The draft just ended... How you feeling about your team?

We all have have ups and downs with regard to our feelings about our teams throughout these long drafts and now that it's over you can look it over and take in the complete picture. What do you see?

What I see (from my likely starters) is...

QB - Palmer and Hasselbeck - Two guys that, even coming off injuries, are way too talented for both to be bad. At worst I'm playing the week-to-week match up game. At best I'm trading one to someone whose QBs aren't as good as either of mine... which could be much of the league.

RB - Slaton, Smith and Bush - Best case scenario presents 3 top ten RBs in this format. Worst case is Bush doesn't finish the season, again, and the other two are just average. If all three finish the season, I'd be shocked if they're not all at least top 15-20.

WR - Colston and Coles - Huddle has them both in the top 15. I could easily see that happening. Colston could be somewhere in top 7. Both are in very good offenses with very good QBs and both have shown to be very productive. Worst case, assuming both stay healthy, they're still both top 25-30. High ceiling, above average floor

TE - Winslow - He's the best receiver on his team but his QB (pick one) will likely be mediocre. Crap shoot. Could range anywhere from top 3 all the way down to bust.

D - Cowboys - Led the league in sacks, by a fair margin, but INT/turnover numbers were low. Not likely that will happen again. The two don't really jive usually. They'll keep bringing the heat and the turnover numbers and potential defensive scores will go up. How good will they be fantasy wise? Not sure, but they'll be better than last year.

K - Whoever the pre-select lottery picks for me - I don't really care.

Bench

RB
Charles, Jamaal
Coffee, Glen
Jackson, Fred

A couple guys at RB that could ultimately be quality starters but at least will be getting a few touches a game either way.

WR
Butler, Deon
Ginn Jr., Ted
Maclin, Jeremy
Williamson, Troy

Bye week filler with some good flex action possibility. One or two could end up as a solid #2.

TE
Pettigrew

I think this is the first time I've ever drafted 2 TEs. As sleepers go, I thought he was better than anything else on the board, especially considering I already had 6 of each at RB and WR. Pettigrew is a big athletic dude who is an outstanding receiver.


All in all, right now I'm giving my team a B, wtih an A+ ceiling and a C- floor.

I'm feeling pretty good about my team.

QB
Starter: Manning, Peyton IND. The only league I will be able to own Peyton in, as every other league is either a keeper or has someone that will take him in round 1 or 2. Getting him at the end of 3 was too good to pass on. He may never be the #1 QB again, but his almost guaranteed top 5.
Backup: Cassel, Matt KCC - I was hoping for a better backup, but waiting till round 12 didn't leave me much.

RB
Starters: Jackson, Steven STL, Williams, DeAngelo CAR, Washington, Leon NYJ. This may be the best 3-set RBs in the league, but only if SJax stays healthy and Bulger is able to find some WRs to throw to to keep defenses off of him. I know DWill will not hit the same numbers this year, but as a 2nd rounder I think he has great value. Most of the drafts I've seen have those two going in the top 6 so taking tham at 12 and 13 looks pretty good to start. but then, this is the Huddle Ladder. Washington could be a great 3rd option and any injury to Jones makes him a solid #1.
Backups: James, Edgerrin SEA, could end up the starter in Seattle, but will be a decent bye week filler either way. Bell, Mike NOS, my flyer for this draft. Gado, Samkon STL, handcuff for SJax with my final draft pick.

WR
Starters: Gonzalez, Anthony IND, Holmes, Santonio PIT or Ward, Hines PIT. Not bad for taking my first WR in the 5th. All three can be deent WR2s. I will have to play matchups all season, which is not my strong suite, but worth it for the QB and TE I have.
Backups: Hixon, Domenik NYG, Holt, Torry JAC. Both have had success in the past. Just looking for decent bye week fillers.

TE
Starter: Witten, Jason DAL. Without TO I see Witten getting even more targets. Solid gold in this league.
Backup: Scheffler, Tony DEN. Not quite the prize he used to be, but with Orton now in, he may get more targets than last year until the WR issues get resolved.

K
Starter: Crosby, Mason GBP. Yes, i like having a top 5 kicker. Taking him in the 16th works for me.

Def
Starter: Again, I will need to play matchups but I think I have 2 of the top 5 Ds in San Diego an Pitt.

I'm solid at QB, TE, and Def and a little below average on WRs but feel I have enough depth there to make it work. My big risk is at RB. I picked two top talent players with big risks. One plays for a really bad team and one has an extremely tough rushing schedule that he may have to share. Both could be top 5 (if not #1 and #2) backs or drop completely out of the top 10. Even then though, I think if even one of my long shot RBs work out halfway decent (I'm thinking Edge), I can still make the playoffs.

Draft grade: B+ (And if you check the MFL Draft Recap, I got an A )

QB - Kurt Warner, Kyle Orton
Obviously counting on Warner staying healthy. Orton offers a decent bye week cover in week 4. Nothing much to say here.

RB - Chris Johnson, Julius Jones or Cedric Benson, Ricky WIlliams, Tashard Choice, Danny Ware
Kind of screwed myself here by waiting for the 6th to take my second RB. IBL is the only draft before Ladder for me, where WRs go early and often. So I didn't adequately account for the 3 RB possibility. I expect a better year from JJ than most people do I think, but I don't have high hopes. Because I waited so long, I had to take Williams as someone who can at least put up a few points a game rather than rolling the dice on someone else. I also have a bye week problem with Johnson and Jones. Choice and Ware could pay nice dividends in the event of injury to those ahead of them.

WR - Greg Jennings, T.J. Houshmandzadeh, Bernard Berrian, Steve Smith (NYG), Muhsin Muhammed, Hakeem Nicks
I like this corps. Jennings (assuming his injury was minor) should be great. Housh I expect to put up very consistent numbers, and I like Berrian's upside, despite being burned by him last season. If Berrian doesn't come through, Smith should also have consistent numbers, as will Muhammed. Nicks in the upside risk pick. I got him very late, and after his performance yesterday, I'm hopeful.

TE - Zach Miller, Kevin Boss
I have nothing to say about this. It's becoming pretty clear that this was a bit of a homer draft for me though.

PK - Akers
Still nothing.

DEF - Ravens
I wanted, surprise, surprise, the Giants. But BigMike out homered me and picked them as the first D off the board half a round ahead of PIT. Boo!

Overall draft grade: B-
I don't like how this turned out. I put too much focus on WR and don't even love the upside of my guys there. I think my WR bench is deeper than my RB bench, and my RB starters are shaky at best. I think I only need one or two things to go my way for this team to be a contender, but those things are not highly likely. JJ or Benson needs to put up solid RB2 numbers and they need to stay healthy. But I also think I'm one or two incidents away from this team being in the tanks. If Warner or Chris Johnson get hurt, I think this team is in the dumps. Leinhart will never be able to fill Warner's shoes, and Orton? Jesus. I'd say ceiling is an A- to an A, with a floor of a D or an F.

QB - Phillip Rivers, David Gerrard
I was very happy to land Rivers at 4.11. I think he has as much upside as any of the other Tier 2 QBs with a lot less risk. I wanted Hasselbeck as my backup but BS beat me too it, so I went with Gerrard. He's not the most exciting option, but he always seems to find a way to finish in the top ten. I'm feeling good at QB.

RB - Brian Westbrook, Joesph Addai, Felix Jones, LeSean McCoy, James Davis, Carnell Williams
I don't care what the Huddle says. Westbrook at 2.04 is a STEAL, especially in a PPR format. I followed that up with Addai at 5.02, another guy that I feel is being undervalued. It's always been a timeshare in Indy and if Addai and the O-line stay healthy, I think he'll be a high end RB2. Felix Jones at 6.11 may turn out to be my best pick of the draft as I feel his ceiling is in the same range as Chris Johnson's. Landing McCoy left me with most of the high reward and very little of the high risk that comes with owning a piece of the Eagles running game. Davis and Williams were both lottery picks. I may have made a mistake by passing up Jamal Lewis at 11.02 and going straight for his backup, but I was looking for upside. I'm feeling good at RB, but it could have gone the other way just as easily if I had missed out on Jones and/or McCoy.

WR - Andre Johnson, Roddy White, Derrick Mason, Chaz Schilens, Nate Burleson, Mohammad Massaquoi
I put a premium on the WR position this season by taking Johnson at 1.09 and White at 3.02. I feel very confident in both of them, so barring injury, I don't think I can go wrong there. Mason doesn't have much upside, but he was a great value at 8.11 and could be a Top 25 WR in our scoring format. After that, it gets kind of dicey. I missed out on a lot of the sleepers I had targeted at the position. Schilens looked like a major sleeper before he got injured, so I'm hoping he can pick up where he left off when he returns. Burleson isn't bad to have around, but it's looking like a WRBC in Seattle outside of Housh. Massaquoi will probably be the first player I cut. I'm feeling very good about my top three WRs, but I think I missed the boat on the sleepers and upside picks.

TE - Owen Daniels, Martellus Bennett
Same deal as the QB position. If you're not going to invest a high pick in one of the three or four studs, you hope to land one of the better Tier 2 guys and I feel like I did with Daniels. Bennett is an upside pick, but we'll see if there's enough to go around between him and Witten.

K - Robbie Gould
I'm always happy to have Gould kicking for me, but I really screwed up by not paying attention to my defense's bye week when pre-selecting my kickers. I'm going to end up having to release someone that I don't want to when Week 5 rolls around.

DST - Green Bay Packers
I'm feeling very good about having the Packers as my DST. They've been on fire this preseason. Again, I have the bye week issue to deal with, but that comes with the territory.

All in all, I'd have to say that I pretty much got what I wanted outside of not having much upside beyond my starters at the WR position, so if I don't have a good season, I really can't blame anyone but myself. According to MFL, I had a "horrible draft", but I'm going to beg to differ and give myself a B+.

QB - Aaron Rodgers, Jake Delhomme - Went into the 3/4 turn knowing that there was a good chance that DO Jaded was thinking the same as me... land a top-tier QB and one of the top two TE's as well. I really like the way the GB passing game is clicking this year, and felt there was a bigger gap between Rodgers and Manning than between Witten/Gates. So, I decided to secure Rodgers, who I think could possibly even be one of the top two fantasy QB's this year, and wait until after the turn to grab one of the TE's. Best case scenario, DO takes neither one and I grab Witten... worst case, I "settle" for Gates, who I really like this year as well. Decided to roll the dice on Rodgers staying healthy, though, and didn't take a backup QB until fairly late in the draft. Grade: A-

RB - Frank Gore, Thomas Jones, Kevin Faulk, Darren Sproles, Shonn Greene, Rashad Jennings - Having only one RB going into the 5.11 pick, I knew that I was probably in a position where I wouldn't be starting three RB's... at least not every single week. Granted, there were still some starting RB's on the board (Ward, J. Jones, Parker, Wells, Benson), but I had just missed on a few of the RB's that I was targeting (more like hoping they would fall to me) for the 5/6 swing... Rice, Lynch, Johnson, etc. Given that I felt that I had put myself in the position of having an advantage at QB and TE, I decided to take a couple of chances on guys who are very much "hit-or-miss", rather than just "chase" the rest of the league and grab one of the aforementioned starting RB's. I'm not as down this year on Thomas Jones as most others are, and I felt he was worth the risk with my 6th round pick. I feel even more comfortable with the pick, knowing that I have Greene as well... I think Leon Washington is an excellent change-of-pace guy, but it's Greene who will take the majority of the workload from Jones, in terms of carries and goal line work, if anybody does. In Faulk and Sproles, I feel I got two excellent PPR backs in that they both can be solid point producers as complimentary backs (similar to Washington). In Sproles particularly, I think there is a tremendous upside, given that his workload could increase dramatically if anything happens to LT. If not, though, I think he's still capable of catching 40-50 balls this year, making him a decent spot starter if needed. Jennings, although more of a late flier whose role is still somewhat undetermined, is sort of the same in that he could put up a few points as a situational back of sorts. I see myself starting two backs most weeks, with the occasional third RB thrown in if there happens to be an attractive match-up for Faulk or Sproles. Grade: C+

WR - Calvin Johnson, Donald Driver, Brandon Marshall, Davone Bess, Greg Camarillo, Kenny Britt - Going into the draft, I felt that, with the 11-slot, I wanted to get at least one top WR in the first two picks. I would have loved for AJ, Moss, or Fitz to fall to me, but was not terribly disappointed that I had to settle for Calvin instead. I debated between Gore and Johnson with that 1.11 pick, but finally decided to secure the last of the top-tier WR's, figuring that I would settle for Jackson or Williams if Gore was taken at the turn. Thus, I was very happy when Gore was still there for me at 2.2... I think he's in for a solid year in his first full season under Singletary. As I stated above, I took a chance at the 5/6 turn on both Jones and Marshall... had the news of Marshall's suspension come out earlier than it did, I probably would have gone with Anthony Gonzalez at 5.11, and waited to take a chance on Marshall at the 7/8 turn or later. Still, I'm comfortable with Johnson/Driver as my every-week starters, with one of the Miami WR's possibly stepping into the #3 role on this team. They were both money in PPR formats last year, when healthy, and I think that one of the two should pan out this year as well. Grade: B

TE - Antonio Gates, Visanthe Shiancoe - What can I say... I got the #2 TE on the board in Gates, a guy who many think could be in for a real bounce-back year. The Shiancoe pick at 10.2 was all about value... I think he's got the potential to be a top-five fantasy TE this year, which could possibly even give me the flexibility to start a 2nd TE as my flex on bye-weeks where I'm stretched a little thin at WR or RB. Grade: A

Kicker - Ryan Longwell - Not much to say, other than that I intentionally grabbed an indoors kicker with a later bye week (9), so that I don't have to worry about filling it until all of my other byes (QB, TE, Def) have passed. I like Longwell's upside this year, in what should be a more balanced attack from the MN offense. Grade: B

Defense - PHI - Even though they're ranked in the top 5 on most lists, I don't necessarily think I'll want to start this unit every single week. On the other hand, in this scoring system, all you really need from your D is sacks and TO's to be competitive at this position, so we'll see. I'll probably end up dropping somebody like Britt, Jennings, or either Bess/Camarillo if I feel the need to pick up a second defense and play the match-ups game. Grade: B

Overall, I like my team's chances... could have gone a lot of different directions with the 5/6 turn, and I'm fairly confident that those risk/reward picks will make or break my draft. However, I felt I had to take a chance or two at some point in this draft, rather than just be conservative all the way through. The unique thing about this team is that I'm solid at QB, TE, and defense, and not really sure where my flex player will come from on any given week. Realistically, it could be RB, WR, or TE. Ultimately, I feel that if Jones and/or Marshall are half as productive as last year, this team will be in the playoff hunt. If they both bomb, however, I'm probably looking at .500 at best. I like my chances.

Geez could things be going worse for me right now Roy "I'm made of glass"Williams is injured already Tom Brady is hurt again and now today the break a story that Jamal Lewis might be cut in cleveland today. I will go over my team on the weekend but as it sits right now the outlook is bleek to say the least. It is laughable though

Changed my mind and figured i am may aswell rip the crap out of my own team right now, I was so much happier last season when the draft had finished I really gave myself a chance this year i won't be shocked if i end up relegated.

QB: Tom Brady , Marc Bulger ok in Brady I have a guy who as long as he is healthy should be the equal to anyother QB in the league and should be better with the weapons they have on offense as I reallly think that galloway can make a difference for them might effect Welkers numbers a bit in my mind. Taking him at 2.08 may not have been great but there was no chance that he makes it to me at 3.05 I felt. Bulger is a solid QB when healthy and can put up numbers on an offense who could have some up and coming players aswell as one of the best all round RB's in th league. A if Brady is hurt just make it an F and I can pretty much give up now.

RB: Matt Forte, Marshawn Lynch, Chris Wells Rashard Mendenhall, Jamal Lewis taking Forte at 1.05 was a given for me would have taken Fitz if he wasn't there and whilst there is talk that Jones may steal some time away from Forte I doubt it is as signicant as alot seem to think it will be plus Cutler has already shown that he likes to dump it to Forte when he can so I would say he should still see his fair share of catches. Lynch only dropped 5.05 because of suspension he will be the primary ball carrier on what could turn into a solid offense in Buffalo plus he also falls into the category of a back who could potentially see a fair few balls thrown his way especially with TO and Evans stretching the field, This was the primary reason i took Lynch over Rice I did debate long and hard on that one though. Wells has potential and at 7.05 which is where I was hoping to land Donald Brown I feel if he stays on the field he doesn't have alot of competition to get alot of the carries on a really great offense, I have heard alot of talk about Hightower but what I saw most of last season once teams sorted out hightower if wells can't beat him out he shouldn't be in the league anyway. I love Mendenhall but without FWP going down there is no way he sees alot of action I will be stashing him away for a rainy day hoping FWP might get a little dinged up like normal. Lewis may be cut at the time I took him he was decent value who knows. B- there is a chance this could turn out well for me but it also could blow right up in my face.

WR: Roy Williams, Braylon Edwards Jerricho Cotchery, Lance Moore, Joey Galloway, Mark Bradley, Sidney Rice, Mark Clayton I had waited longer than I really wanted to to take a WR because of the Brady pick which most likely at the time would have been Roddy White if Brady had not been there, so at 3.05 I tossed up for a little over TJ and Roy but felt that the cowboys offense should be more potent then the seahawks and that Roy should be an integral part of that wouldn't shock me if that goes horribly wrong for me but I certainly threw them up on them table to be cut off, then at 4.08 I turn around after taking the glass man at 3.05 and take a major head case in Braylon Edwards $10 000 000 talen unfortunately with a 2 cent brain I couldn't pass him up though and whilst things may not look great in cleveland he is the best they have and someone has to catch the passes. Cotchery and Moore were 2 guys i didn't particularly want but were good value where they were drafted I like Galloway as i said earlier and should give me some decent depth the others were all fliers who if one works out then so be it. C I can't give it anymore then that it may turn out better it could easily turn out alot worse.

TE: Greg Olsen I am a Bears fan I wanted Olsen took him maybe a touch early doubt he makes it to my next pick though and Ihink he just may have a massive year with Cutler I think if all goes well there is no way he isn't in the top 3 TE's this season time will tell though. A-

K: Rob Bironas he is a kicker who cares he should score well though not rating this one

D: Chicago I like Lovie taking over the play calling and Marinelli coaching the line think this could really help the sack and turnover totals as might the fact the bears might actually have an offense that can keep them off the field a little more regularly once again not rating this.

Overall this is a solid team but I need some things go right time will tell but I feel i will be walking the tight rope all year with these guys.

B could turn into a B+ to an A- could also turn into and F see what happens

QBs: Ryan, Favre, Flacco. Grade: B+
I'm just disappointed that there's not any other starting QB that starts with an "F" that I could have. Then I could "F" myself of QBs. I think that Ryan will be decent and would like Flacco to step it up this year. Maybe the team begins to rely on him more. Two kids and a grey beard, here's the script.

RBs: Tomlinson, Barber, Moreno, Graham, Buckhalter. A- (The minus for not having the first two picks in the draft? Would love to have these two RBs if drafted again anytime)
I like this set of RBs and like Barber's and Tomlinson's outlook this year. Moreno is a prospect that could pay off. Would love to have three very solid players here and may or may not have that.


WRs: Bowe, TO, Hester, Harvin, Chambers. (A for depth)
TO as a 2nd receiver is great. A few years ago he was my #1 receiver. I think that he's slowing down and showing his age. He's not catching passes that he once did. Maybe the change of scenery is what he needs to commit himself to playing solid football again. Bowe is a guy that I wouldn't go out and absolutely need on a team but he was the best available. Harvin and Hester and even Chambers should be good enough to be in the starting lineup on any given Sunday.


TEs: Cooley, Fasano. (A- but very satisfied for the time waited to grab a TE)
I like Cooley and he will get his. Fasano is an under-rated TE. If he continue to score TDs, that will be fine by me.

Ks: Gostkowski. Grabbed a kicker early. Don't disappoint. Grade A


Def: Min, TB. Grade: A
This is a squad I need this year. I'd take the Vikes on every roster this year. EJ Henderson is an absolute stud and completes that team. He covers more ground than any MLB in the league and he knows what to do after he gets there. The Bucs will keep me from spending $$ on a fill in this year.

I like this team better than some others I have.

The MFL draft recap says that I have the 4th best team. We'll see about that.

I think I'm headed for semi-pro..

Middle of the Road Fodder Again

Qb--Schaub-Edwards
eeeh-not much to see--high risk with medium reward

Rb-P.Thomas, McFadden, D.Brown, Bradshaw, Hightower, McClain
a bunch of rb3 and rb4s will be playing matchups all year

Wr-Fitz, Welker, Royal, Breaston, Murphy, Collie
strength of team

Te-Keller, Finley- adequate

K-Brown
D-NYJ

just pretty vanilla will end up somewhere between 3rd and 7th

Where do you find the draft recap guys

On the league draft report. Near the top there's Display: Full Format | Grid Format | Draft Recap

Just click Draft Recap.

"12. BS Miscreant
BS Miscreant's Coach had a poor draft in the recent 2009 HUDDLE LADDER draft. Their BS Miscreant franchise came away feeling dejected about their bottom grade in the league based on analysis by MyFantasyLeague.com.

BS Miscreant has the dubious distinction of making the worst pick of the entire draft, selecting Steve Slaton in round 1 with the 3rd pick of the draft, long before the 14th spot he should have been selected in, according to ADP rankings. "He's a project," BS Miscreant coach said.

After such a pathetic draft grade, BS Miscreant is motivated to prove to the league that their picks will overachieve and bring home the trophy."



I regret to say after reading this I have become so depressed and distraught that I may not be around for opening weekend. Goodbye cruel world.

Can I have your avatar before you go?

Right now this looks like it may have been the worst pick of any draft, ever.

Well, if it makes you feel any better, I never saw it coming either. The guy was my MVP last year.

Another guy that I'm really disapointed in is Eddie Royal even though I don't own him in this league. I thought he was going to be gold in a PPR this season. Granted, it's really not his fault, but still...

My first rounder was on the bench last week. Slaton played.

Granted, LT was an injury risk given the last couple years but at least it's an injury that has him out. Slaton, FF wise, is the 4th best RB on my team right now and it's not even close and he has started and played 2 full games. My biggest problem with the whole thing is that I've left many RB/FLEX pts on my bench for two weeks now because of him and there's really no reason to think he won't right the ship but that just makes my situation worse because I have no idea when it will happen. Because he's my #1 I couldn't even really consider sitting him last week but now I have to seriously consider sitting him at the risk of him really screwing me and doing what he's capable of. What a mess!

Well I would happily swap teams with anyone right now the players I expected to be good haven't done anything (Brady, Forte, Olsen) the players who I was worried about but thought might perform have been awful (Roy Williams, Braylon Edwards, Chris Wells) All in all this team is a disaster and whilst I wasn't happy with my draft this is a millions times worse than I expected it cannot get any worse from here.

All I can say is it can't get any wprse than this crap my team is horrendous

Manning is currently carrying my team and keeping me in the running.

Gore out. Faulk was apparently a one-week PPR mirage. I know that, if I drop him, he'll catch about 10 balls the following week. Needless to say, I'll probably be going with the 2 RB and 3 WR "set" for a few weeks. Of course, with Driver putting up numbers like he has so far, that might not be such a bad thing. I need more out of Calvin Johnson, though. He's shown some flashes of brilliance, but still a little bit too much like last year... where he'll catch two passes for 95 yards. I was hoping he'd become more of an Andre Johnson type (consistently catch more balls). Too early to tell... he'll probably be fine. I guess I feel fortunate to be in 2nd place.

and now the nervous wait begins today can I hold onto the lead and grab an improbable victory pretty much over anyone. time will tell.

You gave me the proverbial @ss-whooping with that 2-3 set.

Ugh

finally is all i can say now if only willie parker would stay injured and give me Mendenhall for the rest of the season

Six points from my RB's, and I still had the week's high score. Of course, a lot of that was because my "bye week filler" defense scored almost 40. I may have to keep them, and play the matchups between PHI and SF.

This week, somebody's going to luck out, since I have Rodgers, Sproles, Driver, Gates, and my kicker on a bye.

Congrats, Hennessy. It was a tough week for me as I had the same experience across all four of my leagues. I was blown out by teams that had been struggling the first few weeks. Not surprisingly, I ran into Forte, Slaton, and the Saints defense a couple of times this weekend.

It's going to be a strange year. With random players having monster games, studs showing up one week and disappearning the next, and defenses posting 30+ points, I really don't know what to expect on any given week these days.

I obviously don't want to win bad enough because I have absolutely nothing at the WR position this year and wasn't even close to bidding high enough for the couple of guys who were just picked up. I don't know what the hell I think I'm saving my waiver $$$ for but this was just another in a long list of miscalculations on my part so far this season. I'm still in search of an answer but right now I'm not even sure where to look.

Man now an unbelievable over turned TD to Braylon Edwards cost me a win I can't catch a break this year in this league my team is bad enough without that happening.

I had no idea that the contest was as close as it got. I fell asleep during the MNF game. Good thing.

That decision to overturn the TD was pretty weak. I feel your pain.

I must be losing my friggin' mind. I go and beat my own ass about my own stupidity and then turn right around and pick up a defense, cause mine is on bye, and then fail to put them in my starting line-up. Patriots...15pts. Fortunately, this did not cost me the game or I might not have been coherent enough to type this.

Five teams tied for first place at 4-2... None of which have as many total points as any of the three teams that are 3-3.

Sounds like a consistency issue.

I'm guessing you're kidding, but my point wasn't that the 3-3 teams are better than the 4-2 teams... I'm simply pointing out that the division is pretty even, balanced, competitive, etc.

But, I'll take your bait and respond, anyway... I can't speak for the other 3-3 teams, but for myself, it's been more of a matter of points against than anything else. I've faced 766 PA through six weeks... none of the 4-2 teams have come within 75 points of that. In other words, that's at least a 15-point advantage, per week, for each of those teams, if you want to really dig into the numbers. I'm not bltching... that's fantasy football. Just a simple observation.

If you really want to dig even deeper, I've scored 125+ four times this year, while your team has just once... Yep, definitely sounds like a "consistency issue" for one of us, for sure.

Well yes, I was sort of joking. But if you had saved some of that 60+ kick you gave to my backend in week 4, you might have had enough to win week 5. Bouncing between 150 and 90 will give you plenty of points, but makes it hard to win week to week. J2V is suffering the same issue, only his variation is even higher than yours.

Guys have enough wide outs for the league if anyone is looking for one--would be looking for a runningback in return

The standings this week sort of prove my point... there are eight teams right in the thick of things. Seven of them (all 4-3) are a game back of first place. Definitely a very competitive league, no doubt.

I got a bit lucky this week... Going into Sunday night with a slim 4-5 point lead, I had the Eagles defense and Akers going against Fitz, Hightower, AND Breaston. All three Cardinals had below average nights, while the Philly D and kicking game was lights out. Fortunate "W" for me, and a tough loss for Sirloins.

Eight teams!?!? Bite your tongue! At least 10! Sure, two have losing records but both are still only one game (tie breaks aside) out of the playoffs as it stands right now, with half the season yet to play. Haven't actually broken it all down but, with the log jam we have now, in two weeks the 10th place team could be tied for 1st. Could happen.

Bite your tongue! Let's not think about two weeks from now. Let's just enjoy the moment (because I'm afraid that may be all that it lasts.)

And while were avoiding talking about what may come,no one look at the power rankings for our league either.

You're right... Eight teams are right there, but at least two more are not far behind. I went from 8th to 3rd this week, so anybody can jump way up or slide way down, with just one win/loss on any given week. Sorry... I didn't mean to count you out just yet.

I'm one of the 4-3 teams, and I'm pretty sure I'm at or near the top in points scored, so what I'm about to say isn't a case of sour grapes.

This whole season is complete and utter bull**** and it will continue to be complete and utter bull**** until about 2/3 of the NFL teams out there start playing professional football. The kind of single game stats players are putting up this year are just ridiculous and they're so random that you know it's more a function of poor play on the part of the opponent than it is individual talent.

My records range from 5-2 to 1-6 this season and I don't feel like I can take the credit or the blame for any of it. If I win, it's usually because one or more of my players put up college football stats. If I lose, it's usually for the same reason.

I miss the days when you put together a good team, set your lineup, and had a pretty good idea what to expect each week. Now it's all about who has the most fluke performances in their lineup on any given week.

I'm just not diggin' it.

Rant over.

Have sent out 4 trade offers and no one needs a wide receiver -------wahhhhhhh

I need a third WR. I just have nothing to offer in return.

I need a WR. Your offer to me was just bad timing.

send an offer anyone

Just when I get an extra starting RB, trades are over.
Also, looks like I need to win out to make the final 4. Playing all the teams right around my standings level.

I may neeed to win out just to stay in All-Pro.

I don't know if it's the relative balance in this league or the simple fickleness of FF but I'm 3-7 and lost a total of 7 games my first two seasons.