NFL.com fantasy football

First topic message reminder :

I've just got an email from NFL.com saying that you can now sign up for the 2011 season. Having never played before I'm not sure I'm the person to set the league up but I'll certainly join if someone else does.

On a slightly related note, has anyone seen 'The League', the comedy show from the producers of Curb Your Enthusiasm?

yeah you are right, jst switched the name thanks

Just to let you folks know, I'm doing the draft order for both leagues now...

606v2 West League Draft Order:

Please note that the order of the draft was decided randomly.

1. San Francisco Trams
2. Devonshire Longhorns
3. Dyslexia Untied
4. New York Bulls
5. Thunder and Lightning
6. BamBam's Warriors
7. Prestige Worldwide
8. Horwich Casuals
9. Tony Romo & Juliet
10. Might Mike's Marvels
11. Beast Mode
12. Child Please
13. Stormbringers
14. Team Tebow

606v2 East League Draft Order:

Again, done totally at random.

1. Second Hand Heroes
2. Almost Perfect
3. 2 Addai 4
4. The Traveling Medicine Show
5. Rushden and Diamantis
6. Lowland Admirals
7. Dyslexia Untied
8. Rex drops back INTERCEPTED
9. Bradchief1 (this team name will have to be improved...)
10. Beck4leagueMVP
11. Tartan Titans
12. Batman

9. Bradchief1 (this team name will have to be improved...)

Noted !

Change to Arrowhead Slingers

ps - chances are I don't know how to do it and I can't access fantasy from work
Cheers

I can't change it mate, you'll have to do it this evening.

Pr4wn wrote:606v2 West League Draft Order:

Please note that the order of the draft was decided randomly.

1. San Francisco Trams
2. Devonshire Longhorns
3. Dyslexia Untied
4. New York Bulls
5. Thunder and Lightning
6. BamBam's Warriors
7. Prestige Worldwide
8. Horwich Casuals
9. Tony Romo & Juliet
10. Might Mike's Marvels
11. Beast Mode
12. Child Please
13. Stormbringers
14. Team Tebow

Loooking forward to draft though I will have to draft well from position 13
Will Team Tebow get a new name before season !!

Forward

I have another team in an NFL managed league and I had last 1st round, first 2nd round etc picks, terrible position to be drafting from, this is where your rankings are crucial or you end up missing all the top picks and find yourself with a bunch of 4th round calibre players.
Not all bad, from 13 you should be able to get Cassel

Last season I drated 12th in a league and Tom Brady was still available so it may not be as bad as you think.
I have the 1st pick in the East, there's a first time for everything

Depends on your strategy I think. some prefer to get a power RB in early (which is why Foster, CJ, AP all predicted to go first 5) while otehrs prefer to get their gun slinging QB in early.
Brady on 2009 numbers wouldn't have been top 20, obviously last year he was sensational and will probably go top 10 this time.

In my otehr teams draft the #1 pick chose Pittsburgh Defence !

I hope someone does that in our league.

I normally pick a RB in the first round but might have to alter that stratergy
Def won't pick a defence though!!

RDuncan8 wrote:I hope someone does that in our league.

As the number 1 pick in the West I will not be doing this...

As a side reference is it possible to trade out of the number one pick and back to about pick number 5 :p
Whilst its great to go number one, I hate having to wait so long before it snakes back round to you! Players just fall off the board.

Sorry Dave, no trades.

To be fair, I could be drafting in worse places... at least I know one player on my team already!

i tried and failed to register in either the East or West leagues early this week

i guess its too late to join now?

is it likely that they'll be anymore 606v2 leagues set up?

At the moment both leagues are full as the drafts are in just over a week, although the West is two teams bigger than the East.

Pr4wn is in charge, so you'll have to see what he says, but we would also need a second new team as you can only add in pairs

If there is interest from one other person, then I can expand the West.

Can't have a league with an odd number of teams though. Sorry.

Don't forget that I may have an extra team dependent on just how much of a pigs ear I made of changing my name the other night.
My team is now the Arrowhead Slingers and I'm in the East

cool, i'll keep an eye out and hopefully join up if someone else is keen

not sure why i couldn't join, i was already registered on nfl.com, tried to join a league but couldn't find the 606v2 ones...

I will join to make the numbers up, i have no idea what to do, if some one could post an idiots guide, that would be great

Pr4wn wrote:If there is interest from one other person, then I can expand the West.

Can't have a league with an odd number of teams though. Sorry.

I hope you mean the East! 14 teams is bad enough, never mind 16

Great. I'll expand the west now. Could someone post some sort of guide up? Im at work, cant do it on the mobile.

The main guide I would give is don't expand the West! Expand the East as its the smaller division!

crazy_dave23 wrote:

Pr4wn wrote:Ok, apologies for the fuss and delays with this. I'm on leave frmo work at the moment so I've been fishing. Irresponsible I know!

Therer are now two 12-team leagues for 606v2 users.

The are the 606v2 East and 606v2 West leagues. The password for both leagues is 606v2.

606v2E.league.fantasy.nfl.com
606v2W.league.fantasy.nfl.com

The West league is the original league so still has a few teams in it. I also have to be in both leagues in order to administrate them.

The drafts for both leagues will take place on Sunday September 4th @ 6pm GMT.

Please only register for one league as I'd like to fit everybody in.

to join go via http://fantasy.nfl.com/registration/privateleaguejoin when logged into your account.

League ID should be 384548
Password was listed above as 606v2

Here is my post that got Grizz into the East

Sorry, got confused. Easy has now been expanded to 15 teams.

and by that he means East up 14

Basically you need to create a team of players to play against one of the other teams in the league each week. Every player in the NFL is available but each can only go to one team hence the need to have a draft. So for example if Adrian Peterson is selected by the team with the number one pick in the fantasy draft that team will be the only one to feature Adrian Peterson. During the draft you will need to select 1QB, 2RB, 2WR, 1TE, 1WR/RB, 1DEF, and 1K. You will also need to select a bench of 6 players which can be used to cover injuries, take advantage of match-ups/mediocre opposition etc. You can cut players and make trades throughout the season but the draft will provide you with the bulk of your team. The way the scoring is worked out is described under the League Settings tab once you've joined and it's worth having a good read of this as it will influence who you draft and when. You get points for catches, rushing yards, field goals etc. Once the regular season has begun you will face one team each week in your fantasy league and you will receive points for how your chosen players perform in that weeks games, the team that gets the most gets a win and the team that gets the least gets a loss. The best performing teams then qualify for the playoffs which take place in the last few weeks of the regular season.

Hopefully that made some sense, I'm sure someone will be able to answer any questions you have if you post them up. The most important things are to come up with a good team name, understand the scoring system prior to the draft, log-in to take part in the draft otherwise NFL.com will give you a terrible team and practice your trash talk.

I will try and join up tomorrow when i get a bit of time, when is the draft?

Sunday 4th September at 6PM UK time

I tried to make it a time when the majority of people are at home.

It can always be re-scheduled if there's overwhelming opposition

Pr4wn - I'm away tomorrow and back 3 Sept, may make draft but I've adjusted my rankings and will apologise in advance if my absence delays picks.
Have a good week all

You're always away!

Bet Grizzly is loaded from all those gambling winnings...

woohoo, i'm in..(i think!)

i take it the Shepton Mallet Matadors will draft in 13th place?

Yes they will.

Your definitely in as I've just looked and I imagine its fairest to put you in at number 13 as people may have started doing mocks based on the positions they have already been given.

Pr4wn wrote:You're always away!

Bet Grizzly is loaded from all those gambling winnings...

LOL - I'll need a few more holidays to get through that mate !

BTW - is it you that writes the Pulling Lineman ?

crazy_dave23 wrote:Your definitely in as I've just looked and I imagine its fairest to put you in at number 13 as people may have started doing mocks based on the positions they have already been given.

i'm guessing as much, i've got no problems with that, only seems fair as you said

being a newbie numpty, how does the draft actually work?
can i pre-select my picks in case i can't make the 4th?

TM - go to the fantasy site and it lists the likely top 50/100/200etc (you choose the filter), you get the option to delete any player (who you don't want to pick) and increase/decrease anyone's ranking.
If you're not there and you've left for example Peyton Manning at #10 or whatever he is, there's every chance the system will auto draft him for you because he's the highest ranked player in your rankings.
Keep an eye on injuries next week as well.
GL

A 14 man league will sure make drafting interesting am happy picking at 9th gonna run a couple of mocks picking at #9 to see which pans out the best

Grizzly wrote:TM - go to the fantasy site and it lists the likely top 50/100/200etc (you choose the filter), you get the option to delete any player (who you don't want to pick) and increase/decrease anyone's ranking.
If you're not there and you've left for example Peyton Manning at #10 or whatever he is, there's every chance the system will auto draft him for you because he's the highest ranked player in your rankings.
Keep an eye on injuries next week as well.
GL

cheers

i did see the list, but wasn't sure how to use it

will try out a mock draft over this w/e, getting excited

I have joined the league, got to be favourite to get the lowest ever score

Grizzly wrote:TM - go to the fantasy site and it lists the likely top 50/100/200etc (you choose the filter), you get the option to delete any player (who you don't want to pick) and increase/decrease anyone's ranking.
If you're not there and you've left for example Peyton Manning at #10 or whatever he is, there's every chance the system will auto draft him for you because he's the highest ranked player in your rankings.
Keep an eye on injuries next week as well.
GL

Grizz - could you post the link to the above, not really sure what i am looking for?

http://www.nfl.com/fantasy/rankings#tabset=pr-top

Is the above official NFL rankings they are tabbed on the left top 200 then into position, You will need to go into the league to set your own preference, if left on auto, it will select you the best player available when your turn based on rank positions

adams_legend wrote:I have joined the league, got to be favourite to get the lowest ever score

oh i don't know about that, i'm sure i will push you all the way..

excuse my idiot self but i cannot find whereabouts i'm drafting in the east league, can someone tell me what number i'm drafting at, hopefully top 6

Pr4wn's posted the draft order so just look for your team's name?

is it to late to join the leagues Pr4wn?

Think so mate. We're at capacity on both leagues and I can't really expand them any more than I have.

ah to bad was looking forward to joining , maybe next time