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9/4/2006 4:49:26 PM

QB
K. Warner QB
B. Johnson QB

RB
W. Parker RB
W. Dunn RB
D. Williams RB
T. Duckett RB

WR
T. Owens WR
K. McCardell WR
Mi. Clayton WR
A. Toomer WR
K. Robinson WR <-- (autopick)
C. Jackson WR

TE
L. Smith TE

K
J. Kasay K

DEF
Seattle DEF
Atlanta DEF

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Given my team above, should I try to trade Brad Johnson and Mi. Clayton for Philip Rivers? I think it would be sweet to have Rivers and good to not have two old quarterbacks. The guy with P.Riv autodrafted Big Ben and Deion Branch, so he is somewhat thin at those spots.

Or, should I instead give up different players to get a better, more proven QB than Rivers?

9/5/2006 6:58:51 PM

again, wtf is wrong with you people's drafting

9/5/2006 7:00:49 PM

First time and I don't follow much NFL outside of the panthers.

9/5/2006 7:06:09 PM

haha its ok dude

you really need some WR help

go grab Gabriel for NE or WIlliamson for MIN off the waiver wire

I would also make the trade you were talking about, I would never want a #2 WR on TB

9/5/2006 7:14:01 PM

This is my first year playing. I had 10th pick in a 10 team league. How did I do?

QB
M. Hasselbeck (3)
J. Plummer (7)

RB
C. Portis (1)
R. Johnson (2)
W. Dunn (8)
G. Jones (9)

WR
R. Wayne (4)
E. Kennison (6)
J. Porter (10)
Ma. Clayton (13)
K. Curtis (16)
Mi. Clayton (15)

TE
T. Gonzalez (5)
C. Cooley (11)

K
J. Feely (12)

DEF
Jacksonville (14)

Our starting lineups are 1 QB, 2 RB, 2 WR, 1 WR/TE, 1 K, 1 DEF.

[Edited on September 5, 2006 at 8:08 PM. Reason : ]

9/5/2006 7:53:21 PM

A-

Id like to see some sleeper WR's instead of the claytons

9/5/2006 7:58:02 PM

you did well to take Portis/Rudi at #10/11.

Reggie Wayne at #30 is fine, but then you probably fucked up at 31 with Hasselbeck.


You woulda been better off taking a #2 WR (Chambers, Moss, or whoever was available).

Your receiving corps is seriously lacking a #2 so hopefully Clayton or Curtis (both sleepers of mine) step up for you.

9/5/2006 7:58:55 PM

You'll need dunn in week 1 as portis is out most likely

also RB G. Jones is out for the year I believe, so you might want to dump him

9/5/2006 8:03:18 PM

yeah jones is done for the year

9/5/2006 8:05:03 PM

The guys in my league went immediately from drafting RBs to WRs. Everything I read mentioned grabbing QBs after RBs. By the time I got to recievers, it was already too late.

I'm feeling a little uneasy about Portis even though I really wanted him. I know he's questionable in the first week. What are the chances of his shoulder being a problem this season?

9/5/2006 8:05:06 PM

how the hell did you get Clinton and Rudi at 10 and 11? you must have some idiots in your league. Those were both gone by pick 8 in my league.

^^^^ I think he took Dunn at 31, and Hasselbeck in the 5th.

[Edited on September 5, 2006 at 8:07 PM. Reason : ^]

9/5/2006 8:06:53 PM

no he took hasslebeck.

basically you reached on Hasslebeck at #30, you coulda gotten a similar QB a few rounds later.

You reached on Tony Gonzalez unless he really rebounds... TE is fairly deep this year so no need to burn a high pick on a guy who is more name than game at this point in his career.

basically getting Portis/Rudi at 10/11 was really nice for you but you offset some of that with some reaches in the next few rounds. You should be competitive though especially if one of those guys steps up to be a good #2 WR.

9/5/2006 8:43:24 PM

drafted this team tonight in a 14 team league. it's a keeper league where we keep 2 guys, my 2 keepers are shaun alexander and cadillac williams.

ben roethlisberger
shaun alexander
cadillac williams
larry fitzgerald
torry holt
terry glenn
john kasay
falcons dst

philip rivers
deangelo williams
vernand morency
brandon jacobs
heath miller
vincent jackson

thoughts?

qb/wr/wr/wr/rb/rb/k/dst are starters. up to 2 WR's can be a TE instead.

6 pts passing TD, 1 pt per 50 pass yards, 1 pt per 25 rush/receiving yards, etc. no points for receptions/completions.

9/6/2006 2:38:27 AM

qb's = no, other than that it looks good.

pitt runs the ball... especially in the red zone, rivers will be alright but not what you will want from a starting QB.

[Edited on September 6, 2006 at 2:43 AM. Reason : 5]

9/6/2006 2:42:09 AM

yeah i know qb is my weak spot, however when ben comes back i think we will see more of the playoff style offense from the steelers, and even some no huddle. I expect a much more balanced offense this year. with batch in there we'll stick to heavy run w/some play action sprinkled in, but w/ben i think we will go to the air more, and with more success than the tommy maddox adventure in 2003.

anyway, all the qb's i had my eye on got picked up pretty early (one guy kept drew brees as one of his 2 keepers, and then for some unexplicable reason drafter kurt warner with his first round pick).

here is a roster grid with all the teams:
http://www4.ncsu.edu/~kaherndo/rostergrid.htm

[Edited on September 6, 2006 at 4:12 AM. Reason : ]

9/6/2006 4:04:34 AM

I just had a guy offer me Eli Manning for Santana Moss and TJ Duckett. I already have Jake Delhomme so I dont know if it is worth it for me to do the trade. I have starting at rb willis mcghee from buffalu and rudi johnson from cinncinatti. I have Anquan Boldin and Joey Galloway at WR already. Should I take the trade to slightly upgrade qbs?

9/6/2006 6:43:24 AM

^^^^ just a comment...i despise league settings where you have to get 25 yards for a point and TDs are still 6 points. that equates a 151 yard rushing/recieving game to a 1 yard recieving and a TD game...just stupid.

9/6/2006 8:27:34 AM

touchdowns are kind of important though, i don't really have a problem with that.

9/6/2006 9:59:00 AM

drafted last night.

in my league we start 1 QB, 1 RB, 2 WR, 2 RB/WR, TE, K, D, utility.

THe utility can be any offensive player, but for obvious reasons you're going to want to start a 2nd QB there every week.... (Passing td's worth 4)

i think it went pretty well for me considering i got the dreaded #4 pick...

QB: K.Warner(#64), B.Leftwich(#97), D.Brees(#124), P.Rivers(#137)
RB: T.Barber (#4), K.Jones(#37), C.Taylor(#44),W.Lundy(#77),T.Bell(#84),J.Addai(#104),M.Barber(#117)
WR: C.Johnson (#17), L.Fitzgerald(#24),D.Driver(#57),K.Curtis(#177)
TE: J.Wiggins(#157)
K:J.Feely(#164)
D:Jaguars(#144)


For some reason people were avoiding RB's that will split carries like the plague... so i loaded up on them. My QB's are all injury prone so i went ahead and grabbed four of them to offset that a little. My receivers are outstanding, the only position that pisses me off is TE. I was gonna take Cooley at #137 but i figured I needed Rivers and that Cooley would be there at #143 since everyone behind me had a TE...someone took him as a backup which really ticked me off. Ive got plenty of trade bait for an elite TE though if I feel like getting one later...

Here is our prestigious trophy case: http://games.espn.go.com/ffl/trophylist?leagueId=77197

[Edited on September 6, 2006 at 10:43 AM. Reason : a]

9/6/2006 10:39:24 AM

Right now I have a quandry, and I'm not sure what to do. My RBs are LT2, Dunn, McAllister, and Chris Brown, but someone just released Rhodes. I have two other players from Indy (my backup TE Clarke and K Vinateri), so I'm concerned about overloading on them because of the bye week and if they have a poor game.

I'm wondering what others think about getting rid of one of the backs and picking up Rhodes. Just tossing it around now.

9/6/2006 2:55:08 PM

only back i'd dump would be brown, and he's the starter. i'd stick with what you got, and def start mcallister and lt this week.

9/6/2006 3:12:47 PM

Tough call. If anything drop Dunn for Rhodes IMHO.

9/6/2006 3:12:57 PM

I just had a guy offer me Eli Manning for Santana Moss and TJ Duckett. I already have Jake Delhomme so I dont know if it is worth it for me to do the trade. I have starting at rb willis mcghee from buffalu and rudi johnson from cinncinatti. I have Anquan Boldin and Joey Galloway at WR already. Should I take the trade to slightly upgrade qbs?

Any advice guys this is the first time i have played fantasy so I dont know what I should do.

9/6/2006 4:00:05 PM

our league starts 3 WR... I'm starting Smitty and I'd like some suggestions on the other 2 starters for week 1...

3 choices: T.O. @ Jacksonville
Rod Smith @ St. Louis
Joey Galloway vs. Baltimore

9/6/2006 4:10:07 PM

i say bench smitty and start those three

he hurt his other hammy. may not play.

9/6/2006 4:12:37 PM

any advice on my trades??????????????

9/6/2006 4:21:11 PM

depends on who your backups are. i don't think delhomme will be that far behind eli in production this year from a fantasy standpoint. santana's numbers will go down but not by a ton. duckett is not a big factor really.

9/6/2006 4:35:28 PM

someone gave me brett favre for brad johnson because they hate the packers.

9/6/2006 6:45:41 PM

^i would rather have brad johnson

9/6/2006 7:23:25 PM

me too, even without krob

9/6/2006 7:48:20 PM

Who should I start at QB

Delhomo vs ATL
Bledsoe vs JAX
Rivers vs OAK

Atl and Jax both have pretty decent D's but oakland is teh suck....Im kinda leaning towards rivers just cause I think he could do alright against oakland but Im not leaning that much though.


adviceplz

9/6/2006 8:15:57 PM

Gates will catch 3 TDs... guess who will throw them.

9/6/2006 8:20:44 PM

Ok, trying to get some better receivers off of waivers. Anything wrong with this priority:

D. Gabriel < everyone seems to be high on him
E. Parker < starter?
T. Taylor < starter?
W. Welker
J. Cotchery < starter?
A. Chatman < injured?
D. Hall < injured?

[Edited on September 6, 2006 at 9:31 PM. Reason : I looked at last year's fantasy points, and these (except cotch) were the highest]

9/6/2006 9:30:35 PM

Chatman is injured, Hall isn't. It kinda depends on how your league handles return yards.

I know I snatched up Welker and Hall in three out of four drafts I was in.

9/6/2006 9:50:56 PM

should I start Plummer against StL or Culpepper against Pit week one? thinkin Plummer since cPeps playin Pitt

9/6/2006 9:53:11 PM

^^Return Yards (40 yards per point)
Return Touchdowns (6)

[Edited on September 6, 2006 at 9:56 PM. Reason : fdsd]

9/6/2006 9:56:48 PM

I think Gabriel is very overrated right now. However good you may be, you can't learn a new scheme in a week, so don't get him and expect him to put up any numbers for three weeks or more is my guess.

9/6/2006 10:30:23 PM

^indeed. however, if everyone else wants him, maybe i can get a trade out of him

9/6/2006 10:41:51 PM

javon walker @stl
joey galloway balt
joe horn @cle
donte stallworth @houston

need 2

man i really dont like those choices right now

9/6/2006 11:07:09 PM

stallworth and horn would seem safe

stallworth will play we just dont know how many passes he will get

galloway is solid for points if he has a good day, may wanna play stallworth and galloway is what i would do

9/6/2006 11:14:05 PM

i would say walker and horn

stallworth hasn't had time to learn shit. and walker is 10x better than stallworth anyway.

[Edited on September 7, 2006 at 3:34 AM. Reason : ]

9/7/2006 3:34:03 AM

Ok, I have 3 WR spots and 1 W/R spot open. Who should I start?

TO*
k. McCardell*
A Toomer*
E. Parker*
D. Gabriel
D. Hall

T. Duckett
V. Haynes

* Is what I have selected right now.

9/7/2006 9:30:38 AM

making sure im not crazy here:

I need to start 3 RB's. Tiki is a lock.... which 2 from this group?

KJones vs Seattle
CTaylor vs Redskins
WLundy vs Philly
TBell vs STL
JAddai vs NYG
MBarber vs Jax


also, Warner vs SF is a lock...

but for my 2nd QB
Leftwich vs Dallas
Brees vs Cle (no way)
Rivers vs Oakland

Ive got Leftwich in there but something tells me Rivers might be the safer start...

[Edited on September 7, 2006 at 9:37 AM. Reason : a]

9/7/2006 9:35:29 AM

Tatum has to be one...all the others are going up against pretty good defenses

9/7/2006 9:36:02 AM

kevin jones and wali lundy

9/7/2006 9:36:53 AM

^^

Lundy will be sharing some carries too

9/7/2006 9:39:35 AM

Quote :

"kevin jones and wali lundy"

9/7/2006 9:45:36 AM

Here's my lineup:

QB - Delhomme
RB - Tiki Barber
RB - Duce Staley
WR - Larry Fizgerald
WR - Darrell Jackson
TE - Jeremy Shockey
K - Adam Vinatieri
DST- Broncos

Bench:

QB - Chris Simms
RB - Chris Brown
RB - Domanick DAvis
WR - Lee Evans
DST - Miami
DST - ATL


Couple of question marks.

With Big Ben Out, is Miami a better offensive choice this week than the Broncos?
Also, Darrell Jackson is still not completely recovered.. Is Lee Evans a better play for at least this week?
Any other lineup suggestions for this week?

9/7/2006 10:03:15 AM

^here's a tip...cut domanick davis...he's out all season on the IR...get somebody else

9/7/2006 10:09:47 AM