fantasy football: a league of our own

Green Bay-Dallas and New England- Indy pale in comparison to this week's heavyweight throwdown: The 9-4 White Stripes taking on the 9-4 Rock and Roll Outlaws in a late-season tilt with first-place on the line. An injury to Stripes' staring wideout Calvin Johnson will factor into the battle, not to mention QB Tom Brady, suddenly looking mortal. Outlaws' signal caller Eli Manning redeemed himself with a late rally against the Bears, while key WR Andre Davis will face a stout Buccaneers pass defense. This one could come down to defense and kickers, folks. The winner will have a game lead on the field. The early line has the Outlaws a slim favorite. Stay tuned…

Originally posted by mrpee:
Green Bay-Dallas and New England- Indy pale in comparison to this week's heavyweight throwdown: The 9-4 White Stripes taking on the 9-4 Rock and Roll Outlaws in a late-season tilt with first-place on the line. An injury to Stripes' staring wideout Calvin Johnson will factor into the battle, not to mention QB Tom Brady, suddenly looking mortal. Outlaws' signal caller Eli Manning redeemed himself with a late rally against the Bears, while key WR Andre Davis will face a stout Buccaneers pass defense. This one could come down to defense and kickers, folks. The winner will have a game lead on the field. The early line has the Outlaws a slim favorite. Stay tuned…

Well done, but I don't know how I can possibly be favored. In fact Yahoo has me as a 6 point underdog. Additionally it looks like I may be without Boldin this week. That would mean that 3 of my potential starting 4 WR's are injured (Harrison, Holmes and Boldin). I've also dropped 2 out of my last 3 and 4 out of my last 6. Injuries have me looking pretty shabby going into the final game of the season.

my team just completely gave up yesterday. it's pretty pathetic that my #2 point output last week was from a TE that hardly had done anything this season. i had a pretty good run going and i had some hope for the rest of the season, but after that i think i'm done. i really needed to win out.

Did everyone notice that Brian was beat by a girl this week? Just thought I'd point that out.

I don't mind being beat by a girl.

Brian

P.S. However, I wasn't aware that Adrian Peterson was playing last Thursday.

could laurence maroney be any more worthless?

i really got burned this week on RBs. i started adrian peterson in another league too. i got 5 points out of my 2 RBs in that league (and i'm probably going to lose this week – the first round of the playoffs – because of it). at least marion barber helped me out in this one…. but there's no playoffs here, which sucks.

2 things i dislike about this league: 4 WR and no playoffs. 4 WR x 12 teams = _WAY_ too many scrubs being started.

Originally posted by distance:
2 things i dislike about this league: 4 WR and no playoffs.

i'm sorta indifferent about the playoff thing, but we'll make sure to not repeat the 4 WR fiasco. i don't think any of my WR's have have had a double-digit game all season. Javon Walker, D.J. Hackett, Eddie Kennison, Drew Bennett, Drew Carter… yeah, those choices really worked out for me.

flex positions are where its at

Well congrats to The White Stripes! Way to ride Brady to the win. If only I had a QB I could have counted on all season… oh well. My own dumb drafting, no one to blame but myself.

It was fun though.

Suggestions for next season:

It's really not the same without playoffs. In just about every other league the playoffs begin next week. Playoffs would be key.

Roster as follows:

QB
WR
WR
WR
RB
RB
TE
FLEX RB/WR/TE
DEF/ST
K

Originally posted by Shadrach:

QB
WR
WR
WR
RB
RB
TE
FLEX RB/WR/TE
DEF/ST
K

my suggestion would be
qb
wr
wr
rb
rb
te
rb/wr
wr/te
def
k

i would agree with 2wr/2Rb/1te and 1/2 flex slots.

i also agree with giving credit for ST TDs/plays to he DEF since we don't have ST slots.

also i would have no problem with QB TDs being 6pts.

we should also make a pick'em league.
of course i may only be saying that because i'm absolutely destroying the league i'm in. there's a decent chance that i'll have a big enough lead going into week 17 that i won't even have to pick.

looks like there might be a lot of upsets this week.
the white stripes may lose, but taking on the two lowest ranked teams in the league the final two weeks still looks pretty good. looks like i may be moving up this week and have a shot at finishing up decently high in the rankings!

anyone still caring about this?
it looks like i'm moving up to third place now!
unfortunately that's the highest i'll be able to finish even if i end up tied with the two teams in front of me because of my total points for the season being lower than both.

1. Outdoor Miners 12-5-0
2. The White Stripes 11-6-0
3. Rock N Roll Outlaws 10-6-1
4. Rainbows & Unicorns 10-7-0
5. the pink robots 9-7-1
6. team salty 9-8-0
7. All-Geriatric Team 9-8-0
8. We Are Both Carls 9-8-0
9. Pigskin&Pigtails6949 9-8-0
10. killsaly 8-9-0
11. The Dengler Herpes 3-14-0
12. New Jersey Barebacks 2-15-0

It was indeed a stunning late season rally. I owe it to Tomlinson, Rothlisberger and of course, the Dengler Herpes shocking upset of the Stripes. The Bengals playing the Dolphins certainly factored in that. Thanks Cam Cameron, hope you can find a new job.

Originally posted by distance:
1. Outdoor Miners 12-5-0
2. The White Stripes 11-6-0
3. Rock N Roll Outlaws 10-6-1
4. Rainbows & Unicorns 10-7-0
5. the pink robots 9-7-1
6. team salty 9-8-0
7. All-Geriatric Team 9-8-0
8. We Are Both Carls 9-8-0
9. Pigskin&Pigtails6949 9-8-0
10. killsaly 8-9-0
11. The Dengler Herpes 3-14-0
12. New Jersey Barebacks 2-15-0

Thanks to Sweetcell for organizing the league…and for giving me the win after we originally tied. (I have no idea what happened with that, but I'll buy you a beer next time we're at the same show.) At 2-15, you're on the clock for the 2008 draft!

Seriously, this was enjoyable, and I'd be happy to play again next year…perhaps with playoffs and switch a WR position or two for a Flex position or two.

If anybody's at the Black Cat tonight for NYE, say "hi"…I'll be the tall guy w/glasses doing the Charleston.

Originally posted by dhinojwala:

Originally posted by distance:
1. Outdoor Miners 12-5-0
2. The White Stripes 11-6-0

Thanks to Sweetcell for organizing the league…and for giving me the win after we originally tied. (I have no idea what happened with that, but I'll buy you a beer next time we're at the same show.) At 2-15, you're on the clock for the 2008 draft!

i think even with a tie instead of a win you would have won.
11-5-1 is better than 11-6-0.

i had third place locked up if it hadn't been for the pats defense sucking against the giants. oh well.. i don't think people thought much of my team, but i went on a pretty good run and almost finished in the top 3.

glad to hear folks had a good time in this league, i certainly did. this was also the first time i played fantasy football, next year please expect a much better performance than my last-place finish. as shadrach rightfully pointed out, my drafting sucked more than a MIA show. given a sow's ear…

winners (mister pee, shadrach, brian walalce) - please PM me with how you'd like to be recognized for your great season: paypal (give e-mail) or check (give mailing address).

next year: definitely looking forward to doing it again. will be happy to cut down on WRs in favor of RBs or flex, although i don't remember seeing flex as an option (could be wrong). playoffs are just dandy with me.

til then,
da commish

Thanks sweetcell. I learned a lot about football and this gave me something to do at work.

Now I'm getting in to the NFL Playoff Challenge.

we should have done this:
http://fantasysports.theonion.com/howto.htm