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[Barry Jive and The Uptown Five]

I'm through, but starting to realize that my team lacks the top end scoring likely needed to win the whole thing.

I'm in the same boat. Wouldn't surprise me that I make it to top 250 but not posting hugh scores..

Same here. My team is almost always in the top half of scoring, but rarely very close to the top. So I have a decent shot at the 250, but almost no shot at making any noise beyond that.

Me Three...Excluding my 2 heavy bye weeks (4 & 5), I've never been below 150, but never above 185.

 

[stlrams]

Glad I don't need big points from Romo this week. All the more for next week from Romo, right?

Thats what I am hoping. All I can say, thank god for Miles Austin. Without the emergence of him, Romo seemed shakey at best. Now I am happy to be one of the few teams left that have Romo. Now, only if the Chiefs can hand the ball to J. Charles for more than 9 rushes, maybe I might have a chance in this contest.

I'm one of the remaining teams with Romo and like the uniqueness. Hasselback and J Russell are my other QB's. I had delusionals of J Russell rushing for numerous TD's..

 

[apalmer]

now for the QG post of the week Thankfully (I guess) the entry that got knocked out in week one finally has confirmed its true inferiority as it's done at 120.3.It has been comically decimated.The bad news of source, keeping me in mode is that the theoretical entry that I didn't go with (the soulless pseudo-scientific one) is still going strong(ish) - done at 158.9. This entry does sport 7 guys who either are done with injury or in that LJ permabench sorta category.Good luck to those who are really moving on and those on the bubble this week -QG

And the "me too" Once again over 155--that still makes every week but one with at least that many points.

 

[Project Mayhem]

Looks like the most dangerous single player for bumping the cut with a big game is FWP. Not that I'd expect this from him, but if he were to do well, there are over 200 at risk rosters that stand to benefit from his points. The only other 100+ at risk team players are PIT D and Reed, but both of them appear to be covered a bit by some decent existing scores. For the most part, players aren't very widely held otherwise, and those that do own them are predominantly on the good side to begin with.

Yeah, I think I'm gone. Sitting with just over 130 and only have the Steeler D left (-8). Less than 10% chance though, not over just yet...

 

[davper]

At 121.8 with only Jeff Reed(-3) left. looks like I am done.

Sim had me at 98%(I think) to advance before Sunday. It now has me at 5%. I will be rooting for 40 yard FGs all night long.

 

[bagger]

i think i am done as well.

will need huge games from denver D and moreno.

my team is limping along anyway so may as well pull the plug now.

 

[LHUCKS]

100%

 

[thehornet]

100%

Here's to hoping you get knocked out really soon. Everytime I come in here to read a post, it's just you, patting yourself on the back. Again.

 

[smackdaddies]

100%

Here's to hoping you get knocked out really soon. Everytime I come in here to read a post, it's just you, patting yourself on the back. Again.

It's just him The only thing you can do to hurt his feelings is ignore him

 

[Bad_Mo]

I view half of the replies in this thread like I viewed Tony Kornholio's comments about having this guy, or that guy, on his fantasy team.

 

[Redmen62]

Sitting at 130.5 with Willie Parker (-4.8) to go. Simulator says 7.3% chance of making it through. Fast Willie was my highest-dollar RB, and now would be a real good time for him to earn it...

 

[H8fulHuck]

99.9% survival. It's great winning close to the cut line. Hopefully my team uniqueness keeps getting lower and lower.

 

[Das Boot]

100%

Here's to hoping you get knocked out really soon. Everytime I come in here to read a post, it's just you, patting yourself on the back. Again.

This is undoubtedly the furthest he's ever made it in the $35k contest so sadly it won't help to tell him to act like he's been here before.My favorite was the post where he gloated over all the staffers he beat that week.

 

[LHUCKS]

100%

Here's to hoping you get knocked out really soon. Everytime I come in here to read a post, it's just you, patting yourself on the back. Again.

Lighten up big fella...just having some fun with this.

 

[LHUCKS]

This is undoubtedly the furthest he's ever made it in the $35k contest so sadly it won't help to tell him to act like he's been here before.

X

 

[ctriopelle]

137.25 at the half...

 

[thehornet]

100%

Here's to hoping you get knocked out really soon. Everytime I come in here to read a post, it's just you, patting yourself on the back. Again.

Lighten up big fella...just having some fun with this.

No worries, man. I think you have used that little coffeguy about 20 times in this thread though. Just a little stale that's all.

 

[Dinsy Ejotuz]

137.25 at the half...

142 hold?

 

[ctriopelle]

Ive got it at 139.2. depending on adjustments, may be as high as 139.3. but shouldn't go any lower than 139.2 since I have lots of ties there.

 

[rzrback77]

140 would be better

139.3 is also good

 

[Dinsy Ejotuz]

Was at 140 coming in - and I think that last PIT int put me at 142... first week right on the line

 

[gianmarco]

147

 

[THE UNDERCOVER BROTHA]

DEAD MONEY (active teams)

Players that wont count non to your score going foward.

Leon 12.00

J.Davis 2.00

C.Henry 12.00

O.Daniels 13.00

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total: 39.00

 

[gianmarco]

DEAD MONEY (active teams)

Players that wont count non to your score going foward.

Leon 12.00

J.Davis 2.00

C.Henry 12.00

O.Daniels 13.00

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total: 39.00

Add LRob and Oakland D/ST to that list and you have mine.Not to mention time missed by Felix and Finley

 

[Doug Drinen]

Week 9

Updated percent ownership

Querier form

Simulator report:

95--99   175   164	93.790--94   431   402	93.385--89   463   403	87.080--84   399   342	85.775--79   350   284	81.170--74   270   199	73.765--69   235   152	64.760--64   166	96	57.855--59   161	83	51.650--54   104	58	55.845--49	92	42	45.740--44	61	26	42.635--39	53	21	39.630--34	45	12	26.725--29	44	16	36.420--24	22	 5	22.715--19	15	 3	20.010--14	14	 3	21.4 5-- 9	 5	 0	 0.0 0-- 4	 7	 1	14.3

Roster size report

+-------------+--------+-------+-----------+| roster_size | number | alive | pct_alive |+-------------+--------+-------+-----------+|		  20 |   5181 |   587 |	0.1133 ||		  21 |   2032 |   277 |	0.1363 ||		  22 |   1445 |   291 |	0.2014 ||		  23 |   1291 |   268 |	0.2076 ||		  24 |   3328 |   889 |	0.2671 ||	   TOTAL |  13277 |  2312 |	0.1741 |+-------------+--------+-------+-----------+

 

[Dinsy Ejotuz]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ag4XT88kPM

 

[Mapmaker]

Steelers D pulled me through last night

Steelers D - 14

Ravens D - 3

Score - 145.5

Cut - 139.19

Phewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!

 

[smackdaddies]

103 teams bought Betts - but only 7 of 103 are left (6.8%)

45 teams bought Betts and Portis only 6 alive (13.3%)

With Portis's history, and the expanded roster, why would you not spend the $2 to cover yourself?

oh, and 2495 bought Betts, with 464 alive (18.6%)

 

[Mapmaker]

103 teams bought Betts - but only 7 of 103 are left (6.8%)45 teams bought Betts and Portis only 6 alive (13.3%)With Portis's history, and the expanded roster, why would you not spend the $2 to cover yourself?oh, and 2495 bought Betts, with 464 alive (18.6%)

What I really want to know is ... how many people bought Betts ... 2495 or 103 ???

 

[smackdaddies]

103 teams bought Betts Portis- but only 7 of 103 are left (6.8%)

45 teams bought Betts and Portis only 6 alive (13.3%)

With Portis's history, and the expanded roster, why would you not spend the $2 to cover yourself?

oh, and 2495 bought Betts, with 464 alive (18.6%)

What I really want to know is ... how many people bought Betts ... 2495 or 103 ???

lol, my bad - to much switching back and forth -

 

[tomarken]

With Portis's history, and the expanded roster, why would you not spend the $2 to cover yourself?

I've seen the argument made that handcuffing your studs is a waste of money in this contest. That if your stud RB goes down, you're going to be eliminated anyway so rather than spend money on a guy that won't have value until your stud gets hurt, spend that $2 on someone who might produce all year.I have no idea if that line of thought is right or wrong, but it may be why so many Portis owners didn't pick up Betts. You seem to be making the case that it's wrong, but there's not nearly enough info available here to make that conclusion - especially considering that people who bought Betts and not Portis have survived at a better rate than those who bought Betts and Portis.

I'd be curious to see how many of the 57 owners who bought Portis but not Betts were eliminated this week.

 

[stlrams]

Lost roughly 50% of Peterson owners this week.....

 

[Lehigh98]

Preliminary Week 9 sim

Just-for-fun power rankings

Was 128 / 3109 in the power rankings. Was 2988 / 3109 in uniqueness quotient.

And just like that I'm out. Missed by less than 2 points.Roddy and Colston's bad days did me in.

 

[scooterpea]

Lost roughly 50% of Peterson owners this week.....

Only one left witheAngelo WilliamsCedric BensonRandy MossVincent JacksonDallas Clark

 

[pizzatyme]

Rolling along. Now maybe the Betts investment pays off?!

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Matt Schaub $20 7.90 42.25 32.50 16.10 30.05 42.50 26.10 12.10 21.65

Matt Hasselbeck $17 30.25 6.05 0.00 0.00 38.35 4.80 0.00 24.45 21.95

Mark Sanchez $9 19.20 13.95 26.55 6.30 15.20 1.55 19.55 31.85 0.00

DeAngelo Williams $37 15.90 18.60 8.40 0.00 6.90 30.20 22.40 15.80 29.10

Ryan Grant $24 13.20 14.30 10.90 12.10 0.00 12.20 21.60 6.60 15.60

Willie Parker $16 2.90 5.50 19.90 0.00 0.00 4.00 0.20 0.00 0.00

Felix Jones $11 2.20 15.60 11.90 0.00 0.00 0.00 5.30 7.40 1.00

Michael Bush $6 12.40 5.70 6.00 1.90 10.80 2.90 3.60 5.10 0.00

Ladell Betts $2 2.70 4.30 6.50 3.50 1.80 2.20 3.60 0.00 15.80

Marques Colston $28 12.00 29.80 10.70 5.30 0.00 30.60 18.20 20.50 5.50

Vincent Jackson $21 16.60 26.10 17.00 9.60 0.00 14.60 25.20 24.30 22.40

Kevin Walter $14 0.00 0.00 23.70 5.10 7.60 5.90 5.90 8.20 11.70

Derrick Mason $9 8.70 6.10 22.80 21.80 0.00 22.70 0.00 14.00 6.30

Nate Burleson $5 20.40 8.60 20.10 7.10 27.80 6.00 0.00 14.90 14.50

Chaz Schilens $3 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

John Carlson $11 30.50 13.60 7.30 11.40 6.10 8.50 0.00 8.10 13.20

Todd Heap $5 20.90 8.40 10.10 10.60 14.60 9.60 0.00 6.30 7.30

Jermichael Finley $3 2.10 11.60 0.00 27.80 0.00 12.90 3.10 0.00 0.00

Robbie Gould $2 9.00 7.00 6.00 15.00 0.00 2.00 4.00 14.00 3.00

Dan Carpenter $1 1.00 17.00 7.00 9.00 8.00 0.00 12.00 8.00 8.00

Steve Hauschka $1 10.00 8.00 12.00 3.00 2.00 7.00 0.00 16.00 1.00

Houston Texans $2 8.00 5.00 2.00 16.00 3.00 7.00 6.00 6.00 6.00

Seattle Seahawks $2 5.00 4.00 6.00 2.00 15.00 6.00 0.00 4.00 18.00

New Orleans Saints $1 7.00 16.00 8.00 24.00 0.00 6.00 20.00 15.00 14.00

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TOTAL 177.75 201.85 178.00 148.40 135.15 189.30 159.80 167.85 170.25

CUTOFF 120.88 130.04 126.34 113.79 110.99 141.44 130.29 131.44 139.19

 

[ctriopelle]

Lost roughly 50% of Peterson owners this week.....

138 passed/134 failed. That's an amazing result. Goes to show how much many of his owners were relying on him to get this far. This does bode well for those that made it though.

 

[Jayrod]

I cannot believe I am still alive. I never really finalized my roster, but just threw together a bunch of guys that I liked and got it under the cap about two weeks before the deadline.

I also had no idea you could go up to 24 on the roster this year, so I left it at 20 thinking that was the max.

I aslo made two major roster errors; adding Billy Miller who was lost for the year in the preseason and only including 4 WR's. Two of my WR's are on the same team and one is now injured for the year (Chris Henry). I now will rely solely on the production of Ochocinco, Mason & Royal at WR every week.

I was saved by a multitude of lucky breaks in week 8 where I made the cut by 3 thanks to Sanchez's best game, Westbrook's injury (McCoy owner) and Bironas scoring 16 pts. I also made it in week 7 by 3 pts thanks to Ochocinco's 33.8 pts.

Better to be lucky than good I guess. Of course Brees, Schaub, Deangelo, Rice & Ochocinco were good decisions.

 

[The Kansas Comet]

Made it through with 139.85 - thought I was done, but the Pitt D brought me back from the dead. And Betts picked a great time to figure in my scoring.

 

[stlrams]

Lost roughly 50% of Peterson owners this week.....

138 passed/134 failed. That's an amazing result. Goes to show how much many of his owners were relying on him to get this far. This does bode well for those that made it though.

Agreed that the Peterson owners left are stronger now. Personally I not a Peterson owner but still alive. Now lets rout for a bad day from Rodgers

 

[ctriopelle]

Lost roughly 50% of Peterson owners this week.....

138 passed/134 failed. That's an amazing result. Goes to show how much many of his owners were relying on him to get this far. This does bode well for those that made it though.

Agreed that the Peterson owners left are stronger now. Personally I not a Peterson owner but still alive. Now lets rout for a bad day from Rodgers

Hey now! Live stat updates are directly correlated to the survival of my team!

 

[dirty_martini]

I'd love to see Rodgers post a stinker as long as Matt Ryan lights it up!!!

 

[LHUCKS]

If Peterson would go down that would be great for me...not a lot of us Chester Taylor owners floating around!!

 

[joffer]

just not enough "uniqueness" in my team.

A Sproles end-of-season run is about the only thing that could save me.

 

[lyon812]

Fell out of the running, by 8 points (#107602). Did pretty well, beating the cut by an average of 25-30 points, but ran into a bad week for all of my receivers--unfortunately, at the same time as my TE bye week. Jennings is probably single-handedly the biggest disappointment of my team (aside from injuries to sleepers), but the remaining core of my team I was pretty pleased with. Ah well, best of luck to those remaining!

QB - Peyton Manning - IND/6 - $32

QB - Matthew Stafford - DET/7 - $11

RB - Michael Turner - ATL/4 - $41

RB - Ray Rice - BAL/7 - $21

RB - Felix Jones - DAL/6 - $11

RB - Ahmad Bradshaw - NYG/10 - $8

RB - James Davis - CLE/9 - $2

RB - Edgerrin James - SEA/7 - $1

WR - Greg Jennings - GB/5 - $32

WR - Chad Ochocinco - CIN/8 - $27

WR - DeSean Jackson - PHI/4 - $24

WR - Derrick Mason - BAL/7 - $9

WR - Chaz Schilens - OAK/9 - $3

WR - Laurent Robinson - STL/9 - $2

TE - Zach Miller - OAK/9 - $12

TE - Jermichael Finley - GB/5 - $3

PK - Ryan Longwell - MIN/9 - $3

PK - Olindo Mare - SEA/7 - $1

TD - Baltimore Ravens - BAL/7 - $6

TD - Oakland Raiders - OAK/9 - $1

 

[Barry Jive and The Uptown Five]

I'd love to see Rodgers post a stinker as long as Matt Ryan lights it up!!!

Personally as a Rodgers owner, I fully realize he is no longer going to help me in the Final 250 (assuming he does carry me to that part of the contest). He's already on 50% of rosters, and it's not going to drop that much over the next 3 weeks.Regardless of Rodgers ownership, I think all teams should hope that Rodgers continues to do well until the Final 250 & then bombs.(A) If you are a Rodgers owner, you need a QB2 to do well. Having AR as you scoring QB will not differentiate your team.(B) As a non-Rodgers team, You want to be one of the very few non-Rodgers owners to make it to the 250, then all your competitors will be hurting with AR underperforming.

 

[The Ref]

My team is So flipping bad. How the heck am I still alive?

 

[jon_mx]

103 teams bought Betts - but only 7 of 103 are left (6.8%)45 teams bought Betts and Portis only 6 alive (13.3%)With Portis's history, and the expanded roster, why would you not spend the $2 to cover yourself?

Betts only! I thought it was a good bet that Betts would be playing late in the season....I gained good depth at RB....But lost C. Henry, so I have little depth at WR now. But that should improve my uniqueness score, which is terrible.

 

[thehornet]

I'd love to see Rodgers post a stinker as long as Matt Ryan lights it up!!!

Personally as a Rodgers owner, I fully realize he is no longer going to help me in the Final 250 (assuming he does carry me to that part of the contest). He's already on 50% of rosters, and it's not going to drop that much over the next 3 weeks.Regardless of Rodgers ownership, I think all teams should hope that Rodgers continues to do well until the Final 250 & then bombs.(A) If you are a Rodgers owner, you need a QB2 to do well. Having AR as you scoring QB will not differentiate your team.(B) As a non-Rodgers team, You want to be one of the very few non-Rodgers owners to make it to the 250, then all your competitors will be hurting with AR underperforming.

So him scoring 30 points a week is abad thing because he is on other teams? He will help more than hurt if I get to the top 250. There is no way around it.

 

[Bad_Mo]

I'd love to see Rodgers post a stinker as long as Matt Ryan lights it up!!!

Personally as a Rodgers owner, I fully realize he is no longer going to help me in the Final 250 (assuming he does carry me to that part of the contest). He's already on 50% of rosters, and it's not going to drop that much over the next 3 weeks.Regardless of Rodgers ownership, I think all teams should hope that Rodgers continues to do well until the Final 250 & then bombs.(A) If you are a Rodgers owner, you need a QB2 to do well. Having AR as you scoring QB will not differentiate your team.(B) As a non-Rodgers team, You want to be one of the very few non-Rodgers owners to make it to the 250, then all your competitors will be hurting with AR underperforming.

I wouldn't mind Rodgers having bad week if Ryan picked up his slack.

 

[bicycle_seat_sniffer]

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Matt Schaub $20 7.90 42.25 32.50 16.10 30.05 42.50 26.10 12.10 21.65 Matt Hasselbeck $17 30.25 6.05 0.00 0.00 38.35 4.80 0.00 24.45 21.95 DeAngelo Williams $37 15.90 18.60 8.40 0.00 6.90 30.20 22.40 15.80 29.10 Willie Parker $16 2.90 5.50 19.90 0.00 0.00 4.00 0.20 0.00 0.00 Felix Jones $11 2.20 15.60 11.90 0.00 0.00 0.00 5.30 7.40 1.00 Ahmad Bradshaw $8 8.60 5.50 10.40 6.40 29.00 10.80 3.20 8.10 8.10 Michael Bush $6 12.40 5.70 6.00 1.90 10.80 2.90 3.60 5.10 0.00 James Davis $2 2.40 0.00 1.60 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Marques Colston $28 12.00 29.80 10.70 5.30 0.00 30.60 18.20 20.50 5.50 Donald Driver $21 7.90 21.90 20.80 9.50 0.00 17.70 16.40 12.30 17.10 Steve Smith $12 14.00 29.40 19.30 36.40 10.00 8.40 10.90 14.80 19.70 Chris Henry $12 2.80 7.50 2.90 5.60 12.20 3.00 10.60 0.00 3.00 Derrick Mason $9 8.70 6.10 22.80 21.80 0.00 22.70 0.00 14.00 6.30 Isaac Bruce $5 10.60 7.50 5.80 5.00 0.00 0.00 4.30 9.10 1.30 Percy Harvin $5 14.80 16.50 8.30 5.90 10.60 3.20 7.90 19.60 0.00 Laurent Robinson $2 13.70 17.40 4.60 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Dallas Clark $18 9.90 34.80 23.40 20.00 21.20 0.00 14.90 21.90 33.30 John Carlson $11 30.50 13.60 7.30 11.40 6.10 8.50 0.00 8.10 13.20 Jermichael Finley $3 2.10 11.60 0.00 27.80 0.00 12.90 3.10 0.00 0.00 Josh Brown $1 0.00 1.00 8.00 0.00 4.00 11.00 9.00 7.00 0.00 Steve Hauschka $1 10.00 8.00 12.00 3.00 2.00 7.00 0.00 16.00 1.00 Dallas Cowboys $3 0.00 0.00 15.00 5.00 4.00 0.00 16.00 13.00 8.00 Seattle Seahawks $2 5.00 4.00 6.00 2.00 15.00 6.00 0.00 4.00 18.00 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------TOTAL 158.55 221.75 188.30 147.90 158.05 192.90 149.80 168.15 167.75 CUTOFF 120.88 130.04 126.34 113.79 110.99 141.44 130.29 131.44 139.19Well Im still alive but limping along nowOn bye:

Matt Schaub

Ahmad Bradshaw

Steve Smith(nyg)

Guaranteed zeros:

James Davis

Chris Henry

Laurent Robinson

Other people who just suck or are injured:

Willie Parker

Felix Jones

Issac Bruce

Jermichael Finley

Could be rough sledding this week