I know there will be lots of drafts starting soon and lots of "how is my team" "who should I pick" etc...so i'll get this started.

I am in the middle of two slow drafts and have a new dynasty league draft starting up next week. So i'm right in the middle of fantasy madness.

In our Draftmaster league (Draft only - no lineups/waivers) I have the following team after 16 rounds - it was a 3rd round reverse draft and the order of s selection was MJD, Portis, Marshall/Witten, Ryan/Vjax.

League can be viewed here: http://www20.myfantasyleague.com/2009/home/55937

1. Campbell, Jason WAS QB 8
2. Ryan, Matt ATL QB 4
3. Betts, Ladell WAS RB 8
4. Choice, Tashard DAL RB 6
5. Hightower, Tim ARI RB 4
6. Jones, Kevin CHI RB 5
7. Jones-Drew, Maurice JAC RB 7
8. Portis, Clinton WAS RB 8
9. Berrian, Bernard MIN WR 9
10. Jackson, Vincent SDC WR 5
11. Jenkins, Michael ATL WR 4
12. Marshall, Brandon DEN WR 7
13. Moore, Lance NOS WR 5
14. Walker, Mike JAC WR 7
15. Keller, Dustin NYJ TE 9
16. Witten, Jason DAL TE 6
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Good players I am avoiding (or bumping way down my cheat sheet) in drafts this year:

Reggie Bush - The dude is explosive and can really rack up points in PPR leagues, but his knee is already showing signs of trouble and the only thing that would truly surprise me is if he plays a full season. (on same team, Colston has knee issues but has seemed to be fully recovered/100% for now)

Kurt Warner - He is 38 years old and last year was his first full season since 2001. He had offseason hip surgery and admits right now he is only at 85%.

Beanie Wells - He has talent, but has always been an injury risk. He already hurt himself at the Cards very first practice and has been sidelined for the start of training camp. I want to see if he can make it through an NFL season before risking a high pick on him.

Brian Westbrook - God he is good when he is healthy, and all reports right now have him being healthy. But it only takes one misstep or tackle to change that. You can't win your league with your first round pick, but you CAN lose it. I don't trust Westy and would not take him in the first or even 2nd round. If it was PPR and he dropped to the 3rd i'd probably have to bite though..because when he does play, he wins you games.

There are probably more but these are the ones that stick out in my head...This would obviously raise the value of Pierre Thomas, Leinart, Tim Hightower, and Lesean McCoy

I think with guys like Warner and Westbrook (who are fantasy studs when healthy) you can roll the dice but you HAVE to get the "handcuff" guy (Leinart and McCoy in these cases). Especially with the Iggles as I think you can count on Westbrook or McCoy being very productive in that offense.

Most drafts I have seen Pierre Thomas is going much much earlier than Reggie Bush.

LT is being very undervalued in my opinion. From everything I've heard the entire Chargers offense is healthy, the O-line is among the best. Just hope Sproles doesn't steal too many carries.

Oh and the AFC West (especially the defenses) is pathetic.

Thoughts?

He doesn't have the ceiling that he once had. But he could easily be a top 5 back this season. I would say last season is his floor and would draft him without hesitation in the 5-7 hole. Personally I'd definitely take MJD, AP, CJ3, Turner ahead of LT - and I couldn't argue with someone taking Sjax/Forte before him either. But i'd take LT over Gore, Westbrook, Slaton, Portis.

I'm wary of Turner especially, and AP to an extent because of the workload they had last year. Turner had 377 carries and AP had 364, meanwhile LT only had 292. Not to say that I would take LT over AP but I am leaning toward rating him higher than Turner. Still got a ways to go before my drafts though, so everything could change.

I am in the Simmons camp in that I think Slaton is going to have a gigantic year. I think Forte should definitely be in the top 5 and drafted ahead of LT. He is so involved in Chicago's rushing and receiving game and he is young (and he plays in a mediocre division).

Yes but how many career carries has LT had compared to AP and Turner? I'd be more worried about the 30 wall (age) and a career full of carries than one season. Turner will have less carries this year but will continue to light it up with TD's. AP i'm not too worried about. But I do rank MJD > AP in PPR redrafts.

Either way I think LT has a fine season and wouldn't fault anybody for taking him over Turner as well.

Yea I think Slaton is a stud, especially in PPR. It's early in his career so the jury is still out...but I have him in one of the FCP dynasty leagues so I sure hope it works out!

I'm in a keeper league and we get to keep 4 guys and no more than one at any position. I'm keeping philip rivers and chris cooley and most likely chris johnson over marion barber but am at loss at what to do at receiver. I have Braylon Edwards, Desean Jackson, and Steve Breaston. My league is 0.5 ppr and gives points for return yards so i'm leaning towards Desean for that and qb stability but if boldin moves i kinda like steve however every rating has braylon as top dog of those three. I think K2 being gone will hurt him more than anything. Sooooo any thoughts???

Yea everyone is picking Braylon for a bounce back season...I don't really see it. He is a fine receiver, but what I really worry about is the QB situation. If Quinn wins the job I think Braylon's numbers take a hit. And they don't call him stonehands for nothing. Plus you mentioned K2 leaving...also a good point. Guess who gets all the double teams now. And you don't exactly need 8 in the box to stop Jamal Lewis

Braylon isn't a BAD choice, but i'd go Desean.

Plus, I think you can make the argument that Desean could have a better year than Braylon EVEN if Braylon has a bounce back year. The Iggles throw a ton and McNabb and Jackson seemed to have great chemistry last year.

Since your league gives points for return yards I think it is a no-brainer that you "keep" Jackson.

Not at all pleased with this team. I couldn't seem to focus much and I would say that 8 of the 15 rounds the player before took who I was planning on taking which put me on tilt and the 14th pick was selected by the computer since I was on the phone.

1. (6) Larry Fitzgerald WR
2. (15) Clinton Portis RB
3. (26) Ryan Grant RB
4. (35) Antonio Bryant WR
5. (46) Marshawn Lynch RB
6. (55) Anthony Gonzalez WR
7. (66) Jay Cutler QB
8. (75) Reggie Bush RB
9. (86) Kevin Walter WR
10. (95) Matt Cassel QB
11. (106) Dallas DEF
12. (115) Visanthe Shiancoe TE
13. (126) Jason Elam K
14. (135) Mark Clayton WR
15. (146) LeSean McCoy RB

looks pretty standard. Lynch is good value at 46. Antonio Bryant seems like a bit of a reach at 35. I like the Kevin Walter pick at 86.

it's not an exciting team that's for sure. it's full of players that in the past I generally avoid due to being very unsure of what exactly they'll give you.

but, I think your top 2 RB are solid and Lynch has the potential to be better than a 3rd RB.

You've got Larry at WR....

You've got decent QB by committee potential

I don't know who your TE is but that doesn't matter so much.

your top 3 is solid. the rest is unknown. doesn't look great for a 10 team league but I think it's a playoff team

I don't think you have to have the handcuff guy for warner, unless you have a very deep bench. I love warner, but if you have him, you want an excellent back up. I'm not convinced that Leinart is an NFL QB ( he's having trouble winning the back up job, from what I hear), so it seems to me that you're just eating up a roster spot having KW, Leinhart and a third QB.

yeah depends on bench size. nothing is in a vacuum and all that.

I think the stuff about him competing for the backup job is smoke and mirrors and that he would do well surrounded by that orgy of talent out in Arizona.

Does anybody know where I can do a free head to head league for me and my friends with 9 teams?

I thought I could do this on Yahoo, but they want an even number of teams.

I know the pay site we use for dynasty allows ghost teams, but don't know about any free ones. Create a fake team on yahoo that either auto picks based on ADP (to be slightly more realistic) or picks only no-name useless scrubs (you can set the pre ranks in reverse order or something so it takes the bottom 15 players).

Trade question from one of my other FF leagues. I need some running back help I currently have Adrian Peterson, Willis MaGahee. Backups are Chester taylor and Leon Washington. Guy proposed this trade to me last night.

I give Tony G.

I get Owen Daniels, and Lendale White.

His other RB's are Michael Turner Pierre Thomas and Marion Barber

Without knowing details such as lineup restrictions, TE depth etc. I like the trade for you.

what's your WR corps

The starting lineups are 1QB 2RB 2WR 1Flex 1TE 1D/ST 1K

My WR's are Santonio Holmes, T.O. Wes Welker, those are the starters. With AP and Willis MaGahee starting RB's

Bench WR's are Ted Ginn Jr. Jermey Maclin Mark Clayton and I don't have a backup TE

I think you are getting the best of that trade. Daniels is not that far away from Gonzalez. TG is going into a new team with a new system, and he is like 33-34. Last year the Falcons did not use their TE at all, obviously they are going to change that, but if it doesn't work well, the coaches will revert back to what worked last year. Throw in Lendale White, who should be your starting flex over Ginn Clayton etc. and I think you should take it. TE's can usually be found throughout the year on waivers.

ESPN's projections
Tony G. ranked #1 76rec 901yds 7td
Daniels ranked #5 72rec 888yds 4td
Lendale White 716yds 7td

There is no way you can justify getting any of his other 3 RBs for Tony G so that is out. (You could ask for Thomas instead but he should laugh at you.)

I still see Lendale picking up a lot of TDs this year so I would think about making the trade. I dont see McGahee giving you much.....and Leon Washington wont get quite enough touches to start consistently.

Owen Daniels is not the worst option ever at TE so I would think long and hard about this trade.

I declined the Lendale White trade and countered with getting Pierre Thomas and he accepted. If he would have declined I would have just proposed the same trade he did me in getting lendale. I just thought I would give getting Pierre Thomas a shot and it worked out. Also get Owen Daniels.

Lendale looked good in the first preseason game. I think he's going to be more active in the lineup than a lot of people imagine, and is going to devalue CJ to the end of the first round, because he's going to continue to get goal line carries. Just my read.

Damn vulture! I would end to agree on Lendale. O/U of 7 TD's i'd go over. Not sure about 15+ this time around but you never know. He lost a lot of weight so we'll see if it changes him at all. That O-line makes any RB look good so he'll probably continue to punch it in.

I doubt I will take this trade but since you all seem to enjoy analyzing them I figured I would post it in case I am missing something...

My team

Donovan McNabb QB
Jay Cutler QB

Matt Forte RB
Brandon Jacobs RB
Marshawn Lynch RB

Calvin Johnson WR
Santana Moss WR
DeSean Jackson WR
Kevin Walter WR
Michael Jenkins WR

Jeremy Shockey TE
Brandon Pettigrew TE


The Trade Proposal

Matt Ryan
LT
Devin Hester

for

McNabb
D. Jackson

I like it, but I am higher on Tomlinson than most. I think you would be fine with Cutler and Ryan, but you have some question marks at RB with Lynch and Jacobs, and even Forte to an extent (sophomore slump) that LT could help with. WR would be a little thin having to rely on Moss/Walter/Jenkins but I think at least one of those three will emerge as a solid #2 just might have to wait and see who it is.

I like that trade too. I think LT has number one over all up side. He's an injury risk, but a forte/LT 1-2 could carry you to victory, and giving up mcnabb is no big deal. You're a little weak at WR without DJ, but LT/Forte and a BJ/ML flex is a lethal combo that makes up for it. I say make it and don't think twice.

Done deal. Thanks for the advice.

need ppl for a free fantasy football league on Yahoo draft is in ~4 hours PM me

I'm just getting into FF; I figure I should be decent, since I've followed football closely for a while, but not great, since I'm new to a lot of the nuance and strategy.

This team is for a 10-team league, standard snake draft:

QB: Peyton Manning (21)

RB: Adrian Peterson (1), Clinton Portis (20)

WR: Dwayne Bowe (40), Brandon Marshall (41), Hines Ward (60)

TE: Owen Daniels (61)

K: David Akers (180)

DEF: NYJ (161)


BENCH:

QB: Carson Palmer (81), Joe Flacco (140)

RB: Cedric Benson (80), Ahmad Bradshaw (121), Fred Jackson (101)

WR: Lance Moore (100), Mushin Muhammad (120), Greg Camarillo (160), Justin Gage (181)

TE: Dustin Keller (141)

ETA: Analysis. I'm obviously in pretty good shape RB-wise, and hopefully Peyton will be decent, but I don't love my WRs. Marshall on the Broncos scares me, and I'm not that high on KC; OTOH, the AFC West sucks at pass d in general excepting maybe SD, so it might not be that bad. Hopefully one of Moore, Muhammad, and Camarillo turns into a stud.

Did an auction draft on ESPN for fun/practice. Team below with dollar amount paid:

QB Peyton Manning 27
RB Maurice Jones-Drew 56
RB Jamal Lewis 7
RB/WR Terrell Owens 19
WR Andre Johnson 42
WR Randy Moss 33
TE Greg Olsen 2
D/ST Ravens D/ST 1
K Jason Elam 1

BE T.J. Duckett 1
BE Cedric Benson 3
BE Ben Roethlisberger 3
BE Donald Driver 1
BE Chris Wells 2
BE Anthony Fasano 1
BE Steve Breaston 1

What do you guys think about this trade?

Send: Terrell Owens, and Darren Sproles

Get: Roddy White, and Darren McFadden

My RB's are Matt Forte, Larry Johnson, Knowshon Moreno, Cedric Benson, Ray Rice, and Maybe Darren McFadden.

My Recievers are Wes Welker Lee Evans, Jermey Maclin, and maybe Roddy White.


10 Team League no PPR

I would do the trade because TO and White are a wash and McFadden is better option than Sproles.

I would do the trade because I think White will be better than TO this year.

<-- pessimistic Bills fan.

Sproles will be huge if LT gets hurt, but beyond that, McFadden is probably a better player to have also.

Run, don't walk, to the site, and accept that trade.

Awesome thanks for the input guys. I proposed this trade, the guy also had LT, and he accepted.

I think the average drafter that doesn't follow too closely or just goes off of last years stats are vastly underestimating what Dmac will do this year. I recently drafted Dmac in a startup dynasty league as my RB1 (I started out WR-WR with CJ2(Megatron) and Bowe).

If Michael Bush happens to be on your waiver wire I would grab him right away. His is a good high ceiling insurance pick in case Run DMC has injury problems.

We have an opening in Sloshr's $75 playoffs included league. Sloshr is an FCP'er and there are a couple other FCP'ers in the league already.

The league runs all 17 NFL weeks with a $10 sidepot for the weekly high score and a payout for the seasons top scorer. Then at the end of the year the top 4 teams get to keep 4-7ish players that are on playoff teams, and then there is a playoff draft to top off everybody's roster.

Our league playoffs run during the NFL playoffs straight through to the superbowl (we manually score in excel).

It's pretty awesome. Anyone interested?

McFadden looked fantastic in his first preseason game too. I think he could have a big year (and the AFC West is garbage which helps).

Love the Megatron nickname.

Roy Williams gave him that nickname and even after he left it stuck. I am racking my brain trying to remember the nickname Roy gave himself at the same time. I will miss hearing him call in to the local sports radio show every monday at 5:15 but not him as a player.

My team in a 12 team keeper league. My 4 keepers were Brady, McFadden, Jones and Wayne. Kevin Jones and Cowboys D/ST were auto picks because I had to leave the draft. I'm a bit concerned about who my top 3 RB's should be every week. McFadden for sure, Jones is going to be a home run threat for the Cowboys but may not get that many touches, and same for Bush.

QB Tom Brady, NE QB
RB Darren McFadden, Oak RB
RB Felix Jones, Dal RB
RB/WR Reggie Bush, NO RB
WR Reggie Wayne, Ind WR
WR Dwayne Bowe, KC WR
TE Kellen Winslow, TB TE
D/ST Steelers D/ST, Pit D/ST
K John Kasay, Car K

Bench Jerricho Cotchery, NYJ WR
Bench Fred Jackson, Buf RB
Bench Tim Hightower, Ari RB
Bench Joe Flacco, Bal QB
Bench Tashard Choice, Dal RB P
Bench Jeremy Maclin, Phi WR
Bench Martellus Bennett, Dal TE
Bench Edgerrin James, Sea RB
Bench Cowboys D/ST, Dal D/ST
Bench Kevin Jones, Chi RB

I have a similar situation in the new dynasty league that I just drafted in. However I got Michael Bush to backup DMac and Goodson to backup Stewart (with no Tashard Choice). And my other RB is a bit of an injury concern too. Fortunately it's only a start 2 league and for my flex I can start a 2nd QB or 4th WR (Big Ben or Lee Evans).

Bush, Michael OAK RB - 9 9.09
Charles, Jamaal KCC RB - 8 14.02
Goodson, Mike CAR RB ® (P) - 4 17.06
Jones, Felix DAL RB - 6 6.02
McFadden, Darren OAK RB - 9 3.09
Parker, Willie PIT RB - 8 10.03
Stewart, Jonathan CAR RB (Q) - 4 6.01

Here's to a big season for Dmac and Felix!

If they come through I should have a good shot at my league.

my first fantasy draft, against the fcp army

feedback?

Round: 1
** (3) DNA's Delinquents - Maurice Jones-Drew RB
Round: 2
** (22) DNA's Delinquents - Clinton Portis RB
Round: 3
** (27) DNA's Delinquents - Aaron Rodgers QB
Round: 4
** (46) DNA's Delinquents - Roy E. Williams WR
Round: 5
** (51) DNA's Delinquents - Anthony Gonzalez WR
Round: 6
** (70) DNA's Delinquents - Santonio Holmes WR
Round: 7
** (75) DNA's Delinquents - Cedric Benson RB
Round: 8
** (94) DNA's Delinquents - Donnie Avery WR
Round: 9
** (99) DNA's Delinquents - John Carlson TE
Round: 10
** (118) DNA's Delinquents - David Garrard QB
Round: 11
** (123) DNA's Delinquents - Tim Hightower RB
Round: 12
** (142) DNA's Delinquents - Bo Scaife TE
Round: 13
** (147) DNA's Delinquents - Ladell Betts RB
Round: 14
** (166) DNA's Delinquents - Rob Bironas K
Round: 15
** (171) DNA's Delinquents - Cowboys D/ST D/ST
Round: 16
** (190) DNA's Delinquents - Joe Nedney K

your team name needs work.

My personal unexperienced fantasy opinion is i like my RB's, I like my QB, I'm sad I dont have a stud WR but got some middle of the road guys. Was really thinking I was going to get Shockey at TE cause there were a few auto drafters, but it got picked right before me which sent me to a time bank so settled on Carlson and not really happy about my TE BU. Defense is fair to midlin and Kickers are like whatever, I'm a huge titans fan so go bironas, hopefully Collins will help get you some attempts.

In a 2 RB 2 WR with a Flex RB/WR I'm trying to decide if I like Hightower or Benson in the flex slot. Not sure what Holmes is going to do since he just got hurt, but supposedly not serious

My Fantasy league is QB/RB RB/WR WR WR/TE/D/K. 1/2 pt per reception league, 6pts for passing tds.

My team:
QB: Brady
WR: Randy Moss, Braylon Edwards, Desean Jackson, Torry Holt
RB: Marion Barber, Derrick Ward, Julius Jones, Cedric Benson, Knowshon Moreno, Donald Brown, Lesean McCoy, Fred Jackson
TE: Witten
D: GB
K: Undrafted

It was much different than I expected it to go down. To say the least I think that this a very weak yr for RBs not named AP. I think there are like 15-20 decent rbs with not a ton of difference between them. I had pick 9 and took Tom Brady, first QB taken. I actually was going to take him at pick 2 so I'm fine with it. People in my league are catching on to the fact that awesome WRs crush with a .5pt/rec league and also RBs that get lots of catches so it was tough to maneuver. I took Moss with my 2nd pick, was vvvv close to taking Calvin instead, but I guess my season lies in if the Patriots will dominate like 2 yrs ago.

So just wanted to share how my draft went, I have mixed feelings because usually I can get studsssss at WR. Last yr my WRs were AJ, Marshall, Jennings. I took Witten in rd 3 with Houz and Marsh still on the clock but iunno, thought it was tough decision. I felt like I could get Braylies and then Eddie Royal or Desean, Royal went right after braylies but I got Desean.

Okay way too much analysis on my draft haha. I'm obv pumped.