How are your fantasy teams lookin?

[MrChad]

I'm not too happy with my draft, but here it is. Note that we are a keeper league, so most of the top RBs (L. Johnson, S. Alexander, LT, S. Jackson, etc.) were taken from the beginning.

Starters
Palmer, Carson QB CIN
Jones, Julius RB DAL
Lundy, Wali RB HOU
Mason, Derrick WR BAL
Ward, Hines WR PIT
Miller, Heath TE PIT
Rackers, Neil K ARI
Panthers DST

Reserves
Bledsoe, Drew QB DAL
Branch, Deion WR NE
White, Roddy WR ATL
Pollard, Marcus TE DET
Koenen, Michael K ATL
Redskins DST

 

[KeithTalent]

Originally posted by: MotionMan
Are you guys drafting against 1st graders? These must be public leagues. I only play in private leagues where almost everyone shows up for the draft (all but one manager in each league this year) and everybody knows their stuff (both my leagues were started from football fan e-mailing lists I am a member of).

Do you get any satisfaction beating strangers of unknown intelligence and football knowledge?

MotionMan

What I find usually happens is the people that did not show get obliterated in the first half of the season, then it is just the remainging (usually about half) of the group fighting it out.

So yeah, there are a lot of people involved that know nothing, but they get weeded out and the remaining worthy competitors vie for the title.

 

[Feldenak]

Originally posted by: MotionMan
Are you guys drafting against 1st graders? These must be public leagues. I only play in private leagues where almost everyone shows up for the draft (all but one manager in each league this year) and everybody knows their stuff (both my leagues were started from football fan e-mailing lists I am a member of).

Do you get any satisfaction beating strangers of unknown intelligence and football knowledge?

MotionMan

I'm in a private league with people I know and most of the managers showed up.

 

[MrChad]

Originally posted by: Deeko
League 1 (QB, RB, RB, WR, WR, TE, K, D)
Marc Bulger
Stephen Jackson
Cadillac Williams
Chris Chambers
Larry Fitzgerald
Json Witten
Jay Feely
Dallas
Phillip Rivers
Mike Bell
Deuce McAllister
Reggie Brown
Ben Watson
Rams

These were all 1st and 2nd round picks in my draft. How you got away with 4 of them is unbelievable.

 

[Feldenak]

Jonestown Kool-AidView All
Round Pick Player Position
1. (1) L. Tomlinson RB
2. (20) W. McGahee RB
3. (21) C. Palmer QB
4. (40) R. Wayne WR
5. (41) D. Branch WR
6. (60) J. Witten TE
7. (61) Baltimore DEF
8. (80) D. Foster RB
9. (81) D. Akers K
10. (100) B. Roethlisberger QB
11. (101) H. Miller TE
12. (120) Cincinnati DEF

 

[49erinnc]

Originally posted by: MotionMan
Are you guys drafting against 1st graders? These must be public leagues. I only play in private leagues where almost everyone shows up for the draft (all but one manager in each league this year) and everybody knows their stuff (both my leagues were started from football fan e-mailing lists I am a member of).

Do you get any satisfaction beating strangers of unknown intelligence and football knowledge?

MotionMan

Been in the same, 10-man local league for about 7 years now. This was actually the first year where all 10 owners didn't show up for draft day. We had one guy get called out of town on business but he drafted over speaker phone and with me typing up the draft on IM since he had access to his laptop. The first couple years, we had an owner or two new to fantasy football so they were at a big disadvantage just from not being familiar with NFL depth. But after playing for so many years, no one in our league is really considered to be an easy win.

With a 10 man league, it's hard to not have a solid starting lineup but leagues are won/lost in rounds 4-10 IMO. Everyone can pick a stud in the first few rounds but you have to know your stuff to get those #2/#3 RB's and WR's. And of course, there is a ton of luck involved when it comes to game day. Injuries plagued me last year so I'm hoping that's not the case this season.

 

[Kev]

I did my money league draft last night, what do you think:

QB Brees, Drew
RB Johnson, Larry
RB McGahee, Willis
WR Boldin, Anquan
WR Jackson, Darrell
TE Shockey, Jeremy
K Vanderjagt, Mike
DEF Steelers, DST

Bench
Brooks, Aaron QB
Benson, Cedric RB
Morency, Vernand RB
Clayton, Michael WR
Edwards, Braylon WR
Wilford, Ernest WR

 

[Jgtdragon]

Originally posted by: Kev
I did my money league draft last night, what do you think:

QB Brees, Drew
RB Johnson, Larry
RB McGahee, Willis
WR Boldin, Anquan
WR Jackson, Darrell
TE Shockey, Jeremy
K Vanderjagt, Mike
DEF Steelers, DST

Bench
Brooks, Aaron QB
Benson, Cedric RB
Morency, Vernand RB
Clayton, Michael WR
Edwards, Braylon WR
Wilford, Ernest WR

Vanderjagt might not play in week one.

 

[Reckoner]

Team one:

QB Hasselbeck, Matt (QB) SEA
RB Droughns, Reuben (RB)
RB Jones, Thomas (RB)
WR Fitzgerald, Larry (WR)
WR Moss, Santana (WR)
WR Galloway, Joey (WR)
TE McMichael, Randy (TE)
K Feely, Jay (K)
D Seattle (D) SEA
Bn Portis, Clinton Q (RB)
Bn Smith, Rod (WR)
Bn Curtis, Kevin (WR)
Bn Brooks, Aaron (QB)
Bn Toomer, Amani (WR)
Bn Moore, Mewelde Q (RB)
Bn Price, Peerless (WR)

Team Two:

QB Brady, Tom P (QB)
RB Jackson, Steven (RB)
RB Taylor, Chester (RB)
WR Johnson, Chad (WR)
WR Galloway, Joey (WR)
WR Stallworth, Donte' (WR)
TE McMichael, Randy (TE)
K Tynes, Lawrence (K)
D Carolina (D)
Bn Green, Ahman (RB)
Bn Johnson, Keyshawn (WR)
Bn Green, Trent (QB)
Bn Givens, David Q (WR)
Bn Caldwell, Reche (WR)
Bn Stokley, Brandon Q (WR)
Bn Dayne, Ron P (RB)

Team three:

QB D. Culpepper
WR Sa. Moss
WR R. Wayne
WR L. Evans
RB C. Williams
RB C. Taylor
TE B. Watson
W/R K. Johnson
K J. Wilkins
DEF Cincinnati

Bench C. Portis
Bench D. Bledsoe
Bench C. Benson
Bench I. Bruce
Bench M. Barber

Team Four:

QB M. Bulger
WR R. Moss
WR A. Johnson
WR K. McCardell
RB L. Johnson
RB J. Jones
TE J. Witten
W/R J. Porter
K N. Kaeding
DEF Denver

Bench C. Benson
Bench T. Green
Bench M. Bell
Bench B. Troupe

Team Five:

QB Philip Rivers, SD QB
RB Steven Jackson, StL RB
RB/WR Chester Taylor, Min RB
WR Rod Smith, Den WR
WR Matt Jones, Jac WR
TE Jeremy Shockey, NYG TE
D/ST Patriots D/ST, NE D/ST
K Adam Vinatieri, Ind K Q

BENCH
Bench Hines Ward, Pit WR P
Bench Ahman Green, GB RB
Bench Deuce McAllister, NO RB Q
Bench Ben Roethlisberger*, Pit QB O
Bench Keenan McCardell, SD WR P
Bench Donte' Stallworth, Phi WR P
Bench Marion Barber, Dal RB
Bench Charles Rogers, Det WR