2022 FBG Subscriber Contest is ON - Update - 1st place is $10k + $5k to food bank of their choice (2 Viewers)

[joey]

Also…man, the RBs are REALLY tough for me so far (in the 12 iterations I’ve already done)
I can see myself only rostering 4 RBs overall in the $21 to $17 range since, so far, none of the bargain RBs are jumping out to me.

 

[TheWinz]

Christmas in August!

wha are the historical stats around 2 or 3 QBs? @TheWinz ?

If memory serves, the 3rd QB is usually wasted bucks, as long as you select 2 decent ones to begin with, and they stay healthy.
Sadly, all entries from previous years have disappeared. You used to be able to go to the previous year's subscriber contest thread and click on any link that someone left to their team, then simply manipulate the web address and pull up old rosters, but that's gone now. The only data I kept was K's and D's, because I think that's a solvable puzzle.

 

[TheWinz]

Also…man, the RBs are REALLY tough for me so far (in the 12 iterations I’ve already done)
I can see myself only rostering 4 RBs overall in the $21 to $17 range since, so far, none of the bargain RBs are jumping out to me.

I haven't even really looked at prices, except for K's and D's. I always start with them, because I find them to be the easiest, and I rarely change them once I am happy (unless it's a kicker who lost their job).

 

[Hot Sauce Guy]

Christmas in August!

wha are the historical stats around 2 or 3 QBs? @TheWinz ?

If memory serves, the 3rd QB is usually wasted bucks, as long as you select 2 decent ones to begin with, and they stay healthy.
Sadly, all entries from previous years have disappeared. You used to be able to go to the previous year's subscriber contest thread and click on any link that someone left to their team, then simply manipulate the web address and pull up old rosters, but that's gone now. The only data I kept was K's and D's, because I think that's a solvable puzzle.

If you can mail a cheap 3rd QB and they break out, I suppose it could give you a small advantage simply for diversification, but largely they’re a waste of $, yeah.

 

[joey]

Also…man, the RBs are REALLY tough for me so far (in the 12 iterations I’ve already done)
I can see myself only rostering 4 RBs overall in the $21 to $17 range since, so far, none of the bargain RBs are jumping out to me.

I haven't even really looked at prices, except for K's and D's. I always start with them, because I find them to be the easiest, and I rarely change them once I am happy (unless it's a kicker who lost their job).

Yeah, my 3 cheap K and D are locked in now, and I’d like to say my 2 QBs are locked in too, but once I start messing with the RB,WRs and TEs (actually, I’m very happy with my 3 TEs) then I sometimes shift one of the 2 QBs to shave or add a buck if needed.

 

[JoeSteeler]

Also…man, the RBs are REALLY tough for me so far (in the 12 iterations I’ve already done)
I can see myself only rostering 4 RBs overall in the $21 to $17 range since, so far, none of the bargain RBs are jumping out to me.

Agree. I almost always struggle with RB and this year is no exception.

 

[JoeSteeler]

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[Drunken Cowboy]

First attempt
QB - Davis Mills - HOU/6 - $7
QB - Mitchell Trubisky - PIT/9 - $5
QB - Desmond Ridder - ATL/14 - $4
RB - Saquon Barkley - NYG/9 - $26
RB - Elijah Mitchell - SF/9 - $18
RB - Dameon Pierce - HOU/6 - $10
RB - Raheem Mostert - MIA/11 - $8
RB - Tyler Allgeier - ATL/14 - $7
WR - Allen Robinson - LAR/7 - $20
WR - Michael Thomas - NO/14 - $20
WR - Rashod Bateman - BAL/10 - $16
WR - Drake London - ATL/14 - $15
WR - Allen Lazard - GB/14 - $12
WR - Nico Collins - HOU/6 - $10
WR - Jahan Dotson - WAS/14 - $9
WR - George Pickens - PIT/9 - $6
TE - George Kittle - SF/9 - $18
TE - Pat Freiermuth - PIT/9 - $14
PK - Mason Crosby - GB/14 - $4
PK - Joey Slye - WAS/14 - $4
PK - Chris Boswell - PIT/9 - $4
TD - Pittsburgh Steelers - PIT/9 - $5
TD - Baltimore Ravens - BAL/10 - $4
TD - Washington Commanders - WAS/14 - $4

 

[Rubi]

Just submitted the winning entry. 4 QB's...8 RB's...8 WR's...4 TE's...3 DEF...3 K's. And I'm not changing it.

Today.

 

[barackdhouse]

I know the link was posted here earlier and I submitted an entry already but where is the link on the site page? I guess I'll bookmark it this time but it would be nice not to hunt through the thread for the link.

 

[barackdhouse]

25 players $250
2 QB $22
6 RB $101
9 WR $84
2 TE $24
3 K $10
3 D $9

 

[SeniorVBDStudent]

Iteration 1 - 20 players
Iteration 2 - 22 players, 4 QBs

Looks like I might actually have to do some value research. Go figure.

 

[BassNBrew]

@Joe Bryant love the food bank dea but can you check with your accountant in the donation in “our” name. It would kind of hurt to have to report $5k in income but not be able to deduct it because you don’t itemize.

 

[Dacomish]

Always a fun few weeks, I seem to be going back to the same 3 QB's and Def/K's but have done about 20-25 different changes since yesterday, mostly to fix bye conflicts, what I have settled on for the moment....but its a very long way to lock:

3 QB's, $42
6 RB's, $88
6 WR's, $62 (Really not happy here, so this will change pretty quickly)
4 TE's, $40
3 K's, $9
3 Def $9

 

[Joe Bryant]

@Joe Bryant love the food bank dea but can you check with your accountant in the donation in “our” name. It would kind of hurt to have to report $5k in income but not be able to deduct it because you don’t itemize.

We'll make it our name then.

 

[TheWinz]

First attempt
RB - Saquon Barkley - NYG/9 - $26
RB - Elijah Mitchell - SF/9 - $18
WR - Michael Thomas - NO/14 - $20
WR - Drake London - ATL/14 - $15
WR - Allen Lazard - GB/14 - $12
WR - Jahan Dotson - WAS/14 - $9
TE - George Kittle - SF/9 - $18
TE - Pat Freiermuth - PIT/9 - $14
PK - Mason Crosby - GB/14 - $4
PK - Joey Slye - WAS/14 - $4

Ah, the first to post an actual roster. Suggest you visit the bye conflicts...

 

[Deamon]

How is Watson so expensive?!

 

[TheWinz]

I know the link was posted here earlier and I submitted an entry already but where is the link on the site page? I guess I'll bookmark it this time but it would be nice not to hunt through the thread for the link.

Link on the main page now works, but it's still listed as 2021

 

[TheWinz]

How is Watson so expensive?!

Watson + Brissett = most expensive QB in the contest

 

[joey]

How is Watson so expensive?!

Watson + Brissett = most expensive QB in the contest

im digging combos of 2 from Dak/Rodgers and Cousins/Carr to spend $30 total on QB this year.

 

[joey]

as of right now:
21 players @ $250

2 QBs @ $30
4 RBs @ $77 (no bye week clashes, of course, with this few RBs)
6 WRs @ $94 (a couple of bye week clashes but I really like the players I’ve selected and don’t love the other alternatives in those ranges. Will likely blow up my WR picks multiple time over the coming weeks)
3 TE @ $31 (3 ”value” TEs I really like. No bye week clashes, of course, for TE, K or D)
3 K @ $9
3 D @ $9

championship!

 

[Drunken Cowboy]

First attempt
RB - Saquon Barkley - NYG/9 - $26
RB - Elijah Mitchell - SF/9 - $18
WR - Michael Thomas - NO/14 - $20
WR - Drake London - ATL/14 - $15
WR - Allen Lazard - GB/14 - $12
WR - Jahan Dotson - WAS/14 - $9
TE - George Kittle - SF/9 - $18
TE - Pat Freiermuth - PIT/9 - $14
PK - Mason Crosby - GB/14 - $4
PK - Joey Slye - WAS/14 - $4

Ah, the first to post an actual roster. Suggest you visit the bye conflicts...

Way to early to care about that. I have already moved to to v2.

 

[Deamon]

@TheWinz Thoughts?

QB - Trey Lance - SF/9 - $15
QB - Kirk Cousins - MIN/7 - $14
RB - Travis Etienne - JAX/11 - $22
RB - Cam Akers - LAR/7 - $20
RB - Cordarrelle Patterson - ATL/14 - $18
RB - Tony Pollard - DAL/9 - $18
RB - Nyheim Hines - IND/14 - $13
WR - Chris Godwin - TB/11 - $21
WR - Courtland Sutton - DEN/9 - $19
WR - Amon-Ra St. Brown - DET/6 - $17
WR - Skyy Moore - KC/8 - $9
WR - K.J. Hamler - DEN/9 - $8
WR - WanDale Robinson - NYG/9 - $5
WR - Christian Watson - GB/14 - $5
WR - Donovan Peoples-Jones - CLE/9 - $5
TE - Albert Okwuegbunam - DEN/9 - $9
TE - Robert Tonyan - GB/14 - $8
TE - Taysom Hill - NO/14 - $5
PK - Graham Gano - NYG/9 - $3
PK - Greg Zuerlein - NYJ/10 - $3
PK - Zane Gonzalez - CAR/13 - $3
TD - Green Bay Packers - GB/14 - $4
TD - Arizona Cardinals - ARI/13 - $3
TD - Tennessee Titans - TEN/6 - $3

 

[IHEARTFF]

Well that was a fun waste of time. Love how you tweek it to get byes right and then you read the thread and think of like 4 more problems

 

[IHEARTFF]

So, the revised percentage cut lines, will you consider avoiding all together players on teams with bye weeks 13 and 14?

13 - Carolina and Arizona
14 - Atlanta, Chicago, Green Bay, Indianapolis, New Orleans and Washington

RIP to my Aaron Jones/Kyle Pitts duo

 

[IHEARTFF]

2/5/6/3/3/3 with 1 w13 and 1 w14 guys
Feel naked with only 2 qbs

 

[TheWinz]

@TheWinz Thoughts?

QB - Trey Lance - SF/9 - $15
QB - Kirk Cousins - MIN/7 - $14
RB - Travis Etienne - JAX/11 - $22
RB - Cam Akers - LAR/7 - $20
RB - Cordarrelle Patterson - ATL/14 - $18
RB - Tony Pollard - DAL/9 - $18
RB - Nyheim Hines - IND/14 - $13
WR - Chris Godwin - TB/11 - $21
WR - Courtland Sutton - DEN/9 - $19
WR - Amon-Ra St. Brown - DET/6 - $17
WR - Skyy Moore - KC/8 - $9
WR - K.J. Hamler - DEN/9 - $8
WR - WanDale Robinson - NYG/9 - $5
WR - Christian Watson - GB/14 - $5
WR - Donovan Peoples-Jones - CLE/9 - $5
TE - Albert Okwuegbunam - DEN/9 - $9
TE - Robert Tonyan - GB/14 - $8
TE - Taysom Hill - NO/14 - $5
PK - Graham Gano - NYG/9 - $3
PK - Greg Zuerlein - NYJ/10 - $3
PK - Zane Gonzalez - CAR/13 - $3
TD - Green Bay Packers - GB/14 - $4
TD - Arizona Cardinals - ARI/13 - $3
TD - Tennessee Titans - TEN/6 - $3

Overall, it looks similar to my first draft. Same 3 kickers that I started with, not because I think they will perform, but because I guess I thought they were least likely to lose their jobs. Half your WR's off week 9.

 

[BassNBrew]

How is Watson so expensive?!

$1 per assault is cheaper than what Watson will pay.

 

[Deamon]

@TheWinz Thoughts?

QB - Trey Lance - SF/9 - $15
QB - Kirk Cousins - MIN/7 - $14
RB - Travis Etienne - JAX/11 - $22
RB - Cam Akers - LAR/7 - $20
RB - Cordarrelle Patterson - ATL/14 - $18
RB - Tony Pollard - DAL/9 - $18
RB - Nyheim Hines - IND/14 - $13
WR - Chris Godwin - TB/11 - $21
WR - Courtland Sutton - DEN/9 - $19
WR - Amon-Ra St. Brown - DET/6 - $17
WR - Skyy Moore - KC/8 - $9
WR - K.J. Hamler - DEN/9 - $8
WR - WanDale Robinson - NYG/9 - $5
WR - Christian Watson - GB/14 - $5
WR - Donovan Peoples-Jones - CLE/9 - $5
TE - Albert Okwuegbunam - DEN/9 - $9
TE - Robert Tonyan - GB/14 - $8
TE - Taysom Hill - NO/14 - $5
PK - Graham Gano - NYG/9 - $3
PK - Greg Zuerlein - NYJ/10 - $3
PK - Zane Gonzalez - CAR/13 - $3
TD - Green Bay Packers - GB/14 - $4
TD - Arizona Cardinals - ARI/13 - $3
TD - Tennessee Titans - TEN/6 - $3

Overall, it looks similar to my first draft. Same 3 kickers that I started with, not because I think they will perform, but because I guess I thought they were least likely to lose their jobs. Half your WR's off week 9.

Ya I should probably look at WR bye weeks there. Was just my first shot at it. Going to try to not look at it for a week or so and adjust then, now that I have my baseline.

Is Hill going to be the most owned player?

 

[TheWinz]

Overall, it looks similar to my first draft. Same 3 kickers that I started with, not because I think they will perform, but because I guess I thought they were least likely to lose their jobs. Half your WR's off week 9.

Ya I should probably look at WR bye weeks there. Was just my first shot at it. Going to try to not look at it for a week or so and adjust then, now that I have my baseline.

Is Hill going to be the most owned player?

At first glance, I think it will between Blankenship and the MIN D, neither of which made my first draft

 

[joey]

Overall, it looks similar to my first draft. Same 3 kickers that I started with, not because I think they will perform, but because I guess I thought they were least likely to lose their jobs. Half your WR's off week 9.

Ya I should probably look at WR bye weeks there. Was just my first shot at it. Going to try to not look at it for a week or so and adjust then, now that I have my baseline.

Is Hill going to be the most owned player?

At first glance, I think it will between Blankenship and the MIN D, neither of which made my first draft

Yeah, Blankenship was surprisingly priced at $3 and was the first $3 K I clicked on. Locked in for sure.

 

[TheWinz]

Overall, it looks similar to my first draft. Same 3 kickers that I started with, not because I think they will perform, but because I guess I thought they were least likely to lose their jobs. Half your WR's off week 9.

Ya I should probably look at WR bye weeks there. Was just my first shot at it. Going to try to not look at it for a week or so and adjust then, now that I have my baseline.

Is Hill going to be the most owned player?

At first glance, I think it will between Blankenship and the MIN D, neither of which made my first draft

Yeah, Blankenship was surprisingly priced at $3 and was the first $3 K I clicked on. Locked in for sure.

There's a reason he is priced with the scrubs...

 

[joey]

Overall, it looks similar to my first draft. Same 3 kickers that I started with, not because I think they will perform, but because I guess I thought they were least likely to lose their jobs. Half your WR's off week 9.

Ya I should probably look at WR bye weeks there. Was just my first shot at it. Going to try to not look at it for a week or so and adjust then, now that I have my baseline.

Is Hill going to be the most owned player?

At first glance, I think it will between Blankenship and the MIN D, neither of which made my first draft

Yeah, Blankenship was surprisingly priced at $3 and was the first $3 K I clicked on. Locked in for sure.

There's a reason he is priced with the scrubs...

Wow. I don’t realize hey was so crappy last year since I didn’t roster him in any of my 5 leagues. But, man, what happened to him that he dropped off so far after his really promising rookie year? Did he get hurt? Replaced? Sheesh.

ETA: never mind. I see he only played 5 games last year after he got hurt.

 

[TheWinz]

I know 25% of the NFL has byes in weeks 13 & 14, so it will take monster-sized cajones to pick any big bucks players from these teams. By week 13, around 97% of the teams will have been eliminated.

 

[TripItUp]

dumb question...where is the "enter" or "submit" button?

 

[Army Eye]

dumb question...where is the "enter" or "submit" button?

There should be a bar floating at the bottom of the page that has the button

 

[TripItUp]

Anybody else have a problem with the submit button blocked by the calculator bar?

 

[joey]

Anybody else have a problem with the submit button blocked by the calculator bar?

On the far right of that calculator bar is a yellow “submit team” button. Maybe you’re on a mobile device and need to turn it to landscape?

 

[Memphis Foundry]

Anybody else have a problem with the submit button blocked by the calculator bar?

We'd like to fix this -- could you send a screenshot to help@footballguys.com ?

 

[msudaisy26]

Here was my first run.

QB - Jalen Hurts - PHI/7 - $19
QB - Trevor Lawrence - JAX/11 - $11
QB - Davis Mills - HOU/6 - $7
RB - Saquon Barkley - NYG/9 - $26
RB - Ken Walker - SEA/11 - $14
RB - Nyheim Hines - IND/14 - $13
RB - Kenneth Gainwell - PHI/7 - $11
RB - Dameon Pierce - HOU/6 - $10
RB - Eno Benjamin - ARI/13 - $6
WR - Jerry Jeudy - DEN/9 - $17
WR - Christian Kirk - JAX/11 - $16
WR - JuJu Smith-Schuster - KC/8 - $15
WR - DeAndre Hopkins - ARI/13 - $14
WR - George Pickens - PIT/9 - $6
WR - Isaiah McKenzie - BUF/7 - $6
WR - Romeo Doubs - GB/14 - $5
TE - Dalton Schultz - DAL/9 - $18
TE - Dallas Goedert - PHI/7 - $15
PK - Joey Slye - WAS/14 - $4
PK - Graham Gano - NYG/9 - $3
PK - Zane Gonzalez - CAR/13 - $3
TD - San Francisco 49ers - SF/9 - $4
TD - Baltimore Ravens - BAL/10 - $4
TD - Carolina Panthers - CAR/13 - $3

 

[Birdie048]

Finally found time to get in on the fun... Decided on a 26 Man Roster of Low/Mid Budget players...
9 Players > $14 and 9 Players < 7 not counting PK & DEF.
I guess there are numerous "sleeper" picks with the closest thing to my Top Tier is ETN @ $22.

 

[TheWinz]

Are there any two players that you feel you have to choose from, because they have the same bye? For me, it's rookie RB's Allgeier and Robinson. They are both off week 14, which is awful, but I think each could earn a decent bulk of the load, even without injury.

 

[sooted72]

can we have a "clear all" button on the entry form please?

or is there a way to clear the form other than unclicking every box that im unaware of??

 

[rzrback77]

Are there any two players that you feel you have to choose from, because they have the same bye? For me, it's rookie RB's Allgeier and Robinson. They are both off week 14, which is awful, but I think each could earn a decent bulk of the load, even without injury.

Carry both

 

[sooted72]

Are there any two players that you feel you have to choose from, because they have the same bye? For me, it's rookie RB's Allgeier and Robinson. They are both off week 14, which is awful, but I think each could earn a decent bulk of the load, even without injury.

well lets put it this way: the first 2 players i clicked on in my blank slate on the very first iteration of my rooster for this year were saquon and javonte. sadness ensued.

 

[Neal Cassady]

Are there any two players that you feel you have to choose from, because they have the same bye? For me, it's rookie RB's Allgeier and Robinson. They are both off week 14, which is awful, but I think each could earn a decent bulk of the load, even without injury.

Am considering both, along with White, Pierce and Spiller. Some combination depending on what happens between now and the cutoff date.

 

[msudaisy26]

Are there any two players that you feel you have to choose from, because they have the same bye? For me, it's rookie RB's Allgeier and Robinson. They are both off week 14, which is awful, but I think each could earn a decent bulk of the load, even without injury.

I really wanted to just carry 2 qbs with Hurts and Cousins, but they are both week 7 bye.

 

[rustycolts]

Here's my first shot at it.

QB-Josh Allen - 25
QB - Trevor Lawrence - 11
RB - Ezekiel Elliott - 23
RB - Josh Jacobs - 19
RB - Rashaad Penny - 15
RB - Dameon Pierce - 10
RB - Darrel Williams - 7
WR - Adam Thielen - 17
WR - Tyler Boyd - 11
WR - Julio Jones - 9
WR - Skyy Moore - 9
WR - Michael Gallup - 9
WR - Parris Campbell - 7
WR - Van Jefferson - 7
WR - Zay Jones - 5
WR - Curtis Samuel - 5
WR - A.J. Green - 4
TE - Darren Waller - 21
TE - George Kittle - 18
PK - Kaimi Fairbairn - 3
PK - Cairo Santos - 3
PK - Greg Zuerlein - 3
TD - Minnesota Vikings - 3
TD - Jacksonville Jaguars - 3
TD - Arizona Cardinals - 3
Total value: 250

 

[Dacomish]

EVERY Day so far its been like "Oh I'll just change so and so because I want to squeeze in this player here".......then 2 hours later not only have I blown my entire roster up and essentially rebuilt from scratch I end up with practically the same roster in he end. I swear we need a support group:

Me: "Hi Everyone, I'm Dacomish and I'm a FBG Contest roster churn addict"
Group "Hi Dacomish - welcome"

Seriously we have to wait another 23 DAYS to contest lock....that's at least another 150-175 changes....madness I tell you Madness!!! #myrosterchanged3times while writing this

 

[Dacomish]

I know 25% of the NFL has byes in weeks 13 & 14, so it will take monster-sized cajones to pick any big bucks players from these teams. By week 13, around 97% of the teams will have been eliminated.

Between weeks 13 & 14 byes I currently have 7 of my 24 players/teams on my roster affected, I have cover in some sense with bye weeks but man that really is something to consider.