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Players you have that this site helped you get? (1 Viewer)
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bshell27
Footballguy
Maybe I would have drafted Nicks, but this site was high on him so I targeted him in every draft. One guy this site did not hype but I drank the koolaid was Mathews. Killed me in one league, I am in the championship in another.
I have been a member the year after my 1st year of FF. I did not make playoffs my first year. Every year after I have been in the money. This site is the difference maker. DD and the Perfect Draft article are worth the price of admission by themselves.
I have been a member the year after my 1st year of FF. I did not make playoffs my first year. Every year after I have been in the money. This site is the difference maker. DD and the Perfect Draft article are worth the price of admission by themselves.
glong989
Footballguy
I think Nicks will be the most common theme here for drafts.
I also think that the waiver wire pickups are more each individuals choice than any information site. There are tons of guys throughout the season that you could pick up, but they have to evolve into an every week starter to really return dividends.
I think the main thing I benefited from by using this subscription has been the players to avoid or get later in the draft if they fell.
To me, the weekly rankings and plethora of information is great, but you can get rankings anywhere on the web and in the end you need to avoid being a ranking slave and use your own discretion. The pre draft analysis, rounds 5-15 of your draft, and the first few weeks of waiver pickups are the key to a winning fantasy year, and that's where FBG helped me the most.
I also think that the waiver wire pickups are more each individuals choice than any information site. There are tons of guys throughout the season that you could pick up, but they have to evolve into an every week starter to really return dividends.
I think the main thing I benefited from by using this subscription has been the players to avoid or get later in the draft if they fell.
To me, the weekly rankings and plethora of information is great, but you can get rankings anywhere on the web and in the end you need to avoid being a ranking slave and use your own discretion. The pre draft analysis, rounds 5-15 of your draft, and the first few weeks of waiver pickups are the key to a winning fantasy year, and that's where FBG helped me the most.
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For me, the news blogger is the difference-maker, and this year it was Arian Foster. I tried to be shrewd in one league and get him late, after reading a few items about him becoming the starter (but with still some suspicions of a committee in Houston).
I missed him, felt terrible, and for the next week the articles got increasingly positive (how serious a committee can it be if they're moving Slaton to KR and Tate is hurt?). In my next draft I said "screw it" and took Foster in the 2nd round of a 3 player keeper league (so the equivalent of the 5th round of a redraft). I won that league yesterday.
I missed him, felt terrible, and for the next week the articles got increasingly positive (how serious a committee can it be if they're moving Slaton to KR and Tate is hurt?). In my next draft I said "screw it" and took Foster in the 2nd round of a 3 player keeper league (so the equivalent of the 5th round of a redraft). I won that league yesterday.
dickey moe
Fingerpicker
This season, it was a thread where somebody mentioned Hillis (was able to pick him up off the Waiver Wire right before the Week 1 games), and when Reggie Bush went down, the threads pimping Lance Moore. Those two pickups really helped me out this season.
The one player I "had to have" based on this site was Jermichael Finley. In one league, I traded DMAC for Finley straight up just before Finley went down with a season ending injury. Obviously, that didn't work out for me very well, but it could have.
The other player I "had to have" based on this site was Brandon Jackson. Also an ugly miss, but it sure looked good at the time.
Overall, FBG forums didn't really "hit" on any unknown players that other sites may have overlooked like MSW a year ago. Foster, Nicks, these are guys that were pushed almost universally by "expert sites" before the season. Although "Fear and Loathing"/Wesseling was the only expert I can think of that supported McFadden so strongly and so completely - gotta hand it to Wess this year, I don't think he missed on very many of his calls.
The other player I "had to have" based on this site was Brandon Jackson. Also an ugly miss, but it sure looked good at the time.
Overall, FBG forums didn't really "hit" on any unknown players that other sites may have overlooked like MSW a year ago. Foster, Nicks, these are guys that were pushed almost universally by "expert sites" before the season. Although "Fear and Loathing"/Wesseling was the only expert I can think of that supported McFadden so strongly and so completely - gotta hand it to Wess this year, I don't think he missed on very many of his calls.
GreenMachine51
Footballguy
Mike Williams (TB)- has turned out to be one of my favorite value picks of all time, and Hakeem Nicks as others have said.
10th year of a league and won my third championship, and second in a row (only one other team has 2). This site became my "tie-breaker" during the season when I was torn on a decision of who to start/pick up/trade, etc.
The only problem is my league mates are catching on and a couple have already told me they are subscribing to FBG next season. Great for the Footballguys, terrible for me!
10th year of a league and won my third championship, and second in a row (only one other team has 2). This site became my "tie-breaker" during the season when I was torn on a decision of who to start/pick up/trade, etc.
The only problem is my league mates are catching on and a couple have already told me they are subscribing to FBG next season. Great for the Footballguys, terrible for me!
glong989
Footballguy
Heh, this is why I always tell my league buddies that I use some other random site.
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Englishteacher
Footballguy
In a six-man keeper/dynasty league I kept Peyton Manning, Darren McFadden, Michael Turner, Rashard Mendenhall, Cedric Benson, and Pierre Thomas in a start 1QB, 2RB, 2 WR, 1TE, 1 D, and 1K league. My WR's were dog meat last year. I went into the year with 15-20 WR's kept from last year already. I was able to nab Nicks as WR1, Santana Moss as WR2, and TB Mike WIlliams as WR3 even though I drafted from the #11 hole (lost in the Super Bowl last year). That's a pretty awesome WR core considering I kept nothing at the position and 72 players were protected from the previous year. Thanks FBG's!!!!
Iwannabeacowboybaby!
Footballguy
Nicks, Bradshaw, J. Finley, R. Jennings, Mike Williams TB, Hines Ward, Mike Vick, Shonne Green
Summer Wheat
Footballguy
Just reviewed my Draft Dominator from Sept 1. It was not very dominant this year. Thankfully I only use it as a cheat sheet.
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Sweet Love
IBL Representative
I was able to grab Stevie Johnson pretty early and that worked out well. while I believe it was after his first big week, many on the board thought he would be good and I dropped Evans for him (which at the time was pretty risky)...obviously it worked out well. The other (and it has been mentioned) was Tamme. I lost Finley and with Clark also going out, the pickens were thin. I waited on a replacement for Finley, because I also drafted Keller, but quickly relaized with Holmes back, he was not my answer. Got Tamme and he helped me win the big game this week (up by 10 with three players to go)!
Johnny Rock
Footballguy
Wow! you hit a HR there. Drop Ced and Pierre and keep Nicks and Tampa Mike and you're golden for another year. Well played.For me it was Tampa Mike, Nicks and Arian. Busted on Best despite SP hype. Maybe he'll still do better once the toe heals.Someone mentioned Steve Johnson. This is one guy where I believe FBG missed the boat. He was ranked at WR84 before Week 5, WR66 Week 6, and WR56 Week 7.
Canowupass
Footballguy
Rashad Jennings for championship week. Awesome.
Mr. Know-It-All
Footballguy
I stubbornly refused to let FBG help me to guys like Steve Johnson, Jacob Tamme and LeGarrette Blount. Hurt me in the long run as I was looking to recover from the early losses of Mark Clayton, Jermichael Finley and Pierre Thomas. next year perhaps I will be a little less stubborn.
UnderDawgs
Footballguy
Tutu right before he had his big game!
NCPanthersFan
Footballguy
Unfortunately over the past 2 years I have had to reduce the weight of FBG projections in my overall formula. It is not a knock on the site, it is just the way it has needed to work out. I think it just takes a bunch of time and experience on how to use the preseason data at FBG as there allot of the Chef's in the FBG kitchen. If you are new it may not feel that way but if you have been around a long time you definitely know it is the case. Figuring out which chef to lock into is the key to a good meal. I use the the Shark Pool, more than anything, to figure out guys I want to target specifically as I personally only have 1 or 2 each year and that is more of a fan thing than actually knowing any real football projections data myself. After week 4 I use my own projections.
Great Topic BTW OP
From the forums here are the guys I was able to get that I probably would have been too late to the dance otherwise:
- Brandon Lloyd - man I needed to be convinced as did a ton of people.
- Mario Manningham
- Mike Thomas
Great Topic BTW OP
From the forums here are the guys I was able to get that I probably would have been too late to the dance otherwise:
- Brandon Lloyd - man I needed to be convinced as did a ton of people.
- Mario Manningham
- Mike Thomas
kellumsboys
Footballguy
these 2 were good pickups for me, as well as Bradshaw late in redraft.
I wouldn't say that this site helped me GET a certain player because for the most part, I try to remain as informed as possible during the off-seasons so that nobody is an unknown to me. What this site did help me with though is remaining confident in my assessments of different players, I may not have got them all on my teams but it helped me stay confident knowing that I was ranking players accurately (for the most part). I missed on some guys obviously like Hillis, Lloyd and Foster (who I ranked way too low despite having him on 2 of my teams, he was an afterthought mostly, drafted as a RB4 in most cases). This site has also helped me become a better manager of my team and not to give up on guys too soon or to hold talent where I think future value is there. In prior years I may have been itching to drop a guy to pick up the next flavor of the week if he was in a slump. Never have I felt more confident with my day-to-day team management than I have been this year and I owe a great deal of that to this site and the various threads and opinions that people provide.
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SaintsInDome2006
Footballguy
Tampa Mike, Week 1.
Vick. No, it wasn't that obvious when he was injured.
Bradshaw - I owe that to one of the columns, i went out and traded for him.
The 2-RB1 approach. That's a general concept but the articles and comments here have led me to two straight championship games.
And I waited too long on Tamme, which was hyped here and I am paying for not listening to it and grabbing him off the WW asap as many here said to do.
Vick. No, it wasn't that obvious when he was injured.
Bradshaw - I owe that to one of the columns, i went out and traded for him.
The 2-RB1 approach. That's a general concept but the articles and comments here have led me to two straight championship games.
And I waited too long on Tamme, which was hyped here and I am paying for not listening to it and grabbing him off the WW asap as many here said to do.
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Instinctive
Footballguy
I can honestly say that being on the Huggins train won me my league's championship. Had I not been so involved with the TB RB situation, I would not have jumped onto LeGarrette Blount when I did. In fact, I traded Brandon Jackson for him early in Z56 - which i won - and picked Blount up off the waivers for Huggins literally minutes before Blount locked one week - Blount went off and all the hype for him started here right after that.
So, if Kareem Huggins may have won me title. Without him, I never would have had Blount, and my RB corps of Bradshaw/Blount/Gerhart would have looked pretty sad as Bradshaw/Spiller/MoMorris. (Strong receivers though, not that anyone cares)
So, thank you Kareem Huggins hype train for my championship. Without you, I would have been without 21.4 points yesterday.
So, if Kareem Huggins may have won me title. Without him, I never would have had Blount, and my RB corps of Bradshaw/Blount/Gerhart would have looked pretty sad as Bradshaw/Spiller/MoMorris. (Strong receivers though, not that anyone cares)
So, thank you Kareem Huggins hype train for my championship. Without you, I would have been without 21.4 points yesterday.
