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I have Driver and Jennings...plus Deion Branch coming off an injury.
I consider Welker a must start. I'm leaning towards Driver on this one b/c Jennings has had a few goods weeks and I just don't think he can consistently keep it up, plus I feel Driver is due for a good game w/ at least 1 TD. Branch is coming off injury so I'm not expecting much. Any thoughts?
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THEFLASH
11/13/07 12:24 P
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You wanna talk about getting screwed? Joshn Brown missed a FG last night which led to me losing by one point! It's so sad, it's funny lol.
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EKRACINSKI
11/12/07 4:37 P
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At least you were able to grab Taylor. While he is not as good as AP, he is a more than adequate sub if needed.
- Eric
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MICKEYMETS
11/12/07 4:25 P
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| i think i have just found my waterloo. AP is out for at least next week after tearing his LCL on that harris tackle. color me screwed.
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| I would just like to thank the person that dropped Drew Brees. He's been a great add to my team and a major upgrade over McNabb lol.
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EKRACINSKI
10/30/07 10:46 A
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Russ, I told you that you would win a game! Now it's time to start that playoff run.
- Eric
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| 6-1 in one league and 4-3 in the other. It's kind of strange, since I have several of the same players on both teams. The Spark league must simply be tougher.
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| Yep, that truly takes talent. If I do lose every game, I'm not sure how I'll feel about it. Yeah that would suck. But I've never seen anyone actually show up and put in a fresh roster and lose every week. I'm wondering if it's possible. If nothing else, it'll be bragging rights if I'm setting this up next year.
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THEFLASH
10/24/07 10:42 A
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One team in my other league has a dream team lineup of Tom Brady, Randy Moss, T.O., Larry Johnson, Ronnie Brown, etc. They've finally suffered some bad luck with Brown missing the season so here's my chance to catch up to that team. I play that team this week and Tom Brady and Randy Moss alone are projected to get close to 60 points! oy vey
My Spark Team is just horrible compared to my other two teams. Hopefully I can start mounting a come back here.
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EKRACINSKI
10/24/07 12:34 A
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Keep your chin up Russ. I am sure that no one can try to pick a better team and still manage to lose every game.
- Eric
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RUSS1985
10/24/07 12:16 A
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| 0-6-1 This is more interesting than going 4-3 in my other league. Now I'm just watching to see if I can pull off the anti-almost perfect season.
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EKRACINSKI
10/23/07 9:20 P
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I had a good week. I went 3-1 in my four leagues. The only loss was by 5 points in a league where I played Tony Gonzales over Heath Miller - like I should have - and Miller has 2 TDs.
Oh well. That FF for you.
- Eric
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EKRACINSKI
10/22/07 10:57 P
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Yeah! No tie this week!
Thank you Reggie Wayne!
- Eric
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EKRACINSKI
10/22/07 6:56 P
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I have Moss in another league, and love having Brady sling the ball around that he has been. Crazy.
I need 10 points from Reggie Wayne tonight to win. If I get 9 points and tie again, I just may pull out my hair - LOL!
- Eric
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MICKEYMETS
10/22/07 1:07 P
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yeah, i had brady and welker in my salary cap team this week, and they singlehandedly vaulted me 20000 spots in the standings.
i wonder who the lucky dogs were who picked rob bironas this week.
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| gotta love that Tom Brady. He is single-handedly saving my collective butt.
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EKRACINSKI
10/21/07 10:19 A
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Make sure you go through and set your lineups. There are a few stragglers.
Also, doesn't it make it interesting if you vote for the winners in each game each week? Take a second to run through them and vote.
Good luck - except to you JC!
- Eric
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EKRACINSKI
10/19/07 7:18 P
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Steven Jackson and Rudi Johnson are likely out this week. I am glad that I do not have either one, but Larry Johnson isn't doing anything either.
- Eric
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MICKEYMETS
10/19/07 1:01 P
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flash, i don't know if you're right about chambers. i don't think he's going to get as many looks in SD as he did in miami (granted, though, that he's more likely to actually haul in the passes thrown to him by rivers than by cleo lemon).
this is the first week where i have now actually scored more points in the league where i am 5-1 than in the league where i am 1-5. who knew.
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| Andre Johnson and Javon Walker have beeing ruining my WR corps in two of my leagues!
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| This season is surreal. 0-5-1 scoring 75 and 80 points and losing? I'm 3-3 in my other league and I've scored less points.
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| Good news for Chris Chambers owners (me). He was traded to the Chargers and there's a very good chance he'll have better stats in San Diego than in Miami lol.
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EKRACINSKI
10/17/07 5:54 P
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I need to get back on the winning side of things. A loss and two ties is not the way to win it all.
- Eric
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| Gentleman, great week this week. Used 2 Could s are ready for next victimization.although i believe it will be me who is victimized this week
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| I wonder if I can try hard all season and still manage to lose every game.
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EKRACINSKI
10/15/07 5:35 P
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Flash, I'll let you off the hook this week, but a friendly word of advice from someone who is a fan of The Beloved - play anyone you can against their D. Injuries and a lack of adequate backups have reduced them to a bottom level defense.
- Eric
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| I would like to nominate myself for Fantasy Moron of the Week. I decided to bench Adrian Peterson because he was taking on the Bears defense and went with McGahee and Edge. They both had decent days but nothing like Peterson who was worth 50 fantasy points!!! Luckily, I was still able to win my game.
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EKRACINSKI
10/15/07 12:49 P
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AP was a monster yesterday, and despite that huge game the Vikes still needed a last second field goal to win it.
My Bears are toast and need to think about who they want to get on offense for next year. They have so many glaring weaknesses at all the skill positions that it is hard to know where to start.
- Eric
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MICKEYMETS
10/15/07 12:14 P
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eric, if you want to hear about busts, please try on drew brees for size. i finally dropped him out of frustration in my other league and he THEN decides to have a decent week. of course.
although i am doing pretty well in the spark league so i can't complain too hard. adrian peterson was a heck of a pickup.
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EKRACINSKI
10/14/07 9:37 A
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There's no way I could tie three weeks in a row - is there?
- Eric
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EKRACINSKI
10/11/07 6:46 P
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I needed to do some bye week fiddling with my teams. Lee Evans has been a huge bust for me in two leagues. What a waste of a pick.
- Eric
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| Then maybe my team will actually have a chance. I'm looking like the Tampa Bay Bucs when they went 0 for the season.
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MICKEYMETS
10/11/07 9:42 A
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| i did some bad bye week management in my other league and i am completely screwed there - some terrible matchups too. i will definitely be lucky to get 60 pts.
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THEFLASH
10/10/07 12:34 P
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Ties are just one of those things that are going to happen no matter what way you slice it. I've just never been in a league that had this many ties early on. It's pretty funny looking at the standings, they look like NHL standings. 
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| This week is going to kick my arse. My entire starting lineup, except for the TE is on a bye. All subs this week. If I get more than 60 pts I'll be happy.
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EKRACINSKI
10/9/07 7:25 P
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The ties are pretty wild, but they happen and there is nothing short of fractional points that we can do to avoid them I guess.
Maybe a thought for next year?
- Eric
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| I'm not sureabout the ties actually. All I know is my team finally showed some life this week.
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| Yeah, what's with all the ties in the Sparkpeople league? I also tied this week and I blame it on my kicker who was shut out by the Steelers.
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EKRACINSKI
10/9/07 12:10 A
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I have never had a tie in FF until last week. This week I tie again in the SP league.
Unbelievable.
- Eric
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MICKEYMETS
10/8/07 8:48 P
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| last year i had brady as my QB and he had a really down year. this year i took drew brees. i can't win. i think brees has less than 20 pts on the year. unbelievable. at least i have roethlisberger as my backup there.
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EKRACINSKI
10/8/07 12:23 A
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Brady is insane this year. Even without Moss doing much today he had another great day.
The Bears won, but the Packers were my undoing in 2 FF leagues. I was up against Favre, Franks, and Jennings in a few leagues and I didn't fare well.
The motorcycle class was a blast. Not to brag, but I got a perfect score on both the written and riding parts. I am excited about that.
- Eric
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| Tom Brady is putting up college football stats right now. He's on another level this season. He has a 16-2 TD to INT ratio.
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| I might actually have scored points this week. What a concept.
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| I'm just worried about having a good enough record to get into the playoffs.
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MICKEYMETS
10/7/07 10:28 A
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westbrook gave you so many pts in week 3 that he could burn you for the rest of the season and still be OK!
anyways - have fun at your motorcycle class.
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EKRACINSKI
10/7/07 7:30 A
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I am enrolled in a motorcycle safety course this weekend and it meets from 8 AM until 6 PM tonight. I just hope that there are no last game day decisions that happen for me today.
At least Westbrook is on a bye so he won't burn me again this week!
- Eric
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| I am hopin to just stay above .500 in any of my leagues. I pretty much stink at fantasy football but am looking to improve in the future
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EKRACINSKI
10/6/07 8:15 A
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I still have 4 going, but am 1-3, 2-2, 4-0, and 2-2-1 in our SP league. I have no idea who is on what team without looking at the rosters. It really is hard to keep them all straight.
- Eric
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| I'll post my line up later. I'm sitting at 0-3-1 in the SP league. This has been pain. Luckily, I'm 2-2 in my other league.
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MICKEYMETS
10/4/07 9:50 A
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i'm only in one other league besides the spark league - it's a change up from baseball season.
here's the lineup in my other league (10-team IDP league)
QB Ben Roethlisberger
WR Santonio Holmes
WR Dwayne Bowe
WR Anquan Boldin
RB Frank Gore
RB Travis Henry
TE Owen Daniels
K Neil Rackers
DEF New England
D DeMeco Ryans
D Barrett Ruud
BN Laveranues Coles (WR)
BN Calvin Johnson (WR)
BN Drew Brees (QB - ugh)
BN Thomas Jones (RB)
BN Minnesota
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EKRACINSKI
10/3/07 9:08 P
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I am in two, 16 team leagues and they are very hard to stay competitive in. One injury and you season is almost surely down the drain.
- Eric
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In my department league
Violent Muppets
QB:Vince Young
RB:Marion Barber III
RB:DeShaun Foster
WR:Marques Colston
WR:Jericho Cotchery
TE/WR:Jason Witten
D/ST:Broncos
K:Mason Crosby
bench: Matt Schaub, Chris Brown, Jeff Wilkins,Braylon Edwards, Kevin Curtis, Giant's defense
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Anybody feel like posting their fantasy lineup?
QB, Ben Roethlisberger
WR1, Reggie Wayne
WR2, Steve Smith
WR3, Devin Hester
RB1, Josehp Addai
RB2, Brian Leonard
TE, Jason Whitten
KCK, Robbie Gould
DEF, Dallas
Reserves: Farve, Harrington, Lee Evans, Reggie Brown, Brandon Stokley, NY Giants
Obviously I need another RB, but in a league of 16 teams, starting RB's are very rare.
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EKRACINSKI
10/2/07 7:23 P
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I lvoe fantasy sports. I have played football, hockey, basketball, as well as baseball and they are all great fun.
My favorite is probably baseball, but football comes a close second. Baseball is a lot more effort for me since I have a group of core players and pick up and drop hot players all the time. This year I won in my baseball league.
Two of my 4 FF teams are screwed. The other two I am doing well in and hope to have a run at the championship. Well have to see how that all plays out.
- Eric
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| Great week of football gentleman. Fantasy football CAN be fun. What a shocker?!?!?
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| I love fantasy football. If nothing else, it makes Sunday that much more interesting.
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EKRACINSKI
10/1/07 5:39 P
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I did start Joey yesterday. Two TDs and no picks. I might hold onto him for a while!
- Eric
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| Well I hope you picked up Harrington and started him yesterday. He had one of his rare good games yesterday. It took until week four to see LT and LJ finally get it going.
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EKRACINSKI
9/30/07 1:21 A
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You have got to love FF, Russ! It proves someone wrong every year.
- Eric
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| Usually I have one team that's doing well. This year, all of mine are in the tank early. Here I'm winless in three games but at least the bulk of my team is healthy. When Steven Jackson hurt his groin, that put all but McNabb on the bench for me in my point scorers. That league is surreal
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EKRACINSKI
9/29/07 10:13 P
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I have someone out on each of my four teams. Fortunately, they are people like Hines Ward and Vernon Davis that can be replaced for a week.
I have Vince Young on a bye, so I grabbed Delhomme, but he is probably out too this week. Just my luck. Did I actually pick up Joey Harrington? YIKES!
- Eric
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| I am just getting crushed from all sides. sometimes i hate fantasy football, but then i crack open another light beer and startsmiling and having fun again
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| Fantasy football is such a crapshoot. Look at how bad the top three pinks in 95% of leagues (Tomlinson, Steven Jackson, Larry Johnson) have done after three weeks. The fantasy football "experts" start coming out when teams start hitting the bye, injuries happen, etc.
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EKRACINSKI
9/23/07 3:46 P
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| Have I mentioned that I love Brian Westbrook?
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EKRACINSKI
9/21/07 5:43 P
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I have perfect symmetry in my four leagues. I am 0-2 in one, 1-1 in two and 2-0 in the last one.
Two of my teams stink and two are decent, so we will have to see where that gets me.
I hate two of my leagues since they are huge 16 team leagues and there is absolutely no one on waivers to pick up in case of injury. You practically have to draft backups as insurance which really sucks. They are work leagues and no one wants to change them. I say we should split them into two leagues and treat them as "divisions" and then hand score the playoffs.
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MICKEYMETS
9/21/07 4:13 P
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| drew brees killed me in the first couple weeks in another league, but carson palmer has been shredding. now if i can work out my WRs in any of the leagues i am in, we're good to go.
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| I'm 2-0 in one league, 1-1 in the Sparkpeople league and 0-2 in my 3rd league. Gotta love fantasy football.
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| Look out SEXY REXY, The Used 2 Coulds are coming to town. blast away
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EKRACINSKI
9/14/07 5:13 P
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| I lost but will recover - much like my Bears.
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| Russ it was a good draft and a good first week playing against you. I will take the tie over a loss anyday. Looks like a pretty good league so far
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| I did ok with the draft. Week one pulled a tie. Well that's better than a loss anyday. Get your lineups set. Sunday will get here before you know it.
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| yeah, not too terrible for an autopick. i got a couple clunkers, but i am pretty happy.
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| For an autodraft, I am pretty pleased with my team. There are a few that I might not have picked, but we will see how it all plays out.
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| Well the teams I have been drafted. I've already dropped two players I would have never drafted in a live draft lol. If anyone is looking for a defense I putting the Jacksonville D up on the trade block? So, remember to set your lineups because the season kicks off tonight. Good luck everybody!
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Football might be a bit easier to manage since it is once a week, but it certainly is more concentrated management with all the game time decisions.
I am a fantasy sports junkie.
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| had a live draft in my other league yesterday - might join one more league just for kicks. it's easier to manage football leagues than baseball leagues anyways.
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Yeah, I noticed that. Sorry Eric.
I kicked off the draft so we should have teams soon.
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ERICWRITER
9/5/07 10:48 A
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| Looks like the league is full. Oh well.
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| Jump on in. I'll kick off the draft later tonight
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ERICWRITER
9/4/07 11:33 P
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| If you still need another, I'll jump in as the random new kid. The wildcard. The maverick.
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| I don't see that we have drafted yet. Is it all ready to go?
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| OK, I'll set the league draft to ready on my lunch. We should have teams by the end of the day
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| Hold on a minute. No one will need to drop. We'll get this straightened out.
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| Do we still have an odd number of people in the group? If so, I am willing to drop out. Just let me know.
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| Should I push back the draft to Monday?
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To allow other managers to join your league, send them the League ID# and Password. In your case, the ID# is 574437 and the Password is guyslounge.
You have chosen for your league to take part in an Autopick draft. Until the draft takes place, you (and only you) can change the type of draft by using the Change Draft Type option found among your Commissioner Tools, which can be reached from your League Overview page.
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EKRACINSKI
8/29/07 5:22 P
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Looks like we have 5 and need at least 5 more, but 7 more would be better.
There have to be more than 5 people here that play FF.
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| how many more teams do we need?
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| OK, it's time for me to beat the bushes for more people.
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MICKEYMETS
8/29/07 12:37 P
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| i signed up - looking forward to it!
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WE NEED VICTIMS!
WE NEED VICTIMS!
I mean, we really need more people to sign up so that we can have a successful league
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| I need to get a job where i can get a discount on a flat screen wall mnounted hdtv. That I can play my games and watch the games as well.
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| C'mon guys, we need some more people to sign up for the league!
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EKRACINSKI
8/27/07 4:09 P
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If you want to trek to Chicago, you have an invite. It might be a shorter trip to your local sports bar though.
It took me about 5 years to convince my wife - and I work at a place where we get a significant discount on them. I like to think that logic won the argument, but I think I simply wore her down - LOL!
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| Wife won't let me have HDTV so can I come over to your house for the games? I can bring my laptop as well
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EKRACINSKI
8/24/07 7:00 P
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I will be there for sure.
This will be my first NFL season with an HDTV, so I will be camped out on the couch with my laptop watching everything.
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| that sounds perfect to me. I know we can find all the necessary victims in that amount of time. I think rexy should be my first victim
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| Yeah Sep. 1 sounds good. I don't think there will be any problem getting 12 teams by then...
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| Right now, I have it set for Sept 1. We need more victims uhhh I mean players. Time to start recruiting. I'd like to have 10-12 teams playing.
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| ok just signed up and "The Assclowns" are ready to win this thing lol. When will the draft be held? I say early September so we can get through any costly preseason injuries lol.
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| you think I am offended by your comment? these are not tears on my face. it's...it's...it's my allergies.
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EKRACINSKI
8/24/07 11:18 A
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Bring it on Zaxdad!Is it to early to start the smack talk since we haven't drafted yet? If not, we'll save a spot at the kiddie table for you - all in good friendly fun of course.
I didn't see a draft time but I am sure that Russ will get it out there once more people sign up.
- Eric
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| That is a fantastic team name. I look forward to bringing my used to coulds out to sexy rexy's house
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EKRACINSKI
8/24/07 9:05 A
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| I am in with "Sexy Rexy's Ruffians" for our Bears QB.
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| I am in and the "Used 2 Coulds" are ready for battle
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I'd love to do a live draft but finding the time this week would be tough. This weekend is bad.
Anyway the league is set: Here's the info on Yahoo:
This is to confirm that you've created the Custom League named Sparkpeople.
To allow other managers to join your league, send them the League ID# and Password. In your case, the ID# is 574437 and the Password is guyslounge.
You have chosen for your league to take part in an Autopick draft. Until the draft takes place, you (and only you) can change the type of draft by using the Change Draft Type option found among your Commissioner Tools, which can be reached from your League Overview page.
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We could still do a live draft for whoever can or wants to show up. For those who don't it would essentially be an automated draft either way. Just a thought...
I'm partial to live drafts myself because they're a lot more fun and put you in control. I actually had one earlier today where 3 out of the 10 team owners showed up lol. Either way I can't wait to get the Spark League started!
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| you know they may get put on the work-release program. then they are still draftable
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EKRACINSKI
8/22/07 12:04 P
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| I put my vote in for a very late draft. I like to draft just before the season begins so that we don't end up drafting any Bengals or Falcons that gets cut or incarcerated at the last minute.
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| Any idea as to when you are trying to set the draft for?
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MICKEYMETS
8/18/07 9:08 P
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| i love live drafts (and all the smack talking that goes along with them) but i understand that doing it from a board like this would be a nightmare. just send the details out and i will definitely join.
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EKRACINSKI
8/17/07 6:09 P
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I am in for sure. I play in 3-4 leagues every year and can't get enough of the NFL.
I also suggest that you keep the Yahoo defaults as it will cause less issues.
This year will be the first year I will see the season in HD and I am really looking forward to it!
Just send me a message with the details and I will sign up as soon as I receive them.
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| That's true. I just figured I'd throw it out there. Some people play in defensive player leagues where you can start a team defense and a couple of defensive players. Others are given options for bonuses if your player hits threshholds
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| I woul djust use the basic default that Yahoo has set up top make it easier and to avoid conflicts in what everyone wants and does not want. Letting Yahoo have the default takes you off the hook for creating something that some may call too complicated or too easy.
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| Well, I'm setting up the league on Yahoo and right now am looking at setting up an auto draft like last year. It would have been a bear to do online draft when we had people playing from California to England. Any suggestions on the scoring systems we'll use?
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MICKEYMETS
8/14/07 11:44 A
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| i am definitely in - looking forward to it!
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| I am totally in. Sounds like good wholesome fun
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| I'm down. I wasn't around for last year's league but I'm looking forward to this year.
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Hey everybody,
Last year, I ran a fantasy league here for fun. we were only able to do 12 teams but we had a pretty good time. Last year, Wongerchi won it all. This year, who knows. Anyway, it's about that time to start it up again. It's a head to head league. It's free, it's for fun.
If anyone wants to join in, let me know. I'll post the invite here later. Draft will be at the end of the month
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