Boards Fantasy Football 2011

padraig_f · 11-10-2011 04:08PM

Need to think about changing the names of either the leagues or the divisions. At the moment we have divisions 1-5, and within those, divisions 1-4. When people talk about division 3 or whatever, I'm pretty confused about which one they're referring to.

Is it possible to rename the 4-team divisions?

Jimmy Iovine · 11-10-2011 06:09PM

Decent enough week this week. Won my match up to take me back to the number 1 spot overall. Was lucky that Megatron didn't have a better night last night. A few more yards and a TD and I'd be on a 2 game losing streak now.

Team is in good shape for next week. Only one player missing for the bye week. Gonna have to rack up the points this week because I've got 5 players missing in week 8 (one of the consequences of having to do the auto-draft). The only consolation is that my opponent also has 5 players missing. Should make for an interesting week.

I'm looking to get in a top RB. I'm willing to part with Jay Cutler and another player to make it happen.

SSK · 11-10-2011 06:15PM

2 wins in Div 3 and LTTP this week. Still in with a fighting chance of playoffs in both.

Looking to get in a top WR in LTTP league. I have BJGE and Sproles on my bench so would entertain legit offers for either and if the right offer was there I could potentially trade either Forte or McFadden. Having Britt as my No.1 went really well

matthew8 · 11-10-2011 08:57PM

Alright guys I need a QB and a RB and a TE. I am interested in trading the following players:
McNabb
Gabbert
Steve Johnson
Wells (only if I end up getting 2 starters in return in some large trade or something)
Jacobs
Bush
Knox
Shiancoe
Donald Jones

Molly · 11-10-2011 09:25PM

You're not really offering a whole lot there. Wells is the only interesting one.

In Div 5 I need a RB pretty badly if anyone wants to do some trades. Anything will be considered. http://fantasy.nfl.com/league/456918/team/10 to see my team

matthew8 · 11-10-2011 10:51PM

Is this a fair trade?

Steve Johnson
McNabb

for
Campbell
Gates

He has Hernandez at TE to back Gates up.

Johnny_Fontane · 11-10-2011 11:43PM

Could look at wells and Johnson for Newton and Santana moss

Or just Newton for wells

matthew8 · 11-10-2011 11:54PM

Johnny_Fontane wrote: »

Could look at wells and Johnson for Newton and Santana moss

Or just Newton for wells

Newton is an interesting prospect, but I'm very thin at RB and can't give away Wells unless I get another RB. How about Newton and Hightower for Johnson and Wells (and your pick of Gabbert or McNabb)? That way you upgrade at both WR and RB at the cost of a bit of QB depth.

Chardee MacDennis · 12-10-2011 10:00AM

matthew8 wrote: »

Is this a fair trade?

Steve Johnson
McNabb

for
Campbell
Gates

He has Hernandez at TE to back Gates up.

who in their right mind is still starting gates? expect maybe 5 10+ games from him going forward and a lot of headaches over starting him...

Dodge · 12-10-2011 12:16PM

BastardPrince wrote: »

who in their right mind is still starting gates? expect maybe 5 10+ games from him going forward and a lot of headaches over starting him...

No one is starting him. But thats not to say he can't be very valuable going down the stretch.

I drafted him in a league, and I won't be trading him.

Teh above trade is fair IMO. I'd prefer to be on the Stevie Johnson side of the deal but thats not what was asked

Dohnny Jepp · 12-10-2011 12:50PM

I see you have both Vick and newton, Johnny, I'd rather ship vick than newton.

newton alone probably has as much points as johnson wells and mcnabb.

but if he is on your bench then it coudl be useful to ship him.

Johnny_Fontane · 12-10-2011 01:20PM

I disagree.

Vick is the premier Qb in fantasy (sorry tom/aaron) imo. Hes had a poor start to the season and is still right up there..

interestingly with newton and now tebow, there are a number of rushing qb's, who really are the difference between a good and a bad week.

I dont think you would ever bench vick in favour of newton and for that reason, I'm giving him up. I think Vick is a better passer of the ball with better targets.

The obvious issue is that Vick will take some big hits, but this is a risk I have to live with.

tallaghtoutlaws · 12-10-2011 01:34PM

Johnny_Fontane wrote: »

I disagree.

Vick is the premier Qb in fantasy (sorry tom/aaron) imo. Hes had a poor start to the season and is still right up there..

Not really. He never really was. Last season was his only solid year fantasy wise. But It doesn't look like the Eagles are going to turn things around any time soon. Vick is struggling both Mentally and physically so and this is bad for Fantasy fans. I would keep him benched

interestingly with newton and now tebow, there are a number of rushing qb's, who really are the difference between a good and a bad week.

Mad thing is though 90% of Newtons points are down to his throwing. If he ran more when he had space he would be racking up 50 points easily on his own. For some reason he either has a leash on him or is trying to prove to us all he doesn't need to run even though there has been times he could have used his legs.

Tebow wont put up consistent Fantasy numbers as that Broncos O-line is shocking at best and their WR are dropping far too many passes. Inspiration or not it doesn't fix a lot of things.

I dont think you would ever bench vick in favour of newton and for that reason, I'm giving him up. I think Vick is a better passer of the ball with better targets.

Vick is nowhere near being a better passer of the ball than Newton. Newton right now is the best passer when it comes to rushing QBs. Again Vick's passing has improved last year being example but he is the same old Vick. accuracy and bad decisions getting in his way.

The obvious issue is that Vick will take some big hits, but this is a risk I have to live with.

This is one of the reasons why he is struggling. The late hits he claims are happening more and more to him are playing on his mind. You can see he is constantly rattled. If he doesn't bounce back from this soon he will be useless fantasy wise.

SSK · 12-10-2011 02:07PM

I'd be with TO on this. I don't own Vick in any of my leagues but if I did and someone offered Rodgers or Brady at this point of the season in a straight up swap I think I'd bite their hand off. So no way is Vick even close to being number 1 right now.

Don't underestimate the benefit of having a top class number 1 receiver in the way Newton has started. Steve Smith has caught a lot of balls that many other receivers wouldn't have which has given Newton a lot of confidence in his passing ability.

Johnny_Fontane · 12-10-2011 02:28PM

Again I disagree guys (love these boards). Vick hasnt rushed for a touchdown yet (well he did on sunday, but got called back for a holding call). That wont last, he will start rushing for TD's and thats the value for me.

Vick is going to have a breakout game, it might have been sunday, had his receivers actually put their hands on the ball, but he's a guarantee for a minimum of 20 points most weeks, with the outside chance of having a 40 point game once or twice a season.

He was the leading QB last year and had only 80% of the starts the other had. I think this year, he will be there and there abouts. Sure Newton could have the breakout rookie season of the year but I'm gonna go with Vick and the eagles here.

Time will tell, we can have a 'told you so' discussion at the end of the season!

GoldFour4 · 12-10-2011 03:03PM

Johnny_Fontane wrote: »

Again I disagree guys (love these boards). Vick hasnt rushed for a touchdown yet (well he did on sunday, but got called back for a holding call). That wont last, he will start rushing for TD's and thats the value for me.

Vick is going to have a breakout game, it might have been sunday, had his receivers actually put their hands on the ball, but he's a guarantee for a minimum of 20 points most weeks, with the outside chance of having a 40 point game once or twice a season.

He was the leading QB last year and had only 80% of the starts the other had. I think this year, he will be there and there abouts. Sure Newton could have the breakout rookie season of the year but I'm gonna go with Vick and the eagles here.

Time will tell, we can have a 'told you so' discussion at the end of the season!

Random fact. Cam Newton is second in the nfl in rushing touchdowns. Just behind AP and Beanie Wells. I own Vick in div2 and if I was offered Newton id accept straight away. Also Vick is throwing a stupid number of interceptions lately which really hurts his value.

johnmcdnl · 12-10-2011 03:12PM

ok noobie question here as I've never played 16 man leagues befoer

how do the play offs work in this league??? is it the winner of each sub division or is it the top 4 ranked teams in each league??

GoldFour4 · 12-10-2011 03:13PM

johnmcdnl wrote: »

ok noobie question here as I've never played 16 man leagues befoer

how do the play offs work in this league??? is it the winner of each sub division or is it the top 4 ranked teams in each league??

Winners of the 4 divisions and the top two other players

UnitedIrishman · 12-10-2011 03:16PM

Looking for a couple of possible trade options if anyone is willing to offer something for these guys then let me know:

Boards Div 2 - Willing to trade Fitzpatrick or Rivers. Looking for WR.

NFL Oireland - Fitzpatrick or Romo for a WR.

Trippie · 12-10-2011 04:43PM

Another poor lose from me this week to go 1-4, should of won the last two games losing out by close margins both times, this last week in particular where i had scored more than his projected score with just the 1pm games over and 2 players including roddy left to play. Obviously crosby goes off big and i lose by 2.

Looking like i will easily this week as well considering he has no wide receivers able to play

tallaghtoutlaws · 12-10-2011 04:55PM

Johnny_Fontane wrote: »

Again I disagree guys (love these boards). Vick hasnt rushed for a touchdown yet (well he did on sunday, but got called back for a holding call). That wont last, he will start rushing for TD's and thats the value for me.

The reason he is not rushing much because he keeps getting banged up and everytime he does rush he feels he is getting hit late or getting no protection. It seems at this point the Eagles playbook isn't suiting Vick this year.

Vick is going to have a breakout game, it might have been sunday, had his receivers actually put their hands on the ball, but he's a guarantee for a minimum of 20 points most weeks, with the outside chance of having a 40 point game once or twice a season.

But Fantasy wise do you keep starting him in the hope he has a breakout game? See that is the problem right now. Brady, Rodgers, Newton, Brees etc etc are all putting up consistent Fantasy points. Vick isn't. His passing is bad right now, He is throwing interceptions and his average on the ground is lower than it has been. And all of these are not helping him score fantasy points.

Sure he might have a few solid games again but consistancy is the problem. If I owned him I would want him scoring the average points of any other QB in fantasy so I am not losing games.

He was the leading QB last year and had only 80% of the starts the other had. I think this year, he will be there and there abouts. Sure Newton could have the breakout rookie season of the year but I'm gonna go with Vick and the eagles here.

Last year means nothing though. Last years points are not going to get you points this year. Remember this isn't about whether or not Vick is a great player or might fix himself. This is about his fantasy value and right now he is not a good player to have fantasy wise.

Time will tell, we can have a 'told you so' discussion at the end of the season!

End of the NFL season or Fantasy season?

Dohnny Jepp · 12-10-2011 05:12PM

U're saying that u're waiting on vick to have a couple of 40 point games. I'd be more worried about losing him for 3 or 4 games. He's a 30+ year old man. His body isnt as "elastic" as it was. If he gets hurt it's gonna take him longer to get over it unlike the young newton.

in my eyes newton has more fantasy upside than vick but its your team so u do what u feel best.

manafana · 12-10-2011 06:13PM

in boards div 4 i was weakish at running back so made this trade

gave away: R.Wayne, M.Austin, J.Cribbs

got: Green Ellis, Burress, Floyd

thoughts?

Molly · 12-10-2011 07:09PM

Felix Jones & Miles Austin for Robert Meachem, Danario Alexander and Marshawn Lynch.

What do you make of that trade?

SSK · 12-10-2011 07:35PM

manafana wrote: »

in boards div 4 i was weakish at running back so made this trade

gave away: R.Wayne, M.Austin, J.Cribbs

got: Green Ellis, Burress, Floyd

thoughts?

Wayne (without Peyton), Cribbs, Floyd and Burress are all much of a muchness so its effectively BJGE for Austin. I'd prefer Austin but if you need a RB then its probably fair enough, be prepared for some up and down performances.

Molly wrote: »

Felix Jones & Miles Austin for Robert Meachem, Danario Alexander and Marshawn Lynch.

What do you make of that trade?

Jones & Austin are miles ahead of the other 3. No way in hell would I be accepting that.

GoldFour4 · 12-10-2011 08:37PM

Okay guys I`ve updated my trading block. I want a top tier running back badly.

Available players are : Mike Vick, Mark Sanchez, Cedric Benson, Tim Hightower, Isaac Redman, Larry Fitz, Jason Hill, Santonio Holmes, James Jones, Ed Dickson and Gostkowski.

Can`t touch are : Steve Smith, Rob Gronkowski and the Ravens Defense.

All offers will be considered. Anyone who played in the baseball league will know that I`m not afraidto go for a blockbuster so try your best. Il consider offers for the cant touch list also. They have to be very good though.

Johnny_Fontane · 12-10-2011 09:15PM

tallaghtoutlaws wrote: »

Johnny_Fontane wrote: »

Again I disagree guys (love these boards). Vick hasnt rushed for a touchdown yet (well he did on sunday, but got called back for a holding call). That wont last, he will start rushing for TD's and thats the value for me.

The reason he is not rushing much because he keeps getting banged up and everytime he does rush he feels he is getting hit late or getting no protection. It seems at this point the Eagles playbook isn't suiting Vick this year.

Vick is going to have a breakout game, it might have been sunday, had his receivers actually put their hands on the ball, but he's a guarantee for a minimum of 20 points most weeks, with the outside chance of having a 40 point game once or twice a season.

But Fantasy wise do you keep starting him in the hope he has a breakout game? See that is the problem right now. Brady, Rodgers, Newton, Brees etc etc are all putting up consistent Fantasy points. Vick isn't. His passing is bad right now, He is throwing interceptions and his average on the ground is lower than it has been. And all of these are not helping him score fantasy points.

Sure he might have a few solid games again but consistancy is the problem. If I owned him I would want him scoring the average points of any other QB in fantasy so I am not losing games.

He was the leading QB last year and had only 80% of the starts the other had. I think this year, he will be there and there abouts. Sure Newton could have the breakout rookie season of the year but I'm gonna go with Vick and the eagles here.

Last year means nothing though. Last years points are not going to get you points this year. Remember this isn't about whether or not Vick is a great player or might fix himself. This is about his fantasy value and right now he is not a good player to have fantasy wise.

Time will tell, we can have a 'told you so' discussion at the end of the season!

End of the NFL season or Fantasy season?

Vick is the sixth ranked qb in fantasy. not exactly a tragedy! I mean if we were talking about some of the real tragedies of ff this year (manning, foster, gates), I'd be worried. Personally I hate to let newton go, cos he's great to have, but I need the RB! And cams warming bench

tallaghtoutlaws · 12-10-2011 09:29PM

Johnny_Fontane wrote: »

Vick is the sixth ranked qb in fantasy. not exactly a tragedy! I mean if we were talking about some of the real tragedies of ff this year (manning, foster, gates), I'd be worried. Personally I hate to let newton go, cos he's great to have, but I need the RB! And cams warming bench

Vick:
Week 1: 23 pts
Week 2: 15
Week 3: 9
Week 4: 31
Week 5: 25.6

Newton:
Week 1: 31
Week 2: 29
week 3: 15
week 4: 33
week 5: 24

As I said inconsistent. in weeks 2 and 3 he would have let you down. See all well and good saying he is the 6th ranked when 2 of the 5 weeks were bad. And with tough ass schedule ahead and Vick feeling the pressure and throwing like ****e he is going to be up and down.

Newton on the other hand is consistent. And the Panthers have an easier schedule and as the season goes on the Panthers will give Newton more freedom to use his feet.

adrian522 · 12-10-2011 09:40PM

@Malachy, I got your trade offer .

I give up maurice jones drew
I get mike Vick and Cedric Benson.
I'm somewhat tempted by it but with a ban hanging over Benson I'm probably leaning towards not making the trade.

Vick would probably be an upgrade on freeman but I don't think Benson has enough upside.

What would other boardsies think of the trade?

matthew8 · 12-10-2011 10:39PM

Wells traded for Newton in div 5. This leaves my running back group quite pathetic so I'll have to try and get another one of those.

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