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[bicycle_seat_sniffer]

MBSL1 - 10th Pick

QB- Hasslebeck (8),A.Smith(6)

This is what Ilike to do in SSL's grab a solid vet and a young guy with high-upside. very solid combo

RB- Rudi(5), Edge(8),Atrain(6),B.leonard(9)

My top 2 are a little weak in PPR, but the Irons news is gravy and Edge has nothing to worry about from Shipp. I expect Lynch to take over enventually, but Jaroun loves the Atrain. Im not buying the Leonard hype, but he should get some points here & there, not alot of depth in STL

WR- Randy Moss(10), M.Clayton(8),Muhammed(9),Kennison(8),Toomer(9),Copper(4)

My approach in SSLs at wide are to grab vet types that play. plain and simple. This group will score me plenty.

TE- KW2(7), D.Martin(9)

here is my one issue, KW2 must stay healthy to win this thing. Reports out of Browns camp is that he healthy and unstoppable. Martin provides a late round sleeper type

K- Wilkins(9),Kasay(7)

D- Stillers(6),Titans(4)

I analyze K's & D's together. This group is rock solid. Byes are spread out here pretty well

Overall my bye week issue is 2 WR's off on week8 with Edge & Hass, thats kinda tough, but I wanted them players. Week 9 sees me two WR's short as well

Love this squad.

Opinions??? outsiders are welcome to comment too

 

[glumpy]

I like that squad too, bss, as well as mine. Picking back to back we seemed to draft pretty similarly in this one, and ended up with the same squad configuration (2-4-6-2-2-2); I think they're workable. This might be one of my best drafts in this format.

QB: Brees (bye 4), Roethlisberger (8)

I like these guys a lot; spent pretty early for them though...

RB: Henry (6), McGahee (8), Pittman (10), Buckhalter (5)

The two top guns are enough to rely on I hope; Pittman and CBuck to cover byes.

WR: R. Brown (5), Chambers (9), B. Marshall (6), D. Carter (7), Welker (10), D. Jarrett (7)

Waited awhile on my first; picked all six by round 14--I think they're playable though without a headliner.

TE: H. Miller (6), Shiancoe (5)

One top 16 and one that Joe B's high on for potential; their best weeks will need to complement each other.

PK: O. Mare (4), J. Feely (9)

One high scoring team's kicker; one defensive minded team's...

Def: Balt. (8), Minn (5)

Projected top two defense and I couldn't let them pass! Minn should have some 'up' weeks.

Time will tell...

 

[rzrback77]

MBSL1 - In the middle with the 9th Pick

QB- Pennington 8.08 (10) Culpepper 10.08 (5) and Quinn (7) 14.08

RB- R. Bush 1.09 (4), D Foster 7.09 (7) and L Washington 9.09 (10)

WR- Wayne 2.09 (6), Evans 3.09 (6), Burress 4.08 (9), M Booker 11.09 (9), Bryant Johnson 15.09 (8),

Lelie 19.09 (6), and B. Lloyd 18.08 (4)

TE - Witten 5.09 (8) and L.J. Smith 6.08 (5)

K- Nugent 16.08 (10)

D- Panthers 12.08 (7) and Cowboys 13.09 (8)

Took a different path with this squad attempting to make the WRs and TEs the strength of the squad, which happened (sort of). Hopefully the injury to Smith just after I drafted him will be a short recovery or that could be a wasted pick. Very strong WRs, except that three are on bye in week 6. However, I have no one else off that week and there are a lot of fantasy studs off in week six.

Need my three RBs to score consistently which will be a significant challenge. Bush is solid in ppr and hope that Foster hangs in at least a RBBC role all season with the Panthers. Washington also is a solid receiving RB.

Defense is also a strength.

Admittedly weaker in RB and QB, but feel like this squad can compete, especially if Quinn wins the starting role before Jamarcus Russell takes over at Oakland.

 

[Blue-Kun]

I feel odd about my team. Everything went more or less like I thought it would, except my QB#2 ended up far crappier than I could've imagined (worst QB corps in this league I'm guessing, tho i haven't looked at everyones.) and Curtis saved what would otherwise be a bottom of the barrel WR corps. Having two rookies at RB is unsettling, but more or less went like I wanted too. I was slightly surprised that A-train went before AP tho. That hosed me good.

QB: Rex Grossman – 9, Brodie Croyle – 8, A.J. Feely - 6

WR: TO – 8, Glenn – 8, Kevin Curtis – 5, Keenan McCardell – 10, Peerless Price – 6, Tab Perry – 5

RB: AP – 5, Chester Taylor – 5, Lynch – 6, AP – 9

TE: Gates – 7

DEF: Chi – 9, GB - 7

K: Joe Nedney – 6, Rob Bironas - 4

Consider this team RB plan and ending up with Glenn as my highest rated WR on the board when my pick came up again for that round, I had a hectic time making sure not too many byes overlapped at any given time. This really hamstrung me on some of the later picks, but I got it to the point where the only really big kicks to the balls will be week 5 and week 9 (If Feely isn't starting by then). Going single TE with just Gates seemed like the smart move and him and the non-Chicago defense are the only byes that week.

I figure I'm going to outscore everyone at TE and DEF, while have competitive scores at WR and RB. However QB dooms me, I expect to go out the first or second terrible week Grossman has unless Croyle is a decent QB#2 or my team overachieves as a whole.

 

[Captain Hook]

Curious - two teams had the 10th pick

 

[bicycle_seat_sniffer]

QB: Rex Grossman – 9, Brodie Croyle – 8, A.J. Feely - 6

Bk - not a fan of this group, GRossman is your main guy, why not grab Huard instead of Feeley?? thats a mistake as you may take low scores here some weeks

WR: TO – 8, Glenn – 8, Kevin Curtis – 5, Keenan McCardell – 10, Peerless Price – 6, Tab Perry – 5

I love TO this year, but pairing him with Glenn just seems flawed. Curtis will produce, keenan is long in the tooth. The Tab perry pick is nice for how late you got him.

RB: AP – 5, Chester Taylor – 5, Lynch – 6, AP – 9

The minny back field is covered. Lynch should have the job by mid season.

TE: Gates – 7

A+

DEF: Chi – 9, GB - 7

K: Joe Nedney – 6, Rob Bironas - 4

Good group.

Overll Bk, you can survive with your wekaness at QB for awhile but that and only 1 real WR outside of Dallas will be your downfall

 

[bicycle_seat_sniffer]

QB- Pennington 8.08 (10) Culpepper 10.08 (5) and Quinn (7) 14.08

Weakness of your squad, need someone to go with Penny, those other 2 guys might start/play.

RB- R. Bush 1.09 (4), D Foster 7.09 (7) and L Washington 9.09 (10)

Bush is $$, Foster/Leon will platoon nice for RB2 points

WR- Wayne 2.09 (6), Evans 3.09 (6), Burress 4.08 (9), M Booker 11.09 (9), Bryant Johnson 15.09 (8),

Lelie 19.09 (6), and B. Lloyd 18.08 (4)

Solid deep group, A+ here man

TE - Witten 5.09 (8) and L.J. Smith 6.08 (5)

interesting strategy, Philly is being tight lipped about LJ, so I think he's hurt badly. Witten will do just fine this year

K- Nugent 16.08 (10)

Not a fan of only 1 kicker, need another to balance out low weeks

D- Panthers 12.08 (7) and Cowboys 13.09 (8)

solid here

over Rzr, good job, that WR is among the best I have ever seen drafted in one of these

 

[bicycle_seat_sniffer]

QB: Brees (bye 4), Roethlisberger (8)

nice job here, will at/near the top of QB socring every week

RB: Henry (6), McGahee (8), Pittman (10), Buckhalter (5)

top two are real, nice and would like to have them in 12 teamer H2H leagues. pittman and CBuck are solid WR3/4 types in this format and add catches

WR: R. Brown (5), Chambers (9), B. Marshall (6), D. Carter (7), Welker (10), D. Jarrett (7)

Top 2 are good, would have liked to see one more "solid vet" type than the "high upside" types in marshall/carter/jarett.

TE: H. Miller (6), Shiancoe (5)

eek, H miller seems forgotten in Pitt, wont produce enough everyweek in this format for my liking

PK: O. Mare (4), J. Feely (9)

Def: Balt. (8), Minn (5)

K's & D's are nice

overall TE looks to be weak to me, and is WR 3-6, that should be balance by your top runners and QB scores.

 

[rzrback77]

Curious - two teams had the 10th pick

Watchu talkin bout Willis?

 

[KnowledgeReignsSupreme]

Well my team is not complete yet, but I'll post what it look like.

QB Jay Cutler 6QB Jake Delhomme 7WR Roy Williams 6WR Santana Moss 3WR Bernard Berrian 9WR Brandon Stokley 6WR Samie Parker 8WR Ruvell Martin 7RB LaDainian Tomlinson 7RB Brandon Jacobs 9RB Sammy Morris 10 TE Randy McMichael 9TE Marcedes Lewis 4PK Neil Rackers 8PK Rian Lindell 6DEF Philadelphia 5DEF Denver 6

Dunno what my last pick will be. Likely either WR or RB, depending on who is available. Buckhalter and Boston are off the board.

 

[Captain Hook]

It was a curious draft - at least from this chair. We are all on the same mission, but people take different paths. Sometimes that is dictated by draft position and sometimes by .....well, bug, hair...whatever.

I definitely tried two things that I might not have if I were drafting earlier, but from the 14 hole I didn't like the other early options, so I went WR-PM. Obviously the question is then whether I can get enough points at running back later in the draft, but my plan was to try for one backfield where I could lock up all the points - it would "cost" me one player to equal someone else's two, but I think that part works - now will the team balance out. I did make a bye week mistake but it was with my last two receivers, so hopefully I win immunity in Week 7 or Manning, Smith and Betts go off in Week 8 to keep me alive.

Enjoyed it as always - tough group to draft against, but IMO that is what makes it fun each year.

Good Luck to all in your real drafts (unless you are in one of my leagues in Vegas LOL)

 

[Captain Hook]

Roster drafting from 14 hole

QB - P. Manning (6) and Campbell (4)

RB - M. Barber/J. Jones (8), Betts (4), J. Harrison (7), and Dorsey (6)

WR - S. Smith (7), Hackett (8), Henderson (4), Furrey (6), Burleson (8) and R. White (8)

TE - Graham (6) and Scaife (4)

K - Gould (9)

DS - Buffalo (6) and Kansas City (8)

 

[Team Legacy]

MBSL 1

QB - Young 6.11 (4), Frye 10.11 (7)

RB - Westy 1.6 (5), Fred T 5.6 (4), Morency 7.6 (8)

WR - Marvin 2.11 (6), Andre 3.6 (10), Matt Jones 8.11 (4), D Bennett 9.6 (9), B Wade 12.11 (5), H Baskett 18.11 (5)

TE - Shockey 4.11 (9), E Johnson 13.6 (4)

PK - Keading 14.11 (7), Tynes 16.11 (9)

DST - San Diego 13.6 (7), New Orleans 15.6 (4)

Usually in a Survivor format, you're weak at one position. I have never came away feeling good about all spots. Well, for the first time, I feel okay about each position. Obviously Vince Young has to hold down the QB spot because I feel Frye will only be the starter for the first half of the season. Fred is a good RB2 in this format, and Morency is from what I can tell, still the starter in GB, which in the 7th is a steal.

Marvin = WR1, Andre = Great WR2, Matt is the question mark at WR3, but I bet he pulls it together. Drew is a Bruce injury away from stud status, Wade, Minnys current # 1 as my WR5? Baskett, in a passing offense, makes a great 18th round flier. Shockey and EJ make a potent combo in this format. Keading in a top offense and SD is a top 5 Defense. Not bad, not deep. Excellent bye week structure.

 

[Team Legacy]

MBSL1 - 10th Pick

QB- Hasslebeck (8),A.Smith(6)

This is what Ilike to do in SSL's grab a solid vet and a young guy with high-upside. very solid combo

RB- Rudi(5), Edge(8),Atrain(6),B.leonard(9)

My top 2 are a little weak in PPR, but the Irons news is gravy and Edge has nothing to worry about from Shipp. I expect Lynch to take over enventually, but Jaroun loves the Atrain. Im not buying the Leonard hype, but he should get some points here & there, not alot of depth in STL

WR- Randy Moss(10), M.Clayton(8),Muhammed(9),Kennison(8),Toomer(9),Copper(4)

My approach in SSLs at wide are to grab vet types that play. plain and simple. This group will score me plenty.

TE- KW2(7), D.Martin(9)

here is my one issue, KW2 must stay healthy to win this thing. Reports out of Browns camp is that he healthy and unstoppable. Martin provides a late round sleeper type

K- Wilkins(9),Kasay(7)

D- Stillers(6),Titans(4)

I analyze K's & D's together. This group is rock solid. Byes are spread out here pretty well

Overall my bye week issue is 2 WR's off on week8 with Edge & Hass, thats kinda tough, but I wanted them players. Week 9 sees me two WR's short as well

Love this squad.

Opinions??? outsiders are welcome to comment too

You did great with this team. Your WR vet strategy may pan out, but that is definitely your weak spot. I could see weeks where your entire squad (down on Moss) don't score better than 3 catches for 45. If just two of them become regular 6 - 100 and a TD type guys, you're in great shape to have a deep run. Great depth at QB. Rudi and Edge are great in this type of format, steady guys. Neither of the other two will contribute much imo.

 

[Team Legacy]

I feel odd about my team. Everything went more or less like I thought it would, except my QB#2 ended up far crappier than I could've imagined (worst QB corps in this league I'm guessing, tho i haven't looked at everyones.) and Curtis saved what would otherwise be a bottom of the barrel WR corps. Having two rookies at RB is unsettling, but more or less went like I wanted too. I was slightly surprised that A-train went before AP tho. That hosed me good.QB: Rex Grossman – 9, Brodie Croyle – 8, A.J. Feely - 6WR: TO – 8, Glenn – 8, Kevin Curtis – 5, Keenan McCardell – 10, Peerless Price – 6, Tab Perry – 5RB: AP – 5, Chester Taylor – 5, Lynch – 6, AP – 9TE: Gates – 7DEF: Chi – 9, GB - 7K: Joe Nedney – 6, Rob Bironas - 4 Consider this team RB plan and ending up with Glenn as my highest rated WR on the board when my pick came up again for that round, I had a hectic time making sure not too many byes overlapped at any given time. This really hamstrung me on some of the later picks, but I got it to the point where the only really big kicks to the balls will be week 5 and week 9 (If Feely isn't starting by then). Going single TE with just Gates seemed like the smart move and him and the non-Chicago defense are the only byes that week. I figure I'm going to outscore everyone at TE and DEF, while have competitive scores at WR and RB. However QB dooms me, I expect to go out the first or second terrible week Grossman has unless Croyle is a decent QB#2 or my team overachieves as a whole.

I wouldn't expect Gates to outscore two men best ball teams at the TE position. I'll take Shockey and Johnson vs Gates straight up. Week 5 will be make or break for you with AP/Chester on bye along with 2 of your wideouts. If Owens and Glenn don't go absolutely OFF on their opponent that week (at Bufalo on Monday night), you're done. Grossman that same week is at Green Bay on Sunday night. If you're still kickin week 5, the last two games of the week will decide if you stay.

 

[Fiddles]

im liking perry and knowledge the best out of those who posted so far but im not seeing any teams that look weak

 

[Fiddles]

my team

Favre 7

Losman 6

i like this combo. favre is money in this format with no deductions for turnovers

Alexander 8

McAllister 4

Benson 9

Herron 7

solid first 3 plus a wildcard where the job is up for grabs

Galloway 10

Bruce 9

Calvin Johnson 6

Demetrius Williams 8

Engram 8

Northcutt 4

engram and bruce are money in ppr. have to see what happens with northcutt and calvin. who knows.

Daniels 10

ZMiller 5

not bad for waiting on the position

Graham 5

Scobee 4

above average and early byes

San Fran 6

Browns 7

blah. byes work with the kickers

overall i really like my chances with this team. its not eye catching but its very solid with the exception of the dsts

 

[bicycle_seat_sniffer]

MBSL1 - 10th Pick

QB- Hasslebeck (8),A.Smith(6)

This is what Ilike to do in SSL's grab a solid vet and a young guy with high-upside. very solid combo

RB- Rudi(5), Edge(8),Atrain(6),B.leonard(9)

My top 2 are a little weak in PPR, but the Irons news is gravy and Edge has nothing to worry about from Shipp. I expect Lynch to take over enventually, but Jaroun loves the Atrain. Im not buying the Leonard hype, but he should get some points here & there, not alot of depth in STL

WR- Randy Moss(10), M.Clayton(8),Muhammed(9),Kennison(8),Toomer(9),Copper(4)

My approach in SSLs at wide are to grab vet types that play. plain and simple. This group will score me plenty.

TE- KW2(7), D.Martin(9)

here is my one issue, KW2 must stay healthy to win this thing. Reports out of Browns camp is that he healthy and unstoppable. Martin provides a late round sleeper type

K- Wilkins(9),Kasay(7)

D- Stillers(6),Titans(4)

I analyze K's & D's together. This group is rock solid. Byes are spread out here pretty well

Overall my bye week issue is 2 WR's off on week8 with Edge & Hass, thats kinda tough, but I wanted them players. Week 9 sees me two WR's short as well

Love this squad.

Opinions??? outsiders are welcome to comment too

You did great with this team. Your WR vet strategy may pan out, but that is definitely your weak spot. I could see weeks where your entire squad (down on Moss) don't score better than 3 catches for 45. If just two of them become regular 6 - 100 and a TD type guys, you're in great shape to have a deep run. Great depth at QB. Rudi and Edge are great in this type of format, steady guys. Neither of the other two will contribute much imo.

thanks for the input TL. Im not a big Moss fan either. But where I got him was too good to pass up.

I live Clayton to be the #1 in Balt.

Toomer/Kennison/Mushy/Copper just need once nice score most weeks, the way I look at it.

 

[rzrback77]

MBSL1 - 10th Pick

QB- Hasslebeck (8),A.Smith(6)

This is what Ilike to do in SSL's grab a solid vet and a young guy with high-upside. very solid combo

RB- Rudi(5), Edge(8),Atrain(6),B.leonard(9)

My top 2 are a little weak in PPR, but the Irons news is gravy and Edge has nothing to worry about from Shipp. I expect Lynch to take over enventually, but Jaroun loves the Atrain. Im not buying the Leonard hype, but he should get some points here & there, not alot of depth in STL

WR- Randy Moss(10), M.Clayton(8),Muhammed(9),Kennison(8),Toomer(9),Copper(4)

My approach in SSLs at wide are to grab vet types that play. plain and simple. This group will score me plenty.

TE- KW2(7), D.Martin(9)

here is my one issue, KW2 must stay healthy to win this thing. Reports out of Browns camp is that he healthy and unstoppable. Martin provides a late round sleeper type

K- Wilkins(9),Kasay(7)

D- Stillers(6),Titans(4)

I analyze K's & D's together. This group is rock solid. Byes are spread out here pretty well

Overall my bye week issue is 2 WR's off on week8 with Edge & Hass, thats kinda tough, but I wanted them players. Week 9 sees me two WR's short as well

Love this squad.

Opinions??? outsiders are welcome to comment too

You did great with this team. Your WR vet strategy may pan out, but that is definitely your weak spot. I could see weeks where your entire squad (down on Moss) don't score better than 3 catches for 45. If just two of them become regular 6 - 100 and a TD type guys, you're in great shape to have a deep run. Great depth at QB. Rudi and Edge are great in this type of format, steady guys. Neither of the other two will contribute much imo.

thanks for the input TL. Im not a big Moss fan either. But where I got him was too good to pass up.

I live Clayton to be the #1 in Balt.

Toomer/Kennison/Mushy/Copper just need once nice score most weeks, the way I look at it.

I think counting on your top two WRs to score every week is incorrect logic. Even if Randy Moss and Mark Clayton play all 16 games, as the WR consistency article details the WR scores are erratic at best. This is why I almost always select seven WRs. AND the WR quality and depth is also why I think if Pennington and Reggie Bush stay healthy all year I'll have a shot at this.

 

[bicycle_seat_sniffer]

MBSL1 - 10th Pick

QB- Hasslebeck (8),A.Smith(6)

This is what Ilike to do in SSL's grab a solid vet and a young guy with high-upside. very solid combo

RB- Rudi(5), Edge(8),Atrain(6),B.leonard(9)

My top 2 are a little weak in PPR, but the Irons news is gravy and Edge has nothing to worry about from Shipp. I expect Lynch to take over enventually, but Jaroun loves the Atrain. Im not buying the Leonard hype, but he should get some points here & there, not alot of depth in STL

WR- Randy Moss(10), M.Clayton(8),Muhammed(9),Kennison(8),Toomer(9),Copper(4)

My approach in SSLs at wide are to grab vet types that play. plain and simple. This group will score me plenty.

TE- KW2(7), D.Martin(9)

here is my one issue, KW2 must stay healthy to win this thing. Reports out of Browns camp is that he healthy and unstoppable. Martin provides a late round sleeper type

K- Wilkins(9),Kasay(7)

D- Stillers(6),Titans(4)

I analyze K's & D's together. This group is rock solid. Byes are spread out here pretty well

Overall my bye week issue is 2 WR's off on week8 with Edge & Hass, thats kinda tough, but I wanted them players. Week 9 sees me two WR's short as well

Love this squad.

Opinions??? outsiders are welcome to comment too

You did great with this team. Your WR vet strategy may pan out, but that is definitely your weak spot. I could see weeks where your entire squad (down on Moss) don't score better than 3 catches for 45. If just two of them become regular 6 - 100 and a TD type guys, you're in great shape to have a deep run. Great depth at QB. Rudi and Edge are great in this type of format, steady guys. Neither of the other two will contribute much imo.

thanks for the input TL. Im not a big Moss fan either. But where I got him was too good to pass up.

I live Clayton to be the #1 in Balt.

Toomer/Kennison/Mushy/Copper just need once nice score most weeks, the way I look at it.

I think counting on your top two WRs to score every week is incorrect logic. Even if Randy Moss and Mark Clayton play all 16 games, as the WR consistency article details the WR scores are erratic at best. This is why I almost always select seven WRs. AND the WR quality and depth is also why I think if Pennington and Reggie Bush stay healthy all year I'll have a shot at this.

7 wr's is hard to get in a 18 rounder. that puts you short one at either K,D or TE and I dont think you can afford that, or Draft only 3 RBsI think my WR core will produce fine. they are old.

 

[bicycle_seat_sniffer]

Roster drafting from 14 hole

QB - P. Manning (6) and Campbell (4)

Solid as it gets perry

RB - M. Barber/J. Jones (8), Betts (4), J. Harrison (7), and Dorsey (6)

a little weakness here, you have the Dallas poitns locked up, What is your take on Betts? Portis does have some risk. Dorsey seems like a wasted pick to me

WR - S. Smith (7), Hackett (8), Henderson (4), Furrey (6), Burleson (8) and R. White (8)

SS is gold, Im not totally sold on DJHack. I like Devery and furrey will get some decent points in this format

Only have 3 WR on week 8. Decent mix here though.

TE - Graham (6) and Scaife (4)

Not sure I like this pairing, not a strenght of this team

K - Gould (9)

One kicker could be a problem, but he is a good one

DS - Buffalo (6) and Kansas City (8)

Solid pair

overall Perry you should compete, there seemed to be decent value later in RB's I like your better than BK's

One K and weak TE points could be your downfall. I think you needed one of PM or SS but not both, why not grab Willis to go with SSmith??

 

[Duke1948]

i don't like it.....my team that is. drafting a QB in the 2nd just thru me for a loop and from then on i was behind the 8 ball. i suppose this team could get lucky and be around for a few weeks, but then it's lights out.

you guys are much better at critiquing teams so i'll leave it to you.

2.09 Carson Palmer 5

8.09 Matt Schaub 10

1.06 Joseph Addau 6

5.08 Tatum Bell 6

7.08 Brandon Jackson 7

9.08 Reuben Droughns 9

3.08 Donald Driver 7

4.09 Laveranues Coles 10

6.09 Jerry Porter 5

11.08 Patrick Crayton 8

15.08 Malcom Floyd 7

16.09 Sinorice Moss 9

19.09 Laurent Robinson 8

10.09 Tony Scheffler 6

17.08 Chris Baker 10

12.09 Adam Vinatieri 6

14.09 N.Y. Giants 9

13.08 N.Y. Jets 10

as i said don't care for the team and for that i rate it at about C to C+

tear it apart guys.

 

[Captain Hook]

Roster drafting from 14 hole

QB - P. Manning (6) and Campbell (4)

Solid as it gets perry

RB - M. Barber/J. Jones (8), Betts (4), J. Harrison (7), and Dorsey (6)

a little weakness here, you have the Dallas poitns locked up, What is your take on Betts? Portis does have some risk. Dorsey seems like a wasted pick to me

WR - S. Smith (7), Hackett (8), Henderson (4), Furrey (6), Burleson (8) and R. White (8)

SS is gold, Im not totally sold on DJHack. I like Devery and furrey will get some decent points in this format

Only have 3 WR on week 8. Decent mix here though.

TE - Graham (6) and Scaife (4)

Not sure I like this pairing, not a strenght of this team

K - Gould (9)

One kicker could be a problem, but he is a good one

DS - Buffalo (6) and Kansas City (8)

Solid pair

overall Perry you should compete, there seemed to be decent value later in RB's I like your better than BK's

One K and weak TE points could be your downfall. I think you needed one of PM or SS but not both, why not grab Willis to go with SSmith??

Reasonable question, BUT I am just not sold on McGahee and thought that I would not be well place to compete if I startedSmith, McGahee, ?, ? - best I could do for a second RB there would be Lynch who I expect to share time in Buffalo.

What I tried to do was something that would not constantly leave me behind all other drafters, so going for Peyton + a RB combo (Dallas, Carolina, Atlanta) seemed like it might work. We will see.

I would certainly have drafted a better TE, but for several rounds the guy I wanted disappeared and I didn't want to reach so much I hurt the other positions. I think Graham and Scaife both have good upside this year - not to get to elite levels but both could be TE 10-15 range - even if not, the combo should produce some points most weeks. Again it's a gamble. In 16 teamers, you just have to make tradeoffs.

Not concerned with just Gould, as he has a late bye in a week I have everyone else playing and I expect him to be the #1K again this year - again a play that enabled me to add a fifth RB without sacrificing somewhere else. As for the specific RB, I think Betts had/has huge upside with Portis' physical problems - he proved that last year. Even if he is the Skins second RB, he will score some points - hopefully meshing. Harrison (some of you will remember I drafted him last year as a rookie) should be useful in 3rd down situations as Cleveland improves through the year - and IF Lewis disappears again, could be even better. Dorsey is a part time shot, but even if Addai is great, I see Indy resting him to some degree giving Dorsey some playing time - and the upside is excellent and certainly was IMO better than other options late in the draft.

We will see.......

 

[glumpy]

i don't like it.....my team that is. drafting a QB in the 2nd just thru me for a loop and from then on i was behind the 8 ball. i suppose this team could get lucky and be around for a few weeks, but then it's lights out.you guys are much better at critiquing teams so i'll leave it to you.2.09 Carson Palmer 58.09 Matt Schaub 101.06 Joseph Addau 65.08 Tatum Bell 67.08 Brandon Jackson 79.08 Reuben Droughns 93.08 Donald Driver 74.09 Laveranues Coles 106.09 Jerry Porter 511.08 Patrick Crayton 815.08 Malcom Floyd 716.09 Sinorice Moss 919.09 Laurent Robinson 810.09 Tony Scheffler 617.08 Chris Baker 1012.09 Adam Vinatieri 614.09 N.Y. Giants 913.08 N.Y. Jets 10as i said don't care for the team and for that i rate it at about C to C+tear it apart guys.

Nahhhhhh...it's not so bad! QB's are real strong, imo. Palmer will carry you and even if you get only the bye week scoring from Schaub at least it's a home game (Miami)Addai is a given at RB, and I like Bell, myself. Jackson and Droughns should count for you a couple weeks.WR's are good up front with Driver and Coles; maybe this is the year Porter reaches closer to the potential we were looking for a couple years ago. Crayton and Moss could surprise, imo. TE's are on the weak side; you need their scoring weeks to complement each other. Vinatieri is projected to be #1--should be close--and on that team should get steady scoring. It's a dare not having a backup for week 6...NY & NY are middle of the pack, so again it will depend on their highs and lows complementing. The way I see it your high profile positions are strong enough to keep you in the hunt for awhile!

 

[Evilgrin 72]

Ok, here goes.

QB - D. McNabb, B. Leftwich

Decent combo here. Should get good ppg as long as McNabb stays healthy, hopefully Byron can carry the laod of Donovan goes down.

RB - L. Johnson, A. Green, M. Bell, R. Dayne, D. Rhodes

With LJ seemingly close to signing, this looks better. Was glad to get Dayne to guard against an injury to Ahman. Hopefully Bell and Rhodes will get a start or two and have a chance to score for me on occasion. Also, if Henry gets injured, Bell could be a goldmine.

WR - Houshmandzadeh, Cotchery, G. Jennings, R. Williams, A. Battle

Housh and Cotchery should catch 90 and 70 balls, respectively. Jennings is the undisputed WR2 in Green Bay (which should throw a lot,) Williams was breaking out with Leftwich under center last year before Byron went down, and Battle should benefit big time from the attention paid to DJax and Vernon Davis. I like him to catch 60-65 balls this year.

TE - Crumpler, D. Clark

Vick may be MIA, but the fact is, the Falcons receivers scare no one. I expect Harrington to look Alge's way as much as Vick did. Clark is a hedge against my taking Olsen in SSL.

D - Seattle, Houston.

Meh.

K - Hanson, Medlock

I LOVE Hanson this year and believe he'll be a top 10-12 K

 

[bicycle_seat_sniffer]

my team

Favre 7

Losman 6

great combo fidds, losman has the high upside you want in a #2

Alexander 8

McAllister 4

Benson 9

Herron 7

I noticed you went Rb,Rb,Rb - very nice top 3. should keep your RB points in the top half

Galloway 10

Bruce 9

Calvin Johnson 6

Demetrius Williams 8

Engram 8

Northcutt 4

Interesting blend here - vets in Joey,bruce,engram and Calvin & Dem are high upside big play type. Northcutt might end up being a steal

Daniels 10

ZMiller 5

Meh, lower 1/4 of the league here.

Graham 5

Scobee 4

Good pair

San Fran 6

Browns 7

blah.

overall this team is set up to survive, TE could be your downfall when the weaker teams are eliminated. Need a break there to win it all.

 

[bicycle_seat_sniffer]

Duke

2.09 Carson Palmer 5

8.09 Matt Schaub 10

Good solid pair here.

1.06 Joseph Addau 6

5.08 Tatum Bell 6

7.08 Brandon Jackson 7

9.08 Reuben Droughns 9

I like this 4 some a ton, Bell late in the season might be ????, but Jackson should have the job by himself by then.

3.08 Donald Driver 7

4.09 Laveranues Coles 10

6.09 Jerry Porter 5

11.08 Patrick Crayton 8

15.08 Malcom Floyd 7

16.09 Sinorice Moss 9

19.09 Laurent Robinson 8

Pretty boring stuff here, Coles and Driver are guys I like, with limited ceilings, I dont like the Oak passing game at all, and the rest are high upsides.

10.09 Tony Scheffler 6

17.08 Chris Baker 10

Ugh, dont like this pairing.

12.09 Adam Vinatieri 6

14.09 N.Y. Giants 9

13.08 N.Y. Jets 10

One K could be tough, but Adam V is the only guy I would even try it with. Both NY D's should platoon ok.

Overall alot like Fidds I think your team is strong sans the TE. Possible mid-season elimintaion when the weaker teams are gone

 

[Reaper]

Eli Manning - QB16 - NYG

Jeff Garcia - QB26 - TB

Willie Parker - RB7 - Pitt

Caddy Williams - RB23 - TB

Mike Turner - RB41 SD

Lorenzo Booker - RB48 - Mia

Michael Bennett - RB53 - KC

Larry Fitzgerlad - WR6 - Arz

Darrell Jackson - WR28 - SF

Vincent Jackson - WR36

Eric Moulds - WR59 - Tenn

Steve Smith - WR74 - NYG

Nate Washington - WR77 – Pit

Tony Gonzales - TE4 - KC

Jeff Reed - PK20 - PIT

Josh Brown - PK10 - SEA

Cincinnati Bengals - DEF27

Atlanta D

 

[Team Legacy]

Eli Manning - QB16 - NYGJeff Garcia - QB26 - TBWillie Parker - RB7 - Pitt Caddy Williams - RB23 - TB Mike Turner - RB41 SD Lorenzo Booker - RB48 - Mia Michael Bennett - RB53 - KC Larry Fitzgerlad - WR6 - ArzDarrell Jackson - WR28 - SF Vincent Jackson - WR36 Eric Moulds - WR59 - Tenn Steve Smith - WR74 - NYG Nate Washington - WR77 – Pit Tony Gonzales - TE4 - KCJeff Reed - PK20 - PIT Josh Brown - PK10 - SEA Cincinnati Bengals - DEF27 Atlanta D

Nice draft, no weakness anywhere.

 

[bicycle_seat_sniffer]

Eli Manning - QB16 - NYGJeff Garcia - QB26 - TBWillie Parker - RB7 - Pitt Caddy Williams - RB23 - TB Mike Turner - RB41 SD Lorenzo Booker - RB48 - Mia Michael Bennett - RB53 - KC Larry Fitzgerlad - WR6 - ArzDarrell Jackson - WR28 - SF Vincent Jackson - WR36 Eric Moulds - WR59 - Tenn Steve Smith - WR74 - NYG Nate Washington - WR77 – Pit Tony Gonzales - TE4 - KCJeff Reed - PK20 - PIT Josh Brown - PK10 - SEA Cincinnati Bengals - DEF27 Atlanta D

Nice draft, no weakness anywhere.

this team is a contender no doubt

 

[Reaper]

Eli Manning - QB16 - NYGJeff Garcia - QB26 - TBWillie Parker - RB7 - Pitt Caddy Williams - RB23 - TB Mike Turner - RB41 SD Lorenzo Booker - RB48 - Mia Michael Bennett - RB53 - KC Larry Fitzgerlad - WR6 - ArzDarrell Jackson - WR28 - SF Vincent Jackson - WR36 Eric Moulds - WR59 - Tenn Steve Smith - WR74 - NYG Nate Washington - WR77 – Pit Tony Gonzales - TE4 - KCJeff Reed - PK20 - PIT Josh Brown - PK10 - SEA Cincinnati Bengals - DEF27 Atlanta D

Nice draft, no weakness anywhere.

this team is a contender no doubt

Interesting comments - I was going to critique my own draft and then figured I'd wait to see what people said.....One thing off the bat is that I was never a Parker fan in the past but, figured I'd get him here for fun and I do like the upside of the Steeler offense with a healthy Ben...If I did it over again I'd take Bush, a player in the same tier with a MUCH better bye week when it comes to conflicts.. If a Take Bush, I take Harrison in the 2nd..... Loved Caddy in the 3rd.I feel my worst pick was made under the influence - BSS you're the SD homer, I hated The V Jackson pick as soon as I sent it in and of course the onslaught of Craig Davis news quickly followed... I got back after a night out and was Amazed to see the draft moving at a Blistering pace and my pick was somehow up.... So, I quick picked to keep it going. It was at this point in the draft where we realized we had a draft that was 1/2 Fast Drafters and 1/2 A weee bit slow but, with life drafters..... There was no need for me to pick that night I probably take a QB there maybe V Young and then come back and get a WR in the next round that I like as much as Vinny Jackson. Then I stuck myself with Eli Manning and I'm getting more and more down on the Giants by the day.Don't hate it, but, I'd tweak some thing....Tks for the comments.

 

[bicycle_seat_sniffer]

Eli Manning - QB16 - NYGJeff Garcia - QB26 - TBWillie Parker - RB7 - Pitt Caddy Williams - RB23 - TB Mike Turner - RB41 SD Lorenzo Booker - RB48 - Mia Michael Bennett - RB53 - KC Larry Fitzgerlad - WR6 - ArzDarrell Jackson - WR28 - SF Vincent Jackson - WR36 Eric Moulds - WR59 - Tenn Steve Smith - WR74 - NYG Nate Washington - WR77 – Pit Tony Gonzales - TE4 - KCJeff Reed - PK20 - PIT Josh Brown - PK10 - SEA Cincinnati Bengals - DEF27 Atlanta D

Nice draft, no weakness anywhere.

this team is a contender no doubt

Interesting comments - I was going to critique my own draft and then figured I'd wait to see what people said.....One thing off the bat is that I was never a Parker fan in the past but, figured I'd get him here for fun and I do like the upside of the Steeler offense with a healthy Ben...If I did it over again I'd take Bush, a player in the same tier with a MUCH better bye week when it comes to conflicts.. If a Take Bush, I take Harrison in the 2nd..... Loved Caddy in the 3rd.I feel my worst pick was made under the influence - BSS you're the SD homer, I hated The V Jackson pick as soon as I sent it in and of course the onslaught of Craig Davis news quickly followed... I got back after a night out and was Amazed to see the draft moving at a Blistering pace and my pick was somehow up.... So, I quick picked to keep it going. It was at this point in the draft where we realized we had a draft that was 1/2 Fast Drafters and 1/2 A weee bit slow but, with life drafters..... There was no need for me to pick that night I probably take a QB there maybe V Young and then come back and get a WR in the next round that I like as much as Vinny Jackson. Then I stuck myself with Eli Manning and I'm getting more and more down on the Giants by the day.Don't hate it, but, I'd tweak some thing....Tks for the comments.

Vjax is the guaranteed starter, but his stats wont live up to the ADP Im afraid to tell you. CDavis is a steal where Pimpin got him and should be the other starter.MFloyd will see the field a ton as well. Vjax is still very raw and seems to jump when he doesnt need to, has fumblitis etc. Vjax shouldnt hurt you here, but be warned in H2H leagues, he going to get some 2/40'sWhy dont you like WillieP??? If Im at the 6-10 range, he'e the guy I want. I'd take him over Reggie everytime in PPR's

 

[Reaper]

Why dont you like WillieP??? If Im at the 6-10 range, he'e the guy I want. I'd take him over Reggie everytime in PPR's

Just a personal thing - To this untrained eye he always seems to run a little out of control. I can't see him getting almost 1500 yards rushing again. And then the Bye week thing effected the rest of my draft for a guy I didn't even love.... Like everyone else I'm also getting the Travis Henry Wood.. Glumpy got good value there at 1.11.

 

[bicycle_seat_sniffer]

Why dont you like WillieP??? If Im at the 6-10 range, he'e the guy I want. I'd take him over Reggie everytime in PPR's

Just a personal thing - To this untrained eye he always seems to run a little out of control. I can't see him getting almost 1500 yards rushing again. And then the Bye week thing effected the rest of my draft for a guy I didn't even love.... Like everyone else I'm also getting the Travis Henry Wood.. Glumpy got good value there at 1.11.

well he is super raw still and still learning, I think he might even surpass 1500. Oh i Have Henry wood, but passed on him for Rudi, in survivor only would I do that.

 

[LHUCKS]

Eli Manning - QB16 - NYGJeff Garcia - QB26 - TBWillie Parker - RB7 - Pitt Caddy Williams - RB23 - TB Mike Turner - RB41 SD Lorenzo Booker - RB48 - Mia Michael Bennett - RB53 - KC Larry Fitzgerlad - WR6 - ArzDarrell Jackson - WR28 - SF Vincent Jackson - WR36 Eric Moulds - WR59 - Tenn Steve Smith - WR74 - NYG Nate Washington - WR77 – Pit Tony Gonzales - TE4 - KCJeff Reed - PK20 - PIT Josh Brown - PK10 - SEA Cincinnati Bengals - DEF27 Atlanta D

Nice draft, no weakness anywhere.

A bit weak on WR depth for my taste, but I agree this is above average squad.

 

[glumpy]

I like that squad too, bss, as well as mine. Picking back to back we seemed to draft pretty similarly in this one, and ended up with the same squad configuration (2-4-6-2-2-2); I think they're workable. This might be one of my best drafts in this format.

QB: Brees (bye 4), Roethlisberger (8)

I like these guys a lot; spent pretty early for them though...

RB: Henry (6), McGahee (8), Pittman (10), Buckhalter (5)

The two top guns are enough to rely on I hope; Pittman and CBuck to cover byes.

WR: R. Brown (5), Chambers (9), B. Marshall (6), D. Carter (7), Welker (10), D. Jarrett (7)

Waited awhile on my first; picked all six by round 14--I think they're playable though without a headliner.

TE: H. Miller (6), Shiancoe (5)

One top 16 and one that Joe B's high on for potential; their best weeks will need to complement each other.

PK: O. Mare (4), J. Feely (9)

One high scoring team's kicker; one defensive minded team's...

Def: Balt. (8), Minn (5)

Projected top two defense and I couldn't let them pass! Minn should have some 'up' weeks.

Time will tell...

Hindsight being what it is--I'm real surprised to still be hanging around here.....

 

[Blue-Kun]

Hindsight being what it is--I'm real surprised to still be hanging around here.....

I agree completely with this sentiment. I thought I'd be gone the first time my QB's came up zeros. Instead I went through 4 weeks of zero's and am still alive. I apparently overrated QB scoring in this format versus other positions. I'm really impressed with how well your late-round squad of WR picks came together though. I went with the opposite and basically anchored my entire WR core to Owens and role players. Nice to see how vastly different your strategm's can be depending on team make-up. I went with what I thought was a very risky strategy to make up for late picks in this league, going TE/WR and following it up by hitting my RB core. As I said elsewhere my main plan was to get a backfield of a high scoring RB team. Was aiming at Dallas or Minny and I ended up drinking the AP kool-aid especially when considering how well CT did behind that line. Ended up paying off huge. Took a gamble on Lynch with my 4th round pick and he's by far exceeded my expectations as the starter on what looked like a putrid Buffalo team. Speaking of this.

I wouldn't expect Gates to outscore two men best ball teams at the TE position. I'll take Shockey and Johnson vs Gates straight up.

Gates vs. Shockey and E. JohnsonGates weekly outputs:1 34.72 27.73 33.34 19.95 31.36 11.88 27.29 3.010 8.611 19.412 34.5Total: 251.4, averaging 22.9 a gameShockey + EJ, weekly outputs using best points each week.1 21.72 16.03 17.94 3.75 13.36 16.37 19.98 8.69 10.710 42.911 14.112 12.4Total: 197.5, averaging 16.4 a weekGotta say I'm pretty happy with Gates at the moment. Without some of his ridiculous weeks I never would've gotten immunity or survived certain weeks. Although the total difference isn't as much as I had expected.EDIT: p.s. Gates sucked this week. Yes. Boo-urns.