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7/18/2008 10:15:27 PM

has McFadden ever had any injuries?

7/22/2008 11:51:55 AM

^none that I know of...


Peyton Manning News...

Quote :

"In a move that indicates the concerns surrounding Peyton Manning may run deeper than originally thought, the Colts have signed veteran passers Quinn Gray and Jared Lorenzen, according to ProFootballTalk.com. The Colts continue to assert that Manning, recovering from knee surgery, will be all good to go well before the season starts, but this move adds experienced insurance policies should complications arise. Gray spent his first four seasons with the Jaguars, appearing in 11 games and starting four, all in 2007. He signed with the Texans as a free agent, but was released after failing to sufficiently pick up the offense during offseason workouts. Talk notes the signing of Lorenzen is not confirmed, though their source is reliable. The other quarterbacks on the roster are Jim Sorgi, Josh Betts, and rookie Adam Tafralis."

7/24/2008 10:42:34 AM

imo, the surgery isn't too big a deal (unless something goes really wrong), since he doesn't really rely on mobility anyway.....but it'll be interesting to see how this affects his draft position (especially if he doesn't play at all in preseason). If this wouldn't have happened, he would be a late 1st, early 2nd lock....now maybe romo jumps ahead of him and I could see him slipping at least 1 whole round b/c of it

[Edited on July 24, 2008 at 1:03 PM. Reason : .]

7/24/2008 1:02:54 PM

^ what draft spot did you get in ours? I cant remember

7/24/2008 1:54:47 PM

right in the middle...6 or 7 I think?

7/24/2008 1:55:28 PM

billy surprised me by keeping Witten... could see Romo... but I have a feeling everyone will be going after RB in the first, will be a lot more non RBs kept than ever before

7/24/2008 1:57:16 PM

yeah, coulda picked witten back up in the 1 - 3 round of the draft. My strategy is to keep the 2 guys that would be most likely to be gone by the time I draft in the first round....the others I can re-draft if I want when the time comes. Im torn between keeping palmer, housh, welker and mcgahee....none of them are solid 1st round picks. I'm leaning toward housh and mcgahee, but I'm gonna try to wait and see who a few others are keeping to see who will be available in the re-draft. I'm thinking RB's are going to be thin in the draft too.

[Edited on July 24, 2008 at 2:36 PM. Reason : .]

7/24/2008 2:34:29 PM

I would definitely do McGahee, and then I might actually do Palmer... you know Manning, Brady, and now Romo are going to be kept, so Palmer would give you the best remaining QB probably... could probably pick Housh back up in the 2nd

7/24/2008 2:40:34 PM

We have one open spot in our league that has been going about 6 years now...

wlb420 and turnip joined last year years, boobs has been in for a couple of years.

only a very very serious, dedicated person please. Its a keeper league, 2 players each, any new people will get to pick their keepers from the dropped players (there will be plenty of good ones available).

the draft will be LIVE, in person on Saturday, August 16th in Raleigh so you must be available that day.

League entry fee will be $50 or $75 (league is voting on it now)


let me know if you are interested

7/28/2008 12:00:44 AM

^ interested.

PM w/details plz.

scoring system, how many players, etc. I promise not to complain about the scoring system.

7/28/2008 8:51:03 AM

do you have AIM? Yahoo Messenger?

7/28/2008 10:51:03 AM

gtalk

wow, 20 sec's after. that was odd.

[Edited on July 28, 2008 at 10:51 AM. Reason : sir speedy]

7/28/2008 10:51:23 AM

wtf is gtalk?

I am old school, AIM or Yahoo please

7/28/2008 10:53:23 AM

google talk = gtalk. Way better than AIM of Yahoo, but no matter.

no, I don't use either of those, sorry. can you just PM me details?

7/28/2008 11:04:22 AM

sigh... already on the commish's bad side!

7/28/2008 11:06:19 AM

seems like the only time McFadden's been hurt was when someone tried to jack his car

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=darren+McFadden+injury

7/28/2008 11:30:11 AM

PM sent

7/28/2008 12:45:22 PM

We now know Brett Favre is a Jet. This dramatically moves up the ADP (Average draft position) of Favre, Coles, Cotch, and Thomas Jones.

Especially Jones, who I can easily see having a Grant-esque year like 07-08 for the Packers.

8/6/2008 11:58:21 PM

imo, Jones was a strong sleeper before this anyway.....now he'll probably be taken too high.

jcotch is a solid #2 now with alot of upside (especially in return yard leagues) and coles goes from a questionable reserve to a good #3.

8/7/2008 11:12:35 AM

Ok, doing a draft at work tomorrow, most of them have never been in a league before.

12 team league
I randomly got the 1st pick, draft order snakes

I know a guy at #3 wants Brady

I thought about offering him the following:
-Swap first rounders (so I would move down to #3 in the 1st)
-Swap 2nd and 4th round picks (so I would move up 2 spots in each of those)
-I would get his 3rd round pick.

So, I would gain a 3rd round pick, move up 2 spots in the 2nd and 4th and after he takes Brady I will have one of the following at #3 - Tomlinson, Westbrook, Petersen


So, think I should do it? and if the #2 person picks Tomlinson, should I get Westbrook or AP. (ppr league btw)

8/9/2008 8:01:33 PM

Hell yeah you should do it. No question about that. And AP IMO.

8/10/2008 12:37:28 AM

Anyone who is willing to take Tom Brady first overall is probably dumb enough to accept that; go for it.

8/10/2008 12:39:48 AM

he didnt take it, but I did the same trade without the 3rd round pick and he did it.

So I dropped to 3rd in the first and got AP
moved up in the 2nd and 4th

8/10/2008 7:59:34 PM

10 team league, how do i look?

QB- Cutler
WR- Welker
WR- Anthony Gonzalez
RB- AP
RB- Ryan Grant
TE- Gates
W/T- Marvin Harrison
W/R- Michael Turner
BN- Delhomme, Steve Smith, Rudi Johnson, Patrick Crayton

K- Mason Crosby
Def- Minnesota, Tampa


Thats just my week one lineup, Ill consider swapping Delhomme back in after Smith returns.

8/12/2008 8:23:28 AM

^looks like you reached and picked the Minn-D too early.

8/12/2008 9:59:03 AM

I took them round 7 - at that point San Diego, Jax, NE, Pitt and Dallas were all off the board. Some names who went round 7 after me were - Dwyane Bowe, Lee Evans, New York D, Hines Ward, Hasselbeck, Chicago D. Wasn't too crazy about what was available, decided to go for a D. Last year I had Tampa and Houston so I wanted to have at least one consistently decent D.

8/12/2008 10:40:19 AM

Is Michael Turner gonna get most of the carries now? I think he is a big sleeper....

8/12/2008 10:45:24 AM

^^ Good lord, all of those Defenses were gone by Round 7? Damn. Based on the talent out there, the ADP in a 10 man league for the top defenses is falling around round 9 (8.5 - 9.5). Minnesota isn't bad to have, but I think there parts are better than the sum, aka they are overrated and play quite a few teams that should light them up.

^ Michael Turner will definitely be a beast, especially in PPR formats. The only big question with him right now is going to be "will he or norwood get the goal line carries?". Not like there will many in ATL though.

8/12/2008 11:56:49 AM

is steve slaton worth a last round gamble?

well anyways i did.

league with forced 2qb, 5wr, 4rb, 2te, 2k, 2def/st draft. start 1qb, 3 wr, 2 rb 1 te, 1 def, 1 k (no flex)

unfortunately it was a keeper league, with 3 new players, but only one keeper per team.

RB
Marshawn Lynch (keeper pool pick)
Ronnie Brown (2)
Matt Forte (8)
Steve Slaton (17)

WR
Andre Johnson (3)
Marvin Harrison (4)
Brandon Marshall (5)
Vincent Jackson (9)
Reggie Brown (12)

TE
Heath Miller (6)
Vernon Davis (10)

QB
David Garrard (7)
Jake Delhomme (11)

D/ST
Packers (13)
Jets (16)

K
Kris Brown (14)
Jason Hanson (15)

Weird league, dont like the scoring..joined to help a friend out to get an even number, decent pool though with players that dont know what a football looks like.

for qbs 1pt/25 yds, 4pts per thrown td (devalues qbs like crazy, except for mobile qbs)
for tes tds are 8 pts (wtf?) greatly overvalues players like witten

[Edited on August 17, 2008 at 7:42 PM. Reason : e]

8/17/2008 7:35:23 PM

just got back in from our 14 team draft in Raleigh... went well, I had the last pick and ended up with a pretty solid teams

QB - Rivers, and Tarvaris Jackson
RB - AP, MJD, Chris Johnson, Chris Perry (very last pick in the draft, woot)
WR - Holt, Cotchery, Bowe, Curtis, Cribbs, Meachem
TE - Crumpler (got him really late)
DEF - San Diego, Buffalo (defenses are worth a lot in our league potentially)


P.Riv, Holt, Cotch... you would think I was a homer

8/17/2008 10:27:55 PM

Here is my first team.

QBs:
B. Roth
M. Bulger

RBs:
LT
Jamal Lewis
Lendale White
Tatum Bell
Deuce
Maurice Morris

WRs:
Santonio Holmes
Chad Johnson
Roddy White
Bobby Engram (who is now hurt)
Reggie Williams

TE:
Heath Miller
Chris Cooley


DEF:
NYG
IND

K: Jeff Reed


Obviously I need to do something about receiver

any suggestions?

8/18/2008 2:29:52 PM

Kevin Smith - DET is still available as well in my league

8/18/2008 2:37:21 PM

unfortunately, my draft was on saturday. 12 team CBS Sportsline league. i got:

Donovan McNabb QB PHL
Clinton Portis RB WAS
Ryan Grant RB GB
Randy Moss WR NE
Greg Jennings WR GB
Mushin Muhammad WR CAR
Jason Witten TE DAL
Nate Keading K SD
Patriots D/ST

riding the pine i got:

John Kitna QB DET
DeAngelo Williams RB CAR
Chris Johnson RB TEN
Devin Hester WR CHI
Vincent Jackson WR SD

8/18/2008 2:59:40 PM

Quote :

"Obviously I need to do something about receiver any suggestions?"

8/18/2008 3:08:39 PM

My First draft which is doing offense and def. 12 team pool, here is my offensive lineup

QB:
Carson Palmer
Jake Delhomme

RB:
LT
Deangelo Williams
Felix Jones
Ray Rice

WR:
Calvin Johnson
Hines Ward
Jericho Cotchery
Mushin Muhammad
Antonio Bryant

TE:
Kellen Winslow
Bubba Franks

Weird shit happened and half the league lost connection during draft pc-picked Mushin and a def player for me...I am in midst of trying to trade Antonio B. & Jericho to another player for Chad Johnson. He has Chad Johnson and S. Smith and wants to give up one. Sound like a decent trade offer?

Def consist of

Def: Pittsburgh

DB:
Terrence McGee
Ellis Hobbs
Troy Polamalu
Eric Wright
Shawn Springs
Atari Bigby

DL:
Dwight Freeny
Amobi Okoye
Zach Thomas
Trent Cole



III

[Edited on August 18, 2008 at 3:21 PM. Reason : p]

8/18/2008 3:13:08 PM

jesus christ

Quote :

"Obviously I need to do something about receiver any suggestions?"

8/18/2008 3:14:36 PM

how many receivers do you play? yours looks pretty good already

who is available on waivers?

8/18/2008 3:50:21 PM

Ocho Cinco was injured the other night, wasn't he?

8/18/2008 3:52:11 PM

Eddie Royal has been turning heads in Denver if you need a reach... with Marshall out a few games he could be worth something early

8/18/2008 3:55:27 PM

^^^

Eddie Royal could be a sleeper. #2 option on a Bronco team that will be passing the ball a lot. Pick him up if he's available.

^Damn, strange coincidence.

[Edited on August 18, 2008 at 3:58 PM. Reason : 2]

8/18/2008 3:57:40 PM

sorry guys, I'm at work right now and busy as can be.

I'll try to get to today's questions ASAP.

let em rip. Glad to see its finally getting active in here.

8/18/2008 4:03:42 PM

In my league we play 1 RB, 2WR, and one R/W (either RB & WR). Yeah CJ was injured but looks like its just going to cause him to rest the last preseason games...


III

8/18/2008 4:07:06 PM

Holy Shit....This could be big.

Quote :

"The News It's looking more and more like Ricky Williams will at least begin the season as the Dolphins' workhorse running back, according to the Miami Herald. Williams has looked good this offseason and in the preseason, and Ronnie Brown is coming back from a torn ACL and now has a thumb injury to deal with. The Herald suggests that Brown will be worked in sparsely in the first few weeks, but he's likely to assume at least half of the workload once he gets back up to full speed. However, Ricky may just run away with the starting job. You might want to swap Ricky and Ronnie in your rankings."

Take it with a grain of Salt, but this seems like a reasonable scenario due to how well Ricky is playing.

8/18/2008 5:40:36 PM

that mid-late round williams pick is looking better and better

my rb core is either going to turn out really good, or really shitty:

McGahee
E. Graham
S. Young
R. Williams
M. Morris
D. Rhodes

8/18/2008 5:54:36 PM

^^ feck

8/18/2008 6:39:08 PM

^deckhead

8/18/2008 7:33:34 PM

Well I had my first draft yesterday....I picked 9th out of 12....Not sure how I did.

PPR League:

QB- Marc Bulger, Philip Rivers, Jeff Garcia
RB- Frank Gore
RB- Marion Barber
RB/WR - Thomas Jones, Kenny Watson, Ahman Green
WR- Torry Holt
WR- Chad Johnson
W/TE- Jerricho Cotchery, Marvin Harrison, Patrick Crayton
K- Josh Scobee
Def- DeMarcus Ware, Adrian Wilson, Lance Briggs, Bob Sanders

Odd league no D/ST just 2 Defense starters....

8/18/2008 7:59:42 PM

So I have two offers eseentially for Calvin Johnson (who I am not really keen to give up)

Calvin Johnson & Jake Delhomme
for
Joey Galloway & Phillip Rivers

another offer

Calvin Johnson & Kellen Winslow
for
Chad Johnson & Alge Crumpler

I already have Carson Palmer at QB, Bubba Franks as Back up TE. I also already have Antonio Bryant as back up WR. I am leaning towards the Ocho Cinco & Crumpler trade. Thoughts? Rest of my roster is above.


III

8/19/2008 7:48:22 AM

^^very good roster

^you need an upgrade @ RB, so you should look for a deal where you take a slight downgrade @ WR for an upgrade @ RB....i.e. Johnson and Rice for a lesser WR, but a starting RB.

8/19/2008 9:09:32 AM