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Week 14; fantasy judgement weekend
So here we all are then, last week of the DiS championship regular season with no team fully qualified just yet and at least 8 who technically can still get in (though more realistically, there are 3 teams and 2 places left)
Meanwhile, in the real world, there is a whole weekend's football to be played, so here is the preview:
Tonight sees Cleveland visit Pittsburgh, and though, like on Sunday, Cleveland would hate to roll over on close rivals, they're going to have to do ALOT more to convince anyone that they have a chance tonight. If they could do it at a cold windy one at home vs Baltimore, I don't see much difference here, Pitt by 7
On the Sunday earlies, there aren't many standouts, probably the best matches being Houston trying to maintain their slightly unreal form at Cincy, a team who are desperately trying to stay in playoff contention after straight losses to divisional rivals and the Jets, Titans and Chargers all winning last weekend. Will be a tough one to call, Houston keep finding a way to win despite their highly depleted roster, and Cincy have shown they can compete with the best of them, and perhaps need this more. It's likely though that Arian Foster will be the difference maker here, Houston by 6.
The other notable match is New Orleans travelling to Tennessee, who have quietly been racking up a solid season despite major backroom changes over the summer and their star performer only just waking up these last couple weeks after taking his team to the cleaners. This one has the biggest potential for an upset, as the Saints hate playing outdoors and Tenessee have proven they can knock off the big guns at home (well Baltimore anyway) and have a tough secondary. New Orleans will probably be too much, but you never can be quite sure in this league, NO by 4-5
Not much else to report. Baltimore should finally get over their Indy hijinx, albeit in much easier circumstances, but who knows, they have lost to some truly terrible teams this year, the ghosts of Johnny Unitas and the Baltimore Colts may still have the last laugh yet. (Bmore by 7)
Atlanta have been maddeningly inconsistent given their squad, and Super Cam already beat them in "fortress" Georgia Dome, so this very well could be another rookie win, Panthers by 4-5
Detroit beat Minnie by 7
Bucs and Jax will either be miserable or amazing, no idea how to call it, JAX by 3?
Miami beat Philly by 7
Jets beat Kansas by 7
New England beat Washington by +7
Later games have some tasty ones including free-falling Chicago at Denver. The Bears have been pretty depleted by injury, and well, the less said about Tebow the better. Denver by 4-5
Arizona will give the Niners a game, for divisional pride, but the Niners should be too strong, by 7
A couple of weeks ago the Raiders may well have given the Pack quite a challenge, but they're another highly depleted team and Packers at Lambeau are formidable, pack by 7
San Diego remembered who they were on Monday night by easily trouncing Jax in a performance they had started this season, and now that they've remembered how to win, they should dispatch Buffalo at home fairly easily, by 7.
Game of the week easily goes to SNF's NFC East grudge-match between the two slightly less awful teams of that division, as New York visit Dallas. It's always good fun when these two meet up, and the division will belong to one of these two so there's plenty to play for (though they will meet up again at the Meadowlands in the final weekend. They've had pretty similar seasons so far, and are relatively well matched, so this should be an exciting one right until the end. It's going to be very hard to predict, if the Giants play like they did against the Pack last week then they should wrap this up, but Dallas/Romo are generally formidable at home. That said, will the Romo December hoodoo carry on? They threw a silly game in the desert last week to the already eliminated Arizona Cardinals, and Romo is known to throw winnable games, so who knows. Just for my heart's sake, I'll go Giants by 4.
And then, barely even worth mentioning, monday night football sees a dreadful affair between St. Louis and Seattle which nearly one year ago was a preliminary playoff match between a rookie qb and a reserve to win the NFC West division. Maybe thats what ESPN were hoping when they banked on this one at the start of the season, instead they got a game between two no-hopers who to be honest aren't much different from the two extremely lucky teams from last year. Seattle are the lesser of two awfuls, and will have the 12th man on their side, so by 7, could be amazing, but St. Louis are truly awful.
So in summary, our fantasy matchups will generally be more exciting than the real thing this weekend
forgot to put NFL in the title
good
*Pitt by 70
Playing my mate in fantasy this week, we played each other already this season and he beat me by a couple of points but since CJ2k has returned to form and he lost Fred Jackson I'm hoping for a big win.
Cleveland's secondary is the only thing that will keep it from being a blow-out
but if Mendenhall is game then he should plow through like Ray-Ray did last week
To be honest I think our secondary is overrated
Statistically we look awesome but in reality we only have Haden. Teams just don't need to bother throwing against us as we are so bad against the run, specially with Ward out (see last week v your lot). Thanks for not rubbing that in btw! I have found a pub in Saigon that is sohwing it so will be getting up at 7am and heading there to watch!
sohwing it!?
it didn't really seem worth rubbing in
it was a very dull game, which had a brief moment of life in the 3rd quarter when Cleveland limped to a comeback, but then couldn't be bothered, and let Rice have a career day. At which point I switched over to the far superior Pack/Giants game.
:(
sorry, was that rubbing it in?
yous were dreadful :(
I understand
I wouldn't wish watching us on anyone. I'm fairly newish to football but have never seen such a boring offense, conservative play calling and lack of playmakers as we have. I'm OK with the losing, we have very few elite players, but the way we are playing is just painful to watch.
Maybe I wont get up at 7am!
At least the DiS Championship has entertained me this year!
well I mean you were pretty good last year
Hillis was obviously fantastic and even McCoy had a couple of great games, your injuries basically killed this.
Can I ask why you are a browns fan? Because this was pretty much what you signed up for...
may start this again
its a mess, no one knows what its about, they probably think theres a small sub-section of DIS into roleplay
:D There's only half a dozen people who write on these threads anyway
just PM them the link to this one, explaining why you forgot to put NFL in the title
hahaha :D
2000 word essay on why I forgot to put NFL in the title :D
I like it this way.
We need it to be MORE hidden. Every week a more irrelevant title.
I can't wait for fantasy this week. I've got playoffs sealed in my other league but hoping for No.1 seeding. In this league I need to beat Heaton, then hope for Battlefield loss, and THEN hope for a Cirque or Plymouth loss plus me scoring 20+ more points. In football terms, there's 0:58 on the clock in the 4th, we're seven points down, one timeout, and Kyle Boller is our QB.
Looking forward to seeing the Dolphins again this week, and gawping at the amazing luck the Colts actually seem to have in getting their franchise QB injured in the year they can pick up their next franchise QB in the draft.
YOU NEED A TEBOW
Interesting article on NFL.com about how Peyton Manning should be MVP this year
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/09000d5d824d199b/article/can-you-be-mvp-without-playing-in-mannings-case-maybe?module=HP11_headline_stack
I think Rodgers will walk it this, he's having a ridiculous season but maybe if it was a bit more open you could make a good case for Peyton. That offense is usually ranked #1 or near to it, without him their #29 and 0-12
Brees has been excellent too
and may still beat Marino's record, but probably will lose out on the basis that they're not unbeaten
yeah, i wonder how different the rest of the season would have gone if New Orleans had won that opening game?
*differently
aye totally feasible that N'awlins would be undefeated now
there is the problem of the Saints being terrible away from home/playing outside a dome in the playoffs though
Newton?
Newton's been amazing
but I think the writers will be less inclined to give him MVP as well as the Rookie of the Year, plus ignoring Rodgers year which is arguably the best QB season of all time would be insane
would now be an appropriate time to admint that I don't find Rodgers a particularly exciting player to watch?
No doubts he's a fantastic player and an absolute shoe-in for MVP but, I don't know, just can't get that excited watching him
Might be because he is just that good and efficient that he doesn't often seem to have to take the big gambles that lead to ridiculously OTT plays, or might just be beacuse he's a Packer :D
ban request?
I've felt the same way about Peyton Manning for years
yeah you'd get the occasional big play to Wayne or Harrison but most of the time he was just a 3rd down converting robot, always finding the open man (usually Dallas Clark) for a short gain that moves the chains
btw I used past tense here because I consider the Manning era to be over now
Nah, I really enjoy watching Rodgers
I think I know what your getting at, watching near perfection can sometimes be a bit boring (that's why college games are often better than NFL I feel), but I think I like watching Rodgers the most off all the elite QB's. Dunno why now I think of it, will reply again when more thought has been put into this!
yeah you're nuts Rodgers is fantastic to watch
I DO agree about Manning however, he is so painfully efficient that he becomes rather dull at times, but it is thrilling to watch any quarterback lead their team from behind.
Also there is no way the Manning era is over yet, it just might be at Indy.
did you not see the Giants game on Sunday?
any other QB would have taken O.T, Rodgers throws a massive play to Greg Jennings with a minute to go so that they can go ahead and win the game with a field goal before needing O.T. Thrilling: http://www.nfl.com/videos/auto/09000d5d824bde2a/WK-13-Aaron-Rodgers-highlights
*Jordy nelson
last clip in that vid^
if the mvp is given to a quarterback of a team who are currently 4-8
I am taking the ball and going home. Fucking Tebow is more deserving!
Haha, not even divine intervention could get Tebow the MVP
mate, the way this season is going
not only will Tebow be MVP he'll somehow have a superbowl ring on his finger!
I can see it happening.
He'll make the Super Bowl, complete three passes for 5 yards and be kept in it by his defense and maybe a special teams thing. Then, down by 6, he'll wind up like a cartwheel for about 5 seconds and lob one to the end zone with 10 seconds left...
everything up until the last bit
he'll blates run for a 90-yrd TD after nearly conceding a Safety
I didn't tell you who'll catch it.
He will.
Rodgers will walk it, but Cam is far more exciting to watch.
He's like a 250pound Michael Vick.
I think Eli Manning should be in contention. No, really. He's having an incredible year with absolutely nothing around him. Most of the year he's been throwing to Victor Cruz because there is literally no one else who can walk.
I'm glad this is the NFL thread
And not a thread explaining that someone has been judging our fantasies and will be reporting back this weekend.
Couldn't be more excited about the last week of fantasy, which is tragic but true. After last week's 0.5 point debacle (Sprolesy, how could you?) I still just need that one win to stumble over the line into the playoffs. So I will be the one person in the world salivating over the Rams Seahawks game, cheering Marshawn Lynch on.
38 replies already!
apparently the lack of qualifiers to threads is a blessing
Who is Plymouth Unremarkables on here again?
I have you this week. Should have a big bearing on who is in the playoffs and in what position. Thankfully I think my Points for should see me through though even if I lose. Really want to finish top though!
Btw, did no one else have a waiver request in for Marion Barber?
I'm struggling at rb so am pleased to get him regardless.
I thought about it
But I'm solid at RB. Could go for a Welker or two though.
C'est moi.
Couldn't have picked a worse matchup to try and get into the playoffs, particularly with all my RBs except Murray dying or dead. Don't fancy my chances, quite disappointing as I've been in the playoff positions since week one.
Not worthy of its own thread but American Sports related:
Albert Pujols signs for the LAA Angels FOR TEN YEARS
http://www.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20111208&content_id=26127586&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb
I mean, anyone who knows anything about Baseball will get why this is such a big deal
They'll pay him $250m over 10 years.
That's A QUARTER OF A BILLION DOLLARS, and he'll be 41 at the end. Rough UK equivalent: £320,000 a week. for 10 years.
So gutted I'm not in contention for the playoffs anymore.
Apparently Vernon Davis dropped a TD pass last week which would have given me the win. Also I played DeSean Jackson instead of Kevin Smith and it cost me big time. So it goes.
I've loved this fantasy malarkey though, same time next year with an expanded league?
don't forget fantasy playoffs!
I'm not in them.
Or is there some kind of wooden spoon playoff I'm not aware of??
there is aye
but also, there is fantasy during the NFL playoffs
Mint!
New draft and everything?
nah, you basically pick the best team available each week
and get extra points if you pick players from a winning/progressing team in the NFL playoffs
Seemed like a wierd game for pittsburgh last night
suffered some injured and struggled at times but got it done. Well played Cleveland
It wasn't very pretty really.
Can't understand why they let Big Ben go back out there when he was obviously really hurt. Sure, he could still manage the game better than Batch, but he could barely move, seriously running the risk of knocking himself out for the year.
On the plus side, Antonio Brown has got me off to a flyer.
Hey, pittsburgh want to risk injury on the basis that they're the "tough guy team"
its fine by me
More bizarre was Colt going back in after getting Harrisoned.
Browns genuinely had a chance to win that game, but he could clearly barely even see straight, let alone throw straight.
His dad's been raging at the Browns management team all week
Says McCoy phoned him up the next day saying he couldn't remember the night before but that he'd let the team down : (
Well he's got a right to
I was watching it via dodgy stream and even I could tell he'd had his bell rung and then some...
two big stories to report today;
1) Robert Griffin III has won this years Heisman trophy. The Junior Baylor Quarterback has been mighty exciting and "outlucked Andrew Luck"
http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/7339011/robert-griffin-iii-baylor-bears-wins-77th-heisman-trophy
2) Sorry to go to Baseball again, but this year's NL MVP Ryan Braun of the Milwaukee Brewers has tested postive for PED's, a real dissapointment for a sport thats gone at such lengths to clean its image up;
http://espn.go.com/espn/otl/story/_/id/7338271/ryan-braun-milwaukee-brewers-tests-positive-performance-enhancing-drug
NL MVP should have been Mike Brains
this was bound to happen.
No-one?
Bugger it.
That's awful news about Braun
My favourite player by far.
he was so exciting to watch
and now we (possibly) know why
I need some team confirmations to come through
Smith might be out for Detroit at RB so I'm going with his back-up possibly.
Also, FAO: Michael Turner. Take an aspirin and take on the LOWEST RANKED FANTASY RUN DEFENSE.
Um, what are you on?
Cam didn't beat Atlanta at home. In fact he threw three interceptions and Michael Turner lit up the Panthers run D
oh
the League/media loves Cam so much evidently, that all I remember from that game is his (2?) touchdowns
1 TD rushing
He did the Deion dance at the end.
that's the one
Some picks
Jets get it done versus the Chiefs but purely on defensive scores/short yardage situations from INTs and FFs.. Sanchez has a 'mare. Again.
Detroit struggle but get the win against Minnesota who blitz Stafford like crazy to make up for their awful Cover Two. 2 sacks at least for Jared Allen.
Bears stop Tebow. You heard it here first. Special teams kill the Broncos.
I want to like Super Cam against the Falcons but I just can't. Michael Turner burns up the Panthers again.
New Orleans have a rough first half as CJ2K runs all over them but re-assert themselves 2nd half. No-one can keep up with Brees and that three-headed backfield monster.
Giants-Dallas. I BELIEVE IN ELI! The deep ball kills Dallas. Again. That secondary is a paper tiger.
Miami vs Philly too close to call, actually turns into the best game of the week...
...if it wasn't for Bengals vs Texans. Mistake ridden defensive slobberknocker. Texans bloody Andy Dalton's nose and grind out a win behind Tate and Foster and that ridiculous defensive front seven. (I think Wade Phillips gets far too much credit... they had so much talent before he came in. All he did was put it together and lobby the GM to add some vets to the secondary. I could do that.)
And Sanchez directs a scoring drive on his first possession
That's the kind of proving me wrong I actually like.
Going with Maurice Morris then as an RB
Dolphins-Eagles will be a good game. I think our goal should be finishing above Buffalo and the Jets which seems possible given those two teams' perpetual slide.
Is this worse than Two And A Half Men?
Let's go get a snack!
Doops forgot the link
http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-network-gameday/09000d5d824ed655/The-third-Ryan-brother
here we go DiS championship
here we go.
ropey old start for my boys
could really do without Shonne Greene deciding to do stuff today. Can see myself waiting on the Seattle D to be bailing me out, which is not how I imagined the whole fantasy season ending up.
You literally cannot touch Tom Brady
Not watching this,
Do you mean in the Not Allowed To sense, or the MC Hammer, too good sense?
Not Allowed To
London Fletcher got a sweet head-on hit with him and they called a personal foul on him. Brady wasn't on the floor yet and Fletcher's forearm was nowhere near Brady. Unbelievable call - you'd have thought the amount of jokes made about Brady being protected might've made umpires conscious that they might be doing it, but no.
In the 'watch the laundry fly if you even so much as land a finger on his heinie' sense
Cincy dominating so far
interesting...
Not any more they're not
What are Washington playing at here?
it's more the comedy Patriots defense
Watch the two DBs fall over each other on this lovely end-around gadget play.
http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-cant-miss-plays/09000d5d824ee509/WK-14-Can-t-Miss-Play-Money-in-the-Banks?module=HP11_headline_stack
The Jets just scored on a 92 yard drive
In which they had 11 yards of offense, and a mere 81 yards of penalties. Kansas City, you imbeciles.
I'm loving this
Means at least that Sanchez doesn't go all wobbly on us.
Lol, they score a touchdown and then muff the onside kick
They're worse than the 2008 Lions
Tenessee with 7 seconds to win in the red zone!
lol
Jake Locker falls over instead of passing to one of two free guys standing a few yards in front of him. Good.
FUCKING FRENZY
Cleo Lemon must be watching Minnesota
and wondering why he's no longer a pro QB.
Losman is the Fins QB now?!
JFC.
Carlson Palmer
considered throwing, saw that it would be suicide, and then threw anyway. Good.
Heartbreaker
But Jake Locker is money.
oh man!
Texans make the playoffs, right? beat the bengals, titans lost!
Yeah they're in
yeah, I forgot to make a bigger deal of this
TEXANS! Shame they may well be playing Pittsburgh
yeah but you never know! :D
I can't believe how nice Tebow actually is.
He takes criticism like you're telling him he has nice hair...
I hope he loses his legs in a fire.
Green Bay are going to go 16-0 aren't they
*19-0
it is very hard to see anyone beating them
Maybe Brady, but then I would be very much rooting for Green Bay
so we're entering the final quarter at Mile High
Denver down by Ten, think we're just about coming to Tebow Time
...it's brewing
um, Tebow really needs to do this for me...
No way
Though if the bears keep handing it off up the middle I will explode.
Marion Barber does a Felix Jones
Why do teams implode when they face the Broncos during the 4th quarter?
It's enough to make me believe in divine intervention
jfc
AHAHAHA
TEBOWWWWWWWW O.T
BARBER FUMBLES!
This is literally unbelievable.
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
THERE IS A GOD, BELIEVE
what a catch, unbelievable Jeff
HERE WE GO
GOTTTT ITTTTTTT!
TEBOWWWWWWWWW!!11!
incredible scenes
what a sport, what entertainment, what a man. The world of sport is a better place with Tebow (and Cam) I swear to god.
outrageous
fair play to the dude
his 5 active players are realling pulling their weight for their 3 inactives
did not see Dez Bryant there mind
did not.
any of you Giants fans staying up for this one?
it should be pretty good, I don't think I have the nerve though
I'm studying. Might have it on in the background.
I love the Giants despite being a Jets fan. Dunno why, just love it when they get it together. Plus I want them to win this so that they won't be hungry for a victory when they play us Christmas Eve.
Yeah, in my chalet at ATP.
Great fumble recovery. JPP is a bit of a legend huh?'!
JPP's been big this year
but i decided to pop some money on the cowboys by 7-12. tight at the moment. also chucked a fiver on tebow going to the superbowl. let's all stop pretending that god doesn't exist and admit he's going all the way
Oh wow
This is what it's all about. Giants, 5 down with 2 minutes an the ball on the dallas 40. Come on Sli!
A minute left and At the 1
Please don't throw. Run this.
Touchdown!
46 seconds for the cowboys to come back
47yd FG try
For overtime
Jpp blocks it!!
i know it's basically a day late
but JPP was fucking amazing in that game. get him to hawaii
Yes!
Nice one Giants. As for Tebow and Denver, this is getting ridiculous now, surely it'll end next week against New England though...right?
I wish i coud say yes
But I honestly do not know.
If Tebow beats New England
then I'll start going to church on Sundays, I'm actually starting to question whether he might be the 2nd coming!
Seriously though whilst he was able to get it done against that Bears D, you have to point out that its a Bears team without Cutler or Forte. New England is a different level for Denver and as much as I like them defensively, nobody has really found an answer for those TE packages the Pats run. You wouldn't want to bet against Gronkowski scoring and as bad as their secondary is I still can't see a Tebow led offense outscoring a Tom Brady one
The Broncs have not gone up against any really top notch offenses/QBs
(and no, Rivers does not count). They will get obliterated next week. What people have forgotten to mention is just how godawful conservative Chicago were on offense. Their defense and special teams kept them in the game and nearly won it for them, if only they hadn't kept handing it off 3 times and then trooping off to the sidelines.
I wouldn't be so sure
if Von Miller keeps terrorizing QBs the way he has Brady could be in for a rough one come sunday. So exciting all of this!
actually it benefits Baltimore if Tebow wins seeding wise
TEBOW TIME!
Well that was annoying.
Got the second highest weekly points total in the DiS league but I was playing the guy who got the most. This was in spite of forgetting to sub out Kevin Smith too, otherwise I would have won. Boooooo fantasy.
wow, what a game last night
pretty much how I thought it would go down, makes me wish I'd stayed up. Fantastic though the Cowboys lose and the division is now the Giants for the taking and Eli (saved my skin) got me into the Playoffs with FOURHUNDREAD YARDS AND TWO TDS YEAH
My fantasy performance was literally the highlight of a really shit weekend
I was playing a mate of mine and as neither of us have any Seahawks or Rams I know I've won quite comfortably, he was 11-2 as well and had already beaten me once this year.
I feel like I owe Maurice Jones Drew a drink or something, I'm in a PPR league so he put up 43 points for me. I also took a snap decision seconds before kick off to bench Greg Jennings and put in Percy Harvin and that worked out really well too (I never seem to get those decisions right)
I think that if Cirque lose their game now I'm in the playoffs.
Holy shit. I'm off to Seattle to traumatise Marshawn Lynch...
all I know is I should go in at 3rd!
I reckon I need the following:
Lynch - 2 TDs and 100 yards or 1TD & 160 yds, Seattle D concede about 15 with several sacks and in INT or two.
I'm bricking it. How has it come to this, after 14 weeks, that I'm letting it all hang on bloody Seattle? Should have put Ryan in instead of Vick, gaaaaaaaaaaaaaah.
they are playing St. Louis
AT HOME, you really do have that heavily in your favour
they are playing St. Louis
AT HOME, you really do have that heavily in your favour
Not saying it couldn't happen, tha's certainly why i put the seattle D in
Its just WAY more than I should be relying on them for. If I didn't have to work tomorrow and 2 small children, I'd stay up and watch for sure.
I'm going to watch it I think
If Lynch looks good then I'll stop at half-time, even as it is I can't believe I'm staying up to watch the Rams.
as I said a couple weeks ago
Seattle do have a great D when they show up
Playoffs for ICTBrowns!!!
Had 91.94 points on my bench this week?! Wtf, that's only 5.4 less than my actual team. My random stashing of Felix Jones the other week isn't looking so daft now either.
aye similarly, good to see Miles Austin get his groove back this week
going into playoffs!
Gotta say you deserve it,
Been at the top for pretty much the whole time. Hat tipped.
Thanks y'all
This whole fantasy lark is more stressful than I imagined! Have really enjoyed it though. Pity that one guy signed up and didn't really play (but still won cos of Rodgers). Hope he didn't fuck up someone getting in the playoffs.
he NEARLY beat me
so as a result, Plymouth Unremarkables are out, but it wasn't a total drubbing at least.
Could have won if I'd played Gerhart
My RB situation has just collapsed these last 2 weeks. Wasn't expecting any change from you but FFS this was winnable.
What's the playoff situation? I know Cirque lost too but I'm too drunk to do the maths.
I'm pretty sure cirque stays in on points scored or something like that as 4th seed
I overtake the both of you ;)
Nuh-uh!
I'm in at number 2 by my reckoning.
that was before Lynch went into Beast Mode
cheers for that, anyway, making me number 4.
Bradford's back for the Rams tonight.
I'm clutching at straws here. I'd be amazed if Lynch and the Seattle D can't put together 30 points.
Also
I'm sad to see Sparano get fired tonight. Another absolutely amateur job of handling it by our head office, which is of course no surprise given how they treated him in the offseason.
Please no Jon Gruden, unless he gets rid of that centre parting. Bill Cowher or Jeff Fisher would be fine with me.
Important Rams TD there for me.
This is nerveshredding. I'd love to sleep but I can't, and I've got my hopes pinned on the RAMS of all teams.
YEAH MARSHAWN!!!!!
just got me into my fantasy playoffs
Skittles!
Oh man.
Marshawn : (
Rams need a FG for me to make the playoffs now.
Did I every tell anyone
About my long-term love of the Seattle Seahawks football team?
Official DIS playoff lineup:
With seeding...
ICT Browns (1) v Battlefield Canaries (4)
Cirque du Souffle (2) vs Darlington Steamers (3)
I've got some evil matchups this week, wouldn't mind Drew Brees stepping on a rake or something.
I've been working too much of late,
haven't had a chance to discuss any Fantasy business for weeks.
Very happy to be involved in the playoffs, I thought I'd blown it this weekend after losing by less than a point (and marooning a shitload of points on my bench which would have seen me run out a comfortable winner).
So, now that we're in the postseason there's no more tinkering to be done with free agency/waiver wire? Makes sense, but has left me with a slightly cobbled together unit after losing my top receiver (Jennings) for the remainder of the season.
So I take it from the Brees comment that we're facing off this week? What do you think of the match up?
Indeed we are.
You can still use the waiver wire though, although pickings remain unutterably slim.
My last few games have all been decided by a handful of points, can't see this being any different. I expect Brees to put up a sackload against the Vikings, who are the worst rated against the pass in the league. I've probably got the edge at RB, although Rice can blow up huge at any time. WRs are a lottery at the best of times, so all in all.... a draw?
I expect NFL.com to predict a 170-169 shootout as per usual.
Rice has been a lifesaver on many occasions at RB
The rest of them are just too inconsistent; I bench Jacobs last weekend and he runs riot, and Ben Tate's numbers are so reliant on how the Texans use Foster. Heath Miller LOST me points this week, and Winslow isn't a solid enough fantasy TE (both of these drafted in after Ol' Smokey Fred Davis foolishly ended his season early and Greg Olsen let me down once too often). And it looks like I'll have to sweat it out to see whether Early Doucet and Anquan Boldin can finally both post some decent numbers in the same week.
If Matt Ryan can go off like he did this weekend, it'll definitely be a big numbers shoot out. Maybe it'll come down to something weird like defense or kicker. Much as it pains me to say it, I think your defense has a plum match up against a Bears team utterly bereft of offensive ideas right now.
I'm going to go ahead and say right now that
if I come out of this on top it will be some miracle of epic, Tebowian proportions.
Fuck this
Fuck it hard.
I feel like a fraud
sorry :(
Pah, Championship Playoffs are rubbish
it's the Consolation Bracket where all* of the excitement is
*none
I notice Peckham Parole Officers have dropped all their players.
What do we think? Are they fair game or do we leave them on the wire as though it didn't happen?
Yeah, I thought you can take yor pickings!
Really disappointed to miss the colsolation barcket after having a big lead going into lat night. Lynch and the Seahawks D came up big against me, and now I finish clear bottom :(
That shit is weak yo
You cant be doing that or the person with the best waiver (lowest position) will just get your best players and win the championship. Basically by me finishing top, I'd be fucked.
Well, if teams 5-8 have any sense
They'll snap them up. But yeah, I'm sure spit-fire has done it with the best intentions, but it'll unreasonably affect the whole thing IMO.
It basically helps folk without them warranting it.
If this was a trade then everyone would vote against it. I guess I can do something as the League Manager but ain't going to unless there is a concensus.
I'd vote for doing something about it,
But then I wouldn't get anyone good by the time my waiver came round. Anyone else?
I'll 2nd that, you should do something about it
(I did put in some waiver moves in case this wasn't addressed but have just withdrawn them in the interests of sportsmanship & fair play)
OK
Anyone else? Severed? It would be easiest, if you are reading this spit-fire, for you to pick all your players back up. That way people who aren't reading this wont shit them selves with excitement when they see Victor Cruz sitting there and skew everything! Once people start picking up players its going to be hard to keep track off and i'm not sure that I can veto waiver pick ups anyway.
oh, I didn't read this yet
and went and requested them all, it would probably be kinda unfair though, so I'm happy to delete them (or let spit-fire claim them back)
Well that's three of the top four agreed,
ThierryEnnui to thread, and then to solemnly promise hand on heart not to swap the totally broken Greg Jennings for, I dunno, Hakeem Nicks. Podge, you're on your own with div 2 though by the looks of it.
Oh.
There he is. That took me 10 minutes to write did it? Well done me.
Oh hai!
If there's someone who was on the waiver wire who was there prior to this debacle, I'm alright to trade in my broken Jennings, right?
Boo-urns
But yes, in the interests of bitter, boring sportsmanship, we should probably not all fall on these waivergifts like rabid dogs (which means I, too, have to go and delete my waiver requests, which is especially painful as my top receiver is now injured for the season)
I'm reading.
I don't think it lets me pick them up. I'd be in the waivers along with you.
Sorry, it was an impulse idea. I thought it would make for a good spectacle/strengthen the competition, but I can see why people could be miffed. Don't know that it would *seriously* skew the competition though.
I can see why you did it
It probably wouldn't seriously skew it, but it MIGHT, that's the thing. You don't want 14 weeks of pointless but nonetheless fervent effort to be wasted when someone lucks into having Hakeem Nicks/Victor Cruz/Shonne Greene for the last two weeks instead of some pisspoor duffer.
basically, as the number 4 seed
if no one beneath me claimed them I would go from having the weakest team (on paper) to easily one of the best, which isn't really fair on the 3 guys above me, who have earnt it far more. I have to hope my guys perform as I said up there^ a Tebowian miracle
Just posted a wee note to this effect on the league page then.
Always wanted to use the 'Designate as League Manager Post' box. The power!!
This was meant to appear up there a bit^
185 replies btw!
its been a stressful/fun/exciting weekend
it only gets worse/better from here
James Harrison gets suspended
What do you guys think of this? I know I'm obviously biased as a Steelers fan but I really can't understand how the league can admit that McCoy had left the pocket and was running with the ball and then say Harrison was in the wrong for hitting him in the head? If McCoy had been a running back it would have been a clean hit, the only way it could be deemed a penalty is for a late hit as McCoy threw the ball just before the tackle but even then I disagree.
They're clearly trying to make an example out of him, frankly I think the helmet to helmet hit ON Harrison that broke his orbital bone was far worse and that didn't even draw a flag.
Harrison is probably the most unlucky/scapegoated guy in the league
It was a nasty hit, but Harrison was just doing his job, there was so malicious intent (as far as I could tell)
exactly, if the NFL wants to protect their players they should warn QBs not to run out of the pocket with the ball under their arm
These guys are only doing what they've been trained to do all their lives.
Its the inconsistencies that annoy me most, granted the Steelers are a tough hitting team (hence the 6 rings) but I don't think we're the dirtiest team in the league yet we're penalised and fined as if we are. Tomlin and Lebeau even met with the Commish' about why the hit on Harrison wasn't a penalty but any hit by Harrison is a fine and apparently he couldn't give them an answer. Two weeks later and he's suspending him before a crucial game! I met Roger Goodell a couple of years ago (before all these rule changes) and all I said to him was how grateful the UK fans were for the Wembley games, if I met him now I'd have a whole lot more to say!
Disagree!
Harrison new exactly what he was doing. His head was up as McCoy got rid of it but he lowered it and hit him helmet to helmet anyway. If it was a one off it could be construed as a mistake (still a fine) but Harrison has done this often. McCoy was a defenseless player QB or not. Also I don't have a problem with Goodell trying to stop this, that kind of tackle could/does end peoples careers. You may have already, but I recommend reading this article and watching the video: http://tinyurl.com/448olk8
Imagine if that tackle was on Rodgers or Brady btw!
I'm not disagreeing with the rule changes themselves, just that the application of them is inconsistent
And I've read various articles on CTE and I agree that steps need to be taken to improve players safety but the game will never be safe and the players know the risks when they get involved. Also the worst documented cases of CTE in football are in lineman but the league has done nothing to prevent the continual clash of heads on the line that happens with every snap. If Goodell really wanted to prevent concussion he knows he should implement a standing snap system as this is the only option for offensive and defensive lineman safety.
Also McCoy wasn't a defenseless player, by definition if a QB runs out of the tackle box with the ball he is deemed a runner and therefore can not be deemed a defenseless player. You could argue that Harrisons hit was late (i would disagree as he was less than two steps from the player which is usually the definition) but that's about it and being suspended for a late hit is a joke.
If that tackle had been on Brady then Harrison would have been banned for life but everyone knows its one rule for the Pats and another for the rest of the league
Tricky one this.
Slow motion is part of the problem IMO. You look at it in slow motion, it looks awful, the head snaps back, the helmet wobbles, it look slike Harrison has and age to decide he's going to flat out murder him. Look at it in full speed and he's clearly got a very short amount of time to make his mind up.
It's not the lateness or the defenselessness of the QB
it's the helmet to helmet hit. Also, with lineman there is a lot less danger as they tend not to be moving when the hit is made - there's a lot more power but far less momentum. As linebackers and safeties are looking more and more like muscular linemen these days, they hit with huge power and momentum which is far more dangerous.
I guess we are just going to see it from different sides
To me though it was definitely late, McCoy didn't have the ball. Its not just late though, he has used his helmet to make a tackle. When Harrison has been playing football for as long as he has and he cant tackle a QB with out using his head aimed at his, then he should just retire as he threatened to last year.
to be honest
all of this arguement is GREAT for Baltimore