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Figured I might as well start an official thread where myself, Utah Saint, Voodooido, Lee909, St. Thomas ... and anyone else who takes a bizarre interest ... can discuss our league.

Here we can talk weekly lineups, trades, add / drops, smack talk, dumb decisions by other league members, or whatever else y'all wanna talk about.

So ... let's start with Eli already screwing me this week!!!

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Oh, for any interested readers, this was an auto-draft & here's my team:

QB- E. Manning
QB- A. Smith
RB- L. McCoy
RB- R. Bush
RB- S. Ridley
RB- M. Ingram
WR- G. Jennings
WR- P. Harvin
WR- H. Nicks
WR- D. Heyward-Bey
WR- S. Holmes
TE- F. Davis
K- A. Henery
DST- Seahawks
DST- Bengals

Original line up

T.Brady
F.Gore
D.Williams
B.Marshall
M.Wallace
A.J Green
A.Hernandez
N.Rackers
N.E Patriots

R.Fitzpatrick
W.Magahee
K.Smith
G.Little
B.Quick
M.Floyd


Waived Rackers,Quick,Fitzpatrick
Signed R.Wilson,R.Gould,J.Baldwin

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My auto draft went like this

Joe's Boxers

QB1 Aaron Rodgers
QB2 Carson Palmer
RB1 Marshawn Lynch
RB2 Steven Jackson
RB3 Ben Tate
RB4 Ben Goodson
WR1 Brandon Lloyd
WR2 Pierre Garcon
WR3 Titus Young
WR4 Justin Blackmon
TE1 Antonio Gates
TE2 Greg Olsen
K1 Matt Prater
K2 Ryan Succop
DEF Houston Texans

I have since dropped Succop and Goodson and picked up Ryan Williams and Robert Turbin.

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Settings?

All teams look solid. I like Utah's team the most.

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QB1 Aaron Rodgers
QB2 Carson Palmer
RB1 Marshawn Lynch
RB2 Steven Jackson
RB3 Ben Tate
RB4 Robert Turbin
RB5 Ryan Williams
WR1 Brandon Lloyd
WR2 Pierre Garcon
WR3 Titus Young
WR4 Justin Blackmon
TE1 Antonio Gates
TE2 Greg Olsen
K1 Matt Prater
DEF Houston Texans

I'm already in a conundrum. It doesn't look like Marshawn Lynch is gonna play. My choices are...

1) Robert Turbin is his back up and supposed to be very good. But he's playing against the Cardinals Def which was really good at stopping the run last year.
2) Ryan Williams, Beanie Wells is gimpy and may not play. I've read Williams will become the starter over Beanie if he stays healthy anyway, they'd just like him to get more experience.
3) The Texans announced Foster is questionable for the Dolphins game. If I were sure Foster wasn't going to play this is my choice. The Dolphins were great against the run last year but Tate is a great RB.

If Foster is out, I'll play Tate in Lynch's place. Even if Lynch plays I'd be afraid they put him on light duty.
If Foster is not inactive but Lynch and Wells are, I'll play Ryan Williams. I like him against Seattle's run defense more then Turbin against the Cardinals D.
If Foster and Wells both suit up but Lynch is inactive, I'll play Turbin. It's a tough start but I've read he's a very good back.


At WR, I've bought into the Blackmon hype. I'm starting him instead of Titus Young. Blackmon is going against Minnesota's Def. Minny has a good run defense and with MJD limited, I think Jacksonville will try to lean on their new rookie wideout and see what he can do.

At TE, I'm playing Gates until he drops but I'm going to keep an eye on Olsen. The putty tats have sounded very confident in him and said he could be in the same class as Graham and Gronk. I don't believe that for a second but without Shockey there, I think he could easily be the number 2 receiver behind Smith.

At QB it's Rodgers vs. Palmer. Hmmm...tough decision. I think I'll go with Rodgers, just a hunch.

I'm playing Voodoodio this week. He's got a good team. Hopefully I don't get blown out by too much.

I'd go with Tate,even if Foster does play as soon as the Texans take control Tate will take over.

I'm a big fan of Tate

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That's a good point. The Texans will probably be playing with a lead early in the game, looking to run as much clock off as they can. They'll probably want to use Foster as little as possible to reduce the soreness in the knee.

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Offense

Passing Yards: 1 point per 25 yards
Passing Touchdowns: 4 points
Interceptions Thrown: -2 points
Rushing Yards: 1 point per 10 yards
Rushing Touchdowns: 6 points
Receiving Yards: 1 point per 10 yards
Receiving Touchdowns: 6 points
Fumble Recovered for TD: 6 points
Fumbles Lost: -2 points
2-Point Conversions: 2 points

Starting Roster Positions & Roster Limits
Quarterback: 1
Running Back: 2
Wide Receiver: 3
Tight End: 1
Kicker: 1
Defensive Team: 1
Bench: 6

Not such a big scoring league for QB's, so hopefully just having Eli & Alex Smith isn't gonna kill me!

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I'm with Lee, I think you gotta run with Tate this week.

Sure, Foster may play full-speed & blow the place up, but that's fantasy! You can only make your most educated guess, and that seems to be Tate.

I like Blackmon at WR, too.

... but what do I know, I started Eli & Nicks!!!

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Ouch!

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This is why I hate Auto draft:

Schaub
Forte
Sproles
Megatron
Jorde Nelson
Maclin
Pettigrew
Crosby
and the Jets.


This is my starting lineup.... Nevermind my backups lol

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If Schaub stays healthy all year long, that's not a bad looking team at all. Given the quarterback settings, even if you had someone else, it wouldn't be significant anyways.

Your receiving core is probably the best in the league. Forte is always a beast and while Sproles makes a better 3rd running back, it's not a terrible 2nd option.

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Yeah, that looks like a really good team.

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OK, I swapped out Lynch for Tate.

Thanks for the help guys.

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Sorry about Tate, Utah! That's what you get for listening to me!

Meanwhile, St. Thomas schooled me like RG3 schooling the Saints "defense." :(

Don't think we helped there.
Really thought Tate would have got a share of carries with Foster carrying a injury.


I lost by 0.04pts.The blame is being put on DeAngelo Williams.had he rushed for 5 yards I would have won.
5yards...How can a RB not manage 5 yards in a game.


Last time I trust a Carolina player to do anything.
Oh and to make it worse I had Kevin Smith in my bench but didn't play him as he was being reported as banged up.

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Dammit, how did I miss Ryan Mathews on waivers? I've been looking for someone to drop Ingram for all week!

Must be slipping in my old age ...

I didn't see him either.
Man that's a shame,somebody drop Jamal Charles last week aswell and I missed him too

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Taking on Utah this week, so I've become a big Seattle defense fan!

Best of luck everybody ... except Utah ... :)

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i really like my team, sorry mutty for that clinic i gave u for free. ha ha, next homer will get the same.

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LOL! Yeah, been a rough fantasy year for me so far. Got smacked around last week in my money league, too. I'm 1-1 in all three of my leagues.

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i don't know if ur watching that game with panthers giants but it really rubs it in how bad our saints de is. they are dominating smiley,(cam), WELL HE JUST JUMPED OVER THE LINE.

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They also have 3 elite pass rushers and have been playing in the same system for a very long time. Give it some time.

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Well, at least Martellus Bennett looks like a good pickup at TE ... crap, now I've ruined it ...

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Crap, Lee is gonna kill me this week! Looks like he's the dominant blackandgold.com force in this league.

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"Elite QB" Eli Manning's fantasy points the last 5 weeks:

Week 6 - 11.52
Week 7 - 13.88
Week 8 - 5.98
Week 9 - 3.00
Week 10 - 2.70

Anybody wanna trade me their backup? :)

Congratulations to the owner of Jumping Jehosaphants on winning the league and beating me in the championship game.

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Are you guys playing again this year?

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Im in

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Yeah, looks like the league re-activated itself. I just got signed up for this season. Still a few spots open, if anybody else is interested!

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In case any of you guys missed it, the live draft is set up for 7 PM CDT on Sunday, September 1st.

See y'all there!

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what a sucking team to start the season, don't sleep to much i'll be there for the playoffs watch the hell out.

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I liked my team on paper but the injury to Amendola and Ridley's case of the dropsies has hurt me.I was happy i was on the Julius Thomas train before most of the fantasy world.I was just lucky enough to see his numbers in one game and kept a eye on him and the TE injuries at Denver and took the chance in most of my leagues

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Which team is yours ST. Thomas?

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I drafted terribly and it's already showing. I need a WR (or 2, or 3!) but I don't have much to trade. I can't even roster a good kicker!!!

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Play attention to Kendall Wright and Ryan Broyles today. They may be able to help you.

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You have Mark Ingram on your team! You're screwed! lol just kidding.

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Oh, I went and left Josh Gordon on my bench (what could he possibly do with Hoyer at QB???) only to watch him blow up. At least B. Hartline & D. Baldwin scored TD's to salvage my day.