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Entertainment & Artistry => Sports/Outdoors & Manpoon => Topic started by: charlie on June 24, 2009, 07:14:41 PM
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Hope everybody is up for this again.
That's right, Football season is almost here...
http://www.fleaflicker.com/nfl/showLeague.do?leagueId=14317&season=2009
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P.S. I have Brady and Rodgers and don't want both. I'll trade one for a great running back or maybe for a good player and a draft pick.
I already proposed a trade with kermi.
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I'm open to the trade, but I'm not ready to pull the trigger on it - we're like a month before I'm set to thinking about this one...
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Yup, count me in.
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Count me out :( I don't think I'll have time for this with the baby coming soon :p
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You can't be counted out of a keeper league... it's a keeper league!!
Just do your best, and if you suck then you'll get a good draft pick next year. Besides, with a new baby coming you'll want something to occupy your time once or twice a week for 5 minutes.
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is there a way in SMF to ignore a thread?
like if I'm not interested in the keeper league but don't want to keep seeing this thread pop up over and over again from now 'till November?
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you mean till January?
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Just deal with it you wuss! :p
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Don't check all new posts?
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I'm open to the trade, but I'm not ready to pull the trigger on it - we're like a month before I'm set to thinking about this one...
It's been a month.
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Give me a week to finish this job, then I'll think about football....
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Check that - No. Not for AP. For another guy I may do it, but not AP....he's a #1 pick...
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Check that - No. Not for AP. For another guy I may do it, but not AP....he's a #1 pick...
Ok, but Brady might be considered a #1 by some as well.
I might consider throwing in a pick.
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They'd be wrong.
I don't have a QB in my 1st Rd period...
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They'd be wrong.
Right, because easily being the highest scoring player in our league last time he played a season isn't enough to be a first round pick. :thumbsup: Good luck with that. ;)
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No because the point differential between top QBs and secondardy QBs is much less than the differential between top RBs and second level RBs.
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all about the tiers
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No because the point differential between top QBs and secondardy QBs is much less than the differential between top RBs and second level RBs.
Perhaps, but I'm not sure that's what happened last year.
Difference in points 2008
QB#1 - QB#5: 60pts
RB#1 - RB#5: 50pts
QB#1 - QB#9: 125pts
RB#1 - RB#17: 112pts
QB#3 - QB#9: 74pts
RB#3 - RB#17: 65pts
QB#1 - QB#12: 145pts
RB#1 - RB#28: 158pts
QB#3 - QB#12: 95pts
RB#3 - RB#28: 111pts
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Yeah, QB's vs RB's debate might be shifting to the QB's now that the league has gone pass wacky and so many teams are platooning running backs.
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Fair point - I forgot about our funky rules...I'll let you know by morning...
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I could use a good RB...if someone would like someone from my roster let me know!
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I could use a good RB...if someone would like someone from my roster let me know!
Unfortunately we only get two keepers, so it will be hard to find someone with two keepable running backs that is willing to give one up. You'll probably have to wait for the draft. (Then again, if someone has three keepable players, you might be able to trade them a draft pick... that would probably work out well. I'd consider giving you Westbrook for a high draft pick.)
By the way, thanks for sticking with the league. :thumbsup:
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Good trade charlie...thanks
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Let's not forget to pick a draft day before they are all taken.
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Good trade charlie...thanks
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Sometime after the 31st?
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Any time before Sep 10 is good with me.
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whenev. preferably not the 1st though. maybe the 4th?
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1st is the only bad day for me.
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any day works for me -
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So I didn't really pay attention to this league last year and I won't this year either probably....
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Not September 3rd.
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4th works...though preferably on the early side...
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How early? I have a meeting from 3:30 to 4pm pacific time at work. I can do it from the office after that, though.
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After 8:30PM EST works best for me.
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Good trade charlie...thanks
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axon, you've got to drop somebody from your team before the trade can go through. Just drop your crappiest player when you get a chance. Danke!
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I thought I did that already :dunno:
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That's a bit late for me because I'd like the option to go out afterwards, but whatever works...sometime closer to 7 est would be better.
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i have a terrible feeling that no matter how early/late we do it on friday, if it's after 5, i probably won't be completely sober.
unless i don't make new friends. :(
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Sept 4th works for me. No preference in time.
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It's currently set for the 4th at 8:30PM. If someone wants to propose a different day/time, please speak up now.
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We're allowed to change keepers, right?
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Yup.
In fact, everybody should adjust their keepers if they haven't already. I don't know when the deadline is, but I wouldn't wait until the day of the draft.
I know PJ and axon only have one keeper set, and a few other people probably want to change theirs.
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So I didn't really pay attention to this league last year and I won't this year either probably....
This means I'm not planning on playing so you're wasting your time trying to trade me stuff
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So I didn't really pay attention to this league last year and I won't this year either probably....
This means I'm not planning on playing so you're wasting your time trying to trade me stuff
Please at least set your keepers.
Enjoy your farming!
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I'm leaning towards keeping Turner/Fitzgerald this year so anybody interested in trading a draft pick for Frank Gore? He's a first round draft pick and somebody here can get solid value for him if they don't have 2 decent keepers.
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I'm trying to accept the trade from you cshot, but it's saying i have to drop a player and it gives me a blank list of radio buttons
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Try dropping the player first before accepting the trade. Maybe that's what charlie/kermi3 did for their trade.
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My brother would be interested in taking over a team if someone wants to skip the season.
-edit, CShot, you going to play in the non-keeper?
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My brother would be interested in taking over a team if someone wants to skip the season.
-edit, CShot, you going to play in the non-keeper?
*raises hand*
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Cambell would also take a team`
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Brother called dibs on cheez's team first!
And crap, I completely forgot how shitty my team from last year was, the only obvious player to keep is Lynch and he's suspended the first three games :lol:
I'm totally up for trading a draft pick for keeper worthy players if anyone is interested.
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Take a look at my roster. I'm keeping Peters and Rodgers
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Brother called dibs on cheez's team first!
And crap, I completely forgot how shitty my team from last year was, the only obvious player to keep is Lynch and he's suspended the first three games :lol:
I'm totally up for trading a draft pick for keeper worthy players if anyone is interested.
I'll send you a trade offer tonight.
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I'll consider your trade when I have a little more time cshot, weekend at the latest. And Kermi, rejected your trade, not going to give up my first overall pick for anyone a team was going to drop anyways since I could just use my first pick on them, a trade only limits my options and helps one of you guys out for no good reason ;)
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hehe - thought I'd give that one a shot - didn't realize you were first overall...I'd do the same for a 2nd Rd - not a 3rd though, you have the remarkable knack of grabbing guys just before I pick them - the fewer times I have to pick after you the better ;-)
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Ok, I want to do both of your trades, I pick my 2nd and 3rd rounds back to back so they are essentially the same pick but one of you will get the ever so slight advantage here. I think Jackson is just a little better than Gore so I say I give 2nd to Kermi and 3rd to Cshot. You guys cool with that?
:EDIT, just noticed cshot included a low round pick in his trade, we have a winner! Kermi, you want the deal for the very next pick?
Also, how do we give cheez's team to my brother? Commish thing or does cheez need to do something on his end?
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Yeah I was wondering that too. I don't want to just give him my password in case I want to use my account for another league or something.
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I was able to remove Jeremy as the owner. Now there is a link for "invite new owner" for his team. I guess anyone can probably click on that or maybe i have to. I just need the person's email address.
By the way, does anyone want to be co-commish in case I'm not around or can't get to something?
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Ok, just sent you a PM with his address, thanks!
I can co-commish.
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You're now co-commish.
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Mwuhahahahah!
Oh, and thanks for sending the email to my brother.
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Anyone interested in Chris Johnson? Top ten running back, looking for high draft pick(s).
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Well we're idiots Charlie - we just gave PJ 3 keepers. Well played.
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Errr... I don't think so, I'm guessing I can still only keep two.
[edit] Yup, just checked. Thats why I'm offering up Johnson, good chance I'll take him with my first pick but willing to trade him plus a late round pick for a 2nd rounder.
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Well we're idiots Charlie - we just gave PJ 3 keepers. Well played.
:D Get some sleep kermi.
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The 2 top guys we traded him plus the #1 overall pick...3 keepers - nice job PJ.
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Well... if my original team wasn't so sucky I would have had three keepers plus still have my 2nd and 3rd round picks ;)
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Whose fault is that?
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Yours :mad:
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The 2 top guys we traded him plus the #1 overall pick...3 keepers - nice job PJ.
I didn't trade him anything. :p
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Sweet, I come in on a team that has Forte. Thanks for letting me in guys. I wish I got her sooner, would of stolen one of those deals pj got.
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Welcome....and Matt Cassle for a 1st rd pick is still available...
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Cassel is going to suck this year. I'll offer up Peyton Manning instead :nyd:
Hey kerm, would you be interested in a Turner/Manning for Peterson/Rodgers trade?
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I really like how the scoring is setup for defense in the non keeper league, 10 points for shutout, 5 points for allowing 1-6 points, 3 for allowing 7-10 points, -3 for 28-34 and -5 for 35+.
Anyone mind if we use the same rule here?
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Nope.
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Sounds good
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Do it.
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Tempting but I'm skeptical of Atlanta - I think the QB is a big upgrade, but the RB is a bigger downgrade...afterall- Atlanta led the NFC South last year...thus they will be the worst this year...
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I can't do the draft - orientation happy hour with my program - I may get a friend to do it for me...In the future - Friday night, not good...
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I might not make it either... most likely yes but cannot guarantee it.
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And it looks unlikely that I will be able to make it either. I'll be visiting family this weekend, including Friday night.
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I will miss it too.
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In that case I can make it.
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Ummm... reschedule for another night? No fun if over half the people are gone.
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How about before or after the non keeper draft?
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Ummm... reschedule for another night? No fun if over half the people are gone.
Well, so far it's only 3 (me, kermi and ober) out of 8 that can't make it, plus we'll have a drunk jkim. Right?
I'm obviously fine with rescheduling, though.
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I can only do it Sat night after 9PM if we reschedule.
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I can only do it Saturday before 4
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How come we don't do it on a weekday evening any more?
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Everyone wanted to do it this week and everyone had other stuff going on this week.
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I'd be fine with moving it to Saturday. Season starts the following Thursday so not much time left to draft.
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Ok... well I don't mind missing it so whatever you guys want to do is fine by me. It'll be hard to make anything this weekend for me anyway.
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Oh... wait, I thought the season started this Sunday! We could do it Monday/Tues/Wed of next week?
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Season starts a week from tomorrow, tennessee at pitt
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I propose Tuesday, the 9th at 8:30 EST.
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Weekdays are bad for me.
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Anything after Saturday works for me. Was there a problem after Sunday's non keeper draft, most people are in that league are'nt they?
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One problem with having them back to back is its difficult to know how long a draft will take to complete, sometimes they are real quick and other times they take forever with people always taking the maximum amount of time. But I'm open for same night, or really anytime to be honest.
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Sunday night would work for me as well... how late are we talking?
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Sunday works for me too. I don't mind drafting back to back.
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Ok, we need to decide quickly here since its still scheduled for tomorrow night. The non-keeper is at 5PT/8ET Sunday, we can do 6:30PT/9:30ET or 3:30PT/6:30ET on Sunday for this league or do a different time like say monday or tuesday night. Everyone put in your vote with what you want to do asap so we can reschedule before its too late.
I'm figuring an hour and a half for drafting, don't know if thats accurate, but if it isn't I'm sure we can handle drafting in both leagues at the same time for a few minutes.
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My preferences:
tomorrow night
sunday 6:30 ET (this would have less overlap with the non-keeper because the 8 team draft should go much faster)
sunday 9:30 ET
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No preference.
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No preference. Figuring out if it's worth taking my laptop to Pittsburgh this weekend to begin with.
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Sometime Sunday...either slot...
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Ok, I'm going to set us up for the early slot on Sunday, if anyone has an issue let me know asap.
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Ok, set for 3:30PT/6:30ET on Sunday.
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Does the commissioner have power to set keepers for other teams? I don't know if axon's going to be available to access his team, and he only has one keeper set.
I feel guilty now that I traded him Westbrook. He was ranked a lot higher at the time of the trade.
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Doesn't look like it, I can change his roster but I don't see where I can set his keepers.
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Fuck... can we do the later slot on Sunday? I can't do 6:30.
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This is weird - I've never had problems with draft scheduling before this year. Both the leagues I'm in had major problems with it and you guys are too.
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I can do the later slot just as easy, anyone have a problem with bumping it to later in the evening? Speak now or forever hold your peace.
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Do it.
And I propose that in honor of the new dad, if Ax can't make it - we all agree to try not to draft Westbrook until the computer grabs it for him. Anyone who breaks the rule has to wear the avatar of RoD's choice for the duration of the season.
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I'm 100% ok with that, however, if anyone else doesn't show up he might get autodrafted... but I think I can fix that after the fact.
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For anyone who's not in the non-keeper - get a Skype account before the draft...party call taunting!
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Ok, I can't force a trade between Jen and Axon, best I can do is force them both to drop a player. You two will need to do it yourselves, I believe the trade should be for Ronnie Brown since that was the next pick made after Jen nabbed Westbrook.
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heh? whats going on?
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oh oh, I read the thread now...that be mighty kind of you folks! :p
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You only had 1 keeper, and we knew you wanted Westbrook and were a bit busy - so we've been scheming to try and get the new dad Westbrook.
sidenote: I start the season with a double header against Charlie? Gotta set the tone here boys...
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I totally forgot to do that...oops. So, I have to propose a trad to jen brown for westbrook?
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Yeah, totally did not make the draft. We actually left my friends apartment as soon as non-keeper was about to start. :(
Go ahead and propose the trade. I'm okay with it (at least right now in my not entirely sober state).
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It's funny.. I missed both drafts and looked through the draft list and thought my auto-picks were horrible, but then I look at my rosters and I'm thinking they're probably better than I would do so... :thumbsup:
Hope you all had fun and good luck.
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Charlie you came out smelling like the sweetest shit every. I may not show to my draft tonight and hope for a team like that.
Good luck this week though.
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Hey ax, don't know if you'll see this in time, but you have less than an hour to fill that empty WR slot...
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thanks jen! almost made it :( we're getting used to our routine with the little one - hopefully in a few weeks I'll have my act together on here :p
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Good luck with that... took us about 3 months to find a routine.
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... still trying ...
and I'm talking about our first kid who's three years old.
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oh thanks guys! ;) well, hopefully it will be a bit easier starting this Friday. My mom is flying in for three months :)
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Wait... you put a smiley face after that!? I think that's a typo!
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well I haven't seen her in a year, and I know she'll help us out a lot! so yeah, that is one big smiley :)
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Holy crap charlie, you made me sweat it out last night. I thought I had a guaranteed win being up by 31 points and you only having your TE left, too bad he only scored you 30 points ;)
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I've scored the most points in the league and I'm 0-2. :( :mad:
Holy crap... I've got the most points in the non-keeper, too. I'd crow about it but with my fantasy record I know it won't last. :|
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this will be one long ass season for me...last week my optimum score was twice less than my opponents
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I thought it was over Govt, but FORTY points out of White? WTF?
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what
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I thought it was over Govt, but FORTY points out of White? WTF?
Govt's not in the league any more. That's PJ's brother I think.
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Yeah, thats my brother, he's going to be pissed. Not to mention the same thing happened to his wife in the non keeper.
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Pissed? He's gonna beat me!
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Oops, I saw your high score and for some reason I thought you had White, not him. He's still pissed that he scored so much and lost :)
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Hehehe. I would be too. Conselation - I really thought Johnson would score enough to beat me - even if it'd be winning via a fluke.
Sucks when your a top scorer and still lose, but it's a high scoring week.
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Just needed 7 damn points out of Chris Johnson!!!
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Not that it matters, but why didn't I start Braylon Edwards again?
edit: never mind, they took away his 2nd TD
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Since there are not a lot of teams in keeper league, I know the teams are a little loaded. Looking for interesting trade ideas, I have too many RB's.
On the table,
S. Slaton, C. Johnson, T. Hightower, J. Lewis. Anybody interested?
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I might as well just bail on this league now... Holy SHit. I didn't even check my team for byes this week. :mad:
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I might as well just bail on this league now... Holy SHit. I didn't even check my team for byes this week. :mad:
it happens; don't bail!
I'm surprised that I've been keeping up with my team in both leagues (not doing a very good job but still ;) ).
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Man, looks like I'm gonna lose to PJ's brother in both leagues this week.
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I might as well just bail on this league now... Holy SHit. I didn't even check my team for byes this week. :mad:
Yeah, that sucks. Wouldn't have helped this week anyway with all those guys out. Even if you don't finish well at least you'll have a high pick for next year.
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I've sucked at keeping up with players - charlie and PJ have been all over the good steals!
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Damn Kermi, good game, you've got a stacked team there. 3 game lead already this early in the season!
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:D Thanks. Was really happy with this years draft...payback for your killing me a last month in the non-keeper.
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Damn, I wasted a waiver pick on Maroney, I meant to click the Jets RB instead. Course I wouldn't have grabbed him because it looks like Kermi had the higher waiver position, but at least I wouldnt' have wasted mine.
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:D
I needed another RB...more importantly, I needed you NOT to have him!
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so who else didn't know their starting qb was playing tonight only to throw down 5 ints? thanks jay, you're awesome.
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Yeah, thanks Jay!
Go Niners! :woot:
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Hell yeah go Niners. I didn't even realize there was a game today but I've got Gore and their D in one of my leagues
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WOW. I definitely should not have had that last minute (literally) win over you, ober. Thank goodness for the Patriots' ridiculous decision to go for it at 4th down. :)
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I kinda liked the decision....You really want to give Peyton 2 minutes even with the length of the field? I'd do that about as quickly as I'd give it to Brady or Ben.
That first would have won the game - and they were damn close to getting it - if they didn't.
BTW - I'm going to LOVE winning with one of the bottom 2 or 3 scores this week...talk about not deserving it...
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I'm with Kermi, one of those Bellichek is a genious if it works or an idiot if it doesn't work decisions. Put the game in the hands of your high powered offense instead of your suspect defense.
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Put the game in the hands of your high powered offense instead of your suspect defense.
That's what he was trying to do
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I like the idea of going for it much more often than most teams do, but at the 28 yard line maybe not so much, and at the end of the game, the 30-40 yards from a punt could make a big difference.
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Yeah I think that coaches tend to be too cautious on 4th down, but that is probably a situation where they should have punted. The risk of giving Peyton effing Manning the ball on your own 30 when he's only down a TD is pretty crazy.
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I like the idea of going for it much more often than most teams do, but at the 28 yard line maybe not so much, and at the end of the game, the 30-40 yards from a punt could make a big difference.
I think given the opposing offense, the extra 30-40 yards wouldn't have been much help - especially compared to the risk that the Pats high powered offense couldn't gain 1 yard...
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Put the game in the hands of your high powered offense instead of your suspect defense.
That's what he was trying to do
I know, I was agreeing with Bellichek. Well kinda agreeing, I'm not sure I would have done the same thing, but I don't think it was a bad call either, certainly not the worst call in football history like some critics are claiming.
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> certainly not the worst call in football history like some critics are claiming.
Sky blue, sports commentators melodramatic retards
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I like the idea of going for it much more often than most teams do, but at the 28 yard line maybe not so much, and at the end of the game, the 30-40 yards from a punt could make a big difference.
I think given the opposing offense, the extra 30-40 yards wouldn't have been much help - especially compared to the risk that the Pats high powered offense couldn't gain 1 yard...
Did the Colts score on every possession that game? I didn't watch, but I assume they didn't. Forcing someone to go 65 yards instead of 28 (when they need a touchdown) raises the likelihood of stopping them by quite a bit.
I just made up some numbers and it seems like it could go either way.
Chances of stopping Colts TD from 28 yards away: 35%
Chances of stopping Colts TD from 65 yards away: 70%
Chances of making it on 4th down: 50%
Likelihood of victory after going for it: 67.5%
Likelihood of victory after punting: 70%
(Note: I fudged the numbers a bit, my initial thoughts had the "go for it" option the clear winner.)
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It'd be cool to actually figure out the numbers instead of just making them up. The excessive stats is one of the reasons I like baseball more than the NFL
Indy had 14 possessions and scored on 5 of them. The only possession they had that started in NE territory was the result of the 4th down play. All of their other scoring drives were at least 79 yards.. That means that NE was successful at stopping them on long drives 69% of the time in this game (so your made up number is pretty good).
Obviously they were successful in stopping short drives 0% of the time, but it'd be sweet to see a very large sample size.
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538 linked to a study of whether to go for it on 4th down or not, but it was pretty dry and based on first quarter scenarios. Still, it might have the numbers. Also, the TMQ guy on ESPN.com always talks about it and has linked to studies, I'm sure he'll defend the decision in tomorrow's column (which I don't really read anymore).
I think the study linked by 538 said that 4th and 2 succeeds about 3 out of 7 tries. I'd imagine it would be higher for New England, which is why I bumped it to 50%, but it's hard to say how much higher. I'd look at the percentages of success on 3rd and 2 since the scenario there is usually the same.
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my numbers, based on what I'm guessing Belichick was thinking...
Chances of stopping Colts TD from 28 yards away: 0%
Chances of stopping Colts TD from 65 yards away: 10%
Chances of making it on 4th down: 75%
Likelihood of victory after going for it: 75%
Likelihood of victory after punting: 10%
you can't argue with those statistics that I made up. I think he made the right call at the time.
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Of course 538 would do something like that. Is that site still worth reading?
Chances of stopping Colts TD from 28 yards away: 0%
Chances of stopping Colts TD from 65 yards away: 10%
Your coach must be a big ol pussy
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Chances of stopping Colts TD from 28 yards away: 0%
Chances of stopping Colts TD from 65 yards away: 10%
Ha... I would hope that if that's what Belichick thinks he posts it in his locker room so his defense can be motivated. Oh, and sorry for your loss, micah. ;)
Of course 538 would do something like that. Is that site still worth reading?
I still like to read it, it's actually one of the few sites I go to every day. They have several extra people posting entries occasionally, but I tend to skip those unless I have some time. I like Silver's analysis because it tends to go more to the heart of issues rather than the current media narratives. For example, he's been posting a lot on health care, and so some things sound like surprises in the main stream media but are pretty close to what he predicts in the blog. I heard about the opt-out idea from him well before it became big news as a potential compromise, and I think many think the narrow passage of the health care bill was a bad thing for democrats, but months ago he predicted (based on stats) that it would pass with about the same margin as it did.
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Indy had 14 possessions and scored on 5 of them. The only possession they had that started in NE territory was the result of the 4th down play. All of their other scoring drives were at least 79 yards.. That means that NE was successful at stopping them on long drives 69% of the time in this game (so your made up number is pretty good).
Instead of looking at the entire game though you could just look at the fourth quarter, there Indy was successful on 2 of 3 possessions before the 4th down decision, both were 80 yards and both took less than 2 minutes.
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But why would you limit your sample size like that. Maybe adjust the number a bit if you think the team is tired or the Colts are getting better, but just because they were able to do two quick long drives in a row doesn't mean they'd do it again, especially if you employ some sort of prevent.
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Why NOT limit the sample size? The fourth quarter is very different than the first three quarters, by then the teams have had a chance to figure out whats working and what isn't working, plus like you said defenses are usually tired at that point. It would be like giving the raiders a 70% chance to beat the Bengals this next week simply because they hold a 2-1 advantage over them all time.
Not saying 66% is the right percentage they would have scored, just saying I think its definately higher than 30%.
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Well, yeah, I said you could adjust the number a little bit. But there isn't a whole lot of reason to only look at the last three. All it takes is one fumble and the percentage goes down to 33% (which is why you don't look at such a small sample size).
Maybe if you had some evidence that the odds consistently change in the fourth quarter for all teams, then it might be wiser to add a lot of emphasis to the last few drives, but otherwise I would think the emphasis there shouldn't be too big.
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ha ha... I swear I didn't see this until just now.
http://belichick-decision.heroku.com/
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ha ha... I swear I didn't see this until just now.
http://belichick-decision.heroku.com/
Ha! thats hilarious, good find :D
its still not accurate though, it presumes that if the Pats made the first down they would have won the game. But they were out of time outs and there was two minutes to kill. The likelihood of a win would be huge, but not 100%
Also, I'd like to amend my previous thoughts that implied Belichick has no faith in his defense. I still think that whether the colts have 30 yards or 99 yards to go, the result of the game would be the same. (a) They'd either have a big drive or short drive to score OR (b) The Patriots defense would have to stop them in 4 downs.
Maybe, in scenario b, Belichick had TOO MUCH faith in his defense and thought, "Hell, we can give them the ball on the 28 yard line and stop them on the 28 yard line"
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Just for the record, the statistitian in me things all the numbers are crock...it's a gut call by a guy with 4 rings whose done with a team that doesn't have any super stars that weren't created by Belicheck himself (save perhaps Moss). Get your own set of rings or sit down and shutup. So tired of this story.
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Tom Brady was sculpted into a football god by Bo Schembechler himself
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Tom Brady was sculpted into a football god by Bo Schembechler himself
One of my coworkers told me yesterday that her son wants to go to MI State because thats where Brady went... I LOL'd
(http://www.thewolverineblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/brady.jpg)
....and he has dreamy eyes too.
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I hate Tom Brady's head with a helmet on.
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I hate Tom Brady's head with a winged helmet on.
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Oh... if only something else decent would EVER come out of U of M.
Oh, and fuck OSU.
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Holy shit I'm awful in this league. :suicide:
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Well that's payback. I was trying to claim Cartwright in both leagues - damn you PJ!
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Holy shit I'm awful in this league. :suicide:
the first thing I wanted to say was "almost as bad as me" - but then I checked, and after last week I;m better :p I wonder how long that will last...hehehe
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oh yeah, best game of the season this week! Me vs. Obes
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This should be an interesting playoffs. Looks like the same four back again from the year before last. G'luck!
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Ugh, my top 3 backs went down: Michael Turner, Ronnie Brown, and Kevin Smith.
Hopefully my other positions can pull it out for me. Good luck!
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Ugh, my top 3 backs went down: Kevin Smith.
what
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Ugh, my top 3 backs went down: Kevin Smith.
what
Out. For. The. Year;
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No I'm well aware of that. What I'm wondering is how you get in a position where he's one of your top 3 fantasy backs,especially because doesn't this league only have like 8 teams?
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Kevin Smith is ranked #14. Definitely an above average #3 RB in our 8 team league.
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Wow, good for him. I haven't been paying a ton of attention to him since I can really only watch half of their games but it never seems like his stats are anything special.
Wait, 747 yards and only 4 TDs is middle of the pack in the league? Those seem like the kind of stats you'd see from a RB that's being platooned, not a featured back
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And another 415 receiving yards along with 1 TD.
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Good game there Charlie, couldn't come back from that monster Thursday you had.
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Thanks! I was sweating it, but only a bit. In the semifinals of another league I had a similar early lead, but it all got whittled away and the Giants D did me in Monday. I'm hoping a win in this league will make up for the disappointment.
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My team was really horrible in this league this season. Hopefully next year it'll be a tad bit better.
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You were a bit busy at draft time - we won't mock you this year...how is the little guy?
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hanks, and thanks :) he is growing like a weed. Just over 18lbs at 4 months....and looooooong. He is really a great kid - nothing like the horror stories we've heard from new parents - sure, he keeps us up at night, but that's because he eats very often.
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Bump....
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I might pass this year.
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I might pass this year.
You can't. It's a keeper. Unless you're a puss like Govtcheez. Just let your team play out and accumulate draft picks.
Besides you've got the first pick this year.
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No passing!!
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OK.. fuck it. I'm in. When is the draft?
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Unless you're a puss like Govtcheez.
u r so dead
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PJ, are you running this one again this year? I made you co-commish last year and I think you ran it.
What is a good draft date for everyone? I can't do it on the 24th since I have another draft that night.
Also, I'd prefer after 8PM EST if possible, 8:30 preferrably.
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I'm fine with any weekday draft time since I'd either be at work or at home. Whether I can make whatever gets picked or not I'll probably have to wait til the day of to know.
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Yes, I can run this one again. Everybody needs to make sure they set the players they want to keep, I can't remember when the league drops everyone off your team.
Ok, so far we have confirmation from myself, Kermi, Charlie, Ober, and my brother. Just missing Cshot, Jen, and Axon.
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Count me in. I'd prefer a later draft time since I'm PST time
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I'm in as well - you guys have to have somebody to beat on :p
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I'm good, just don't do the draft the 28th-30th.
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Doing before the 31st will be a bit tough for me (I also can't do the 2nd). I'm in otherwise...
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Draft is currently set for 9/6 at 9pm eastern. Any problems let me know while there is still time to change it.