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Subject: RIFC AAA#2 pre season discussion #2 Posted by: russelldl - [28533110] Mon, Aug 28, 2006, 13:23 here's the new thread | |||||||
| 1 | Loki SuperDude ID: 4211201420 Mon, Aug 28, 2006, 13:35 |
CRussell-You should go to a 3 hour clock, but even that will not help unless queues are left to prevent timing out. -In some of the other leagues in which I have participated the rationales also never progressed very far. At the conclusion of the draft the managers posted an evaluation of their draft including their overall strategy, evaluation by position, prediction of their team's chances, which teams teams looked the strongest, and some other categories which escape me at this time. Would the league have any interest in this? Participation would be at each manager's discretion. opied from the first thread: | ||||||
| 2 | Bandos Sustainer ID: 279492419 Mon, Aug 28, 2006, 13:43 |
5.11 Derrick Mason, WR, BAL I really wanted Joe Horn here as I think he will have a much better season with a better QB. Mason dropped a bit and I'm not sure why. With McNair, not the incompetents that BAL has thrown out there the last few years, he should get to 1000 yds and 8+ TD's. Not bad for the 5th round. With no WR yet, this was a must pick. | ||||||
| 3 | deepsnapper Leader ID: 017103420 Mon, Aug 28, 2006, 13:48 |
RIFC AAA#2 preseason discussion #1 For quick access JIC. ;) All rationales from the other thread have been moved over. E-Man's 4.12 & 5.03 russelldl's 4.05 | ||||||
| 4 | Nerfherders ID: 501035289 Mon, Aug 28, 2006, 13:59 |
skipping through the rationales now! My 4 and 5: 4.08 Donovan McNabb, QB PHI I like to get a top tier QB in round 4 but I was surprised to see so many go in round 3. McNabb was good even through his injury until he just couldnt go anymore, and I'm confident he will be back to full speed this season. He is arguably the best QB in the NFC with an offense that likes to pass the football. He also likes to spread the ball around so the loss of TO should not be as big as some people would like to think. 5.07 Tony Gonzalez TE KC I think I have had Tony G on every fantasy team Ive had in the last 5 years. He has been surpassed last year by Gates but still managed to put up 900+ yards and is the prime target for Green in the KC passing attack. I expect good numbers here. | ||||||
| 6 | deepsnapper Leader ID: 017103420 Mon, Aug 28, 2006, 14:30 |
Rationales moved over: 4.08 Donovan McNabb - Nerfherders 5.07 Tony Gonzalez - Nerfherders 5.11 Derrick Mason - Bandos | ||||||
| 7 | russelldl ID: 28533110 Mon, Aug 28, 2006, 14:32 |
Here's my 5th round pick since I'm here: 5.10, Joe Horn, WR, NO Horn was a slight gamble here but he was high on my list. I think he will rebound from the injury hampered season he had last year. Before that he was always a solid option. Hopefully he comes back and he and drew brees build some nice chemistry. | ||||||
| 8 | Kyle ID: 261371521 Mon, Aug 28, 2006, 15:16 | I appologize for the time out. I have 5 classes today. This is my only break during the day, and I should have left a queue, but since I had 5 classes I had 5 classes worth of homework this weekend. GAH I HATE MONDAYS. I'll try to do better for Wednesday. | ||||||
| 9 | Kyle ID: 261371521 Mon, Aug 28, 2006, 15:21 |
I now see i am due for a rational. to be copied over. 5.14 and 6.1 Joey Galloway and Terry Glenn I wanted to get all #1 WR for the teams that they played on, but Glenn seemed too tempting. I believe Galloway will have another 1000 yd. 8TD season and I am hoping Glenn will have similar numbers. If Parcells ODs on TO antics then Glenn will be thier #1. Also this alligns my WR bye weeks so that i have 1 on Week 3, 4, and 5. That way I only need one good backup, unless someone goes down before then. If they all stay healthy, I feel my WR position is pretty solid. We'll see... | ||||||
| 10 | Pancho Villa ID: 366352418 Mon, Aug 28, 2006, 16:15 |
4.09 Frank Gore, RB, SF and 5,06 Nate Burleson, WR Seattle The Niners look to be improved in every way offensively, and that should help open some lanes for Gore. This pick was prior to the Barlow trade. I might have been a bit early with this pick, but I predict a big year for Burleson. Jackson's health concerns could even elevate him to #1 receiver in Seattle, a pass friendly team with an accurate QB | ||||||
| 11 | deepsnapper Leader ID: 017103420 Mon, Aug 28, 2006, 17:36 | wiggs is about to time out... | ||||||
| 12 | deepsnapper Leader ID: 017103420 Mon, Aug 28, 2006, 17:50 |
Rationales moved over: 4.09 Frank Gore 5,06 Nate Burleson 5.10, Joe Horn 5.14 Joey Galloway, WR, TB & 6.01 Joey Galloway, WR, TB | ||||||
| 13 | loki ID: 07172610 Mon, Aug 28, 2006, 17:52 |
4.03 Thomas Jones, RB, CHI I wanted to have 2 RBs by the end of the 4th round and therefore chose Thomas thinking that he would win the starting position. Chicago should rely on the running game with Grossman as its QB. 5.02 Drew Bledsoe, QB, DAL I thought that TO would be on his best behavior in his 1st season with a new team and that Parcells can handle any difficult player. With TO added to Dallas' receiving corp, Bledsoe, if he can stay healthy, should have a fine season. I did not factor in TO's hammy. | ||||||
| 14 | loki ID: 07172610 Mon, Aug 28, 2006, 17:53 | Above should be 4.13. | ||||||
| 15 | loki ID: 07172610 Mon, Aug 28, 2006, 18:01 |
6.13 London Fletcher, LB, BUF The new roster requirements place a greater emphasis on defense than in previous years necessitating an early round choice of a LB. Fletcher was at the top of my list. 7.02 Zach Thomas, LB, MIA Same as 6.13. | ||||||
| 16 | deepsnapper Leader ID: 017103420 Mon, Aug 28, 2006, 18:17 |
Rationales moved over: 4.03 Thomas Jones 5.02 Drew Bledsoe | ||||||
| 17 | loki SuperDude ID: 4211201420 Mon, Aug 28, 2006, 20:35 | It is a little late, but not too late to be asking this question; are we playing one or two games each week? | ||||||
| 18 | loki SuperDude ID: 4211201420 Mon, Aug 28, 2006, 20:42 | Re: Thread #1 posts 282-283: Russell, do you want us to pick up all of our players using the waiver wire? | ||||||
| 19 | deepsnapper Leader ID: 017103420 Mon, Aug 28, 2006, 21:35 | electroman's queue is empty so nothing to do. | ||||||
| 20 | Pancho Villa ID: 366352418 Mon, Aug 28, 2006, 21:49 |
6.09 Michael Vick, QB, Atl and 7.06 Chris Cooley, TE, Wash This will be the first time Michael Vick has ever graced one of my fantasy teams. He needs a healthy Crumpler and improvement from Roddy White in order to put up decent fantasy numbers, but late in the 6th round looked like a good value pick. Chris Cooley is just below the Gates, Heaps, Gonzos and Shockleys of the world. Very happy to see him in the 7th round. | ||||||
| 21 | Slackjawed Yokel Leader ID: 052347519 Mon, Aug 28, 2006, 21:57 |
4.14 T.J. Houshmandzadeh, WR, Cin 5.1 Jeremy Shockey, TE, NYG With us needing 3 WR in the lineup each week, I wanted to get another top one. Had targeted Driver or Andre Johnson, but they went a few picks earlier. But I'm not dissapointed with Houshawatzit as it looks like Palmer is back and he should put up some serious numbers. I thought Shockey was decent value here as well. With a steep dropoff after the top several TE, I thought I'd get one with only Gates off of the board. With the maturation of Manning, I expect Shockey to be targetted quite a bit in the red zone. | ||||||
| 23 | Bags @ work ID: 586212721 Mon, Aug 28, 2006, 22:47 | Have you seen the NFL Network's fantasy football commercial about T.J. Houshyourmama? Championship! Greatness! | ||||||
| 24 | Promize ID: 141018197 Tue, Aug 29, 2006, 07:15 |
Todays picks, just pick in the order they come up. Really not looking for anything special, so whoever comes up in the queue take him. Thanks | ||||||
| 25 | deepsnapper Leader ID: 017103420 Tue, Aug 29, 2006, 07:57 | I'm out from 8:30am until around noon CT or therearound. Drs appt including the old annual physical. Hopefully he won't be slammed and we'll get in and out. Take the top guy off my queue please | ||||||
| 26 | Bandos Sustainer ID: 279492419 Tue, Aug 29, 2006, 09:02 | Loki, good question - I think/hope we are playing double headers each week. | ||||||
| 27 | russelldl ID: 28533110 Tue, Aug 29, 2006, 10:22 |
Double headers. And yes, you can start taking your guys off of waivers. | ||||||
| 28 | deepsnapper Leader ID: 017103420 Tue, Aug 29, 2006, 14:45 | I'm back and will make my pick unless I wander off and then go ahead and make it please. ;) | ||||||
| 29 | russelldl ID: 28533110 Tue, Aug 29, 2006, 16:46 | I emailed wiggs that his time is almost up. | ||||||
| 30 | russelldl ID: 28533110 Tue, Aug 29, 2006, 16:48 |
I'm going to be without a computer most of the night, I left a queue should my picks come back around. round 23- first guy from the list round 24- highest guy of a different position from rd. 23. Thanks | ||||||
| 31 | Nerfherders ID: 501035289 Tue, Aug 29, 2006, 17:12 |
My 6 and 7: 6.08 Laveranues Coles, WR NYJ A quality WR who is a prime target in an otherwise weak offense. He might not get alot of scores but he should still make alot of receptions, and I see him as a value pick here especially if Pennington is healthy. 7.07 Jeremiah Trotter, LB PHI I wanted Zach Thomas here and thought I would get him, but when that didnt happen I went with Trotter, who should do just as well as the #1 IDP on my team. | ||||||
| 32 | deepsnapper Leader ID: 017103420 Tue, Aug 29, 2006, 21:40 |
I'm out until the morning (rest the old eyes). I've got another Drs. appt from 10:30am CT until who know when. Its the 90 day checkup after cataract surgery on my right eye & 6 mo exam on my retinas so I'll definately be blind as a bat when I get out of there. I'll have the queue full & avail so I shouldn't hold anything up. I'll check in before leaving in the AM | ||||||
| 33 | Promize ID: 141018197 Wed, Aug 30, 2006, 07:27 |
Queue is set for today, just pick whatever order they show up in the queue is fine with me. Yay the draft is almost over, hopefully today???? | ||||||
| 34 | Pancho Villa ID: 366352418 Wed, Aug 30, 2006, 10:59 | I have two players in my que and it's available to my 3 DPs. If both happen to get picked, I'll be back later this afternoon. | ||||||
| 35 | Bags Donor ID: 246103120 Wed, Aug 30, 2006, 12:43 |
Thank you to all the DP's who helped keep my picks moving the last few days. Look forward to a good season. Good luck everyone. | ||||||
| 36 | FRICK ID: 345202714 Wed, Aug 30, 2006, 14:39 |
Does anyone have Wiggs' e-mail address? He is getting ready to time-out. I have a queue ready, but since we have plenty of time at this point, I'm asking that it not be used immediately. If others feel differently, go ahead and use the queue. | ||||||
| 37 | russelldl ID: 28533110 Wed, Aug 30, 2006, 14:40 | I emailed him already | ||||||
| 38 | loki SuperDude ID: 4211201420 Wed, Aug 30, 2006, 14:53 | Russell-Tried to enter my players with the waiver wire yesterday but was unsuccessful. Any suggestions?-l | ||||||
| 39 | russelldl ID: 28533110 Wed, Aug 30, 2006, 14:55 | I'll look into it as soon as I can. My home computer is being repaired so I only have my work computer and whoever's I can borrow. And I just haven't had time to work on the AOL site during work. I should have it back in the next day or two so then I will be able to take care of the AOL issues. | ||||||
| 40 | Nerfherders ID: 501035289 Wed, Aug 30, 2006, 18:53 | Are we going to do a recap thread? I'd like one. | ||||||
| 41 | Kyle ID: 261371521 Wed, Aug 30, 2006, 19:12 | I agree nerf, my favorite part of a draft is putting your foot in your mouth by saying one team is out of it, and then they win the championship. | ||||||
| 42 | Promize ID: 141018197 Wed, Aug 30, 2006, 20:53 |
Just a neat little break down of how Draft Dominator thought our draft went. Team Strength Overall Team Strength Starters Team Points Each Week    | ||||||
| 43 | BoNkA ID: 367273023 Thu, Aug 31, 2006, 00:27 | I've been busy with classes starting up this week, among other things. I forgot to post my draft rationales for a while now. I'll get some written up and post them as soon as I can. Sorry about that. | ||||||
| 44 | Bags Donor ID: 246103120 Thu, Aug 31, 2006, 02:43 | Nice! I like the first one the best. | ||||||
| 45 | TB Sherpa ID: 031811922 Thu, Aug 31, 2006, 04:17 | I can tell that you did not adjust your projections for return yards based on Fricks WR #'s and Yokels DB #'s (just counting Hall and McGee). I am sure there are others who drafted returners as well. DD is a nice tool and a fun predicator, but only as accurate as the projections inputted into it. Some of the data has changed quite a bit from just a couple weeks ago as well if you haven't clicked on File/Get latest projections. | ||||||
| 46 | Promize ID: 141018197 Thu, Aug 31, 2006, 07:33 |
I update the projections about 3 times a day TB :) And no, did not account for return yards, did not see how you could add that into the feature either. | ||||||
| 47 | deepsnapper Leader ID: 017103420 Thu, Aug 31, 2006, 08:46 |
I'd certainly like to see us do the draft recaps, but I'd like to think we could finish the individual rationales for the first 5 rounds. There are a few of those still remaining. I got a decent report from my retinologist yesterday. No diabetic retinopathy, just a few burst blood vessels in my left eye. I've certainly had worse reports. ;) I'm around the casa, my parents are here for their 56th annv. shindigs. | ||||||
| 48 | TB Sherpa ID: 031811922 Thu, Aug 31, 2006, 09:39 | You can go in go in and modify their projection. McGee scored 164 points last year. I went in and adjusted his tackles until I got his score to roughly the same amount of points. Did the same with receiving yards for Hall to get his points around 150. He scored 154.7 last year. You don't have to adjust them at all and each time you update projections it erases your manual projections. Just something to keep in mind, though, when you start to believe those rankings. | ||||||
| 49 | russelldl ID: 28533110 Thu, Aug 31, 2006, 09:49 |
recap thread has been started. Check it out here I'll try to get around to populating everyone's teams today but only if I have time. I'll try to do it at work but if not, I'll be at the Ravens-Skins game tonight so then it wont be before tomorrow. | ||||||
| 50 | BoNkA ID: 267353117 Thu, Aug 31, 2006, 18:35 |
3.05 Hines Ward, WR, PIT I took Hines here because I thought he had the most to offer out of the remaining WR, despite his injury. I know he's a tough player and should come and perform without a problem. 4.10 Donald Driver, WR, GNB Taking Driver in this position was a steal. He's Favre's #1 target and can put up some numbers (look at last year). While Green Bay's offense may be a piece of work this year, he should still get a good amount of catches to rack up the yards and touchdowns to make him such a steal. 5.05 Mike Bell, RB, DEN This year I strayed from my normal RB RB strategy due to the WR available at my slots compared to the RB available. Drafting a Denver RB is usually a problem as you never know who is going to play. I'm not sure what I'm going to get out of him, but he should at least get a decent amount of touches and be the starting RB if Tatum happened to get hurt. 6.10 Ahman Green, RB, GNB I was thin at RB and decided to go with Green to try to bolster that position. While he is hurt and getting old, I think he should be able to play for at least a good part of the year and provide me with some decent games. Hopefully I don't need him to be my #2 back, but it looks like it may be like that. | ||||||
| 51 | Promize ID: 141018197 Thu, Aug 31, 2006, 19:42 |
Is AOL the only option we have? Last 3-4 times i've gone to that site it takes me about 5 minutes just for the page to load. I don't see how it will be possible come Sundays to be able to adjust lineups if the website is this bad. Is it to late to look for a more stable, better site? I believe last year it was bad also. I'm now on my like 6th minute just waiting for the player database to display. | ||||||
| 52 | Bags Donor ID: 246103120 Thu, Aug 31, 2006, 22:18 |
I have read good things about fleaflicker. | ||||||
| 53 | Promize ID: 141018197 Thu, Aug 31, 2006, 23:40 |
Anything is better then AOL... They haven't done anything to fix it from last year it looks like. | ||||||
| 54 | Nerfherders ID: 501035289 Fri, Sep 01, 2006, 13:07 | I noticed that when I switched from IE to Firefox it worked much better. Ive had no problems since. | ||||||
| 55 | Kyle ID: 52753312 Fri, Sep 01, 2006, 15:53 | I have no problems, I use Firefox and I am on my schools networks, which is really fast. (It better be for 30 grand a year.) I don't know of any other sites that do Double Headers. | ||||||
| 56 | Slackjawed Yokel ID: 6742221 Fri, Sep 01, 2006, 22:53 | yeah, i didn't notice it was slow but I use firefox as well. You're in indiana, right Kyle? what school do you go to? | ||||||
| 57 | TB Sherpa ID: 031811922 Sat, Sep 02, 2006, 03:42 | Hey Bags, thanks for the tip on fleaflicker. I just set up two 18-team survivor leagues and it is the first free site that I could find that allowed me to use all of our scoring rules. Easy menu to set up custom rules. The only downer for the RIFC format is no double headers, but that is small stuff. So anyway, that site rocks. Thanks. | ||||||
| 58 | Kyle ID: 52753312 Sat, Sep 02, 2006, 15:09 | Yah Slackjawed. I am at Valparaiso University. Very nice school. They are right about the top class education. And while it may be a small town, the night life isn't too terrible. | ||||||
| 59 | Promize@Parents ID: 31841217 Sat, Sep 02, 2006, 23:42 |
Ummm, am I missing something, but do we not have our teams uploaded yet? Deadline for the season to start is getting close, how about you open up the add/drop and let us get our players or something. | ||||||
| 60 | Kyle ID: 52753312 Sun, Sep 03, 2006, 03:28 | Russell, I e-mailed you a waiver request. I am not sure how the preseason waviers work. | ||||||
| 61 | Promize@Parents ID: 4283038 Sun, Sep 03, 2006, 09:35 |
Anyone mind answering my question, so I know I'm at the right place. Our teams are not uploaded yet are they? | ||||||
| 62 | loki SuperDude ID: 4211201420 Sun, Sep 03, 2006, 12:09 | Promize-Sent email response.-l | ||||||
| 63 | Bandos Sustainer ID: 279492419 Sun, Sep 03, 2006, 16:38 |
Maybe I am being dense, but I have a couple of issues. 1. Claiming my 24 players through the waivers process seems exceedingly time consuming. I have never commished this software but thw add feature needs ot be on. 2. Until we have all rosters filled, we shouldnt run any waivers. Frankly, I don't know who is and is not available. I would like to know all the times for when we need to get/have our rosters entered and when the first waivers will be run. Thanks Russ. | ||||||
| 64 | deepsnapper Leader ID: 017103420 Mon, Sep 04, 2006, 09:10 |
Need to claim Free Agents ASAP. I thought I'd already claimed my players properly via waivers last week and went off to celebrate with my parents. It didn't happen obviously as they're not on my team. Russselldl - I'd like to be able to get a response pretty as gametimes getting real close. | ||||||
| 65 | deepsnapper Leader ID: 017103420 Mon, Sep 04, 2006, 09:13 | upon further revew, the WW claims have never been processed to add them to my rosters. Do you need to run waivers maybe? | ||||||
| 66 | deepsnapper Leader ID: 017103420 Mon, Sep 04, 2006, 09:29 | Of course it says I have the "0" zero pick of this claim period. Maybe that's got something to do with it. The deadline to submit requests for this claim period is Wed 09/06 12:00p ET | ||||||
| 67 | BoNkA ID: 4385142 Mon, Sep 04, 2006, 14:18 | Running out of time very quickly :/ | ||||||
| 68 | Kyle ID: 52753312 Mon, Sep 04, 2006, 15:07 | I am not sure what we have to do to have our players. Russell do you put them on for us or do we have to claim them? When I went to add/drop it said that we arn't allowed to add/drop players and to contact the commish. Also I'd like to know the status of the waiver request I e-mailed to you. | ||||||
| 69 | Nerfherders ID: 64532914 Mon, Sep 04, 2006, 15:30 | Who's the commish for the game site? Cant it be set to all FA and we can add our own teams? Cant the commish add/drop players for any team? | ||||||
| 70 | russelldl ID: 197341713 Mon, Sep 04, 2006, 16:26 |
Teams are just about fully populated. I have 3 left to finish. Waiver claims will go off at Wed. at noon. Email your waiver requests to russelldl2002@yahoo.com before noon on wednesday. Between 12:30 wednesday and game time thursday all left over players will be FAs and available first come first serve. | ||||||
| 71 | Bandos Sustainer ID: 279492419 Mon, Sep 04, 2006, 20:16 | Thanks Russell. I know what a pain/time consuming activity entering all the players is. Appreciated! | ||||||
| 72 | Kyle ID: 52753312 Mon, Sep 04, 2006, 23:58 | Russell, thank you for loading the teams, I can say from expierence that I know the pain of loading teams and hearing guys harp on you to do it. I just want to double check to see that you recieved my waiver request cause my e-mail has been spazmodic recently. Just a precautionary thing, not trying to bug you. It was sent (according to my records) Sept. 3rd at 2:28 AM CST. Just so you don't have to sift through thousands or hundreds of e-mails! :) Thanks again Russell!! | ||||||
| 73 | BoNkA ID: 4385142 Tue, Sep 05, 2006, 12:24 |
I also would like to thank Russell for entering the teams. Are lineups finalized by the first game of the week or can we change starters up until each individual game start time? I'm pretty sure they were changable last year, but that was on a different site. | ||||||
| 74 | Bags Donor ID: 246103120 Tue, Sep 05, 2006, 13:18 | Russell I sent you an email for waiver claims. I sent one by mistake to your email that is listed on the AOL FFB league. Sorry. | ||||||
| 75 | russelldl ID: 28533110 Wed, Sep 06, 2006, 12:34 | I'm processing waiver claims right now, they should be done in a moment. | ||||||
| 76 | russelldl ID: 28533110 Wed, Sep 06, 2006, 12:57 |
Ok, here are your waiver claims in order of priority: Kyle: dropped J. McCareins added D. Gabriel Bags: dropped B. Berry added G. Jennings Slackjawed yokels: dropped G. Jones added B. Lloyd All players are now free agents until 5 minutes before thursday's game. I believe players then go into the waiver process for next week. I'm not 100% certain if you can pick up free agents between thursday and sunday. I'll check with guru on that. After this weekend the waiver priority resets based on standings and will do so every week until the 6th week when it will become static and anyone using the waiver moves to the back of the priority list. let me know if any of that is unclear. russelldl | ||||||
| 77 | russelldl ID: 28533110 Wed, Sep 06, 2006, 13:22 |
ok, just got info from Guru: players who are currently free agents and DO NOT play on Thursday are available as free agents until the start of games on sunday. You can't drop a guy who plays thursday after thursday either. | ||||||
| 78 | russelldl ID: 28533110 Wed, Sep 06, 2006, 14:50 |
Sorry for all the posts. The AOL site should be complete now. If you see any problems with the rules, scoring, etc. Please let me know asap. Also, remember to get your lineups set. There is a thursday night game and you need to set your lineup for BOTH games of your double header. Good Luck!!!! | ||||||
| 79 | russelldl ID: 28533110 Thu, Sep 07, 2006, 10:06 |
A new regular season thread is open here Please use it. | ||||||
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