Complaining about your Fantasy Football Team

Butter · 09-13-2016, 07:51 AM

Yes, I get it. No one cares about your fantasy team.

But I sometimes enjoy a nice instance of schadenfreude, and maybe you do too. In which case....

In my money league, I was in a tie with a guy going into Monday Night Football this week, and had the Rams defense. Literally, all I needed was a point.

I got zero points.

Although in looking at the box score a bit more closely, the Rams did have a fumble recovery, which should have counted for 2 points. And with my league having no negative points for defenses, I should've won. So now I have to wait for a stat correction to post to CBS Sports website. And if it doesn't, then I have to be THAT GUY.

But this is for money, so I guess I have no choice.

Also, 2 of my top-4 picks in this league were Gronk and Keenan Allen, so great.

I'm sure I'll have more of these stories, but let's hear yours.

claphamsa · 09-13-2016, 06:49 PM

2 league 3 top 3 picks, gronk, demariaus, watkins....

Suicane75 · 09-23-2016, 02:40 PM

Hi my name is Joe,

I'm in a very competitive auction league, deep rosters (4 WR, FL, 2 of everything else). I spent weeks doing research and ranking 250 players, hours of preparation, the whole ball of yarn. I entered the draft room as soon as it opened and filled my draft list with people I didn't want at the top so that if I nominated them and got them, it only cost me a dollar, and if someone else spent more than a dollar on them, huzzah. In the middle of my draft list were kickers and defense, ranked accordingly. At the bottom of my draft list were all my "fliers", backups who I'd love to have on my bench in case the starter went down, mostly RB's, but some QB's and WR's in there too.

Within the first 20 minutes I'm already off of my strategy. I have purchased Andrew Luck & Aaron Rogers and spent about 70% of my money already. That was stupid, I think to myself, but I can win this league by acing the end of the draft. I do not do that. Instead for some reason I panic in the last 100 selections or so and end up with a bench full of crap. I'm not sure how it happened, I was prepared, well prepared. I just...panicked? I'm still not sure.

Anyhow, after the draft I had Eli Manning on my bench and was able to pick up Carson Wentz via free agency. I parlayed them, along with Charles Simms (he's a good backup, but a backup nun the less, I can move him) and Steelers TE Jesse James in exchange for Eddie Lacey and Gronk. Alright, I'm set baby.

Welp. I get killed in week 1 when Gronk doesn't play, Sammy Watkins does nothing, Jeremy Hill does nothing, Eddie Lacey does nothing, Jared Cook (whom I had pegged as a major sleeper) does nothing and Derick Henry does nothing.

That's OK though, it's only week 1, things will get better.

Oh yeah? Watkins season is shaping up to be worth nothing, Gronk has given me 3 weeks of no points, Jeremy Hill is showing no signs of doing anything, Lacey has been worth less than stains in my underpants, and oh yeah, Corey Coleman now has a broken hand. I essentially have two QB's a team full of crap.

Hi, my name is Joe, and my season is a turd.

bhlloy · 09-23-2016, 03:09 PM

Yeah, I had the worst draft I think I have ever had sitting at #2. A position I hate to draft from but still had a plan and from round 3 on every player or group of players I lined up got taken a few picks ahead of me. I hate my team. My second RB is Jonathan Stewart. My third RB is Foster or Yeldon. I have decent WR but my QB situation is basically roll with Bortles or hope that I can stream in a league where everyone keeps 2 QB

Obviously I didn't draft well, but it's not like I consistently went off the board or picked risky players either. I've just never had a situation where everything broke against me and I just had shitty options every time my pick came up.

Butter · 09-23-2016, 03:25 PM

Gronkowski basically barely playing last night screwed me too.

wustin · 09-23-2016, 03:27 PM

Glad I decided to start Blount over Langford but I'm still annoyed the 3 running backs I drafted are pretty much out.

Thomkal · 09-23-2016, 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Suicane75

Hi my name is Joe,

I'm in a very competitive auction league, deep rosters (4 WR, FL, 2 of everything else). I spent weeks doing research and ranking 250 players, hours of preparation, the whole ball of yarn. I entered the draft room as soon as it opened and filled my draft list with people I didn't want at the top so that if I nominated them and got them, it only cost me a dollar, and if someone else spent more than a dollar on them, huzzah. In the middle of my draft list were kickers and defense, ranked accordingly. At the bottom of my draft list were all my "fliers", backups who I'd love to have on my bench in case the starter went down, mostly RB's, but some QB's and WR's in there too.

Within the first 20 minutes I'm already off of my strategy. I have purchased Andrew Luck & Aaron Rogers and spent about 70% of my money already. That was stupid, I think to myself, but I can win this league by acing the end of the draft. I do not do that. Instead for some reason I panic in the last 100 selections or so and end up with a bench full of crap. I'm not sure how it happened, I was prepared, well prepared. I just...panicked? I'm still not sure.

Anyhow, after the draft I had Eli Manning on my bench and was able to pick up Carson Wentz via free agency. I parlayed them, along with Charles Simms (he's a good backup, but a backup nun the less, I can move him) and Steelers TE Jesse James in exchange for Eddie Lacey and Gronk. Alright, I'm set baby.

Welp. I get killed in week 1 when Gronk doesn't play, Sammy Watkins does nothing, Jeremy Hill does nothing, Eddie Lacey does nothing, Jared Cook (whom I had pegged as a major sleeper) does nothing and Derick Henry does nothing.

That's OK though, it's only week 1, things will get better.

Oh yeah? Watkins season is shaping up to be worth nothing, Gronk has given me 3 weeks of no points, Jeremy Hill is showing no signs of doing anything, Lacey has been worth less than stains in my underpants, and oh yeah, Corey Coleman now has a broken hand. I essentially have two QB's a team full of crap.

Hi, my name is Joe, and my season is a turd.

Hello Joe,

you are amongst friends here. all of us have screwed up a draft (or two)

mckerney · 09-23-2016, 03:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Butter

Gronkowski basically barely playing last night screwed me too.

I don't play fantasy football but I've done my friend's auction draft for him the last two years because he's been unavailable for them. I got Gronkowski and he was at work yesterday when news broke that Gronk would be playing so I decided to be helpful and went ahead and replaced Kyle Rudolph in his lineup with him.

Oops.

korme · 09-24-2016, 01:07 AM

My Bortles/Allen Robinson combo was the worst decision I made since drafting Jon Stewart/Reggie Bush back to back in the first 2 rounds in like 2010

Honolulu_Blue · 09-27-2016, 09:01 AM

Wow!

I managed to get 123 points out of just FIVE players this week!!!

All of whom were on my bench...

lungs · 09-27-2016, 10:25 AM

I needed ten points with Julio Jones and B. Cooks going last night.....

Neuqua · 09-27-2016, 10:46 AM

Started K Benjamin after he was on my bench the first two weeks.

HomerSimpson98 · 09-27-2016, 12:19 PM

ANyone else get the big, fat goose-egg from Ryan Mathews?

Also, any fellow Russell Wilson owners out there who think he is going to be below average FF wise since he cant run for the foreseeable future? High ankle sprain and sprained MCL. Fuck.

TCY Junkie · 09-27-2016, 01:25 PM

I am so awesome I got in top 20 percent with Ben and wheaton. Didn't watch game but cousin told me wheaton dropped td on first drive. I really missed this game. Gigantic whiff.

wustin · 09-27-2016, 01:41 PM

Two WRs i started this week: Kelvin Benjamin and Julio Jones.

Butter · 09-27-2016, 01:54 PM

I started Gronk and Willie Snead this week. Solid gold!

murrayyyyy · 09-27-2016, 02:49 PM

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Originally Posted by HomerSimpson98

ANyone else get the big, fat goose-egg from Ryan Mathews?

Also, any fellow Russell Wilson owners out there who think he is going to be below average FF wise since he cant run for the foreseeable future? High ankle sprain and sprained MCL. Fuck.

Here are the options I have in front of me with this situation.

Fitz on my bench. A Smith, Taylor, Gabbert, Tanny, Prescott, Osweiler are free agents.

No clue what to do.

QuikSand · 09-27-2016, 02:57 PM

Had one of those weeks in a league of mine... the 2nd-highest scoring team took a loss, and the 2nd-lowest scoring team scored a win.

It's the price we pay for our love of head-to-head and wins/losses, but sometimes it sucks. (In my case, I actually was the top scoring team, so I'm not griping in this case, but had we been edged out by a late MNF score, I would have been pretty hot about it)

QuikSand · 09-27-2016, 02:58 PM

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Originally Posted by murrayyyyy

Here are the options I have in front of me with this situation.

Fitz on my bench. A Smith, Taylor, Gabbert, Tanny, Prescott, Osweiler are free agents.

No clue what to do.

That looks like a pretty streamable bunch...

panerd · 10-03-2016, 10:05 AM

Figured I would throw a fantasy baseball one in here. So my league started on a Sunday-Saturday loop due to our draft etc so yesterday we could change our lineups for the last day of the season. I'm sitting in first and Raisel Iglesias seems like a pretty harmless pitcher and I don't want to overthink anything and pull somebody and end up losing strikeouts or something but I didn't need the saves. Ends up blowing the game at the end of the day causing me to drop a spot in ERA by 0.001 and go from $650 first place to the close to $200 second place consultation.

QuikSand · 10-04-2016, 09:47 AM

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Originally Posted by QuikSand

Had one of those weeks in a league of mine... the 2nd-highest scoring team took a loss, and the 2nd-lowest scoring team scored a win.

It's the price we pay for our love of head-to-head and wins/losses, but sometimes it sucks. (In my case, I actually was the top scoring team, so I'm not griping in this case, but had we been edged out by a late MNF score, I would have been pretty hot about it)

Heh, turnabout. Same league, this week my team had the 2nd highest score in the league, and took the loss by one point.

Butter · 10-04-2016, 09:51 AM

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Originally Posted by panerd

Figured I would throw a fantasy baseball one in here. So my league started on a Sunday-Saturday loop due to our draft etc so yesterday we could change our lineups for the last day of the season. I'm sitting in first and Raisel Iglesias seems like a pretty harmless pitcher and I don't want to overthink anything and pull somebody and end up losing strikeouts or something but I didn't need the saves. Ends up blowing the game at the end of the day causing me to drop a spot in ERA by 0.001 and go from $650 first place to the close to $200 second place consultation.

That's infuriating.

Butter · 10-04-2016, 09:52 AM

Played against Julio Jones this week, and again had Gronk in the lineup instead of Kyle Rudolph. Fuck me.

Coffee Warlord · 10-04-2016, 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Butter

Played against Julio Jones this week, and again had Gronk in the lineup instead of Kyle Rudolph. Fuck me.

Yep. Ditto on the Gronk/Rudolph. I picked up Rudolph when Gronk was out, I've started Gronk the last 2 weeks over Rudolph. It has not worked out well.

bhlloy · 10-04-2016, 11:28 AM

In my main money league I went for 160 off the back of Julio, but in my second one I went with Gio and Maclin over West and Crabtree and turned a 40 point win into a 5 point loss

panerd · 10-04-2016, 12:03 PM

I'm going to have a similar dilemma with Rudolph/Eifert. Rudolph seems to catch a TD every game but Eifert/Gronk are clearly superior when healthy. I guess it's a better problem to have than a backup like Eflon or something who doesn't score points.

bhlloy · 10-04-2016, 12:08 PM

To be honest, that isn't going to be remotely a dilemma with Brady back. Eifert is a little more questionable and I might give that one some time but I'd expect him to slot right back into to that offense in a few weeks as well

Comey · 10-04-2016, 12:41 PM

My draft in the FOFC league...

1st Round: AP
2nd Round: Gronk

It's gone downhill from there. I drafted Lacy...got Brady, so I got Bortles, and then Fitzpatrick, since we're a 2QB league. Tyler Lockett has apparently been playing with an undisclosed injury. I picked him up. Delanie Walker, who I picked up because of the value (late in the draft), got hurt early. I had Josh Gordon. I picked up Spencer Ware, and enjoyed that for two weeks...but then all of that uncertainty with the Chiefs RB spot. So I picked up Chris Ivory as an anticipatory move. I

Yeah, that worked. So I picked up Cameron Artis-Payne. Yeah, that worked too. Essentially, nothing I have tried this year as worked, and nearly every move I have made has blown up in my face (for instance, I picked up Jamison Crowder last week, as he was playing Cleveland, and he was a PPR darling. He got four points.) I did get Carson Wentz and Jordan Howard, and sat Gronk last week in favor of Hunter Henry...but it definitely didn't matter.

My team has scored, far and away, the least amount of points in the league. And we have had the most scored against us (again, far and away). I believe it to be the greatest Hindenburg situation the FOFC League has ever seen.

There's a certain pride to that. It's a very specific one, though.

BishopMVP · 10-04-2016, 12:47 PM

Deciding between DeSean Jackson and Will Fuller every week is going to haunt my dreams. And I picked up John Brown when he was waived after week 2 & he's back now... So I'm all but guaranteed to pick wrong.

rowech · 10-04-2016, 04:12 PM

My team is:

Brady and Luck
Gurley, Anderson, Sims, Morris, and Ajayi
Edelman, Hilton, T. Benjamin, Hurns, and Lockett

I am somehow 1-3. I will be trading Luck tomorrow and will either have Wentz or Stafford as my backup and will have Cooper in place of Lockett.

Vince, Pt. II · 10-04-2016, 04:30 PM

Lost by less than one point against Roethlisberger and Julio Jones. I wouldn't even be mad, but DeAndre Hopkins and his 0.90 points on the week makes it infuriating.

miked · 10-04-2016, 05:15 PM

Man, started the season with Doug Martin, Ameer Abdullah, Justin Forsett, Alfred Morris, and Matt Asiata. I had to start Forsett and Morris this week, without of course knowing that Forsett was a last minute scratch. Lost by 3 pts with Asiata on the bench. Also started ARI Defense over MIN.

Young Drachma · 10-05-2016, 01:01 PM

Playing in a FCS league of all things after a few years away. Won the entire thing the first year I played in it, but this year, can't catch a break. Lost two games by a point, one by fractions of a point b/c of the scoring system.

Comey · 10-28-2016, 04:52 AM

So I started this year with AP and Lacy as my RB. My QB, because Brady was out with a suspension, were Bortles and Fitzpatrick.

I picked up Wentz after Fitzpatrick's six picks. That worked out a bit. But Bortles was killing me. With Wentz going through a bad stretch, I played Bortles...and that was an awful decision. Yet, I rebounded from an 0-4 start in the FOFC league (winning last week by a point, despite sitting Jay Ajayi in favor of Terrence West, going against my gut).

This week, I decided I had to make a change. Fitzpatrick came back and looked okay, and they play the Browns this week. So, I picked him back up. Who'd I cut?

Blake Bortles, who generated 35 points last night. Granted, it was all in garbage time, but...still. He had more points last night than he had this year combined.

I swear, every decision I make this year has immediate ass-biting returns.

wustin · 10-28-2016, 05:09 AM

But you have Brady

BYU 14 · 10-29-2016, 05:04 AM

After riding Shady McCoy and CJ Anderson to a 6-1 record and 1st place in my division, I am stuck starting Robert Kelly and Duke Johnson this week since Rashad Jennings has bye and Matt Jones has joined McCoy and Anderson on the injured list! Fucking fabulous!

SteveMax58 · 10-29-2016, 05:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Comey

Blake Bortles, who generated 35 points last night. Granted, it was all in garbage time, but...still. He had more points last night than he had this year combined.

Along those lines....Allen F. Robinson is really aggravating me. Especially when BB throws 3 TDs and he once again has none of them.

bhlloy · 10-30-2016, 11:04 PM

Just lost two big money leagues with the OT pass from Prescott to Witten, along with the completions to Beasley during that drive.

digamma · 12-06-2016, 04:58 AM

League with no fractional scoring. I'm now 1-5 in games decided by 1 or 2 points. I would like better luck please.

Bobble · 12-06-2016, 07:07 AM

Welp, it's been a tough season but I've barely managed to eek into the playoffs by a little over one point. I play in a 16-team league where 4 division winners advance, 2 wild cards based on wins, and 2 wild cards based on total points. A disappointing 3rd rnd pick Golden Tate went off (finally!) to make the playoffs possible despite a crappy record and a disappointing 2nd rnd pick Brandon Marshall dribbled in just enough points more than the other guy's Matt Forte to allow me to sneak in the door (unless there's a scoring adjustment in the next few days -- LACK of a scoring adjustment got me into the Final last season Fantasy football official score change -- need advice. - Front Office Football Central). So, I'm primed to get my butt beat the first week.

QuikSand · 12-06-2016, 08:15 AM

Tough year for converting points into wins for me, across 4 leagues.

2nd in points, ekes into playoffs as 5 seed
3rd in points, sits out as "7th seed" at 6-7
1st in points by a mile, still has to fight for a bye in week 14
2nd in points, ekes into playoffs as 6 seed

Vince, Pt. II · 12-06-2016, 08:38 AM

I feel you, Quik. I'm in three leagues, and in all of them I am comfortably in the top three in points scored. In all three of them, I am nearly 200 points clear of second place in points against, and will miss the playoffs in all three for the first time in I don't even remember.

QuikSand · 12-06-2016, 08:58 AM

I can't think of anything systemic about it. I think it's just a "stuff happens" deal.

It's not like we're making mistakes that create imbalanced teams -- I might occasionally have a QB/WR combo from the same team, which I guess might lead to some lopsiding of points/wins (think of the Ryan/Julio 500/300 game this year -- you can only get one win for that even if you doubled up your league in points that week)... but it's not like I am committed to that strategy in any way more than anyone else.

Just dumb luck. In one league, my "points allowed" was only a shade behind the highest "points for" of anyone in the league, and that just shouldn't happen.

Suicane75 · 12-06-2016, 09:50 AM

I can finally stop trying. I feel clean. Pure. I can stop waiting for this guy or that guy to heal or start putting up points. I am Suicane, I am eliminated, I can breathe.

murrayyyyy · 12-06-2016, 10:03 AM

I have a league where I was "favored" to win by our scoring system on ESPN 9 weeks so far and I'm 2-11 with a week left. That takes talent. I just checked and I'm 1-12 against their spread this year with the win being favored by .3 and I won the game by .5.

Hammer755 · 12-06-2016, 10:30 AM

I may have been the only person still watching an awful game, but Kenny Britt's garbage time 66-yd reception and resulting 1-yd TD catch put me into the playoffs. He had a goose egg until that point, and added 14 points on those two plays, allowing me to win by 12 and sneak into my league's final playoff spot.

I felt like one of those degenerate gamblers that Al Michaels sometimes winks to when a spread or over/under is impacted late in a blowout.

Vince, Pt. II · 12-06-2016, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by QuikSand

I can't think of anything systemic about it. I think it's just a "stuff happens" deal.

It's not like we're making mistakes that create imbalanced teams -- I might occasionally have a QB/WR combo from the same team, which I guess might lead to some lopsiding of points/wins (think of the Ryan/Julio 500/300 game this year -- you can only get one win for that even if you doubled up your league in points that week)... but it's not like I am committed to that strategy in any way more than anyone else.

Just dumb luck. In one league, my "points allowed" was only a shade behind the highest "points for" of anyone in the league, and that just shouldn't happen.

Yup. It seems odd to me that it happened at all, but to happen in three independent leagues, with random schedules...

Like you mentioned up thread, the price we pay for wanting those clean wins and losses each week.

dubb93 · 12-07-2016, 06:00 PM

I would have strolled into the playoffs as the #1 seed in my league...all I needed was for Dwayne Allen to score less than 19 points. Seemed like a no brainer.

I also think it's complete crap that the top 4 teams in the league in points scored are going into the playoffs as the #1, #2, #7, and #8 seeds. #5 in points scored finished 9th and just missed the playoffs by the points scored tie breaker. It's a 12 team league and I get the guy with the Jones/Ryan combo. Already beat him twice this year, but those two could always explode and bury me with no chance. Thanks Dwayne Allen.

Suicane75 · 12-07-2016, 09:12 PM

Was trying to think of a way to reimagine FF. What if you had a 12 team league and instead of H2H you just had the top 6 point getters per week get a win, and the bottom 6 get a loss? Then do H2H for the playoffs?

Bobble · 12-08-2016, 08:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Suicane75

Was trying to think of a way to reimagine FF. What if you had a 12 team league and instead of H2H you just had the top 6 point getters per week get a win, and the bottom 6 get a loss? Then do H2H for the playoffs?

Sounds less interesting than the existing. For most of the year, I have no interest in anyone but the guys on my own team. There's no reason to strategize match-ups or anything. If a guy on MY team isn't playing in the televised game, at least I could have rooted against my opponent. Even if I don't have the best team, I could always hope for a little luck and eek out wins versus a better team having a bad day.

I've wondered if you could take FF and throw in some more tactics. Something like designate a "double cover" where you can halve a particular opposing player's points. Or something like the old Status Pro Football playcalling where I secretly declare an emphasized player and my opponent declares defense versus run or pass. If he guesses correctly, bonus for him. If incorrectly, bonus for me.

For reference from Status Pro Football:

Code:

Play 
	Key BC 	No Key	Wrong Key	Prevent D	Pass or Blitz

Runs 	+4 	+2 	0 		0 		0
Draw 	+2 	+2 	+2 		-2 		-4

Not fully thought out but there's a kernel in there...

09-23-2016, 03:09 PM	#4
bhlloy Coordinator Join Date: Nov 2003	Yeah, I had the worst draft I think I have ever had sitting at #2. A position I hate to draft from but still had a plan and from round 3 on every player or group of players I lined up got taken a few picks ahead of me. I hate my team. My second RB is Jonathan Stewart. My third RB is Foster or Yeldon. I have decent WR but my QB situation is basically roll with Bortles or hope that I can stream in a league where everyone keeps 2 QB Obviously I didn't draft well, but it's not like I consistently went off the board or picked risky players either. I've just never had a situation where everything broke against me and I just had shitty options every time my pick came up. Last edited by bhlloy : 09-23-2016 at 03:10 PM.

09-23-2016, 03:27 PM	#6
wustin College Prospect Join Date: Nov 2014	Glad I decided to start Blount over Langford but I'm still annoyed the 3 running backs I drafted are pretty much out. Last edited by wustin : 09-23-2016 at 03:27 PM.

09-27-2016, 09:01 AM	#10
Honolulu_Blue Hockey Boy Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Royal Oak, MI	Wow! I managed to get 123 points out of just FIVE players this week!!! All of whom were on my bench... __________________ *Steve Yzerman*: 1,755 points in 1,514 regular season games. 185 points in 196 postseason games. A First-Team All-Star, Conn Smythe Trophy winner, Selke Trophy winner, Masterton Trophy winner, member of the Hockey Hall of Fame, Olympic gold medallist, and a three-time Stanley Cup Champion. Longest serving captain of one team in the history of the NHL (19 seasons).

09-27-2016, 10:46 AM	#12
Neuqua Pro Rookie Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Chicago, Ill	Started K Benjamin after he was on my bench the first two weeks. __________________ Our Deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?' Actually, who are you not to be?

09-27-2016, 01:25 PM	#14
TCY Junkie College Prospect Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: TX	I am so awesome I got in top 20 percent with Ben and wheaton. Didn't watch game but cousin told me wheaton dropped td on first drive. I really missed this game. Gigantic whiff. __________________ I try to open things I probably have no chance of opening.

09-13-2016, 06:49 PM	#2
claphamsa Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: non white trash MD	2 league 3 top 3 picks, gronk, demariaus, watkins.... __________________ Dominating Warewolf for 0 games! GIT R DUN!!!

09-23-2016, 02:40 PM	#3
Suicane75 Coordinator Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: NJ	Hi my name is Joe, I'm in a very competitive auction league, deep rosters (4 WR, FL, 2 of everything else). I spent weeks doing research and ranking 250 players, hours of preparation, the whole ball of yarn. I entered the draft room as soon as it opened and filled my draft list with people I didn't want at the top so that if I nominated them and got them, it only cost me a dollar, and if someone else spent more than a dollar on them, huzzah. In the middle of my draft list were kickers and defense, ranked accordingly. At the bottom of my draft list were all my "fliers", backups who I'd love to have on my bench in case the starter went down, mostly RB's, but some QB's and WR's in there too. Within the first 20 minutes I'm already off of my strategy. I have purchased Andrew Luck & Aaron Rogers and spent about 70% of my money already. That was stupid, I think to myself, but I can win this league by acing the end of the draft. I do not do that. Instead for some reason I panic in the last 100 selections or so and end up with a bench full of crap. I'm not sure how it happened, I was prepared, well prepared. I just...panicked? I'm still not sure. Anyhow, after the draft I had Eli Manning on my bench and was able to pick up Carson Wentz via free agency. I parlayed them, along with Charles Simms (he's a good backup, but a backup nun the less, I can move him) and Steelers TE Jesse James in exchange for Eddie Lacey and Gronk. Alright, I'm set baby. Welp. I get killed in week 1 when Gronk doesn't play, Sammy Watkins does nothing, Jeremy Hill does nothing, Eddie Lacey does nothing, Jared Cook (whom I had pegged as a major sleeper) does nothing and Derick Henry does nothing. That's OK though, it's only week 1, things will get better. Oh yeah? Watkins season is shaping up to be worth nothing, Gronk has given me 3 weeks of no points, Jeremy Hill is showing no signs of doing anything, Lacey has been worth less than stains in my underpants, and oh yeah, Corey Coleman now has a broken hand. I essentially have two QB's a team full of crap. Hi, my name is Joe, and my season is a turd.

09-23-2016, 03:25 PM	#5
Butter Coordinator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Dayton, OH	Gronkowski basically barely playing last night screwed me too. __________________ My listening habits

09-24-2016, 01:07 AM	#9
korme Go Reds Join Date: May 2001 Location: Bloodbuzz Ohio	My Bortles/Allen Robinson combo was the worst decision I made since drafting Jon Stewart/Reggie Bush back to back in the first 2 rounds in like 2010

09-27-2016, 10:25 AM	#11
lungs Pro Rookie Join Date: May 2002 Location: Prairie du Sac, WI	I needed ten points with Julio Jones and B. Cooks going last night.....

09-27-2016, 12:19 PM	#13
HomerSimpson98 High School Varsity Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Cowtown, TX	ANyone else get the big, fat goose-egg from Ryan Mathews? Also, any fellow Russell Wilson owners out there who think he is going to be below average FF wise since he cant run for the foreseeable future? High ankle sprain and sprained MCL. Fuck.

09-27-2016, 01:41 PM	#15
wustin College Prospect Join Date: Nov 2014	Two WRs i started this week: Kelvin Benjamin and Julio Jones.

09-27-2016, 01:54 PM	#16
Butter Coordinator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Dayton, OH	I started Gronk and Willie Snead this week. Solid gold! __________________ My listening habits

09-27-2016, 02:57 PM	#18
QuikSand lolzcat Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Annapolis, Md	Had one of those weeks in a league of mine... the 2nd-highest scoring team took a loss, and the 2nd-lowest scoring team scored a win. It's the price we pay for our love of head-to-head and wins/losses, but sometimes it sucks. (In my case, I actually was the top scoring team, so I'm not griping in this case, but had we been edged out by a late MNF score, I would have been pretty hot about it)

10-03-2016, 10:05 AM	#20
panerd Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: St. Louis	Figured I would throw a fantasy baseball one in here. So my league started on a Sunday-Saturday loop due to our draft etc so yesterday we could change our lineups for the last day of the season. I'm sitting in first and Raisel Iglesias seems like a pretty harmless pitcher and I don't want to overthink anything and pull somebody and end up losing strikeouts or something but I didn't need the saves. Ends up blowing the game at the end of the day causing me to drop a spot in ERA by 0.001 and go from $650 first place to the close to $200 second place consultation.

10-04-2016, 09:52 AM	#23
Butter Coordinator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Dayton, OH	Played against Julio Jones this week, and again had Gronk in the lineup instead of Kyle Rudolph. Fuck me. __________________ My listening habits

10-04-2016, 11:28 AM	#25
bhlloy Coordinator Join Date: Nov 2003	In my main money league I went for 160 off the back of Julio, but in my second one I went with Gio and Maclin over West and Crabtree and turned a 40 point win into a 5 point loss

10-04-2016, 12:03 PM	#26
panerd Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: St. Louis	I'm going to have a similar dilemma with Rudolph/Eifert. Rudolph seems to catch a TD every game but Eifert/Gronk are clearly superior when healthy. I guess it's a better problem to have than a backup like Eflon or something who doesn't score points.

10-04-2016, 12:08 PM	#27
bhlloy Coordinator Join Date: Nov 2003	To be honest, that isn't going to be remotely a dilemma with Brady back. Eifert is a little more questionable and I might give that one some time but I'd expect him to slot right back into to that offense in a few weeks as well Last edited by bhlloy : 10-04-2016 at 12:09 PM.

10-04-2016, 12:41 PM	#28
Comey College Starter Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: CT via PA via CA via PA	My draft in the FOFC league... 1st Round: AP 2nd Round: Gronk It's gone downhill from there. I drafted Lacy...got Brady, so I got Bortles, and then Fitzpatrick, since we're a 2QB league. Tyler Lockett has apparently been playing with an undisclosed injury. I picked him up. Delanie Walker, who I picked up because of the value (late in the draft), got hurt early. I had Josh Gordon. I picked up Spencer Ware, and enjoyed that for two weeks...but then all of that uncertainty with the Chiefs RB spot. So I picked up Chris Ivory as an anticipatory move. I Yeah, that worked. So I picked up Cameron Artis-Payne. Yeah, that worked too. Essentially, nothing I have tried this year as worked, and nearly every move I have made has blown up in my face (for instance, I picked up Jamison Crowder last week, as he was playing Cleveland, and he was a PPR darling. He got four points.) I did get Carson Wentz and Jordan Howard, and sat Gronk last week in favor of Hunter Henry...but it definitely didn't matter. My team has scored, far and away, the least amount of points in the league. And we have had the most scored against us (again, far and away). I believe it to be the greatest Hindenburg situation the FOFC League has ever seen. There's a certain pride to that. It's a very specific one, though. __________________ Last edited by Comey : 10-04-2016 at 12:42 PM.

10-04-2016, 12:47 PM	#29
BishopMVP Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Concord, MA/UMass	Deciding between DeSean Jackson and Will Fuller every week is going to haunt my dreams. And I picked up John Brown when he was waived after week 2 & he's back now... So I'm all but guaranteed to pick wrong.

10-04-2016, 04:12 PM	#30
rowech Pro Starter Join Date: Feb 2006	My team is: Brady and Luck Gurley, Anderson, Sims, Morris, and Ajayi Edelman, Hilton, T. Benjamin, Hurns, and Lockett I am somehow 1-3. I will be trading Luck tomorrow and will either have Wentz or Stafford as my backup and will have Cooper in place of Lockett.

10-04-2016, 04:30 PM	#31
Vince, Pt. II Pro Starter Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Somewhere More Familiar	Lost by less than one point against Roethlisberger and Julio Jones. I wouldn't even be mad, but DeAndre Hopkins and his 0.90 points on the week makes it infuriating.

10-04-2016, 05:15 PM	#32
miked College Starter Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: The Dirty	Man, started the season with Doug Martin, Ameer Abdullah, Justin Forsett, Alfred Morris, and Matt Asiata. I had to start Forsett and Morris this week, without of course knowing that Forsett was a last minute scratch. Lost by 3 pts with Asiata on the bench. Also started ARI Defense over MIN. __________________ Commish of the United Baseball League (OOTP 6.5)

10-05-2016, 01:01 PM	#33
Young Drachma Dark Cloud Join Date: Apr 2001	Playing in a FCS league of all things after a few years away. Won the entire thing the first year I played in it, but this year, can't catch a break. Lost two games by a point, one by fractions of a point b/c of the scoring system. __________________ FBCB / FPB3 Mods

10-28-2016, 04:52 AM	#34
Comey College Starter Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: CT via PA via CA via PA	So I started this year with AP and Lacy as my RB. My QB, because Brady was out with a suspension, were Bortles and Fitzpatrick. I picked up Wentz after Fitzpatrick's six picks. That worked out a bit. But Bortles was killing me. With Wentz going through a bad stretch, I played Bortles...and that was an awful decision. Yet, I rebounded from an 0-4 start in the FOFC league (winning last week by a point, despite sitting Jay Ajayi in favor of Terrence West, going against my gut). This week, I decided I had to make a change. Fitzpatrick came back and looked okay, and they play the Browns this week. So, I picked him back up. Who'd I cut? Blake Bortles, who generated 35 points last night. Granted, it was all in garbage time, but...still. He had more points last night than he had this year combined. I swear, every decision I make this year has immediate ass-biting returns. __________________

10-28-2016, 05:09 AM	#35
wustin College Prospect Join Date: Nov 2014	But you have Brady

10-29-2016, 05:04 AM	#36
BYU 14 Coordinator Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The scorched Desert	After riding Shady McCoy and CJ Anderson to a 6-1 record and 1st place in my division, I am stuck starting Robert Kelly and Duke Johnson this week since Rashad Jennings has bye and Matt Jones has joined McCoy and Anderson on the injured list! Fucking fabulous!

10-30-2016, 11:04 PM	#38
bhlloy Coordinator Join Date: Nov 2003	Just lost two big money leagues with the OT pass from Prescott to Witten, along with the completions to Beasley during that drive.

12-06-2016, 04:58 AM	#39
digamma Torchbearer Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: On Lake Harriet	League with no fractional scoring. I'm now 1-5 in games decided by 1 or 2 points. I would like better luck please.

12-06-2016, 07:07 AM	#40
Bobble College Prospect Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: High and outside	Welp, it's been a tough season but I've barely managed to eek into the playoffs by a little over one point. I play in a 16-team league where 4 division winners advance, 2 wild cards based on wins, and 2 wild cards based on total points. A disappointing 3rd rnd pick Golden Tate went off (finally!) to make the playoffs possible despite a crappy record and a disappointing 2nd rnd pick Brandon Marshall dribbled in just enough points more than the other guy's Matt Forte to allow me to sneak in the door (unless there's a scoring adjustment in the next few days -- LACK of a scoring adjustment got me into the Final last season Fantasy football official score change -- need advice. - Front Office Football Central). So, I'm primed to get my butt beat the first week.

12-06-2016, 08:15 AM	#41
QuikSand lolzcat Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Annapolis, Md	Tough year for converting points into wins for me, across 4 leagues. 2nd in points, ekes into playoffs as 5 seed 3rd in points, sits out as "7th seed" at 6-7 1st in points by a mile, still has to fight for a bye in week 14 2nd in points, ekes into playoffs as 6 seed

12-06-2016, 08:38 AM	#42
Vince, Pt. II Pro Starter Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Somewhere More Familiar	I feel you, Quik. I'm in three leagues, and in all of them I am comfortably in the top three in points scored. In all three of them, I am nearly 200 points clear of second place in points against, and will miss the playoffs in all three for the first time in I don't even remember.

12-06-2016, 08:58 AM	#43
QuikSand lolzcat Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Annapolis, Md	I can't think of anything systemic about it. I think it's just a "stuff happens" deal. It's not like we're making mistakes that create imbalanced teams -- I might occasionally have a QB/WR combo from the same team, which I guess might lead to some lopsiding of points/wins (think of the Ryan/Julio 500/300 game this year -- you can only get one win for that even if you doubled up your league in points that week)... but it's not like I am committed to that strategy in any way more than anyone else. Just dumb luck. In one league, my "points allowed" was only a shade behind the highest "points for" of anyone in the league, and that just shouldn't happen.

12-06-2016, 09:50 AM	#44
Suicane75 Coordinator Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: NJ	I can finally stop trying. I feel clean. Pure. I can stop waiting for this guy or that guy to heal or start putting up points. I am Suicane, I am eliminated, I can breathe.