Sammydog in first with 46 points. You hear that, 46 points. Go ahead with your lame excuses like "my team hasn't even played yet". We all know who's in first place, and it isn't you.
@MrGlass It does seem way more difficult than it should be to see points! It's easy to see stats from 2014, but takes me about 10 clicks to find someone's current score!
@sammydog01 I thought I was definitely losing in beginner A because of Tom Brady, but I somehow eked out a 124-123 victory. Carlos Hyde on Monday pulled a better Tom Brady than Tom Brady did on Thursday.
@Odi I can't figure out how to change my team name. I didn't have a choice it was there when I accepted the membership or something. Can I change that ? I want a tough sounding name. I am in league A though. Superior to this B league.
@Odi Thank you ! But now I can't think of a cool name. I will probably change it 5 times. OH wait, I just did. Well maybe another 5. It will keep you guys guessing as to who you are playing and what your strategy should be ( if any )
I guess we should have our own smack talk thread. It's just more convenient to post in yours.
My round 1 pick was on the bench, it was my round 3, 4, 5, and 9 auto picks that somehow scored 20+ each. That means next week, they're all probably going to get half of projected.
Turns out drafting "good" players from the home town team, so I can root for both my fantasy team and for the Vikings, isn't such a good plan. Minnesota sports suck. I knew there were more reasons I moved to the west coast.
@Mehntok yeah…y'all messed up by making Norv Turner an offensive coordinator. At least he didn't run for 2 yards 3 times while down 14 points with 5 minutes left in the 4th like he did every single time with the Chargers.
@sammydog01 email me at mehgoat@yahoo and I will tell you a secret. Anyone else emailing will be ignored.
Also, I only started this email for my goat reign and the amount of spam I recieving is amazing. Hey, do I want to be secret shopper? I only have to give all my personal info away. Plus, I received an African offer that will make me rich.
@sammydog01 I sent you a slack message with my personal opinion on CJ Anderson. (I'm a Broncos fan... even an Anderson fan. But I think he's a bit overrated.) Feel free to completely ignore everything I say. For the most part, though, I think your team is better than your week 1 score might lead you to believe.
I just started to study up on how scoring is done and go over the awesome advice given to me by @christinewas and @mfladd. I decided that I would have the most fun by arbitrarily assigning slots to my computer selected players based on who has the nicest uniform. I will then watch the games, cheer loudly, and pretend that I won no matter how badly I get destroyed. The Meh Beginner B championship is mine, mine, I tell you, at least in my head. So beat that, you losers.
OK. I noticed there's a message board thing and people are dropping and adding players. I want to do that. I have 4 players who are not playing. Maybe 5. How can I do this ? Can I just pick anyone I want and drop these losers ?
@ceagee Go to the players tab (in browser) or add player in the iOS app. Find someone who would be useful, and it will ask you to drop a player at the same time to make room.
FA means free agent and can be picked up immediately. Waivers means that you "queue up" your desire for the player, and there's a waiver order that's your priority compared to the rest of us. At around 4:40 am pacific on the day the waiver expires, it processes any queued requests. So if your request gets processed, it will do the add/drops in that request. If someone else got the player you wanted, then nothing happens to your team.
And of course, you can just drop players and have empty spots in your roster, but that's kinda pointless. Even in trades with other players, you can make the drops happen only if the trade happens.
I'm torn- I benched C J Anderson because he screwed me over last week (plus he might not play), but he's my only player tonight so I have nothing to cheer for. Unless I put in Jeremy Maclin and he has a boo-boo too.
@jrwofuga I'm only vaguely familiar with football, but I am used to playing strategy and role-playing games where I have a bunch of numbers to balance, which helps more than I originally suspected it would.
@MrGlass same, though reading the little news blurbs on the player pages can be more revealing (like, for instance, if a player only did well because the opposing team was terrible)
@sammydog01 Congrats on your win! There are some players on the wire that you need to consider picking up. Austin Seferian-Jenkens, Bishop Sankey, or Stevie Johnson. None are super stars but if you do a little research you'll see one or two of them could really flesh out your team a little more. Check out your players here; http://www.fantasypros.com/nfl/adp/overall.php
Hey @jrwofuga, you're team Dawg, right? Your bench is leading everyone but @Odi with 100 points, nice job! Too bad your team only got 26. Good luck with your last game.
@Mehntok Now is the first moment I've been able to sit down for about 4 days. I think it's time to pull the plug on Bradford. I would have pulled him and the RB who was inactive. Oh well.
OK, I'm new to fantasy football, but the fact that my points keep going down during the game pisses me off. I need 7 points, Randall Cobb, don't let me down.
@sammydog01 I, for one, am hoping he eats turf, though only metaphorically, because i sincerely doubt a mouthful of that stuff would be pleasant and i don't wish him active harm, just crappy stats.
@Mehntok The ESPN site won't let me reply to your trade offer for some reason, but the answer is no thanks- I'll take the week loss if I need to. But please help me out- I was waiting for the little buttons to show up to add Taylor but they weren't there. How did you do it?
@sammydog01 ... Rivers might still be hurting from last week, just fyi. I think my vikings never stopped hitting him all day.... SMACK TALK SMACK TALK SMACK TALK
@sammydog01 damn, looks like your kiddo has some good football insights; Rivers is having a good day! Feel free to, you know, share any other prognostications.
It took me three weeks to figure out how to drop and add players sigh but I finally figured it out and I'm on a roll, baby - slicing & dicing. Wishing all my fellow B-leaguers' teams (B-leaguered, perhaps?) the very worst of luck this week >'.'<
@brendles Good thing to know! Don't hesitate to ask if you want to know how anything else works. When it comes time to face off, I'd like to hand your ass to you on a level playing field.
Mindtakers v. Melons, 94-92, one player left for each team, one Monday night game. Jimmy Graham v. Calvin Johnson.... I know you all are watching with bated breath.
I kinda doubt anybody was watching the score, but that was the most amazing end to a week of fantasy football possible: it was tied at 96, Megatron caught the ball and was running towards the endzone. A seahawk caused him to fumble out the back of the endzone before the touchdown. He gained 1 point for a 10 yard catch, lost 2 for the fumble. Mindtakers win 96-95! Sorry Melons :/
@sammydog01 I should add here that if there's any other trophies people would like me to add, let me know. I can award them for literally anything (though I would like there to be a solid rationale and a weekly criteria for the award).
@harrison Because then I wouldn't be number one player in the league, only one with 4 wins, top dog. Do I deserve it mathematically, maybe not, but I'm league champion, at least for the week. And it feels good.
I'm going to be seriously pissed off if I lose to a team with a receiver on IR and a kicker on bye. And a big thanks for Dawg for Lamar Miller. I like that guy.
@sammydog01 I was hoping that you, the current leader in our league, was going to lose a game under these circumstances. but it looks like you managed to scrape by by 1 point. Good job?
@sammydog01 Yeah, I'll likely figure it out later tonight, I'm not sure I took screenshots of the predictions this week and fantasy football isn't really at the forefront of my mind right now
Are you like me and have a pile of actual work that fantasy football isn't quite distracting you from? Would you like it to? Come join me on the trading block! (under My Team, click the small button that says trading block)... do you have some high draft picks that have underperformed, but are due for an uptick? or some overachievers that are due for a regression to the mean? We can all pawn them off on each other and stay distracted from the real world! ... or not, I don't really care that much. just seems like it could be interesting.
@sammydog01 yeah, i kinda drafted him under the same pretense (live in oregon, so seattle is our regional team), but he's been a let down so far. maybe he's due for an uptick? I know he got better in the 2nd half of the season last year...
@Mehntok My kids go the the private school he played for. It's funny, Russell Wilson Day, Russell Wilson cookies, and when my son's PE class was rowdy, a lecture on why Russell Wilson would never have done that. Then it came out that he beat kids up on the playground my kids used. But he's still a favorite around here.
@sammydog01 that sounds a little crazy... Now when I watch seahawks games and he throws an interception I'm gonna say to myself, "Russell Wilson would never have done that."
@Mehntok I put Brees in instead of Dalton, Dalton does better. I put Dalton in instead of Brees, Brees does better. This is the way the world works, it seems.
@sammydog01 May the rookie WRs dominate the veterans, the patriots get an early lead and rely on the run game, and everybody else live up to their position ranking!
@sammydog01 oh man. It looks like my mindtakers are getting sammydogged pretty bad, again. Make it stop? please?... Maybe Devonta will come through with 7 touchdowns or something...
@sammydog01 I don't think it would have mattered if Cam was in. You're having a very good day (Brown has like 300 yards receiving...) and a couple of my guys went down with injuries.... My vikings just won though! 6-2.
I knew I was lucking out on the injury bug before this week... Dion Lewis out for the season, Roethlisberger out, Teddy Bridgewater (who gets points to my players) concussed... rough week...
@Mehntok Dion Lewis out for the season? Noooooo. I hadn't even checked the injury reports after the game. But, I do also have Blount which makes his stock go way up.
@sammydog01 yeah yeah yeah. look at the PF-PA. you've done well, but you have also had the easiest schedule... it looks like @Odi is the person to avoid in the playoffs, by a good margin. @Odi is averaging about 12 pts more than you, the next closest, per game.
@Odi I'd argue that averages are probably a better predictor of playoff performance than past records. Having a top-4 record gets you in the playoff door, but doesn't say anything about how you'll do once there. Averages say something.
@sammydog01 Heh after you pinged me with your post, I decided to look at the box score, and the news for your RB said that guy is the next in line to get touches.
@sammydog01 sorry I picked up Rawls as you said you did too..knew whomever I picked up,would get hurt.. Picked him early this morning and he is already listed with a knee injury now..seriously, my life sucks and it's drifting over to my fantasy football team too.
@AttyVette If I had known that you got him I would have gone for Allen instead. Just kidding- he'll be fine. Unlike poor Ryan Matthews and his concussion. I guess I was wrong about that.
@sammydog01 Decided to slum it and come over to see what's what here. : )
I had Romo at start of season, then dumped him when injured. I thought of picking him up when he came off IRL, but someone else in A nabbed him first. I feel secretly happy . Is that bad ? Although @Bogie has the Panthers and I am against him/her this week and it looks like that has now put me behind in predicted scores. That and the damned Thursday games. Drat that @christinewas. She forgot to tell me.
btw: I think the goat is on holiday this weekend. I hope she's having fun on her last few days.
@sammydog01 I wouldn't be too worried. a lot of teams get lazy towards the end of the season after they have already locked up the 1 seed. I bet they'll show up in the playoffs ;)
@sammydog01 thanks. I'm just hoping that none of my players go down with injuries mid-game this week... I've had two or three get knocked out with concussions or knee injuries during games the last few weeks :/
Ok folks, we currently have a 3 way tie for the 4th playoff spot - the tie breaker is total points. Wombats is holding steady with the highest point total of the 3 right now and had a good showing from Rodgers on Thursday (with some help from the refs), but with a Wombat loss and another team's win this could change.
Most interesting scenario: If Melons, Wombats, and I all win then we will have a 5-way tie with each team at 7-6, holding on to positions 2-6 and it'll all come down to point totals.
@sammydog01 haha, yeah, that hasn't happened. Mindtakers aren't taking many minds today... If Cam Newton kills it there might be hope, but it looks like I'll have the Consolation Bowl Series to look forward to next week.
Umm, I'm pretty sure it's the top 4 teams regardless of division. I think the divisions just determined the schedule... could be wrong though.
@sammydog01 i'm not winning at much, but I do get waiver claims before you! .... Maybe you can get Roethlisberger before anybody else notices he's on there....
@ceagee Most of my players were healthy they just were horrible. Two interceptions Roethlisberger? And the Giants were at the 20 on fourth down and they went for it. You weren't winning either way, guys, you may at least let my kicker get some points.
@ceagee it has been a tough week for me, I don't know when to trust Lacy so I sit him and he puts up 14 points. Most of my other players had a rough week too, Tim Hightower kept me alive for next week's finals matchup, but who knows who will be actually playing that week.
Congrats on winning the Beginners B League, @sammydog1!
I'd just like to point out that I won the B (eg, consolation) bracket of the Beginners B League. This might be the more legitimate B League Crown since this is the B league we're talking about. Just sayin.
Sammydog in first with 46 points. You hear that, 46 points. Go ahead with your lame excuses like "my team hasn't even played yet". We all know who's in first place, and it isn't you.
@sammydog01 Is it bad that I cant figure out where it lists my points? Far as I can tell, only 1 of my players has played, but he was benched.
@MrGlass I found a tab called Scoreboard. Only Harrison and myself have points since only one game has been played.
@MrGlass It does seem way more difficult than it should be to see points! It's easy to see stats from 2014, but takes me about 10 clicks to find someone's current score!
@sammydog01 Moose (and my week 1 opponent) in beginner A also has Tom Brady cries in the corner
@Odi My Pittsburg player made a lot of those points. You never know.
@sammydog01 I apparently ended up with 5 Tom Brady's in this league O.o
@Odi So much for crying in the corner. I'll get you next week!
@sammydog01 I thought I was definitely losing in beginner A because of Tom Brady, but I somehow eked out a 124-123 victory. Carlos Hyde on Monday pulled a better Tom Brady than Tom Brady did on Thursday.
@Odi Let's not get in the habit of calling that a "Tom Brady." I'd say Tom Brady only occasionally delivers that kind of performance.
@MrGlass video disabled. I hate when they do that.
@mfladd Is this also disabled? edit no its good! can't update the first post anymore though.
Post a link to your league and maybe you can get a little help from those who pretend they know what they're doing.
@Teripie I'm trying to figure out if I just copy the URL from my page if that's a security risk for anyone.
@sammydog01 Did anyone use their real name instead of their forum name or other pseudonym? If so, does anyone in the league care about that?
@dashcloud Most of us did (being beginners). I don't care but someone else might.
@sammydog01 if anyone cares, you can change your name in the upper right, account information
@Odi I can't figure out how to change my team name. I didn't have a choice it was there when I accepted the membership or something.
Can I change that ? I want a tough sounding name.
I am in league A though. Superior to this B league.
@ceagee Click on team settings- it's up top in the my team tab. And A league is for losers.
@ceagee On a web browser, go to "My Team" and under the logo, it says East and "Team Settings".
On the iOS app, when looking at "My Team", there is an i to the right side of the team name, and then "Edit team name".
@sammydog01 I love that you talk trash! I want to see more :)
@Odi Thank you ! But now I can't think of a cool name.
I will probably change it 5 times. OH wait, I just did.
Well maybe another 5. It will keep you guys guessing as to who you are playing and what your strategy should be ( if any )
I guess we should have our own smack talk thread. It's just more convenient to post in yours.
@ceagee We're short on smack talk over here- come join us!
Okay Beginners, it's time to trash talk! Be sure you use the phrase "Kick your ass" as much as you can.
Go for it guys!
My bench can kick your ass! My playing team not so much. But next week I kick ass for real.
@sammydog01 Well, Sammydog, I'll kick your ass next week.
@sammydog01 Not a chance, I'm taking the whole league. Your team sucks.
@sammydog01 Oh yeah, you and what army?
@sammydog01 My army, so there.
C'mon, people, come insult me. I'm waiting.
@sammydog01 Maybe tag all the people in your league?
Where's a link for your league? Don't you want some cheerleaders?
@Teripie The discussion is above- all but one of my league mates used real names, so I'm not comfortable linking it. Unless they agree.
@sammydog01 there is no such thing as privacy. just link it. or, send it to me and I'll link it.
@sammydog01 we are already an open league and so did most there. I think JonT already opened the Meh leagues up.
http://games.espn.go.com/ffl/leagueoffice?leagueId=1952242&seasonId=2015
See if this works.
@sammydog01 Nope JonT must have only opened the intermediate B league. This is still private, but thanks for trying :)
@sammydog01 @mfladd I can only open up the league that I'm the owner of. You'll need to hit up @Moose or @harrison for the beginner leagues.
@JonT Wait I never at @'d you. Do you get pinged without an @, or are you just All-Seeing?
@mfladd I don't get pinged without the @, I just SEE EVERYTHING
@JonT that is kinda creepy
@Harrison Oh great leader, how about making our league public? We could use the help from our more experienced colleagues.
@sammydog01 sure, I'll flip the switch next time I'm in front of my computer, app won't let me do it
@sammydog01 Alright, it's done. Our shameful lineups are available for all to view.
Congrats on surviving week 1, everybody! @Odi, 166 points is just too dang many for one person, please share with the rest of the class.
@harrison what????? 166? that is crazy!
@harrison yes, because doubling my score is just not acceptable.
@harrison @mfladd @sammydog01 yeah, that was my awesome drafting research done 20 minutes before draft time!
My round 1 pick was on the bench, it was my round 3, 4, 5, and 9 auto picks that somehow scored 20+ each. That means next week, they're all probably going to get half of projected.
Turns out drafting "good" players from the home town team, so I can root for both my fantasy team and for the Vikings, isn't such a good plan. Minnesota sports suck. I knew there were more reasons I moved to the west coast.
@Mehntok yeah…y'all messed up by making Norv Turner an offensive coordinator. At least he didn't run for 2 yards 3 times while down 14 points with 5 minutes left in the 4th like he did every single time with the Chargers.
@JonT yeah, if Norv is to blame for the o-line dumpster fire, then he needs to go.
@Mehntok As your opponent this week, I respect and appreciate your loyalty to your home team.
@harrison you should also respect and appreciate that I also had the good sense to draft dez bryant, who is now out at least 4 weeks
@Mehntok My hometown team is the Redskins. So I did autodraft.
My number 2 draft pick got 3 points. Curse you, C J Anderson, you and your stupid toe.
@sammydog01 still early, never judge by week 1 - I had some turds too I am cussing.
@mfladd My know it all son tells me that flex players only get half the points of regular players. Is that right?
@sammydog01 email me at mehgoat@yahoo and I will tell you a secret. Anyone else emailing will be ignored.
Also, I only started this email for my goat reign and the amount of spam I recieving is amazing. Hey, do I want to be secret shopper? I only have to give all my personal info away. Plus, I received an African offer that will make me rich.
@sammydog01 I sent you a slack message with my personal opinion on CJ Anderson. (I'm a Broncos fan... even an Anderson fan. But I think he's a bit overrated.) Feel free to completely ignore everything I say. For the most part, though, I think your team is better than your week 1 score might lead you to believe.
@mfladd I hope you aren't taking any of your frustration out on the suspended player you put in this week.
@christinewas nah, I lost that game outright, thankfully. Otherwise I would have been pissed.
Having only 8 teams in this league, you guys racked up some crazy high scores!
@Teripie I just realized I don't really know what constitutes a high score in this
@harrison 166 points?
@Odi
@harrison ooh does this mean you are opening up a point bank?
@Odi point store more like. Going rate is $1/point. Bulk discounts available.
I just started to study up on how scoring is done and go over the awesome advice given to me by @christinewas and @mfladd. I decided that I would have the most fun by arbitrarily assigning slots to my computer selected players based on who has the nicest uniform. I will then watch the games, cheer loudly, and pretend that I won no matter how badly I get destroyed. The Meh Beginner B championship is mine, mine, I tell you, at least in my head. So beat that, you losers.
Funny... I just was taking about FF... but my FF is Fuck-it Friday... :)
@sohmageek That sounds good too. Is there a winner?
OK. I noticed there's a message board thing and people are dropping and adding players. I want to do that.
I have 4 players who are not playing. Maybe 5.
How can I do this ? Can I just pick anyone I want and drop these losers ?
@ceagee Go to the players tab (in browser) or add player in the iOS app. Find someone who would be useful, and it will ask you to drop a player at the same time to make room.
FA means free agent and can be picked up immediately. Waivers means that you "queue up" your desire for the player, and there's a waiver order that's your priority compared to the rest of us. At around 4:40 am pacific on the day the waiver expires, it processes any queued requests. So if your request gets processed, it will do the add/drops in that request. If someone else got the player you wanted, then nothing happens to your team.
And of course, you can just drop players and have empty spots in your roster, but that's kinda pointless. Even in trades with other players, you can make the drops happen only if the trade happens.
@Odi Thanks. Now to figure out what players would be good to have.
I'm torn- I benched C J Anderson because he screwed me over last week (plus he might not play), but he's my only player tonight so I have nothing to cheer for. Unless I put in Jeremy Maclin and he has a boo-boo too.
@sammydog01 Your actually-caring-at-all-about-this attitude is admirable, sir.
@MrGlass I only care that I kick your ass. Boo Broncos.
1/3rd of my lineup this week is on the broncos, so.....
@MrGlass I'm so glad I decided to put in the Broncos defense this week
@harrison me too.
@mfladd @harrison me three
@MrGlass My Broncos star got 2 points so I'm glad I benched him.
@jrwofuga Dang, you're putting a lot of pressure on Andre to perform this week, aren't you?
@harrison I have inside information that he's going to start at QB this week. . .
In seriousness, I'm pretty familiar with football, but this fantasy stuff is nuts. I guess I put too much trust in Chip Kelly.
@jrwofuga I'm only vaguely familiar with football, but I am used to playing strategy and role-playing games where I have a bunch of numbers to balance, which helps more than I originally suspected it would.
@jrwofuga My bench scored more than your entire team (minus quarterback).
@harrison I feel like my success is from similar skills. Also, I put a lot of trust in the ESPN algorithm knowing more than me.
@harrison there's always next week.
@sammydog01 When do we play?
@MrGlass same, though reading the little news blurbs on the player pages can be more revealing (like, for instance, if a player only did well because the opposing team was terrible)
@jrwofuga Didn't you beat me last week?
@sammydog01 Congrats on your win! There are some players on the wire that you need to consider picking up. Austin Seferian-Jenkens, Bishop Sankey, or Stevie Johnson. None are super stars but if you do a little research you'll see one or two of them could really flesh out your team a little more. Check out your players here;
http://www.fantasypros.com/nfl/adp/overall.php
@Teripie Thanks for the link- I'm working on it now.
@sammydog01 I beat someone. . . could have been you.
Well. . . there's always next week for me.
Hey, @Odi, if 166 constitutes a really high score what does 60 say about your team?
@sammydog01 that my players were really high on something during the weekend?
@Odi nah then your score would be 420
@harrison I see we are playing this week-
@sammydog01 ordinarily, I'd confidently retort, but with two QB's in various states of injury, I'm definitely sweating this week.
@harrison You have three quarterbacks and two d/st's? Haven't you heard of wide receivers? They're really nice. You should get some.
@sammydog01 I actually picked up the third qb this week in case my main one doesn't recover
@harrison You take all the fun out of being mean.
@sammydog01 this is why i'm in the beginner league, i'm not good at this insults and smack talk thing
Hey @jrwofuga, you're team Dawg, right? Your bench is leading everyone but @Odi with 100 points, nice job! Too bad your team only got 26. Good luck with your last game.
@sammydog01 yeah, i'm convinced he's on vacation or something.... I'll take it! i'm not doing so good with the fantasy football.
@Mehntok I think you're good for this week.
@Mehntok Now is the first moment I've been able to sit down for about 4 days. I think it's time to pull the plug on Bradford. I would have pulled him and the RB who was inactive. Oh well.
@harrison- 30 points for your third string quarterback means two things-
@sammydog01 Dang, am i glad i picked him off the waiver list.
Oh, and speaking of lucky, not really sure you have room to talk here
@harrison He was due.
@sammydog01 All the pundits advised using Andy Dalton. Can't recall why. I listen to too much outside advice and it just gets all gooey in my head.
@Teripie he had a really good first couple of weeks, and definitely better than expected.
OK, I'm new to fantasy football, but the fact that my points keep going down during the game pisses me off. I need 7 points, Randall Cobb, don't let me down.
@sammydog01 I, for one, am hoping he eats turf, though only metaphorically, because i sincerely doubt a mouthful of that stuff would be pleasant and i don't wish him active harm, just crappy stats.
@harrison I don't know how turf tastes, but apparently it's flammable.
@sammydog01
@sammydog01 well that was...precisely the opposite of what I wanted to happen
@harrison
Everyone in the league has a 2-1 or 1-2 record- how Meh is that?
@sammydog01 unfortunately, the arrangement of this week's matchups means we can't rig it to give everyone a 2-2 record
@harrison
Hey @Odi- you're going down this week! Assuming I can find a quarterback.
@sammydog01 I'll trade you Eli for Tom, I swear I'll give him back shifty eyed
@Odi Sorry I picked up Philip Rivers. OK, he sucks, but he plays for my kid's favorite team. Who also suck (the team not my kid).
@Mehntok The ESPN site won't let me reply to your trade offer for some reason, but the answer is no thanks- I'll take the week loss if I need to. But please help me out- I was waiting for the little buttons to show up to add Taylor but they weren't there. How did you do it?
@Mehntok Never mind, I just had to log in again. Now I feel stupid because I was going to add Taylor. Oh well.
@sammydog01 no worries... you know, negotiation is possible
@Mehntok I'm not smart enough to negotiate. Plus I got attached to my guys.
@sammydog01 ... Rivers might still be hurting from last week, just fyi. I think my vikings never stopped hitting him all day.... SMACK TALK SMACK TALK SMACK TALK
@Mehntok Nope, he's going all out this week.
@sammydog01
@sammydog01 damn, looks like your kiddo has some good football insights; Rivers is having a good day! Feel free to, you know, share any other prognostications.
@Mehntok Yep, not bad! And I really needed it since some of my other guys bombed. Hey, @Odi, is that Randle guy up for 17 points?
@Mehntok My son has 46 points with Golden Tate and a tight end left to play. So you might not want to ask for advice.
Okay team. See Le'Veon there? Do that. Except for the DUI. Cool? Cool.
@harrison YOUR TEAMS GOIN DOWN THIS WEEK!!! (is, uh, this how we're supposed to trash talk? Am I doing this right?)
@MrGlass my team is going down...first down B)
@harrison
@MrGlass cough
@harrison
It took me three weeks to figure out how to drop and add players sigh but I finally figured it out and I'm on a roll, baby - slicing & dicing. Wishing all my fellow B-leaguers' teams (B-leaguered, perhaps?) the very worst of luck this week >'.'<
@brendles Good thing to know! Don't hesitate to ask if you want to know how anything else works. When it comes time to face off, I'd like to hand your ass to you on a level playing field.
@brendles
Mindtakers v. Melons, 94-92, one player left for each team, one Monday night game. Jimmy Graham v. Calvin Johnson.... I know you all are watching with bated breath.
@Mehntok I'll be watching. I hope you both lose.
I kinda doubt anybody was watching the score, but that was the most amazing end to a week of fantasy football possible: it was tied at 96, Megatron caught the ball and was running towards the endzone. A seahawk caused him to fumble out the back of the endzone before the touchdown. He gained 1 point for a 10 yard catch, lost 2 for the fumble. Mindtakers win 96-95! Sorry Melons :/
Dear @Odi- Thanks for having such a crappy team that I won even though I had one of the lowest scores in the league. I owe you one.
@sammydog01 This development has inspired me to create a weekly trophy for the league.
This trophy is based on the projected score as of whenever I look at the projections on Tuesday, by the way.
@harrison http://games.espn.go.com/ffl/matchuppreview?leagueId=1952242&teamId=8&scoringPeriodId=4
Just change teamId and scoringPeriodId to get to the team and week you want to view.
@Odi I'd do that, but they change the projections throughout the week.
Congratulations to @Odi, the first league tropy winner!
@sammydog01 I should add here that if there's any other trophies people would like me to add, let me know. I can award them for literally anything (though I would like there to be a solid rationale and a weekly criteria for the award).
@brendles Hey, wombat girl, you're going down this week.
@sammydog01 that's not a wombat
@harrison
@sammydog01
Bring it, Sammydog!
@brendles Hmmm, can Woodhead score 15 points more than Antonio Brown? I'll be watching.
@sammydog01 Highly doubtful. Congrats!
Damn, @Odi, nice start. I'm glad I'm not @harrison this week.
@sammydog01 Why couldn't i have played @Odi the week you played @Odi? Geez.
@harrison Because then I wouldn't be number one player in the league, only one with 4 wins, top dog. Do I deserve it mathematically, maybe not, but I'm league champion, at least for the week. And it feels good.
I don't remember who dropped Devonta Freeman towards the beginning of the season, but thank you!
@Mehntok
@harrison Have you given out any more awards to people?
@dashcloud Just reawarding the first one. If I think of more they'll be announced here.
I'm going to be seriously pissed off if I lose to a team with a receiver on IR and a kicker on bye. And a big thanks for Dawg for Lamar Miller. I like that guy.
@sammydog01 I was hoping that you, the current leader in our league, was going to lose a game under these circumstances. but it looks like you managed to scrape by by 1 point. Good job?
@Mehntok Thanks?
@mfladd, I have Philip Rivers sitting on my bench with 6 points more than Brady. What the hell happened to scoring 60 points against the Colts?
@sammydog01 60 points??????? That's a lot.
@mfladd 60 team points not fantasy. At least that's what his dad said.
@sammydog01 60 points against any team is rare. Especially, if it is blowout, and coaches try not to embarrass the other team.
@harrison Is it time to announce this week's trophy winner?
@sammydog01 Yeah, I'll likely figure it out later tonight, I'm not sure I took screenshots of the predictions this week and fantasy football isn't really at the forefront of my mind right now
@harrison Too bad I'm not playing you this week.
@MrGlass- pretty confident this week, playing without a kicker.
@sammydog01 I like to live dangerously
Are you like me and have a pile of actual work that fantasy football isn't quite distracting you from? Would you like it to? Come join me on the trading block! (under My Team, click the small button that says trading block)... do you have some high draft picks that have underperformed, but are due for an uptick? or some overachievers that are due for a regression to the mean? We can all pawn them off on each other and stay distracted from the real world! ... or not, I don't really care that much. just seems like it could be interesting.
@Mehntok I'd like Russell Wilson for sentimental reasons, but I have two better quarterbacks. I'll think about it.
@sammydog01 yeah, i kinda drafted him under the same pretense (live in oregon, so seattle is our regional team), but he's been a let down so far. maybe he's due for an uptick? I know he got better in the 2nd half of the season last year...
@Mehntok My kids go the the private school he played for. It's funny, Russell Wilson Day, Russell Wilson cookies, and when my son's PE class was rowdy, a lecture on why Russell Wilson would never have done that. Then it came out that he beat kids up on the playground my kids used. But he's still a favorite around here.
@sammydog01 that sounds a little crazy... Now when I watch seahawks games and he throws an interception I'm gonna say to myself, "Russell Wilson would never have done that."
@Mehntok LOL! I'll do that too.
Hey, Dawg, thanks for Lamar Miller. I already said that? Well, thanks again.
@sammydog01 lol, but you're giving it all back with Rivers
@Mehntok Rivers fought his way back to zero at the half. What more do you want?
@sammydog01 wow, he actually came back and had a good game on the whole. crazy.
@Mehntok You've got to admit 25 points is pretty good for a half. I wish it had been on TV.
So Mr. Dawg, we meet again. You are the only one to have beaten me. Well, the tables have turned, my friend. See you on the gridiron.
First I get Devonta off waivers, now Brees has 46 points on your bench. Thanks again, @harrison!
@Mehntok Yes, but if T.Y. Hilton... hey, congrats!
@Mehntok I put Brees in instead of Dalton, Dalton does better. I put Dalton in instead of Brees, Brees does better. This is the way the world works, it seems.
Dear Dawg,
You stole DeAngelo Williams from me. I hope he helps you out.
@Mehntok We meet again and are evenly matched. This should be fun!
@sammydog01 May the rookie WRs dominate the veterans, the patriots get an early lead and rely on the run game, and everybody else live up to their position ranking!
@sammydog01 oh man. It looks like my mindtakers are getting sammydogged pretty bad, again. Make it stop? please?... Maybe Devonta will come through with 7 touchdowns or something...
@Mehntok yes, but you have Cam Newton and he's scored- oh, never mind.
@sammydog01 I don't think it would have mattered if Cam was in. You're having a very good day (Brown has like 300 yards receiving...) and a couple of my guys went down with injuries.... My vikings just won though! 6-2.
@Mehntok I'm having a freakily good day. Yay Vikings!
I knew I was lucking out on the injury bug before this week... Dion Lewis out for the season, Roethlisberger out, Teddy Bridgewater (who gets points to my players) concussed... rough week...
@Mehntok Roethlisberger's injury will probably hurt Antonio Brown and Latavius Murry has a concussion too. They need better padding. :)
@Mehntok Dion Lewis out for the season? Noooooo. I hadn't even checked the injury reports after the game. But, I do also have Blount which makes his stock go way up.
@mfladd yep, ACL. if ever there was proof against intelligent design it's the human knee.
OK guys, I'm 3 games ahead of the next player. Can you at least try to beat me?
@sammydog01 I would, but I'm in a more competitive league and it wouldn't be fair to you.
@sammydog01 yeah yeah yeah. look at the PF-PA. you've done well, but you have also had the easiest schedule... it looks like @Odi is the person to avoid in the playoffs, by a good margin. @Odi is averaging about 12 pts more than you, the next closest, per game.
@Mehntok I try to avoid @Odi whenever possible.
@sammydog01 Me too. He's in our league too.
@Mehntok And what are these playoffs you speak of? Please explain.
@sammydog01 It looks like the season ends with 2-week mega-games, or something. I've never done this before, so I'm just going off what I see here:
http://games.espn.go.com/ffl/h2hplayoffs?leagueId=1952242
@Mehntok Except averages mean nothing in fantasy. @ceagee I'm tied for last in league A, and you are tied for first :P
@Odi I'd argue that averages are probably a better predictor of playoff performance than past records. Having a top-4 record gets you in the playoff door, but doesn't say anything about how you'll do once there. Averages say something.
@Mehntok Ok, but isn't part of the reason I've had the easiest schedule that I haven't played myself?
(I know I had a few really lucky weeks.)
Hey, @harrison, I nominated you for ESPN commissioner of the week. Are you a commissioner?
@sammydog01 but what has @harrison done for us LATELY? is this like giving Obama the peace prize to try to get him to do things?
@Mehntok We all get Pizza Hut gift cards if he wins, so nominate away!
@Odi, ESPN says predicts you will beat me by one point.
OK, @Odi, I know you didn't want me to win but isn't breaking Justin Forsett's arm going a bit too far?
@sammydog01 Did you just open up competition to pick up Javorius Allen from waivers?
@Odi Never heard of him but I'll be looking come Tuesday.
@sammydog01 Heh after you pinged me with your post, I decided to look at the box score, and the news for your RB said that guy is the next in line to get touches.
@Odi Got it. I'm not sure anyone from the Ravens is the way to go. I'm running on luck anyway.
WTF- not one of my WRs or RBs made double digits, not even my benched ones. @Odi had 5. Get it together, team.
@sammydog01 oh no! If you end the season with a 3 game losing streak you might end up as the #2 seed in the playoffs. That'd be so sad for you.
@Mehntok I would still be number one in my division, but
@sammydog01 sorry I picked up Rawls as you said you did too..knew whomever I picked up,would get hurt.. Picked him early this morning and he is already listed with a knee injury now..seriously, my life sucks and it's drifting over to my fantasy football team too.
@AttyVette If I had known that you got him I would have gone for Allen instead. Just kidding- he'll be fine. Unlike poor Ryan Matthews and his concussion. I guess I was wrong about that.
@brendles We meet again wombat girl. Congrats on Matthew Stafford, and enjoy your Thanksgiving, because I'm coming for you on Sunday.
@sammydog01 I'd expect nothing less from you, sammydog. Hope you're having a nice Thanksgiving as well.
Dear @Odi, I apologize for the Tony Romo incident. I told my Panthers defense to sack him, not break his collarbone. It was just a miscommunication.
@sammydog01 Decided to slum it and come over to see what's what here. : )
I had Romo at start of season, then dumped him when injured. I thought of picking him up when he came off IRL, but someone else in A nabbed him first. I feel secretly happy . Is that bad ?
Although @Bogie has the Panthers and I am against him/her this week and it looks like that has now put me behind in predicted scores. That and the damned Thursday games. Drat that @christinewas. She forgot to tell me.
btw: I think the goat is on holiday this weekend. I hope she's having fun on her last few days.
@ceagee Bogie is a male.
@ceagee It looks like @Odi is the one who nabbed him in your league too, so no need to feel bad. :)
@Bogie High five on the Panthers D!
My bench is kicking butt. Go Bench!
@sammydog01 haha, me too. I got sammy watkins down there with 27 pts in one half... but my starters aren't doing too bad either!
@Mehntok My bench-
Rivers 28
Maclin 22
Green 18
Johnson 15
I'm going to lose. My talent scout isn't bad but my coach is a moron.
@sammydog01 I wouldn't be too worried. a lot of teams get lazy towards the end of the season after they have already locked up the 1 seed. I bet they'll show up in the playoffs ;)
Hey @harrison- I think @Odi is due for a trophy this week.
@Mehntok I hope you have better luck with C.J. Anderson than I did.
@sammydog01 thanks. I'm just hoping that none of my players go down with injuries mid-game this week... I've had two or three get knocked out with concussions or knee injuries during games the last few weeks :/
Ok folks, we currently have a 3 way tie for the 4th playoff spot - the tie breaker is total points. Wombats is holding steady with the highest point total of the 3 right now and had a good showing from Rodgers on Thursday (with some help from the refs), but with a Wombat loss and another team's win this could change.
Most interesting scenario: If Melons, Wombats, and I all win then we will have a 5-way tie with each team at 7-6, holding on to positions 2-6 and it'll all come down to point totals.
@Mehntok I see you are predicted to tie @Odi. I will be watching. I thought the playoffs were two teams from East and two from West?
@sammydog01 haha, yeah, that hasn't happened. Mindtakers aren't taking many minds today... If Cam Newton kills it there might be hope, but it looks like I'll have the Consolation Bowl Series to look forward to next week.
Umm, I'm pretty sure it's the top 4 teams regardless of division. I think the divisions just determined the schedule... could be wrong though.
@Mehntok I guess C J didn't help after all.
@Mehntok But... but... I wanted Russell Wilson. :(
@sammydog01 i'm not winning at much, but I do get waiver claims before you! .... Maybe you can get Roethlisberger before anybody else notices he's on there....
@Mehntok That blond lady on the homepage told me to get Winston so I'll leave Roethlisberger for someone else. Thanks though.
@sammydog01 ah, i've never watched the blonde lady. maybe that's my problem.
Hey @Mehntok and the rest of the consolation bracket- way to make the winners bracket look like a bunch of dorks.
@sammydog01 pure effort on our parts. Fighting for our jobs, or something. You all clearly lost your motivation.
@Mehntok That and stealing Wilson from me on waivers
WTF Steelers? You're killing me.
@sammydog01 so many injuries ( and that painful suspension of beckham for personal fouls. ) so many Meh replacements. Curse you @taRDy !!
Please goat give me a stellar next week and maybe trample some of @joelmw players. Nothing serious just so they miss a week. Thank you Christmas goat.
@ceagee Most of my players were healthy they just were horrible. Two interceptions Roethlisberger? And the Giants were at the 20 on fourth down and they went for it. You weren't winning either way, guys, you may at least let my kicker get some points.
@ceagee it has been a tough week for me, I don't know when to trust Lacy so I sit him and he puts up 14 points. Most of my other players had a rough week too, Tim Hightower kept me alive for next week's finals matchup, but who knows who will be actually playing that week.
Congrats on winning the Beginners B League, @sammydog1!
I'd just like to point out that I won the B (eg, consolation) bracket of the Beginners B League. This might be the more legitimate B League Crown since this is the B league we're talking about. Just sayin.
@Mehntok Thanks! And congrats on the consolation win. You're the best of the worst of the worst of the mediocre, or something like that.
Congrats @sammydog01 ! I bow to your superiority.