2018 Fantasy Football

Moliere · Post by **Moliere** » Thu Jul 26, 2018 8:26 am

I just received my notice from Yahoo that the OO Fantasy Football league was auto renewed. So I guess it's time to start speculating on the players.

msteelers · Post by **msteelers** » Thu Jul 26, 2018 8:34 am

It's taking me longer than usual to get back into football mode this year. I've had to force myself to get back into my yearly routine.

Jeff V · Post by **Jeff V** » Thu Jul 26, 2018 9:09 am

Have not heard anything yet from our commissioner, but he was late getting started last year. I don't start getting excited about it until preseason games start. I just saw The Bears have 5 preseason games this year...wtf? I thought for years now they've been talking about fewer preseason games, not more! I guess this is to ensure we have absolutely no walking receivers left for opening day.

msteelers · Post by **msteelers** » Thu Jul 26, 2018 6:43 pm

Jeff V wrote: ↑Thu Jul 26, 2018 9:09 am Have not heard anything yet from our commissioner, but he was late getting started last year. I don't start getting excited about it until preseason games start. I just saw The Bears have 5 preseason games this year...wtf? I thought for years now they've been talking about fewer preseason games, not more! I guess this is to ensure we have absolutely no walking receivers left for opening day.

Teams that play in the Hall of Fame game get an extra preseason game. But I'm too lazy to open another tab and confirm that's what's happening here.

pr0ner · Post by **pr0ner** » Thu Jul 26, 2018 6:45 pm

msteelers wrote: ↑Thu Jul 26, 2018 6:43 pm
Jeff V wrote: ↑Thu Jul 26, 2018 9:09 am Have not heard anything yet from our commissioner, but he was late getting started last year. I don't start getting excited about it until preseason games start. I just saw The Bears have 5 preseason games this year...wtf? I thought for years now they've been talking about fewer preseason games, not more! I guess this is to ensure we have absolutely no walking receivers left for opening day.
Teams that play in the Hall of Fame game get an extra preseason game. But I'm too lazy to open another tab and confirm that's what's happening here.

This is correct.

Lassr · Post by **Lassr** » Thu Jul 26, 2018 7:06 pm

After a late season trade last year I have my first true Franchise Player in years; Zeke Elliot. So I am excited to have a good starting foundation for once. Now stay away from the boobies!

Dogstar · Post by **Dogstar** » Mon Jul 30, 2018 8:07 am

Fantasy Football Masters on Yahoo has been renewed. Our draft is September 3 at 8pm EST.

We've got the Cajun Footballers, Bay Area Brawlers, Dirty Jerzey, Is-Grim Outlook, Luck Hunt, MD Marauders, Ohio Ohanas, Sugarcane Smut, The Probes, and Samurai Saints. If you own one of the these questions and have any questions or concerns, just PM me!

msteelers · Post by **msteelers** » Mon Jul 30, 2018 11:11 am

Dogstar wrote: ↑Mon Jul 30, 2018 8:07 am Fantasy Football Masters on Yahoo has been renewed. Our draft is September 3 at 8pm EST.

We've got the Cajun Footballers, Bay Area Brawlers, Dirty Jerzey, Is-Grim Outlook, Luck Hunt, MD Marauders, Ohio Ohanas, Sugarcane Smut, The Probes, and Samurai Saints. If you own one of the these questions and have any questions or concerns, just PM me!

I can't be there for a Monday draft at 8pm, but I don't mind autodrafting.

naednek · Post by **naednek** » Mon Jul 30, 2018 11:54 am

I was about to ask if we could bump it to 5:30 but since it's a holiday and I'm off, no conflicts with me.

Rip · Post by **Rip** » Mon Jul 30, 2018 6:21 pm

I had planned to opt out this year as I hardly watch football anymore. That said I will stick it out unless someone shows up wanting a team, in which case they are welcome to mine.

Dogstar · Post by **Dogstar** » Mon Jul 30, 2018 8:22 pm

Would September 4, Tuesday, at 830pm EST work better for everyone? I wanted to make sure that any West Coasters had a chance to get home.

Baroquen · Post by **Baroquen** » Mon Jul 30, 2018 9:43 pm

Either one should be fine for me. If something changes, I'll let you know.

naednek · Post by **naednek** » Mon Jul 30, 2018 10:51 pm

Dogstar wrote: ↑Mon Jul 30, 2018 8:22 pm Would September 4, Tuesday, at 830pm EST work better for everyone? I wanted to make sure that any West Coasters had a chance to get home.

works for me too.

msteelers · Post by **msteelers** » Tue Jul 31, 2018 11:44 am

Tuesday works for me.

Smutly · Post by **Smutly** » Mon Sep 03, 2018 8:29 pm

Greetings. I recently received notices through e-mail that I had a draft tomorrow. I won't be playing this year (as some might have guessed). Good luck.

Lassr · Post by **Lassr** » Mon Sep 03, 2018 9:10 pm

If you need another player for you to have even teams let me know. I cannot access OO at work but have had good luck getting to Yahoo FF at work. I can draft tomorrow night.

If you do not need another player then no worries, I'm already in another league and run a league myself.

naednek · Post by **naednek** » Mon Sep 03, 2018 11:41 pm

I'm still in.

I guess the other OO fantasy League is dead... Haven't heard back from Dcurse (I think he's the GM) have to go check, going off memory)

msteelers · Post by **msteelers** » Tue Sep 04, 2018 9:04 am

I might have to autodraft tonight, but I'm still looking forward to crushing the league this year.

I can't believe the regular season starts in 2 days.

Jeff V · Post by **Jeff V** » Tue Sep 04, 2018 9:46 am

Had my draft yesterday. I was in the #9 position. I got the top rated TE (Kelce)...I chose him before any WRs because everyone substantially better was already off the board. Went with a rookie RB (Barkley) with the first pick, and I'm hoping Deshaun Watson can do for 16 weeks what he did at the start of last season. People drafting ahead of me must have gotten a hold of my super-secret draft plan as players I targeted were snagged one or two ahead of me. I have two likely dumpster fires at DST (NE, GB) and might have to go scavenging there early. While my receiver corps lacks any studs, they are all starters and shouldn't put up any goose eggs. One or two have potential to be more than they are projected to be.

All in all, it was my least-conservative draft in quite some time. I'm neither excited nor disappointed...but that pretty much matches my outlook on the NFL season this year.

Dogstar · Post by **Dogstar** » Tue Sep 04, 2018 9:52 am

Smutly wrote: ↑Mon Sep 03, 2018 8:29 pm Greetings. I recently received notices through e-mail that I had a draft tomorrow. I won't be playing this year (as some might have guessed). Good luck.

Sorry you can't make it this year, Smutly.

Invite sent, Lassr!

Look forward to seeing everyone online tonight.

Lassr · Post by **Lassr** » Tue Sep 04, 2018 11:02 am

Rocket City Lasers are born. Wanted rocket city squirrel monkeys but name was too long (Named in honor of Miss Baker).

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Dogstar · Post by **Dogstar** » Wed Sep 05, 2018 11:23 am

Quick draft last night -- 16 rounds in 47 minutes. Sorry that we missed a few of you -- hopefully next year I can find a time that gets even more of us drafting, instead of having Yahoo draft two kickers for you.

OO 10-team league:
QB - Brady, Roethlisberger; RB- Gurley, D. Freeman, Collins, Mack; WR- Cooks, Jones, Crabtree, Gordon, Edelman, Cole; TE- Gronkowski; K- Boswell; Def- New England, Chicago.

Another 12-team one. Things went sideways there quickly, especially with that many owners. I don't know how people do 16-team leagues.
QB - Roethlisberger, Goff; RB - Elliott, Cook, Collins, Miller, Crowell; WR - T.Y.Hilton, Goodwin, Stills, Benjamin; TE - Sefarian-Jenkins, Gesicki; Def - Baltimore, KC

One other 10-team one:
QB - Brees, Carr; RB - Barkley, Gordon, McKinnon (yeah that worked out well), Crowell; WR - Cooks, Crabtree, Edelman, Benjamin, Moncrief; TE - Kelce; K - Zuerlein; D - Minnesota, Pittsburgh

Lassr · Post by **Lassr** » Wed Sep 05, 2018 4:10 pm

With so many missing the auto draft going on position runs really messed up my draft strategy.

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naednek · Post by **naednek** » Wed Sep 05, 2018 9:13 pm

I find it funny the thread starter isn't in the draft room....

Draft is starting i 2 minutes for the OO Fantasy Football League. 3 out of 10 have shown up. Rip has missed the 2nd one now...

pr0ner · Post by **pr0ner** » Thu Sep 06, 2018 7:49 am

I got hosed by a QB run in my draft.

I was thinking about taking my first in the 10th round of a 12 team non-PPR league. I figured with so many decent QBs still left that not all of them would go before I picked in the 11th, so I took Nelson Agholor.

Boy was I wrong.

The following QBs went in the next 18 picks before I could draft again: Roethlisberger, Mahomes, Ryan, Carr, Goff, Smith, Luck, Mariota.

Each QB that was taken in that run is the drafting team's backup.

Ugh.

I can make do with Dak Prescott and Blake Bortles. Maybe.

msteelers · Post by **msteelers** » Thu Sep 06, 2018 8:38 am

QB's will hit the waiver wire as soon as injuries/bye weeks hit. In the meantime, you can stream QB's and probably be fine.

pr0ner · Post by **pr0ner** » Thu Sep 06, 2018 9:08 am

msteelers wrote: ↑Thu Sep 06, 2018 8:38 am QB's will hit the waiver wire as soon as injuries/bye weeks hit. In the meantime, you can stream QB's and probably be fine.

In this league? Not really.

I hate reaching for QBs, but I really need to learn to do so in this league if I want to get a solid one.

Though, I did win the league once with Tyler Thigpen as my QB, so anything is possible.

Rip · Post by **Rip** » Thu Sep 06, 2018 10:57 am

naednek wrote: ↑Wed Sep 05, 2018 9:13 pm I find it funny the thread starter isn't in the draft room....

Draft is starting i 2 minutes for the OO Fantasy Football League. 3 out of 10 have shown up. Rip has missed the 2nd one now...

Yea, I'm guilty. Not big into football these days and fantasy drafts just keep falling off my mental to-do queue. That said my draft rating was better for the league that I auto-drafted in. Anyone I beat this year should be ashamed. I have no idea who is good or not anymore.

Dogstar · Post by **Dogstar** » Thu Sep 06, 2018 11:46 am

Just a friendly reminder to the league that the first game is tonight, so if you have players on either the Falcons or Eagles, you need to get them in your starting line-up if you wish to do so.

Baroquen · Post by **Baroquen** » Sun Sep 09, 2018 11:18 pm

So Randall Cobb just put me down by 12 points in my one league, with my having one player left to roll tomorrow night.

Who would you think gives me the better shot of reaching 13+ points tomorrow? I've got available Robert Woods against Oakland, or Kenny Golladay vs the Jets? Neither is particularly promising, but not out of the question either.

msteelers · Post by **msteelers** » Mon Sep 10, 2018 8:25 am

Baroquen wrote: ↑Sun Sep 09, 2018 11:18 pm So Randall Cobb just put me down by 12 points in my one league, with my having one player left to roll tomorrow night.

Who would you think gives me the better shot of reaching 13+ points tomorrow? I've got available Robert Woods against Oakland, or Kenny Golladay vs the Jets? Neither is particularly promising, but not out of the question either.

According to FantasyPros they are close in the rankings, with Woods being ranked higher.

I'm continuing the time honored tradition of opening up my league with the 2nd most points, losing to the team who scores the most points in the week. I'm currently winning by less than 3 points with Stafford left to go tonight. But my opponent has Lynch, Zuerlein, and the Rams defense left. I'm projected to lose by 13.

Jeff V · Post by **Jeff V** » Mon Sep 10, 2018 10:41 am

My top 2 receivers combined for a stunning 1.6 points. Needless to say, I did not win.

Enough · Post by **Enough** » Tue Sep 11, 2018 5:09 pm

I had checked a few times earlier and didn't see a draft scheduled. Imagine my surprise when I was setting up players for my other team on Yahoo and saw this was active. I did surprisingly ok in auto-draft mode heh, but still got torched pretty good on week one. Sorry all for missing the draft!

RMC · Post by **RMC** » Wed Sep 12, 2018 8:28 am

I won!!! WooHoo...

I did the auto draft thing, was out of town. But honestly, my auto draft is usually better than my in person drafting.

I don't spend as much time watching football as I used to, but I still enjoy it. Even if my Browns still suck. But they didn't lose...They didn't win either, but THEY DID NOT LOSE. I'll take that..

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Wed Sep 12, 2018 10:04 am

Let's hear it for the Rams defense and Greg Zuerlein getting me a surprise upset in Week 1 of the league I generally suck at.

Moliere · Post by **Moliere** » Sun Sep 16, 2018 10:08 pm

Phillip Lindsay off waivers as the undrafted phenom? Yes, please.

Octavious · Post by **Octavious** » Sun Sep 16, 2018 10:44 pm

I shouldn't have played this year. OMG my team is just so terrible.

msteelers · Post by **msteelers** » Mon Sep 17, 2018 9:11 am

I should finish 2-3 in my seasonal leagues this week. Daily was much better though. I ended up winning $45 and 2 different satellite tournaments thanks to heavy use of Mahomes, Cole, and several other players that had solid to great games.

DD* · Post by DD* » Mon Sep 17, 2018 9:59 am

Off to a blazing 1-1 start in my work league, assuming Howard doesn't score 50 points for Chicago tonight. I'm down 40+ right now and he's my only guy left.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Mon Sep 17, 2018 10:04 am

Isgrimnur wrote: ↑Wed Sep 12, 2018 10:04 am Let's hear it ... Greg Zuerlein getting me a surprise upset in Week 1 of the league I generally suck at.

Who then pulls a groin in warm-ups for week 2. Not that it would have made a difference against Smith-Schuster and Cooks.

And played against Mahomes in OOFF.