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I'm up for it.

I admit I was a lazy owner last season, but it wouldn't have mattered because my team was so bad anyway.


Who wants to do it?

I will do it

Sure, why not

Who else wants in?

Are we doing the league on YAHOO this year again? Or can we do it on ESPN?

Figure since we do every other game on the website on ESPN maybe it would make sense to move the fantasy football league over to ESPN?  Just throwing it out there, if everyone is against it that's cool and it's not a huge deal, but it might be easier to keep all message board games on ESPN I was thinking.

Not looking like it's going to happen when only 4 of us want in...

true. Figured as it got closer more people would want to get involved.

If not no biggie

Ya, I've got 2 paid leagues at work I'm in, so I'm not going to be too upset if no one wants in on this one.

yeah, not this year.

Oh well, I guess I will find a league somewhere else.

I'd play. Yahoo only tho. I don't like the setup of ESPN

I'm down, and add another vote for ESPN.  My other leagues are all done via ESPN and it's nice that they're all in the same app.

I'm in. I don't care about which site.

i got one maybe 2 other guys who would play who aren't affiliated with this site if we do end up doing it

Are we doing this?  I count 6 people from the site.  My wife wants to play this year, so that would be 7, and MikeO has 2 guys, that's 9.  I have one more person not affiliated with the site, so that would be 10...more than enough for a league.

If it's a free league, I'll participate...

^^^so with you, that's 11 and I have even another person not affiliated with the forum that wants to play, so that's 12...okay commissioner, organize this jam.

To lock up the 1 or 2 other people need to let me know ASAP and a draft date. Otherwise they might not be free

So what's the deal Dolphins4Life?

 I want to learn how to Fantasy football  but I dont know where to begin.  I remeber I long time ago how time consuming it was. But that was in the late 90's when computers sucked.   NOOB HELP.

It's not time consuming at all really unless you are "obsessed" over it. And our league would be the perfect beginners league. No money, just fun.

I can take charge and create an ESPN league. Everyone PRIVATE MESSAGE ME their email address and I will send out the invites and try to get this done and get a draft date before the first Thursday game.

Need at least 10 or else its no fun

Count me in as well, if there's a spot available.

So are we officially doing the ESPN FF?

The very, very, VERY basic is just to learn the importance of positions:

Elite stuff, generally the first two rounds:
Top 5-10 RBs
Top 2-3 QBs
Top 2-3 WRs
Top 1-2 TEs

The best defense will go in a middle round.
The best kicker should be drafted in the last few rounds.

Don't draft a backup kicker, because they're easy to replace.
Draft more/better backups for positions you have less faith in.  So, if you spend big on a QB like Brees or Rodgers, then you can afford wait a while for a backup.  Whereas, if you wait until round 4 to take a receiver, you might want to create a stable of 5 mid-level guys to switch in and out based on weekly matchup.

The best advice I can give is not to get hung up on which players are better -- ESPN (or whatever you use) gives you a list, and most of the guys go generally in this order, give or take a few spots.  It's way more important to understand how your league works than to evaluate talent.

Oh...and be lucky.  That helps.

yes. Private message me your email address.

counting myself i only have 4 entries. I need 6 more. EVERYONE private message me your emails so I can set this up and get it moving ASAP

Halfway there guys...I have the email info for 5 people.  Message me your email address so I can get the invites out and get the ball rolling. Time is of the essence!!

Sorry guys computer was MIA

If you need another one I am in, I think Tenshot is a good commissioner choice

We are 2 people short for a 10 person league. Message me your Email address if you haven't gotten in yet!

I thought I did,

Stroke sometimes volunteers as a tenth man, if we need one more

You did. I wasn't talking to you. Making a general statement overall

Who is commissioner and who is in?

Need 2 more people who want to play, we are 2 short. Private Message me your email address if you want to play (if you haven't done so already.) Come on...it's free and fun. 

If we don't get 2 more by the weekend this thing is probably not gonna happen

Does this mean you currently have 8 and want to get to 10, or you have 10 and want to get to 12?

My buddy is one of those spots, I'll get you his email today.

Cool. One down, one to go!

I will search for somebody and see if I can get a 2nd friend to play. That way I can create the league page tonight, send out invites and we can pick a draft day

The invites were sent out. We are still 1 short. Everyone get in and we can find the last person. If you know someone private message me their email. If not I have someone who can play

ok I will get in tonight

Still waiting on 3 of you guys to sign into the league page.

Draft is Monday night, if its not filled up by then this league is probably a no-go

Still waiting on 2 people to sign into the league. Draft is scheduled for MONDAY night. I can see if I can push it off a day or two if that works for most (can't please everyone so majority rules)

But if the 2 people who I sent invites too don't sign in by about 10am tomorrow I am gonna find 2 other people to play so we can keep this moving along. So please sign in ASAP. If you haven't received the invite yet let me know I will resend it.  Everyone should have it though since most of you are signed into the league already

League is Filled up. We have 10 teams.

Draft is tonight at 8:30pm Eastern Time. Hope to see many of you there. If you can't make it then pre-rank your players.


Good Luck to all!

I am going to be doing an autopick draft

I had two fantasy teams last year.  One was autopick, and the other was live drafted.  My autopick team ended up being much better and competed for the title.

I'm drafting live tonight, so you're all welcome for the easy wins coming your way.

You've been a lazy owner again this year as well, leaving your best player on the bench the past three weeks and leaving bye week players active. You're 0-5 now, but you could be 2-3 if you actually gave a shit about keeping up your roster.

SHAME.  SHAME.  SHAME.

He ain't playing next year!

Uh, about that.

I kinda forgot my password, so it's been impossible for me to update my roster and trying to reset my password with ESPN is a process in itself.

A process? It's the same process with any login site where you forget your password. When you go to the login screen, there is a link that says "forgot your user name or password?" You click on that, input the email address you use for ESPN and, voilla! they send you a password reset link.

The maximum effective range of your excuse is a negative number, lifer...and certainly not adequate for tanking your squad for an entire season.

Now, before you take the 2 minutes necessary to respond to this post, drag your lazy butt to ESPN and get your password issues taken care of.

Do...It...Now...

I did and I am ready to go now.

You just rattled my cage and I am looking to run the table the rest of the season.

Glad I could be of assistance. Hopefully, your cage won't require any more rattling.

I cannot ignore the irony of the person who started at least the past two years of fantasy football discussion being the same one who stops managing his team before the season ends.

I went ahead and did a wee edit there...but yeah, the irony wasn't lost on me either.   ;)

Well everybody handled the league differently those years then in previous years.

It used to be there would be lots of discussion in the fantasy football threads during the season.

The last few years there has been hardly any.

I was wondering if anybody really cared about the league.   

I'm ready to go this week, though, my roster is hardly anything to feel confident with, except for Gronkowski.

Look at this thread.

Nobody had posted in it in over a month until Stroke rattled my cage.

How am I supposed to think anybody is taking the league seriously?

Btw, excuse-making was never one of my strongest talents.

 ::)

You shouldn't use "how many posts in this thread" as a barometer of league activity. You can actually view the transaction log and see how active the rest of the league is, adjusting their rosters, making waiver/FA moves, etc...  TDMMC leagues have never really been huge on the in-season chatter.

Possibly your best post of all time (and I am NOT being sarcastic)!

And I have my first victory of the season over Gym, Tannehill, and Landry  ;D

Probably going to get my clock cleaned this week, though lol. 

I have lost a record number of guys to season ending injuries...(including 3 out of my first 4 draft picks)

Jamel Charles
Jimmy Graham
Justin Forsett
Tony Romo

Throw in Freeman who is now injured and Bradford its a miracle I have the best record in this league but that may be coming to an end soon. Not enough quality bodies to finish out this year.

First round of the playoffs has a pair of tight battles going on. MikeO has a 10-point edge on me halfway through our match-up, while Naples Phinz and Team Seavy are in a "too close to call" battle.

If I lose this first rounder, I'll have no one to blame but myself for leaving so many points on my pine this week. Still can't believe that Amari Cooper gave me a goose egg yesterday, while one of my favorite non-49ers, Tyler Lockett, had his best game as a pro, with 104 yds and a pair of TDs on my bench.