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2011 Ultimate Survivor: Round 1, League 8 Thread (1 Viewer)

Deranged Hermit

Not cool & Pissed
League 8 LEAGUE FULL

League Link: http://www.myfantasyleague.com/2011/home/74258#0

Thursday, August 25th at 9:30 PM Eastern - Best Ball / All-play

PPR Scoring, with 6-point passing TDs

1 QB, 2 RB, 3 WR, 1 TE, 1 flex (RB/WR/TE), 1 PK, 1 Def

Draft Order (with dice roll)

1. Stephen Holloway - 990

2. bubba191919 - 674

3. Deranged Hermit - 496

4. Jason Wood - 408

5. xpiredcoupon - 370

6. snellman - 346

7. steelerfan1 - 325

8. fightingillini - 253

9. Herb - 244

10. Buckna - 49

11. renesauz - 45

12. Bob N. Weaver - 10

 
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Well, despite A LOT of glitches, we finished the draft just past 1AM. I'm absolutely running on fumes all week and I made some very bad/questionable picks because of it. Anyway, my team:

Brees, Drew NOS QB - 11 2.10

Cutler, Jay CHI QB - 8 9.03

Garrard, David JAC QB (P) - 9 19.03

IMO a real strength of my team, but also the cause of my greatest regret. In all my years of playing in this league, QB's have flown off the board. Last year I got stuck behind the 8-ball because of it. Determined not to let that happen this year, I took Brees at 2.10 after Brady went right before me and Vick and Rodgers several picks before that. If I were to do it over, I would have nabbed a WR like D-Jax or someone similar.

Brown, Ronnie PHI RB - 7 17.03

McCoy, LeSean PHI RB - 7 1.03

Starks, James GBP RB (P) - 8 11.03

Torain, Ryan WAS RB (Q) - 5 12.10

Turner, Michael ATL RB - 8 3.03

Ward, Derrick HOU RB - 11 24.10

Started off well with McCoy and Turner, both of which I was thrilled to get. After that I have many question marks. I'm f'd if either one goes down.

Avant, Jason PHI WR (P) - 7 22.10

Bryant, Dez DAL WR (P) - 5 5.03

Hartline, Brian MIA WR - 5 21.03

Johnson, Steve BUF WR - 7 4.10

Ochocinco, Chad NEP WR - 7 7.03

Rice, Sidney SEA WR (P) - 6 6.10

Royal, Eddie DEN WR (P) - 6 14.10

Williams, Roy CHI WR - 8 16.10

This, my friends, is throwing a lot of s**t against the wall to see what sticks. I'm fairly confident I'll get decent production here, but I really wanted Miles Austin who was taken one pick previous to mine in the 4th.

Miller, Zach SEA TE - 6 13.03

Winslow, Kellen TBB TE - 8 8.10

Should be fine here. Both are capable of putting up nice PPR numbers.

Bailey, Dan DAL PK ® - 5 23.03

Gould, Robbie CHI PK - 8 20.10

Kaeding, Nate SDC PK - 6 15.03

In best ball format, especially with these deep rosters, it's very important to nab 3 kickers IMO.

Buccaneers, Tampa Bay TBB Def - 8 18.10

Steelers, Pittsburgh PIT Def - 11 10.10

I like this pairing a lot. PIT has a nice early schedule and have looked like beasts early on so far.

All in all, I don't think this team has the legs to get to round 2 without a lot of luck. I really need my McCoy/Turner duo to stay healthy and Brees to put up nice early numbers. We'll see though, I felt the same way my first year in this league and made the final round after what I viewed as two bad drafts, so anything can happen.

 
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Missed the start due to all the fr%%#&$ craziness with the hurricane bearing down. Was pretty dissapointed because this was one of my favorite leagues the last couple of years :(

 
Missed the start due to all the fr%%#&$ craziness with the hurricane bearing down. Was pretty dissapointed because this was one of my favorite leagues the last couple of years :(
Yeah, I was bummed you couldn't get there. We were wondering what happened.
 
I hear you DH, I am on fumes as well. Overall, this was a very tough draft.

Team fightingillini

Manning, Eli NYG QB - 7 8.05

Romo, Tony DAL QB - 5 5.08

Love this pairing. Got Romo at a discount, and due to his bye, I had to secure a decent second option. I would have preferred to wait until Round 10 to get the second QB, but Eli would have never had made it back to me in the 9th. Wanted Rivers in the 3rd, but steelerfan1 snagged him right before me.

Addai, Joseph IND RB - 11 6.05

Bush, Michael OAK RB - 8 11.08

Choice, Tashard DAL RB - 5 20.05

Forte, Matt CHI RB - 8 2.05

Stewart, Jonathan CAR RB - 9 9.08

Forte is a solid option in a PPR league, but otherwise I am pretty thin at RB. I liked the first 14 backs or so and then things get dicey. I decided to grab a few guys in the middle of the draft and hope one of them can score a TD. Drafting in the 8 hole, I had came in knowing that I would take a stud WR in round 1 and a RB in round 2, then BPA for a while.....using this strategy, I was pretty certain that I would be weak at the #2RB slot, and I likely won't be getting my flex score from here.

Armstrong, Anthony WAS WR - 5 24.05

Avery, Donnie STL WR - 5 21.08

Branch, Deion NEP WR - 7 14.05

Doucet, Early ARI WR (P) - 6 23.08

Jackson, DeSean PHI WR - 7 3.08

Nelson, Jordy GBP WR - 8 10.05

Smith, Steve CAR WR - 9 7.08

White, Roddy ATL WR (Q) - 8 1.08

Decent group of WRs, anchored by Roddy White and Desean Jackson. From Steve Smith CAR to Armstrong, I tried to focus on WRs that could make a big play which is nice in best ball formats.

Celek, Brent PHI TE - 7 13.08

Finley, Jermichael GBP TE (P) - 8 4.05

Shiancoe, Visanthe MIN TE (Q) - 9 16.05

I like Finley a lot and he should be huge. I expected the TE run to start there, but it really didn't start for another round or two....so I overpaid for Finley. He probably wouldn't have made it back to me in round 5, but I could have had V Davis at 5.08. Celek and Shiancoe provide nice depth to potentially get a flex score.

Bironas, Rob TEN PK - 6 18.05

Feely, Jay ARI PK - 6 22.05

Hartley, Garrett NOS PK - 11 15.08

49ers, San Francisco SFO Def - 7 17.08

Bears, Chicago CHI Def - 8 12.05

Chiefs, Kansas City KCC Def - 6 19.08

It's important IMO to have 3 kicker and 3 defense options in a best ball format. With deep rosters, you can do it and not lose too much depth at other positons.

Overall, I have a decent team that could advance.

 
Overall, I have a decent team that could advance.
Yeah, most teams have pretty significant question marks. Looking quickly, there wasn't a team where I said "Damn, they're gonna breeze in to round two".I was glad I avoided bye week issues. I wasn't actively avoiding guys with week 5 byes (although I passed on Rice for Shady because of it), it just happened. Dez is my only significant contributer with a bye week.
 
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Missed the start due to all the fr%%#&$ craziness with the hurricane bearing down. Was pretty dissapointed because this was one of my favorite leagues the last couple of years :(
Yeah, I was bummed you couldn't get there. We were wondering what happened.
Thanks DH. Just sent my GF and kids on the road. I'm leaving in a few hours with my older son.
Please be safe.You guys are in a bad spot right now.
 
first off sorry guys for being part of the problem.

don't know why my pc is not mfl draft friendly but between me refreshing and still not seeing players to haing it refresh when chat messages were posted and put me on auto pick, just glad there were only a few.

i am sure clayton is hungover today.

overall not a bad team, but not a great 1 either.

got sniped 2x on mcgahee and steven-howling.

Rivers, Philip SDC QB - 6

Volek, Billy SDC QB - 6

Mendenhall, Rashard PIT RB - 11

Moreno, Knowshon DEN RB - 6

Wells, Chris ARI RB - 6

Ringer, Javon TEN RB (Q) - 6

Redman, Isaac PIT RB - 11

Tate, Ben HOU RB - 11

Williams, Carnell STL RB - 5

Johnson, Andre HOU WR - 11

Manningham, Mario NYG WR - 7

Maclin, Jeremy PHI WR (Q)- 7

Amendola, Danny STL WR - 5

Knox, Johnny CHI WR - 8

Breaston, Steve KCC WR - 6

Jones, Jacoby HOU WR - 11

Daniels, Owen HOU TE - 11

Miller, Heath PIT TE - 11

Watson, Ben CLE TE - 5

Janikowski, Sebastian OAK PK - 8

Suisham, Shaun PIT PK (Q) - 11

Bengals, Cincinnati CIN Def - 7

Jaguars, Jacksonville JAC Def - 9

Ravens, Baltimore BAL Def - 5

 
I had the #2 spot. First round was going pretty quickly but then we got bogged down and had some technical issues. Eventually we threw the timer on and we would probably still be drafting if we didn't invoke it. No-one followed my mock draft examples, starting with 1.01, so I had to totally adjust my strategy :ptts: :lol: (except for my first RB's which I discuss below). Scoring made you think about QB's a little more. Overall, in this draft I think you have to enjoy the journey and not necessarily the destination :drive:

Hasselbeck, Matt QB - 6 16.11

Roethlisberger, Ben QB - 11 5.02

Sanchez, Mark QB - 8 9.02

Being on the turns you can miss a run on players, depending on when it starts. With the 6 pts/TD the QB's started going fairly early (6 during the first 4 rounds). I'm thinking "this is the Perfect Draft"? I was planning to take one at 7.02 but took Ben at 5.02 and caught a little flack for it. Romo, Ryan, Schaub, Stafford and Freeman were all available with comparable projections so I took Ben who had the more favorable schedule thru week 5. We'll see. In hindsight, I probably would take Schaub or Romo.

Foster, Arian RB - 11 1.02

Harper, Jamie RB - 6 22.11

Hunter, Kendall RB - 7 21.02

Jennings, Rashard RB - 9 11.02

Murray, DeMarco RB - 5 15.02

Tolbert, Mike RB - 6 7.02

Williams, DeAngelo RB - 9 2.11

Not too much in this crowd after Foster. LIke I said, AD went 1.01 so I ended up with Foster, but who's complaining. Probably one of my mistakes was taking DeAngelo at the 2.11 turn. I let Vincent Jackson and Mike Wallace fall (Stephen Holloway wasn't complaining and probably spit his drink out. Ok, probably everyone spit their drinks out :banned: ). I thought the RB depth was kind of shallow, compared to the WR's and had my mind made up I was taking RB's with my first two picks. Harper was a flyer in case Chris Johnson decides to take more time to work out his contract and Harper has been pushing Ringer a little bit. Hunter was a flyer hoping he might break into the line up early in the season. Lot of potential in this crowd if RB1's get hurt early in the season.

Bennett, Earl WR - 8 13.02

Gates, Edmund WR - 5 24.11

Jones, Julio WR - 8 4.11

Moore, Lance WR - 11 6.11

Sanders, Emmanuel WR - 11 14.11

Shipley, Jordan WR - 7 19.02

Williams, Mike (TB) WR - 8 3.02

After the DeAngelo pick, I redeemed myself a little bit by picking up Sanders in the 14th. I think Sander's expectations have fallen a little bit since last year, and he may need to pick it up a notch to really perform at the next level this year. Happy with Williams and Jones. I am probably a bigger fan of Bennett this year than most - but I think he has a chance to be decent in Chi-town this year - hopefully early. Moore one of the "healthy" Saints receivers and, again, hopefully he can produce early. Gates was a total flyer at the end that might come thru with some long TD's.

Cook, Jared TE - 6 12.11

Gonzalez, Tony TE - 8 8.11

Probably should have taken another TE - hopefully these two can be productive. Hoping Cook gets lots of looks with the situation in Tennessee.

Hanson, Jason PK - 9 17.02

Mare, Olinda PK - 9 20.11

Detroit and Miami should have some pretty active offenses. Probably should have taken one more PK instead of one of the RB/WR flyers.

Broncos, Denver DEF - 6 23.02

Packers, Green Bay DEF - 8 10.11

Titans, Tennessee DEF - 6 18.11

Defenses - well lot of points in the league scoring for shutouts/low points allowed, but that is rather unusual so not sure defenses will play a large role, except to have several of them and hope one of them produce each week.

Although it went late, I had a good time. Good luck to everyone else in the league. Mega thanks to the FBG staff that put on these (I'm hearing "cluster" quite a bit lately) contests and put up with the late nights. :thumbup:

 
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Ok, I will try to give a stab at my team after completely screwing up the beginning of the draft by picking the wrong Johnson, asking for a stop and causing a domino effect :bag:

Manning, Peyton IND QB 4.07

McCoy, Colt CLE QB 16.07

Stafford, Matthew DET QB 7.06

Was going to wait on QB, but saw enough value taking Manning in the 4th that I decided to jump on it even with questions around neck. Of course that forced me to take Stafford a little earlier than I wanted but I like his upside if he can stay healty. McCoy was just a nice late round flier.

Greene, Shonn NYJ RB 5.06

Ingram, Mark NOS RB 3.06

Jacobs, Brandon NYG RB 6.07

Thomas, Daniel MIA RB ®14.07

Tomlinson, LaDainian NYJ RB 10.07

Going WR and QB early left some to be desired on my RB corps. I :banned: the FBG Kool aid on Ingram and wanted to make sure I got him, so I took him in the 3rd. Greene in the 5th I felt to be good value and made sure I paired him up with Tomlinson because we know the Jets want to run the ball. Jacobs looked to be decent value in the 6th and after watching Thomas fall, I decided to take a chance with good upside and little risk. Best thing about this group is no byes to worry about.

Benn, Arrelious TBB WR 13.06

Decker, Eric DEN WR 21.06

Jenkins, Michael MIN WR 24.07

Jennings, Greg GBP WR 2.07

Johnson, Calvin DET WR 1.06

Mason, Derrick NYJ WR (P) 17.06

Moore, Denarius OAK WR ® 11.06

Nelson, David BUF WR 23.06

Ward, Hines PIT WR 12.07

I decided going into the draft that if it went the way I thought it would I was going to go WR early. Johnson is a PPR machine and hopefully that stays true. Jennings should continue to put up good numbers and hopefully Finley being back doesn't cut too much into that. With the RBs flying of the board the way they were I decided to take flyers on WRs. Hopefully someone out of this group will be my flex every week.

Graham, Jimmy NOS TE 8.07

Moeaki, Tony KCC TE 15.06

I decided to take a chance with Graham this year, not being a TE premium league. I waited too long to get a 2nd TE but Moeaki may have some upside and again, not being a TE premium league made me feel better about this.

Akers, David SFO PK 18.07

Brown, Josh STL PK 19.06

Scobee, Josh JAC PK 22.07

Kickers are well, Kickers. Decided to take 3 for a better chance at getting a decent score every week with the deeper rosters.

Colts, Indianapolis IND Def 20.07

Eagles, Philadelphia PHI Def 9.06

I was the first one to take a DEF. Hopefully PHI looks better in the regular season. I was hoping to get TEN as a late round flier, but I missed out on them so I took IND as a best of what was left pick.

I don't have the confidence in this team that I had in my team last year for the opening round, but hopefully I will be able to make some noise.

Would love to hear other's thoughts as well.

 
Would love to hear other's thoughts as well.
I think your team will live or die from the Manning and Ingram picks. I thought the Manning pick was especially ballsy because they've all but said he's out week one. Who knows though, neck issues are tough to guage. I think drafting a 3rd QB was a great idea to hedge your bets. Love your WR though.
 
Would love to hear other's thoughts as well.
I think your team will live or die from the Manning and Ingram picks. I thought the Manning pick was especially ballsy because they've all but said he's out week one. Who knows though, neck issues are tough to guage. I think drafting a 3rd QB was a great idea to hedge your bets. Love your WR though.
Taking Manning in the 4th round is pretty risky.Snellman also needs Jimmy Graham to come up big for him, becuase he doesn't have much behind that at TE.
 
9.1 Kevin Kolb

11.1 Ryan Fitzpatrick

18.12 Jason Campbell

20.12 Alex Smith

My plan for QB was to wait till late and get one who I favored as a value pick. My late wish list was to draft Fitzpatrick, McCoy, and one more. I preferred Kolb over other options at 9.1 and later grabbed Fitzpatrick. When I missed out on McCoy, I decided to look at getting four. None of these are highly regarded, but having four potential starters will hopefully keep me competitive.

1.1 Adrian Peterson

6.12 Marshawn Lynch

7.1 Tim Hightower 5

12.12 Delone Carter

13.1 Roy Helu 5

My plan for RB was to take my #1 RB and then wait till late, expecting to use my WR and TE depth for my flex. I am counting on Adrian Peterson to score every week and apply the best ball philosophy to add one weekly score from Lynch, Highttower, Helu, and Carter. Depth is shaky here as well and will only have three for two scores on week five.

2.12 Vincent Jackson

3.1 Mike Wallace

4.12 Percy Harvin

5.1 Brandon Marshall 5

14.12 Donald Driver

22.12 Roscoe Parrish

24.12 Jon Baldwin

My plan was to take WRs early and often to increase the chances for solid scores each week at the three WR slots and possibly flex as well. I am really pleased with my first four here and hope for at least one week of scoring each from Driver, Parrish, and Baldwin.

8.12 Brandon Pettigrew

10.12 Jermaine Gresham

21.1 Evan Moore 5

I knew that I would be waiting also for TE and was targeting Keller and Gresham. I decided to take Pettigrew at 8.12 as I saw him as value. After missing out on Keller, I considered to go with just Pettigrew and Gresham, but like the upside of Moore in the 21st.

17.1 Neil Rackers

23.1 Jeff Reed

I only went with two kickers and hope they provide brother-in-law assistance for each other.

15.1 Arizona DST

16.12 Atlanta DST

19.1 Buffalo DST

I waited too late to draft a defense and was hoping to get the Lions. Took three late here and hoping for the best. I really like my WRs and my TEs, but will need to have Peterson come up big and my QBs and others to not be bottom feeders in the league.

 
Well, I entered all the draft in the DD and ran the weekly scores. It was a quick review and I did not double check the results, but will provide them just for kicks. The individual numbers represent the weekly wins in the all play format. The total number is the number of wins over the five week season.

S. Holloway 3-11-11-7-5 total 37

Bubba191919 1-0-6-1-7 total 15

Deranged H. 5-3-7-4-4 total 23

Jason Wood 10-8-1-3-0 total 22

xpired coup 11-7-9-9-10 total 46

snellman 4-4-5-8-11 total 32

steelerfn 6-9-8-2-3 total 28

fightinill 2-5-0-11-8 total 26

Herb 9-1-10-5-1 total 26

Buckna 0-2-2-0-6 total 10

atvfillin 8-6-3-6-2 total 25 - sorry did not get the fillin team name

BobNWeaver 7-10-4-10-9 total 40

in order of predicted finish

xpired coup 46

Bob N Weaver 40

S. Holloway 37

snellman 32

steelerfan 28

Herb 26

fightinillini 26

atvfillin 25

Deranged Hermit 23

Jason Wood 22

bubba191919 15

Buckna 10

The predicted finishes each week were really close and there are many teams extremely closed clustered together after that on the weekly wins, so I anticipate a tightly contested group in our league.

Congrats to all for hanging in there and completing the task and best of luck to all entries! :football: :football:

 
renesauz sorry you didnt make it, hopefully You got into one of the other spots. Good Luck with Irene. This was a crazy night we were packing to take my son to college so lots of distractions, the internet crapped out around 15 so I missed on my back QBs, but Freeman should do for 5 weeks. My plan was to avoid players with week 5 bye, haha , you can see how well that went. After ther internet issue I was chasing players and that was that



8.02 Freeman, Josh TBB QB

22.02 Henne, Chad MIA QB

McFadden was a tough pick here , I prefer no to draft a QB this early, SJax, even with the bye I thought was a bargain, same for FJones at 6. I wanted a QB at 7 but I needed a RB becuz of the byes, Week 5 will be my weakness but since it is all play my RBs are pretty strong.

1.11 McFadden, Darren OAK RB (P)

4.02 Jackson, Steven STL RB (P)

6.02 Jones, Felix DAL RB

7.11 Green-Ellis, BenJarvus NEP RB

13.11 Barber, Marion CHI RB (Q)

17.11 Rodgers, Jacquizz ATL RB ®

20.02 Williams, Ricky BAL RB

When Mendy went at 2.06 my first reaction was oops, I forgot about him, but a WR here was the right move looking back at the WRs that went after Fitz. I was looking for SMoss but he didnt make it to me. I would have preferred D.Moore at 10.02 but I thought he would make it back.

2.02 Fitzgerald, Larry ARI WR

3.11 Bowe, Dwayne KCC WR -

9.11 Evans, Lee BAL WR (Q)

11.11 Meachem, Robert NOS WR (P)

14.02 Bess, Davone MIA WR -

10.02 Williams, Mike SEA WR (P)

19.11 Alexander, Danario STL WR (P)

23.11 Williams, Stephen ARI WR

24.02 Owens, Terrell FA* WR

Took Clark too early, I dont like this pick but it should be fine, but it put me behind for the QBs looking back. Heap was a computer pick, I dont mind him, but I could have taken him later...

5.11 Clark, Dallas IND TE (P)

16.02 Heap, Todd ARI TE (P)

Bryant was a computer pick, that one hurts

15.11 Bryant, Matt ATL PK

21.11 Folk, Nick NYJ PK

Wanted Detroit, nut I was chasing, SD was a desperation pick. Houston was my sleeper but they went before i could get them

12.02 Chargers, San Diego SDC Def

18.02 Cowboys, Dallas DAL Def

It was a chaotic but fun draft, the long time was a lot on me, my apologies to the rest of the league. Thanks Commish for waiting for me to get the problems fixed.....I made some rookie mistakes but all in all not too bad

 
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Well, I entered all the draft in the DD and ran the weekly scores. It was a quick review and I did not double check the results, but will provide them just for kicks. The individual numbers represent the weekly wins in the all play format. The total number is the number of wins over the five week season.in order of predicted finishxpired coup 46Bob N Weaver 40S. Holloway 37snellman 32steelerfan 28Herb 26fightinillini 26atvfillin 25Deranged Hermit 23Jason Wood 22bubba191919 15Buckna 10The predicted finishes each week were really close and there are many teams extremely closed clustered together after that on the weekly wins, so I anticipate a tightly contested group in our league.Congrats to all for hanging in there and completing the task and best of luck to all entries! :football: :football:
Look out for the week 5 SUPER SLEEPER CELLS... :boxing:
 
There are no transactions, your team is your team for the stretch run.
I thought so but I only saw it mention for the survivor format. thanks
 
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Sunday morning bump before heading out to encourage other owners to jump in and evaluate either their team or the ones that have already posted commentaries. I realize that the length and late start may have sapped some energy, but you have had a couple of days to recover so let's discuss this one.

:football:

 
SnellamnOf course that forced me to take Stafford a little earlier than I wanted but I like his upside if he can stay healty
Good move IMO, I was targeting him at 7.11
 
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I'm glad to have scored about 170 points this week (I still have 3 WR going tonight too), but it kinda sucks to lose your best kicker week one. Thank jeebus I burned a pick on Bailey since I really hate to roll with just one in best ball format.

Brees and McCoy really saved my bacon this week, but my team was overall pretty consistant. Here's to hoping the Dez injury isn't bad as he's my best WR.

 
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I'm glad to have scored about 170 points this week (I still have 3 WR going tonight too), but it kinda sucks to lose your best kicker week one. Thank jeebus I burned a pick on Bailey since I really hate to roll with just one in best ball format. Brees and McCoy really saved my bacon this week, but my team was overall pretty consistant. Here's to hoping the Dez injury isn't bad as he's my best WR.
I lost my best kicker Hartley as well. Scored 4 points from the kicker position.Luckily I was on fire everywhere else except TE and RB2. I think I have 196.5 points and have M Bush (-7.2) and Branch (-19.5) tonight. Good chance to go over 200 points, which should be near the top.
 
I'm glad to have scored about 170 points this week (I still have 3 WR going tonight too), but it kinda sucks to lose your best kicker week one. Thank jeebus I burned a pick on Bailey since I really hate to roll with just one in best ball format. Brees and McCoy really saved my bacon this week, but my team was overall pretty consistant. Here's to hoping the Dez injury isn't bad as he's my best WR.
I lost my best kicker Hartley as well. Scored 4 points from the kicker position.Luckily I was on fire everywhere else except TE and RB2. I think I have 196.5 points and have M Bush (-7.2) and Branch (-19.5) tonight. Good chance to go over 200 points, which should be near the top.
Yeah, I think you're pretty safe as the top guy this week. I should fall somewhere in the top 5, which is important. The first year I did this I advanced in round one simply by never falling past top 6 (yes, I needed a lot of luck the last cutoff week). I never finished top 3 once, if I remember correctly.
 
Wow, I thought I had the top spot locked up.......no big deal....Brady saved me in one of my leagues.

10-1 is a good start. And I really like my WR crew of White, D Jackson, S Smith C, Branch, Nelson, Doucet and Armstrong.

 
Disappointing start, but at least in the middle of the pack and feel like I am still within reach. Howver, with only four weeks to go, its an uphill battle to gain ground.

Very sad effort from my WR crew that I had the most hope for. Single digits for borh Harvin and V Jax and not a TD from any of them.

 
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Disappointing start, but at least in the middle of the pack and feel like I am still within reach. Howver, with only four weeks to go, its an uphill battle to gain ground.Very sad effort from my WR crew that I had the most hope for. Single digits for borh Harvin and V Jax and not a TD from any of them.
Yeah, Harvin killed me too in another league. That MIN offense looked putrid on Sunday.
 
Denario Alexander is a beast. my team is a mess but my super duper sleeper made a showing. At 10 games behind 4th place I think I am done anyway. Fun league, hope I can get in next year

 
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standings after week 2

xpiredcoupon 20-2

Jason Wood 19-3

fightingillini 16-6

snellman 16-6

Stephen Holloway 14-8

Buckna 13-9

Deranged Hermit 10-12

steelerfan1 9-13

ATCDAV 8-14

Bob N. Weaver 4-18

bubba191919 2-20

Herb 1-21

 
Looks like just a 5 team race for 4 spots, with Jason's team decimated with injuries and has serious Week 5 bye issues. All other teams are at least 5 games out with 2 weeks to go.......that's going to be a pretty tall order. Odds are pretty slim.

Out of the 5 remaining with a shot at advancing.

1) snellman - looking really good with Calvin, Jennings and Stafford. His WRs are very deep, but his RBs are sort of weak, but D Thomas is coming on strong. Needs Jimmy Graham to continue his good play since he's the only TE. Has moderate Week 5 issues with C McCoy, D Thomas, and J Brown on bye. As long as Stafford keeps playing great, he advances.

2) xpiredcoupon - looks great at QB with Rodgers/Newton and RB with MJD/Best/F Jackson. WRs took a big hit with Britt going down. With Ford still nicked up, he's going to have problems fielding 3 solid WRs per week. Really needs Wayne to step up, but if Painter is in there, not sure about that. Week 5 will also be a problem with Boldin, Gibson, F Davis, and 2 defenses on bye, leaving the NYG D all alone....luckily the NYG play SEA that week. While in 2nd place, it might get tough for him to advance.

3) fightingillini - Romo's rib injury is a concern, along with Austin being out, but E Manning saved me last week and has two great matchups in AZ and SEA....Eli is going alone in Week 5. Go Eli! RBs are better than anticipated, and I expect Forte to have a big game this week against CAR. WRs are deep but inconsistent. R White looks to be getting it going, but D Jackson is a concern with Vick nicked up, and Branch was scoreless last week :confused: . S Smith came crashing down to earth last week, and his matchup at CHI isn't going to be easy. Finley saved me last week, he needs to continue to be huge since he's basically alone at TE with my garbage Celek/Shiancoe. Only Romo and Armstong are off Week 5. Pretty good chance to advance.

4) Stephen Holloway - his QBBC has been great. RB depth is a big concern, especially with Hightower/Helu out Week 5. Lynch pretty much has to score for him Week 5. Marshall out Week 5 also is a concern, since he drafted 7 WRs, and 1 is out and the KC rookie Baldwin hasn't caught a pass yet. Depth may do him in.

5) Buckna - QBs are weak with Ryan not playing really good. Gore is an issue, but Mathews is coming on strong. Welker has been carrying him, and probably needs to continue doing that. Nicks needs to step up for him to advance. Colston out hurts WR depth. Only has Kendricks and WAS D on bye Week 5.

IMO, Vegas odds on the odd team left out, assuming that the four advancing will come from this group.

Snellman 9-1

xpiredcoupon 5-1

fightingillini 5-1

Stephen Holloway 2-1

Buckna 3-1

Best of luck for the final two weeks.

 
Nice writeup fightingillini. Had I known Manning wouldn't be back, 1) I wouldn't have drafted him, 2) I would have made sure I had taken someone without a bye in the 1st 5 weeks as a back up. Hopefully my WRs continue to produce, I can keep pulling a little magic out of my RBs, and Stafford can stay healthy.

 
As I suspected, my WR are killing me. With all the teams that are going to be hit hard week 5 with the bye, I have an outside chance of advancing, but I certainly wouldn't bet on it. I need to hit top three in points the next two weeks, which is do-able, but I need all the planets to align properly.

 
'Deranged Hermit said:
As I suspected, my WR are killing me. With all the teams that are going to be hit hard week 5 with the bye, I have an outside chance of advancing, but I certainly wouldn't bet on it. I need to hit top three in points the next two weeks, which is do-able, but I need all the planets to align properly.
At 17-15-1 you're right now 5.5 games behind. Likely given the skewness of this league, you probably need 35-36 wins to advance. Snellman, xpiredcoupon and myself only need to finish in the middle of the pack to get there, and we almost have 3-4 wins in the bank given how weak some of the teams are right now. So you are going to need 18-19 wins which is about top 3 two weeks in a row. You're not out of it, but it will be very tough. I would think your odds are somewhere between 5% and 10%.
 
With Stephen Holloway going 1-10 this week, it's all but assured that the four advancing are snellman, xpiredcoupon, Buckna, and fightingillini. With all the bye week problems Stephen has, no way he's going 9-2 or better.

Kind of makes week 5 anticlimatic. In all-play format, I don't think that I have ever seen 4 teams locked up by Week 4.

 

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