Fcp Hockey Forum 2013 Nfl Pool

[MapleLeafs 142]

Personally, Id drop your 2nd team defense. I dont see the need to carry two.

[ajs510 122]

Personally, Id drop your 2nd team defense. I dont see the need to carry two.

 

I'm not, I already dropped it in favor of Fred Jackson. I can drop Jackson if there's no one more currently unuseful.

[MapleLeafpoker 1,462]

I'm not, I already dropped it in favor of Fred Jackson. I can drop Jackson if there's no one more currently unuseful.

 

I got Spiller in the FCP draft, so I would hold onto Jackson if I were you.

[GOCUBSGO 77]

Anyone want to critique my autopicked team and see if there's anyone there that is super expendable?

..this isn't hockey! 1. (2) Doug Martin (TB - RB) 2. (19) Stevan Ridley (NE - RB) 3. (22) Demaryius Thomas (Den - WR) 4. (39) Tom Brady (NE - QB) 5. (42) Reggie Wayne (Ind - WR) 6. (59) Jason Witten (Dal - TE) 7. (62) Steve Smith (Car - WR) 8. (79) New England (NE - DEF) 9. (82) Phil Dawson (SF - K) 10. (99) Montee Ball (Den - RB) 11. (102) Golden Tate (Sea - WR) 12. (119) Kenny Britt (Ten - WR) 13. (122) Jared Cook (StL - TE) 14. (139) Sam Bradford (StL - QB) 15. (142) Tampa Bay (TB - DEF)

 

 

I already dropped Sam Bradford in favor of Matt Schaub who went undrafted, and I also dropped Tampa's defense in favor of Fred Jackson from Buffalo, just in case Spiller gets hurt since Freddie is a great feature back when he's getting reps.

 

As far as guys available that are more than 50% owned, here's the list of FA's:

 

Rashard Mendenhall

Chris Ivory

Le'Veon Bell

Ben Tate

Emmanuel Sanders

Justin Blackmon

Alshon Jeffrey

Bernard Pierce

DeAndre Hopkins

 

 

Any super sleepers out there that I should check on?

 

They aren't really sleepers but I would drop Britt and Cook for Bell and Ivory. Both of those guys should be 100% owned in every league. I'd almost consider dropping Schaub for Mendenhall as well. If Schaub went undrafted I would imagine that there are quite a few QB's on the waiver wire that would be available for future use if you need them. Let's face it, you are never playing any of those guys over a healthy RGIII so why worry about rostering one of them until you need them. RB's are such a premium this year that I would scoop up as many as possible and hold on to them. Injuries will happen and if you have a plethora of RB's, you can use them to trade a desperate owner later in the year, not to mention they are great bye week fill ins.

[GOCUBSGO 77]

Those draft grades are really screwy. It just gave me a C+ and projects I'll finish 4-10.

 

QB: Robert Griffin

RB: Marshawn Lynch, Jamaal Charles

WR: Victor Cruz, Vincent Jackson, Jordy Nelson

TE: Kyle Rudolph

K: Josh Brown

DEF: Baltimore

 

BN: Joe Flacco, Leveon Bell, Ben Tate, Rashard Mendenhall, Miles Austin, Justin Blackmon

 

That's a really good team. Slightly less valuable in a PPR league, but great in standard. I wouldn't worry about the draft grades. Mine told me I would be weak at Def and K this year, which is why I would struggle, lol.

[MapleLeafpoker 1,462]

We should have made last years league a keeper league

 

QB-M.Ryan

RB- Rice, Martin, Jones-Drew

WR- D.Thomas, J.Jones, (cant recall my 3rd WR)

TE- V.Davis

plus I had a kick ass kicker! lol

 

sorry, had to relive past glory, since again, my team sucks.

[Dubey 1,035]

Anyone want to critique my autopicked team and see if there's anyone there that is super expendable?

..this isn't hockey! 1. (2) Doug Martin (TB - RB) 2. (19) Stevan Ridley (NE - RB) 3. (22) Demaryius Thomas (Den - WR) 4. (39) Tom Brady (NE - QB) 5. (42) Reggie Wayne (Ind - WR) 6. (59) Jason Witten (Dal - TE) 7. (62) Steve Smith (Car - WR) 8. (79) New England (NE - DEF) 9. (82) Phil Dawson (SF - K) 10. (99) Montee Ball (Den - RB) 11. (102) Golden Tate (Sea - WR) 12. (119) Kenny Britt (Ten - WR) 13. (122) Jared Cook (StL - TE) 14. (139) Sam Bradford (StL - QB) 15. (142) Tampa Bay (TB - DEF)

 

 

I already dropped Sam Bradford in favor of Matt Schaub who went undrafted, and I also dropped Tampa's defense in favor of Fred Jackson from Buffalo, just in case Spiller gets hurt since Freddie is a great feature back when he's getting reps.

 

As far as guys available that are more than 50% owned, here's the list of FA's:

 

Rashard Mendenhall

Chris Ivory

Le'Veon Bell

Ben Tate

Emmanuel Sanders

Justin Blackmon

Alshon Jeffrey

Bernard Pierce

DeAndre Hopkins

 

 

Any super sleepers out there that I should check on?

 

 

 

Other than drafting a defense in the 8th and a kicker in the 9th (lol autodraft), it's actually not bad. 10 team league I am assuming?

 

 

I think Ben Tate should be 100% owned. He's backing up Arian Foster, who is injury prone, and if Foster gets injured for a long stretch, Tate pretty much becomes a top 5 fantasy asset. I would rather own him than anyone you drafted from round 9 and on.

 

 

Last I checked, Levon Bell is out for 6 weeks. Probably not worth stashing in a 10 team league.

 

Also, in a 10 team, 1 QB league, you don't need a backup QB. He is wasting a bench spot. You can grab somebody off waivers on Tom Brady's bye week. Same goes for Tight Ends

[Dubey 1,035]

edit, double post

[MapleLeafs 142]

I heard the 6 weeks before, but more recent suggestions say he could be back Week 2. While that could be a bit optimistic, I'd say he's back by 3 or 4.

 

He already has Martin and Ridley. I think Bell would be a great risk/reward bench RB. At least over F Jackson

[Dubey 1,035]

yeah if Bell is going to be back week 2-4, he's worth stashing.

 

 

 

Also just noticed that it's 2 RBs no flex? lame. Probably don't need to stash too many RBs then, since you can only start 2 each week.

[GOCUBSGO 77]

While I do think Tate is valuable and probably should be owned, I don't think you take him over guys that are starting RB's. Ivory, Mendenhall, and even probably Bell when he returns will all be starters for their teams. Those type of players are much more valuable than handcuffs who will only really play if the starter gets injured.

 

I would probably go Ivory - Bell - Mendenhall - Tate in that order.

 

How can you tell it is no flex spot? Regardless I'm still grabbing as many starting RB's as possible, even if you can only start 2 each week. They are extremely scarce and the talent dropoff is immense. They will be great insurance in case any of your starters get injured or great trade bait for anyone that ends up needing a RB. I don't think I can stress how important RB's are.

[GOCUBSGO 77]

Also who the heck are people drafting in this league that all these players are available? Is this an 8 team league or something? No reason all those RB's should be available in any league with 10 teams or more.

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[Dubey 1,035]

While I do think Tate is valuable and probably should be owned, I don't think you take him over guys that are starting RB's. Ivory, Mendenhall, and even probably Bell when he returns will all be starters for their teams. Those type of players are much more valuable than handcuffs who will only really play if the starter gets injured.

 

I would probably go Ivory - Bell - Mendenhall - Tate in that order.

 

How can you tell it is no flex spot? Regardless I'm still grabbing as many starting RB's as possible, even if you can only start 2 each week. They are extremely scarce and the talent dropoff is immense. They will be great insurance in case any of your starters get injured or great trade bait for anyone that ends up needing a RB. I don't think I can stress how important RB's are.

 

 

He posted the format a few posts later. 2 RB, 3 WR, no flex.

 

 

In a 10-team 2 RB League, you are really looking for top 20 RBs to fill those two spots. I'm looking for upside. Mendenhall and Ivory may be starters, but what is their upside. RB25? Ben Tate and Bernard Pierce have like RB5 upside if Foster or Rice goes down. If we were looking to fill a flex spot in a 15-team league, then yeah, I'll go for the sure thing, but in this case, I'm going for the lottery pick.

[ajs510 122]

What do you think of the two starters that I already have, and my #3 guy?

 

1 - Doug Martin

2 - Stevan Ridley

3 - Montee Ball

[Dubey 1,035]

Martin - Obviously great. Ranked #2 behind AP pretty much unanimously. Should be a lock for top 5 production, health permitting.

 

Ridley - I'm not a big fan. Seems like Bellichek alwasy uses a bit of a running back committee. I've been avoiding Ridley in all my drafts. But everyone else plus the experts seem to disagree with me. I would have rather had Maurice Jones Drew or Chris Johnson in that spot.

 

Montee Ball - Who knows. You'll get a better idea after the first couple of weeks. The last report I read is that denver is going to use a different RB on each drive or something. They have 3 guys who could emerge as the #1 RB; Ball, Hillman, and Moreno, and I'm sure I've read 3 different reports each naming a different back as the most valuable fantasy back of the bunch for this year.

[GOCUBSGO 77]

He posted the format a few posts later. 2 RB, 3 WR, no flex.

 

 

In a 10-team 2 RB League, you are really looking for top 20 RBs to fill those two spots. I'm looking for upside. Mendenhall and Ivory may be starters, but what is their upside. RB25? Ben Tate and Bernard Pierce have like RB5 upside if Foster or Rice goes down. If we were looking to fill a flex spot in a 15-team league, then yeah, I'll go for the sure thing, but in this case, I'm going for the lottery pick.

 

I still disagree. I would rather have guys on my team who I know are going contribute on a consistent basis versus guys who are only going to play if the guy in front of them gets hurt. Now if you own Foster as one of your 2 RB's, I guess I could understand sliding Tate up a bit, but I'm likely still taking those other guys first. I'm not saying Tate isn't valuable or has good upside, but every other one of those RB's listed is ranked ahead of him and will start off the season playing right away. Upside is great, but you don't need to draft lotto ticket upside guys when starters who will definitely contribute are still available. Lotto tickets are for when the player pool is dwindling and you are deciding between Malcolm Floyd and DeAndre Hopkins. That is an example of where most people would choose upside.

 

BTW, Tate was pretty bad last year. Nothing like 2011.

[GOCUBSGO 77]

I also wanna point out that I think handcuffing is a pretty dumb strategy

 

Just to be clear, I also wanna say that I think Tate should definitely be owned in a 10+ team league, but with the available players and who you already have, I'm not picking him up ahead of those other guys.

[ajs510 122]

Martin - Obviously great. Ranked #2 behind AP pretty much unanimously. Should be a lock for top 5 production, health permitting.

 

Ridley - I'm not a big fan. Seems like Bellichek alwasy uses a bit of a running back committee. I've been avoiding Ridley in all my drafts. But everyone else plus the experts seem to disagree with me. I would have rather had Maurice Jones Drew or Chris Johnson in that spot.

 

Montee Ball - Who knows. You'll get a better idea after the first couple of weeks. The last report I read is that denver is going to use a different RB on each drive or something. They have 3 guys who could emerge as the #1 RB; Ball, Hillman, and Moreno, and I'm sure I've read 3 different reports each naming a different back as the most valuable fantasy back of the bunch for this year.

 

I read a Peyton Manning quote indicating that Montee Ball was going to be the guy and that he was going to be special, so I guess I've got that going for me. Which is nice.

[Dubey 1,035]

I still disagree. I would rather have guys on my team who I know are going contribute on a consistent basis versus guys who are only going to play if the guy in front of them gets hurt. Now if you own Foster as one of your 2 RB's, I guess I could understand sliding Tate up a bit, but I'm likely still taking those other guys first. I'm not saying Tate isn't valuable or has good upside, but every other one of those RB's listed is ranked ahead of him and will start off the season playing right away. Upside is great, but you don't need to draft lotto ticket upside guys when starters who will definitely contribute are still available. Lotto tickets are for when the player pool is dwindling and you are deciding between Malcolm Floyd and DeAndre Hopkins. That is an example of where most people would choose upside.

 

BTW, Tate was pretty bad last year. Nothing like 2011.

 

See, my view is, if you lose Doug Martin to an injury in a 10-team league, and have to start Chris Ivory every week, you aren't going to win your league. I'd rather have the best backup in the league, than the 25th best starter.

 

Tate wasn't bad last year, he just didn't get much action because Foster stayed healthy. His YPC were actually a bit higher than Foster. Make no mistake, with that offense, if Foster goes down, Tate becomes a top 5 back.

[ajs510 122]

Thanks for the help, everyone. I know zero about football anymore, have barely even heard of the guys on my team not named Tom Brady so it's nice to be able to get some critiques. I went ahead and dropped Fred Jackson for La'Veon Bell...the only other thing I can think to do is drop my spare TE (Jared Cook) if no one thinks he's of much value on the bench. I'll probably do that after the first game since my lineup is set with everyone healthy...no one on the bench is getting in this week.

[serge 904]

Help please.

 

In a pool. Tiebreaker is total points scored by all nfl teams scored for the year.

 

Like a grand salami for all year.

 

Appreciate guesses.

 

Ty

[iBeaver 409]

11651 pts scored last year. That was a record. With new rule changes it is expected to stay in that area or go higher.

[Babying 613]

11651 pts scored last year. That was a record. With new rule changes it is expected to stay in that area or go higher.

I agree with Beaver. I am going over for the game tomorrow. Thank god the stupid tuck rule is gone.

[Babying 613]

Who has Julius Thomas and does not have him in? Me. Thanks Beaver.

[Dubey 1,035]

I thought Julius Thomas was Demaryus Thomas until like the third quarter of that game.