Torontonian: Fantasy Football Thread

Torontonian 08.11.15	music discussion is also welcome. But more interested in fantasy discussion tbh.
NordicMindset 08.11.15	Sowing form yer league
AlexKzillion 08.11.15	Bet
NordicMindset 08.11.15	still not sure who to pick #1 this year. Le'veon's suspension is a major killer, and it's really a tossup between Lacy, Jamaal or a vengeful AP.
MalleusMaleficarum 08.11.15	very interesting season on the horizon
Balerion 08.11.15	I get two keepers in my league from last season and I have TY Hilton Jordy and Demarco Murray and I'm torn between which two to keep
NordicMindset 08.11.15	Murray is going on my Do Not Draft list. Enough red flags for me to avoid.
Torontonian 08.11.15	#1 has got to be lacy. It would be bell if he weren't suspended though. @bal I'd keep jordy and murray and toss Hilton. Thats just my preference.
Torontonian 08.11.15	@green WHy?
Torontonian 08.11.15	who do you guys have as a #1 quarterback? and more importantly what round to draft?My draft order is the following RB/Gronk RB/Gronk WR WR TE QB
MalleusMaleficarum 08.11.15	RB WR QB WR RB
Balerion 08.11.15	Depending on who I decide to keep... RB/WR RB/WR Flex TE Qb
AlexKzillion 08.11.15	RB/WR RB/WR RB/WR RB/WR QB TE
AlexKzillion 08.11.15	My number 1 qb is Russell Wilson
BigHans 08.11.15	After 15 years of experience, I can safely say the best way by far to do fantasy football is to have an auction/dynasty/rookie draft format. SOOOOOOOOOO much better than the boring redraft formats.
MalleusMaleficarum 08.11.15	Wilson is a decent choice with the addition of Graham and then the fact that Russell will get you rushing yards and rushing tds
NordicMindset 08.11.15	Don't want to overpay for Odell but as a Giants fan that's exactly what I'm gonna do lol. Those last 6 weeks were insane last year.
jpolf 08.11.15	Had my draft yesterday. Starters- QB: Brees RB1: Lacy RB2: Mark Ingram WR1: Odell Beckham WR2: TY Hilton TE: Gronk Flex: Brandin Cooks Defense: Bills K: Vinatieri Bench- Golden Tate CJ Spiller Ravens Defense Alfred Blue Jason Witten Matthew Stafford Marques Colston Really happy with this; might be my best ever, although I wanted Andrew Luck. There are only 6 people in my League so I think I have a pretty decent shot at taking it this year.
jpolf 08.11.15	Always have it on the day of the Hall of Fame game.
Torontonian 08.11.15	@mall decent order, i personally wouldn't have QB so high, i'd be happy snagging newton in the 5/6th round tbh.
Sowing 08.11.15	I will make a league just fyi, and actually pay attention to my team this year. I'll make sure I put out a list for it this week or next.
jpolf 08.11.15	@RosaParks only 6
Torontonian 08.11.15	@jpolf also wouldn't recommend having a defense in your reserves.
AlexKzillion 08.11.15	Unless I have a top 10 defense, I usually have 2 defenses, and just switch them out depending on the matchup
jpolf 08.11.15	Would you recommend dropping Bills or Ravens
NordicMindset 08.11.15	"There are only 6 people in my League" well how else would you have Lacy, OBJ and Gronk?
jpolf 08.11.15	^^true
AlexKzillion 08.11.15	How much faith do you guys put in rookies? I find myself constantly drafting Todd Gurley and Devante Parker in later rounds
MalleusMaleficarum 08.11.15	hope the dude Cooks stays healthy this year also the chiefs have announced theyre gonna lessen JCs workload so maybe we'll see some magic from DeAnthony Thomas
SmileNerd 08.11.15	There's this place -- you've probably never heard of it -- called the Sputnik forums. That is where this goes.
MalleusMaleficarum 08.11.15	you my friend are retarded
MalleusMaleficarum 08.11.15	chill dude hes clinically retard
Inveigh 08.11.15	I love Gurley, but the o-line in St. Louis is fairly terrible. I love Ryan Matthews as a later-round RB. Murray is going to get hurt at some point this season and Matthews with a full workload (for 4-5 weeks before he inevitably gets hurt) will be magic for like an 11th rounder.
MalleusMaleficarum 08.11.15	im not drafting a guy whos gonna play less than half of the schedule
Trebor. 08.11.15	10+ people leagues or get the fuck out
MalleusMaleficarum 08.11.15	yea
Inveigh 08.11.15	Matthews will play when Murray's healthy, but he'll be the bell cow when he goes down. anything after round 10-12 you're taking shots on goal anyways Kevin White is going in the 8th round on average and he might not even play until week 6.
MalleusMaleficarum 08.11.15	"Matthews will play when Murray's healthy" yet still wont put up as many fantasy points as Sproles
Inveigh 08.11.15	very possible, no doubt. it's a semi-risky pick. i've learned to not doubt Sproles in recent years, but I got a weird feeling about Matthews in the second half of this season.
MyNameIsPencil 08.11.15	I like to think I have a high risk/high reward team, though I have a free spot due to dropping a player who was already out for the season cause god damn yahoo fantasy
Artuma 08.11.15	dumb sport is dumb
MyNameIsPencil 08.11.15	soccer is boring to watch
Keyblade 08.11.15	lol
Artuma 08.11.15	soccer rocks
adr 08.11.15	yea australian football is better amirite lol
MO 08.11.15	"Starters- QB: Brees RB1: Lacy RB2: Mark Ingram WR1: Odell Beckham WR2: TY Hilton TE: Gronk Flex: Brandin Cooks Defense: Bills K: Vinatieri " that's a fucking fantastic draft, good job
Artuma 08.11.15	i have never followed rugby but it seems pretty awesome
MikeC26 08.11.15	it's easy to have a great draft with six teams
AtomicWaste 08.11.15	You must be drafting against a bunch of loons if you wind up with Gronk, OBJ, and Lacy, since all three of them are projected to go round 1. Gurley will be solid, I also love Kevin White, but he'll be out a bit in the start due to his shin injury, but I expect he'll come in and OBJ everyone. Remember, Eli sucks almost as much as Cutler, so it's a similar situation. For RB, I always look for Jamaal Charles because he always puts it up. AP will, of course, be great again. I think Julius Thomas will be an intriguing sleeper this year and Travis Kelce is another rising star to watch. Who knows? Brandon Marshall might even make Geno Smith look good and turn him into a waiver wire hero. Me, I don't draft QB until at least round 5 or later (unless it's 6 pt TDs like Sowing's league last year), but Rodgers is the way to go. I like Tanehill as a sleeper.
JWT155 08.11.15	I'm in 4 leagues this year, rookie mistake by your league commissioner to have any of your leagues drafting this early tho.
BallsToTheWall 08.11.15	Draft Peyton Manning in the first round.
BallsToTheWall 08.11.15	Jokes aside I hope to see my boy Jonathan Stewart post up a 1000+ rushing season.
MyNameIsPencil 08.11.15	this is my first year doing fantasy but I think I did an okay job QB: Cam Newton WR: Jordy Nelson WR: Emmanuel Sanders RB: Le'Veon Bell (I'm fucked if he doesn't return) RB: Frank Gore TE: Julius Thomas W/R: Andre Ellington K: Adam Vinatieri Def: St. Louis
MalleusMaleficarum 08.11.15	Jordy Nelson is your only reliable player rip
JWT155 08.11.15	Apart from his suspension, Bell will be a top 3 back and is projected maybe to be the league leader in rushing yards this season.
GuanoBumbershoot 08.11.15	Got my first antsy early practice run out of the way. QB: Ben Roethlisberger RB: Matt Forte RB: Mark Ingram WR: Antonio Brown WR: Randall Cobb TE: Julius Thomas (banking on Bortles using him a lot) Flex: Sammy Watkins K: Justin Tucker DEF: Bengals Not my best team ever, but you never know. As far as strategy, I've found that almost all of my best/championship teams have had a very elite QB-RB-WR trio, so you'd want to pick your QB no later than the 3rd round. It's also effective to load up on RBs and WRs in the first 4-5 rounds. I also almost never pick a defense until the last 3-4 rounds, because you can still get a decent unit, or just play the matchups.
JWT155 08.11.15	Eh risky strategy to double dip with Big Ben and Antonio Brown.
jpolf 08.11.15	"You must be drafting against a bunch of loons if you wind up with Gronk, OBJ, and Lacy, since all three of them are projected to go round 1." Lacrosse players aren't exactly known for their brilliance.
JWT155 08.11.15	I mean, don't most fantasy sites have the players ordered by projection already to help you draft? I'm doing an auction draft in a few weeks, the rest are snake.
AtomicWaste 08.11.15	They sure do. Also Geno Smith out for 6-10 weeks with a broken jaw after getting punched by a teammate in the locker room. Not that he was any good anyway, but... Stay classy, Jets!
BallsToTheWall 08.11.15	You guys need to play IDP for real. KUECHLY FOR PRESIDENT 2016
Torontonian 08.11.15	so i did a practice draft yesterday .... here's what i got (12 teams). Probably gonna try and do something similar on the real draft thoughts/suggestions? QB: Phillip Rivers RB: Eddie Lacy RB: Melvin Gordon WR:Martavis Bryant WR: Randall Cobb Flex: Golden Tate TE:Travis Kelce K: Dan Carpenter D: Packers
Mart49 08.11.15	kelce is supposed to be good this year and you can probably get him late good call
Torontonian 08.11.15	ya i think he was like round 7 or so. steal if you ask me
AlexKzillion 08.12.15	How much teams do you guys usually make? I usually have at least three
MalleusMaleficarum 08.12.15	usually two, three is an absolute max
NordicMindset 08.12.15	Just practice drafted: QB - Russell Wilson RB - Jeremy Hill RB - Jonathan Stewart WR - Antonio Brown WR - DeAndre Hopkins WR - Golden Tate TE - Martellus Bennett K - Stephen Gostkowski DEF - Philadelphia Eagles BN - Kevin White BN - Teddy Bridgewater BN - Isaiah Crowell BN - Kendall Wright BN - Larry Donnell
BallsToTheWall 08.12.15	Fuck you guys are drafting early god damn.
AtomicWaste 08.12.15	Weak draft if only because the two RBs are far from studly. Gotta have a little money in the bank. I think it's mostly mocks.
Sowing 08.12.15	If we're bragging about mock drafts: QB: Aaron Rodgers RB: Jeremy Hill RB: Melvin Gordon WR: Mike Evans WR: Sammy Watkins Flex: Steve Smith Sr. TE: Rob Gronkowski K: Cody Parkey D: Seahawks But everyone is an idiot in mock drafts so yeah.
MalleusMaleficarum 08.12.15	y would you draft sammy watkins i know its a mock but still dont do that
BallsToTheWall 08.12.15	Who else drafted Giovanni Bernard and Alfred Morris last year and got burned?
JWT155 08.12.15	I dropped Bernard after week 4 or 5 last season.
BallsToTheWall 08.12.15	Smart man.
JWT155 08.12.15	Honestly that's the hardest part of fantasy football, being level headed enough to drop players early/mid season that were projected highly but just aren't going to pan out that season.
BallsToTheWall 08.12.15	Yeah. I made some poor drafting choices in my ESPN league last year. Finished near dead last yet I won in my yahoo league. Funny how that works.
AtomicWaste 08.12.15	I drafted OBJ last year and held him for the whole season. If I played a dynasty league, I'd be set for life. Won that league last year (also picked up CJ Anderson and Ryan Tanehill, thank you based waiver wire) as well as an nfl.com league where I autodrafted AP while I was on vacation (came out with Forsett as compensation). Had Watkins last year and he did pretty well for a rookie, honestly. Had Harvin in a few leagues as well and he proved to be trash.
JWT155 08.12.15	CJ Anderson was a huge pickup for me last year as well. That being said, no one's set for life in Fantasy, even with a keeper league, so many changing dynamics from season to season, injuries players coming and going.
NordicMindset 08.13.15	Had Antonio, Julio and OBJ as my WR corps last year. I wished it was a Dynasty. Come on, Sowing, you should have.
Torontonian 08.24.15	My team Jay Cutler/Brady RB: Le'veon/Blount RB: Forsett WR: DEZ WR: AJ GREEN FLEX: Emanuel Sanders TE: Ertz/Riviera K: Gostkowski Defense: Eagles 10 person league
Torontonian 08.24.15	my obvious weekness being i don't have a RB playing week one and a mediocre QB till week 4. And Ertz questionable with his surgery otherwise i like it.
MikeC26 08.24.15	not sure how your team is so stacked.... must be playing with a bunch of scrubs.
Torontonian 08.24.15	That's a good thing. And if I win its 9000 pesos so score
BallsToTheWall 08.24.15	Jordy nelson with the ACL tear. RIP!
AtomicWaste 08.26.15	Ertz is out, isn't he? Also prepare for Cutlertastropher as always. As a Bears fan, maybe I'll make that a team name... Gonna take a flier on Ty Montgomery after the Nelson thing!
JWT155 08.26.15	I don't ever recall a preseason this disastrous.
Trebor. 08.26.15	shooting for Bridgewater kinda late at QB gonna wait hard on TE probably gonna go RB, WR, RB in the first three rounds but we'll see
MO 08.26.15	I honestly think gronk would be one of the most valuable pickups in the first round if you can snag him up do it
Hawks 08.26.15	STAIRWAY TO 7 BABY
Torontonian 08.26.15	@atomic waste ya he is, he had groin surgery a week ago so i have mychal rivera until he returns (which is supposedly week 1 but i'm skeptical). Culter was the best there was. He had 28 touchdowns last year which isn't terrible
Snake. 08.26.15	a football thread that wasn't created by either hong or sowing? whatttttttttt
Torontonian 08.26.15	my order was RB WR WR WR RB QB RB TE QB pretty sure
JWT155 08.26.15	3 WR's before a 2nd RB? You definitely take RB's first, there will be more than enough talent at WR to pick up players via free agency.
Torontonian 08.26.15	"Jordy Nelson is your only reliable player rip" not anymore!
DikkoZinner 08.26.15	"shooting for Bridgewater kinda late at QB gonna wait hard on TE" The Bridgewater to Rudolph connection.
cvlts 08.26.15	It's all dependent on how you set up your draft board. I wouldn't draft a fringe RB2 in the 2nd round just because that's what most people do... especially if a quality WR1 is sitting there.
JWT155 08.26.15	Agreed, you take who's best available, but I wouldn't draft 3 WR's back to back to back rounds 2 through 4.
Torontonian 08.27.15	it worked out alright for me but ya its probably not the best idea.
Torontonian 08.27.15	deandre hopkins in the fourth seemed like a steal though ( i accidentally chose sanders, which is still a steal if you ask me.
AtomicWaste 08.31.15	Just drafted - shooting for third straight championship (12 team half point ppr, picked 9th overall snake): QB - Ryan Tannehill RB1 - Matt Forte RB2 - Justin Forsett WR1 - Odell Beckham WR2 - DeSean Jackson TE - Julius Thomas FLEX - Mike Wallace D/ST - Jets K - Blair Walsh Bench: Todd Gurley Torrey Smith Breshad Perriman Knile Davis David Cobb Blake Bortles Kevin White
NordicMindset 08.31.15	QB - Tony Romo QB - Carson Palmer RB - Le'veon Bell RB - Justin Forsett WR - Julio Jones WR - Calvin Johnson WR - Julian Edelman TE - Jordan Cameron FLEX - Markus Wheaton K - Stephen Gostkowski D/ST - streaming BENCH: DeSean Jackson Austin Seferian-Jenkins Joe Flacco LeGarette Blount Tre Mason Jonathan Stewart
Torontonian 08.31.15	you know u have a good team when jonathan stewart is on your reserves
Ebola 08.31.15	How many people in your league Baron?
DikkoZinner 08.31.15	That's quite the squad Baron
cvlts 09.08.15	Old af thread but necrobumpin to post lineup QB: Brees, Newton RB: Lynch, Forte, Gore, Gordon, Yeldon WR: Megatron, Mike Evans, Edelman, Allen Robinson, Martavis Bryant TE: Travis Kelce K and Defense are week-by-week
skeames1214 09.08.15	you in a small league or did you just draft with people who didn't know what they're doing? Seems like too solid of a lineup, haha. QB: Ryan, Palmer RB: Forsett, All the Dallas RB's, Arian Foster, That Detroit dude whose name I can't remember (not joqui bell), Knile, Blue, WR: Antonio Brown, Mike Evans, Keenan Allen, Allen Robinson TE: Gronk, Julius Thomas
cvlts 09.08.15	10 man league but we have a Taco in our group haha.
skeames1214 09.08.15	its fucking stupid that you've got Evans or Forte as a flex and Brees as your qb. id imagine you feel pretty confident. edit: in this case 'fucking stupid' means, really fortunate for you
NordicMindset 09.08.15	well in the Sput league my team is QB - Tom Brady WR - Odell Beckham, Jr. WR - Randall Cobb RB - Le'veon Bell RB - Latavius Murray TE - Delanie Walker FLEX - Alshon Jeffery K - Mason Crosby DEF - St. Louis Rams Bench: Arian Foster Chris Ivory Martavis Bryant Nelson Agholor Ryan Tannehill Isaiah Crowell
skeames1214 09.08.15	i think i suck at fantasy football.