Who was your first ever (1 Viewer)

[Bull Dozier]

GDB Cliff Charpentier - I bought one of his books in 1995 and drafted Leroy Hoard as a result. Hoard had his only pro-bowl year in 1994 with over 1300 yards and 9 TD's and I thought I had a steal as I drafted him pretty late, and Hoard gave me a 12 game 600 total yard zero TD season. Never bought any more of Cliff's stuff after that !

Cliff is the uncle by marriage of my wife's best friend. I still haven't had the chance to meet him yet. He's probably dodging me cause he know's I'm going to cold clock him because I took Randal Cunningham with my 1st round pick in '91 (19 yards later, he blows his knee out). I still have that book with Cunningham on the cover, and one of my league mates took it, drew on it so Randal was saying "ouch."Good times. Good times.

 

[blkgolf23]

1998 I drafted TD with the 2nd pick in the draft.

 

[Don Quixote]

1989 - Randall Cunningham. He worked out well for me. Our scoring system based points on how long a TD was, and that was doubled for QB's who ran the ball in.

1990 Randall for me. Followed it up with Thurman Thomas and Cris Carter (who was cut by Philly a couple days after the draft--with Buddy Ryan saying "All he does is catch touchdowns."). Also picked up a rookie Emmitt Smith off waivers that year.

 

[Mystery Achiever]

2000, marshall faulk

 

[DaTuna]

2002

Holmes and Garcia were my 1st 2 picks (1 don't know which order)

Holmes was great, but Garcia was far from what I expected.

To make up for Garcia, I had Ward, Moulds, J-Lew, and more. I lost in the finals this year.

 

[creeps1313]

Jerry Rice...#9....1995(the year he set the single season record for everything) It was also my first and only Championship....until this year.

 

[SuperGreen]

1995 - james stewart #5 overallinherited a lousy team in a keep 9 league. little man didn't make my team that much better, unfortunately :(

 

[Gadzooks]

1994: 7 team league, I traded my #1pick (6th overall) along with a 6throunder for someone's #2,#3,#5. I took Jerome Bettis with my first pick (2nd round 9th overall) The guy I traded with the #1overall pick and took Steve Young with that and then took Barry Sanders with my #1. He ran away with the league, I was awful (thanks alot Jerome)

 

[Tarkin]

Jerry Rice...#9....1995(the year he set the single season record for everything) It was also my first and only Championship....until this year.

Jerry Rice...#8....1996I was the SB runner-up. The guy that beat me drafted Rookie Terrell Davis really late. Sunova.

 

[yetiknight]

In 1999 I picked Terrel Davis, who subsequently had a career ending knee injury. Luckily, I followed that with 2nd and 3rd round picks of Manning and Harrison. I traded Harrison for M. Faulk and I. Bruce after Week 2 and ran away with the league in my rookie outing. Five years later, I have 3 Titles. Not bad, for a youngster.

 

[rzrback77]

Y2K -Kurt Warner, he wasn;t as good in 2000 and I wound up in last place....made the playoffs in every league since however.

 

[the Boz]

1997 - Took Brett Favre with the #1 pick overall.

 

[Loan Sharks]

1989 Jerry Rice and for over a decade if you needed someone to win your fantasy game on Monday night it was Jerry ####### Rice.

 

[Clayton Gray]

1993 - Jerry RiceI was the last of four expansion teams (8 teams kept two players each) to select in round one.

 

[Black and Gold]

I remember running a league in junior high. I took Ricky Waters with my first pick in his rookie season. I'm thinking around 88 or 89. He led me to the title. I can also remember going to the school library in study hall to calculate the scores in the USA Today. Memories.PS. And to think I still got some dates in High School. I gues you have to have your priorities.

 

[FF King]

Here is a blast from the past for my first ever pick that I haven't seen mentioned yet:

1992 -- Chris Warren, RB Seattle

Few years there he was a top 5 rb. Had him for a few years, pretty solid rb. Followed that up with Tim Brown and then drafted Jim Everett (NO) late. Ended up being a pretty high scoring team.

 

[FF King]

Ahhhh, the USA Today method of scoring. What a blast! Instead of Defenses we used Kick Return and Punt Return stats. The only paper to carry those stats was the USA Today (pre internet days unfortunately). What a pain the ### it was to run all over town trying to get the last copy!!!!!!!

 

[falconeyed]

My first year was 2001. My first pick was Edgerrin James. My second pick was Jamal Anderson.Result - Edge, Jamal, and myself all blow ACLs during that football season. It's been downhill from there.Ouch.

 

[RBM]

I flirted with stupid leagues in the mid 90s, then did a small league in '99 and took Jamal Anderson. But my real, keeper league that me and my buddies started in 2000, and are still doing, I took Edge with the 2nd pick, and still have him.

 

[kolejo]

My first pick in my first league ever was Favre #1 overall. The league that i'm in now with a lot bigger money I took C-Pep at #7 overall and followed him up with C-Mart, A-train, Edge and Henry late, didn't turn out so hot as i got 3rd in the playoffs and 5th overall. Followed it up a lot better this year though with my first 2 rounds of Portis and Ahman, then picked up T.O in the 3rd as he was left hanging around. Won it all and had a tie for first in the regular season at 11-3 regular season mark, 14-3 overall, was a couple bad decisions away from 16-1.

 

[Drugrunner's Alias]

1987. I took Eric Dickerson. He had 1800 yards+ the year before and was THE stud runningback as his 2105 year was only 2 years prior. He had a decent year for me...but only scored like 6 or 7 TD's all year. Not the player I thought I had drafted. Although, it is still better than the year I drafted Dalton Hilliard in the first round. He had 18 or 19 TD's and close to 2000 total yards the year before. Then, he hopped onto my team and slapped me with an injury and 1 TD the whole year.

And here I was just Positive that no one would even recognize the First Player I ever Drafted in FF.His name was Dalton Hillard.

 

[Drugrunner's Alias]

GDB Cliff Charpentier - I bought one of his books in 1995 and drafted Leroy Hoard as a result. Hoard had his only pro-bowl year in 1994 with over 1300 yards and 9 TD's and I thought I had a steal as I drafted him pretty late, and Hoard gave me a 12 game 600 total yard zero TD season. Never bought any more of Cliff's stuff after that !

Leroy Hoard was the Best RB on my Team during my Championship 1994 season. He will gain 3 yards, and only 3 yards per carry. Not over 3 yards, not under 3 yards, he will get exactly 3 yards every time he touches the ball.

 

[Drugrunner's Alias]

I remember running a league in junior high. I took Ricky Waters with my first pick in his rookie season. I'm thinking around 88 or 89. He led me to the title. I can also remember going to the school library in study hall to calculate the scores in the USA Today. Memories.PS. And to think I still got some dates in High School. I gues you have to have your priorities.

I remember getting up at 7am and going to the USAToday paper box so I could see all the scores.

 

[beef]

1992 - Rodney HamptonWith a late round pick I got "SOD" Barry FosterMy first year was a good year, and my first Championship.

 

[beef]

I remember running a league in junior high. I took Ricky Waters with my first pick in his rookie season. I'm thinking around 88 or 89. He led me to the title. I can also remember going to the school library in study hall to calculate the scores in the USA Today. Memories.PS. And to think I still got some dates in High School. I gues you have to have your priorities.

I remember getting up at 7am and going to the USAToday paper box so I could see all the scores.

I'd get to school early every Monday morning to check the USA today and tally up the scores.12 years later and I still do my team by hand. Yeah the website does it now, but it's a long lasting Monday morning tradition.

 

[PewterFan]

cecil 'the diesel' collins

 

[RAIDERNATION.]

100 more answers to this question here.

 

[slayer666]

My first pick was Jerry Rice in 1989. Running backs? Who cares. I didn't follow the STUD RB theory (didn't know it existed). I also threw caution to the wind and threw all my eggs in one convenient 49ers basket. (I also managed to draft Joe Montana & John Taylor).Jerry Rice: 82 catches, 1483 yards & 17 touchdowns.Joe Montana: 3521 passing yards, 227 rushing yards (31 total TDs)John Taylor: 60 catches, 1077 yards, 10 touchdowns.Won my first FF title & 12 C-Notes...

 

[kblitz]

Favre 1996

 

[TheLaw]

Had Pick 10 in 1995Marshall faulk, RB, Colts - Followed immidiately by Scott Mitchell, QB, DET.

 

[TheLaw]

Cliff Carpentier was da man! He used to have a gold book ... a book mind you, not a magazine. I remember one year even paying an additional $12 to get updates snail-mailed to me during training camp.

I used the Bible as well. Good stuff in there. Last year he did a magazine. I didn't look for his stuff this year though. He started publishing it too early IMO and missed out on some key moves that would have affected his rankings.

 

[Couch Potato]

Dan Fouts, 1981.Air Coryell was so much fun to watch.

 

[Bailiver]

Dan Fouts, 1981.Air Coryell was so much fun to watch.

In 1981 I was a junior in H.S. and ... I guess you know this already ... a fair number of the folks that post on this Board probably weren't even born yet!!!

 

[Couch Potato]

Dan Fouts, 1981.Air Coryell was so much fun to watch.

In 1981 I was a junior in H.S. and ... I guess you know this already ... a fair number of the folks that post on this Board probably weren't even born yet!!!

I was 21 in my first fantasy season and 45 now. That's a lot of drafts over the years. So how come I'm not the smartest guy on this board and still blow so many picks?!

 

[WarriorsFan]

2001 - Fred Taylor Got almost 2 games out of him that year.

I started in 2001 too. I had figured out the RB stud theory, so I had an advantage on the rest of the league, who were extremely QB-friendly. So much so that I got Edgerrin James 3rd overall (my target), and Fred Taylor at 2.08.Somehow, I still made it to 7-7. But ever since I've hoarded any RB who has any sort of potential and I've won back-to-back titles in that same league.

 

[Norseman]

I believe it was 1998 or '99. Second overall pick, selected Brett Farve. That was the year he hurt his thumb and under performed all year. Was able to trade him to the Packer fan in our league and pick up Beurlein off of waivers. He offered me either C. Martin or J. Bettis. I took Bettis because he had an easier schedule and it cost me the playoffs. The only year that I didn't make the playoffs. Learned my lesson though, and have never taken a Qb in the first again.

 

[Green and Gold]

1999 - Terrell Davis. Not a good start to my FF career.

 

[Hobo Roach]

1994 Steve Young.Won the championship that first year and hooked ever since.

 

[mulliganm]

Took over a dynasty league team: First pick was:Cade McNown

 

[Loomba]

2000 -- Edgerrin James, first overall in a keeper league.

 

[Keith R]

1992 - Barry Sanders. Turned around and traded him in a package with Michael Irvin for Randall Cunningham and Rodney Hampton.Won it all that year at 11-6.

 

[top dog]

1996 - Scott Mitchell ......

:rotflmao: :rotflmao: I thought for sure that I would be the only person who took him with their first pick ever! BOY DID I SUCK THAT YEAR!

 

[bentley2]

Not sure who my first pick was in my first season as a seventh grader in '87. I signed up for some commercial league that I read about in Football Digest. Newsletters were written on an Apple II and mailed every week.In '91, when I started up again for good, I drafted Randall Cunningham #1 overall. He went: 1991 phi | 1 game played | 1 -4-19-0-0

 

[Bruce Henderson]

The year was 1999 and I picked 12th out of 12. The Falcons had just won the previous years Super Bowl, and Jamal Andersen was still there at pick 12. I took him and the highest paid receiver in the league Antonio Freeman... I can't lose, or so I thought... The first Monday night game I'm down by a couple of points but feeling pretty good because the Falcons were playing... on like the first or second play, Jamal goes to fake someone out doing his best Barry Sanders impression, and nobody hits him, and he goes down and is out for the year...Antonio Freeman didn't live up to his billing either...Needless to say I came in 23rd out of 24 teams (double conference) I'm glad my rookie year is well behind me.

 

[FFFanatic71]

In 1987, my 1.02 pick of Dan Marino led me to a (strike-shortened) 9-2 reg. season record. That team still owns scoring records to this day. Lost in the championship to the 2nd place team though, but was hooked since Week 1.

 

[Memphis Mutiny]

The '92-'93 season was my first year for FF.I was told about this thing well ahead of draft time but I didn't prepare or know how to prepare. The night before the draft, I got my hands on a football magazine. Problem was it was about football, not FF. So, the only real ranking in there was the previous year's salary list for players. Uh-oh. That's what I used!Got Dan Marino with the first pick and got Christian Okoye as well. Didn't get to watch any football cause I worked about 13 hours on all Sundays. Anyway, I drafted guys that had retired the year before, they made good money the year before, but they were freaking retired. I won two games that year, but made the playoffs, as all 8 teams went to the playoffs. I still hang my hat on making the playoffs that year, cause we went to 12 teams the following year, with 8 making the playoffs. I've never missed the playoffs in that league. It took me 11 years to win the title, but I am the two-time defending champ right now.Good times!

 

[Faust]

The year was 1993, and the pick was RB Barry Sanders

 

[Loomba]

My first year was 2001. My first pick was Edgerrin James. My second pick was Jamal Anderson.Result - Edge, Jamal, and myself all blow ACLs during that football season. It's been downhill from there.Ouch.

You won't believe this falconeyed, but just prior to the 2001 season I was able to trade Lamar Smith for Jamal Anderson. My other RB was Edge who I had drafted with the first overall pick in our league's inaugural draft in 2000.Through week 3 of that season, you and I had the best RB tandem by a mile. Then the ACL's starting exploding. But what is unbelievable is that I still won my league that year. I was able to do a quick trade for Duce Staley when Jamal went down and then was able to pick up Dominic Rhodes in another deal after James went down. I don't know how I did it, but managed to squeek through.

 

[beef]

Dan Fouts, 1981.Air Coryell was so much fun to watch.

In 1981 I was a junior in H.S. and ... I guess you know this already ... a fair number of the folks that post on this Board probably weren't even born yet!!!

I was 21 in my first fantasy season and 45 now. That's a lot of drafts over the years. So how come I'm not the smartest guy on this board and still blow so many picks?!

What!!! 17-0 as 2003 Shark Pool Survivor Champion and 9-2 in playoff predictions made in December aren't good enough for you!

 

[OneShot201]

My rookie season, 1998 Randy Moss was a rookie too. I had no idea what I was doing, and I knew he was a trouble maker in college, so I thought it would be cool to have him, not really understanding FF at the time. Even though I took a receiver first pick, I did fairly well that year and had every other team lusting after him the rest of the year too. Funny how no strategy at all can pay off sometimes.