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Underdog · 12-14-2010, 01:05 AM

My D-M league team tried their hardest to give JThig the win, but Orton and the Bears D/ST c*ckblocked him with -6 combined points...

fluid.forty.one · 12-14-2010, 01:10 AM

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My D-M league team tried their hardest to give JThig the win, but Orton and the Bears D/ST c*ckblocked him with -6 combined points...

That's a little worse than me losing by 1 with Aaron Rodgers giving me 1 point.

left texas · 12-14-2010, 07:59 AM

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woah DirkFTW was 13-0 in the d-m league.

Good luck tomorrow left texas.. looks like we're going to have a close playoff game

Wow, I won by one. I never get that lucky. Aaron Rogers cost me in another league.

Flacolaco · 12-14-2010, 04:45 PM

My team averaged 129 points this year in the regular season.

Get to the playoffs and its 83 points. 83. Unbelievable.

Underlines how much all of this is luck. Good times though.

FINtastic · 12-14-2010, 04:58 PM

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My team averaged 129 points this year in the regular season.

Get to the playoffs and its 83 points. 83. Unbelievable.

Underlines how much all of this is luck. Good times though.

You just don't want to give credit to my stifling fantasy defense.

BGMaverick9 · 12-15-2010, 09:46 AM

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wow

1 point playoff loss.

harsh.

Try missing the playoffs by one point (total points for over the course of the season), finishing the season on a 4-0 run, finishing second in the division and beating the division winner...twice.

Hardcore league, went about as far as it could without having a capable #2 RB until the last half of the season, maybe even later. That'll be a nice roster to play with going forward though.

Spygate continues the magical run and like the team of the Real Golden Boy, it's a team you really don't want to run into right now. I'm taking on the overall #1 seed this week.

fluid.forty.one · 12-15-2010, 01:55 PM

Fantasy Football was just generally depressing for me this year in all 3 of my leagues. I'm going to have to drink a lot this off season.

chumdawg · 12-15-2010, 03:05 PM

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Fantasy Football was just generally depressing for me this year in all 3 of my leagues. I'm going to have to drink a lot this off season.

Luckily for me, I'm in the semi's in my money league (despite losing the last three regular season games). Two more wins will net me $800. Please, please, please have another good game, Chris Johnson!

LonghornDub · 12-15-2010, 03:08 PM

I'm not in your guys' league, but I wanted to momentarily express my disappointment that my fantasy dynasty is dead. Three championships in the last four years (and 2nd place the year I didn't win), but I lost in the first round of the playoffs this week by 5 points. Just couldn't overcome losing my QB (Romo) and my TE (Finley) early in the year to injury.

fluid.forty.one · 12-15-2010, 03:39 PM

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Luckily for me, I'm in the semi's in my money league (despite losing the last three regular season games). Two more wins will net me $800. Please, please, please have another good game, Chris Johnson!

Good luck dude!

chumdawg · 12-15-2010, 03:40 PM

Sorry to hear that, LD. But I'm sure the rest of your league isn't!

Okay, boys...I need to pick two receivers out of this heap of garbage:

Miles Austin
Vincent Jackson
Kenny Britt
Lance Moore
Anthony Armstrong

Who do you see as the least two of those evils?

Also, any chance you would consider starting Jonathan Stewart against the porous Arizona defense and sitting either Chris Johnson or Jamaal Charles?

LonghornDub · 12-15-2010, 04:59 PM

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Sorry to hear that, LD. But I'm sure the rest of your league isn't!

Okay, boys...I need to pick two receivers out of this heap of garbage:

Miles Austin
Vincent Jackson
Kenny Britt
Lance Moore
Anthony Armstrong

Who do you see as the least two of those evils?

Also, any chance you would consider starting Jonathan Stewart against the porous Arizona defense and sitting either Chris Johnson or Jamaal Charles?

Moore and either Austin or Jackson. Not sure how you decide between those 2.

Definitely would start CJ and JC, personally.

chumdawg · 12-16-2010, 11:43 PM

Thank goodness I started Jackson. Three scores...yeah, that'll do! I got ten points from Kaeding as well, so I'm quite happy with tonight's game. Now I just need to decide on Austin or Britt or Moore, but honestly, if my backs have good games it won't matter...not after that outburst by VJax.

My opponent has both Peyton Manning and Vick. That's going to be a tough call for him.

Underdog · 12-17-2010, 12:07 AM

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Thank goodness I started Jackson. Three scores...yeah, that'll do! I got ten points from Kaeding as well, so I'm quite happy with tonight's game. Now I just need to decide on Austin or Britt or Moore, but honestly, if my backs have good games it won't matter...not after that outburst by VJax.

My opponent has both Peyton Manning and Vick. That's going to be a tough call for him.

Like I said before: Fantasy Playoff Hero

(I started him in the 2nd week of a really close playoff game and it paid off big!)

CadBane · 12-17-2010, 12:50 AM

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Boy, he sure did think he sounded smart rattling off all the flavors of the week...

- Charles is currently ranked the #10 RB in ESPN standard leagues while Jones ranked #23.

- Best has scored 18 points since Cadbanned traded for him while Moore has scored 22 (ESPN standard, non-PPR).

- Fitzpatrick has played his 3 worst games of the season since this was posted.

What a loud-mouthed poser - I kinda wish he wasn't banned so I could rub his nose in it...

It sure is easy to get away with lying when you know you won't be called out. Did you miss me?

1. I never said Jones is better than Charles. I said he splits touches with him, and I don't like RBs that have to split touches. I also said that Jones gets more goal line touches. How's that looking now? Are you denying either of those things? No worries, I'll provide the facts for you.

Charles: 192 carries, 3 TDs
Jones: 190 carries, 5 TDs

Woops! Nice try though, better luck next time.

1. I traded Best for Moore? So what? That's like trading Matt Carroll for Travis Diener, but sans contracts. Moore hasn't done a thing. Best has been garbage due to turf toe, but it's not like I start him. I ended up cutting him and picking up Jacobs several weeks ago, who had a monster game in the spot start I gave him.

2. Clearly you missed/omitted earlier in the thread where I mentioned picking up Stafford. I started Stafford over Fitzy. Stafford had 3 TDS when I started him. I haven't started Fityz once since then. I've been rolling with Cassel & Kitna who have both been well above average in every start I gave them (Matt had several HUGE games).

3. You decided to ignore the fact that I picked up Brandon Lloyd after Week 1 off waivers. How's he done? Oh yeah, he just leads the NFL in receiving yards is all. You also decided to ignore that I picked up Steve Johnson early on. How's he done? Oh yeah, just 900 yards and 7 TDS. Why no mention of those pickups?

Thank you, come again!

chumdawg · 12-17-2010, 12:59 AM

I thought what you said was that Charles was trash.

BGMaverick9 · 12-17-2010, 01:00 AM

ugh

CadBane · 12-17-2010, 01:07 AM

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No, obviously touches aren't a fantasy credential. My point was that if the guy doesn't even get the most touches on his team, how effective can he be? Unless it's a Ten. situation of a few years ago where LenDale got all the TDs but CJ got all the touches, it's not going to be good. You don't need JC. Obviously "scrub" is hyperbole on my part, but he's not that good.

Like I said. Jones and JC are separated by a mere 2 carries. JC only has 3 touchdowns. Sure, his yardage has been great. But with an extreme paucity of TDs and limited touches, he's far from elite, and not better than what you had.

Did you end up doing that trade?

chumdawg · 12-17-2010, 01:43 AM

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Like I said. Jones and JC are separated by a mere 2 carries. JC only has 3 touchdowns. Sure, his yardage has been great. But with an extreme paucity of TDs and limited touches, he's far from elite, and not better than what you had.

Did you end up doing that trade?

I did not do the trade, no. But I don't get where you are coming from. Charles has been MUCH the better back than Jones. Carries don't get you points. Yards do. As do touchdowns, of course, but even without the touchdowns Charles has been a premier back.

You really aren't making much sense here.

Underdog · 12-17-2010, 01:44 AM

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Like I said. Jones and JC are separated by a mere 2 carries. JC only has 3 touchdowns. Sure, his yardage has been great. But with an extreme paucity of TDs and limited touches, he's far from elite, and not better than what you had.

Did you end up doing that trade?

Randy Moss got dropped by the Vikings when he was considering that trade.

CadBane · 12-17-2010, 01:48 AM

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I did not do the trade, no. But I don't get where you are coming from. Charles has been MUCH the better back than Jones. Carries don't get you points. Yards do. As do touchdowns, of course, but even without the touchdowns Charles has been a premier back.

You really aren't making much sense here.

Chum, my friend, you need to go back and read my previous post.

As I said, I never argued that Jones is better than Charles. He's not!

What I said was, the fact that he gets as many touches as JC hurts the ability of JC to produce. If TC is getting half the touches, that's 50% less touches (and thus opportunities for yards & tds, and in turn fantasy points) for JC.

Sure JC has been good. He's the 10th ranked RB. My point was that he's not going to be elite thanks to Thomas stealing his touches.

CadBane · 12-17-2010, 01:49 AM

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Randy Moss got dropped by the Vikings when he was considering that trade.

In the NFL, they call it "waived".

chumdawg · 12-17-2010, 01:56 AM

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Chum, my friend, you need to go back and read my previous post.

As I said, I never argued that Jones is better than Charles. He's not!

What I said was, the fact that he gets as many touches as JC hurts the ability of JC to produce. If TC is getting half the touches, that's 50% less touches (and thus opportunities for yards & tds, and in turn fantasy points) for JC.

Sure JC has been good. He's the 10th ranked RB. My point was that he's not going to be elite thanks to Thomas stealing his touches.

Everybody already knows that, about the backfield platoon in KC. I don't understand what you think you are/were adding to the discussion. RBC backs are necessarily still very important FF commodities, since there are only so many workhorse backs going in the league. JC did quite alright for himself this year. I guess a proper definition of elite wouldn't extend all the way to the 10th rank, but given that he is my RB3, he's elite enough for me!

I checked back in the thread and saw where you guaranteed Dez wouldn't get more than 1TD the rest of the way, with Kitna at the helm. Pretty sure you were wrong!

Underdog · 12-17-2010, 02:09 AM

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In the NFL, they call it "waived".

You're so clever.

chumdawg · 12-19-2010, 04:38 PM

How is everybody doing today?

Great day for me. The WR decision ended up being immaterial, even if I had sat VJax (31.7). I played Austin at the other slot (11.3), and the bench did just as well: Britt (15.8), Armstrong (12.5), and Moore (9.6). The WR position had frustrated me all year long. Thank goodness it came through when I needed it most.

My team hung 159 points on the opponent, which maybe is the most in my league this year. Great performances all the way around. Oddly enough, Arian Foster was my weakest link. Let me post the scores, because I am so proud of my boys!

QB - Flacco - 19.08
WR - VJax - 31.7
WR - Austin - 11.3
RB - Foster - 9.1
RB - Charles - 22.8
W/R - Chris Johnson - 20.2
TE - Witten - 25.0
K - Kaeding - 10.0
DEF - Dallas - 10.0

And Ryan Torain (18.6) and Jonathan Stewart (12.4) sitting on my bench, for the sole purpose of keeping off opponents' rosters.

The other position on my bench? My SECOND ROUND draft pick, Shonn Greene, who I have rostered all year but never started. Boy, I screwed the pooch on that one.

Sorry to crow so much, but I am giddy with today's games.

Three things:

1) Cadbane, how you like Jamaal Charles now?

2) Here's a link to my league page, in case anyone might think I'm blowing gas:

http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/f1/742265

3) Cadbane, please reciprocate by proving a link to your own league page, so that I can admire your fantasy football prowess as much as you just admired mine. Thanks.

And, in parting... Cutler and McNabb....LOLOLZ!

Underdog · 12-19-2010, 04:56 PM

Vick came through big for me today, but I still have a couple games that probably won't be decided until tomorrow...

BGMaverick9 · 12-19-2010, 05:00 PM

With spygate, My team that was a dumpster fire last year is continuing it's remarkable sophomore run this year. I'm looking like I'm in decent shape to make a run into the finals next week.

It's all I've got left because I've been eliminated from the other leagues. I went ahead and made what I think is kind of an under the radar/savvy move in the hardcore league.

chumdawg · 12-19-2010, 05:01 PM

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I went ahead and made what I think is kind of an under the radar/savvy move in the hardcore league.

Do tell!

CadBane · 12-19-2010, 05:08 PM

Kitna & Witten tore it up for me this week! Barring an insane miracle week by Chicago's defense, it's Finals time next week!

CadBane · 12-19-2010, 05:09 PM

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Vick came through big for me today, but I still have a couple games that probably won't be decided until tomorrow...

The guy I'm playing the Finals next week has Vick. He's been on quite the roll this year. Vick had a ton of points today. Did you draft him?

CadBane · 12-19-2010, 05:10 PM

By the way Chum, I'm 100% sure that is your team...but when I click the link it just says.

"You are not allowed to view this page because you are not in this league. (Error #152)"

BGMaverick9 · 12-19-2010, 05:20 PM

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Do tell!

Well I got knocked out of the playoffs last week. In the hardcore league, it's an semi-dynasty auction league. I've sort of been watching QBs that aren't flashy (expensive) and going with guys that can produce and could potentially be cheap guys to keep next year to build with.

Now that I'm out, I'm rolling without a tight end. I went ahead and cut that to get Kolb. Vick is either getting paid in Philly and Kolb will get traded to a team that needs a QB or Vick will get paid somewhere else and Kolb has all of those weapons to play with. I'll have him and he'll be relatively cheap.

chumdawg · 12-19-2010, 05:27 PM

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By the way Chum, I'm 100% sure that is your team...but when I click the link it just says.

"You are not allowed to view this page because you are not in this league. (Error #152)"

Okay, my bad. I did something wrong, I suppose, because I know someone upthread showed an example of how you could link to a league page for public view.

I do believe that you played Kitna today, because he was doubtless the best of the rest available, after you got off the Cutler/McNabb/Fitzy bandwagon. Kudos to you. He had a great fantasy game. (By the by, who would have thunk that Grossman would have had a better one? I haven't looked at the stats, but I'm guessing that he did.)

As a fellow Witten owner, congrats on that. Did you draft him? I have to sprain my elbow patting myself on the back here, because I traded Keller for Witten the week after Romo went down. And I traded LT for VJax (instead of that Charles trade). The only two moves I made...but they paid huge dividends.

chumdawg · 12-19-2010, 05:30 PM

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Well I got knocked out of the playoffs last week. In the hardcore league, it's an semi-dynasty auction league. I've sort of been watching QBs that aren't flashy (expensive) and going with guys that can produce and could potentially be cheap guys to keep next year to build with.

Now that I'm out, I'm rolling without a tight end. I went ahead and cut that to get Kolb. Vick is either getting paid in Philly and Kolb will get traded to a team that needs a QB or Vick will get paid somewhere else and Kolb has all of those weapons to play with. I'll have him and he'll be relatively cheap.

Shrewd.

You will have to explain to me, though, how this works. I don't understand the format. Kolb seems like a guy who you would want to bet on going forward, so I don't understand why he would be so readily available. And at that, why would you have to cut a starting TE to get him? What about the bottom-of-the-roster bench slots?

Ohhh...maybe I am getting it. You said "dynasty," as opposed to keeper. Do you keep your whole roster in that format? I'm not familiar with the rules. Seems like a cool idea, though.

BGMaverick9 · 12-19-2010, 05:36 PM

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Shrewd.

You will have to explain to me, though, how this works. I don't understand the format. Kolb seems like a guy who you would want to bet on going forward, so I don't understand why he would be so readily available. And at that, why would you have to cut a starting TE to get him? What about the bottom-of-the-roster bench slots?

Ohhh...maybe I am getting it. You said "dynasty," as opposed to keeper. Do you keep your whole roster in that format? I'm not familiar with the rules. Seems like a cool idea, though.

You play basically with a salary cap, it's $200 and ESPN determines the value of each player. My TE was Benjamin Watson, the options to cut were Ryan Mathews, Danny Woodhead, Jonathan Stewart, CJ Spiller and Sam Bradford. Some of those guys have done nothing this year but they're not worth dumping...you can hold on to them and hope for a stronger year next year.

Kolb was a free agent, basically getting cut after Vick took over...people couldn't afford to hold on to him through the season.

You just have to pick and choose who you can keep based on the salary values for each player.

CadBane · 12-19-2010, 05:37 PM

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Okay, my bad. I did something wrong, I suppose, because I know someone upthread showed an example of how you could link to a league page for public view.

I do believe that you played Kitna today, because he was doubtless the best of the rest available, after you got off the Cutler/McNabb/Fitzy bandwagon. Kudos to you. He had a great fantasy game. (By the by, who would have thunk that Grossman would have had a better one? I haven't looked at the stats, but I'm guessing that he did.)

As a fellow Witten owner, congrats on that. Did you draft him? I have to sprain my elbow patting myself on the back here, because I traded Keller for Witten the week after Romo went down. And I traded LT for VJax (instead of that Charles trade). The only two moves I made...but they paid huge dividends.

I did draft Witten. It's funny because there was a prolonged period where he wasn't producing much, and I considered waiving him for Todd Heap, because he had been let go due to a previous injury. I'm glad I didn't make that move, Witten gas been money the last 3 or 4 weeks.

I'm surprised someone gave you Witten for Keller. That's a no-brainer. Especially since back-up QBs tend to rely heavily on their TE's.

The Vjax trade was also a very good one...surprised someone did that for LT. They must have been desperate for a RB. LT has had a nice "resurgence" season, but I wouldn't start him unless I had to.

My QB rotation has admittedly vacillated throughout the year, but to my credit, I've only started guys who had good weeks. Cutler was great when I had him (he's actually rebounded later in the year long after I waived him), McNabb had a very good week when I started him. Stafford was fantastic before he got hurt. Fitzy had a good 3 week run. And since, Cassell and Kitna have been very good as well.

Underdog · 12-19-2010, 10:51 PM

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The guy I'm playing the Finals next week has Vick. He's been on quite the roll this year. Vick had a ton of points today. Did you draft him?

Nope, I drafted Kolb as my backup, but picked Vick up after Week 1.

BGMaverick9 · 12-19-2010, 11:28 PM

Barring any crazy stat corrections...the dream continues!

DirkFTW · 12-20-2010, 10:40 AM

I have a bad feeling UD and I are set up for Giants-Patriots bowl part deux.

Underdog · 12-20-2010, 11:01 AM

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I have a bad feeling UD and I are set up for Giants-Patriots bowl part deux.

I'd say you have to lose eventually, but then the same would apply to my 13-0 team in another league, so screw that - I'm just gonna beat ya!

Plus, I've won 9 in a row with my D-M team, so we're both in the middle of big streaks right now - unstoppable force, meet immovable object...