Yahoo Fantasy Football 07/08

[shiznitz]

I was in the pole position in another league last night, so that means the honor will likely be someone else's in this league. My first 3 picks:

1: LT
24: James (over Portis)
25: Palmer (Manning, Brees, Bulger went first in that order).

[WayAbvPar]

Bulger over Palmer?

ROFL

My live draft was over the weekend. I drafted 9th out of 13 teams. My first 3 picks- Peyton Manning, Steve Smith, and Marshawn Lynch. I am gonna hate life all year at RB (picked up a bunch of other scrubs, including Jamal Lewis), but I should get decent scoring from my top 2. Until Smith gets hurt. Again.

[shiznitz]

It was a gift. I almost took Portis instead of a QB to guarantee some RB depth but Palmer is a proven point maker and it was rationally impossible to let him go.  I would rather go 5-0 and then lose in the latter half due to injury than limp into the middle of the pack.

[murdoc]

Plus, Portis is going to get ratted out by Vick in his plea bargin.

[Nebu]

Bulger over Palmer?

ROFL

I have Bulger 6th among QB's on my chart with the big if that McNabb stays healthy.  Palmer is 3rd or 4th.  Opinions vary.

[murdoc]

DRAFT DAY YAY.

First draft of the year and I haven't done any research yet. RUH ROH.

[WayAbvPar]

Yeah, I need to rank my players today on the offchance I can't draft live.

[Sauced]

Ditto.  Not anticipating any problems, but just in case I'm a little late/have to leave early... better work on my list.

[Paelos]

Y'all had to pick a draft time where I'm sitting in class, so I'm not gonna be there. BITCHES!

[trotski]

Big ups for draft day. I may be a few mins late, but i'll be there!

[Rasix]

Y'all had to pick a draft time where I'm sitting in class, so I'm not gonna be there. BITCHES!

Have fun with your 3 quarterbacks, 2 tight ends, 2 defenses and 2 kickers.   Last time I autodrafted it was a fucking disaster.

I have a bad feeling the wife is going to be bugging me since she's be out of town for a couple days.  "Sorry hon, sex after draft."

[murdoc]

I have a money draft on Sunday, tonight will work as a primer for the big deal on the weekend. Damn new jobs keeping me from researching FF all summer long!

[shiznitz]

When I autodraft, I exclude all kickers and all non-top 10 defenses from my list. Kickers are easy to grab after its all over because people are swapping them in and out all season.

[Rasix]

2 hours till draft.  ONLY AN HOUR AND FIFTEEN TO EDIT YOUR PRERANKINGS.  DO EET NOW.

[Rasix]

Ohh goddamnit. LAST. 

[Phildo]

So I get up to get a beer and miss my last pick.  Oh well, it was worth it for two Guinnesses.

[Rasix]

Already know I have to cut my last pick.  I didn't bother to look that I've have to play Oakland's D when they visit San Diego.   

[Nebu]

Let's hear the draft analysis... I'm interested in hearing how the draft turned out.  I have my first draft tomorrow and I never feel prepared for the thing. 

[Paelos]

Damn, I actually came out great in the draft for not showing up. Reggie Bush and Rudi Johnson? With Philly as my D? Not too shabby. Too bad my quarterbacks are 30 something ho-hums.

[murdoc]

Taking Cedric Benson with my 2nd pick was a boneheaded move, not too sure wtf I was thinking there. But, as it always is before the first games are played, I'm relatively happy with my team.

[HaemishM]

I think I may be a bit weak at wide receiver. Wayne will get good numbers, but I think Hines Ward is past his sell-by date, and Henderson is streaky. If Driver is hurt for longer than a few weeks, I think Greg Jennings will put up some solid numbers. I think getting LJ may hurt me early, as he might not be ready for the first few games, but he'll eventually get the carries. Portis may take up the slack there as well.

Brees will be money for me at QB and I think Leinart will be a solid second option. TE will be dicey. Gonzalez is always steady, but with the QB situation in KC, who the fuck knows if anyone will be able to throw him a bone. Heath Miller is equally dicey, because who knows with Big Ben will show up. My kicking (Elam) is solid, and San Diego at D will be worth some points as well. My week 6 WR bye week is going to be painful, I think.

[Rasix]

Like last year, I'm fairly happy with my starting lineup and a little disappointed with who I managed to get for my backups.  I never do that well in the late rounds although I consider Donte Stallworth and Eli Manning decent backups.

My rb combo of Westbrook and Brown are solid, if a bit perilous at the moment.  Westbrook can be explosive if fragile and Cam Cameron is a douchebag throwing around the notion that Brown might not start.  Javon Walker and Andre Johnson should be solid and  both should benefit from an upgrade at quarterback (even if both QBs are a bit untested).  For QBs, if Hasselbeck doesn't reinjure that non-throwing shoulder early, he should be a decent grab.  My defense (Denver) and kickers (Rackers) aren't bad either.  Bye weeks will be a little painful until I pick up some solid options on the waiver wire, where the season is won or lost (as proof last year).

Here's my assessment:

Good drafts:
sigil (Sigil's spurs).  I almost put this one as mediocre, the flex spot isn't strong on that team.
Paelos (Attack Monkies II). Solid.  Bye weeks may hurt a bit. Bench is viable if unspectacular.
Sauced (P-town Agoraphobes).  Nearly downgraded for a Randy Moss selection. Always a solid drafter.

Mediocre drafts:
Murdoc (The Murdoc Bandwagon).  Some "if"s in key positions.  Some major studs too.
Myself (Los Cerdos).  Bad bench, minor douchebag and fragility issues. Big points potential.
Trotski (Vick's Fightin' Herp).  Saved by a late round Tatum Bell selection.
Haemish (Kilt Wavers).  Wanted to rate this as good, but Portis is a big question mark that the bench might not be strong enough to offset.
Murgos (the murgoses).  Shakey at WR. Some decent bench options. Solid D + kicker may help that some.
Wayabvpar (Makin it Rain).  A Bears WR and rookie RB in key positions.  Sketchy TE.   Still, solid bench and Henry might be fucking huge this year.

Ehhh draft (ie future winner):
Phildo (Amateur Musicians).  Vince Young as starting QB doesn't help a shakey team.
Confused Kittens.  Dunno who this is. Every player is an "if".
The Commissioner (shiznitz). Brandon Mirree. Brad Lee Van Pelt.  Epic lulz.  Solid starters, but a bench that makes me want to weep.

Take into consideration that a lot of the "mediocre" and "ehh" drafts still have very potent teams and could really solidify over the waiver wire.  Most everyone, unlike some of the previous years, has a starting team that can beat any other starting team given the right circumstances.  I really expect this year that some of us will get royally boned by the injury bug and/or the stupid coach situation.  This wasn't a very cut and dry draft.

[shiznitz]

What a fucking trainwreck the auto draft is.  My pre-rankings did fine through round 7 when the list ran out, but then the computer just went retarded.  Keep in mind I excluded all kickers.

8: TE Courtney Anderson when I already had Cooley. The 'bot drafted a second TE when Leinart was still available as a 2nd QB.
9: RB Brandon Miree. Maybe Yahoo! ranked him above Chester Tayler, Tatum Bell or Julius Jones but it seems weird.
10: QB Bradley van Pelt: WTF?! Garcia, Grossman and Schaub were still available. Why pick a backup?
11: TE Jason Dunn. Why 3 TEs? WHY?! And why him when Dallas Clark was free?
12: WR Eric Moulds. I can live with this but why wait until now for backup WRs? Jesus.
13: WR Bobby Engram stinks but it was the end.

Thank God I forced some discipline in the early rounds. My team is completely average.

edit: just checked my rankings and Garcia and Leinart were quite high up. Garcia was never drafted at all. Something is broken.

[HaemishM]

The Commissioners got TOTALLY RAPED by the autodraft. Van Pelt will be lucky to see a snap and Miree is a Packers fullback, so will never run the ball.

I think Travis Henry in Denver is going to make people think he's a Pro Bowler again. He might even make Jay Cutler a solid QB, or at least give him no excuse for not winning 10 games, with Javon Walker at wideout.

[murdoc]

I'm not terribly thrilled with my WRs and have a drastic drop-off in RB, especially if Jackson gets hurt. Week 8/9 is going to crush me too, since I didn't really look to closely at bye weeks until after I drafted.

[shiznitz]

Travis Henry will be good until he gets hurt again. If he starts 10 games I will be surprised.

[murdoc]

I LOL'd IRL at the Autodraft a couple of times. Best comment when Brandon Miree got drafted was 'Is that a cousin or something?'

[Sauced]

If Santonio Holmes makes a leap to 70-1000-10, it will offset the Moss risk.  LJ Smith is hopefully a placeholder until Olsen goes off, but we'll see.  Smith could wind up having a good year.  Big Ben at backup QB is also shaky, but he should start every game and my QB situation last year was a fucking disaster.  Considering that I waited on QB and Defense and still wound up with Rivers and Baltimore, I was happy with that.

[Rasix]

I'll be setting up a secondary league for those that still want to play.  Any preferences on a live (if we can still do that) or autodraft?

[shiznitz]

DON'T EVER AUTODRAFT UNLESS YOU WANT A RAZOR-TOOTHED PHEASANT TO PECK YOUR NUTS!

I am still pissed off.

[murdoc]

I am still pissed off.

I am still laughing.

[Murgos]

I totally flaked.  Completely forgot the draft was last night.  Time to go check out the damage.   

[WayAbvPar]

I will play in a 2nd league if you start one. Not sure we can still get a decent live draft time, but we can take a look at least.

[Rasix]

I will play in a 2nd league if you start one. Not sure we can still get a decent live draft time, but we can take a look at least.

It pretty much let me pick whatever I wanted.  Can discuss in other thread. I expect this to be the running thread for the year.

[cmlancas]

I will play in a 2nd league if you start one. Not sure we can still get a decent live draft time, but we can take a look at least.

I'm down, sign me up.