anybody bold enough to give us a big time early prediction on top 5 fantasy players next year?

12/21/2008 9:31:11 PM

QB's

Brees
Manning
Romo
Ryan
Rivers

WR's
Marshall
Boldin
Jennings
White
Smitty

RB's
Peterson
Forte
S Jackson (I know, I know...just a hunch)
Westbrook
Jones-Drew
*Dark Horse* - Pierre Thomas (especially in PPR Leagues)

TE's
Gonzo (has a real connection with Thigpen, who is their future)
D. Clark
Witten
O. Daniels
Cooley


These aren't in any order, just straight off the cuff as top 5's for next year.

12/21/2008 9:45:37 PM

adrian peterson
michael turner
matt forte
ladanian tomlinson
brian westbrook

just a guess, but i think AP will be the consensus #1 ranking.

12/21/2008 9:45:41 PM

no deangelo or steve slaton in your top five?

12/21/2008 10:32:55 PM

yeah i thought stewart would get some of d. williams' carries at the goaline. def. didn't happen

slaton wasn't terrible though. he held his own

hopefully the guy didn't listen to my opinion...

12/21/2008 11:56:12 PM

A guy with a pretty mediocre roster won my league. His opponent rode warner and westbrook into the championship.


I scored the most overall points in the league, but I also had the most unlucky schedule.

12/22/2008 1:26:05 AM

^ Ya it sucks having the most points against you. I was in the same boat, but somehow made it to the playoffs but still lost

12/22/2008 9:25:43 AM

soo

what are the chances that forte + olsen scores 73+ points today

I got smooooooked in the finals

12/22/2008 9:27:18 AM

Won the championship in my long-running league this year which is huge.


and i owe nothing to this thread. i think i posted twice in here.

12/22/2008 9:29:17 AM

you owe everything to this thread, rookie.

12/22/2008 9:35:14 AM

In my opinion:

Quote :

"WR's Marshall Boldin Fitzgerald Jennings White Smitty"

And I think Andre Johnson goes over someone in the list, probably either White or Marshall

12/22/2008 9:57:10 AM

yeah and if Brady comes back next year Randy Moss and Tom Brady will be in the top five of their lists

12/22/2008 10:07:21 AM

so do you think brady will be like a rivers or a carson palmer post surgery

12/22/2008 10:10:08 AM

or a Delhomme?

12/22/2008 10:11:18 AM

Quote :

"what are the chances that forte + olsen scores 73+ points today"

man i need forte to tank- my opponent played frank gore and he's still only 16 behind me

12/22/2008 10:24:33 AM

my lead going into the back end of the championship game will be 9 + ryan grant's total tonite

12/22/2008 2:44:12 PM

lol my lead going into the second week of the championship game is 53.

His team laid a stinker this week and mine rocked out... P-riv, kevin smith and colston

12/22/2008 2:47:52 PM

so i'm up 5 right now in my champ game.

i have ryan grant and greg jennings.

he has matt forte.

who's going to win??

12/22/2008 4:34:48 PM

i need jennings to go 8-80 yds and 2 td's to win

12/22/2008 6:28:33 PM

^^
You should win.

I need Rodgers and Forte to come up big tonight.

[Edited on December 22, 2008 at 6:46 PM. Reason : Here's to a high scoring game.]

12/22/2008 6:45:56 PM

im up 108-52 in my champ game...he has forte and hester left and i have Chi Def...

lets up the packers shit the bed in a close one!


^^^^P-Riv and Colston!! 1st and only week i started Colston! haha

[Edited on December 22, 2008 at 6:54 PM. Reason : dfgd]

12/22/2008 6:52:35 PM

I had Jennings, he had Forte. We were tied going into tonight.

We were tied with the Packers going to kick the game winning FG and then it's blocked and go to OT.

Bears get the ball, Forte gets 2 points on 1 catch, Bears kill FG and he wins by 2.

How is that for a sad story after watching State blow one?

12/23/2008 2:51:35 AM

So with the final score in I lost by 32. I played Schaub over Cassel (16 point difference), Bironas over Gostowski (9 point difference) and Tampa over the Jets (11 point difference). Great.

12/23/2008 11:43:48 AM

i won my championship 115-73!!!

12/23/2008 12:18:55 PM

I won mine 115-100. Could have been 130-100, but I said the hell with it and benched Forte once I knew I had won.

12/23/2008 12:21:44 PM

^there are leagues that would have disqualified you for not having a full starting roster

12/23/2008 1:18:42 PM

won my league 124 - 111. how sweet it is.

12/23/2008 1:30:45 PM

i lost by 11 points......

coulda started thigpen instead of S. Hill and woulda won (def kicking myself for this one except for the fact that Hill did better than my real starter, T. Romo.

coulda started Shinacoe instead of Witten and woulda won (Shinacoe had one catch the week before for 8 yards, no way i was sitting Witten)

12/23/2008 1:48:36 PM

^^^ well it's a good thing I'm not in one of those leagues, isn't it?

12/23/2008 2:04:10 PM

Wow, do we need a separate thread for all the "I could have won, if" people?

12/23/2008 2:13:00 PM

I would have kicked ass this week if I didn't lose last week. :-P

12/24/2008 9:08:45 AM

^^Well most leagues are over now.

I am in one league left though for champs....Romo @ Philly or Schaub vs Bears?

12/24/2008 12:25:01 PM

2nd place.

Peterson and McNabb crushed my chances for a championship.

12/24/2008 1:08:44 PM

out of my three leagues:

Leauge A. Won the championship 167-99
League B. In the championship game this week
League C. Finished 5th after dominating the whole year. Barber and Boldin started sucking it up

i'm pretty happy

12/24/2008 1:18:33 PM

i had 7 total TDs on the bench (rivers and d williams) and somehow still won. first football title!

12/24/2008 1:19:40 PM

in 2 wk cumulative champ

this week

pierre thomas or
leron mcclain or
warrick dunn

also

john carlson or
jason witten

also

vince jackson or
driver or
kevin walter

(right now i have thomas, carlson (b/c witten is Q), and VJ)

12/25/2008 2:53:39 PM

Thomas, Witten, and Jackson. Witten will play and Dallas needs the W. He will get balls and likely a TD.

12/25/2008 4:54:06 PM

Cassell Romo or Warner?

12/26/2008 4:20:27 PM

well certainly not warner

12/26/2008 5:24:11 PM

yeah the warner train has long gone

orton, schaub, or thigpen?

12/26/2008 11:42:49 PM

I'd probably go with Thigpen.

12/27/2008 12:37:55 AM

start thigpen, i didnt last week and missed out on $500

12/27/2008 5:15:19 AM

won my league again this year. thanks fantasy football thread contributors!!

12/27/2008 11:56:11 AM

I'm in the championship game tomorrow. Need help with my roster. here's my current lineup, which netted me 135 points last week --

QB - Philip Rivers
RB - Deangelo Williams
RB - Leon Washington started due to gore and barber injury
WR - Vincent Jackson
WR - Eddie Royal - very inconsistent
TE - Dallas Clark
K - John Carney
DEF - Pittsburgh

Bench:
Matt Ryan
Frank Gore - questionable
Marion Barber - questionable
Marvin Harrison
Nate Washington
Alge Crumpler

Notable running backs i can pick up from waivers:

Mewelde Moore
Willis Mcgahee
Darren Sproles

notable WRs on waivers:
Mushin Muhammad
Michael Jenkins (vs. STL)
Justin Gage

Leon washington isn't a good pick to start. I don't think gore or barber will be effective with their injury situations. my first inclination is to pick up sproles, who's also a coin flip. Moore might also be a good grab. i can see him getting more snaps against cleveland. Also, i'm wondering whether i should drop royal for another receiver.

FF gurus, help me win my first ever championship.

12/27/2008 2:20:20 PM

Gary Russell would probably be a better pickup than Moore...the Steelers have nothing to play for.

I actually think Royal will have a good week. I can see the Chargers/Broncos dueling a 38-34 shootout.

12/27/2008 3:23:07 PM

Warner vs. Seattle

or

Ryan vs. STL

Warner will probably play the whole game.

12/28/2008 9:49:10 AM

Thigpen or Cassel

I don't know if the Pats are in the playoffs or not?

12/28/2008 11:34:11 AM

Patriots must win to have a chance at getting in. So yeah, you should probably go with Cassel.

EDIT: But apparently they are having wind gusts up to 60 mph at Orchard Park, so I dunno.

[Edited on December 28, 2008 at 11:43 AM. Reason : .]

12/28/2008 11:38:07 AM

yeah he did well in the snow but this is different

12/28/2008 11:54:09 AM

Quote :

"Warner will probably play the whole game"

oh is that so

i'm still on the fence

warner or thigpen

12/28/2008 12:08:05 PM