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2025 FBG Subscriber Contest (8 Viewers)

TwinTurbo said:
TheWinz said:
After combing through the entire thread, here are all the valid submissions qualifying for a badge. Once again, I remind you, DO NOT EDIT the post I am referring to for your team. If you do edit the post, I will look back in time to see if you have an earlier qualifying submission and use that.

@Irelad - 2 Sep, 11:56pm
@ZWK - 2 Sep, 11:46pm
@Galileo - 2 Sep, 11:16pm
@Church of Iggy Pop - 2 Sep, 10:57pm
@TheWinz - 2 Sep, 10:54pm
@dbc925 - 2 Sep, 10:52pm
@JoeSteeler - 2 Sep, 10:21pm
@scottybo - 2 Sep, 10:14pm
@Instinctive - 2 Sep, 10:10pm
@joey - 2 Sep, 9:34pm
@J Rod - 2 Sep, 9:22pm
@formerfourdigit - 2 Sep, 8:06pm
@ConstruxBoy - 2 Sep, 8:01pm
@dzambo - 2 Sep, 7:59pm
@BlackCrowes - 2 Sep, 7:29pm
@davidwb - 2 Sep, 6:59pm
@ClownDogs - 2 Sep, 6:26pm
@4th&inches - 2 Sep, 6:22pm
@cstruk - 2 Sep, 5:48pm
@fightingillini - 2 Sep, 5:26pm
@Golden Gopher - 2 Sep, 4:51pm
@Scoresman - 2 Sep, 3:17pm
@apalmer - 2 Sep, 2:59pm
@chocula - 2 Sep, 2:48pm
@WoodedHills - 2 Sep, 2:08pm
@Mojo56 - 2 Sep, 1:11pm
@(HULK) - 2 Sep, 1:04pm
@Hot Sauce Guy - 2 Sep, 12:20pm
@MikesVikes - 2 Sep, 11:04am - 2 subscriptions in 1
@IHEARTFF - 2 Sep, 10:33am
@-OZ- - 2 Sep, 8:56am
@Birdie048 - 2 Sep, 7:16am
@tigerz - 2 Sep, 12:07am
@TwinTurbo - 1 Sep, 11:57am
@kajaet - 1 Sep, 11:52pm
@rzrback77 - 1 Sep, 11:27pm
@SeniorVBDStudent - 1 Sep, 9:04pm
@Charles in Houston - 1 Sep, 8:01pm
@reflint - 1 Sep, 7:31pm
@Tha Guru - 1 Sep, 6:26pm
@da_budman - 1 Sep, 6:08pm
@Maggot Brain - 1 Sep, 5:52pm
@JaBoo - 1 Sep, 1:42pm
@heckmanm - 1 Sep, 1:08pm
@Gatorade - 1 Sep, 11:55am
@Shaunz33 - 1 Sep, 11:46am
@The Jerminator - 1 Sep, 11:14am
@rustycolts - 1 Sep, 11:04am - 2 subscriptions in 1
@H8fulHuck - 1 Sep, 10:39am
@brun - 1 Sep, 9:39am
@a_troll00 - 31 Aug, 9:51am
@Deamon - 31 Aug, 3:51am
@jm192 - 31 Aug, 12:23am
@Dacomish - 30 Aug, 6:35am
@barackdhouse - 27 Aug, 4:00pm
@bamabuddha - 23 Aug, 2:18am - you edited your more recent post dated 1 Sep, 5:59pm, sorry.
@Datderfranny - 21 Aug, 10:51am
@south of 60 - 20 Aug, 2:59pm
@Mingooch - 19 Aug, 3:31pm
@Raback - 18 Aug, 3:17pm
@Uruk-Hai - 7 Aug, 12:19pm

Now, the fun begins. How many of you can run with what you got? You know you're second guessing yourself - didn't you notice that bye week conflict? :wink:
I will post the complete list of non-tinkerers after the contest closes.
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I am currently resisting the pull to edit but the force is strong.
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I made more edits. Not eligible for a badge. Maybe there could also be a badge for the owner with the most edits.
 
Never have ever submitted a Rooster (that I know of) under 24 Players. IIRC, I always shoot for 24, as the midpoint between 18 and 30, for no good reason other than it makes sense to me, in a nonsensical way...

Don't think I've ever submitted one with fewer than 3QB, 3D/ST, 3PK and 3TE...

Never have gotten to the Finals, either, as best I can recall, so here goes nothing:

2025 Statutory Ape:

QB - Dak Prescott - DAL/10 - $18
QB - Trevor Lawrence - JAX/8 - $15
RB - Derrick Henry - BAL/7 - $31
RB - Aaron Jones - MIN/6 - $21
RB - Jaylen Warren - PIT/5 - $17
RB - Jordan Mason - MIN/6 - $11
RB - Keaton Mitchell - BAL/7 - $4
WR - Jameson Williams - DET/8 - $20
WR - Courtland Sutton - DEN/12 - $19
WR - George Pickens - DAL/10 - $16
WR - Ricky Pearsall - SF/14 - $11
WR - Emeka Egbuka - TB/9 - $10
WR - Keenan Allen - LAC/12 - $5
TE - George Kittle - SF/14 - $25
TE - Zach Ertz - WAS/12 - $9
PK - Ka'imi Fairbairn - HOU/6 - $6
PK - Chris Boswell - PIT/5 - $4
TD - Tampa Bay Buccaneers - TB/9 - $4
TD - New England Patriots - NE/14 - $4

Total value: 250
 
at one point I had the idea that LLMs might be able to make things a bit easier when juggling lineups. I gave ChatGPT a list of players and asked for the bye week distribution. Later tried the same with Claude. Both were completely unable to do what I thought would be a very simple request. Just thought that was surprising.
 
While we await the official closeout, I've put together a bunch of gimmick teams (not real entries).
CHEAP - 30 Guy rooster with the lowest priced starters roostered - so there's a little more $ in the QBs so as to have guys actually starting the year. That's $104
MIN - 30 Guy rooster where all of the players have to be min price. That's $80
TOTMIN - 18 Guy rooster that is the lowest amount of dollars that can be put together for a valid entry. Btw that's $45
MAXMIN - 18 Guy rooster where I put in all the most expensive players at the 8 non-flex positions. Then did the best I could with the rest of the $250
NAMES - 19 Guy rooster where everyone shares a name with another guy on the rooster (with a couple bent rules). $250.

I'm going to try and do one more where I rooster 1 player from 30 different teams. (And hold back like $4 or so for 2 cheerleaders from the teams that are skipped).

CHEAP:
QB D Jones IND 11 9 | R Wilson GIANTS 14 9 | J Flacco CLE 9 8
RB K Miller NO 11 4 | K Monangai CHI 5 4 | T Brooks CIN 10 4 | J Hunter LAR 8 4 | A Gibson NE 14 4 | K Mitchell BAL 7 4
WR E Ayomanor TEN 10 2 | K Boutte NE 14 2 | N Brown WAS 12 2 | P Bryant DEN 12 2 | K Turpin DAL 10 2 | M Valdes-Scantling SEA 8 2 | N Westbrook-Ikhine MIA 12 2 | K Williams NE 14 2 | J Dotson PHI 9 2
TE A Barner SEA 8 3 | F Moreau NO 11 3 | D Knox BUF 7 3 | L Musgrave GB 5 3 | B Sinnott WAS 12 3
PK B Grupe NO 11 3 | G Gano GIANTS 14 3 | C Santos CHI 5 3 | J Slye TEN 10 3
DEF Dolphins MIA 12 3 | Jaguars JAX 8 3 | Falcons ATL 5 3

MIN:
QB J Garoppolo LAR 8 4 |M Willis GB 5 4
RB K Miller NO 11 4 | K Mitchell BAL 7 4 | K Monangai CHI 5 4 |
WR E Ayomanor TEN 10 2 | K Boutte NE 14 2 | N Brown WAS 12 2 | P Bryant DEN 12 2 | G Davis FA 0 2 | G Dortch ARI 8 2 | J Dotson PHI 9 2 | J Lane WAS 12 2 |L McCaffrey WAS 12 2 | T Patrick DET 8 2 | K Turpin DAL 10 2 | M Valdes-Scantling SEA 8 2 | N Westbrook-Ikhine MIA 12 2 | K Williams NE 14 2 | S Williams GB 5 2
TE L Musgrave GB 5 3 |F Moreau NO 11 3 | D Knox BUF 7 3 | A Barner SEA 8 3
PK B Grupe NO 11 3 | G Gano GIANTS 14 3 | C Santos CHI 5 3
DEF Falcons ATL 5 3 | Dolphins MIA 12 3 | Jaguars JAX 8 3

TOTMIN:
QB J Garoppolo LAR 8 4
RB K Miller NO 11 4 | K Monangai CHI 5 4 | P Bryant DEN 12 2 |
WR E Ayomanor TEN 10 2 | N Westbrook-Ikhine MIA 12 2 | K Boutte NE 14 2 | N Brown WAS 12 2 | K Turpin DAL 10 2 | K Williams NE 14 2 | J Dotson PHI 9 2 | G Dortch ARI 8 2 | L McCaffrey WAS 12 2 | M Valdes-Scantling SEA 8 2 | T Patrick DET 8 2
TE A Barner SEA 8 3
PK C Santos CHI 5 3
DEF Dolphins MIA 12 3

MAXMIN:
QB L Jackson BAL 7 27
RB B Robinson ATL 5 37 | J Gibbs DET 8 37 | J Croskey-Merritt WAS 12 6
WR J Chase CIN 10 38 | C Lamb DAL 10 35 | T Franklin DEN 12 3 | P Bryant DEN 12 2 | E Ayomanor TEN 10 2 | N Westbrook-Ikhine MIA 12 2 | K Boutte NE 14 2 | N Brown WAS 12 2
TE B Bowers LV 8 32 | L Musgrave GB 5 3
PK B Aubrey DAL 10 8 | C Boswell PIT 5 4
DEF Broncos DEN 12 7 | Falcons ATL 5 3

NAMES:
QB C Williams CHI 5 17 | R Wilson GIANTS 14 9 | Z Wilson MIA 12 7
RB K Williams LAR 8 27 | C Brown CIN 10 26 | E Wilson GB 5 4
WR A St. Brown DET 8 33 | A Brown PHI 9 30 | G Wilson JETS 9 23 | J Meyers LV 8 16 | R Bateman BAL 7 10 | M Wilson ARI 8 6 | M Washington MIA 12 5
TE T Johnson GIANTS 14 9 | J Johnson NO 11 7
PK J Bates DET 8 7 | J Myers SEA 8 4
DEF Commanders WAS 12 5 | Browns CLE 9 5

I'll have the rooster with players from 30 teams soon.

-QG
 
QuizGuy66 said:
While we await the official closeout, I've put together a bunch of gimmick teams (not real entries).
CHEAP - 30 Guy rooster with the lowest priced starters roostered - so there's a little more $ in the QBs so as to have guys actually starting the year. That's $104
MIN - 30 Guy rooster where all of the players have to be min price. That's $80
TOTMIN - 18 Guy rooster that is the lowest amount of dollars that can be put together for a valid entry. Btw that's $45
MAXMIN - 18 Guy rooster where I put in all the most expensive players at the 8 non-flex positions. Then did the best I could with the rest of the $250
NAMES - 19 Guy rooster where everyone shares a name with another guy on the rooster (with a couple bent rules). $250.

I'm going to try and do one more where I rooster 1 player from 30 different teams. (And hold back like $4 or so for 2 cheerleaders from the teams that are skipped).

CHEAP:
QB D Jones IND 11 9 | R Wilson GIANTS 14 9 | J Flacco CLE 9 8
RB K Miller NO 11 4 | K Monangai CHI 5 4 | T Brooks CIN 10 4 | J Hunter LAR 8 4 | A Gibson NE 14 4 | K Mitchell BAL 7 4
WR E Ayomanor TEN 10 2 | K Boutte NE 14 2 | N Brown WAS 12 2 | P Bryant DEN 12 2 | K Turpin DAL 10 2 | M Valdes-Scantling SEA 8 2 | N Westbrook-Ikhine MIA 12 2 | K Williams NE 14 2 | J Dotson PHI 9 2
TE A Barner SEA 8 3 | F Moreau NO 11 3 | D Knox BUF 7 3 | L Musgrave GB 5 3 | B Sinnott WAS 12 3
PK B Grupe NO 11 3 | G Gano GIANTS 14 3 | C Santos CHI 5 3 | J Slye TEN 10 3
DEF Dolphins MIA 12 3 | Jaguars JAX 8 3 | Falcons ATL 5 3

MIN:
QB J Garoppolo LAR 8 4 |M Willis GB 5 4
RB K Miller NO 11 4 | K Mitchell BAL 7 4 | K Monangai CHI 5 4 |
WR E Ayomanor TEN 10 2 | K Boutte NE 14 2 | N Brown WAS 12 2 | P Bryant DEN 12 2 | G Davis FA 0 2 | G Dortch ARI 8 2 | J Dotson PHI 9 2 | J Lane WAS 12 2 |L McCaffrey WAS 12 2 | T Patrick DET 8 2 | K Turpin DAL 10 2 | M Valdes-Scantling SEA 8 2 | N Westbrook-Ikhine MIA 12 2 | K Williams NE 14 2 | S Williams GB 5 2
TE L Musgrave GB 5 3 |F Moreau NO 11 3 | D Knox BUF 7 3 | A Barner SEA 8 3
PK B Grupe NO 11 3 | G Gano GIANTS 14 3 | C Santos CHI 5 3
DEF Falcons ATL 5 3 | Dolphins MIA 12 3 | Jaguars JAX 8 3

TOTMIN:
QB J Garoppolo LAR 8 4
RB K Miller NO 11 4 | K Monangai CHI 5 4 | P Bryant DEN 12 2 |
WR E Ayomanor TEN 10 2 | N Westbrook-Ikhine MIA 12 2 | K Boutte NE 14 2 | N Brown WAS 12 2 | K Turpin DAL 10 2 | K Williams NE 14 2 | J Dotson PHI 9 2 | G Dortch ARI 8 2 | L McCaffrey WAS 12 2 | M Valdes-Scantling SEA 8 2 | T Patrick DET 8 2
TE A Barner SEA 8 3
PK C Santos CHI 5 3
DEF Dolphins MIA 12 3

MAXMIN:
QB L Jackson BAL 7 27
RB B Robinson ATL 5 37 | J Gibbs DET 8 37 | J Croskey-Merritt WAS 12 6
WR J Chase CIN 10 38 | C Lamb DAL 10 35 | T Franklin DEN 12 3 | P Bryant DEN 12 2 | E Ayomanor TEN 10 2 | N Westbrook-Ikhine MIA 12 2 | K Boutte NE 14 2 | N Brown WAS 12 2
TE B Bowers LV 8 32 | L Musgrave GB 5 3
PK B Aubrey DAL 10 8 | C Boswell PIT 5 4
DEF Broncos DEN 12 7 | Falcons ATL 5 3

NAMES:
QB C Williams CHI 5 17 | R Wilson GIANTS 14 9 | Z Wilson MIA 12 7
RB K Williams LAR 8 27 | C Brown CIN 10 26 | E Wilson GB 5 4
WR A St. Brown DET 8 33 | A Brown PHI 9 30 | G Wilson JETS 9 23 | J Meyers LV 8 16 | R Bateman BAL 7 10 | M Wilson ARI 8 6 | M Washington MIA 12 5
TE T Johnson GIANTS 14 9 | J Johnson NO 11 7
PK J Bates DET 8 7 | J Myers SEA 8 4
DEF Commanders WAS 12 5 | Browns CLE 9 5

I'll have the rooster with players from 30 teams soon.

-QG
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Cok-a-doodle-doo indeed!
 
QuizGuy66 said:
While we await the official closeout, I've put together a bunch of gimmick teams (not real entries).
CHEAP - 30 Guy rooster with the lowest priced starters roostered - so there's a little more $ in the QBs so as to have guys actually starting the year. That's $104
MIN - 30 Guy rooster where all of the players have to be min price. That's $80
TOTMIN - 18 Guy rooster that is the lowest amount of dollars that can be put together for a valid entry. Btw that's $45
MAXMIN - 18 Guy rooster where I put in all the most expensive players at the 8 non-flex positions. Then did the best I could with the rest of the $250
NAMES - 19 Guy rooster where everyone shares a name with another guy on the rooster (with a couple bent rules). $250.

I'm going to try and do one more where I rooster 1 player from 30 different teams. (And hold back like $4 or so for 2 cheerleaders from the teams that are skipped).

CHEAP:
QB D Jones IND 11 9 | R Wilson GIANTS 14 9 | J Flacco CLE 9 8
RB K Miller NO 11 4 | K Monangai CHI 5 4 | T Brooks CIN 10 4 | J Hunter LAR 8 4 | A Gibson NE 14 4 | K Mitchell BAL 7 4
WR E Ayomanor TEN 10 2 | K Boutte NE 14 2 | N Brown WAS 12 2 | P Bryant DEN 12 2 | K Turpin DAL 10 2 | M Valdes-Scantling SEA 8 2 | N Westbrook-Ikhine MIA 12 2 | K Williams NE 14 2 | J Dotson PHI 9 2
TE A Barner SEA 8 3 | F Moreau NO 11 3 | D Knox BUF 7 3 | L Musgrave GB 5 3 | B Sinnott WAS 12 3
PK B Grupe NO 11 3 | G Gano GIANTS 14 3 | C Santos CHI 5 3 | J Slye TEN 10 3
DEF Dolphins MIA 12 3 | Jaguars JAX 8 3 | Falcons ATL 5 3

MIN:
QB J Garoppolo LAR 8 4 |M Willis GB 5 4
RB K Miller NO 11 4 | K Mitchell BAL 7 4 | K Monangai CHI 5 4 |
WR E Ayomanor TEN 10 2 | K Boutte NE 14 2 | N Brown WAS 12 2 | P Bryant DEN 12 2 | G Davis FA 0 2 | G Dortch ARI 8 2 | J Dotson PHI 9 2 | J Lane WAS 12 2 |L McCaffrey WAS 12 2 | T Patrick DET 8 2 | K Turpin DAL 10 2 | M Valdes-Scantling SEA 8 2 | N Westbrook-Ikhine MIA 12 2 | K Williams NE 14 2 | S Williams GB 5 2
TE L Musgrave GB 5 3 |F Moreau NO 11 3 | D Knox BUF 7 3 | A Barner SEA 8 3
PK B Grupe NO 11 3 | G Gano GIANTS 14 3 | C Santos CHI 5 3
DEF Falcons ATL 5 3 | Dolphins MIA 12 3 | Jaguars JAX 8 3

TOTMIN:
QB J Garoppolo LAR 8 4
RB K Miller NO 11 4 | K Monangai CHI 5 4 | P Bryant DEN 12 2 |
WR E Ayomanor TEN 10 2 | N Westbrook-Ikhine MIA 12 2 | K Boutte NE 14 2 | N Brown WAS 12 2 | K Turpin DAL 10 2 | K Williams NE 14 2 | J Dotson PHI 9 2 | G Dortch ARI 8 2 | L McCaffrey WAS 12 2 | M Valdes-Scantling SEA 8 2 | T Patrick DET 8 2
TE A Barner SEA 8 3
PK C Santos CHI 5 3
DEF Dolphins MIA 12 3

MAXMIN:
QB L Jackson BAL 7 27
RB B Robinson ATL 5 37 | J Gibbs DET 8 37 | J Croskey-Merritt WAS 12 6
WR J Chase CIN 10 38 | C Lamb DAL 10 35 | T Franklin DEN 12 3 | P Bryant DEN 12 2 | E Ayomanor TEN 10 2 | N Westbrook-Ikhine MIA 12 2 | K Boutte NE 14 2 | N Brown WAS 12 2
TE B Bowers LV 8 32 | L Musgrave GB 5 3
PK B Aubrey DAL 10 8 | C Boswell PIT 5 4
DEF Broncos DEN 12 7 | Falcons ATL 5 3

NAMES:
QB C Williams CHI 5 17 | R Wilson GIANTS 14 9 | Z Wilson MIA 12 7
RB K Williams LAR 8 27 | C Brown CIN 10 26 | E Wilson GB 5 4
WR A St. Brown DET 8 33 | A Brown PHI 9 30 | G Wilson JETS 9 23 | J Meyers LV 8 16 | R Bateman BAL 7 10 | M Wilson ARI 8 6 | M Washington MIA 12 5
TE T Johnson GIANTS 14 9 | J Johnson NO 11 7
PK J Bates DET 8 7 | J Myers SEA 8 4
DEF Commanders WAS 12 5 | Browns CLE 9 5

I'll have the rooster with players from 30 teams soon.

-QG
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Would be nice if these could be scored to see how they would do in the contest
 
TheWinz said:
After combing through the entire thread, here are all the valid submissions qualifying for a badge. Once again, I remind you, DO NOT EDIT the post I am referring to for your team. If you do edit the post, I will look back in time to see if you have an earlier qualifying submission and use that.

@Irelad - 2 Sep, 11:56pm
@ZWK - 2 Sep, 11:46pm
@Galileo - 2 Sep, 11:16pm
@Church of Iggy Pop - 2 Sep, 10:57pm
@TheWinz - 2 Sep, 10:54pm
@dbc925 - 2 Sep, 10:52pm
@JoeSteeler - 2 Sep, 10:21pm
@scottybo - 2 Sep, 10:14pm
@Instinctive - 2 Sep, 10:10pm
@joey - 2 Sep, 9:34pm
@J Rod - 2 Sep, 9:22pm
@formerfourdigit - 2 Sep, 8:06pm
@ConstruxBoy - 2 Sep, 8:01pm
@dzambo - 2 Sep, 7:59pm
@BlackCrowes - 2 Sep, 7:29pm
@davidwb - 2 Sep, 6:59pm
@ClownDogs - 2 Sep, 6:26pm
@4th&inches - 2 Sep, 6:22pm
@cstruk - 2 Sep, 5:48pm
@fightingillini - 2 Sep, 5:26pm
@Golden Gopher - 2 Sep, 4:51pm
@Scoresman - 2 Sep, 3:17pm
@apalmer - 2 Sep, 2:59pm
@chocula - 2 Sep, 2:48pm
@WoodedHills - 2 Sep, 2:08pm
@Mojo56 - 2 Sep, 1:11pm
@(HULK) - 2 Sep, 1:04pm
@Hot Sauce Guy - 2 Sep, 12:20pm
@MikesVikes - 2 Sep, 11:04am - 2 subscriptions in 1
@IHEARTFF - 2 Sep, 10:33am
@-OZ- - 2 Sep, 8:56am
@Birdie048 - 2 Sep, 7:16am
@tigerz - 2 Sep, 12:07am
@TwinTurbo - 1 Sep, 11:57am
@kajaet - 1 Sep, 11:52pm
@rzrback77 - 1 Sep, 11:27pm
@SeniorVBDStudent - 1 Sep, 9:04pm
@Charles in Houston - 1 Sep, 8:01pm
@reflint - 1 Sep, 7:31pm
@Tha Guru - 1 Sep, 6:26pm
@da_budman - 1 Sep, 6:08pm
@Maggot Brain - 1 Sep, 5:52pm
@JaBoo - 1 Sep, 1:42pm
@heckmanm - 1 Sep, 1:08pm
@Gatorade - 1 Sep, 11:55am
@Shaunz33 - 1 Sep, 11:46am
@The Jerminator - 1 Sep, 11:14am
@rustycolts - 1 Sep, 11:04am - 2 subscriptions in 1
@H8fulHuck - 1 Sep, 10:39am
@brun - 1 Sep, 9:39am
@a_troll00 - 31 Aug, 9:51am
@Deamon - 31 Aug, 3:51am
@jm192 - 31 Aug, 12:23am
@Dacomish - 30 Aug, 6:35am
@barackdhouse - 27 Aug, 4:00pm
@bamabuddha - 23 Aug, 2:18am - you edited your more recent post dated 1 Sep, 5:59pm, sorry.
@Datderfranny - 21 Aug, 10:51am
@south of 60 - 20 Aug, 2:59pm
@Mingooch - 19 Aug, 3:31pm
@Raback - 18 Aug, 3:17pm
@Uruk-Hai - 7 Aug, 12:19pm

Now, the fun begins. How many of you can run with what you got? You know you're second guessing yourself - didn't you notice that bye week conflict? :wink:
I will post the complete list of non-tinkerers after the contest closes.
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Yeah I am out as I made a change even after the Sep 1 post and thought I posted unedited…but it is not there…I was traveling holiday and then crazy work schedule so missed the deadline for the badges…

And came in now…and have missed the tinkering for just the regular contest…

Loser all around! I really don’t like my final submission as it was my least favorite of probably my last ten. 😂😂😂🤷🏼‍♂

Good luck all…the lead up is always the best…now we sit back and wait
 
And now the 30-team rooster.

QB J Goff DET 8 16
QB T Tagovailoa MIA 12 10
QB A Rodgers PIT 5 10
RB O Hampton LAC 12 23
RB I Pacheco KC 10 18
RB J Mason MIN 6 11
RB B Tuten JAX 8 8
RB N Chubb HOU 6 8
RB J Croskey-Merritt WAS 12 6
WR T Higgins CIN 10 25
WR R Pearsall SF 14 11
WR E Egbuka TB 9 10
WR D Douglas NE 14 7
WR J Palmer BUF 7 7
WR M Wilson ARI 8 6
WR T Tucker LV 8 5
WR P Bryant DEN 12 2
WR E Ayomanor TEN 10 2
WR K Turpin DAL 10 2
TE T Kraft GB 5 15
TE T Warren IND 11 14
TE M Taylor JETS 9 7
TE H Fannin Jr. CLE 9 4
PK T Loop BAL 7 4
PK G Gano GIANTS 14 3
PK B Grupe NO 11 3
PK C Santos CHI 5 3
DEF Rams LAR 8 4
DEF Falcons ATL 5 3
DEF Panthers CAR 14 3

This totals $246. Sitting out but hanging around as $2 mascots are
WR M Valdes-Scantling SEA 8 2
WR J Dotson PHI 9 2
They don't count.

I'll try and track all these insane roosters until they fall off the cliff.

Again good luck everyone and Happy Football!

-QG
 
chocula said:
QuizGuy66 said:
While we await the official closeout, I've put together a bunch of gimmick teams (not real entries).
CHEAP - 30 Guy rooster with the lowest priced starters roostered - so there's a little more $ in the QBs so as to have guys actually starting the year. That's $104
MIN - 30 Guy rooster where all of the players have to be min price. That's $80
TOTMIN - 18 Guy rooster that is the lowest amount of dollars that can be put together for a valid entry. Btw that's $45
MAXMIN - 18 Guy rooster where I put in all the most expensive players at the 8 non-flex positions. Then did the best I could with the rest of the $250
NAMES - 19 Guy rooster where everyone shares a name with another guy on the rooster (with a couple bent rules). $250.

I'm going to try and do one more where I rooster 1 player from 30 different teams. (And hold back like $4 or so for 2 cheerleaders from the teams that are skipped).

CHEAP:
QB D Jones IND 11 9 | R Wilson GIANTS 14 9 | J Flacco CLE 9 8
RB K Miller NO 11 4 | K Monangai CHI 5 4 | T Brooks CIN 10 4 | J Hunter LAR 8 4 | A Gibson NE 14 4 | K Mitchell BAL 7 4
WR E Ayomanor TEN 10 2 | K Boutte NE 14 2 | N Brown WAS 12 2 | P Bryant DEN 12 2 | K Turpin DAL 10 2 | M Valdes-Scantling SEA 8 2 | N Westbrook-Ikhine MIA 12 2 | K Williams NE 14 2 | J Dotson PHI 9 2
TE A Barner SEA 8 3 | F Moreau NO 11 3 | D Knox BUF 7 3 | L Musgrave GB 5 3 | B Sinnott WAS 12 3
PK B Grupe NO 11 3 | G Gano GIANTS 14 3 | C Santos CHI 5 3 | J Slye TEN 10 3
DEF Dolphins MIA 12 3 | Jaguars JAX 8 3 | Falcons ATL 5 3

MIN:
QB J Garoppolo LAR 8 4 |M Willis GB 5 4
RB K Miller NO 11 4 | K Mitchell BAL 7 4 | K Monangai CHI 5 4 |
WR E Ayomanor TEN 10 2 | K Boutte NE 14 2 | N Brown WAS 12 2 | P Bryant DEN 12 2 | G Davis FA 0 2 | G Dortch ARI 8 2 | J Dotson PHI 9 2 | J Lane WAS 12 2 |L McCaffrey WAS 12 2 | T Patrick DET 8 2 | K Turpin DAL 10 2 | M Valdes-Scantling SEA 8 2 | N Westbrook-Ikhine MIA 12 2 | K Williams NE 14 2 | S Williams GB 5 2
TE L Musgrave GB 5 3 |F Moreau NO 11 3 | D Knox BUF 7 3 | A Barner SEA 8 3
PK B Grupe NO 11 3 | G Gano GIANTS 14 3 | C Santos CHI 5 3
DEF Falcons ATL 5 3 | Dolphins MIA 12 3 | Jaguars JAX 8 3

TOTMIN:
QB J Garoppolo LAR 8 4
RB K Miller NO 11 4 | K Monangai CHI 5 4 | P Bryant DEN 12 2 |
WR E Ayomanor TEN 10 2 | N Westbrook-Ikhine MIA 12 2 | K Boutte NE 14 2 | N Brown WAS 12 2 | K Turpin DAL 10 2 | K Williams NE 14 2 | J Dotson PHI 9 2 | G Dortch ARI 8 2 | L McCaffrey WAS 12 2 | M Valdes-Scantling SEA 8 2 | T Patrick DET 8 2
TE A Barner SEA 8 3
PK C Santos CHI 5 3
DEF Dolphins MIA 12 3

MAXMIN:
QB L Jackson BAL 7 27
RB B Robinson ATL 5 37 | J Gibbs DET 8 37 | J Croskey-Merritt WAS 12 6
WR J Chase CIN 10 38 | C Lamb DAL 10 35 | T Franklin DEN 12 3 | P Bryant DEN 12 2 | E Ayomanor TEN 10 2 | N Westbrook-Ikhine MIA 12 2 | K Boutte NE 14 2 | N Brown WAS 12 2
TE B Bowers LV 8 32 | L Musgrave GB 5 3
PK B Aubrey DAL 10 8 | C Boswell PIT 5 4
DEF Broncos DEN 12 7 | Falcons ATL 5 3

NAMES:
QB C Williams CHI 5 17 | R Wilson GIANTS 14 9 | Z Wilson MIA 12 7
RB K Williams LAR 8 27 | C Brown CIN 10 26 | E Wilson GB 5 4
WR A St. Brown DET 8 33 | A Brown PHI 9 30 | G Wilson JETS 9 23 | J Meyers LV 8 16 | R Bateman BAL 7 10 | M Wilson ARI 8 6 | M Washington MIA 12 5
TE T Johnson GIANTS 14 9 | J Johnson NO 11 7
PK J Bates DET 8 7 | J Myers SEA 8 4
DEF Commanders WAS 12 5 | Browns CLE 9 5

I'll have the rooster with players from 30 teams soon.

-QG
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Would be nice if these could be scored to see how they would do in the contest
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I'll try and put them in Quizzomatic - at least there are SOME guys in common between them. But tbh this is a little masochistic on top of Woulda Coulda Shoulda.

But I'll try :)

-QG
 
Army Eye said:
at one point I had the idea that LLMs might be able to make things a bit easier when juggling lineups. I gave ChatGPT a list of players and asked for the bye week distribution. Later tried the same with Claude. Both were completely unable to do what I thought would be a very simple request. Just thought that was surprising.
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Yes it was able to do a nice writeup about the teams already picked but unable to accurately pick teams. It frequently evaluated players based on last year's schedule and bye weeks. It did a decent job to compare a players 1:1 or groups of 2-3 players to determine which were optimal.
 
Thank you @Joe Bryant for continuing to host the best free contest in fantasy and offering the lifetime subscription drawing. I'll throw my hat into the ring!

I rarely post, but I've followed this thread for years and am truly grateful for this community's passion and insight.

I've made the finals a few times with 24+ player rosters, but didn't have the firepower to compete. I fear this rooster is too common, but wanted the ceiling that the rookies/ 2nd year players provide.

QB - Jared Goff - 16
QB - Michael Penix Jr. - 13
RB - Chase Brown - 26
RB - TreVeyon Henderson - 18
RB - Dylan Sampson - 10
RB - Nick Chubb - 8
RB - Jacory Croskey-Merritt - 6
WR - Courtland Sutton - 19
WR - Mike Evans - 18
WR - Calvin Ridley - 16
WR - Matthew Golden - 12
WR - Ricky Pearsall - 11
WR - Emeka Egbuka - 10
WR - Keenan Allen - 5
TE - George Kittle - 25
TE - Tucker Kraft - 15
TE - Mason Taylor - 7
PK - Blake Grupe - 3
PK - Cairo Santos - 3
PK - Joey Slye - 3
TD - New Orleans Saints - 3
TD - Atlanta Falcons - 3
Total value: 250
 
ZWK said:
QB - Josh Allen - BUF/7 - $26
QB - Justin Herbert - LAC/12 - $15
RB - Saquon Barkley - PHI/9 - $36
RB - Jordan Mason - MIN/6 - $11
RB - Bhayshul Tuten - JAX/8 - $8
RB - Jacory Croskey-Merritt - WAS/12 - $6
RB - Kendre Miller - NO/11 - $4
WR - Matthew Golden - GB/5 - $12
WR - Ricky Pearsall - SF/14 - $11
WR - Emeka Egbuka - TB/9 - $10
WR - Rashid Shaheed - NO/11 - $8
WR - Jayden Higgins - HOU/6 - $7
WR - Joshua Palmer - BUF/7 - $7
WR - Brandon Aiyuk - SF/14 - $6
WR - Marquise Brown - KC/10 - $6
WR - Keenan Allen - LAC/12 - $5
WR - Jalen Coker - CAR/14 - $3
WR - Troy Franklin - DEN/12 - $3
WR - Elic Ayomanor - TEN/10 - $2
WR - Pat Bryant - DEN/12 - $2
WR - Kyle Williams - NE/14 - $2
TE - Trey McBride - ARI/8 - $30
TE - Mason Taylor - NYJ/9 - $7
TE - Harold Fannin Jr. - CLE/9 - $4
PK - Chris Boswell - PIT/5 - $4
PK - Blake Grupe - NO/11 - $3
PK - Cairo Santos - CHI/5 - $3
TD - New Orleans Saints - NO/11 - $3
TD - Atlanta Falcons - ATL/5 - $3
TD - Jacksonville Jaguars - JAX/8 - $3
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I stuck with this roster, so I'm badge eligible.

Roster: 30 for $250 (my 2015-2024 avg: 28.9 for $250) (avg across everyone's entries in last year's contest: 19.9 for $250)

I like big rosters with a bunch of cheap contributors who have a chance to produce each week, which also include a few top players who can have huge games and a huge season.


WR: 14 for $84 (my avg: 9.2 for $85) (last year's contest avg: 5.6 for $88)
Matthew Golden - GB/5 - $12
Ricky Pearsall - SF/14 - $11
Emeka Egbuka - TB/9 - $10
Rashid Shaheed - NO/11 - $8
Jayden Higgins - HOU/6 - $7
Joshua Palmer - BUF/7 - $7
Brandon Aiyuk - SF/14 - $6
Marquise Brown - KC/10 - $6
Keenan Allen - LAC/12 - $5
Jalen Coker - CAR/14 - $3
Troy Franklin - DEN/12 - $3
Elic Ayomanor - TEN/10 - $2
Pat Bryant - DEN/12 - $2
Kyle Williams - NE/14 - $2
WR is where the value was at this year. I got 14; woulda had more if the roster wasn't capped at 30. Most of them even come with some upside, either as potential breakouts (6 rookies and 3 second-year players) or bounceback candidates (3 vets who have previously been a fantasy WR2 or better). Some people might think that 14 WRs is overkill, but I think that overdoing it at a position is more about dollars than number of players. The rest of my roster still had 16 slots and $166 to work with, and for WR production I like this group of 14 more than most ways of spending $84 at WR.


TE: 3 for $41 (my avg: 4.0 for $42) (last year's contest avg: 2.4 for $29)
Trey McBride - ARI/8 - $30
Mason Taylor - NYJ/9 - $7
Harold Fannin Jr. - CLE/9 - $4
All the great WR values made it tricky to get an elite WR without either overspending at WR or passing up a bunch of the cheaper WR values, so I got elite players at the other positions instead. McBride is joined by two value-ish rookie TEs who fit in pretty well with my WRs (though the WRs I got with similar profiles cost about a dollar less).


QB: 2 for $41 (my avg: 2.8 for $28) (last year's contest avg: 2.5 for $40)
Josh Allen - BUF/7 - $26
Justin Herbert - LAC/12 - $15
My QBs & stacks was the hardest part to figure out. I tried to talk myself into stacking my top receiving option by taking Kyler Murray, or Geno Smith with a pivot to Bowers, but I couldn't convince myself to rely on either of those guys. Eventually settled on the guy who I consider the favorite to lead all QBs in scoring, and my favorite of the mid-range QBs, both lightly stacked. For a while I had been thinking I'd take two mid-range QBs (maybe Herbert plus Stroud, Lawrence, or Fields), but I wanted to add elite talent somewhere and it is nice to have an elite QB when you're only rolling with two.


RB: 5 for $65 (my avg: 5.1 for $74) (last year's contest avg: 5.2 for $74)
Saquon Barkley - PHI/9 - $36
Jordan Mason - MIN/6 - $11
Bhayshul Tuten - JAX/8 - $8
Jacory Croskey-Merritt - WAS/12 - $6
Kendre Miller - NO/11 - $4
At RB I went with 1 stud and 4 cheapish guys who will hopefully combine somehow to be a solid RB2 and some depth. I considered getting a second stud, or a mid-range guy like Hampton or Henderson, before settling on this configuration. Last year I went with more cheapish guys, but last year's pricing was different - guys like Marks or Tahj Brooks were $2-$3 instead of $4-$5.


PK: 3 for $10 (my avg: 3.6 for $9) (last year's contest avg: 2.1 for $10)
Chris Boswell - PIT/5 - $4
Blake Grupe - NO/11 - $3
Cairo Santos - CHI/5 - $3
Three cheap ones. Spent an extra dollar on Boswell because there weren't enough $3 options with good job security.


DEF: 3 for $9 (my avg: 4.2 for $11) (last year's contest avg: 2.1 for $10)
New Orleans Saints - NO/11 - $3
Atlanta Falcons - ATL/5 - $3
Jacksonville Jaguars - JAX/8 - $3
Three cheap ones. Week 15-17 opponents include TEN, NYJ (2x), IND, and CAR.
 
Here was my submittal that ended up being final but I hated it as my Final:

QB - Dak Prescott - 18
QB - Joe Flacco - 8
RB - Chase Brown - 26
RB - RJ Harvey - 19
RB - TreVeyon Henderson - 18
RB - Jordan Mason - 11
RB - Jacory Croskey-Merritt - 6
RB - Keaton Mitchell - 4
WR - Jameson Williams - 20
WR - Jerry Jeudy - 18
WR - Tetairoa McMillan - 17
WR - Michael Pittman Jr. - 12
WR - Ricky Pearsall - 11
WR - Emeka Egbuka - 10
WR - Malik Washington - 5
WR - Troy Franklin - 3
WR - Elic Ayomanor - 2
WR - Kayshon Boutte - 2
TE - Tyler Warren - 14
TE - Juwan Johnson - 7
TE - Harold Fannin Jr. - 4
PK - Tyler Loop - 4
PK - Blake Grupe - 3
TD - Tampa Bay Buccaneers - 4
TD - Los Angeles Chargers - 4
Total value: 250

I changed my TE’s big time from my entry before the weekend so that is why I ultimately did not like. This entry…as some of us do, I was tinkering but did not think about my work schedule impacting my FF tinkering!! lol. I prefer 4TE’s as they are good flex guys but I went weak on TEs so thinking this entry does not go far. I really wanted to get Golden in at $12 because I think he will do well…plies everyone else has him 😜😁 so if he does really well it means I may not do so well.
 
ZWK said:
ZWK said:
QB - Josh Allen - BUF/7 - $26
QB - Justin Herbert - LAC/12 - $15
RB - Saquon Barkley - PHI/9 - $36
RB - Jordan Mason - MIN/6 - $11
RB - Bhayshul Tuten - JAX/8 - $8
RB - Jacory Croskey-Merritt - WAS/12 - $6
RB - Kendre Miller - NO/11 - $4
WR - Matthew Golden - GB/5 - $12
WR - Ricky Pearsall - SF/14 - $11
WR - Emeka Egbuka - TB/9 - $10
WR - Rashid Shaheed - NO/11 - $8
WR - Jayden Higgins - HOU/6 - $7
WR - Joshua Palmer - BUF/7 - $7
WR - Brandon Aiyuk - SF/14 - $6
WR - Marquise Brown - KC/10 - $6
WR - Keenan Allen - LAC/12 - $5
WR - Jalen Coker - CAR/14 - $3
WR - Troy Franklin - DEN/12 - $3
WR - Elic Ayomanor - TEN/10 - $2
WR - Pat Bryant - DEN/12 - $2
WR - Kyle Williams - NE/14 - $2
TE - Trey McBride - ARI/8 - $30
TE - Mason Taylor - NYJ/9 - $7
TE - Harold Fannin Jr. - CLE/9 - $4
PK - Chris Boswell - PIT/5 - $4
PK - Blake Grupe - NO/11 - $3
PK - Cairo Santos - CHI/5 - $3
TD - New Orleans Saints - NO/11 - $3
TD - Atlanta Falcons - ATL/5 - $3
TD - Jacksonville Jaguars - JAX/8 - $3
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I stuck with this roster, so I'm badge eligible.

Roster: 30 for $250 (my 2015-2024 avg: 28.9 for $250) (avg across everyone's entries in last year's contest: 19.9 for $250)

I like big rosters with a bunch of cheap contributors who have a chance to produce each week, which also include a few top players who can have huge games and a huge season.


WR: 14 for $84 (my avg: 9.2 for $85) (last year's contest avg: 5.6 for $88)
Matthew Golden - GB/5 - $12
Ricky Pearsall - SF/14 - $11
Emeka Egbuka - TB/9 - $10
Rashid Shaheed - NO/11 - $8
Jayden Higgins - HOU/6 - $7
Joshua Palmer - BUF/7 - $7
Brandon Aiyuk - SF/14 - $6
Marquise Brown - KC/10 - $6
Keenan Allen - LAC/12 - $5
Jalen Coker - CAR/14 - $3
Troy Franklin - DEN/12 - $3
Elic Ayomanor - TEN/10 - $2
Pat Bryant - DEN/12 - $2
Kyle Williams - NE/14 - $2
WR is where the value was at this year. I got 14; woulda had more if the roster wasn't capped at 30. Most of them even come with some upside, either as potential breakouts (6 rookies and 3 second-year players) or bounceback candidates (3 vets who have previously been a fantasy WR2 or better). Some people might think that 14 WRs is overkill, but I think that overdoing it at a position is more about dollars than number of players. The rest of my roster still had 16 slots and $166 to work with, and for WR production I like this group of 14 more than most ways of spending $84 at WR.


TE: 3 for $41 (my avg: 4.0 for $42) (last year's contest avg: 2.4 for $29)
Trey McBride - ARI/8 - $30
Mason Taylor - NYJ/9 - $7
Harold Fannin Jr. - CLE/9 - $4
All the great WR values made it tricky to get an elite WR without either overspending at WR or passing up a bunch of the cheaper WR values, so I got elite players at the other positions instead. McBride is joined by two value-ish rookie TEs who fit in pretty well with my WRs (though the WRs I got with similar profiles cost about a dollar less).


QB: 2 for $41 (my avg: 2.8 for $28) (last year's contest avg: 2.5 for $40)
Josh Allen - BUF/7 - $26
Justin Herbert - LAC/12 - $15
My QBs & stacks was the hardest part to figure out. I tried to talk myself into stacking my top receiving option by taking Kyler Murray, or Geno Smith with a pivot to Bowers, but I couldn't convince myself to rely on either of those guys. Eventually settled on the guy who I consider the favorite to lead all QBs in scoring, and my favorite of the mid-range QBs, both lightly stacked. For a while I had been thinking I'd take two mid-range QBs (maybe Herbert plus Stroud, Lawrence, or Fields), but I wanted to add elite talent somewhere and it is nice to have an elite QB when you're only rolling with two.


RB: 5 for $65 (my avg: 5.1 for $74) (last year's contest avg: 5.2 for $74)
Saquon Barkley - PHI/9 - $36
Jordan Mason - MIN/6 - $11
Bhayshul Tuten - JAX/8 - $8
Jacory Croskey-Merritt - WAS/12 - $6
Kendre Miller - NO/11 - $4
At RB I went with 1 stud and 4 cheapish guys who will hopefully combine somehow to be a solid RB2 and some depth. I considered getting a second stud, or a mid-range guy like Hampton or Henderson, before settling on this configuration. Last year I went with more cheapish guys, but last year's pricing was different - guys like Marks or Tahj Brooks were $2-$3 instead of $4-$5.


PK: 3 for $10 (my avg: 3.6 for $9) (last year's contest avg: 2.1 for $10)
Chris Boswell - PIT/5 - $4
Blake Grupe - NO/11 - $3
Cairo Santos - CHI/5 - $3
Three cheap ones. Spent an extra dollar on Boswell because there weren't enough $3 options with good job security.


DEF: 3 for $9 (my avg: 4.2 for $11) (last year's contest avg: 2.1 for $10)
New Orleans Saints - NO/11 - $3
Atlanta Falcons - ATL/5 - $3
Jacksonville Jaguars - JAX/8 - $3
Three cheap ones. Week 15-17 opponents include TEN, NYJ (2x), IND, and CAR.
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I agree that WRs was the best area to make picks from this year. $20 and down has some excellent names that can definitely outperform there cost so grabbing 14 gives you a high chance of making some big hits week to week.
 
ID 109048

Week 1​

QB Trevor Lawrence - $150.00
QB Michael Penix Jr. - $130.00
RB Bucky Irving - $290.00
RB TreVeyon Henderson - $180.00
RB Jordan Mason - $110.00
RB Braelon Allen - $100.00
RB Woody Marks - $50.00
RB Keaton Mitchell - $40.00
WR Nico Collins - $300.00
WR Matthew Golden - $120.00
WR Ricky Pearsall - $110.00
WR Emeka Egbuka - $100.00
WR Joshua Palmer - $70.00
WR Dont'e Thornton Jr. - $40.00
WR Jahan Dotson - $20.00
WR Elic Ayomanor - $20.00
TE George Kittle - $250.00
TE Cade Otton - $80.00
TE Mason Taylor - $70.00
TE Luke Musgrave - $30.00
PK Chase McLaughlin - $60.00
PK Jason Myers - $40.00
PK Chris Boswell - $40.00
TD Los Angeles Rams - $40.00
TD Tennessee Titans - $30.00
TD Atlanta Falcons - $30.00
TOTAL0.00
CUT LINE0.00
 
104204 - REFOSU
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Querier says 8 other teams share my combo of Burrow, Henry, and Kittle. Only 1 other team when including RB2 C Brown.
 
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QB Jordan Love - $150.00
QB Trevor Lawrence - $150.00
RB Chase Brown - $260.00
RB TreVeyon Henderson - $180.00
RB Kaleb Johnson - $160.00
RB Jordan Mason - $110.00
RB Jacory Croskey-Merritt - $60.00
RB Tahj Brooks - $40.00
WR Calvin Ridley - $160.00
WR Travis Hunter - $160.00
WR Matthew Golden - $120.00
WR Keon Coleman - $120.00
WR Ricky Pearsall - $110.00
WR Emeka Egbuka - $100.00
WR Rashid Shaheed - $80.00
WR Tre Tucker - $50.00
WR Elic Ayomanor - $20.00
TE Tucker Kraft - $150.00
TE Tyler Warren - $140.00
TE Harold Fannin Jr. - $40.00
PK Tyler Loop - $40.00
PK Chris Boswell - $40.00
TD Miami Dolphins - $30.00
TD Atlanta Falcons - $3

Thank God this thing is closed! I think this is my 789th edition. Probably would've changed it again and again but this is what I'm rolling with after the clock struck midnight.

At QB hoping both Lawrence and Love bounce back. They both have added weapons in the off-season. And Love I believe played hurt all of last year. Played around with all the different combinations of the QBs in the $12-$15 range. Ultimately settled on Lawrence and Love due to their earlier bye weeks.

RBs didn't change too much throughout. Didn't make the cut was Braelen Allen, RJ Harvey and a little bit of Josh Jacobs. Made the last minute switch from Harvey to Kaleb Johnson to save a few $ as I felt I was a little week at K with only 2 $3 Ks that I don't trust

WRs didn't change much either. Played around with a couple of different editions combining two cheaper WRs for more expensive ones. Had Sutton and Tet McMillan on a lot of variations but didn't like the bye week clashes with other parts of my team. Also didn't like the WRs I had to give up in order to make the more expensive WRs work. I like the potential of Hunter and Golden and stacking them with my QBs. Top 7 WRs I think I had right from the start. Settled on the bottom two of Tre Tucker and Elic Ayomanor after trying just about every other low cost WR.

TEs didn't change too much. Had Engram in a lot and Taylor in instead of Fannin.

Kickers I like the big legs in this contest. Toyed with three $3 kickers but saved a dollar for elsewhere by going with two $4 Ks with big legs.

Two cheap defenses. Briefly toyed with one $6 defense with an early bye.

Good luck to all
 
:ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO: Looks like 23-Kicker Guy is back this year :ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:

Entry 106074​

This entry is still alive (as of the beginning of week 1)

Week 1​


QB Lamar Jackson - $270.00
RB Aaron Jones Sr. - $210.00
RB Chuba Hubbard - $200.00
WR Jameson Williams - $200.00
WR Mike Evans - $180.00
TE T.J. Hockenson - $180.00
PK Brandon Aubrey - $80.00
PK Jake Bates - $70.00
PK Cameron Dicker - $70.00
PK Matt Gay - $70.00
PK Tyler Bass - $60.00
PK Will Reichard - $60.00
PK Chase McLaughlin - $60.00
PK Wil Lutz - $60.00
PK Ka'imi Fairbairn - $60.00
PK Jake Elliott - $60.00
PK Brandon McManus - $50.00
PK Harrison Butker - $50.00
PK Joshua Karty - $40.00
PK Younghoe Koo - $40.00
PK Cam Little - $40.00
PK Tyler Loop - $40.00
PK Daniel Carlson - $40.00
PK Evan McPherson - $40.00
PK Jake Moody - $40.00
PK Jason Myers - $40.00
PK Chad Ryland - $40.00
PK Jason Sanders - $40.00
PK Spencer Shrader - $40.00
TD Buffalo Bills - $70.00
TOTAL0.00
CUT LINE0.00
 

My entry below. I missed the memo on the "badge" and don't even know what that means but if I'm eligible, cool. If this entry makes any noise, I think it will be thanks to the Engram/Kraft/Warren TE trio. ​

Entry 101670​

This entry is still alive (as of the beginning of week 1)

Week 1
QB Patrick Mahomes - $20 0.00
QB Trevor Lawrence - $15 0.00

RB Chase Brown - $26 0.00
RB TreVeyon Henderson - $18 0.00
RB J.K. Dobbins - $17 0.00
RB Jacory Croskey-Merritt - $6 0.00
RB Keaton Mitchell - $4 0.00
RB Tahj Brooks - $4 0.00

WR Drake London - $30 0.00
WR Matthew Golden - $12 0.00
WR Emeka Egbuka - $10 0.00
WR Rashid Shaheed - $8 0.00
WR Marquise Brown - $6 0.00
WR Dont'e Thornton Jr. - $4 0.00
WR Elic Ayomanor - $2 0.00
WR Kayshon Boutte - $2 0.00

TE Evan Engram - $16 0.00
TE Tucker Kraft - $15 0.00
TE Tyler Warren - $14 0.00

PK Chad Ryland - $4 0.00
PK Cairo Santos - $3 0.00

TD Philadelphia Eagles - $6 0.00
TD New England Patriots - $4 0.00
TD Kansas City Chiefs - $4 0.00
 
Entry 111053 is badge eligible.

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Week 1​

QB Jordan Love - $150.00
QB Sam Darnold - $100.00
QB Daniel Jones - $90.00
RB Derrick Henry - $310.00
RB Chase Brown - $260.00
RB David Montgomery - $180.00
RB Jacory Croskey-Merritt - $60.00
RB Kendre Miller - $40.00
WR Mike Evans - $180.00
WR Stefon Diggs - $130.00
WR Matthew Golden - $120.00
WR Ricky Pearsall - $110.00
WR Christian Kirk - $100.00
WR Cooper Kupp - $100.00
WR Keenan Allen - $50.00
TE Tyler Warren - $140.00
TE Dallas Goedert - $110.00
TE Pat Freiermuth - $90.00
PK Tyler Loop - $40.00
PK Chris Boswell - $40.00
PK Blake Grupe - $30.00
TD Kansas City Chiefs - $40.00
TD Las Vegas Raiders - $30.00
TOTAL0.00
CUT LINE0.00
 
Rooster Strategery

QBBC (3), each correlated with a primary receiving option

$27 (15,12) - Jordan Love & Matthew Golden – QB1, WR3 (“Flex1” starter)
$20 (10,10) - Sam Darnold & Cooper Kupp – QB2, WR6 (flex pool)
$23 (09,14) - Daniel Jones & Tyler Warren – QB3, TE1 (starter)

Top Shelf running backs (2 bell cows and a reliable RB3 (jinx?) )

$31 - Derrick Henry – RB1 (starter)
$26 - Chris Brown – RB2 (starter)
$18 - David Montgomery – RB3 (“Flex2” starter)

Other / Non-correlated Skill Position / Flex Pool

$18 - Mike Evans – WR1 (starter)
$13 - Stefon Diggs – “WR2” (starter)
$11 - Ricky Pearsall – WR4
$10 - Christian Kirk – WR5
$5 - Keenan Allen – WR7
$11 - Dallas Goedert – TE2
$9 - Pat Freiermuth – TE3
$6 - Mr. Bill JCM – RB4
$4 - Kendre Miller – RB5

Flex Pool Supply / Demand and Bye Week Management

Not counting the “starters” (RB1, RB2, WR1, WR2, TE1, Flex1, Flex2) there are 8 players in my roster “flex pool”. If we assume half the starters will score low in any given week, there is a “need” for 3.5 players from the flex pool each week exclusive of bye week demand (yes this is over-simplified as demands should be expressed by position type).

In this rooster there is never more than one skill position starter on bye (which is why you don’t see protracted commentary from me about bye week mgt...it was considered in roster creation), and the worst bye week for flex pool absences is week 5, with 3 from the pool on bye. Treating the flex pool byes as a “demand”, the total demand for flex pool is the 3.5 from regular variation and 0-3 for bye week needs. In the current roster, the total demand for flex pool never exceeds 6.5 of 8 flex pool resources and is typically 3.5 versus 8 on non-bye weeks and 4.5 versus 8 on bye weeks.

Kickers & Defenses

You could argue that the pricing for two specific kickers is “broken” this year (where elite anticipated production is “on sale” for only $4): Boswell is I guess discounted because he was screaming for more money earlier in the offseason and Loop is I guess discounted because he’s replacing a kicking icon (Tucker). From the trash bin, I added Grupe because he kicks indoors and the Saints may need to kick a lot of field goals / may have challenges penetrating the end zone lol.

At least in terms of eye test quality, there is a very real difference between $4 and $3 defenses this year. I think it’s a mistake to have ONLY $3 defenses.

Chief ($4) – bounce back on offense, something to prove, blah blah blah
Raiders ($3) – Maxxxxxxx Crosby plus a capable offense and head coach?

Notes – Mostly comments about the road not taken

Roster is leveraged on the health of expensive RB1-RB3 which may not be bright as Henry is getting long in the tooth…but no risk it, etc.

With Diggs and Pearsall, I couldn’t take the week 14 risk of also having Henderson. There are also some flashing yellow lights on Henderson so I ran to the comfort of David Montgomery…which (hopefully) eliminates the need for a Mason or Bigsby for added depth.

Preferred Evans floor over the promise of Egbuka (jinx?) … and didn’t want to correlate just the pair of WRs and create a potential bye week issue.

I’m amazed that the following didn’t make their way onto my roster: Herbert, CMC, Mason, Bigsby, Chubb, JSN, Sutton, Kittle, Engram. I could go on but these were the ones who spent the most time on my roster iterations sans the last one.

I like the fact that if Bill is a mistake, 67% of rosters will share that mistake with me. That and the fact that I’ll be able to say “Oh no, Mr. Bill!”.

Miller seems to project getting a lot more touches that the rest of the $4 posse…I think he’s being unfairly boycotted because his team is going to suck this year. And Kamara is 30 years old now; that sounds weird to say out loud.
 
Here's my number for the badge:
Entry 105109
This entry is still alive (as of the beginning of week 1)

Week 1
QB Jared Goff - $16 0.00
QB Jordan Love - $15 0.00

RB Bijan Robinson - $37 0.00
RB Chase Brown - $26 0.00
RB Braelon Allen - $10 0.00
RB Nick Chubb - $8 0.00
RB Keaton Mitchell - $4 0.00

WR Courtland Sutton - $19 0.00
WR Calvin Ridley - $16 0.00
WR Rome Odunze - $15 0.00
WR Emeka Egbuka - $10 0.00
WR Tre Tucker - $5 0.00
WR Keenan Allen - $5 0.00
WR Elic Ayomanor - $2 0.00

TE T.J. Hockenson - $18 0.00
TE Tucker Kraft - $15 0.00
TE Tyler Warren - $14 0.00

PK Cam Little - $4 0.00
PK Chris Boswell - $4 0.00

TD Kansas City Chiefs - $4 0.00
TD Atlanta Falcons - $3 0.00
 
I didn’t have a ton of time to throw this together, but I went with a volume approach again this year. Probably a lot of popular names but values are values:


QB Jayden Daniels - $250.00
QB Matthew Stafford - $100.00
QB Jaxson Dart - $70.00
RB Chase Brown - $260.00
RB TreVeyon Henderson - $180.00
RB Jordan Mason - $110.00
RB Nick Chubb - $80.00
RB Jacory Croskey-Merritt - $60.00
RB Woody Marks - $50.00
RB Keaton Mitchell - $40.00
WR Nico Collins - $300.00
Calvin Ridley - $160.00
WR Ricky Pearsall - $110.00
WR Emeka Egbuka - $100.00
WR Adonai Mitchell - $40.00
WR Jalen Coker - $30.00
WR Elic Ayomanor - $20.00
TE Tucker Kraft - $150.00
TE Tyler Warren - $140.00
TE Harold Fannin Jr. - $40.00
PK Tyler Loop - $40.00
PK Cam Little - $40.00
PK Cairo Santos - $30.00
TD Arizona Cardinals - $40.00
TD Atlanta Falcons - $30.00
TD Las Vegas Raiders - $30.00
 
ID: 109427

I had thoughts of replacing Chubb/Bill with Mason but left it alone. Usually I go 1 QB + a couple late flyers, it cost the same to go with 2 top ones. Probably overspent on PK/DF. Besides the Bill pick, didn't pay a lot of attention to the cheap flyers, I went for a mix of steady vets + higher upside (but riskier) players to round it out.

Code: 
QB Josh Allen - $26
QB Patrick Mahomes - $20

RB Aaron Jones Sr. - $21
RB Isiah Pacheco - $18
RB TreVeyon Henderson - $18
RB Nick Chubb - $8
RB Jacory Croskey-Merritt - $6

WR Terry McLaurin - $21
WR Mike Evans - $18
WR Matthew Golden - $12
WR Ricky Pearsall - $11
WR Emeka Egbuka - $10

TE T.J. Hockenson - $18
TE Colston Loveland - $14

PK Harrison Butker - $5
PK Daniel Carlson - $4
PK Chris Boswell - $4

TD Green Bay Packers - $6
TD Minnesota Vikings - $6
TD Kansas City Chiefs - $4
 
Last season we had 11695 entries, this season we have 556 less, but still just as challenging.

First month will weed out many of the non-competitive rosters or those that didn’t quite grasp the intricacies of needing to start fast. By Week 5 we will only have 46% of the field left. Will be interesting to see how many teams that fielded suspended, IR designated to return or PUP players that will miss the first month are still standing.

Here is the UNOFFICIAL future Cut lines, not counting ties that may affect the final cut numbers.

Each week as we progress I will update as often we get ties that does affect the total cutlines:

Start 11139
10% Week 1 Cut to Number – 10026
10% Week 2 cut to Number – 9024
10% Week 3 cut to Number – 8122
20% Week 4 cut to Number – 6498
20% Week 5 cut to Number – 5199
20% Week 6 cut to Number – 4160
20% Week 7 cut to Number – 3328
30% Week 8 cut to Number – 2330
30% Week 9 cut to Number – 1631
30% Week 10 cut to Number – 1142
30% Week 11 cut to Number – 800
30% Week 12 cut to Number – 560
40% Week 13 cut to Number – 336
40% Week 14 cut to Number – 202 (means the top 23 non-playoff teams this week win a prize)

Notes From Contest Rules:

- In weeks 1--14, the cut is based on scores from the current week only. Scores reset each week.

- Specifically, the cut will be determined as in the following example. Suppose it is week 7 and there are 2,394 entries at the beginning of the week. Because the cut percentage is 20% for that week, 2394 will be multiplied by 0.80 and the resulting number, if not an integer, will be rounded UP to the next greatest integer. In this case, 2394 * 0.8 = 1915.2. We round up to 1916. The entry with the 1916th-highest score, and all entries with an equal or greater score, will move to the next round.

- if fewer than 225 participants remain after week 14, then prizes will be awarded to eliminated participants according to highest score in week 14. If prizes are still unawarded after that, then highest score in week 13, and so on.
 
I think I've exhausted my idle curiousity....

total 11180

mr. bill corrected 5854 prior number was a typo 6854 (!)
nick chubb 2563
Jordan mason 2554
kyle monongai 1209
tank bigsby 689
kendre miller 418

brown 4032 (!)
cmc 1090
henry 932
gibbs 655
bijan 601
Montgomery 570
saquon 446

chase 1561 (!)
Jefferson 228
lamb 774
puca 188
nico 1188 (!)
adams 587
 
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Interesting roster size numbers:

18 = 4696
19 = 1726
20 = 1223
21 = 992
22 = 711
23 = 542
24 = 418
25 = 304
26 = 188
27 = 159
28 = 82
29 = 76
30 = 113

Judging by the numbers 68% of all rosters had 20 or less rostered..
 
Dacomish said:
Interesting roster size numbers:

18 = 4696
19 = 1726
20 = 1223
21 = 992
22 = 711
23 = 542
24 = 418
25 = 304
26 = 188
27 = 159
28 = 82
29 = 76
30 = 113

Judging by the numbers 68% of all rosters had 20 or less rostered..
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Those numbers correlate fairly closely with last year's numbers. But the percentage is slightly smaller this year.

2025. . . . . . . . . 2024 . . . . (in 2024, 71.2% = 20 or less)
18 = 4696 . . .18 = 5508
19 = 1726 . . . 19 = 1684
20 = 1223 . . . 20 = 1159
21 = 992 . . . . 21 = 863
22 = 711 . . . . 22 = 686
23 = 542 . . . . 23 = 522
24 = 418 . . . . 24 = 404
25 = 304 . . . . 25 = 306
26 = 188 . . . . 26 = 220
27 = 159 . . . . 27 = 136
28 = 82 . . . . . 28 = 90
29 = 76 . . . . . 29 = 58
30 = 113 . . . . 30 = 91
 
QB - Trevor Lawrence - JAX/8 - $15

QB - Bryce Young - CAR/14 - $12

RB - Josh Jacobs - GB/5 - $29

RB - Chase Young - CIN/10 - $26

RB - Zach Charbonnet - SEA/8 - $17

RB - Jordan Mason - MIN/6 - $11

RB - Braelon Allen - NYJ/9 - $10

WR - Tetairoa McMillan - CAR/14 - $17

WR - George Pickens - DAL/10 - $16

WR - Keon Coleman - BUF/7 - $12

WR - Ricky Pearsall - SF/14 - $11

WR - Emeka Egbuka - TB/9 - $10

WR - Rashod Bateman - BAL/7 - $10

WR - Elic Ayomanor - TEN/10 - $2

TE - Tucker Kraft - GB/5 - $15

TE - Tyler Warren - IND/11 - $14

TE - Terrance Ferguson - LAR/8 - $5

K - Blake Grupe - NO/11 - $3

K - Cairo Santos - CHI/5 - $3

K - Joey Slye - TEN/10 - $3

TD - Tennessee Titans - TEN/10 - $3

TD - Atlanta Falcons - ATL/5 - $3

TD - Jacksonville Jaguars - JAX/8 -$3









QB - Trevor Lawrence - JAX/8 - $15

QB - Bryce Young - CAR/14 - $12



Two QBs I am betting on big this year, think they are both great values for the price





RB - Josh Jacobs - GB/5 - $29

RB - Chase Young - CIN/10 - $26

RB - Zach Charbonnet - SEA/8 - $17

RB - Jordan Mason - MIN/6 - $11

RB - Braelon Allen - NYJ/9 - $10



Two proven starters in Jacobs and Chase. Charbonnet I think will have a David Montgomery type role this year with league winning upside if Walker goes down. Mason is in a good offense and Aaron Jones is slowing down. Think Allen will have some usable flex weeks. Had JCM for a long time, decided to pivot at the last moment.





WR - Tetairoa McMillan - CAR/14 - $17

WR - George Pickens - DAL/10 - $16

WR - Keon Coleman - BUF/7 - $12

WR - Ricky Pearsall - SF/14 - $11

WR - Emeka Egbuka - TB/9 - $10

WR - Rashod Bateman - BAL/7 - $10

WR - Elic Ayomanor - TEN/10 - $2



McMillan is going to be force fed targets. Dallas is going to be throwing a lot and Pickens might be my most owned player in fantasy this year. Coleman will have some big weeks in the BUF offense with the potential to become the true #1 there. Most will have Pearsall and Egbuka. I like Bateman as a guy with sneaky potential to top 1,000 yards this year. Ayomanor is in a bad offense but he’s a starting WR for $2, and I think Cam Ward has the potential to transform that offense. Have two week 14 byes, but I have to get there first.





TE - Tucker Kraft - GB/5 - $15

TE - Tyler Warren - IND/11 - $14

TE - Terrance Ferguson - LAR/8 - $5



Kraft is my most underrated TE this year, wouldn’t be surprised if he finishes top 5 this year. Warren will be targeted early and often. Ferguson is a guy I was really high on as a prospect and the Rams LOVED him. Slow start this preseason but betting on his talent winning out and being a usable piece later in the year.





K - Blake Grupe - NO/11 - $3

K - Cairo Santos - CHI/5 - $3

K - Joey Slye - TEN/10 - $3



TD - Tennessee Titans - TEN/10 - $3

TD - Atlanta Falcons - ATL/5 - $3

TD - Jacksonville Jaguars - JAX/8 -$3





3 of each for $3 with different byes weeks
 
Alright, here goes, this was probably iteration ~300 or something:

QB
Jared Goff
Daniel Jones

Yes, I am intentionally light on QB here. Goff has been very durable and I am ok with the week 8 bye. Jones is a break glass in case of emergency type of backup, but I think he keeps the job and will roster occasionally.

RB
Josh Jacobs
Chase Brown
TreVeyon Henderson
Jordan Mason
Jacory Croskey-Merritt
Tahj Brooks

Spent up on RB this year. Love Jacobs bye week for this one. Chase Brown is my guy and I loved being able to get Brooks as the cuff for cheap. I think Mason will eventually earn that job in Minn and Henderson and Bill complete the squad as rookies with upside.

WR
Terry McLaurin
Jameson Williams
Mike Evans
Emeka Egbuka
Pat Bryant
Kyle Williams

I think Terry comes out hungry and I like pairing Jameson with Goff for his long TD weeks. Evans and Egbuka make a nice tandem in Tampa and a couple of $2 fillers.

TE
Trey McBride
Zach Ertz
Luke Musgrave

Love McBride this year, hoping Ertz can stay healthy and hoping that Musgrave eats into some of Kraft's PT.

PK
Tyler Loop
Chris Boswell

Went with 2 just above bottom barrel prices.

TD
Patriots
Rams

Ditto with Defenses

We shall see, it was definitely a fun exercise to go through(repeatedly)
 
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