Fantasy Football
 

Good afternoon gents.
what's shakin bacon?
Long time no chat LOL!

Just wondering if somer or anyone else had planned to do fantasy football this season?

Still a ways to go, but I figured I'd ask.



T.T.Y.L. Greg

well, hey there cincy!! long time man...

no doubt someone will get it going, somer maybe.

have a great day!

No, I'll be moving the end of this month and I have no idea where or if I'll have net access for awhile...if someone else sets up a league I'll join but can't promise I'll be around all year!

wow! moving, ugh. still plenty of time between now and the start of football. but then, there always seems to be plenty of time, and then bam, there it is.

good luck with the move somer.

Just reading some fantasy football stuff earlier, and though about our annual leagues.

If enough are interested, I'll set it up when it gets closer to preseason.


T.T.Y.L. Greg

About time you got your ass over here. Welcome Greg from Cincy.....

Are you asking..... "" Are you ready for some Football "" ?
What are we about 3-4 weeks from training camps ? Heck after 50's temps here in the am.. it feels like football allready !

Oh my God.

a guys cell phone rang the other day, played the old monday night football music.

are you ready for some football?? i am!!

i get a lot of grins with my ringer--call to the post baby!!

One of the nicest people of all time. Cincy Greg
Big Kev was right up there until we tainted him.

Thanks, I think LOL!

Alright. When it gets closer to the season, I'll set it up.





T.T.Y.L. Greg

If I'm settled and have net access, I'll join but I can't run it this year cause of all the uncertainty...there might be three of us wanting to play, Chris and I always play and his lady may want to play also...might need more than 1 league again! I've found that 14 teams is good...that way you have weeks 1-13 for league play and play every team once and weeks 14, 15 and 16 for playoffs (want to avoid week 17 as so many stars sit out, especially RB's). The Yahoo player settings are good, I usually add one W/R position and a couple individual D players, they changed the points (default settings) this year...I like the settings they are now using, might add one point per reception .....again, just suggestions from my experiences the past few years!

Sounds good Somer. I'll have to check all the settings to see what they have this year.





T.T.Y.L. Greg

i can't see how you guys can play fanstay football. you will have to pull for the other teams your team plays against. myself i just can't root for the other team, who is playing against my team.

I'm the same way, that's why I never start my players from other teams against my BEARS!


DA BEARS DA BEARS DA BEARS DA BEARS.

How's monday night August 27th work for everyone as a draft date?!?!

I'm thinking 6:30 pm draft time

I'll set the league up.



T.T.Y.L. Greg

Here's the link to Yahoo


http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/f1


League Name:2007 DERBY TRAIL MIX

Password: wisetimes


T.T.Y.L. Greg

OOPS, My bad

League ID # is 319772




T.T.Y.L. Greg

So far only two teams are in, but there is plenty of time left to sign up.





T.T.Y.L. Greg

Greg, I signed up...don't know yet if I can make the draft...depends on my work schedule, if not...I'll pre-rank. A few suggestions:
(1) no points really for defensive players, you should add tackles and assists at least, probably some other cats.
(2) 2 Qbs in a 10 team is cool, even 4 wr's but 4 Rb's is too many...4x10=40 and there are only 32 starters in the league plus a few others like Bush worth having...every team needs at least one reserve RB for bye weeks so that's 50 needed at minimum. I suggest having 2 RB positions and two W/R slots so you can use either a WR or a RB.
John

I signed up...lets get some more folks signed up!!!

hope there are more, won't be much fun with just four of us...

We're up to 5 now. If you cant make the draft, make sure you pre-rank your players. Draft positions will be randomly selected by the computer (not me) 30 minutes before the draft.



T.T.Y.L. Greg

when is the draft? guess i better get on the ball with this!

Is there a wager involved in this? Or is this just for the hell of it.

i guess for the hell of it....bragging rights.

It's just for bragging rights LOL!

The live draft is Monday Aug 27th at 6:30 pm eastern
If you can be there for the live draft, dont forget to pre-rank your players in advance.


T.T.Y.L. Greg

I think im the last team to fill out the league...Go Raiders !

i won't be there, tony has another check up monday--off to hot springs again...

I should be there, got testing in Cincinnati at 9am-3pm, about an hour back to where I live...should make it. Still hope Greg reads my notes and makes a few changes to settings!!

I changed a few of the settings and I think everyone will be happy with them

You now start
1 qb
2 rb
3 wr
1rb/wr
1 te
1k
1 def
1 d
1 db
1 dl

And will have a nice deep bench to work with

Should be a good time, I'm looking forward to draft day.




T.T.Y.L. Greg

Do you think we need all those defensive players?

I agree, I think I would be happy with just a Defense Team. IMO...

Regardless, I am excited to play...

You only have 3 defensive players (unless you draft some for the bench) and most take those late in the draft.

Most fill their bench with at least 1 more QB a few rb's a few wr's an extra kicker and a second te and defensive team.




T.T.Y.L. Greg

That's what we are saying, do we really need all those defensive postions? I play money leagues and we play only a defensive team or at most a defensive team and one defensive position. All those defensive positions and a deep bench is going to make for a long draft.

I don't really care because it will be fun to school you guys...LOL...just starting the preseason smack talk. ;)

I may just end up bailing out half way through the draft and let those spots get picked for me. It will be tough for me to give up 1 1/2 to 2 hours for this draft.

Hopefully everyone will be ready to make their picks and it will move pretty fast.




T.T.Y.L. Greg

i'm not playing this year but one word of advise for those that are...

don't rely on the yahoo rankings for idp's. they are worse than random.

Absolutely...they seem to be completely random. The "O" rankings are very good but the "D" useless!

Looking forward to the draft.
Did you see the changes somer!?!?!?





T.T.Y.L. Greg

Yes...looks good! I made a few minor suggestions regarding Passes defended, safeties and blocked kicks at the site...great job greg!

Damn!! Missed out again. These leagues are started ridiculously early.