burleson - 18

WR - Muhsin Muhammad - 5

WR - Antwaan Randle El - 4

WR - Shaun McDonald - 4

TE - Robert Royal - 2

TE - Dustin Keller - 2

TE - David Martin - 1

PK - Matt Prater - 1

PK - Sebastian Janikowski - 1

TD - Denver Broncos - 3

TD - New York Jets - 2

TD - San Francisco 49ers - 1

 

[Doug Drinen]

The Turk (aka Doug Drinen) blesses us with summary stats as things go along. He loses a lot of sleep on this contest so I'll happily and patiently await his analysis

Indeed. Rest assured that I love this thing just as much as you guys do. I even entered a team this year!!

I'll have various stats computed at some point before Sunday.

Sunday?? SUNDAY???

Hey! I said before Sunday.Anyway, here's a quickie:

As predicted, Warner, Slaton, Ray Rice, and Ricky Williams are the most owned players, but none of them are on as many rosters (percentage-wise) as Wes Welker (67%) was last year. I can't seem to put my hands on the numbers, but I recall Frank Gore and Ben Watson being on an absurd percentage of rosters in 06. Like 80%.

Warner 51% [i think David "$2" Garrard was about 55% last year]

Romo 27%

Slaton 57%

Ricky 49%

Rice 44%

Barber 24%

Cotchery 28%

Marshall 27%

Calvin Johson 22%

Keller 28%

Utecht 14%

 

[Billy Ball Thorton]

The Turk (aka Doug Drinen) blesses us with summary stats as things go along. He loses a lot of sleep on this contest so I'll happily and patiently await his analysis

Indeed. Rest assured that I love this thing just as much as you guys do. I even entered a team this year!!

I'll have various stats computed at some point before Sunday.

Sunday?? SUNDAY???

Hey! I said before Sunday.Anyway, here's a quickie:

As predicted, Warner, Slaton, Ray Rice, and Ricky Williams are the most owned players, but none of them are on as many rosters (percentage-wise) as Wes Welker (67%) was last year. I can't seem to put my hands on the numbers, but I recall Frank Gore and Ben Watson being on an absurd percentage of rosters in 06. Like 80%.

Warner 51% [i think David "$2" Garrard was about 55% last year]

Romo 27%

Slaton 57%

Ricky 49%

Rice 44%

Barber 24%

Cotchery 28%

Marshall 27%

Calvin Johson 22%

Keller 28%

Utecht 14%

SWEET! I have most those players. Maybe we can have a 300 way tie for first?

 

[BigTex]

QB - Tony Romo - 23

QB - Kurt Warner - 5

QB - Matt Ryan - 4

RB - Joseph Addai - 50

RB - Clinton Portis - 33

RB - Chris Johnson - 14

RB - Ricky Williams - 8

RB - Ray Rice - 4

WR - Calvin Johnson - 25

WR - Jerricho Cotchery - 23

WR - Vincent Jackson - 11

WR - Mark Clayton - 9

WR - Reggie Williams - 8

TE - Alge Crumpler - 11

TE - Anthony Fasano - 3

TE - Dustin Keller - 2

TE - Chris Baker - 1

PK - Mike Nugent - 1

PK - Joe Nedney - 1

PK - Jason Hanson - 1

TD - Minnesota Vikings - 8

TD - Dallas Cowboys - 5

 

[smackdaddies]

QB - Aaron Rodgers - 15

QB - David Garrard - 14

RB - Brandon Jacobs - 32

RB - Chris Johnson - 14

RB - Ricky Williams - 8

RB - Ray Rice - 4

RB - Steve Slaton - 1

WR - Marques Colston - 30

WR - Hines Ward - 20

WR - Derrick Mason - 12

WR - Justin Gage - 8

WR - Kevin Walter - 6

WR - Muhsin Muhammad - 5

WR - Derek Hagan - 4

WR - DeSean Jackson - 4

WR - Devery Henderson - 2

TE - Jason Witten - 31

TE - Kellen Winslow Jr - 28

PK - Nate Kaeding - 4

PK - Matt Bryant - 2

TD - Buffalo Bills - 3

TD - Denver Broncos - 3

Not too different than many, fewer rb, more wr.

I did go with both Witten and Winslow - i just felt at the price, they had the best, consistent opportunity to score well on both TE and Flex

 

[Modog814]

Hey! I said before Sunday.

Anyway, here's a quickie:

As predicted, Warner, Slaton, Ray Rice, and Ricky Williams are the most owned players, but none of them are on as many rosters (percentage-wise) as Wes Welker (67%) was last year. I can't seem to put my hands on the numbers, but I recall Frank Gore and Ben Watson being on an absurd percentage of rosters in 06. Like 80%.

Warner 51% [i think David "$2" Garrard was about 55% last year]

Romo 27%

Slaton 57%

Ricky 49%

Rice 44%

Barber 24%

Cotchery 28%

Marshall 27%

Calvin Johson 22%

Keller 28%

Utecht 14%

Good to see I only have Romo, Slaton and Keller from this list, but thought about everyone of them and had them on my team at some point. To be honest I'm surprised that only 57% have slaton. I thought it would be closer to 75-80%.

 

[Doug Drinen]

This tells you what percentage of teams had the given number of players at each position. E.g. 13% of all entries had exactly 4 RBs. The rows add to 100, but don't necessarily appear to because of rounding.

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12=======================================================qb 3 38 50 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0rb 1 4 13 32 33 12 3 1 0 0 0wr 2 5 15 30 28 13 4 2 1 0te 9 61 28 2 0 0 0 0pk 5 55 28 7 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0td 6 57 28 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 0This is a brief look at how people allocated their dollars. It shows the minimum, the 20th, 40th, 60th, and 80th percentiles, and the maximum spent on each position. Looking at the QB line, for example, we see that everyone spent at least $5. 20% of all entries spent $28 or less. 40% of all entries spent $32 or less. And so on.

MIN  20   40   60   80  MAX=================================qb	 5   28   32   36   42  218rb	 9   78   88   96  106  204wr	 7   75   84   92  101  194te	 1   13   18   22   29  123pk	 1	3	4	6	7   51td	 1	5	7	8   11   58

 

[Doug Drinen]

I'M BEGGING YOU: PLEASE DO NOT QUOTE THIS ENTIRE LIST TO MAKE A COMMENT ON IT. It makes the thread very hard to read. TIA.

Kurt Warner		  $ 5   51.4Tony Romo			$23   26.8Jay Cutler		   $14   22.0Drew Brees		   $23   21.7Matt Schaub		  $13   17.7Matt Ryan			$ 4   16.3Jake Delhomme		$12   15.3David Garrard		$14   11.0Donovan McNabb	   $16   10.5Jeff Garcia		  $ 8	7.4Kyle Orton		   $ 4	6.9Jason Campbell	   $11	6.7Jon Kitna			$14	5.9Philip Rivers		$13	5.0Chad Pennington	  $ 9	4.8Aaron Rodgers		$15	4.7Vince Young		  $12	4.5Ben Roethlisberger   $21	3.7Tarvaris Jackson	 $ 9	3.7Peyton Manning	   $27	3.6Eli Manning		  $15	3.5Derek Anderson	   $19	3.0Tom Brady			$42	2.9Carson Palmer		$21	2.2Trent Edwards		$11	1.8Brodie Croyle		$ 6	1.8Marc Bulger		  $17	1.2JaMarcus Russell	 $12	0.8Matt Leinart		 $14	0.7Matt Hasselbeck	  $20	0.6Alex Smith		   $ 9	0.6Rex Grossman		 $ 5	0.5Troy Smith		   $ 7	0.5Damon Huard		  $ 5	0.2Chris Redman		 $ 5	0.2Kellen Clemens	   $ 5	0.1Josh McCown		  $ 8	0.1Steve Slaton		 $ 1   56.6Ricky Williams	   $ 8   49.2Ray Rice			 $ 4   44.2Marion Barber III	$40   24.4Thomas Jones		 $21   21.7Chris Johnson		$14   19.0Clinton Portis	   $33   18.2T.J. Duckett		 $ 1   15.2Michael Turner	   $28   13.1Selvin Young		 $21   12.7Willie Parker		$23   11.1DeAngelo Williams	$15   10.7Brian Leonard		$ 1	9.2Marshawn Lynch	   $40	9.1Maurice Jones-Drew   $34	9.0Adrian Peterson	  $53	8.9Lorenzo Booker	   $ 2	8.9Ahmad Bradshaw	   $ 4	8.7Maurice Morris	   $11	8.3Matt Forte		   $20	8.2Ryan Grant		   $32	7.7Earnest Graham	   $26	7.5Jonathan Stewart	 $21	7.4Brian Westbrook	  $54	7.3Kenny Watson		 $ 9	6.7LaDainian Tomlinson  $60	6.5Felix Jones		  $11	6.2Darren McFadden	  $29	6.2Jacob Hester		 $ 2	6.0Deuce McAllister	 $ 9	5.8Dominic Rhodes	   $ 4	5.6Reggie Bush		  $33	5.2Ladell Betts		 $ 6	5.1LaMont Jordan		$ 5	5.1Brandon Jacobs	   $32	5.0Michael Bush		 $ 3	4.8Chester Taylor	   $14	4.8Derrick Ward		 $ 5	4.2Justin Fargas		$11	4.2Leon Washington	  $ 7	4.2Kevin Smith		  $23	4.0Jamal Lewis		  $32	3.8Frank Gore		   $49	3.6Fred Taylor		  $18	3.6Edgerrin James	   $27	3.5Steven Jackson	   $50	3.4Joseph Addai		 $50	3.2Kevin Jones		  $ 8	3.1Fred Jackson		 $ 4	3.0Rashard Mendenhall   $18	3.0LenDale White		$23	2.4Ryan Torain		  $ 5	2.3Warrick Dunn		 $ 7	2.2Julius Jones		 $19	2.1Pierre Thomas		$10	2.0Jamaal Charles	   $ 2	1.9Larry Johnson		$40	1.8Michael Pittman	  $ 4	1.8Kevin Faulk		  $ 6	1.6Willis McGahee	   $32	1.5Jerious Norwood	  $14	1.4Jason Wright		 $ 4	1.3Laurence Maroney	 $33	1.3Ahman Green		  $16	0.9Rudi Johnson		 $22	0.8Sammy Morris		 $ 9	0.7Tatum Bell		   $ 7	0.6Brandon Jackson	  $14	0.4Ronnie Brown		 $34	0.3Leonard Weaver	   $ 5	0.2Jerricho Cotchery	$23   28.3Brandon Marshall	 $23   26.9Calvin Johnson	   $25   22.4Kevin Walter		 $ 6   21.1DeSean Jackson	   $ 4   20.5Marques Colston	  $30   18.8Santonio Holmes	  $24   18.8Steve Smith		  $23   15.2Muhsin Muhammad	  $ 5   14.8Ted Ginn			 $13   13.5Patrick Crayton	  $13   13.4Terrell Owens		$36   13.3Antwaan Randle El	$ 4   12.3Nate Burleson		$18   11.9Robert Meachem	   $ 6   11.6Devery Henderson	 $ 2   11.2Steve Breaston	   $ 1   10.9Santana Moss		 $14   10.4Marvin Harrison	  $20	9.9Antonio Bryant	   $ 2	9.6Jabar Gaffney		$ 7	8.8Chris Chambers	   $17	8.6Donald Driver		$16	8.5Larry Fitzgerald	 $35	8.3Derrick Mason		$12	8.3James Hardy		  $ 4	8.0Anthony Gonzalez	 $14	7.9Devin Hester		 $ 8	7.8Vincent Jackson	  $11	7.1Isaac Bruce		  $10	6.7Derek Hagan		  $ 4	6.7Jerry Porter		 $ 5	6.6Bernard Berrian	  $13	6.2Reggie Williams	  $ 8	6.1Greg Jennings		$22	5.8Sidney Rice		  $11	5.5Braylon Edwards	  $36	5.5Mark Bradley		 $ 1	5.3Anquan Boldin		$26	5.2Steve Smith		  $ 5	5.2Bryant Johnson	   $ 9	5.0Justin Gage		  $ 8	5.0Sinorice Moss		$ 2	4.9David Patten		 $ 5	4.8Ben Obomanu		  $ 1	4.8Limas Sweed		  $ 3	4.7Antonio Chatman	  $ 1	4.6Cedrick Wilson	   $ 1	4.6Deion Branch		 $ 6	4.6Randy Moss		   $47	4.5Miles Austin		 $ 1	4.5Amani Toomer		 $ 5	4.4Lee Evans			$21	4.4Courtney Taylor	  $ 3	4.4D.J. Hackett		 $ 7	4.1James Jones		  $ 5	4.0Joey Galloway		$15	4.0Wes Welker		   $32	3.8Donte Stallworth	 $12	3.7Andre Davis		  $ 3	3.7Mike Furrey		  $ 3	3.5Ronald Curry		 $10	3.5Drew Bennett		 $ 6	3.5Andre Johnson		$35	3.3T.J. Houshmandzadeh  $34	3.2Craig Davis		  $ 1	3.2Maurice Stovall	  $ 1	3.1Laveranues Coles	 $22	3.1Arnaz Battle		 $ 4	3.0Plaxico Burress	  $29	2.8Darrell Jackson	  $ 5	2.8Reggie Brown		 $15	2.7Reggie Wayne		 $42	2.7Hines Ward		   $20	2.6Brandon Stokley	  $ 5	2.6Roy Williams		 $26	2.3Mario Manningham	 $ 2	2.3Roddy White		  $23	2.3Michael Clayton	  $ 5	2.3Dwayne Bowe		  $25	2.2Dennis Northcutt	 $ 3	2.2Dwayne Jarrett	   $ 2	2.1Keary Colbert		$ 2	2.1Nate Washington	  $ 3	2.0Mark Clayton		 $ 9	2.0Sam Hurd			 $ 3	2.0Jason Hill		   $ 2	1.9Shaun McDonald	   $ 4	1.9Josh Cribbs		  $ 2	1.8Marty Booker		 $ 4	1.8Ike Hilliard		 $ 3	1.7Brandon Lloyd		$ 4	1.7Marques Hagans	   $ 1	1.5Javon Walker		 $12	1.5Greg Camarillo	   $ 1	1.4Paul Williams		$ 1	1.4Torry Holt		   $32	1.4Michael Jenkins	  $ 5	1.3Joe Horn			 $ 2	1.3Brandon Jones		$ 2	1.3Legedu Naanee		$ 1	1.2Donnie Avery		 $ 5	1.2Demetrius Williams   $ 3	1.2Troy Williamson	  $ 4	1.2Justin McCareins	 $ 5	1.0Josh Reed			$ 4	0.9Laurent Robinson	 $ 7	0.9Biren Ealy		   $ 1	0.9Kevin Curtis		 $19	0.8Earl Bennett		 $ 2	0.8Chad Johnson		 $33	0.8Bobby Wade		   $ 4	0.7Early Doucet		 $ 3	0.7Jordy Nelson		 $ 3	0.7Chad Jackson		 $ 6	0.6Roydell Williams	 $ 3	0.6Brad Smith		   $ 4	0.6Mike Walker		  $ 3	0.6Bobby Engram		 $18	0.5Robert Ferguson	  $ 3	0.5Reche Caldwell	   $ 3	0.5Malcom Floyd		 $ 2	0.5Lavelle Hawkins	  $ 2	0.5Roscoe Parrish	   $ 4	0.5Jacoby Jones		 $ 4	0.5Malcolm Kelly		$ 3	0.4Devin Thomas		 $ 4	0.4Ernest Wilford	   $11	0.3Andre Caldwell	   $ 3	0.2Roy Hall			 $ 3	0.2Devard Darling	   $ 5	0.2Jeff Webb			$ 3	0.2Drew Carter		  $ 4	0.1Dustin Keller		$ 2   28.2Ben Utecht		   $ 5   14.1Chris Baker		  $ 1   13.4Alge Crumpler		$11   11.4Anthony Fasano	   $ 3   11.0Kevin Boss		   $ 9   10.2Vernon Davis		 $16	7.9Chris Cooley		 $19	7.8Robert Royal		 $ 2	7.8Jeremy Shockey	   $18	7.3Zach Miller		  $15	7.0Heath Miller		 $13	7.0L.J. Smith		   $12	6.9Jason Witten		 $31	6.7Ben Watson		   $10	6.2Owen Daniels		 $19	5.7Desmond Clark		$ 3	5.5Donald Lee		   $ 9	5.4Greg Olsen		   $10	5.4David Martin		 $ 1	4.8Tony Scheffler	   $16	4.4Kellen Winslow Jr	$28	4.3Leonard Pope		 $ 5	3.9John Carlson		 $ 4	3.9Michael Gaines	   $ 1	3.7Todd Heap			$15	2.9Visanthe Shiancoe	$ 4	2.9Tony Gonzalez		$23	2.8Marcedes Lewis	   $ 8	2.5Delanie Walker	   $ 1	2.4Bo Scaife			$ 6	2.3Dallas Clark		 $23	2.3Randy McMichael	  $12	2.2Alex Smith		   $ 5	2.1Jeff King			$ 5	1.6Antonio Gates		$29	0.7Mike Nugent		  $ 1   25.9Jason Hanson		 $ 1   24.4Matt Prater		  $ 1   19.5Nick Folk			$ 5   15.3Rian Lindell		 $ 1   12.7Sebastian Janikowski $ 1   12.5Kris Brown		   $ 2   12.3Shaun Suisham		$ 1   11.0Nate Kaeding		 $ 4   10.0Robbie Gould		 $ 2	9.5Mason Crosby		 $ 3	9.0Joe Nedney		   $ 1	8.2Neil Rackers		 $ 3	8.1Rob Bironas		  $ 3	7.7Olindo Mare		  $ 1	7.4John Kasay		   $ 2	7.0Phil Dawson		  $ 3	5.8Stephen Gostkowski   $ 5	5.3Ryan Longwell		$ 3	5.2Adam Vinatieri	   $ 5	5.0Jason Elam		   $ 2	4.7Matt Stover		  $ 2	4.6Josh Brown		   $ 3	4.6Jeff Reed			$ 3	4.3Brandon Coutu		$ 1	3.5Josh Scobee		  $ 4	3.5David Akers		  $ 3	3.3Taylor Mehlhaff	  $ 2	2.7Lawrence Tynes	   $ 2	2.6Shayne Graham		$ 4	2.5Jay Feely			$ 1	1.6Matt Bryant		  $ 2	1.5Connor Barth		 $ 1	0.6Buffalo Bills		$ 3   26.0Minnesota Vikings	$ 8   16.9New Orleans Saints   $ 2   13.9Miami Dolphins	   $ 1   13.6Detroit Lions		$ 1   13.2Dallas Cowboys	   $ 5   12.6Philadelphia Eagles  $ 3   11.4San Francisco 49ers  $ 1   10.9New England Patriots $ 5   10.4Houston Texans	   $ 2   10.0Chicago Bears		$ 5	8.2Jacksonville Jaguars $ 5	8.2Tennessee Titans	 $ 3	8.2St. Louis Rams	   $ 1	8.0Cincinnati Bengals   $ 1	8.0New York Jets		$ 2	7.8Green Bay Packers	$ 4	6.7Seattle Seahawks	 $ 4	6.0Carolina Panthers	$ 3	5.8Atlanta Falcons	  $ 1	5.7Pittsburgh Steelers  $ 5	5.5Indianapolis Colts   $ 4	5.2San Diego Chargers   $ 8	4.3Tampa Bay Buccaneers $ 4	4.3Oakland Raiders	  $ 4	2.4Denver Broncos	   $ 3	2.2New York Giants	  $ 5	2.1Cleveland Browns	 $ 3	2.1Kansas City Chiefs   $ 2	2.0Washington Redskins  $ 4	2.0Arizona Cardinals	$ 3	1.8Baltimore Ravens	 $ 5	1.5

 

[Driver]

The Turk (aka Doug Drinen) blesses us with summary stats as things go along. He loses a lot of sleep on this contest so I'll happily and patiently await his analysis

Indeed. Rest assured that I love this thing just as much as you guys do. I even entered a team this year!!

I'll have various stats computed at some point before Sunday.

Sunday?? SUNDAY???

Hey! I said before Sunday.Anyway, here's a quickie:

As predicted, Warner, Slaton, Ray Rice, and Ricky Williams are the most owned players, but none of them are on as many rosters (percentage-wise) as Wes Welker (67%) was last year. I can't seem to put my hands on the numbers, but I recall Frank Gore and Ben Watson being on an absurd percentage of rosters in 06. Like 80%.

Warner 51% [i think David "$2" Garrard was about 55% last year]

Romo 27%

Slaton 57%

Ricky 49%

Rice 44%

Barber 24%

Cotchery 28%

Marshall 27%

Calvin Johson 22%

Keller 28%

Utecht 14%

SWEET! I have most those players. Maybe we can have a 300 way tie for first?

Two thoughts. First, has anyone determined the number of "exact duplicate teams" last year or the year before? I would expect a couple, but I wouldn't be surprised if there were no exact duplicates among the 12,000 or so different entries.Second, I've always assumed that you were at a distinct disadvantage if you didn't have most or all of the apparent "super value players" like Slaton, Rice, Ricky, Warner, Keller, etc. But has anyone looked at the top-20 teams last year to determine if this were true? Maybe the group of "super value players" is irrelevant and trumped by having the best subgroup of players that have really big years and peak at the right time (whether or not you have any of the super value players). Alternatively, maybe having the super value players helps you to survive through Week 13, but is less relevant in Weeks 14-16.

 

[montana_grizzly_bears]

Didn't play around with it as much as I did last year. But think I should do fairly well. big drop for me is at RB

QB - Ben Roethlisberger - 21

QB - Matt Ryan - 4

RB - Joseph Addai - 50

RB - Thomas Jones - 21

RB - Ryan Torain - 5

RB - Ray Rice - 4

RB - Lorenzo Booker - 2

RB - Steve Slaton - 1

WR - Wes Welker - 32

WR - Dwayne Bowe - 25

WR - Santana Moss - 14

WR - Devin Hester - 8

WR - Arnaz Battle - 4

WR - Jacoby Jones - 4

WR - Andre Davis - 3

WR - Steve Breaston - 1

TE - Jason Witten - 31

TE - Kevin Boss - 9

PK - Mason Crosby - 3

PK - David Akers - 3

TD - Buffalo Bills - 3

TD - New Orleans Saints - 2

 

[Doug Drinen]

Two thoughts. First, has anyone determined the number of "exact duplicate teams" last year or the year before? I would expect a couple, but I wouldn't be surprised if there were no exact duplicates among the 12,000 or so different entries.

I just checked. There are no duplicates. With 22 roster slots, I would be stunned if there were duplicate entries.[Now the playoff contest, that's a different story. Tons of dupes there.]

 

[Birdie048]

Interesting breakdown in distribution of players selected..... maybe it comes down to which "stud" does not bust to differentiate the winners combined with the "value" picks who are selected less frequently.

My roster

QB - Drew Brees - 23

QB - Matt Schaub - 13

QB - Trent Edwards - 11

RB - Clinton Portis - 33

RB - DeAngelo Williams - 15

RB - Chris Johnson - 14

RB - Ray Rice - 4

RB - Lorenzo Booker - 2

RB - Steve Slaton - 1

WR - Calvin Johnson - 25

WR - Jerricho Cotchery - 23

WR - Lee Evans - 21

WR - Ted Ginn - 13

WR - Sidney Rice - 11

WR - Kevin Walter - 6

TE - Jeremy Shockey - 18

TE - Anthony Fasano - 3

PK - David Akers - 3

PK - Mike Nugent - 1

TD - Pittsburgh Steelers - 5

TD - Buffalo Bills - 3

TD - Houston Texans - 2

 

[ctriopelle]

I'm actually stunned at the apparent diversity that we look to have this year. In years past, I could count on most, if not all of my players being on a huge percentage of rosters (with the exception of my stud TE I always pick). This year I have again picked basically the most popular players at each position, but the numbers are much lower based on my beverage-compromised memory. The nice thing is, that even with a roster full of the most popular picks, not many folks have them all in combination, so I still can get some score separation. I also get some separation with my feature TE being very unpopular.

The other nice benefit of having a full slate of popular players is that if they do poorly, the contest participants in general do poorly. Not that it is a bullet proof strategy, but last year I don't think I came anywhere near the cut line except for maybe the final 50% cut. We'll see what this year brings! My week 10 bye situation is already scaring me, even though I tried to protect with depth. Having Romo/Portis/S Moss all off together is a bit unnerving. Liked each of them too much to change them out...

 

[Driver]

Two thoughts. First, has anyone determined the number of "exact duplicate teams" last year or the year before? I would expect a couple, but I wouldn't be surprised if there were no exact duplicates among the 12,000 or so different entries.

I just checked. There are no duplicates. With 22 roster slots, I would be stunned if there were duplicate entries.[Now the playoff contest, that's a different story. Tons of dupes there.]

Thanks a lot for the quick response, as always. With no duplicates, it raises the question of how much similarity there really is among the 12,000 or so different entries. Last year, it seemed like there was a fair amount of similarity among teams -- just from visually looking at a bunch of different high-scoring teams (which is probably heavily biased in itself). It looks like there's less similarity this year than last year from the above stats. But some players are on more than 50% of teams, and a significant number of players are on more than 20% of all teams. Injuries to stud players also have a big impact in making teams non-competitive. I don't know -- I suspect that there's less similarity across all teams than would be expected, but depending on which players have great years, the high-scoring teams will again look pretty similar.I guess it's another version of the luck vs. skill argument. I think I'd argue that it takes more skill than luck to survive for the first 13 weeks. Weeks 14-16 and the eventual winners, I don't know if luck plays a bigger role or not.

 

[chris1969]

Footballguys - my contest team

QB - Jay Cutler - 14

QB - David Garrard - 14

QB - Kurt Warner - 5

RB - Maurice Jones-Drew - 34

RB - Selvin Young - 21

RB - Thomas Jones - 21

RB - Ricky Williams - 8

RB - Steve Slaton - 1

RB - T.J. Duckett - 1

WR - Calvin Johnson - 25

WR - Brandon Marshall - 23

WR - Isaac Bruce - 10

WR - Bryant Johnson - 9

WR - Reggie Williams - 8

WR - Jerry Porter - 5

TE - Jason Witten - 31

TE - Donald Lee - 9

PK - Mike Nugent - 1

PK - Brandon Coutu - 1

PK - Matt Prater - 1

TD - New England Patriots - 5

TD - Buffalo Bills - 3

Total value: 250

 

[rgmnchr]

Quite possibly the greatest team ever assembled!

QB - Tony Romo - 23

QB - Kurt Warner - 5

QB - Kyle Orton - 4

Gotta go with 3 QB's. Romo will carry and Orton will take the bears to the playoffs. Warner will just fill in with the occasional 400 YD 4 TD performance.

RB - Michael Turner - 28

RB - Willie Parker - 23

RB - DeAngelo Williams - 15

RB - Ricky Williams - 8

RB - Steve Slaton - 1

Turner is the MAN here! Carry me big boy! FWP is a sleeper this year and DWill will come out on top in that RB battle in CAR. RW and Slaton for value.

WR - Brandon Marshall - 23

WR - Jerricho Cotchery - 23

WR - Ted Ginn - 13

WR - Mark Clayton - 9

WR - Kevin Walter - 6

WR - DeSean Jackson - 4

Nothing spectacular here. Just lots of targets.

TE - Jason Witten - 31

TE - Tony Scheffler - 16

TE - Anthony Fasano - 3

Here in lies the butter. Witten=monster. Scheffler=perfect flex w 1.5 ppr. I just like saying FasAAAHHno!

PK - Stephen Gostkowski - 5

PK - Jason Hanson - 1

TD - Philadelphia Eagles - 3

TD - Cleveland Browns - 3

TD - Miami Dolphins - 1

Taking a different route here. Going with the return TD possibilities. Desean, Cribbs and Ginn. Just need one per week.

Total value: 248

Good luck to all!

 

[therokie0070]

Please if your Team has Westbrook LT and Romo post so I can see if there is any team close to my picks!!!!!

 

[chris1969]

To improve my odds I slept at a Holiday Inn before making my picks.

When I win, I plan to fly to some tropical 3rd world country, where I'll use the money to open my own personal brothel. I will live off of bananas and coconuts, except for one coconut which I will paint a smiley face on and name Wilson.

 

[reg]

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Kurt Warner		  $ 5   51.4Tony Romo			$23   26.8Jay Cutler		   $14   22.0Drew Brees		   $23   21.7Matt Schaub		  $13   17.7Matt Ryan			$ 4   16.3Jake Delhomme		$12   15.3David Garrard		$14   11.0Donovan McNabb	   $16   10.5Jeff Garcia		  $ 8	7.4Kyle Orton		   $ 4	6.9Jason Campbell	   $11	6.7Jon Kitna			$14	5.9Philip Rivers		$13	5.0Chad Pennington	  $ 9	4.8Aaron Rodgers		$15	4.7Vince Young		  $12	4.5Ben Roethlisberger   $21	3.7Tarvaris Jackson	 $ 9	3.7Peyton Manning	   $27	3.6Eli Manning		  $15	3.5Derek Anderson	   $19	3.0Tom Brady			$42	2.9Carson Palmer		$21	2.2Trent Edwards		$11	1.8Brodie Croyle		$ 6	1.8Marc Bulger		  $17	1.2JaMarcus Russell	 $12	0.8Matt Leinart		 $14	0.7Matt Hasselbeck	  $20	0.6Alex Smith		   $ 9	0.6Rex Grossman		 $ 5	0.5Troy Smith		   $ 7	0.5Damon Huard		  $ 5	0.2Chris Redman		 $ 5	0.2Kellen Clemens	   $ 5	0.1Josh McCown		  $ 8	0.1Steve Slaton		 $ 1   56.6Ricky Williams	   $ 8   49.2Ray Rice			 $ 4   44.2Marion Barber III	$40   24.4Thomas Jones		 $21   21.7Chris Johnson		$14   19.0Clinton Portis	   $33   18.2T.J. Duckett		 $ 1   15.2Michael Turner	   $28   13.1Selvin Young		 $21   12.7Willie Parker		$23   11.1DeAngelo Williams	$15   10.7Brian Leonard		$ 1	9.2Marshawn Lynch	   $40	9.1Maurice Jones-Drew   $34	9.0Adrian Peterson	  $53	8.9Lorenzo Booker	   $ 2	8.9Ahmad Bradshaw	   $ 4	8.7Maurice Morris	   $11	8.3Matt Forte		   $20	8.2Ryan Grant		   $32	7.7Earnest Graham	   $26	7.5Jonathan Stewart	 $21	7.4Brian Westbrook	  $54	7.3Kenny Watson		 $ 9	6.7LaDainian Tomlinson  $60	6.5Felix Jones		  $11	6.2Darren McFadden	  $29	6.2Jacob Hester		 $ 2	6.0Deuce McAllister	 $ 9	5.8Dominic Rhodes	   $ 4	5.6Reggie Bush		  $33	5.2Ladell Betts		 $ 6	5.1LaMont Jordan		$ 5	5.1Brandon Jacobs	   $32	5.0Michael Bush		 $ 3	4.8Chester Taylor	   $14	4.8Derrick Ward		 $ 5	4.2Justin Fargas		$11	4.2Leon Washington	  $ 7	4.2Kevin Smith		  $23	4.0Jamal Lewis		  $32	3.8Frank Gore		   $49	3.6Fred Taylor		  $18	3.6Edgerrin James	   $27	3.5Steven Jackson	   $50	3.4Joseph Addai		 $50	3.2Kevin Jones		  $ 8	3.1Fred Jackson		 $ 4	3.0Rashard Mendenhall   $18	3.0LenDale White		$23	2.4Ryan Torain		  $ 5	2.3Warrick Dunn		 $ 7	2.2Julius Jones		 $19	2.1Pierre Thomas		$10	2.0Jamaal Charles	   $ 2	1.9Larry Johnson		$40	1.8Michael Pittman	  $ 4	1.8Kevin Faulk		  $ 6	1.6Willis McGahee	   $32	1.5Jerious Norwood	  $14	1.4Jason Wright		 $ 4	1.3Laurence Maroney	 $33	1.3Ahman Green		  $16	0.9Rudi Johnson		 $22	0.8Sammy Morris		 $ 9	0.7Tatum Bell		   $ 7	0.6Brandon Jackson	  $14	0.4Ronnie Brown		 $34	0.3Leonard Weaver	   $ 5	0.2Jerricho Cotchery	$23   28.3Brandon Marshall	 $23   26.9Calvin Johnson	   $25   22.4Kevin Walter		 $ 6   21.1DeSean Jackson	   $ 4   20.5Marques Colston	  $30   18.8Santonio Holmes	  $24   18.8Steve Smith		  $23   15.2Muhsin Muhammad	  $ 5   14.8Ted Ginn			 $13   13.5Patrick Crayton	  $13   13.4Terrell Owens		$36   13.3Antwaan Randle El	$ 4   12.3Nate Burleson		$18   11.9Robert Meachem	   $ 6   11.6Devery Henderson	 $ 2   11.2Steve Breaston	   $ 1   10.9Santana Moss		 $14   10.4Marvin Harrison	  $20	9.9Antonio Bryant	   $ 2	9.6Jabar Gaffney		$ 7	8.8Chris Chambers	   $17	8.6Donald Driver		$16	8.5Larry Fitzgerald	 $35	8.3Derrick Mason		$12	8.3James Hardy		  $ 4	8.0Anthony Gonzalez	 $14	7.9Devin Hester		 $ 8	7.8Vincent Jackson	  $11	7.1Isaac Bruce		  $10	6.7Derek Hagan		  $ 4	6.7Jerry Porter		 $ 5	6.6Bernard Berrian	  $13	6.2Reggie Williams	  $ 8	6.1Greg Jennings		$22	5.8Sidney Rice		  $11	5.5Braylon Edwards	  $36	5.5Mark Bradley		 $ 1	5.3Anquan Boldin		$26	5.2Steve Smith		  $ 5	5.2Bryant Johnson	   $ 9	5.0Justin Gage		  $ 8	5.0Sinorice Moss		$ 2	4.9David Patten		 $ 5	4.8Ben Obomanu		  $ 1	4.8Limas Sweed		  $ 3	4.7Antonio Chatman	  $ 1	4.6Cedrick Wilson	   $ 1	4.6Deion Branch		 $ 6	4.6Randy Moss		   $47	4.5Miles Austin		 $ 1	4.5Amani Toomer		 $ 5	4.4Lee Evans			$21	4.4Courtney Taylor	  $ 3	4.4D.J. Hackett		 $ 7	4.1James Jones		  $ 5	4.0Joey Galloway		$15	4.0Wes Welker		   $32	3.8Donte Stallworth	 $12	3.7Andre Davis		  $ 3	3.7Mike Furrey		  $ 3	3.5Ronald Curry		 $10	3.5Drew Bennett		 $ 6	3.5Andre Johnson		$35	3.3T.J. Houshmandzadeh  $34	3.2Craig Davis		  $ 1	3.2Maurice Stovall	  $ 1	3.1Laveranues Coles	 $22	3.1Arnaz Battle		 $ 4	3.0Plaxico Burress	  $29	2.8Darrell Jackson	  $ 5	2.8Reggie Brown		 $15	2.7Reggie Wayne		 $42	2.7Hines Ward		   $20	2.6Brandon Stokley	  $ 5	2.6Roy Williams		 $26	2.3Mario Manningham	 $ 2	2.3Roddy White		  $23	2.3Michael Clayton	  $ 5	2.3Dwayne Bowe		  $25	2.2Dennis Northcutt	 $ 3	2.2Dwayne Jarrett	   $ 2	2.1Keary Colbert		$ 2	2.1Nate Washington	  $ 3	2.0Mark Clayton		 $ 9	2.0Sam Hurd			 $ 3	2.0Jason Hill		   $ 2	1.9Shaun McDonald	   $ 4	1.9Josh Cribbs		  $ 2	1.8Marty Booker		 $ 4	1.8Ike Hilliard		 $ 3	1.7Brandon Lloyd		$ 4	1.7Marques Hagans	   $ 1	1.5Javon Walker		 $12	1.5Greg Camarillo	   $ 1	1.4Paul Williams		$ 1	1.4Torry Holt		   $32	1.4Michael Jenkins	  $ 5	1.3Joe Horn			 $ 2	1.3Brandon Jones		$ 2	1.3Legedu Naanee		$ 1	1.2Donnie Avery		 $ 5	1.2Demetrius Williams   $ 3	1.2Troy Williamson	  $ 4	1.2Justin McCareins	 $ 5	1.0Josh Reed			$ 4	0.9Laurent Robinson	 $ 7	0.9Biren Ealy		   $ 1	0.9Kevin Curtis		 $19	0.8Earl Bennett		 $ 2	0.8Chad Johnson		 $33	0.8Bobby Wade		   $ 4	0.7Early Doucet		 $ 3	0.7Jordy Nelson		 $ 3	0.7Chad Jackson		 $ 6	0.6Roydell Williams	 $ 3	0.6Brad Smith		   $ 4	0.6Mike Walker		  $ 3	0.6Bobby Engram		 $18	0.5Robert Ferguson	  $ 3	0.5Reche Caldwell	   $ 3	0.5Malcom Floyd		 $ 2	0.5Lavelle Hawkins	  $ 2	0.5Roscoe Parrish	   $ 4	0.5Jacoby Jones		 $ 4	0.5Malcolm Kelly		$ 3	0.4Devin Thomas		 $ 4	0.4Ernest Wilford	   $11	0.3Andre Caldwell	   $ 3	0.2Roy Hall			 $ 3	0.2Devard Darling	   $ 5	0.2Jeff Webb			$ 3	0.2Drew Carter		  $ 4	0.1Dustin Keller		$ 2   28.2Ben Utecht		   $ 5   14.1Chris Baker		  $ 1   13.4Alge Crumpler		$11   11.4Anthony Fasano	   $ 3   11.0Kevin Boss		   $ 9   10.2Vernon Davis		 $16	7.9Chris Cooley		 $19	7.8Robert Royal		 $ 2	7.8Jeremy Shockey	   $18	7.3Zach Miller		  $15	7.0Heath Miller		 $13	7.0L.J. 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[Gold Plated Nails]

most of the teams I am seeing do not have enough kickers and defenses.

 

[chet]

here are a lot of K's and Def's:

QB - Drew Brees - 23

QB - Jay Cutler - 14

QB - Kurt Warner - 5

RB - Adrian Peterson - 53

RB - Marshawn Lynch - 40

RB - Fred Taylor - 18

WR - Terrell Owens - 36

WR - Calvin Johnson - 25

WR - Kevin Walter - 6

WR - Michael Clayton - 5

TE - Ben Watson - 10

PK - Mike Nugent - 1

PK - Joe Nedney - 1

PK - Jason Hanson - 1

PK - Rian Lindell - 1

PK - Brandon Coutu - 1

PK - Matt Prater - 1

TD - Pittsburgh Steelers - 5

TD - Detroit Lions - 1

TD - Miami Dolphins - 1

TD - Cincinnati Bengals - 1

TD - San Francisco 49ers - 1

 

[tomarken]

here are a lot of K's and Def's:QB - Drew Brees - 23QB - Jay Cutler - 14QB - Kurt Warner - 5RB - Adrian Peterson - 53RB - Marshawn Lynch - 40RB - Fred Taylor - 18WR - Terrell Owens - 36WR - Calvin Johnson - 25WR - Kevin Walter - 6WR - Michael Clayton - 5TE - Ben Watson - 10PK - Mike Nugent - 1PK - Joe Nedney - 1PK - Jason Hanson - 1PK - Rian Lindell - 1PK - Brandon Coutu - 1PK - Matt Prater - 1TD - Pittsburgh Steelers - 5TD - Detroit Lions - 1TD - Miami Dolphins - 1TD - Cincinnati Bengals - 1TD - San Francisco 49ers - 1

This can't be for real, can it?

 

[Dolfan]

QB - Eli Manning - 15

QB - Kurt Warner - 5

RB - Clinton Portis - 33

RB - Jonathan Stewart - 21

RB - DeAngelo Williams - 15

RB - Chris Johnson - 14

RB - Ricky Williams - 8

RB - Ray Rice - 4

WR - Terrell Owens - 36

WR - Santonio Holmes - 24

WR - Brandon Marshall - 23

WR - Jabar Gaffney - 7

WR - Jerry Porter - 5

WR - Derek Hagan - 4

WR - DeSean Jackson - 4

TE - Chris Cooley - 19

TE - Anthony Fasano - 3

TE - Dustin Keller - 2

PK - Kris Brown - 2

PK - Mike Nugent - 1

TD - Buffalo Bills - 3

TD - Miami Dolphins - 1

I am good!

 

[Frank Costanza's Lawyer]

The Turk (aka Doug Drinen) blesses us with summary stats as things go along. He loses a lot of sleep on this contest so I'll happily and patiently await his analysis

Indeed. Rest assured that I love this thing just as much as you guys do. I even entered a team this year!!

I'll have various stats computed at some point before Sunday.

Dont tell me this is the first year youve entered a team?

 

[Born to Run]

This tells you what percentage of teams had the given number of players at each position. E.g. 13% of all entries had exactly 4 RBs. The rows add to 100, but don't necessarily appear to because of rounding.

0   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10  11  12=======================================================qb		3  38  50   7   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0rb			1   4  13  32  33  12   3   1   0   0   0wr				2   5  15  30  28  13   4   2   1   0te		9  61  28   2   0   0   0	   0pk		5  55  28   7   3   1   1   0   0   0   0   0td		6  57  28   6   2   1   0   0   0   0   0

Someone took 7 PKs Ahhh, Doug, could you give us the owners name on this entry? The entertainment value would be priceless

 

[coachjim]

I get a kick out of all the bright responses we get from people who finished out of the money last year. The only guy that I want to give criticism is the guy that won last year. He has been there and done that. I finished at 28th place and won a few bucks. This is one of most fun contests that you can enter because it fills the void until the games start. Once the games start then your leagues take precedence.

The other thing I can't figure out is why so many people feel the need to publish their teams. For the life of me I have no idea why anyone would want to do that. After all we can check any team we want by clicking on the owners name.

Good luck to all.

 

[David Dodds]

Here is the key in case people want to compare their lineups against it:

QB - Tony Romo - 23

QB - Matt Ryan - 4

RB - Marion Barber III - 40

RB - Matt Forte - 20

RB - Ricky Williams - 8

RB - Ray Rice - 4

RB - Steve Slaton - 1

WR - Calvin Johnson - 25

WR - Brandon Marshall - 23

WR - Nate Burleson - 18

WR - Santana Moss - 14

WR - Jabar Gaffney - 7

WR - Robert Meachem - 6

WR - David Patten - 5

TE - Owen Daniels - 19

TE - Zach Miller - 15

TE - Dustin Keller - 2

PK - Mike Nugent - 1

PK - Matt Prater - 1

TD - Minnesota Vikings - 8

TD - Buffalo Bills - 3

TD - New Orleans Saints - 2

 

[Mister CIA]

Ernest Wilford	   $11	0.3

Is that a typo? Surely Wilford did not cost $11.

 

[chris1969]

Here is the key in case people want to compare their lineups against it:QB - Tony Romo - 23 QB - Matt Ryan - 4 RB - Marion Barber III - 40 RB - Matt Forte - 20 RB - Ricky Williams - 8 RB - Ray Rice - 4 RB - Steve Slaton - 1 WR - Calvin Johnson - 25 WR - Brandon Marshall - 23 WR - Nate Burleson - 18 WR - Santana Moss - 14 WR - Jabar Gaffney - 7 WR - Robert Meachem - 6 WR - David Patten - 5 TE - Owen Daniels - 19 TE - Zach Miller - 15 TE - Dustin Keller - 2 PK - Mike Nugent - 1 PK - Matt Prater - 1 TD - Minnesota Vikings - 8 TD - Buffalo Bills - 3 TD - New Orleans Saints - 2

What a newbie!

 

[massraider]

My team, and percentage owned. Not much interest to anyone, this is more for my own info.

QB - Jay Cutler - 14----51.4

QB - Jeff Garcia - 8----7.2

QB - Kurt Warner - 5----22

RB - Marshawn Lynch - 40---9.1

RB - Darren McFadden - 29----6.2

RB - Earnest Graham - 26-----7.5

RB - Michael Bush - 3----4.8

RB - Steve Slaton - 1----56.6

WR - Torry Holt - 32----1.4

WR - Brandon Marshall - 23----26.9

WR - Steve Smith - 23----15.2

WR - Jabar Gaffney - 7----8.8

WR - Kevin Walter - 6-----21.1

WR - Jerry Porter - 5----6.6

WR - Antonio Bryant - 2----9.6

TE - Zach Miller - 15----7.0

TE - Dustin Keller - 2----28.2

PK - Mike Nugent - 1----25.9

TD - Philadelphia Eagles - 3----11.4

TD - Houston Texans - 2----10

TD - New Orleans Saints - 2-----13.9

TD - Cincinnati Bengals - 1----8.0

 

[FUBAR]

This tells you what percentage of teams had the given number of players at each position. E.g. 13% of all entries had exactly 4 RBs. The rows add to 100, but don't necessarily appear to because of rounding.

0   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10  11  12=======================================================td		6  57  28   6   2   1   0   0   0   0   0

This is a brief look at how people allocated their dollars. It shows the minimum, the 20th, 40th, 60th, and 80th percentiles, and the maximum spent on each position. Looking at the QB line, for example, we see that everyone spent at least $5. 20% of all entries spent $28 or less. 40% of all entries spent $32 or less. And so on.

MIN  20   40   60   80  MAX=================================qb	 5   28   32   36   42  218rb	 9   78   88   96  106  204wr	 7   75   84   92  101  194te	 1   13   18   22   29  123pk	 1	3	4	6	7   51td	 1	5	7	8   11   58

someone spent $218 on QB? 51 on pk is too.and why in the world would you need 6 Defenses? Injury risk?

 

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Here is the key in case people want to compare their lineups against it:QB - Tony Romo - 23 QB - Matt Ryan - 4 RB - Marion Barber III - 40 RB - Matt Forte - 20 RB - Ricky Williams - 8 RB - Ray Rice - 4 RB - Steve Slaton - 1 WR - Calvin Johnson - 25 WR - Brandon Marshall - 23 WR - Nate Burleson - 18 WR - Santana Moss - 14 WR - Jabar Gaffney - 7 WR - Robert Meachem - 6 WR - David Patten - 5 TE - Owen Daniels - 19 TE - Zach Miller - 15 TE - Dustin Keller - 2 PK - Mike Nugent - 1 PK - Matt Prater - 1 TD - Minnesota Vikings - 8 TD - Buffalo Bills - 3 TD - New Orleans Saints - 2

Sorry david but did you win last year? I'm afraid Coach Jim has no use for your input on these matters...

 

[Dragon1952]

Took a little gamble at RB and TE2

QB ROMO 23

QB ANDERSON 19

QB WARNER 5

RB BUSH 33

RB GRAHAM 26

RB WILLIAMS 8

RB RICE 4

RB BRADSHAW 4

RB HESTER 2

WR OWENS 36

WR HOLMES 24

WR STALLWORTH 12

WR R. WILLIAMS 8

WR CHATMAN 1

TE GONZALEZ 23

TE POPE 5

PK BROWN 3

PK BIRONAS 3

PK HANSON 1

D PATS 5

D TAMPA BAY 4

D BENGALS 1

 

[Otis]

Bobcat: why three kickers?

I did it last year and I thought it helped me earn a few extra each week. I don't think I missed out on another $1 player this year that I felt provided more chance to score for me than a kicker (maybe a defense, but those $1 defenses are really a crapshoot this year). Besides Slaton, I didn't see another RB/WR worth $1.Looking back at last year, each kicker factored into my lineup 4 times, never scoring below 10pts (I was eliminated in week 12):Longwell $1 - Put up 15pts when the other two combined for 1pt. Also factored into other weeks with 14/11/13pts when my other kickers were below 8pts.Bironas $1 - Put up that monster 32pt week when my other two combined for 2pts. He also bumped me 7pts (basically a TD) in another week.Kasay $1 - While he factored in four times, never for more than a 5pt gain, but that could be the difference in making the cut line once.What do you think?

Interesting. Guess I didn't realized kickers could be so helpful.

 

[Otis]

Here is the key in case people want to compare their lineups against it: RB - Ricky Williams - 8 RB - Ray Rice - 4 RB - Steve Slaton - 1

These three are going to cancel each other out on SO many rosters.

 

[Otis]

Steve Slaton $ 1 56.6Ricky Williams $ 8 49.2Ray Rice $ 4 44.2

As suspected, the three most owned RBs...

 

[Buckeyedawgs]

I am a defending finalist. As most of you I got the big values thru out as identified above. Why I will win is because I worked in Whitten and Zach Miller as my TE'S.

QB'S Cutler, Delhomme, and Warner

rbs barber,T.Jones,r.williams, rice,slaton and my key to sucess that will make a difference playoff time R.Torain

wr's s.Smith, harrison,driver.mason.walter,breaston and Austin

te's Whitten and Z.Miller

k-kaeding and dawson

d cowboys and Bills

Thank you in advance for the big check this year

 

[massraider]

Steve Slaton $ 1 56.6Ricky Williams $ 8 49.2Ray Rice $ 4 44.2

As suspected, the three most owned RBs...

I feel like I am the only guy on this board not putting Ray Rice in the Pro Bowl this year. I didn't even consider him.

 

[Moniker]

Steve Slaton $ 1 56.6Ricky Williams $ 8 49.2Ray Rice $ 4 44.2

As suspected, the three most owned RBs...

I feel like I am the only guy on this board not putting Ray Rice in the Pro Bowl this year. I didn't even consider him.

That makes two of us. At least I don't feel like the Lone Ranger anymore...

 

[GregStarling]

QB - Jay Cutler - 14

QB - Kurt Warner - 5

QB - Matt Ryan - 4

RB - LaDainian Tomlinson - 60

RB - Brian Westbrook - 54

RB - Ricky Williams - 8

RB - Ray Rice - 4

RB - Steve Slaton - 1

WR - Brandon Marshall - 23

WR - Santana Moss - 14

WR - Derrick Mason - 12

WR - Mark Clayton - 9

WR - Justin Gage - 8

WR - Jabar Gaffney - 7

WR - Kevin Walter - 6

WR - Derek Hagan - 4

TE - Anthony Fasano - 3

TE - Dustin Keller - 2

PK - Nick Folk - 5

PK - Robbie Gould - 2

TD - Buffalo Bills - 3

TD - New Orleans Saints - 2

 

[Buckeyedawgs]

Steve Slaton $ 1 56.6Ricky Williams $ 8 49.2Ray Rice $ 4 44.2

As suspected, the three most owned RBs...

I feel like I am the only guy on this board not putting Ray Rice in the Pro Bowl this year. I didn't even consider him.

That makes two of us. At least I don't feel like the Lone Ranger anymore...

It's not we think he will be pro bowl. It's value vs opportunity. McGahee wasn't even jogging a week ago. He sure won't be busting thru a weak offensive line anytime soon. Rice will score for us some weeks early I bet. And might just end up Rookie of the year based on his opportunity outlook. Anyone thinks McGahee will be effective soon is kidding themselves.