Fantasy Football Talk- 2017
 

Let's make a thread to shit talk and talk in general about this fantasy football season.

I myself have a hard time locating some good research materials and for one, don't want to spend a shit ton of time on it. By making this thread, I am actually spending more time on this fantasy football season than I usually do.

I have printed off some depth charts for WR and RB, which I think will help with the live draft and choosing players in mid to late rounds.

Anything else you guys keep handy for the live draft?

Post your teams and leagues here after drafting.

Good luck!!!

God ****ing dammit.

Mods, move this shit to the fantasy lounge for dumbass Lewdog.

Thanks.

I appreciate the effort here but I will still smoke you this year!!!

In all actuality, I get some good info from the CBS Sports guys. If you have the app it's an easy find out you can just look them up. I haven't nerded out as much with mock drafts and research as I normally do because of my recent schedule but I am starting to.

I havent liked CBS stuff as much since Nathan Zegura (sp?) left. He was all about facts instead of opinions. Took a job with the Browns a couple years ago.

Rotoworld Draft Guide. It's $19.99 but you can input your scoring into their website and it will give you cheat sheats and write ups based off of your scoring. I use it every year.

im in 2 leagues

i also am into another , pretty new fantasy type thing that I think Lewdog and other would be interested in. I will post about it pretty soon

I do need 2 for my fantasy league. Its $40 entry fee, we use leaguesafe to collect the entry fee. PM if you are interested

I've done mock drafts every single day since early June, what do you want to know?

Where do you draft Tyreek Hill? I feel like he will be unbelievable this year. Probably the only Chief I draft, if I can get him as a steal...

Most of the mocks I've done he's gone in the 4th round. I picked 1rst overall in one league and took him at pick 40.

-EDIT-
Here's how the entire thing went for me.
1 - David Johnson
20 - Leonard Fournette
21 - Rob Gronkowski
40 - Tyreek Hill
41 - Tom Brady
60 - Jarvis Landry
61 - Ty Montgomery
80 - LeGarrette Blount
81 - Emmanuel Sanders
100 - Giants
101 - Mason Crosby
120 - Mike Wallace
121 - Kareem Hunt
140 - Darren McFadden
141 - Andy Dalton

Dang. Care to share your latest one?

I'm in a PPR league so I mock accordingly. My last draft with the #4 overall pick went like this

Julio Jones
Tom Brady
TY Hilton
Keenan Allen
Julian Edelman
Mark Ingram
Tevin Coleman
Martellus Bennett
Derrick Henry
Eli Manning
Randall Cobb
Then I autopicked the last 4 rounds. But as you can see, I value WR's. I get my sure thing WRs then draft RB's who are elite handcuffs or have huge upside and I expect to hit on them. I did this last year and took Demarco Murray as my RB1 in the 6th round. He turned out to be a steal. Also did it 2 years ago, where I didn't take a RB until rounds 8 and 9 and I won the championship. Last year I lost in the championship game, but finished with a 12-2 record.

I don't draft him. My league is about half homer Chiefs fans and he'll be picked in the late 2nd round. I'm just not going to reach for him at that spot. 4th round, yeah I'd love that, but not 2nd. I'd take him if I had a late 3rd as my WR3.

Thanks to absolute shit help from CP, the only team worse than mine in the 12 team league is Why Not's.

Bahahaha. You may be right.

Hey online friends.

Had my rookie draft in my dynasty league in May -- traded up and took Mahomes since I have Rivers and Brees on my team.

I have a redraft on September 2nd. I wish I was able to find one more league.

Three is a good number.

Hey man!

How's the snow, beer cheese and Packer fans?!?!?!

Sucks ass, awesome, awesome and pretty chill. Love it up here.

Miss you girl!

ROFL

Good to hear!

You will notice I have the two best TEs in the league. This was a new league I got in and no one was taking them even when their point values had caught up to the WR values. They laughed when I took both of them. I laughed at them when I took both of them. Not only did I get guys that will perform as well as any WR I could have taken then, I made it so no of you could have a top tier TE. I got both of those as my 3rd and 4th pick as I picked last in the 10th position.

Matt Ryan Atl - QB

Golden Tate Det - WR

Devonta Freeman Atl - RB

Travis Kelce KC - TE

Rob Gronkowski NE - TE

Jay Ajayi Mia - RB

Ty Montgomery GB - RB

Justin Tucker Bal - K

Seattle Sea - DEF

Tyrell Williams LAC - WR

Cameron Meredith Chi - WR

Matthew Stafford Det - QB

Marvin Jones Jr. Det - WR

Jordan Matthews Buf - WR

Ted Ginn Jr. NO - WR

My draft this year. 10 team. Standard ESPN scoring. Strong on wides, weak on RBs. Hoping the sleepers do something for me there. My research this year was pretty sparse. Luck on the bench since he looks likely to miss the start of the year, I think Stafford should be a solid backup. We have one IR slot so I'll stash him there which allows me to pick another player when waivers clear Monday. Thinking of grabbing a D to stream so I don't have that NE matchup first week.

Matthew Stafford, Det*QB
Leonard Fournette, Jax*RB
Carlos Hyde, SF*RB
Odell Beckham Jr., NYG*WR
A.J. Green, Cin*WR
Jordan Reed, Wsh*TE**Q
Davante Adams, GB*WR
Chiefs D/ST*D/ST
Matt Prater, Det*K
BENCH
Allen Robinson, Jax*WR
Martavis Bryant, Pit*WR
Samaje Perine, Wsh*RB
Corey Davis, Ten*WR
D'Onta Foreman, Hou*RB
Jack Doyle, Ind*TE
Andrew Luck*, Ind*QB

Did the same thing a couple years ago. Our flex spot allows a TE/WR or RB so having 2 stud TEs is a nice thing. No worry on bye weeks and can play both if you need to. Gronk and Kelce both went around pick 20 this year so I had no chance on either unless I reached too early.

Hated my team when I first drafted. It's growing on me more now
11th pick in 12 team

Winston/Stafford
J Howard/B Powell/Hunt/Marlon Mack/Blount/Smallwood
M Thomas/Jeffrey/Hill/Shephard
Henry
Bailey
Chiefs D

i almost hope Blount gets cut, and Smallwood wins the starting job. I really think Marlon Mack is a sleeper. Gore is ancient and Mack has looked really good so far.

QB: Mariota, Stafford
RB: Elliott, Powell, Hunt, Abdullah, Jonathan Williams, J. Rodgers
WR: Green, Hopkins, Moncrief, Parker, Zay Jones
TE: Delanie Walker
K: Lutz
DEF: Eagles

This is how I did in my money league. 10 team PPR. I picked 10th.

RD 1 - 10. RB - LeSean McCoy
RD 2 - 11. RB - Melvin Gordon
RD 3 - 30. WR - Brandin Cooks
RD 4 - 31. RB - Leonard Fournette
RD 5 - 50. WR - Jarvis Landry
RD 6 - 51. TE - Travis Kelce
RD 7 - 70. RB - Doug Martin
RD 8 - 71. WR - Larry Fitzgerald
RD 9 - 90. RB - Ty Montgomery
RD 10 - 91. PK - Mason Crosby
RD 11 - 110. QB - Philip Rivers
RD 12 - 111. QB- Matthew Stafford
RD 13 - 130. WR - Corey Coleman
RD 14 - 131. TE - Hunter Henry
RD 15 - 150. PK - Sebastian Janikowski
RD 16 - 151. D/ST - Philidelphia Eagles

Vance McDonald just got traded to the Steelers. My second TE is O.J. Howard right now. Do I make a move and swap the two? McDonald had some flashes last year and could be more dynamic in that Steelers offense. Howard is still largely an unknown.


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My draft was last Wednesday. PPR snake draft. I picked 3rd:

Russell Wilson
Ben Rothlisberger
Antonio Brown
Amari Cooper
Travis Kelce
Greg Olsen
Jordan Howard
Darren McFadden
Joe Mixon
Chris Hogan
Danny Amendola
Mason Crosby
Chiefs Defense
Kahalil Mack Defensive player

I had Spencer Ware, Eric Decker and Eric Ebron. I ditched them for McFadden, C. Hogan and D. Amendola . Wanted K. Hunt but taken by another. Will ditch D. McFadden in 7 weeks for whoever.

I started a new league this season hosted at MFL where an owner can submit any line-up they want(10 required slots) but once you've used that player you can never use them again during the 17 week season.

So far we have 28 owners and are looking for more.I won't know payouts until I have a final number of owners but there will be a weekly high score pay-out as well.

We did this last season during the play-offs and it was quite entertaining.

I would do that.

Howard might start the season in more of a blocking mode and second TE, and the Steelers are looking for a playmaker TE.

My bench is pretty shallow, so I put McDonald on my watch list.. will be keeping an eye on him definitely.

What are your thoughts in Abdullah?


The best thing I did was draft Hunt late rounds. I think he's gonna start in my Flex spot first week.

In another league I'm in I drafted Hunt. Then I got worried because I also have Kelce. So I traded Hunt for Dalvin Cook and Abdullah(I also have Theo Riddick).

I like Abdullah.. I think he is flying under the radar a bit.

If healthy....he should get 20+ touches a game. Health is a huge concern for him though.

I've got Elliott, Hunt, Powell and Rodgers though.....so as long as he's healthy for the first 4-5 games.....I'm good. If he's healthy all season.....even better.

I'm too Pats heavy and I need a trade idea.

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What made you decide to draft 2 RBs and 2 WRs from the same ****ing team?

Alcohol mainly for getting Amendola, but you have to have a handcuff for RBs hence the Burkhead/Gillislee combo.

Dude....you don't ever handcuff a Patriots RB. It's ****ing worthless. I tend to not ever draft one because you'll never know how they're going to be used from week to week.

I know all too well the effects alcohol can have on one's draft as that was me last year but no matter how drunk I am I will do everything I can to avoid the NE run game and I would NEVER have two of them.

My money draft is tomorrow night and my plan is to not start drinking until right before the draft starts,wish me luck.

Don't get overly excited because TH is no longer a secret and STs Coords and DCs will really game plan well for him and will have moderate success 'because' we have no other big time WR to take the pressure off and another big factor is that AS is QB. Now, once PM is passed the torch and another WR steps up as a legit threat that is when TH will be even more lethal than ever. Hill in most drafts will be drafted to high anywhere from the 2-4th rds. To me TH is realistically for this year is a 6th-8th rd pick.

The question for me is how does the NFL Network justify having the Chiefs as the No.1 fantasy defense ?:shrug: We have no pass rush against good o-lines.

I would not offer Cooks/Amendola as a package deal. Noone wants them both on their team.

Same with the NE RB's, but maybe one will do well and you can trade him?

Got offered Jimmy Graham for Ezekiel Elliott. What does everyone think?

I don't think I'd do that, even with Elliott facing suspension. Tell them to kick rock.

Hell no. If you only get 12 weeks out of The Ewok he would still out score Graham most likley.

I'm thizzing on Burkhead.

Thoughts?

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Solid roster. Lacy might take Hyde's spot before it's all said and done.

Money draft last night 12 man league had the 12th pick,thoughts?

BTW,all owners have to carry 2 qb 4 rb 5 wr 2 te 2 k 2 def 2 coaches and we get 2 flex league is very qb and defense driven.

Mike Evans
Michael Thomas
Big Ben
Dalvin Cook
Ameer Abdullah
Jordan Reed
Pierre Garcon
Cardinals D(keeper)
Hunter Henry
S Gostowski
Jamaal Charles
Donte Moncrief
Torrey Smith
Danny Woodhead
Deshone Kizer
Pete Carroll
Chargers D
Chris Conley
Alex Smith
Bill O'brien
R Gould

Charcandrik West and Matt Jones both available in my 12 team league. Who should I pick up?

I would probably go with Matt Jones. If Gore goes down, he could be the bellcow. I don't think many scenarios exist where West becomes our bellcow... I think there would immediately be a RB committee.

At this point in your roster ( i.e., the bottom of it) I would be looking for upside.

I wouldn't have kept the Cardinals at that price. Hard to believe the scoring would make that worth it..

I almost got a Reed/Henry TE combo in my last draft but decided on Reed/Eifert. I'm not sure how many you start, but having to carry 2 TE's makes the cost of Reed absolutely worth it.

Not crazy about Big Ben, but maybe your league drafts QB's super-early, like my main league does. (we start 2 QBs ) For a QB driven league, your backups are a bit weak there.

Evans and Thomas are both WR's that I am for some reason, am not that high on, but most people are.. so I think that is a nice start.

Abdullah is a bit weak as a #2 I think, although in general I like his value and ended up with him in a couple drafts

You are a Burkhead-head aren't you!

For a 12+ team non-PPR that looks pretty good.

Here is my draft from my most interesting league with a bunch of old friends where I drafted eleventh. It is a 14-teamer, PPR, super-flex (i.e., you can start 2 QBs) league. Return yards also count for the returners, but I didn't really work that angle this year.

What if I told you that I took Luck in the 3rd round, and Alex Smith in the 5th round... you would think that my team must suck, no doubt. BUT, due to the format (and other league legacy reasons) QB's fly off the board. So, Luck was the 19th QB drafted and Smith the 26th QB. I tried to focus on other positions first, and was pretty ecstatic when Luck was there for me in the 3rd.

Also, 8 teams make the playoffs, so I think the league is mostly about building for a playoff run.. Luck should hopefully be playing as a top-five QB again by then.

Below is the team, with some of the rounds indicated:

QB: Luck (3rd round), Smith (5)
HB: Melvin Gordon (2), Todd Gurley (4), Abdullah (6), Kamara
WR: Jordy Nelson (1), Sammy Watkins (8), Sanders (9), Diggs (10), Taylor Gabriel
TE: Rudolph (7)
K: Hopkins
DEF: Buffalo

I dropped Kamara to pick up Jacoby Brisset, which makes me a bit thin at RB, but hopefully Luck starts soon and I can change that up then. Short bench hurts a bit.

Cool. Thanks!

We had a guy keep Denver D with his 4th pick but say your D snags an INT at
their own 43 and runs back for a TD,you get 3 for int,4.3 for yardage and 6 for the score making it a 13.3 play.

They also get bonus points if they allow 20 or fewer points in the game with the big one being 15pts for a shutout and 10pts for holding opponent to 10 or less.

I don't know your scoring but only having 1 QB to start week 1 and possibly more seems like a disaster in a league where you can start 2 qb's.

I hate the Patriots but **** me do I have this notion that Rex is gonna be an RB version of Edelman.

12 team league. A few questions. Start Hunt first week at RB? Who do I put in the Flex spot with Snead suspended?


QB Wilson
WR Nelson
WR Alshon Jeffrey
RB Ajayi
RB Hunt?????
TE Rudolph
W/R FLEX- ????

Bench
RB Abdullah
RB Rawls
WR T Williams (SD)
WR Kenny Britt
QB Wentz
TE- Julius Thomas
WR Snead- 3 game suspension

Pretty standard PPR, with 4 pts per passing TD but -2 for an interception.

The saving grace is how deep our league is with 14 members. So, the team projected to do the best has Brady and Rivers. However, he is starting BOTH Hunt and West, and his WR's are Hill and T.Y. Hilton. And he isn't a Chiefs fan.. not sure how he got so vested in them. I think Hill is because Yahoo still projects Hill to be our primary returner, which isn't true. After the 3rd preseason game, I was scared clear of Hill honestly... not just because of his drops, but the overall offense.

And, 8/14 teams go into the playoffs, so it is hard for me miss the playoffs. And by then, Luck should be back.

Yeah, keep Hunt in there. I would consider Abdullah and Williams at the flex, but I'm not sure about Willams's health at this point. Non-PPR, start Abdullah.. PPR, think about it a bit more I guess.

It's a non PPR league.

The league manager is a total douche for not making it a PPR league.

Drafted for my wife in her league.

QB: Prescott, Rivers
RB: Gordon, Crowell, Powell, Riddick, Duke Johnson, Jac Rodgers, Jamaal Williams
WR: Michael Thomas, Golden Tate, Allen Robinson, Devante Parker, Zay Jones
TE: Kelce
K: Succop
DEF: Jags

10 team PPR. Mother****ers started drafting a 2nd QB before I even took my first. Went heavy on RBs but I'll end up cutting Rodgers when Martin comes back from suspension.

I'd start the year off with Rivers. When he has WR's he's pretty good.

Yeah, that guy is a real jack wagon. Sounds a lot like the commissioner of my fantasy baseball league.

So the Florida game is a no go, right?

What about the game scheduled in Houston?

QB Wilson
WR Nelson
WR Alshon Jeffrey
RB Abdullah
RB Hunt
TE Rudolph
W/R FLEX- ????

Bench

RB Rawls
WR T Williams (SD)
WR Kenny Britt
QB Wentz
TE- Julius Thomas
WR Snead- 3 game suspension



Now with the Miami game cancelled I need replaced for Ajayi. Put Abdullah in there for sure now so have the Flex spot open. Still not much on Williams groin health. I'd like Rawls normally but the Packers front is decent and not sure how much competition he'll get from Lacy.

That hurricane really ****ed my lineup!!!

You almost have to go with Rawls.

Helped my gf with her first draft last night. It's one of those leagues where half the people have no clue what they're doing. Most of them Auto picked. Somebody took Theo Reddick at #5 overall and came back and got Janikowski in the 2nd round... lol.

ended up with

QB Rodgers
QB Stafford
RB McCoy
RB Ajayi
RB Fournette
RB West
RB McFadden
WR Keenan Allen
WR Tyreek Hill
WR Devante Parker
WR Corey Davis
TE Walker
TE Eifert
D/ST Steelers
K Lutz

Lot of risk but high potential at WR. That McFadden pick was a mistake, time ran out on me and I was looking at a WR there. Guess I should try trading McFadden for a WR to the guy who has Zeke.

The dolphins game being cancelled hurts me week one. Should I use Terrance West or Eifert in my flex week 1?

That person should be kicked from the league.. honestly.

Anybody have any interest in joining my fanduel league. Its $5 entry, winner takes all every week.
https://www.fanduel.com/leagues/1881...ht_here&cnl=la

Rawls for Seattle said to maybe not play today as he's still not 100%.

Hard to find RBs to start and Flex this week with injuries, suspensions and hurricanes!

My Condolences... ;)

David Johnson likely out for the year. Seems I can't play fantasy without a top 3 pick going out in the first week.

Tons of week 1 injuries like always.

Anyone get hit hard by them?

Dodged injuries in all my leagues this week.

Actually won in my main (superflex) league even with Luck sidelined. If I had started Diggs over Emmanuel Sanders I would have won the week high points money. Any win I get while Luck is sidelined and I start Smith and a standard flex feels like a steal.

Putting waiver request in for Tarik Cohen in all leagues.

Second most points scored in my 14 teamer...by quite a bit. 0-1.

Got 190 points week 1. the second highest in the league was 138. Boom!

So I'm debating whether or not to make a run at Cohen in my PPR league.

Here's my team.

QB: Mariota, Stafford
RB: Elliott, Powell, Hunt, Abdullah, J. Rodgers
WR: A.J. Green, Hopkins, Moncrief, Parker, Zay Jones
TE: Delanie Walker
K: Lutz
DEF: Eagles, Steelers

The Eagles play the Chiefs (obviously) and the Steelers play the Vikings. I could drop the Eagles but they have a couple of games upcoming that I'd like to use them for. I'm sure Cohen will cost a bunch to get but it'd be nice to not have to scramble for a RB when Rodgers gets put back on the bench for Martin.