2013 SI's FOFC Alternate Rules Football; Set your lineups!

[Butter]

14.9 K Matt Bryant, ATL

[Butter]

Originally Posted by Danny

WOw, I didnt realize I was up, didnt get a PM!

Way to go, Subby!

[Chief Rum]

14.10 QB Christian Ponder, MIN

15.1 TE Brandon Myers, NYG

[Comey]

Myers was drafted in the 10th round (10.8).

[Butter]

I'll give CR a bit to fix, but figure he is probably going to be asleep for a little while. We may have to skip him and he will have to fix whenever he is back in. I sent a PM.

[Butter]

BTW, don't everyone rush to draft Jeff Tuel all at once.

[Butter]

15.2 Pittsburgh, DST

I actually would be just fine if they end up being terrible.

CR will have to fix his pick whenever he gets up today.

[TRO]

15.3 K Phil Dawson, SF

[britrock88]

Originally Posted by Butter_of_69

15.2 Pittsburgh, DST

I actually would be just fine if they end up being terrible.

That makes two of us.

[Chief Rum]

Well, crap.

Replacement for Myers pick...

15.1 TE Martellus Bennett, CHI

[Chief Rum]

And there I was thinking, "Man, that's a pretty good TE to still be out there..."

[Julio Riddols]

I'm up.. let me check the availables.

[Julio Riddols]

15.4 E.J. Manuel, QB, BUF

[britrock88]

Nice pick, Julio.

[britrock88]

15.5 Kendall Wright, WR, TEN

[Danny]

15.6 K Justin Tucker
15.7 K Blair Walsh

[Subby]

15.8 RB Isaac Redman, PIT

[Masked]

15.9 Garrett Hartley, K, NO

[Comey]

15.10 St. Louis Rams D/ST

16.1 Randy Bullock, K, HOU

[TRO]

Rams were selected in round 14.

[Comey]

Originally Posted by TRO

Rams were selected in round 14.

Bah. They didn't come up in the thread search.

15.10 NY Jets D/ST

[Masked]

16.2 David Akers, K, Det

[Subby]

16.3 Indianapolis Defense

[Danny]

16.4 Baltimore defense
16.5 Andre Brown RB

[Butter]

Autopick for britrock88, as he's out of time:

EDIT: New pick below.

Julio is up.

britrock can re-pick from remaining available players when he arrives if he wishes.

[Julio Riddols]

Lets see...

16.7 Christine Michael, RB, SEA

[TRO]

16.8 K Sebastian Janikowski, Oak

[Butter]

16.9 WR DeAndre Hopkins, HOU

[Butter]

On target to finish the draft on time.... however, if we are not through round 17 by the end of the night, we will be shrinking the time limit down to 1 hour. Would really prefer to finish by tomorrow.

[britrock88]

Originally Posted by Danny

16.5 Andre Brown RB

Why didn't I draft my handcuff again? Hmm...

[britrock88]

Originally Posted by Butter_of_69

Autopick for britrock88, as he's out of time:

16.6 RB Bernard Pierce, BAL

Julio is up.

britrock can re-pick from remaining available players when he arrives if he wishes.

Thanks for this. I will change the pick, however, to:

16.6 Danny Woodhead, RB, SDC

[Chief Rum]

16.10 WR Brian Hartline, MIA

7.1 RB Bernard Pierce, BAL

[Butter]

17.2 K Dan Bailey, DAL

[TRO]

17.3 RB Knowshon Moreno DEN

[Julio Riddols]

Knowshon, nice sneaky late pick.

[Julio Riddols]

Screw it, here we go

17.4 Brent Celek, TE, PHI

[Danny]

Originally Posted by Julio Riddols

Knowshon, nice sneaky late pick.

If only blitz pickups were worth points. I dont see Moreno being any more than a 3rd down back as Ball and Hillman should be far better runners, but you never know. I actually regretted taking Hillman as I just think all three share the load and none have great value. Ball is probably the best to own for the season.

[TRO]

For a 17th round pick, I like the gamble that he see's a fair share of duty.

[Julio Riddols]

Originally Posted by Danny

If only blitz pickups were worth points. I dont see Moreno being any more than a 3rd down back as Ball and Hillman should be far better runners, but you never know. I actually regretted taking Hillman as I just think all three share the load and none have great value. Ball is probably the best to own for the season.

Everything I have heard about Ball says he sucks almost as bad as Franklin in Green Bay. Moreno as a pass protector with decent hands seems as likely to be relevant as Hillman or Ball. Really none of the 3 are interesting to me, but a late round flyer on Moreno was something I had considered.

[Julio Riddols]

Also, Ball was kinda shit his senior season. I feel like he needs an amazing line to look good. I mean he had 356 carries and only averaged 5 yards a pop in a pretty weak big ten. He had a shit ton of TD's, but they kind of force fed him the ball around the goal line, so of course he scored a lot.

[Danny]

Maybe, I havent drafted ball in any of my 6 leagues. I drafted Hillman in 1, but would change that now if I could. Dont have Moreno in any.

[britrock88]

17.5 Martellus Bennett, TE, CHI

[TRO]

Bennett taken in round 15.

[Julio Riddols]

Originally Posted by Danny

Maybe, I havent drafted ball in any of my 6 leagues. I drafted Hillman in 1, but would change that now if I could. Dont have Moreno in any.

This is why fantasy football is fun. All this speculation goes right out the window once the bullets start flying. Hell, Darren McFadden could lead the league in rushing this year. Ball could be OROY. Terrelle Pryor could be a surprise fantasy stud somehow.

There are always 5-10 studs left in the FA pool that emerge later in the season out of nowhere.

[Chief Rum]

Originally Posted by Danny

If only blitz pickups were worth points. I dont see Moreno being any more than a 3rd down back as Ball and Hillman should be far better runners, but you never know. I actually regretted taking Hillman as I just think all three share the load and none have great value. Ball is probably the best to own for the season.

I think the way the Broncos have treated Moreno this offseason is ridiculous. He was pretty much a star for them down the stretch, after Hillman proved to be too small, and then they cut McGahee. Should have made him the man.

Instead, they go draft Montee Ball and hand him the #1 job without trial, and then for God knows what reason, makes Hillman the #2.

Preseason comes along and, sure enough, Ball is really iffy in pass protection, which is absolutely key for the Broncos, and Hillman is too small. I think it's only a matter of time before the Broncos realize what they need to do and turn to Moreno.

I wonder if Moreno kicked Fox's dog or something. Or pissed in John Elway's Gatorade.

[Butter]

Reminder

You must draft 2 defenses and 2 kickers. Right now, we have players who do not have enough draft picks left to fill out their rosters with the correct amount of kickers and defenses. If you got a PM, this means you.

Those players have been instructed to change their picks, and we will have a couple of players going back into the pool. When that occurs, I will let you know who that is.

The problem only goes back to the early 16th round, so I will not take any additional corrective action at this time, as the players affected are minor, so I don't want to have to go back and pick up the draft from that point as we're approaching the end.

But PLEASE make sure you are keeping track of who you have on your roster to avoid this situation. Thanks.

[Chief Rum]

I am undoing my Bernard Pierce pick (17.1) because of the two defense, two-kickers rule.

New 17.1

17.1 DEF Miami

[Danny]

17.6 TE Brandon Pettigrew
17.7 D Giants

[TRO]

Since the 17.5 pick was invalid, I would suggest that we give bitrock his full clock to correct before pushing forward.

Edit - and I PM'd him immediately following his pick as well.

[Butter]

FYI, Joique Bell and Bernard Pierce are available again due to the issues I described above.

Yahoo has been updated to reflect players available, as have posts 5 & 6.