Round 9 Recap

It slowed up at the end there, Greez, but when it finally finished Schaef had another rookie drafted, a few Defs fell and the WRs look even thinner then before, not to mention the first kicker was taken.

ROUND 9
1)Blue Heelers--B.Roethlisberger (PIT)
2)Rogues--San Diego (DEF)
3)Coon Hounds--C.Cooley(WAS)
4)El Chupacabra--R. Gould (CHI)
5)Pink Rabbits--L. Betts (WASH)
6)Tanuki--Chicago (DEF)
7)Bebop--M. Lynch (Buf)
8)Fresh Fish--M. Schaub (Hou)
9)SAP SUCKERS--B. Edwards (CLE)
10)Clamrams-- Miami (DEF)

Are You Going To Get Your Insurance?

Insurance used to be to protect your family and items from the unexpected but now you can get "insurance" for you fantasy football players. A lot of fantasy experts will advise you to pick up your insurance option if you draft a player that is to good not to be covered, injury prone or when the starter might lose his job, of course they are talking about that players backup. It covers you in the event one of your key players gets injured, then you have the replacement and no worries. Some insurance players can even be played because they split time with the starter which makes them extra important. Another plus about insurance players is they are usually the ones playing later in the season so the starters don't get injured for the playoffs. Some top starters and their insurance players are in no certain order:
1)W. Dunn and J. Norwood (ATL) Dunn had a bad year and might lose his job to Norwood
2)D. Foster and D. Williams (CAR) Foster is no prize at RB, might lose it to Williams
3)M. Lynch and A. Thomas (BUF) Lynch should start but Thomas could split with rookie
4)C. Taylor and A. Peterson (MIN) Taylor looks like he will be splitting time
5)T. Henry and M. Bell (DEN) Henry is the starter, Bell is only in injury case
6)K. Jones and T. Bell (DET) Bell and Jones could be splitting time this season
7)R. Bush and D. McAllister (NO) Both are great RBs and could start every week
8)C. Portis and L. Betts (WASH) Portis is coming back from injury, just in case
9)F. Taylor and M. Jones-Drew (JACK) Both could be used as starters
10)J. Jones and M. Barber (DAL) Barber is a TD machine last year
11)B. Jacobs and R. Droughns (NYG) Jacobs first year as a starter, may need some rest

Of course they're others out there too. If you have one of these players you might want to think about taking the other half of your draft pick.

Round 8 Recap

ROUND 8
1)Clamrams-- A. Crumpler (ATL)
2)Blue Heelers--L. Coles (NYJ)
3)Rogues--V. Davis (SF)
4)Coon Hounds--J.Witten(DAL)
5)El Chupacabra--New England (DEF)
6)Pink Rabbits--Denver (DEF)
7)Tanuki-- L.J Smith (PHI)
8)Bebop--D. Jackson (SF)
9)Fresh Fish--C. Chambers (MIA)
10)Sap Suckers-----B. Jacobs (NYG)

**********SOMETHING NEW TO ADD******* When our draft is completed we all know that trades can be done before the season starts, if you do trade before the season starts it doesn't count as one of your 10 trades for the season. Like trades free agents can be picked up and players can be dropped before our season starts and it won't count toward your 16 moves. We will have waivers on players that are dropped, everyone will get 2 days to be able to see the dropped player if you would like to try for him just email me, after 2 days all managers who wanted a certain player will be put in a bowl and 1 will be drawn randomly, again you will get a confirmation email if you got the player. All the transactions will be on the blog so everyone can see. Here is how to do either option

**Adding/dropping players** Email me the player you wish to pick up and which player you would like to drop, if the player you would like to pick up is a free agent then I'll send you a confirmation email saying your transaction went through. If your player is on a waiver then you will have to wait to see if you are drawn.

**Trading** If a trade is wanted, all parties must email me the trade, if manager 1 and manager 2 want to trade player x and player y both managers must email me and tell me the trade. This way the trade is confirmed by both people and its understood. (plus no cheating can happen, not that it would)

Post any questions or ideas in the comments to make this as easy as possible.

A Face From The Past

Anyone care to take a stab at these old players, once stars but now forgotten.











Don't forget to get the pictures in so your face goes on the blog. I know you're all not pretty but it's not a beauty pageant.

RRRrrrround 7 RRRRrrrrrrecap

Here is the round 7 recap, I know you've all been waiting so here is how it happened.

ROUND 7
1)Sap Suckers--Baltimore Ravens (DEF)
2)Clamrams-- K. Winslow (Cle)
3)Blue Heelers--C.Benson(CHI)
4)The Rogues - S. Moss(WAS)
5)Coonhounds--A.Green(HOU)
6)El Chupacabra--T. Green (MIA)
7)Pink Rabbits--J. Lewis (CLE)
8)Tanuki--M.Barber III (DAL)
9)Bebop--C. Johnson (DET)
10)Fresh Fish--T. Gonzalez (KC)

Schaef I can't figure you out, your picks are all over the place!

Who Would You Get Rid Of First?

In the NFL there is comings and goings of coaches, managers, owners, players, etc. and most of the time the goings are for a good reason and some are just not right. Then there is the small group of people that just never leave, these people are like a poison to the organization they are part of but they just don't seem to care. What order would you get rid of these guys? Here is mine.

AL DAVIS (OWNER OF THE RAIDERS)==You just suck, I'd get your ass out as fast as it came in. Year after year I watch this guy making stupid move after stupid move. Hiring Art Shell was by far the worst last year. Jerry Jones is an annoying owner but at least he makes some moves that make sense.

Matt Millen (CEO OF THE LIONS)==You're next, you've slowly been building your own Al Davis resume. Matt was way better at announcing then trying to run a team. You've done very little in the drafting and done even less in a QB for this club, Joey Harrington sucked and Matt kept him as long as they did for what? The Dolphins knew he was trash after one year!

Jeff Fisher (COACH OF TITANS)==How do you still have a job? You have done very little for this team since 2000! Most coaches don't get more then 2 years to get the team on their feet but you get forever to try. The axe may be falling soon though with Fishers contract up this year.

Jon Gruden(COACH OF BUCS)==My last firing would be Gruden, you get a free superbowl win off of a team you didn't build and its just been falling apart ever since. He doesn't seem to do much there, no great players move in and only decent players ever seem to leave, they need a change.


Did I miss anyone on this list, if so let me know. I'm curious to see who you would fire first. Lets hear it and get your teams signed up in the league.

Lets Get To Know Everyone Better

Ok, so here we are in our 2nd year together. We feel a little more comfortable with each other and the draft is going along well. In an effort to bring our league even closer together we have our blog, which is doing well in keeping everyone informed. I would like to do away with the list of names to the top right of the page and replace it with us, and when I say us I mean us. I want our pictures all up there with our names on it so everyone can put a face with the name. Let us not be strangers but brothers............errrrr and sisters united. Let us join hands and sing to the skies as our circle of friends grows.......................or so we know what the douche that just beat us looks like so if we ever see them on the street they better run. Whatever your reason works for me. Please send me the picture you want on the blog. Oh and if some of you choose not to send in pictures that's fine because I do have pictures of all of you (except Woody) and trust me they are not real pretty but I'll take what I have unless you cough it up. I'm looking to have this up in the next 2 weeks. Later chumps

Oh It's On Now!!!

Like a kid waiting for Santa on Xmas Eve, we have waited. We've drafted, discussed and written on NFL topics hoping to see some sign that the season is getting closer. Well get your smiling avatars ready, start writing up you best smack talk (because some of you need to write it out first) snap on your game face and get your team set up in the league! Yahoo is now ready for you. The link to our league is in the list of links. Our league ID# 2462 and password 0880, (anyone reading this that isn't part of our league and you join will be banned so don't waste your time.)Its time to defend my title and based on our draft so far it looks to be rough. Suit up and get your name on the Hall Of Fame. Remember playoffs are active this year so even if your record isn't great you still have a chance to take it all. Just make sure you're in the top 8 teams. Good luck and lets have some fun people.

Round 7 Recap

Here is how it went down.

ROUND 6
1)Fresh Fish--R. Moss (NE)
2)Sap Suckers--Thomas Jones (JET)
3)Clam Rams-- A. Johnson (Hou)
4)Blue Heelers-- J. Shockey (NYG)
5)The Rogues--H. Ward (PIT)
6)Coonhounds--D. Mcallister(NO)
7)El Chupacabra--D. Branch (SEA)
8)Pink Rabbits--J. Delhomme (CAR)
9)Tanuki--J. Cutler (DEN)
10)Bebop--L. Evans (BUF)

Defend Yourself I Say!!!!

Well it's getting close to the half way mark of our draft, most of our starters are in place and ready but when should your starting defense be drafted? Well I suppose it depends on your mood or how you rank each position to each other. A good defense can really win you a game like Baltimore did last year. With the offseason shuffle every year how do you know which defense is worthing picking up right now or should you focus on your back-ups? Many different players draft differently, some think a even depth chart is the best way to go, while others try to get at least someone in the top five in every position and move on not dealing with back-ups until later. Who knows what works best, maybe both can work. Like I said it depends what you value more. Here are some of our defensive stats from last year. Baltimore hauled in 240 fantasy points which was more then any other defense and better then most players too. Chicago made 199 fantasy points which is still quite a bit higher then the defense average, the next closest was N.E.with 165 pts. After that there is a few around 150 (Philadelphia, Minnesota,San Diego)and after that most other defenses where averaging around 130. So if you have an average defense you were over 100 fantasy points behind the top defense last year. Would that extra 100 fantasy points have helped you out? Hell Yeah it would've! The answer to "is it to early to grab a defense?" is NO, it's not to early based on those stats but you have to make sure you get one of the top 3 defenses in the league or its a wasted draft pick. Do your homework and check offseason trades and signings, you just might be able to figure out who will be the best.