This is the first week you need to pay attention to who's on a bye...make it a habit to check early in the week and plan ahead, so you don't get caught without a replacement for a bye player. If you are like me, you will need to grab a defense or kicker to cover a bye, it might also be a chance to improve both.
CHECK YOUR LINEUPS! There's nothing more aggravating than losing because you didn't sub a player which could have been the difference between a win and a loss....
Saturday, September 27, 2008
Monday, September 22, 2008
MONDAY MORNING BLUES....
Today is a day for moaning the blues...I'm tied in my game with my opponent having Thomas Jones going tonight...there's a loss...
What hurts more - I have M. Lynch and R. White on my bench for 40 points...either in my lineup would give me a comfortable margin tonight...Lynch scored more than all of my backs (we have flex) and While scored more than my receivers combined...
Don't over analyze things...go with your big guns...you drafted them for a reason...Lesson learned...
What hurts more - I have M. Lynch and R. White on my bench for 40 points...either in my lineup would give me a comfortable margin tonight...Lynch scored more than all of my backs (we have flex) and While scored more than my receivers combined...
Don't over analyze things...go with your big guns...you drafted them for a reason...Lesson learned...
Monday, September 15, 2008
IKE KILLS ME AND OTHERS IN FANTASY!!!
The late Saturday postponement of the Balt-Hou game really screwed me...I was left with Matt Hasselback as my starting QB - does he stink without anyone to throw to! People who didn't bother to check their lineups Sunday AM got screwed....
Thursday, September 11, 2008
WEEK ONE OBSERVATIONS
Tom Brady/Nate Burleson owners...that's life...get replacements NOW!!!!!
make sure you know how your waiver system works....alot of leagues use an inverse of the standings..that means if you won your game, you are at least 6th in the order in a 10 team league...
Championships are won and lost by the moves you make during the season....I have a gut hunch TE Anthony Fasano for Miami will have a monster year...tried to grab him in both my leagues, was one and one....
One piece of advice - if you get DIRECTV's Sunday Ticket...pay for Superfan...the edited games are a great way to look at all the games during the week and note players who could be on the horizon...
Good luck in week 2....
make sure you know how your waiver system works....alot of leagues use an inverse of the standings..that means if you won your game, you are at least 6th in the order in a 10 team league...
Championships are won and lost by the moves you make during the season....I have a gut hunch TE Anthony Fasano for Miami will have a monster year...tried to grab him in both my leagues, was one and one....
One piece of advice - if you get DIRECTV's Sunday Ticket...pay for Superfan...the edited games are a great way to look at all the games during the week and note players who could be on the horizon...
Good luck in week 2....
Thursday, September 4, 2008
TALE OF TWO DRAFTS (PT. II)
This is the one which still has me scratching my head....
Sunday night - 10 team league - I'm picking 5th...
The usual suspects go 1 & 2, then S. Jackson goes and Tom Brady...I get Brian Westbrook with 5th pick. Then the real shockers - E. Graham & D. McFadden in 1st round, Peyton early 2nd, and when I come up - Marshawn Lynch...WOW!...
Moving on - 3rdround - McNabb & Farve taken with first picks...New England Defense right before me (WHAT!)...I get Brandon Jacobs - 3 of the top 12 RB's...what a break...
The headscratchers continue - PK N. Folk om 3rd round; Julius Jones in 4th round (Stretch), WR Steve Smith of Giants - 5th round (WHAT!), and so it goes...
This was one of the strangest drafts and I thing I did pretty well...
QB - Hasselback & Schaub
RB - Westbrook, Lynch, Jacobs, C. Perry. C. Johnson (TEN), B. Jackson (GB)
WR - Colston, C. Johnson (DET), S. Holmes, R. White, L. Evans & E. Royal (Sleeper)
TE - Whitten & V. Davis
PK - S. Graham
DEF - Redskins
I think I've got a winner...
The one thing I want to point out - watch how things play out and stick to your plan. I saw everyone else grab Kickers and Defenses - I waited till round 15 to get a kicker and round 16 for a defense....they are pretty much crapshoots.....
Good luck in week one!
Sunday night - 10 team league - I'm picking 5th...
The usual suspects go 1 & 2, then S. Jackson goes and Tom Brady...I get Brian Westbrook with 5th pick. Then the real shockers - E. Graham & D. McFadden in 1st round, Peyton early 2nd, and when I come up - Marshawn Lynch...WOW!...
Moving on - 3rdround - McNabb & Farve taken with first picks...New England Defense right before me (WHAT!)...I get Brandon Jacobs - 3 of the top 12 RB's...what a break...
The headscratchers continue - PK N. Folk om 3rd round; Julius Jones in 4th round (Stretch), WR Steve Smith of Giants - 5th round (WHAT!), and so it goes...
This was one of the strangest drafts and I thing I did pretty well...
QB - Hasselback & Schaub
RB - Westbrook, Lynch, Jacobs, C. Perry. C. Johnson (TEN), B. Jackson (GB)
WR - Colston, C. Johnson (DET), S. Holmes, R. White, L. Evans & E. Royal (Sleeper)
TE - Whitten & V. Davis
PK - S. Graham
DEF - Redskins
I think I've got a winner...
The one thing I want to point out - watch how things play out and stick to your plan. I saw everyone else grab Kickers and Defenses - I waited till round 15 to get a kicker and round 16 for a defense....they are pretty much crapshoots.....
Good luck in week one!
Monday, September 1, 2008
THE TALE OF TWO DRAFTS (Part I)
I want to tell you the story of two drafts I participated in this weekend...I'm going to limit myself to these two leagues and comment on my performance. I am somewhat surprised by the results...
First of all, you must take some time to rank your players in any online draft...computer problems do happen even during a draft, and if your list isn't done right, the autodraft can a wacky pick - In one draft, D McNabb went #1 in 3rd round to someone who's computer crashed and while rebooting made a pick (They weren't happy), another team on autopick - NE Defense pick #4 in 3rd, no RB for this team until 4th round and Rudi Johnson in the 9th round....
The first was an online draft early Saturday morning - I picked 10th overall in a 10 team league. My general draft strategy is go RB-RB-WR-WR and then go from there, but I will change if need be...Got RBs Marion Barber & Marshawn Lynch with the first two picks and then waited. By the time I came up again, 5 QB's were gone and I wanted to get Carson Palmer so I had to grab him and grabbed RB Reggie Bush with my other pick...the problem now - no WRs...that's going to hurt...what do I do in the 5th & 6th rounds - RB LenDale White & TE Kellen Winslow. Let me explain here, I use a program for my drafts and it advises me on my picks and it was guiding me away from WRs. Grabbed WR Dwayne Bowe and TE Chris Cooley (Good for me in past) next...spent the rest of the draft catching up on WRs - did get value with some WRs...got a decent team here, I hope...
QB - Palmer & V. Young
RB - Barber, Lynch, Bush, White, Morris
WR - Bowe, Chambers, Galloway, D. Mason, K. Walter
TE - Winslow & Cooley
K - Kaeding
DEF - J-ville
One note if you still haven't drafted - you really only need one kicker and one defense - you can pick up one on your bye week. Also, leave them until the end of the draft - they were my last two picks....
I'll talk about my other draft in the next installment...
First of all, you must take some time to rank your players in any online draft...computer problems do happen even during a draft, and if your list isn't done right, the autodraft can a wacky pick - In one draft, D McNabb went #1 in 3rd round to someone who's computer crashed and while rebooting made a pick (They weren't happy), another team on autopick - NE Defense pick #4 in 3rd, no RB for this team until 4th round and Rudi Johnson in the 9th round....
The first was an online draft early Saturday morning - I picked 10th overall in a 10 team league. My general draft strategy is go RB-RB-WR-WR and then go from there, but I will change if need be...Got RBs Marion Barber & Marshawn Lynch with the first two picks and then waited. By the time I came up again, 5 QB's were gone and I wanted to get Carson Palmer so I had to grab him and grabbed RB Reggie Bush with my other pick...the problem now - no WRs...that's going to hurt...what do I do in the 5th & 6th rounds - RB LenDale White & TE Kellen Winslow. Let me explain here, I use a program for my drafts and it advises me on my picks and it was guiding me away from WRs. Grabbed WR Dwayne Bowe and TE Chris Cooley (Good for me in past) next...spent the rest of the draft catching up on WRs - did get value with some WRs...got a decent team here, I hope...
QB - Palmer & V. Young
RB - Barber, Lynch, Bush, White, Morris
WR - Bowe, Chambers, Galloway, D. Mason, K. Walter
TE - Winslow & Cooley
K - Kaeding
DEF - J-ville
One note if you still haven't drafted - you really only need one kicker and one defense - you can pick up one on your bye week. Also, leave them until the end of the draft - they were my last two picks....
I'll talk about my other draft in the next installment...
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