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[J-Roc]

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Eh? Am I winning yet?

[deep]

Sorry Sharpy-- when you said you wouldn't be checking it ever again, I went out and got someone who said they would. I thought that would be more sporting and that you wouldn't mind.

[deep]

YO BITCHES IT'S RIVALRY WEEK



(It actually doesn't mean anything.)

I tried to set up matches with some sort of theme. Leo and I are sports nerds. Canas and Fish are all lowercase. Elven and Ninjas are both single words and probably groups of people who come into conflict often. And then the Gray Vagrants and Moon Warriors seem like similar but opposite factions. I got nothing for Vet and Synile. Or Showsnii and Sportsball.

Leo got a clutch performance out of Tony Romo, who put up Aaron Rodgers numbers.

Fish got some solid performances; meanwhile, Canas drafted a bunch of hurt dudes so he's limping out of the gate.

Sean, who won the draft in terms of straight projected points, got a lackluster performance out of his dudes in week 1. Door is wide open for Vet.

Elven and Ninjas don't have much to talk about just yet. Showsni looks like a powerhouse early on.

And finally, frickin Moon Warriors got two great performances. Ken's got catchup to do.

MORE UPDATES AFTER SUNDAYS GAMES NUCKAS

[Crimson Lego]

Man, now I find myself rooting for Tony Romo which I thought was never possible. XD


Still, I wouldn't mind if Dallas won a Super Bowl. There are plenty of people on that roster who have earned the right to one.

EDIT: Also so apparently Jason Witten had a lacerated spleen and still went out to play last night?



He is a man.

Edited by Leo Crimson, 06 September 2012 - 05:27 PM.

[Showsni]

I found a thing that I think has the projected score for the end of the whole thing, and I came in second. Sweet!

[canas is back]

'Showsni', on 08 Sept 2012 - 01:02 AM, said:

I found a thing that I think has the projected score for the end of the whole thing, and I came in second. Sweet!

you definitely have some great players, johnson would have been my first pick for wide reciever.

[deep]

Yeah, Showsni. You and Vet have surprisingly good teams.

[Showsni]

So, you get points for each person based on the roles they play in the team, right? I don;t know how the game works, but are these things like running the ball up field, making catches, scoring points, etc?

[deep]

Short answer: Yes. Long answer: I made that big long post last page with specifics.

So, for example, a WR catches passes from the QB. They score points by--
1.) making a successful catch = 1 for every catch
2.) accruing yards by running the ball up field after making the catch = 1 for every 10 yards gained
3.) scoring touchdowns = 6 points per TD

[Veteran]

'deep', on 08 Sept 2012 - 01:39 AM, said:

Yeah, Showsni. You and Vet have surprisingly good teams.

"Right men, we're gonna go with ignorance today. I want you to go out there be completely oblivious to everything! Can you do that? Can you do that for me, the Vipper?"

[Oberon Storm]

I wish I didn't let my girlfriend name my team...

But I can't complain about the early boost fromt he Cowboys and Giants.

[deep]

Yeah, you basically got great performances out of two guys that nobody was expecting great performances from.

[deep]

First round of games start in 20 minutes! Good luck today. I'll post a recap later tonight.

[Crimson Lego]

Aaaanndddd...Rashad Jennings gets injured. Perfect.

EDIT: Welker also completely useless this game; at least I have Gronk.

Edited by Leo Crimson, 09 September 2012 - 02:37 PM.

[canas is back]

Come on brees I needed you to bring your a-game


EDIT:

well brees did well, I shoulda put peterson on the field.

Edited by canas is back, 09 September 2012 - 04:37 PM.

[Crimson Lego]

I dunno if anyone else besides Canas and I were watching the Redskins-Saints, but RG3 played amazing considering it was his first actual start and on the road against New Orleans.




Lucky DP.

[deep]

There was no way RG3 wasn't going to do well against a decimated and head-coachless Saints. The rest of the season's gonna be tough.

[Crimson Lego]

Well I'm still a good 20 points behind you, so AJ Green had better have a 100+ yard game tonight.

[Showsni]

Okay, team! Some of you guys have less points than you were predicted to get, and that's okay once or twice, so long as you don't make a habit of it. I notice one of you has no points, so I'm assuming you had a good reason for it. Or maybe you died, in which case, condolences. Those of you who have more points than you were predicted, excellent! That's the kind of games playing I want to see!

I wonder if there are any cricket fantasy leagues? I suppose you'd get points for runs, catches, bowling maiden overs, and so on... But I don't know which would be worth more.

[Crimson Lego]

Don't worry Showsni, Raiders and Chargers still have a game in about an hour; unfortunately, Denarius Moore is kind of injured so he may or may not play. :/

[deep]

WEEK 1 WRAP UP!

Congrats to Fish, Elven, CFS, Vet, and Benzen!

Super congrats to CFS for being the highest-scoring chap in the entire league!

In what became a shootout, CFS toppled Ken with an absurd amount of firepower courtesy of QB Matt Ryan, WR Brandon Marshall, and RB Ray Rice. All three guys are set to put up these kind of numbers every week, so if CFS can sort out his WR2, TE, and DEF, he's going to be god-damn-scary.

Ken got clutch performances himself, and the only real "hole" in his team is his Flex2. If he can find someone to replace Ryan Williams, he's sitting on top of a win button.

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Vet and Sean also had a pretty close game. If you'll recall, Sean won best draft based upon projections, but he hit a stumbling block when Fred Jackson left the game with a knee injury, which allowed Vet to coast into victory. Jackson's out 4ish weeks. On the plus side, Sean's rockin Reggie Wayne and Jimmy Graham, who look to be putting up huge numbers all year. I think Eli Manning just had a bad game.

If you bop down to Sean's bench, he's got Jackson's replacement RB already, and a pretty great K in Nate Kaeding. He's lookin at what would be a plug-and-play victory next week.

I'm liking Vet's team, and I fully believe Michael Turner's numbers this week to be a fluke. He's a #1 RB on a great team. I think Vet could make zero changes and be sitting pretty for next week, but he's got some interesting talent on his bench, as well as some potential pickups on waivers to consider.

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Showsni and Benzen squared off Premier League style.

I just don't know what happened to Showsni's team. They all fell flat at the same time. Colston is a tough play because the Saint have too many damn weapons, but Charles should not have scored sub-10. It didn't help that he played an injured dude. He's got some substitutions to make for next week, but the fact that he had a bad week and was kind of competitive with Benzen is saying something. Plus, I think he's set with his defense. Baltimore looked impressive as hell.

Benzen got his butt saved by Julio Jones. He shouldn't look for those kind of numbers again, but on the flip-side, Trent Richardson should be producing more soon; he was coming off injury. I think Benzen needs to find a new TE pronto, and probably look for some more impressive Flexes.

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The most lopsided game of the night, Fish trampled Canas.

Riding high on surprise games from Maclin and Ridley, Fish got some pretty massive boosts. Jennings and Redman are hurt, though, so he's got some roster moves to consider.

Canas, oh Canas.

He left AP on the bench, and missed out on 20+ points. He's playing a rookie WR in Floyd on a team who doesn't really let rookies play. Thankfully, his RB1 is healthy next week, as is AP, so he should bounce back nicely with a few roster moves.

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Elven and Tsume had the lowest-scoring game of the night.

Elven, despite playing one guy who was injured, and who didn't register a catch, still pulled out with a freakish performance by Lance Moore, and a nice showing from Aaron Hernandez.

Rob made a good call with Garcon, and Cruz should bounce back next week, but Beanie and Royster were bad choices, not to mention Buffalo's defense. Rob's got some thinking to do next week.

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Finally, the grudge match of the football nerds: DP v Leo.

Leo got a shocking performance from Tony Romo, who we expected nothing from. On the flipside, he missed Welker's normal contribution, and Jennings came out of his game hurt. He got solid numbers from Gronk and Gore, and had he had a perfect week, he would've taken me down.

I was shocked by how well RGIII did, and equally shocked by how poorly Fitzgerald did. More worrying is that I almost lost despite putting up a crazy 156 points. Some weeks you do pretty damn well, but it's not enough.

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And that's it!

The early (Thursday) game is Chicago vs. Green Bay, so if you wanna use CHI/GB players, get them set now. Likewise, if you want to avoid them, get them out of your roster now!

DP's suggested GB/CHI plays you may not be considering: Alshon Jeffries, Michael Bush, Randall Cobb
DP's suggested GB/CHI benches: James Jones, Greg Jennings, any GB RBs (Benson and Green)

wee

[canas is back]

yeah it was pretty bad, good game though. I was surprised to see SF win against GB. The score was what I was expecting, but the other way around.

[Crimson Lego]

Wow...Benzen got an amazing performance out of Green Bay's defense last night. Only 10 points allowed, 7 sacks (Clay Matthews is a best just saying), and 4 picks.




Oh yeah, GB fake field goal was genius. Kudos to them for that.

[deep]

I didn't follow my own advice and played James in my main league. Ugh.

[canas is back]

We all make mistakes, unless you have the computer do it for you.

[Veteran]

As and when I remember them, I'm gonna list the only experiences I have of American Football.

1. That one episode of Friends.

[Sir Deimos]

I recently cleared my history, and I don't remember the email addy I made up to join. XD Can someone tell me what it is?

[Crimson Lego]

Uh, the roster has you down as Shizzawn but I don't know if that's your Yahoo ID. Not much of an expert on Yahoo, I'm afraid. :/

[Sir Deimos]

EFFFFFFFF

[Crimson Lego]

Talked to DP, he said he'll look into it later. You'll probably still win next week with the starters you have.