16-17 Fantasy Football Thread

Postby **shafnutz05** » Sun Sep 11, 2016 2:37 pm

Still early, but I'm loving Lamar Miller's workload so far.

Postby **Craig** » Sun Sep 11, 2016 2:41 pm

Thats the workload hes gonna get. The question is whether he can hold up doing it. The Dolphins never seemed to think he could.

YouTube · Postby **mikey** » Sun Sep 11, 2016 2:44 pm

Yeah, and it's not an elite talent...so there's a sustainability issue as well...Miller is one of those "if he was better, he'd be good" players for me...probably a mid-tier talent, but in the right situations, those guys can produce in the short-term (see: Murray, Demarco)

Postby **shafnutz05** » Sun Sep 11, 2016 4:00 pm

Of course I am going up against the bloody Vikings defense this week...**** Mariota with a Louisville Slugger.

Postby **Pavel Bure** » Sun Sep 11, 2016 4:02 pm

ESPN, my goodness. What a time for your fantasy site and apps to fail. Then not have them back online yet after hours. I wish ESPN would go away.

Postby **NailedPenguin** » Mon Sep 12, 2016 9:43 am

Damn most successful opening fantasy week I think I've ever had. 3-0 by an average of 42pts. Not to mention when my plane landed I see the Chiefs with the comeback to snap my 3 year Week 1 Survivor skid.

Postby **Staggy** » Mon Sep 12, 2016 10:52 am

I was so pumped I managed to steal Keenan Allen in the 4th round of a PPR league. It was a great quarter and a half.

YouTube · Postby **mikey** » Mon Sep 12, 2016 12:22 pm

Allen going down sucks in my main league...however, he wasn't a regular starter for me, so I guess worse things have happened...

Postby **MalkinIsMyHomeboy** » Tue Sep 13, 2016 12:05 pm

I play my sister this week and she has never played fantasy before and can't name a single player on 25+ teams, yet she is projected to destroy me

Postby **MR25** » Tue Sep 13, 2016 12:19 pm

The person who won my league last year had their team auto drafted and never made any moves aside from moving players on byes.

Part of the reason why I stopped playing FF.

YouTube · Postby **mikey** » Tue Sep 13, 2016 12:52 pm

I play my sister this week and she has never played fantasy before and can't name a single player on 25+ teams, yet she is projected to destroy me

She likely just took the top-ranked player according to the very site that you're using to predict scores...

Plus, you draft **** teams...

Postby **shafnutz05** » Wed Sep 14, 2016 9:14 pm

Any of yinz do survivor pools? My wife runs one where you get a second chance--I actually like it, it makes it last longer and is still usually over by Week 12. I've been using SurvivorGrid a lot, and really trying to focus on future value without getting too cute. Picked Houston in Week 1, and really liking Detroit in Week 2.

Postby **Kraftster** » Thu Sep 15, 2016 12:06 pm

I've been thinking Detroit this week too. I also went with Houston last week.

Postby **NailedPenguin** » Thu Sep 15, 2016 12:28 pm

I didn't want to get too cute this week after KC put a scare in to me. Just went Carolina. With them in the NFC West and they play a 1st place schedule, not a ton of spots where you could be this comfortable taking them I'd image.

Postby **NailedPenguin** » Thu Sep 15, 2016 12:33 pm

I didn't want to get too cute this week after KC put a scare in to me. Just went Carolina. With them in the NFC West and they play a 1st place schedule, not a ton of spots where you could be this comfortable taking them I'd image.

F**k me, I went old school. They play in the worst division ever now

Postby **MalkinIsMyHomeboy** » Thu Sep 15, 2016 3:50 pm

ugh, I'm kind of porked in my defense-situation in two of my leagues. I picked a D in the second to last round and was left with the Rams in both, and they did **** last week against a turdy Niners team.

I picked up the Ravens in both leagues now and am considering going the "play whoever the Browns play" route

Postby **Craig** » Thu Sep 15, 2016 4:31 pm

I think the rams will be ok.

YouTube · Postby **mikey** » Thu Sep 15, 2016 6:44 pm

Agree.

Also, it's virtually impossible to be "porked in [a] defense situation", even more so after the conclusion of week 1...

Postby **Craig** » Thu Sep 15, 2016 7:35 pm

In my ppr league i have amari cooper antonio and robinson. I dont think ill ever be beaten at wr. Its really fortunate too that the draft unfolded that way, since i didnt know it was ppr.

Postby **NailedPenguin** » Fri Sep 16, 2016 10:14 am

Benched Tyrod last night for JoElite Flacco. I guess that's what I get for emerging from my draft with Tyrod Taylor as my QB1 in the first place.

Postby **MalkinIsMyHomeboy** » Fri Sep 16, 2016 5:15 pm

alright, I got a little desperate in one of my leagues and made a trade

I'm getting BRoeth, Foster and Rawls and giving up Bortles, Hyde and E Sanders (.25 PPR)

BRoeth for Bortles is a clear upgrade from my perspective, considering I also have A Rob (I don't want to put too many eggs in the Jags basket and the Steelers offense is a lot more consistent). I have an undeniable boner for Rawls and given equal health, I think Rawls for Hyde is a wash. if Rawls is healthy then CMike will be long forgotten like he was last year. Then Foster for Sanders, which is a big risk for me considering how much I am afraid of Foster, but it's difficult to trust Sanders since the Broncos are clearly run first with Siemian

idk like I said I got nervous and felt the need to make a trade.

YouTube · Postby **mikey** » Fri Sep 16, 2016 6:59 pm

Who gets nervous after week 1...the trade seems fine though...

I thought you had a couple teams which had Broncos WRs on it...I was surprised by that, even given your allegiance...I never considered drafting a single Bronco WR in any format...

Postby **shafnutz05** » Sun Sep 18, 2016 4:37 pm

2nd week of the season and I am already benching Todd Gurley. Kicking myself for drafting him at #3. Johnson was the much safer pick considering they actually have a high-powered offense. Dumb dumb dumb.

Postby **MalkinIsMyHomeboy** » Mon Sep 19, 2016 10:49 am

at least you didn't take Allen Robinson in the first round

Postby **Kraftster** » Wed Sep 21, 2016 11:39 am

@mikey - do you like a speculative Quan Bray add in a deep league?