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Yes the first cut usually eliminates the low-hanging fruit. Now that the byes kick in this contest will get a lot tougher in a hurry. With KC and SD on a week 3 bye, all teams with LaDainian Tomlinson and Larry Johnson will be fighting for their lives. But if they can squeeze through this week, they could be a force the rest of the way. It's definitely going to get a lot more intense soon though.
What's the rest of your RB stable look like?
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WK 1 WK 2 ---------------------------------Jon Kitna 11.4 17.6 Chris Simms 4.0 13.0 Brad Johnson 15.1 11.6 Frank Gore 35.0 21.7 Willis McGahee 11.4 10.7 Tatum Bell 10.3 9.6 Jamal Lewis 13.8 7.0 LenDale White 0.0 3.5 Antonio Bryant 15.4 23.1 Terry Glenn 12.1 21.4 Troy Williamson 11.7 16.2 Bobby Engram 10.2 9.5 Randy Moss 8.7 5.2 Lee Evans 4.5 3.9 Michael Jenkins 16.7 3.4 Jermaine Wiggins 7.9 4.4 Chris Cooley 1.7 3.3 Sebastian Janikowski 0.0 6.0 Jason Hanson 6.0 1.0 Cleveland Browns 4.0 8.0 Atlanta Falcons 8.0 7.0 ---------------------------------TOTAL 130.0 129.1 CUTOFF 0.0 123.7
Especially those of us who backed up our LT pick with Turner. Need big weeks out of FWP and Bush. It would also be nice if Philly shuts down Gore so the 90% of the teams that have him get slowed.
2,000 are eliminated.
It also means Gonzo and Gates owners take a hit this week & that helps.
I also have Goreand Fred Taylor so I still have hope for this week. However I also have Maurice Jones-Drewa and Morency
. I really thought Morency might get the job in Houston. However, If I make it through this week without LT, he really could carry my team deep.
Here's To Hopin
Why do you think only 1000 will be eliminated? It's 2000. And anyone owning both will die the first week they both don't produce since the rest of the squad has to be weak.
LT owner here checking in.I handcuffed LT with Turner. The rest of my stable is Fragile Fred, Gore, and Jones-Drew.I gambled that, with the early bye, and the large number of people left, that I could slip past this week. Yes, I will be sweating it out hoping my WR corps can carry me this week.
Okay good...don't know what I was thinking there.Time to punish the LT/LJ owners...get the hell out of my contest. :boot:
Nah, I think you were right man. It goes 12K to 10K week 1, and then from 10K to 8K week2, after that it's 1K per week til like week 10 or something.
It's an interesting gamble. Byes will hurt harder later in the contest (bigger scores will likely be needed as the cuts run deep) so if you can get past week 3, you should have a very tough squad the rest of the way.
Cut to 12,000 Week 1. Cut to 10,000 week 2. Cut to 8,000 Week 3. THEN start the 1,000/week cuts.
Absolutely. You just need to be alive right now.
We will try to recap how many of each player are left on the rosters that made the cuts. No promise as to the cut in date on this though. It may not debut for a few weeks.
No problem David, I was mainly making a joke because he's on mine and virtually every roster that I've seen posted.
WK 1 WK 2 ---------------------------------Chad Pennington 24.6 22.5 Chris Simms 4.0 13.0 Steve McNair 13.5 11.2 Frank Gore 35.0 21.7 Corey Dillon 11.5 14.0 Warrick Dunn 15.2 13.4 Thomas Jones 7.1 7.6 Willie Parker 15.8 5.6 Antonio Bryant 15.4 23.1 Donte Stallworth 26.1 19.1 Greg Jennings 1.5 18.7 Keyshawn Johnson 8.0 15.6 Braylon Edwards 4.3 15.0 Matt Jones 11.5 13.3 Roy Williams 6.6 13.1 Ben Watson 8.0 6.9 Tony Scheffler 1.9 0.0 John Carney 13.0 10.0 Phil Dawson 2.0 5.0 New England Patriots 5.0 6.0 Miami Dolphins 5.0 2.0 ---------------------------------TOTAL 154.4 142.0 CUTOFF 0.0 123.7
Ouch.123.6
Fixed.I say we just make this last week's cut 1,500 675 and move things along.
WK 1 WK 2 ---------------------------------Brett Favre 6.5 28.0 Philip Rivers 9.6 16.8 Kurt Warner 27.1 14.7 Rudi Johnson 17.3 28.8 Frank Gore 35.0 21.7 Reggie Bush 19.9 15.3 Kevan Barlow 9.5 5.6 Chris Brown 7.8 1.9 Donald Driver 16.6 24.9 Chris Henry 0.5 16.3 Troy Williamson 11.7 16.2 Javon Walker 7.1 15.0 Braylon Edwards 4.3 15.0 Michael Clayton 6.4 11.2 Nate Burleson 4.6 1.7 Todd Heap 9.6 12.7 Ben Watson 8.0 6.9 David Akers 6.0 6.0 Lawrence Tynes 4.0 6.0 Philadelphia Eagles 5.0 10.0 Miami Dolphins 5.0 2.0 ---------------------------------TOTAL 138.0 164.6 CUTOFF 0.0 123.7
I personally think Week 5 is more critical than Week 7 for many teams. Week 5 has all the Bengals and Seahawks on bye, whereas except for Gore and some Rams, there's not much offense missing in Week 7. Week 6 projects as the toughest, but it's the same for everyone so the number figures to be lower than otherwise expected.ETA: And Gore figures to cancel out at least 80% of the entrants so that leaves only the Rams as a factor for most teams in Week 7.
He also took David Garrard. He might know things.
Hey you! Get outta the thread and get busy on your Top 200 Forward!
Week 5-7 are the rough spots for me. 3 WR's out on week 6.If someone get's hurt between now and then....ugh.
The number of people cut isn't the issue, it's the percentage. It's not like it's four times easier to make it from week 11 to week 12 because they're only cutting 500 players, they're cutting half the field that week. Although week 3 to 4 is the biggest cut until week 6 to 7 (80%). Then it starts getting harder again, 75% advance to week 8, 66% to week 9, 75% to week 10, 66% to week 11, and 50% to week 12.
There is no Top 100 page this week. All 10,000 successful entries are on the page Dodds listed above.
I have little chance of getting past week 6. I have 8 players on bye. (most of my top players)- Peyton, Chester, Harrison, Williamson, Edwards, Watson.
Would have helped to read all the rules.
Hey H.K., Dodds just called you "Low-Hanging Fruit"123.6
You're not gonna let him get away with that, are you?
about 60%
