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***Official*** 2011 FBG Subscriber Contest Thread (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter Ignoratio Elenchi
- Start date
kevzilla
Footballguy
That fourth-place team looks pretty salty.
I'm a little 
though. I was 85 points out of fifth place just a few weeks ago. Things do, indeed, move pretty fast around here.
Iggy...where would 1903 put me in the rankings?That fourth-place team looks pretty salty.
rustycolts
Footballguy
Man life is good still alive in this contest and both my teams made the playoffs in the fbgs championship game.Of course reality will come crashing down around me next week.
ConstruxBoy
Kate's Daddy
Yep, I needed Hernandez to get those TDs as well. Week 11 was one of my worst Bye weeks, which may have been more of a gamble than I realized. But live and learn for next year./ditto.. :( those are the saddest FBG words to read...This entry is NOT still alive.
Good luck to the rest of you as this 30 man roster is out... the quantity over quality RB choices didn't pan out this year for me... (Hightower/F.Jones/Jacobs/Wells/T.Jones/Tate/Ward types) Not to mention Lee Evans getting hurt and Torrey Smith producing along the lines I had figured on for Evans... always frustrating when the logic was right, but the particular player fitting the scenario turns out to be someone else due to an injury. If only Hernandez got the Tds instead of Gronk I would have still been a 'contender'... but that's the luck of the draw.
I wonder if # of Tds a roster scores each week relates to them making the cut more so than the total # of yardage points they get each week...
Got you guys beat with 133.75
133.45
Until next year...
Was a lot of fun. Can't wait for next year when my new 9 kicker + 7 tight end strategy will come into play and beat all of you.1000. mcreech65 133.90
1001. buurnouut 133.90
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1002. jafo 133.85
1003. kinghill 133.75
1004. Entry 105644 133.65
1005. napstitch 133.65
H8fulHuck
Footballguy
My QB duo didn't make the list, but has been very effective. Surprised and pleased to see such a high attrition rate.
Code:
Tom Brady Ben Roethlisberger 22 2 9%H8fulHuck
Footballguy
Still here for now.Congrats to everyone still alive in the final 1000. 50% get cut in each of these last two weeks, so no one's safe. I wonder what % of the final 1000 are active posters in this thread? Or have posted in this thread at all? Or have lurked in the thread but never posted? It would be cool if a regular contributor to the thread won the big money.
Who posted in: ***Official*** 2011 FBG Subscriber Contest Thread
Member name PostsIgnoratio Elenchi 228QuizGuy66 159Saint 133BassNBrew 102Grid71 22
Never lost before week 11 in 4 seasons, but never made the finals either.Decent team with around $40 of dead money. Really need a shift at RB in particular to make a push. WRs are a 3 legged bar stool. Would be a train wreck without Moore and Brown. Would love to see Sanders come back and post a couple big weeks when it counts. Here is the link if interested.
I hate that entry, 109108, and hope he/she dies in a grease fire.With that said, I like the 5 kicker + 4 defense strategy.
QuizGuy66
Footballguy
-QGThis guy was 7th overall in week 1 and 8th in week 7. He's still alive.
This week he's at 81.9 + Brady (-0) + Hernandez (-0). He's also one of 11 entries that had Terrell Owens
UPDATE - NOW GONE
This guy was 9th overall in week 3 and 5th in week 8. He's still alive.
This week he's at 191.45 + Welker (-9.1) + Gronkowski (-13.9). This entry has to be considered a favorite to win the whole thing.
FINISHED #8 this week. Three top 10 finishes in 11 weeks. Wonder if that's even ever happened before.
This guy was 9th overall in week 4 and 1st in week 9. He's still alive.
This week he's at 137.05 + Vereen (-1.4) + Welker (-8.3)
STILL ALIVE.
This entry was 5th overall in week 1, made it by 0.05 in week 7 and then got knocked out in week 10.
STILL DEAD.
This entry finished at the cut line in week 4 and then made the cut by .05 in week 5. He's still alive.
This week's he's at 120.25 + Brady (-17.65)
NOW ELMINATED.
Interesting stuff.
-QG
QuizGuy66
Footballguy
Updated.-QGHmm, there's only 4 entries left that have my 3 most expensive players (ADP, Brady, VJax). When you add in Benson (my next-most expensive guy) I am the only guy to put those 4 on my entry in the entire contest.Out of 27 players on my team HereThere's actually a team that has my 6 most expensive players on their roster and is still alive. I share 13 of their 23 players with 6 of those 10 different selections at D/K/TE.
8 are on the 23-man roster of hubs89
8 are on the 22-man roster of Belichick is God
9 are on the 29-man roster of Harjiran
-QG
QuizGuy66
Footballguy
UPDATE:
Category leaders through week 11:
6 Quarterback Guy!
14 Running Back Guy!
15 Wide Receiver Guy!
Replaced by 13-WR Guy #1
and 13-WR Guy #2
7 Tight End Guy!
Replaced by 23 entries with 5 TEs
9 Kicker Guy!
Replaced by 7-Kicker Guy
7 Defense Guy!
Replaced by 6 Defense Guy!
-QG
Category leaders through week 11:
6 Quarterback Guy!
14 Running Back Guy!
15 Wide Receiver Guy!
Replaced by 13-WR Guy #1
and 13-WR Guy #2
7 Tight End Guy!
Replaced by 23 entries with 5 TEs
9 Kicker Guy!
Replaced by 7-Kicker Guy
7 Defense Guy!
Replaced by 6 Defense Guy!
-QG
QuizGuy66
Footballguy
On the flip side we have the minimalists:
8 out of 223 entries with just 1 QB are still alive
1 out of 90 entries with just 2 RB is still alive (and incredibly he is one of the 8 above!): Here he is
6 out of 148 entries with just 3 WR are still alive
18 out of 583 entries with just 1 TE are still alive
39 out of 826 entries with just 1 PK are still alive
41 out of 849 entries with just 1 PK are still alive.
-QG
8 out of 223 entries with just 1 QB are still alive
1 out of 90 entries with just 2 RB is still alive (and incredibly he is one of the 8 above!): Here he is
6 out of 148 entries with just 3 WR are still alive
18 out of 583 entries with just 1 TE are still alive
39 out of 826 entries with just 1 PK are still alive
41 out of 849 entries with just 1 PK are still alive.
-QG
Ignoratio Elenchi
Footballguy
Code:
PlayerName Percent OwnedMatthew Stafford 59.0%Antonio Brown 56.6%Ben Tate 55.9%Nate Burleson 51.4%Denarius Moore 50.2%Lance Kendricks 44.7%Ray Rice 39.1%Tim Hightower 36.7%Vincent Jackson 36.5%Chris Wells 35.1%Aaron Hernandez 32.7%Jay Feely 30.9%Philip Rivers 30.9%Owen Daniels 30.8%Lance Moore 27.8%Pierre Thomas 27.0%Shaun Suisham 27.0%Colt McCoy 26.9%Reggie Bush 25.1%Jimmy Graham 24.5%
Ignoratio Elenchi
Footballguy
73rd place among still-alive entries.Iggy...where would 1903 put me in the rankings?That fourth-place team looks pretty salty.
Interesting and thank you. Cleared the cut by 30 twice and 40+ every other week. That said, I've only cleared 200 by a smidge twice. I'm starting to fall into the camp that 30 man rosters are great for advancing, but don't have the horsepower to win. Easily the lnongest I've survived in this contest.Like you, I have 12 guys on the list above. I studded up at QB with Brady/Stafford at the cost of not having Rice on the plate. I'll end up regretting that decision.'Ignoratio Elenchi said:73rd place among still-alive entries.'BassNBrew said:Iggy...where would 1903 put me in the rankings?'kevzilla said:That fourth-place team looks pretty salty.
That bites...worst way to go. Better luck next year.'kinghill said:Got you guys beat with 133.75
133.45
Until next year...
1000. mcreech65 133.90
1001. buurnouut 133.90
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1002. jafo 133.85
1003. kinghill 133.75
1004. Entry 105644 133.65
1005. napstitch 133.65
My 1,894.70 must put me around 80th or so.Best week for me was Week 9 where I finished in 9th place (227.45).'Ignoratio Elenchi said:73rd place among still-alive entries.'BassNBrew said:Iggy...where would 1903 put me in the rankings?'kevzilla said:That fourth-place team looks pretty salty.
Ignoratio Elenchi
Footballguy
I don't actually have a team with a total of 1894.70, are you sure you added right? 1895.10 (84th place) and 1894.35 (85th place) are the closest, so that's about where you'd be.My 1,894.70 must put me around 80th or so.Best week for me was Week 9 where I finished in 9th place (227.45).'Ignoratio Elenchi said:73rd place among still-alive entries.'BassNBrew said:Iggy...where would 1903 put me in the rankings?'kevzilla said:That fourth-place team looks pretty salty.
butcher boy
Footballguy
So I was kicked out this week with an embarrassing 90.9 score. Thought I would do a bit of an analysis and see if there's anything I would change in picking a team next year.
QB
Philip Rivers
Colt McCoy
Went with the 2 QB strategy and I will do it again next year. Looking at how the 2 QBs above socred each week, I don't think a third bargain QB would have made a difference. I used Rivers 7 times and McCoy 4 times. I dont think many people would have figured Rivers to have this bad a year so it's tough to monday morning QB these picks.
RB
Jamaal Charles
Felix Jones
Reggie Bush
Jerome Harrison
Montario Hardesty
Deji Karim
Ben Tate
Another category that's hard to second guess. The Jamaal Charles injury was just bad luck. Felix Jones was a bust but actually proved to be a good combo with Ben Tate. When Jones went down, Tate picked it up a week later. Reggie Bush ended up being worth the money too since I used him 7 times, including each of the last 5 weeks. Karim, Harrison, and Hardesty were all cheap flyers that did not hit, but I will still do the same thing next year strategy-wise. 1 stud, 2 mid-range guys with upside, and cheap guys who are backing up oft-injured players. Just have to pick the right guys.
WR
Mike Wallace
Steve Johnson
Santana Moss
Lance Moore
Steve Smith (PHI)
Harry Douglas
Mohammed Massoqoi
Denarius Moore
Josh Cribbs
Mike Wallace was my team MVP. I used him every week except this week because of his bye. In picking my players this year, I made a spreadsheet comparing projections to dollar amount and Wallace was a standout must-have on my team. Picking up a lot of cheap flyers at WR seems to definitely be a good strategy. I used each WR at least 3 times and a lot of times one of these cheap flyers saved my ###. The only bad picks here were Santana Moss and Steve Smith.
TE
Owen Daniels
Greg Olsen
Lance Kendricks
Daniels and Olsen was a winning pair. I ended up using one or the other as my flex 4 different times. I bit on the Kendricks hype so that was wasted money. Unsure whether or not I go 3 TEs next year.
PK/DEF
Shaun Suisham
Rian Lindell
Jay Feely
Tampa Bay
St. Louis
Buffalo
Not much to say here. I guess I was expecting some higher peaks taking 3 of each at these spots.
QB
Philip Rivers
Colt McCoy
Went with the 2 QB strategy and I will do it again next year. Looking at how the 2 QBs above socred each week, I don't think a third bargain QB would have made a difference. I used Rivers 7 times and McCoy 4 times. I dont think many people would have figured Rivers to have this bad a year so it's tough to monday morning QB these picks.
RB
Jamaal Charles
Felix Jones
Reggie Bush
Jerome Harrison
Montario Hardesty
Deji Karim
Ben Tate
Another category that's hard to second guess. The Jamaal Charles injury was just bad luck. Felix Jones was a bust but actually proved to be a good combo with Ben Tate. When Jones went down, Tate picked it up a week later. Reggie Bush ended up being worth the money too since I used him 7 times, including each of the last 5 weeks. Karim, Harrison, and Hardesty were all cheap flyers that did not hit, but I will still do the same thing next year strategy-wise. 1 stud, 2 mid-range guys with upside, and cheap guys who are backing up oft-injured players. Just have to pick the right guys.
WR
Mike Wallace
Steve Johnson
Santana Moss
Lance Moore
Steve Smith (PHI)
Harry Douglas
Mohammed Massoqoi
Denarius Moore
Josh Cribbs
Mike Wallace was my team MVP. I used him every week except this week because of his bye. In picking my players this year, I made a spreadsheet comparing projections to dollar amount and Wallace was a standout must-have on my team. Picking up a lot of cheap flyers at WR seems to definitely be a good strategy. I used each WR at least 3 times and a lot of times one of these cheap flyers saved my ###. The only bad picks here were Santana Moss and Steve Smith.
TE
Owen Daniels
Greg Olsen
Lance Kendricks
Daniels and Olsen was a winning pair. I ended up using one or the other as my flex 4 different times. I bit on the Kendricks hype so that was wasted money. Unsure whether or not I go 3 TEs next year.
PK/DEF
Shaun Suisham
Rian Lindell
Jay Feely
Tampa Bay
St. Louis
Buffalo
Not much to say here. I guess I was expecting some higher peaks taking 3 of each at these spots.
Saint
Footballguy
Thanks! I only have 7 of those guys, which pretty much explains my total team score of 1756.6. On borrowed time this year unless my team starts scoring again.'Ignoratio Elenchi said:lol I have 14 of these players on my roster.Code:PlayerName Percent OwnedMatthew Stafford 59.0%Antonio Brown 56.6%Ben Tate 55.9%Nate Burleson 51.4%Denarius Moore 50.2%Lance Kendricks 44.7%Ray Rice 39.1%Tim Hightower 36.7%Vincent Jackson 36.5%Chris Wells 35.1%Aaron Hernandez 32.7%Jay Feely 30.9%Philip Rivers 30.9%Owen Daniels 30.8%Lance Moore 27.8%Pierre Thomas 27.0%Shaun Suisham 27.0%Colt McCoy 26.9%Reggie Bush 25.1%Jimmy Graham 24.5%
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northwoods
Footballguy
I also have 14 of these guys on my roster, not sure if that's good or bad at this point in the competition. I'm leaning that it's bad since if any of these guys get hot lots of teams will benefit...'Ignoratio Elenchi said:lol I have 14 of these players on my roster.Code:PlayerName Percent OwnedMatthew Stafford 59.0%Antonio Brown 56.6%Ben Tate 55.9%Nate Burleson 51.4%Denarius Moore 50.2%Lance Kendricks 44.7%Ray Rice 39.1%Tim Hightower 36.7%Vincent Jackson 36.5%Chris Wells 35.1%Aaron Hernandez 32.7%Jay Feely 30.9%Philip Rivers 30.9%Owen Daniels 30.8%Lance Moore 27.8%Pierre Thomas 27.0%Shaun Suisham 27.0%Colt McCoy 26.9%Reggie Bush 25.1%Jimmy Graham 24.5%
Ignoratio Elenchi
Footballguy
...but so will you. That's the thing with "uniqueness" and why I think it's vastly overrated as a useful attribute. If these guys score a lot of points, you want them on your team. If they don't, you don't. If the least-owned players in the contest score a lot of points, you want them on your team. If they don't, you don't.
5-ish Finkle
Footballguy
Pretty much agree wholeheartedly. I think uniqueness may have it's place if you make it to the final 250.....but you have to make it to the final 250 first. To do that, chances are pretty good you have a bunch of players common to the those other 249 teams. So, uniqueness pretty much flies out the window. You want the players who score the most. Period. In an ideal system, you'd want the cheapest players who scored the most so it'd allow you to group a bunch of those types with the higher ticket guys who are most bankable(Rodgers, Brady, et al) and have a 26-27 man roster scoring machine that would be bye proof. Ideal systems, however, are.....let's say there are some long odds to making that happen and leave it at that.That's the thing with "uniqueness" and why I think it's vastly overrated as a useful attribute. If these guys score a lot of points, you want them on your team. If they don't, you don't. If the least-owned players in the contest score a lot of points, you want them on your team. If they don't, you don't.
Nick Vermeil
Footballguy
Well with schaub and kolb down I have only McCoy left at qb. That is unfortunate. I doubt the Hernandez/Gronk combo that has pulled me through so far can keep me going now. 4 Qbs next year?
Anything beyond 2 is a waste. Sure it might keep you alive an extra week or two, but you'll be spotting too many other teams to much cash to win. Pick your two and hope for the best. I they get hurt, it's just not meant to be.Probably the best strategy this year would have been to draft Rodgers solo and then avoid other players sharing the same bye week.
I went Rivers, Fitzpatrick and Henne (cheap) and have been down to 2 most of the year so I agree with this point.
Das Boot
Footballguy
And the T. Choice owners' roller coaster ride continues as well.
Das Boot
Footballguy
Wait, it seems like you would be more likley to disagree with the above strategy
- you might well be out now if you had only started with 2 QBs.
Nick Vermeil
Footballguy
You have to build in some protection for injuries, otherwise it's just the lottery. Right?Wait, it seems like you would be more likley to disagree with the above strategy
The Future Champs
Footballguy
Here's an interesting find- I checked five of my most useless players-Sammie Stroughter, Lance Kendricks, Mark Clayton, (the other) Steve Smith, and Charlie Whitehurst- in the contest querier, and found that all five (individually) are on teams that have survived at a higher % than the contest average.
Saint
Footballguy
Here's some more fun stats. Ownership statistics of remaining rosters with players on IR:
[*]36.9% - Tim Hightower
[*]23.7% - Danny Amendola
[*]10.0% - Mike Sims-Walker
[*]06.1% - Matt Schaub
[*]05.9% - Knowshon Moreno
[*]05.6% - Chad Henne
[*]05.1% - Jordan Shipley
[*]04.0% - Fred Jackson
[*]03.8% - Roscoe Parrish
[*]01.8% - David Thomas
[*]01.6% - Jamaal Charles
[*]01.4% - Kenny Britt
[*]01.3% - Alex Green
[*]01.1% - Zach Miller
[*]00.8% - Nate Kaeding
[*]00.8% - Mike Goodson
[*]00.7% - David Buehler
[*]00.6% - John Carlson
[*]00.5% - Leonard Hankerson
[*]00.4% - Michael Hoomanawanui
[*]00.2% - Josh Morgan
[*]00.1% - Chris Cooley (The loner 102801)
[*]00.1% - Garrett Hartley (Another loner 109524)
[*]00.1% - Ryan Williams (Another loner 107800)
[*]00.1% - Bo Scaife (Another loner 107101)
[*]00.1% - Rashad Jennings (Another loner 108943)
[*]00.1% - Tony Moeaki (Another loner 109332)
[*]00.1% - Brandon Jackson (Another loner 110189 - Also has Charles and Britt...
pretty amazing to make the Top 1000 losing those two guys early! )
[*]00.0% - Matt Cassel, Peyton Manning, David Gettis
[*]36.9% - Tim Hightower
[*]23.7% - Danny Amendola
[*]10.0% - Mike Sims-Walker
[*]06.1% - Matt Schaub
[*]05.9% - Knowshon Moreno
[*]05.6% - Chad Henne
[*]05.1% - Jordan Shipley
[*]04.0% - Fred Jackson
[*]03.8% - Roscoe Parrish
[*]01.8% - David Thomas
[*]01.6% - Jamaal Charles
[*]01.4% - Kenny Britt
[*]01.3% - Alex Green
[*]01.1% - Zach Miller
[*]00.8% - Nate Kaeding
[*]00.8% - Mike Goodson
[*]00.7% - David Buehler
[*]00.6% - John Carlson
[*]00.5% - Leonard Hankerson
[*]00.4% - Michael Hoomanawanui
[*]00.2% - Josh Morgan
[*]00.1% - Chris Cooley (The loner 102801)
[*]00.1% - Garrett Hartley (Another loner 109524)
[*]00.1% - Ryan Williams (Another loner 107800)
[*]00.1% - Bo Scaife (Another loner 107101)
[*]00.1% - Rashad Jennings (Another loner 108943)
[*]00.1% - Tony Moeaki (Another loner 109332)
[*]00.1% - Brandon Jackson (Another loner 110189 - Also has Charles and Britt...
pretty amazing to make the Top 1000 losing those two guys early! )[*]00.0% - Matt Cassel, Peyton Manning, David Gettis
northwoods
Footballguy
This will be the first week that I'm actively watching/rooting for players on my contest roster. Unfortunately, I'm officially OUT of the playoffs in my main money league so now I'm all in on my contest team. Going to be a fun week as I'll have players going in most games.
northwoods
Footballguy
Avoiding guys on this list has helped get many teams (mine included) to the top 1000. Lee Evans might just as well have been on the IR list for as many times he's made the field this season, maybe this will be the week he counts??Here's some more fun stats. Ownership statistics of remaining rosters with players on IR:
[*]36.9% - Tim Hightower
[*]23.7% - Danny Amendola
[*]10.0% - Mike Sims-Walker
[*]06.1% - Matt Schaub
[*]05.9% - Knowshon Moreno
[*]05.6% - Chad Henne
[*]05.1% - Jordan Shipley
[*]04.0% - Fred Jackson
[*]03.8% - Roscoe Parrish
[*]01.8% - David Thomas
[*]01.6% - Jamaal Charles
[*]01.4% - Kenny Britt
[*]01.3% - Alex Green
[*]01.1% - Zach Miller
[*]00.8% - Nate Kaeding
[*]00.8% - Mike Goodson
[*]00.7% - David Buehler
[*]00.6% - John Carlson
[*]00.5% - Leonard Hankerson
[*]00.4% - Michael Hoomanawanui
[*]00.2% - Josh Morgan
[*]00.1% - Chris Cooley (The loner 102801)
[*]00.1% - Garrett Hartley (Another loner 109524)
[*]00.1% - Ryan Williams (Another loner 107800)
[*]00.1% - Bo Scaife (Another loner 107101)
[*]00.1% - Rashad Jennings (Another loner 108943)
[*]00.1% - Tony Moeaki (Another loner 109332)
[*]00.1% - Brandon Jackson (Another loner 110189 - Also has Charles and Britt...
[*]00.0% - Matt Cassel, Peyton Manning, David Gettis
Ever Present Lurker
Footballguy
Am I using the querier correctly when enter Arian Foster's name and see he's only on 24 remaining teams?
-QG
Saint
Footballguy
For REAL?!?!? That could be the saving grace of my team this week to have a consistent producer back in the lineup!Santana Moss is probable this week-QG
Going to need all the points we can get this week from the Stafford and Rodgers owners who are going to be putting up a ton of points today.
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