The VIP Fantasy Football Thread

[Dubya]

Can we trade picks? Anybody wanna trade for no.3?

[Cewsh]

I'd trade you number 2 for number 3.

[Torn]

You can trade picks through the normal trade thing on the site, if you both wanna trade entire spots then I will just switch it in the order for you to make it easier.

[Dubya]

I wanna trade my no.3 spot if anyone is interested, but I want to trade DOWN, not up. Sorry Cewsh.

[Torn]

Christopherson's eyes just lit up

[Dubya]

Christopherson, I will gladly trade you my no.3 pick for your no.8 pick.

[Christopherson]

I dunno when Dubya will be in but when he does I concur with his trade (cheers mate).


Just done my first football draft there, it was interesting. One thing I noticed is how little I know about the rookies this year, for instance if there is any impact players. I also will spend the next week reading up on who's injured because outside of the Packers I haven't got a clue.

[Dubya]

Oh yeah, definitely want to trade my no.3 spot for his no.8 spot .. make it happen.

[Torn]

DONE.

[hithit]

cewsh, what do you want for number 2?

[Cewsh]

I'd be open to something along the lines of my first and my 3rd for your 1st and 2nd.

[Dubya]

TO CLARIFY .. me and Christopherson traded all our picks, correct? Not just the 3rd and 8th.. ?

[Torn]

Yeah obv

[Dubya]

Ok, I just saw Cewsh talking specific pics and got concerned. Lol

[hithit]

not interested in that cewsh.

[Cewsh]

No worries. Pitch me something.

[hithit]

im not really sure where to even start. let me think on it and ill get back to ya.

[Dubya]

Can we please add one more bench spot? 6 really sucks. 7 is standard.. most of the leagues I'm in add more than the standard 7.. 6 is rough.

[Cewsh]

I like 6. It leaves more worthwhile people on waivers for us to fight over later.

[Dubya]

7 leaves plenty of people on waivers.

[Torn]

ESPN standard does have 7, I'd prefer that if anyone doesn't object.

[Cewsh]

It's all good to me.

[Torn]

REMINDER: Draft at 7 ET tomorrow

[Cewsh]

I may be drafting on my phone or auto picking tonight, but I set my rankings so I'm pretty confident either way.

It's going to come down to the wire on who I take with the second pick, though. Beyond Peterson everyone in the first round has basically the same potential value at this point. Hmm.

[hithit]

i will be auto drafting tonight. we are going to the wifes cousins tonight, and it would be rather tacky to be doing a draft while at the house. i would do it on my phone, but for some reason the galaxy 4 isn't compatible with adobe, so that idea is out the window.
cewsh, after thinking about it, the only way i would move up to 2 is if you did your first and like 7th for my first and 3rd?

torn, if he agrees to it, and its after a half hour from this post, please switch the picks for me. i'll be leaving in the next few minutes and im not sure how often ill be able to check my phone.

[Torn]

You can use the lite draft thing on your phone hitty. Trades can't happen now the draft room is open btw.

[hithit]

I cant do anything with it. how do you get to the lite version?

[Cewsh]

Just download the app and it'll let you draft through it.

[Defrost]

Last pick of the draft was the best pick of the draft

[Christopherson]

QB Aaron Rodgers
RB Doug Martin
RB Darren McFadden
WR AJ Green
WR Jordy Nelson
TE Owen Daniels
FLEX Darren Sproles
D/ST Patriots
K Stephen Gostkowski

Bench Eric Decker
Bench BenJarvus Green-Ellis
Bench Eli Manning
Bench Jermichael Finley
Bench Vincent Brown
Bench Brian Hartline
Bench Iseah Pead

When I was drafting I was thinking I like my team, however, now I'm not to sure. If this was last year then yeah the team would be pretty good but that's last year. Rodgers was a homer pick and it might come back to bite me considering how deep QB was, we'll see. McFadden is a hope and pray job and he's a direct consequence to picking Rodgers. I do like my depth and feel this year will be make or break on Rodgers back.

[MMH]

QB Matt Ryan
RB Jamaal Charles
RB Frank Gore
WR Vincent Jackson
WR Mike Wallace
TE Jimmy Graham
FLEX Chris Ivory
DEF Bengals
K Justin Tucker

B Hakeem Nicks
B Shane Vereen
B Chris Givens
B Emmanuel Sanders
B Ronnie Hillman
B Carson Palmer
B Cordarelle Patterson

Im actually quite happy with my team. My WRs concern me slightly but I think I have enough depth on the bench to hopefully play matches to my advantage. Was delighted to get Ivory as my flex option. And I should get tons of yards if nothing else from my RBs.

[Christopherson]

I've had Gore for the last two years in other leagues and he's always been mint for me despite experts in fantasy never really liking him. I think your problem much like the rest of us is just to hope key players remain healthy. Has KC improved their O line?

[Cewsh]

QB Cam Newton
RB Arian Foster
RB Chris Johnson
WR Larry Fitzgerald
WR TY Hilton
TE Brandon Myers
FLEX DeMarco Murray
DEF Browns
K Sebastian Janikowski

B Ryan Matthews
B Lamar Miller
B Rashard Mendenhall
B Mike Williams
B Kenbrell Thompson
B Denarius Moore
B Aaron Dobson

I joked in the chat that this started out as a 2009 Pro Bowl team, but it really wound up being focused on potential and pick value more than anything. There are a lot of question marks here, but there's a very solid chance that every member of my team could be fantasy starter material this year. Everyone I took is in a better situation this year than they were last year and I like the looks of it.

Of course my whole RB group could be on the IR by week 2.

[Cewsh]

I've had Gore for the last two years in other leagues and he's always been mint for me despite experts in fantasy never really liking him. I think your problem much like the rest of us is just to hope key players remain healthy. Has KC improved their O line?

Adding Fisher on the right side should help alot, but they're still weak up the middle.

On his team I'm more worried about Wallace and Ivory. On paper they should be great, but I'm worried about whether they'll get the chance to be with the teams they're on.

[Cewsh]

QB Aaron Rodgers
RB Doug Martin
RB Darren McFadden
WR AJ Green
WR Jordy Nelson
TE Owen Daniels
FLEX Darren Sproles
D/ST Patriots
K Stephen Gostkowski

Bench Eric Decker
Bench BenJarvus Green-Ellis
Bench Eli Manning
Bench Jermichael Finley
Bench Vincent Brown
Bench Brian Hartline
Bench Iseah Pead

When I was drafting I was thinking I like my team, however, now I'm not to sure. If this was last year then yeah the team would be pretty good but that's last year. Rodgers was a homer pick and it might come back to bite me considering how deep QB was, we'll see. McFadden is a hope and pray job and he's a direct consequence to picking Rodgers. I do like my depth and feel this year will be make or break on Rodgers back.

I can't figure out how the hell you got a team this deep. I wouldn't have taken a backup QB so early, but having Decker and Law Firm on the bench is pretty great.

[Bert]

My first match is Defrost, this should be good.

[Dubya]

Adding Fisher on the right side should help alot, but they're still weak up the middle.

On his team I'm more worried about Wallace and Ivory. On paper they should be great, but I'm worried about whether they'll get the chance to be with the teams they're on.

Actually they're a lot better in the middle this season. Hudson is back and healthy, adding Schwartz to the group has made Allen and Asamoah better and Stephenson has turned into a pretty damn good tackle that can also play inside. Their line should be much improved this season.

[Torn]

I hate to say it but

...kinda like Bert's team

[Dubya]

It's pretty good except for his RB situation .. if Bernard doesn't move into the starting spot like so many 'experts' suggest .. and all it would really take is Green-Ellis playing well to prevent it.. and Arian Foster stays healthy.. he's only really got 2 RBs and 3 backup/change of pace guys. That would kinda scare me cuz I love RBs. Other than that though, yeah.. pretty solid.

[Dubya]

Well picking up Julius Thomas was a good hunch.. but not starting him was poor follow-thru.

[Cewsh]

I don't love him long term. He made a lot of bad plays to start the game. He had 3 really good ones that netted two touchdowns, but I don't think that's going to be a frequent occurrence.

[Defrost]

I started Denver's Defense. That Pick 6 that wasn't hurts my soul.

[Torn]

Looks like Morrison accidently drafting Peyton early has paid off for a week.

I just realised I should probably get a new team name as Jimmy Graham isn't actually on my team this year

[Cewsh]

Hey, remember when I had Peyton last year and I couldn't give him away? God dammit.

[MMH]

7 passing touchdowns for Manning against me?

Are you fucking messing?

Im sick of this season already.

[Morrison]

Hey, remember when I had Peyton last year and I couldn't give him away? God dammit.

Looks like Morrison accidently drafting Peyton early has paid off for a week.

I just realised I should probably get a new team name as Jimmy Graham isn't actually on my team this year

totally meant to do it. MVP MVP MVP.

7 passing touchdowns for Manning against me?

Are you fucking messing?

Im sick of this season already.

yeeeaaahhhh. sorry bout that.

[Jason_HBK]

RG3 or Stafford - any opinions? It's killing me haha

[Fro]

I would go conservative and play Stafford, only because RG3 is coming off the injury and didn't play at all in the preseason, so it's a bit of an unknown whether he will be back to his rookie form yet.

[Jason_HBK]

Thats what I was leaning to but that damn Peterson last year has me thinking I'll be kicking myself watching RG3 go off Monday.

[Cewsh]

Ahaha, well that's a fancy start to the season for whoever has Peterson.

[MMH]

Great the only points I have scored so far are against my team the Saints.

[Cewsh]

Apparently Matthew has Peterson and I am playing him. I am no longer excited for him.

[Torn]

FUCKIN CHRISTOPHERSON

[Christopherson]

FUCKIN CHRISTOPHERSON

If it makes you feel any better that other league, you know the one we paid MONEY to get into I am getting quite utterly destroyed. Choose to start Burger boy and for a laugh look how good he is doing against the Titans .

Back to this league though to make me feel better, ahhhhhhhh release of frustration ahhhhhhhhhh.

[Torn]

Tied it up YES, REGGIE BUSH

Shame you still have Rodgers and others and I have no one

[Christopherson]

This is mental, I have 4 screens open for baseball and football, I have the NFL redzone on the telly....I'm nearing overload here and oh yeah Packers are just about to kick off. Plus Torn has STORMED back in our game and is leading. IT'S MENTAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MMH]

I think the Chris Ivory experiment is over already for me.

[Torn]

This is mental, I have 4 screens open for baseball and football, I have the NFL redzone on the telly....I'm nearing overload here and oh yeah Packers are just about to kick off. Plus Torn has STORMED back in our game and is leading. IT'S MENTAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

REGGIE BUSH TWO TDs CALLED BACK ON THE 1

AGGHHHHHHH

I had a 20 pt lead with that TD

[Torn]

13 point lead with RAMS DEFENSE AND KICKER vs Rodgers, Nelson and Daniels

DAMN.

[Cewsh]

I regret my entire team.

[Torn]

Ahahah what a hopeless performance by you

I'm pleased with my team, currently have 121 points although my D just activated, just annoying to be playing bloody Christopherson this week.

[Cewsh]

I expect future weeks to work much better, but yeah. This is miserable. So much for the fucking Zach Sudfeld experiment.

[Torn]

I started him in the money league

The Jordan Cameron experiment, on the other hand, went VERY well.

[Christopherson]

We don't talk about the money league, we never talk about the money league okay. First rule of the money league is we don't talk about the money league.

[Christopherson]

Let's go Rodgers, this is what we DO motherhuggers.

[Torn]

You've won already

[Christopherson]

I see what you're trying to do.

YOU'VE already won.

[Christopherson]

Wheeeeeee nothing like bullshit to start the year. Fucking Finley costing me a interception when Rodgers does nothing but put it right on his hands.

[Defrost]

fucking Giants

[Bert]

LeSean Mccoy should do me a favor and suck real bad.

[hithit]

need a rb, willing to deal anyone but calvin.

[Christopherson]

Morrison shit all over me in the league this week with a score of 179, worst of all it looks like I would have beaten every single other person with my score this week.


Well done Morrison

[Bert]

I got buried worse than Ryan Reynolds in Buried.

[Morrison]

Morrison shit all over me in the league this week with a score of 179, worst of all it looks like I would have beaten every single other person with my score this week.


Well done Morrison

OOPS SORRY.

i really lucked out with james jones having a great game, which i was kinda hoping on when i drafted him. he's one of those players that always falls through the cracks cause people assume aaron rodgers has OTHER more important weapons, but the guy gets his. i was a bit scared after his non-existence in week 1. and i went to bed at half-time for the seahawks game so i missed out on lynch blowing up like he did.

[Bert]

Whoa. I won.

[MMH]

Im at the end of some disgusting bad luck this season.

40 points from Antonio Brown? Fuck off.

[Bert]

Julio Jones is too busy wondering what happened on Breaking Bad to get me more points it seems.

I hope the Dolphins D sucks tommorow.

[Defrost]

If Brees and Colston combine for 105 points tomorrow I'm in trouble

[Defrost]

Actually even if that happens I still win

[Bert]

I'm ahead by 13 now. Still hoping Dolphins D sucks.

[Bert]

Cewsh is 0-4 now. Ouch.

[Cewsh]

Yep. Tough year for me.

[hithit]

fucking hell, morri has a stacked team! thinking he has got me this week.

[Morrison]

that accidentally drafting manning thing has accounted for a good amount of that. my situation at running back is still kinda shitty, though fred jackson is doing me well, and thankfully my WR's and QB are running wild. i don't think i can keep that up for a full season, especially if cruz and bryant have a down week at the same time, i don't have much else to fall back on.

[Bert]

Ray Rice got benched somehow so I'll probably lose this one.

I think I was hacked honestly. They skipped my bank account and went right for the fantasy football lineup.

[Christopherson]

Poor Bert, Rice and Romo benched, good news for him is he'll still probably win because my team suck TEH ASS.

[hithit]

offered you a trade morry.

[Morrison]

as much as i'd love gronk, especially after today's performance, i can't give up my top running back, considering how thin i am at the position. i lucked out with fred jackson being a PPR playa, but he's always an injury concern.

[Myles]

my team is so shit

[Christopherson]

I've been Donald Duck with injuries and there's really not a lot I can do. Oh, I've also been shafted by players putting up donuts for inexplicable reasons.


Edit - crap this was meant for the cash league game.

[Torn]

GOLDEN GRAHAMS SURVIVED GOING AGAINST A MONSTER JIMMY GRAHAM GAME

He tried to break my heart but failed

[Defrost]

I am giving serious thought to leaving the defense slot empty the rest of the season. Like the last 5 weeks no matter the defense I use or how good the matchup is on paper I have either gotten 0 points or lost points on that spot.

[Bert]

Defrost.

[Bert]

Good game Hitty. Well played.

[Torn]

Sneaked a first round bye over MMH by 6 points in total score

[MMH]

Anyone having issues with the scoreboard? Matthew has had Nick Foles in all game then all of a sudden after the game Brees is in instead?

[Morrison]

i really fell apart in the home stretch to the playoffs after starting so well. i tried to unload dez bryant and victor cruz in trades multiple times to no response.

[MMH]

Mike Wallace is so frustrating. Another week where he does well but sits on my bench.

Not a good time to have a shit week thus far.

[Torn]

MIRACLES CAN HAPPEN. Have some of Justin Tucker, Jamaal cheaty Charles.

[Defrost]

I am now the ex Champion