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Post by Cubbies on Sept 14, 2017 11:17:41 GMT -5
 This week's match-ups:Commish Joe (3 Molinas 1 Cup) v. Ginger Matt (Your Moms Bubble Bath) Nasty Nate (Team Nate) v. David (I Touchdown There) Connor (Joe Clark) v. Patrick (He Haight Me) Jason v2.0 (A Boy Named Suh) v. Philly Mike (Team Mike) JimZim (The Re-Simmers) v. Patlanta (Patlanta Braves) Hayes (Team Hayes) v. Rich (Team Rich) in the unofficial Non-Imaginative Team Name Bowl |
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Post by Pirates GM on Sept 15, 2017 19:50:44 GMT -5
I love how into fantasy football Joe is. The Week 1 write-ups were unreal, and absolutely accentuate my lack of fantasy football knowledge.
Well done,
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2017 9:49:46 GMT -5
Hayes (Team Hayes) v. Rich (Team Rich) in the unofficial Non-Imaginative Team Name Bowl For the record I didn't know I had to name my team again after the draft. That has been rectified. |
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Post by Cubbies on Sept 19, 2017 12:38:17 GMT -5
I love how into fantasy football Joe is. The Week 1 write-ups were unreal, and absolutely accentuate my lack of fantasy football knowledge. Well done, JIm Until last year in NSBL I hadn't played fantasy football since like 2010 or so? I just like football. I do listen to an NFL podcast 2-3x a week though, so I stay current on news and information. But it's not fantasy focused or anything, but they do talk about fantasy a little, and for two shows a year, right before the season, they focus on it more. |
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Post by Cubbies on Sept 19, 2017 13:23:22 GMT -5
 Commish Joe v. Ginger Matt My obvious big mistake here was starting Reed over Witten. But even if I had started Witten I would’ve lost. I was checking Football Outsiders to see how both the Rams and Broncos did against Tight Ends last season. Denver was 5th best and the Rams were 10th best, but I also knew that LAR also has the best Defensive Coordinator around in-house right now. But I went with Reed v. the Rams anyways. It was a wrong move, but I don’t think it was wrong decision making. My team is just underperforming. Lev Bell, Aaron Rodgers, everyone really. And when they are underperforming I can’t beat a team that scores the second most points in a week. Matt’s club put in some work this week. Golden Tate was the only one not to score in double digits and you can’t fault him for not starting Chris Thompson this week. Sure he scored more (tie) than any starter on his team, but who could’ve foreseen that? He only had six touches in the game, he just happened to go off for 100+ yards and 2 TDs in those six touches. |
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Post by Cubbies on Sept 19, 2017 13:24:24 GMT -5
 Jason v2.0 v. Philly Mike The Incestual Game of the Week: Sponsored by #MAGA. Ties always suck. They suck even more when both owners had their highest scoring player on the bench this week. You can’t blame Jason for not starting Wentz. Even with the loss of Berry, that Chiefs Secondary is tough, and Cam was playing against a much weaker Bills Defense. But by the sounds of it, Cam still doesn’t look healthy. He did have the same surgery Andrew Luck had (or did I hear wrong?), just not as extensive, and Luck is still out. And you could possibly blame Mike for starting Dalvin Cook over Buck Allen since Cook was playing a tough Steelers D and had just lost his QB, but that Browns D is better than people think too. And saying Allen was a better start on Tuesday is just armchair QBing. I’d like to think I would’ve at least contemplated it though. |
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Post by Cubbies on Sept 19, 2017 13:25:16 GMT -5
 Nasty Nate v. David Nate came to play this week. His QB and two starting RBs combined for 86 points. That would’ve been enough to beat four other teams alone. He outscored everyone even after making the mistake of leaving Diggs in there against a good Steelers D after it was announced that Bradford would not play. But I guess you could make the case it would still be a toss up between Diggs and West on who would have a better game. And knowing me I would’ve started Coleman or Ginn instead of Diggs, but it wouldn’t had improved his output any. Dave got royally fucked by early injuries to Howard and Nelson. He put up 100 points when he was two-players short for the week. If they had scored like they are capable of doing, he still might have beaten Nate and his high score. But as it was, there was nothing he could’ve done to win this game. |
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Post by Cubbies on Sept 19, 2017 13:26:06 GMT -5
 JimZim v. Patlanta JImmyK was able to pull out the win even after making the bone-headed mistake of starting Thielan when Bradford was out and Keenum was starting. Sometimes I wonder if JimmyK knows that smart phones exist and what “apps” are. Can’t really fault Pat for not starting Allen Hurns against the Titans. We all know Bortles sucks, and you can’t gamble on those garbage time points that he puts up. And I don’t know if it was intentional or not, but I liked Pat’s move of keeping OBJ in the FLEX spot for the MNF game. OBJ was a gametime decision, and Pat had Abdullah on his roster also playing MNF, so keeping OBJ as a FLEX and not a WR means Pat was able to switch him out for Abdullah if he had to. It was a smart bit of roster maneuvering if it was intentional and deserves to be credited, even in a losing effort. Gronk getting Jimmy 23 points is why Jimmy drafted him in the second round. Gronk maybe missing the next two weeks with an injury is why no one else did. |
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Post by Cubbies on Sept 19, 2017 13:27:26 GMT -5
 The Imitation v. Seattle, Washington In Week 1, The Jags defense were the highest scoring player/unit not named Kareen Hunt in our league. In Week 2, they scored negative points. Patrick has a solid set of RB/WR which he will need with the Cousins/Manning combo at QB. Cousins seems to start most seasons a little slow, so if he comes around again, Patrick should be fine. But if not, Patrick is going to be hitting the waiver wire because Eli is done. D-U-N, done. Both Forte and Henry scored more that Crowell for Connor, but you can’t fault him for not starting a RB in a timeshare over one who isn’t. I am pretty sure Connor’s first waiver move of the week is going to be for a TE since he has no backup and Olsen has a broken foot. Lucky for Connor he has #1 waiver priority. Not much else to say about this match-up. It really wasn’t as close as the scoreboard indicates. |
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Post by Cubbies on Sept 19, 2017 13:28:24 GMT -5
 Hayes v. Richie Rich Much like I did against Matt, Hayes just got straight clobbered in his match-up. Hayes easily had the lowest scoring bench of any team and only could’ve scored 4 more points than he did score, but playing Clay over Graham at TE. But who would do that? It does hi-lite why I avoided Graham in the draft even though I am a Seahawks fan. He disappears from the Seattle gameplan too often and for long stretches of time. Rich left only a few points on the field as well. If he had started a second TE (Doyle) in the FLEX spot, he could have scored an extra 9 points there, and then Coleman over Chrissy Mac gets him an extra 4, but it didn’t matter. Besides, only an idiot or an extreme circumstance would rationalize starting two TEs. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 19, 2017 13:41:18 GMT -5
Jason v2.0 v. Philly Mike The Incestual Game of the Week: Sponsored by #MAGA. Ties always suck. They suck even more when both owners had their highest scoring player on the bench this week. You can’t blame Jason for not starting Wentz. Even with the loss of Berry, that Chiefs Secondary is tough, and Cam was playing against a much weaker Bills Defense. But by the sounds of it, Cam still doesn’t look healthy. He did have the same surgery Andrew Luck had (or did I hear wrong?), just not as extensive, and Luck is still out. And you could possibly blame Mike for starting Dalvin Cook over Buck Allen since Cook was playing a tough Steelers D and had just lost his QB, but that Browns D is better than people think too. And saying Allen was a better start on Tuesday is just armchair QBing. I’d like to think I would’ve at least contemplated it though. I should've stuck to my guns and played Frank Gore... its ok Frank, not taking you out anymore. |
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Post by phillies17 on Sept 19, 2017 13:46:02 GMT -5
Ties do suck.
Allen was a FA pickup for me last week. I had no expectation for him other than to fill out my bench. I will probably have to start him over Murray this week.
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Post by Cubbies on Sept 19, 2017 13:52:37 GMT -5
Ties do suck. Allen was a FA pickup for me last week. I had no expectation for him other than to fill out my bench. I will probably have to start him over Murray this week. Yeah, I put in for Buck Allen too, but I had him as my 3rd waiver wire pickup. I had Tarik Cohen first of course, and I didn't get him. I had Nelson Agholar second and I got that one, and I had Allen third. I should've put Allen 2nd instead. |
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Post by raysgm on Sept 19, 2017 13:58:53 GMT -5
The Imitation v. Seattle, Washington In Week 1, The Jags defense were the highest scoring player/unit not named Kareen Hunt in our league. In Week 2, they scored negative points. Patrick has a solid set of RB/WR which he will need with the Cousins/Manning combo at QB. Cousins seems to start most seasons a little slow, so if he comes around again, Patrick should be fine. But if not, Patrick is going to be hitting the waiver wire because Eli is done. D-U-N, done. Both Forte and Henry scored more that Crowell for Connor, but you can’t fault him for not starting a RB in a timeshare over one who isn’t. I am pretty sure Connor’s first waiver move of the week is going to be for a TE since he has no backup and Olsen has a broken foot. Lucky for Connor he has #1 waiver priority. Not much else to say about this match-up. It really wasn’t as close as the scoreboard indicates. Once again the truth comes out: I am much better at simulation baseball than fantasy football. I think I'm also better at knitting, shoe cobbling, paper macheing, farming, oil drilling, running marathons, and becoming an animorph than fantasy football. |
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Post by Cubbies on Sept 19, 2017 14:00:55 GMT -5
The Imitation v. Seattle, Washington In Week 1, The Jags defense were the highest scoring player/unit not named Kareen Hunt in our league. In Week 2, they scored negative points. Patrick has a solid set of RB/WR which he will need with the Cousins/Manning combo at QB. Cousins seems to start most seasons a little slow, so if he comes around again, Patrick should be fine. But if not, Patrick is going to be hitting the waiver wire because Eli is done. D-U-N, done. Both Forte and Henry scored more that Crowell for Connor, but you can’t fault him for not starting a RB in a timeshare over one who isn’t. I am pretty sure Connor’s first waiver move of the week is going to be for a TE since he has no backup and Olsen has a broken foot. Lucky for Connor he has #1 waiver priority. Not much else to say about this match-up. It really wasn’t as close as the scoreboard indicates. Once again the truth comes out: I am much better at simulation baseball than fantasy football. I think I'm also better at knitting, shoe cobbling, paper macheing, farming, oil drilling, running marathons, and becoming an animorph than fantasy football. I'm sure Jeff Reese is happy to hear that, since he was unable to get into the league. |
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Post by Elephanti! on Sept 19, 2017 15:30:35 GMT -5
It's OK. I'm probably not much better.
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Post by Pirates GM on Sept 19, 2017 15:35:47 GMT -5
JimZim v. Patlanta JImmyK was able to pull out the win even after making the bone-headed mistake of starting Thielan when Bradford was out and Keenum was starting. Sometimes I wonder if JimmyK knows that smart phones exist and what “apps” are. Can’t really fault Pat for not starting Allen Hurns against the Titans. We all know Bortles sucks, and you can’t gamble on those garbage time points that he puts up. And I don’t know if it was intentional or not, but I liked Pat’s move of keeping OBJ in the FLEX spot for the MNF game. OBJ was a gametime decision, and Pat had Abdullah on his roster also playing MNF, so keeping OBJ as a FLEX and not a WR means Pat was able to switch him out for Abdullah if he had to. It was a smart bit of roster maneuvering if it was intentional and deserves to be credited, even in a losing effort. Gronk getting Jimmy 23 points is why Jimmy drafted him in the second round. Gronk maybe missing the next two weeks with an injury is why no one else did. Damn. I thought I was going to get some props after my huge win, but I just got bashed. Twice. JIm |
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Post by Whitesox on Sept 19, 2017 20:51:07 GMT -5
Ties do suck. Allen was a FA pickup for me last week. I had no expectation for him other than to fill out my bench. I will probably have to start him over Murray this week. Ties do suck. So does full point scoring. I still dont understand any reasoning why anyone dislikes fractional scoring...football is a game of inches. |
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Post by Cubbies on Sept 19, 2017 22:02:20 GMT -5
Ties do suck. Allen was a FA pickup for me last week. I had no expectation for him other than to fill out my bench. I will probably have to start him over Murray this week. Ties do suck. So does full point scoring. I still dont understand any reasoning why anyone dislikes fractional scoring...football is a game of inches. I am bi-pointal. I can do either way. I used to always do 1 point per 10 yards and then I quit fantasy. When I played in two leagues back in 2010 or so and they had fractional, I enjoyed it. But I can do either. Maybe next year we just do halfway to piss everyone off. Half a point for every 5 yards and half a point for every reception. I am fully capable of angering all of the people all of the time. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 20, 2017 5:43:49 GMT -5
Ties do suck. Allen was a FA pickup for me last week. I had no expectation for him other than to fill out my bench. I will probably have to start him over Murray this week. Ties do suck. So does full point scoring. I still dont understand any reasoning why anyone dislikes fractional scoring...football is a game of inches. still need to go 10 yards to get a first down... fractional scoring looks like something yahoo did to make themselves different. yahoo sucks |
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Post by raysgm on Sept 20, 2017 10:04:43 GMT -5
Ties do suck. So does full point scoring. I still dont understand any reasoning why anyone dislikes fractional scoring...football is a game of inches. still need to go 10 yards to get a first down... fractional scoring looks like something yahoo did to make themselves different. yahoo sucks you still need to touch all 4 bases for a run in baseball. we should stop tracking singles, doubles, and triples and only count runs. |
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Post by Cubbies on Sept 20, 2017 10:08:16 GMT -5
ESPN and NFL use fractional scoring now too. That's what we used for NFL.com last year and it was the default scoring for ESPN this year until I changed it due to demand.
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Post by Cubbies on Sept 20, 2017 10:08:41 GMT -5
Connor... you suck. You were supposed to go TE first, not RB. I hate you.
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Post by raysgm on Sept 20, 2017 12:02:50 GMT -5
Connor... you suck. You were supposed to go TE first, not RB. I hate you. Why would I go TE first when I could go RB first (taking your top guy), and then still be able to grab my top TE target with my 2nd claim? |
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Post by Cubbies on Sept 20, 2017 12:37:23 GMT -5
Connor... you suck. You were supposed to go TE first, not RB. I hate you. Why would I go TE first when I could go RB first (taking your top guy), and then still be able to grab my top TE target with my 2nd claim? Because I wanted a RB first so I wanted you to take a TE first. It's why I explicitly mentioned you needing one in my weekly write-up, to try to steer you to a TE first since I was second in waiver order. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 21, 2017 6:24:27 GMT -5
still need to go 10 yards to get a first down... fractional scoring looks like something yahoo did to make themselves different. yahoo sucks you still need to touch all 4 bases for a run in baseball. we should stop tracking singles, doubles, and triples and only count runs. teams only hit HR... maybe that double should earn a team, half a run.. |
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Post by Whitesox on Sept 22, 2017 16:50:55 GMT -5
you still need to touch all 4 bases for a run in baseball. we should stop tracking singles, doubles, and triples and only count runs. teams only hit HR... maybe that double should earn a team, half a run.. After a double, usually a single will score that run. The batter who hit the double gets credit for a double, and a run scored. The batter who slapped that single, gets credit for a hit and a run batted in. If the double never occurs, that single is just a plain old single. Theres more to sports than the arbitrary end score. A lot more is understood out of a game when the process is analyzed, not just the end result. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2017 13:14:40 GMT -5
my point was there is all sorts of way of making the numbers say what you want them to say... I don't care for fraction points in fantasy football...
if everyone was so F'ing passionate about it, then why not speak up when the league was being formed and the rules were being established...
I think ties suck too, but I rather take a tie than have the week decides by whomever the "home team" was...
Sometimes... Fantasy sports games are better when they just play the way the game was created... Baseball 4x4 or 5x5 and so on...
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Post by Pirates GM on Sept 24, 2017 7:35:09 GMT -5
I like that Joe is feeling a bit of HEAT from the league after talking too much smack over the first two weeks.
JIm
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