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Subject: ***Official*** 2005 UFC Draft Review Posted by: culdeus - [31630622] Fri, Sep 02, 2005, 08:10 I'm going to spit this thing out in a few posts. I still have to do the hard numbers section of it over again because the font was too small when I print screened it. I wrote this stuff about as fast as I could type so forgive my treatment of the english langaguage. | |||||||
| 1 | culdeus ID: 31630622 Fri, Sep 02, 2005, 08:11 |
Forward: After looking at the above info I no longer care who you kept or didn’t keep. I never looked into any questionable calls people made. It isn’t that hard to pick 8/22 players and I assume you all did a good job (compared to last year). I wrote some of this up as the draft was rolling and some after. So there might be some roster things I pointed out that you later fixed. Sorry. | ||||||
| 2 | culdeus ID: 31630622 Fri, Sep 02, 2005, 08:11 |
Iles Primary Need Post-Keeper: QB Grade: C- After taking the no-brainer with Jordan I�m not sure QB-QB was really called for. Especially when both QBs have limited upside compared to a Leftwich. These two picks will define Iles� season. Offense: B+ Very solid if not the best core 6 WR/RB. I�m not horribly fired up about the depth at RB especially in a 10 person league. QB is still a question mark. Defense B Managed to carry over some good keepers as a result of going for IDPs earlier than need be in years past. Followed up with some good sleeper picks that could pan out. Clearly did his homework for first time. Robert Griffith is a likely week 1 drop. Best Pick I sort of like the Plaxico pick in the 13th the best from a pure value pick. Guy has potential to even be a flex here. Worst Pick It�s been discussed already. I didn�t like either of the QB picks Will win league if: For the first time I think you can say Iles has a shot here. Helps to pick first every time, but it wasn�t wasted. I�d be very worried if Jordan doesn�t start well that the flex could become a mess. Even though I like Plaxico�s upside I�d still say there is a 50/50 chance Lelie/Burres/Jenkins could all be boom/bust picking right matchups there will be key. | ||||||
| 3 | culdeus ID: 31630622 Fri, Sep 02, 2005, 08:12 |
Tommy Primary Need: RB Grade: B+ Gathering up Barlow, Bell, and Brown with three of first four live picks was a step in the right direction. One of them HAS to pan out right? Not so sure. Odds are 2/3 will flop out and force a WR start at flex most of the year. What else could you do though? Offense: B- Easily best QB grouping of league and paired with Priest will equal gobs of points off just three guys. I’m just not sure I see any potential top 10 WR in this bunch. Defense C+ Reasonably quality group here, minor bye week issues (9) to resolve. Green. Suggs, and Clements are potential waiver bait. Best Pick Getting Alge in that spot can’t hurt. Dat Nguyen probably should have gone much earlier as well. Worst Pick Failing to get Larry Johnson. Will win league if: Obviously has to get production from drafted RBs and Holmes has to stay healthy. WR group is not strong enough on their own to carry this team very far, but QB wise this team is pretty scary to face. Needs teams to stop having career games against him year in and year out. | ||||||
| 4 | culdeus ID: 31630622 Fri, Sep 02, 2005, 08:12 |
Ian Primary Need Post-Keeper: QB Grade F Ian was set up with a great group of keepers I thought. However passing on Brooks to take Plummer is inexcusable. No, it’s not inexcusable it’s a disaster. That and to top it off with an Eli pick WAY too soon potentially set this team back to being a non-contender. Offense: B Through no work of his own he has 2 top 10 WRs and 2 top 10 RBs maybe the only team out there that can say that for sure. After that it’s a slew of second bananas and likely backups or target/attempt issues to deal with. I’d hate to be counting on Bryant to finally come through for my flex. Troupe is at best a bye week fill in. Defense F— Easily the worst defense of the league. Period. I’d say 6 of these guys could be dropped right now and not picked up by anyone. This is normal for people drafting IDPs for the first time to not be able to evaluate the talent well. Luckily the waiver wire is still pretty stacked. I still see 5LBs that could plug in here for an immediate upgrade and several DBs. Best Pick: Mike Anderson *might* end up being the SOD. He’ll need somebody for flex that’s for sure. Helped that he had to chance to sit on that one for awhile. Worst Pick: Eli is probably the second worst pick anyone made in the draft this year. Even considering keeper potential the guy was still taken at least 4 rounds too early and that’s being nice. I would consider the Jake pick the third worst pick in the draft as well. So that’s two from one team for those counting at home. Will Win the League If: Ian will have to have his lack of depth due to poor drafting not become an issue. The fact that Week 10 seems to be the “Official bye week of Ian” might actually work to his advantage. Scattering byes over numerous weeks could really cause issues due to depth problems. He’ll have to work on retooling his IDP roster right away though to be able to win any of the early games. | ||||||
| 5 | culdeus ID: 31630622 Fri, Sep 02, 2005, 08:12 |
Bonka Primary Need Post-Keeper: Nothing stands out. WR maybe Grade N/A Good distribution of keepers allowed for a wide open drafting strategy early. Bennett will help right away. Not horribly fired up about WR depth still as Chambers and Moulds have iffy at best QB situations. Offense: B+ Week in and week out this is the most consistent offense so far that I’ve looked at. No major holes but no just flat out dominating spots either. Not sure I love where he sits as far as the flex spot goes, but overall there will be some high scoring weeks out of this unit. Defense D Decent keepers, but followed it up with 100% droppable players then on out. A minor case could be made for him to hold on to Ware, but I really doubt he’s gonna get lots of tackles from where he lines up. Sexy pick /= good pick. Best Pick: I guess I can give him credit for taking Brooks when he did. Worst Pick: Anything IDP sums this up pretty well. Will Win the League If: He’s able to pick up quality IDPs from the wire early before Ian pulls his head out. Clearly is going to have to get production from his WR to cover his flex spot or else the Ten RB situation will need to clear up in his favor. I can see teams putting 11 in the box for Benson whenever he comes back. | ||||||
| 6 | culdeus ID: 31630622 Fri, Sep 02, 2005, 08:13 |
Johnny Primary Need Post-Keeper: WR Grade C+ There wasn’t much he could do to solve the situation at hand. Carnell was the right pick in the first round. I would think that Hines would likely have been the better pick over Coles long term. Tough to tell though, but I HATE the Edwards pick over Rod Smith. When you are thin at WR and have solid long term keepers I’d rather see proven vets that slipped go on the roster. This didn’t happen. Offense: C+ I like the Jones’ at RB and Bulger will obviously be solid, but after that it gets shaky. Coles/Branch/Kennison/Edwards might be the worst WR set in the league. Not totally sure I haven’t taken a long look at Promize’s team yet to make that call. I’m leaning here though. Defense A- Best set of overall IDPs gets the first “A” of the draft. I sort of wasn’t following this team as it was out of phase pick wise with me, but silently this group was built up into top to bottom easily one of the best. Best Pick: Difficult to say. None stand out all that much. The Kennison pick might be the best value pick. Maybe the Trotter pick from an IDP side also had equal value that late. Worst Pick: I loved the Harrington pick for myself. It meant Rothesburger was falling to me almost for sure. In the end will it matter for either of us. Probably not. Will Win the League If: IDPs can carry him. Lots of the offensive starters will have to have career years to make any sort of impact on the standings. Needs to pull a sleeper WR off the wire. | ||||||
| 7 | culdeus ID: 31630622 Fri, Sep 02, 2005, 08:14 |
Leggestand Primary Need Post-Keeper: QB Grade B+ Needed a QB. Was able to wait out McNair and get depth and starters at other spots potentially Leftwich would have made a safer pick here, but he didn’t panic and waited until the value justified the pick. Offense: A- Lets just assume for a second that the Collins hype stands up and McNair plays strong. All of a sudden this guy has 4 top 30WRs 3 top 20RBs and can stand up to anything. The RBs as individuals aren’t going to outscore anyone, but on average it should be a very good year. Defense B+ Points off for buying into the DD Kailee Wong hype. That and the DB selections were questionable. The guy used the dominator so the LB picks could never really be too off. Best Pick: I liked the Evans pick there. Targeted a high value backup that could be a keeper given the potential deterioration of Martin. Worst Pick: Tough to find a really bad one. *shrug* Will Win the League If: QBs live up to projections otherwise it could be a disaster at that position week in and week out and having 5 starter quality WRs can’t save that. This is the first guy that probably will lock and load with 4WR every week and do just fine. He didn’t even need JJ Arrington in the first round and that’s pretty scary. | ||||||
| 8 | culdeus ID: 31630622 Fri, Sep 02, 2005, 08:14 |
Battles Primary Need Post-Keeper: WR Grade A Battles was able to get the last RB in the first round without a huge ? hanging over them and then uncorked 3 top 30 WRs to bring the count to 4. They may not be flashy or great keepers any of them (the new ones), but the need was filled. Offense: B Tough to not grade this higher. Problem is the value of having two top quality QBs doesn’t make up for having mostly 3rd tier RBs and 2nd to 3rd tier WRs. While they are all solid and top 20-30 none really have breakout upside over or even equal to career years. Green, Smith, Mason have all had their best years, but it doesn’t mean they will need replacing. Defense A Battles is always picking solid Ds. Probably takes more time and effort into figuring out where guys fit into new situations than anyone. The Davis pick will surprise everyone. Count on it. Best Pick: Nothing eyepoppingly good stands out here. Worst Pick: Picking Mewelde and the subsequent dumpoff was poor, but that’s obvious. Beyond that waiting on a TE to take the likes of Ricky Williams can’t help. Will Win the League If: Get top 10 production out of any RB on the roster. WRs are set and none will likely excel as they have high producing counterparts on the same team. The key here is getting either Jackson or Green to haul up a 1500yd season with gobs of TDs every week. Otherwise just like last year Peyton can’t save him. | ||||||
| 9 | culdeus ID: 31630622 Fri, Sep 02, 2005, 08:14 |
Tree Biggest Post Keeper need: QB Grade: F Ok, here’s the deal you’ve got a solid set of keepers. You pick 8th a major RB rush develops in the first round and you are sitting on Brett Farve. What do you do? Go WR?!? If it wasn’t for some very questionable QB drafting ahead of him he’d be stuck with a complete spare like Harrington as the second QB. Have you guys seen Tree’s backup QB? Me neither I guess he likes the look of Kyle Orton off waivers. Ok, lets drive on from the first round. I’m thinking “ok he goes at least McNair here, gotta” NOPE he breaks the seal on IDPs in the SECOND ROUND?!? Wow. Certain things escaped my notice until just now, but even if it had little to do with post-keeper grades it needed to be pointed out that if it wasn’t for Promize bailing everyone out Tree’d have hung himself with his first two picks. Offense: B Ok, taking a deep breath from that. In reality the starting 9 or whatever doesn’t look that bad. All these guys have reasonable upsides with good situations for the most part. He actually recovered from the early debacle and got decent depth at WR. However at RB getting washed up guys and handcuffs doesn’t = depth if you don’t have the guys to begin with. Side note: The Stephen Davis pick came after my best crystal ball moment of the draft as Battles and I were trying to figure out what RBs would go in the 15th: “I see him potentially taking Stephen Davis. He's done it in other leagues right about at this point. His teams have at least a little carry-over every year it seems. “ Defense B A little heavy on DL guys that might not produce as much as even the 20th ranked LBs. Overall pretty solid especially at DB. Best Pick Really hard to find one. Leftwich was a no-brainer and he got him. I guess that’s it. Worst Pick(s) Lots to choose from. In order: 1.Nick Barnett – Just horrible given the next IDP went off 4 rounds later. 2.Stephen Davis – The guy is done and certainly not worth the pick there 3.Najeh and Faulk – Karma is a #@@% Will win league if: Really after what could have been described as a disastrous draft this team has a good shot of a playoff berth if not a VERY good shot. Like I said the starters are solid, bye week issues are at a minimum and with good health this could be a breakout year. Strange 180 it might seem, but this team scared the bejezzus out of me coming into the draft and could have been the one truly dominant squad, but now it’s right about average. | ||||||
| 10 | culdeus ID: 31630622 Fri, Sep 02, 2005, 08:15 |
culdeus Biggest post-keeper need: QB/RB Grade: C For having a solid year my team usually won their games on the backs of IDP strength and reasonable RB/WR production. I had to go QB there and Brees looked as good a pick as anyone and maybe a long term keeper. All the decent RBs were obviously gone at that point and I had to grasp at straws with my 3-5RBs. Not much I could do about that. Sigh. Offense: B For all the whining I like the depth at QB for once in my UFC career to help out. NO MORE JAY FEELEY WHOOOHOO. I�m not scared to start a flex WR week in and week out with the .5ppr that we get. Maybe just maybe Bennett or Droughns turn into something legit. And at least I have a built in keeper in LJ for next year or a starter if something happens to Priest. I do like my WR set a lot this year and having a bonafide TE is something new to me. Defense: A+ Always solid here. It�s tough to not excel at picking IDPs if you just put 10minutes of effort or at least look at last years tackle numbers. It is surprising to me how little effort people put into IDPs every year because it�s gimmie points BestPick LJ in the 11th. Fist pumps everywhere for this pick. Priest gets as much as a hangnail and I�ve got a top 10 RB right there and if not a keeper for next year. Worst Pick I hated taking Bennett in the 12th. It was on Q, but the guy will be a headache for me I�m sure. Will win league if: I need something out of either Bennett/Droughns/Givens or I�m toast. QBs are not strong enough to get me past the fact that my flex spot is weak like Tom or Battles can do. IDPs will obviously be a crutch that I can stand on week in and week out. Who knows. I�d be surprised if I didn�t make the playoffs at least, but this is certainly my weakest team yet. | ||||||
| 11 | culdeus ID: 31630622 Fri, Sep 02, 2005, 08:15 |
Promize Biggest post-keeper need: QB Grade: F-Minus I’ve said a lot about it, but because these things have a way of being quoted again let me make myself clear. Kurt Warner was the worst pick in the history of this league. There, cut and paste that next year if you want. This stands up regardless if he throws for 5000 yards and 50TDs the fact remains he would have been there AT LEAST in the 14th. Promize had a chance to close the door on everyone with a solid pick there and some in the following rounds and blew it. End of that. Offense: B- McGahee and Westbrook are top 10 talent in this system, yes, but this doesn’t forgive the question marked filled WR corps. I see Gonzo there and that’s nice and all, but is there a true #1WR without QB issues there? Keary Colbert in the 15th? Good grief. And to think Fred Taylor or Suggs might be able to bail him out is wishful thinking. Defense: C+ Sigh…didn’t learn much from last year. Not totally sure if I can identify a top 25 IDP player there, but still not as horrific as last year. Not that it matters as he’ll swoop up all the studs right away after week 1. Best Pick: I’m struggling to really ID one. By sheer luck more than anything he found Erik Coleman in the 19th. That might actually work out. Worst pick: Do I have to repeat it? Thought not. Will repeat if: Can continue to get good waiver pickups. He’ll need it to stock up WR and RB depth and to correct some choppy IDP picks. I just don’t see how it’s possible to win in this system with neither a strong flex guy or good QB production. Promize takes a lot of heat from me for drafting poorly and probably deserves most of it. But in what amounts to a very short bench league the art of making good pickups is much more important. We’ll see if that holds up. | ||||||
| 12 | culdeus ID: 31630622 Fri, Sep 02, 2005, 08:16 |
Predictions This is the toughest year yet to predict what will happen. By the DD only about 300 total points separate top and bottom by starters. Again league activity will make a major impact due to the short bench and lots of bye week issues to address. I would think in this league you need: 1. 2 top 20 RBs and 3 top 30 WRs 2. Either top 3 in total QB or top 3 in flex production. 3. Top 5 IDP set *denotes most borderline Who qualifies? (In no particular order) 1. Iles, Ian, Bonka, Legge, Battles, culdeus* 2. Iles, Tom, Ian, Legge, Battles, culdeus*, Promize 3. Iles*, Johnny, Legge, Battles, culdeus, So that leaves 4 guys that really qualify as “Playoff teams” in my eye. Iles Legge Battles Culdeus I’d like to pick Leggestand as the preseason favorite. And if I had to put Vegas odds up he’d probably go off as the “safe pick”. I just am too concerned with the age of lots of the vets and the potential issues that might bring. I’d like to put myself in as well, but there is a huge question mark hanging over both flex and QB that I’m not likely to shake any time soon. Battles is an interesting pick because he’s got a solid overall squad, but the lack of just plain studs outside of QB is shaky. Probably the best IDP set of all. Iles is interesting also, but I’m inclined to look at who has to come through for each team. Iles – Pennington, Carr, IDP pickups, Jordan doesn’t flop Legge – TO, Collins and McNair don’t crumble, Martin keeps the salad fork out of his back. Culdeus – Hassel and Brees, some RB3 or Givens Battles – Ronnie Brown. Who else needs to come through for Battles? I can’t find anybody really. You know what you’ll get with everyone else on the list. So if I had to predict order of finish….Here goes nothing. Battles Legge Culdeus Iles Johnny Tree Tom Promize Bonka Ian | ||||||
| 13 | culdeus ID: 31630622 Fri, Sep 02, 2005, 08:23 | Kafenatid Draft Results | ||||||
| 14 | Promize@HiltonHead ID: 3484529 Fri, Sep 02, 2005, 10:57 |
Cute write up.. And your right took a chance with Warner.. As you did with Brees to repeat what he did last year. Shame though you couldn't rate teams on fair judgement instead of your hurt feelings of trash talk... lol Anyways, still pretty good | ||||||
| 15 | Tree Sustainer ID: 599393013 Fri, Sep 02, 2005, 11:14 |
While I agree that it was a major foul up to take Barnett (not sure why I did – it goes against the strategy I did in every other league), I feel like maybe the LB corp was getting thin real fast. As for having two DL (both keepers, btw), I must have missed that post, because I thought we were required to have DLs. We were last year. Back up QB – there is a strategy here, which i will decline to mention until later in the season. If it backfires, I’m screwed. If not, I’m good. Davis is done? He might be freakin’ starting for Carolina. If so, that becomes a huge value pick. And not sure what you mean by Karma in regards to davenport and faulk…and if you think Faulk is washed up, well, you need to remove your eyes from spreadsheets and data, and glue them to the TV for a bit. | ||||||
| 16 | marshall ID: 347152313 Fri, Sep 02, 2005, 12:20 | The only thing I disagree with is that you think Roethlesberger will have better fantasy numbers than Harrington. If my young RB's perform as predicted and one of my WR's steps up into top 10 like coles, then i think I have a real shot at this thing. | ||||||
| 17 | Pappa ID: 235482312 Fri, Sep 02, 2005, 12:37 |
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Doctors have placed a stent in an artery in Trent Green's lower left leg and put the Kansas City quarterback on blood-thinners in an effort to restore full circulation. Breathe, Battles, breathe. Dilfer should fill in nicely when Green's leg gets amputated. | ||||||
| 18 | Battles ID: 57472522 Fri, Sep 02, 2005, 13:02 | I'll take trent with one leg before I would take carr who has absolutely sucked for 2 preseason games, griese who watched simms throw for 3 td's last night and pennington whose arm will be used to replace trent's leg once it falls off. | ||||||
| 19 | marshall ID: 347152313 Fri, Sep 02, 2005, 13:03 | Whose the backup in KC? | ||||||
| 20 | BoNkA ID: 4388212 Fri, Sep 02, 2005, 13:08 | Yeah, last year there were 2 DL, 2 DB, 3 Flex, IIRC. The thing is, all LB were listed as DL so it didn't matter. We really should institue 1-2 DL positions next year that are actual DL, not LBs. It'd add more to the draft instead of everyone stocking on LBs and there not being any for me when I need to grab some :P | ||||||
| 21 | Battles ID: 57472522 Fri, Sep 02, 2005, 13:41 | I'll take trent with one leg before I would take carr who has absolutely sucked for 2 preseason games, griese who watched simms throw for 3 td's last night and pennington whose arm will be used to replace trent's leg once it falls off. | ||||||
| 22 | Promize@HiltonHead ID: 15848213 Fri, Sep 02, 2005, 14:53 |
I must of been in the same boat as Tree about the DL, cause I only grabbed a DL cause I thought we needed one for the team. I also agree with Trees comment "you need to remove your eyes from spreadsheets and data, and glue them to the TV for a bit" Was on the beach relaxing thinking the same thing after reading this thread this morning. Loved someone else thought the same thing. LOL Football is played on the field, real action, real injuries... Not on fantasy websites through numbers. | ||||||
| 23 | Promize@HiltonHead ID: 15848213 Fri, Sep 02, 2005, 14:56 | P.S. - It still fun to see Culdeus rank the teams :) | ||||||
| 24 | marshall ID: 347152313 Fri, Sep 02, 2005, 15:50 | I always like looking back when the year is through and seeing how wrong he is.:) | ||||||
| 25 | Tree Sustainer ID: 599393013 Fri, Sep 02, 2005, 16:15 |
from rotoworld.com Coach John Fox admits Stephen Davis may be the team's week one starter. We have a feeling he will be. | ||||||
| 26 | Battles ID: 57472522 Fri, Sep 02, 2005, 16:25 | say goodbye to carolina's season. | ||||||
| 27 | Tree Sustainer ID: 599393013 Fri, Sep 02, 2005, 16:52 | lol. because a guy who has 1300+ yards in four of the past six season sucks? | ||||||
| 28 | Battles ID: 57472522 Fri, Sep 02, 2005, 17:09 | let's be honest here. they guy is old and damaged goods. he won't have anywhere near 1300. He carried 5 time for 17 yards in last nights game. If you get 900 total yards and 8tds out of him it will be a good year. | ||||||
| 29 | Tree Sustainer ID: 599393013 Fri, Sep 02, 2005, 17:18 |
old? he's 31. lol. btw, he's year younger than curtis martin, who had that TERRIBLE 1700 yd rushing, 250 yd rcv, 14 TD season last year. and 900 yds and 8 tds out of anyone, is a perfectly decent season. | ||||||
| 30 | Battles ID: 57472522 Fri, Sep 02, 2005, 17:41 |
stephen davis is a washed up, run into the ground, getting his knee drained every 4 hours rb if I've ever seen one. believe me, if he has those numbers I'll feel good for you, because at this time i think he amounts to a steaming lump of poo. I guess we'll see. | ||||||
| 31 | Promize@HiltonHead ID: 14859215 Fri, Sep 02, 2005, 18:12 |
So I’m here waiting for the ladies to get ready to go out tonight and figured I would do some fun facts…. With this years team you drafted, if you had played everyone this is how the league would of ended last year in points: Culdeus 3354.5 Promize 3177 Tommy 3148 Ian 3012 Legge 2989 Bonka 2982.5 Tree 2629.5 John 2620 Pappa 2610.5 Battles 2575.5 Average Player Ranking Offense (2004 Rankings): Culdeus 23.36 John 25.66 (2 players no ranking) Promize 26.28 Legge 26.38 (1 player no ranking) Ian 27.5 (2 players no ranking) Tommy 28.21 Battles 28.33 Bonka 30.15 (1 player no ranking) Pappa 40.71 Tree 42.76 (1 player no ranking) Average Player Ranking Defense (2004 Rankings): Tommy 12 Bonka 15 (1 player no ranking) Legge 16.83 (1 player missing) Tree 17.5 (1 player no ranking) Ian 19.71 Culdeus 24.71 Pappa 25.5 (1 player no ranking) Promize 25.71 John 37.57 Battles 52.2 (2 players no ranking) | ||||||
| 32 | culdeus ID: 516121713 Fri, Sep 02, 2005, 18:32 | Explain where you got those rankings/stats. | ||||||
| 33 | culdeus ID: 516121713 Fri, Sep 02, 2005, 18:35 |
How DD saw last year shaping up. QB-PK IDP5050 TOTAL culdeus 2297 905.5 3202.5 Battles 2167 854 3021 Tom 2153 845.75 2998.75 legge 2115 867.75 2982.75 Brad 1975 848 2823 Lil 2082 722 2804 Bonka 2034 769 2803 Marshall 1961 790.25 2751.25 Tree 1987 738 2725 Promize 1852 721 2573 | ||||||
| 34 | culdeus ID: 516121713 Fri, Sep 02, 2005, 18:39 |
 Ok this one came out ok reading wise. The others not so much. | ||||||
| 35 | culdeus ID: 516121713 Fri, Sep 02, 2005, 18:50 |
The technical numbers analysis that follows was straight from DraftDominator. I used the most updated projections to date. Some limitations 1. Roster requirements for IDPs are not well handled for people who have extra DBs or DLs. So keep that in mind. I tried to average things out as much as possible. 2. Obviously this is primarily a redraft tool. 3. There are some anomalies (Kaylee Wong for one), but for the most part this represents a pretty good average of how FBG sees the FFL player pool this year. 4. If you use the tool that evaluates the draft then you’ll have a higher rank. I understand this and I suggest you just get over it. | ||||||
| 36 | biliruben Leader ID: 589301110 Fri, Sep 02, 2005, 18:54 |
What are the rules, who did you draft, and which are your keepers to this silly arsed league? When you say "I hated taking Bennett in the 12th" what do you mean, 12th? If you have 8 keepers, did you really pick him in the 20th round? | ||||||
| 37 | biliruben Leader ID: 589301110 Fri, Sep 02, 2005, 18:55 | Wait a sec, you are talking Michael Bennett and 12th overall? | ||||||
| 38 | culdeus ID: 516121713 Fri, Sep 02, 2005, 18:58 |
 Total Team Strength  Starters If anyone has any suggestions on enlarging these puppies I'm all ears. | ||||||
| 39 | culdeus ID: 516121713 Fri, Sep 02, 2005, 18:59 | We had 8 keepers and then did a straight draft from there. | ||||||
| 40 | biliruben Leader ID: 589301110 Fri, Sep 02, 2005, 19:01 | So when you refer to a first round pick it is really a 9th round pick? Sorta? | ||||||
| 41 | culdeus ID: 516121713 Fri, Sep 02, 2005, 19:02 | yeah, well not really. Actually if anything I'd call our first round the 6th round. Don't ask. | ||||||
| 42 | Ian-dominant newbie ID: 107522020 Fri, Sep 02, 2005, 23:10 | Where the heck do you get those draft optimizers/rankings? That is pretty sweet. I like the last place ranking. Suck it culdeus. New guy starts at the back. I am fine with that. | ||||||
| 43 | Promize@HiltonHead ID: 883936 Sat, Sep 03, 2005, 07:42 | Got my totals right off ESPN, they are next to everyones names on the right side. Amount of points they had, the position they ended up, etc... | ||||||
| 44 | culdeus ID: 516121713 Sat, Sep 03, 2005, 09:55 | Yeah, but that's not for our scoring system. One of the nice quirks of espn is the totals they give you are for their standard scoring. | ||||||
| 45 | Battles ID: 57472522 Sat, Sep 03, 2005, 11:01 |
WAIVERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Preseason waivers will have to be done manually by me. I'll do them this sunday night at 8pm cdt. You can submit them to ufcwaivers@gmail.com. It will be done the same way as last year. This is being done in case any player goes down in the last preseason games. After that FA will begin until the regular season start. During the regular season waivers will be handled through ESPN. | ||||||
| 46 | Battles ID: 57472522 Sat, Sep 03, 2005, 11:30 |
Biliruben- This is definitely a mixed up league when looking at the draft from the outside, but I think everyone in it really enjoys the format. The general setup is 2qb 2rb 3wr 1flex k te 2db 5idp with 5 o and 3d keepers. Looking at the draft, we basically draft our keepers in the first 8 rounds. After that the draft starts in reverse order of finish from last year. | ||||||
| 47 | biliruben ID: 531202411 Sat, Sep 03, 2005, 11:35 |
Looks like a fun league, Battles. Just trying to put Culdeus' "comments" in perspective by trying to figure out who was drafted where. Apparently a more difficult task than I imagined! So the first 8 rounds are in Decaf and are keepers? | ||||||
| 48 | Battles ID: 57472522 Sat, Sep 03, 2005, 18:51 | Yep. First 8 in kafenatid are keepers off of last year's teams. You can refer to last year's teams in the first thread/ first post. After that it's a regular draft with no snake. | ||||||
| 49 | leggestand ID: 17744278 Mon, Sep 05, 2005, 10:16 |
Nice posts Culdeus...as usual I really enjoy the analysis and thought you put into this league, and I'm sure it makes it more enjoyable for everyone. I wish I thought as highly of my team as you do, and I completely agree that the key to my season lies in my QB's. I really like McNair if he stays healthy, and Collins has looked more than servicable in preseason. If worse comes to worse, MAYBE I can trade Harrison or Owens to someone for a good QB, but with 2 starting QB's, it's always pricey paying for one. This is the 2nd season in a row you have put "Leggestand" and "favorite" in the same sentence...I hope I can live up to your predictions this year. By the way, I actually do not use draft dominator. All these picks come straight from my noggin. | ||||||
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