Fantasy Football 2014

[dannno]

DJ's Dandy Team
- Pick a new team name, that name come off as very, um... non-football.

So you don't think Michael Sam has any upside?

 

[thoughtomator]

So you don't think Michael Sam has any upside?

Nope. Too small for DE, too slow for OLB. If he plays, he won't do anything of note besides sell jerseys to left-wingers.

You may want to swap those players you just traded for into your lineup before games start.

 

[Bastiat's The Law]

I'm thinking about posting your Unsolicited Advice on the league page for everyone.

 

[brandon]

Where's my advice?

 

[thoughtomator]

Where's my advice?

Since I play you this week, I advise swapping in Cooper, Cotchery, and Robinson for Brown, Maclin and Lynch!

 

[thoughtomator]

And since the games haven't started yet let me put up my predictions for playoff teams this year, by seed:

1) Austrian Argonauts - strongest overall starters in the league. Will take major injury to knock this team out of the playoffs
2) One Percenters - having learned my lessons from last season's experience, I'm betting my seeding will improve a couple of spots
3) NH Free Staters - presuming those gambles generally pay off, they'll come in high in the playoff seeding.
4) Philadelphia Martyrs - another team whose draft results shows lessons learned from last season.
5) Yvonne's Dolphins - solid group with low injury risk gives this team a high floor
6) No Money Big Mouths - this team is broad and deep
7) Johnson & Johnson - Receiver heaven will keep this team in the race
8) Voluntaryist Victory - well balanced team which will overcome a bad RB situation to edge out the next best for the last playoff spot.

 

[Christian Liberty]

What about me?

 

[thoughtomator]

What about me?

My prediction for you is that injuries will kill your team this year - I count four key guys who are major injury risks. Also you've got a bad LB in one of your D slots and your IDP in general is about 20% below what I would consider adequate. LB/DL dual qualification is great if the player usually plays LB, not valuable if he usually plays DL. Jamaal Charles going down to injury early in the season is the best chance I see for your team this year. But hey, you never know. I did a near-total turnover of my team after Week 4 last year, and good wire and trading outcomes can salvage your season. If you make the playoffs you're going to have to work hard for it - don't waste that waiver position on a scrub. Ted Ginn Jr. is not worth the bench slot, I see no fewer than 25 current free agents I'd rather have on my bench.

 

[brandon]

Lynch needs 11 more yards to blow away his projection. I'm feeling good!

 

[brandon]

Thoughtomator, what did you do to add ~9 more points to your projection today? Pick up a new player, or just yahoo changing their opinion?

 

[thoughtomator]

Thoughtomator, what did you do to add ~9 more points to your projection today? Pick up a new player, or just yahoo changing their opinion?

That was Yahoo adjusting their projecting for Cody Latimer

getting flashbacks to last season where there were a number of games in which the top 2 scorers for the week played each other so the #2 scorer lost his game

 

[brandon]

Nice run by Wilson, setting up Lynch for the easy TD. After these messages...

 

[thoughtomator]

Just my luck. I see you're getting your revenge for last year's championship game. We're not done here yet though!

 

[brandon]

Lynch still needs 4 more yards for the 5pt bonus. Anyway, gonna set us up to be about even on projections going into Sunday.

 

[thoughtomator]

I have a feeling we'll both be biting nails on this matchup all weekend long.

 

[brandon]

Gonna be a close one for sure. Still holdin out for Lynch to get the case TD tonight.

 

[thoughtomator]

On the bright side for me, having an opponent's stud RB ripping off a 30 point game doesn't put me in that deep a hole. Still, this couldn't have started much better for you.

 

[Feeding the Abscess]

And since the games haven't started yet let me put up my predictions for playoff teams this year, by seed:

1) Austrian Argonauts - strongest overall starters in the league. Will take major injury to knock this team out of the playoffs
2) One Percenters - having learned my lessons from last season's experience, I'm betting my seeding will improve a couple of spots
3) NH Free Staters - presuming those gambles generally pay off, they'll come in high in the playoff seeding.
4) Philadelphia Martyrs - another team whose draft results shows lessons learned from last season.
5) Yvonne's Dolphins - solid group with low injury risk gives this team a high floor
6) No Money Big Mouths - this team is broad and deep
7) Johnson & Johnson - Receiver heaven will keep this team in the race
8) Voluntaryist Victory - well balanced team which will overcome a bad RB situation to edge out the next best for the last playoff spot.

Looks like Johnson & Johnson might have Josh Gordon now, as well. That WR corps would be killer for a 10 team league, let alone our 20 team setup.

 

[thoughtomator]

I don't blame him for picking Gordon back up, I was considering it as well - but it's still a longshot at this point. The NFL has been completely merciless with him and I don't see the sea change in mentality required to reverse it.

 

[thoughtomator]

Morning football news makes me feel better about the toughest choice I had in the draft - Eddie Lacy vs. Jimmy Graham in round 1. I had been thinking that I might regret passing up Lacy, but he's already suffered a concussion and may be out for game 2.