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?

Let me see if I can drum up sufficient interest from Mods and Admins to start another league.

OK

Wow. Just done my first mock draft, surprisingly scary but fun!!

One (further) query though - What are the BN slots in your roster for. I assume some type of sub player. Do you bring these in when your players are on a bye week?

Yeah exactly that pretty much. Depends on matchups too. You might want to bench one of your better WR if they are playing the Jets and select another crappier WR if they are playing the Texans. Just gives you options really.

Another question: Should we have a couple of Injury Reserve spots or is it fine as it is?

Nope. If one of your players goes on IR, you gotta cut him and get someone off waivers.

Pr4wn wrote:Let me see if I can drum up sufficient interest from Mods and Admins to start another league.

I have a 10 man league that is looking for 8 coaches might amend to a x2 QB set up and PPR a well

Has anyone found a good site for a 14 team mock draft?

sgb wrote:Has anyone found a good site for a 14 team mock draft?

Yahoo

Leedscowboys wrote:

sgb wrote:Has anyone found a good site for a 14 team mock draft?

Yahoo

Cheers!

If there is anybody looking for a Team to join an NFL.com FF, then I would like to join one.

As at now, we still only have 2 extras.which doesnt warrant starting up another league im afraid. Try to drum up some more interest!

Pr4wn wrote:As at now, we still only have 2 extras.which doesnt warrant starting up another league im afraid. Try to drum up some more interest!

No bother! Was not expecting anyone to start up a new league or anything like that. Just incase anyone had a league they needed filled up.

Dorothy_Mantooth wrote:

Pr4wn wrote:As at now, we still only have 2 extras.which doesnt warrant starting up another league im afraid. Try to drum up some more interest!

No bother! Was not expecting anyone to start up a new league or anything like that. Just incase anyone had a league they needed filled up.

The only other way is for however many teams are left over to join the same NFL.COM managed league
That way at least there would be a few 606 teams in the same league

How's it going lads? Sorry haven't been on the board much since I signed up a couple of weeks - have no internet at home just now and struggle to get on at work. Switching broadband providers at home and don't currently have access to the internet since my broadband was knocking out my phone line!! New provider isn't going to be up and running until 6th September so looking very likely I'm going to miss the fantasy draft which I'm gutted about as that's always good fun. Trying to sort out my rankings when I can at work so hopefully might end up getting some of the guys of I want!

Oh, and I changed my team name - "Rex drops back INTERCEPTED" was a bit of a mouthful sp have changed it to something a bit catchier but which still pays homage to the most apathetic QB competition ever!! Does anyone apart from Redskins fans care who wins it???

Has anybody been watching NFL Fantasy Live?? Not sure how some of them can get paid for some of the nonsense they talk. I took a look at one of Michael Fabiano's fantasy teams and it was not very impressive at all.

Number-25 wrote:Oh, and I changed my team name - "Rex drops back INTERCEPTED" was a bit of a mouthful sp have changed it to something a bit catchier but which still pays homage to the most apathetic QB competition ever!! Does anyone apart from Redskins fans care who wins it???

Does any fan really care about anything other than their teams roster/depth chart/prospects at this stage?

Besides, I wouldn't say the Skins situation is apathetic. We have two average QB's rising to the challenge to lead the team come day 1. At least we have a competition. Put yourselves in the shoes of fans from Phoenix, for example, knowing all their hopes rest on the success or failure of Kolb. Our offense doesn't need a Brady or Manning to manage it (though that would be nice). Personally I'm backing Beck to be giving the starting role and probably lead us to something like an 8-8 season. From a pure FFL point of view I wouldn't risk a pick on either of them, but they may enable some others on the offense to shine, such as Hightower.

I'm not going to be able to make the draft. I've set up a board and i'll be looking for trade partners after.
Team is the Traveling Medicine Show, not sure what division i am.

You're in Div 2 East

how many of these leagues r there

2 Leagues (East and West), but each contains 3 "divisions"

Does any fan really care about anything other than their teams roster/depth chart/prospects at this stage?

Probably not but I was kinda just being about self-deprecating about my Skins with the comment. As for the apathy, I was thinking more about the media slant on it - most media outlets are pretty mocking of the Skins' QB contest which is understandable given that it's between two guys that no-one beyond the Shanahans rate. It is kinda funny in a way. I'm not too fussed to be honest who gets it. We know what Rex can do - he can look great one minute and awful the next. Who knows about Beck? Don't think it's fair to judge him on what happened in Miami - maybe he'll be a star in the right system?? Or maybe he will turn out to be the QB we saw in Miami. Or maybe he'll be somewhere in between - i.e. Jason Campbell! Regardless, if the O-Line is good enough to allow us to run the ball well this year then neither QB will find himself having to do an awful lot beyond managing the game. If Shanahan can run the ball the first then he will, that's for sure.

By the way, loving the "Pheonix" reference!! That was a blast from the past!! I think we should call more teams by the name they used be known as - the Titans would be Houston, the Ravens would be Cleveland and we could return both the Rams and the Raiders to LA! Chaos would reign!

I take it that the draft is still on for 6pm this coming Sunday.

Is it obvious how to select the right draft board? I assume that you just access it from your team page.

Just log into your team and it should all be automatic!

I'll get a chat box going on the homepage too, so both leagues can chat to each other.

crazy_dave23 wrote:2 Leagues (East and West), but each contains 3 "divisions"

so the 606v2 west and the 606v2 east
and both drafts are 6pm on sunday

cherriesfan wrote:

crazy_dave23 wrote:2 Leagues (East and West), but each contains 3 "divisions"

so the 606v2 west and the 606v2 east
and both drafts are 6pm on sunday

Bingo

Pr4wn wrote:Just log into your team and it should all be automatic!

I'll get a chat box going on the homepage too, so both leagues can chat to each other.

No idea how your going to cope with double drafting Pr4wn... at least you can set your boards up for one league and import it into the other!
I figure I won't be able to cope with the prospect of drafting, projecting my next pick options and chatting on both the NFL chatbox and the 606v2 chatbox all at once...

is it easieer to be in a 4 team division or a 5 team one

Pr4wn - what's the draft order mate ?

Grizzly wrote:Pr4wn - what's the draft order mate ?

Its back on page 5. Anybody new that joined after have got pick 13 + pick 14

Oh dear, pick 14. Should be interesting

TheBrownTown wrote:Oh dear, pick 14. Should be interesting

Which league East or West ?

Forward Pass wrote:

TheBrownTown wrote:Oh dear, pick 14. Should be interesting

Which league East or West ?

West

TheBrownTown wrote:Oh dear, pick 14. Should be interesting

I no how you feel, got pick 14 in the east

Should be quite fun having consecutive picks though

TheBrownTown wrote:Should be quite fun having consecutive picks though

I'm 13th & 16th pick in the West
That's not the problem really it's that we don't pick again until pick 41/42 when quality players begining to get scarce
Need to be on the ball in the middle rounds

Yeh that is definitely true

Yeah I pick at #1 which is great, but have to wait until 24 I get my second pick... that pretty much rules out getting two "stud" players!
I think the long waits are pretty bad, but double picks means you at least don't have to make a choice when your stuck between two players!

does anyone know what pick i got?

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

Pr4wn wrote: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
+ 2 more

Find yourself in that!

thanks 11 in the west

Chat box is up for the drafts!

sorry for sounding stupid but how do we get the chat box open?

sgb wrote:sorry for sounding stupid but how do we get the chat box open?

Chatbox on NFL.com ?
Bottom right hand side it says 'chat', underneath is the box with 'type message'

Mainpage of this forum... plus there are ones within each draft room on NFL.com

is the east draft on at 6 or 7 tonight
and how do you open the draft?

waht do you think are the strengths and weaknesses of my team

QB- Matt Satfford
QB2-Donovan Mcnabb
RB-Darren Mcfadden
RB2-CJ Spiller
RB3- Ladanian Tomlinson
WR- Mike Wallace
WR2- Santonio Holmes
WR3-Mike Williams(tampa)
WR4- Edwards(from the mighty niners)
WR5- Torrey Smith
TE- Rob Gronkowski
TE2- Jermaine Gresham
K- Robbie Gould
D1-Texans
D2 - KC

Your TE

well I did ok in my NFL West draft, was drafting 9th out of 14 then 7th, picked up the #1 QB & TE a top 10 RB and a couple of 1st choice #1 wideouts for their respective teams

You got lucky Leeds, I was pick 9 which is a horror spot as every elite player will be gone by then, I'd rather had gone 14 and 15 than 9 and 21.
No shocks whatsover in our draft, Steven Jackson didn't shift until about 30th pick but other than that everything went to form.

Niners - your RB set look OK but I think your receivers are weak, and they all come from run first offences.
But you'll never get 15 guns....

yeah, i think wallace will have a huge year, I took santonio straight after someone grabbed vincent jackson i think.