Cowboyz1 Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Ok, I'll go first. It was my first year in FF and had no idea how to play. I am invited to a league with some friends and I get a cursory explanation of how it works. I recall one of the guys saying these words, "you want to pick guys who score touchdowns, the longer the better". So my brain goes to work trying to think of guys who score long touchdowns. This was during the days of USA Today paper scoring on Monday mornings and my homemade excel fantasy scoring spread with formulas and everything. I was the hit of the league for that bit of programming. I digress....... So I sit there and the light bulb goes off. I got him. I know who I want. So I start inquiring about who gets to pick first and begin worrying about if he will be there when I pick. So I'm sweating out my pick in round 1. I'm in the 8 slot. It's pick 7 and he doesn't pick my guy............. I rejoice. I stand up and proudly pick Mel Gray Detroit Lions. The room goes still for all of 3 seconds then,,,,,,,,a roar of laughter fills the room. I sheepishly sit and say "dude scored 5 times on kickoffs that went for 80+". Thankfully they advised me of Def and Special teams, handed me a book and the rest is history......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HowboutthemCowboys Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 I took 2 QBs in the first four rds in a 1 QB league. One of them was Brian Griese. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the outlaw Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 (edited) i posted this in another thread, but my first year was 1998, and ended up getting the #1 pick overall (through random draw) in my first year...i can't remember if i had a magazine, or how i conducted "research" but rather than going with Terrell Davis, I proudly selected Kordell "Slash" Stewart (coming off I believe a 32 combined TD effort in 1997)...no one bothered to tell me (back then) you always take a "stud" RB with your first pick...i was somehow able to grab Marshall Faulk in the 2nd round and Curtis Martin in the 3rd, but the guy who had the #2 that year laughed all the way to the bank with TD...LOL actually now that i think about it, i may have taken a WR (although i couldn't tell you who) in the 3rd and was somehow able to get Martin in the 4th...i had that burning desire to go straight down the line and fill my roster, position by position...LOL Edited September 3, 2015 by the outlaw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grits and Shins Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 I have been playing in my local for 22 years now. When I first started it was a pure TD league. So kickers out scored everybody. I wanted Chip Lohmiller but missed him and got Pete Stoyanovich. I've learned much since then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loaf Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 too many beers ago 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avernus Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 I never make mistakes...no clue what you're talking about here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn5033 Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 I can't believe you guys even remember this stuff. I have no idea who was on my team the 1st year I played 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rileyrott Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 I can't believe you guys even remember this stuff. I have no idea who was on my team the 1st year I played I'm with you Finn. Too many dead brain cells. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avernus Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 I can't believe you guys even remember this stuff. I have no idea who was on my team the 1st year I played Haha chit I remember 98 having Randall Cunningam, Fred Taylor, Robert Edwards and umm James Jett...the rest was a blur... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scorcher Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 (edited) I took Warner the year he got hurt with the Giants as my first pick, and Mike Alstott 2nd the year he got hurt and basically faded out.I was picking names I recognized and had no idea what an ADP was. Edited September 3, 2015 by Scorcher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awahl63 Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Vince Young WAY WAY WAY TOO EARLY. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the outlaw Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 I can't believe you guys even remember this stuff. I have no idea who was on my team the 1st year I played the only reason i can remember my kordell stewart pick is because i still, to this day, get ridiculed about it this time of year...lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team Archer Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 My first year was 2010 2011 or i think. I picked nate kaeding from san diego third round because the year prior he was the highest scoring kicker. He had a season ending injury before week 1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard1233 Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 I can't believe you guys even remember this stuff. I have no idea who was on my team the 1st year I playedMe either. 15 years playing, I remember nothing except I won my first league. No idea who was on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hezagenius Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 1997. Never really followed football much prior to that. 10 teamer. 3.1 pick: Troy Davis, rookie RB, NO. Granted, it was a homer pick since he played college ball in my state so my perception was likely biased since I heard a lot about him. I'm pretty sure he wasn't even the starter. The room was quiet for a few moments after that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Country Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Ok, I'll go first. It was my first year in FF and had no idea how to play. I am invited to a league with some friends and I get a cursory explanation of how it works. I recall one of the guys saying these words, "you want to pick guys who score touchdowns, the longer the better". So my brain goes to work trying to think of guys who score long touchdowns. This was during the days of USA Today paper scoring on Monday mornings and my homemade excel fantasy scoring spread with formulas and everything. I was the hit of the league for that bit of programming. I digress....... So I sit there and the light bulb goes off. I got him. I know who I want. So I start inquiring about who gets to pick first and begin worrying about if he will be there when I pick. So I'm sweating out my pick in round 1. I'm in the 8 slot. It's pick 7 and he doesn't pick my guy............. I rejoice. I stand up and proudly pick Mel Gray Detroit Lions. The room goes still for all of 3 seconds then,,,,,,,,a roar of laughter fills the room. I sheepishly sit and say "dude scored 5 times on kickoffs that went for 80+". Thankfully they advised me of Def and Special teams, handed me a book and the rest is history......... I took 2 QBs in the first four rds in a 1 QB league. One of them was Brian Griese. Shared this story a few times before, but similar to these two, first year was '95. College buddies ask me to play the day before, little to no explanation of how it works. I grab a magazine and show up to the draft, working off their top overall lists. I get the #1 overall pick. I select Steve Young. Not bad. With my #2 pick, the highest guy on my magazine cheat sheet is Brett Favre. I pick him... butchering the name in the process, a reference that lives on to this day amongst my college buddies. Only saving grace is that part way through the season I traded Young for Chris Warren and Andre Miller, salvaging my season. young was hurt the week after the trade and missed 6-7 weeks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heehawks Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Ricky Watters at 1.03 back in the early 90s. Thats as far back as I can remember a bad pick in my first years of playing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darin3 Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Vinny Testaverde. .... the year he tore his Achilles right before halftime of Week 1. I hadn't even got off the plane back from my draft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorningMud Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 My first year playing was 2003. I don't remember my team. What I remember is that I had been dating this girl for about 3 months and her dad hadn't spoken to me once despite the fact her mom was having me to dinner every night. All of a sudden I am at their house and her dad tells me "be here tomorrow". I asked why and he told me that there was an opening in his long standing fantasy football league and he had been told I really enjoyed football. I studied my ass off that night to figure out how to play fantasy football thinking that this would be my one chance to get her dad to be "ok" with me. Went with him to his friends house. It was a live draft that was really well done. You could tell everyone had been in the league for a long time. I remember they were playing a thing about cheerleaders on the TV and I kept debating watching it or not. I did ok the first year and I won it the second year. I dated his daughter for 4 years. Him and I got along great for the rest of it. It gave us something in common. I have been hooked on it ever since. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lennykravitz2004 Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Don't recall and doesn't matter - I was the guy with the magazines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captain77 Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 First year 1999: First pick of my fantasy career…Vinny Testaverde. Everyone laughed. To add "injury" to "insult" he tears his achilles the first game of the season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishPride Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Two kickers and we only had 5 bench spots....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darin3 Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Vinny Testaverde. .... the year he tore his Achilles right before halftime of Week 1. I hadn't even got off the plane back from my draft. First year 1999: First pick of my fantasy career…Vinny Testaverde. Everyone laughed. To add "injury" to "insult" he tears his achilles the first game of the season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captain77 Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 yup…i feel ya. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanTheMan_5 Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 My first year in FF was probably my best year ever. I believe it was 2003. I had pick 5 in a 10 teamer. 1. Priest Holmes 2. Marvin Harrison 3. Fred Taylor (a year he did awesome 4. Rich Gannon 5. Travis Henry I can't remember the rest, but all those guys had career years. I havent had a team close to that good since. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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