Official Week 1 BP.net Bowl Fantasy Football Thread

[Neal]

Oh, I was just picking with you Jerhart.

Also, yes it is my first year playing fantasy football, which that has nothing to do with my knowledge of football.

[Jerhart]

Oh, I was just picking with you Jerhart.

Also, yes it is my first year playing fantasy football, which that has nothing to do with my knowledge of football.

Not questioning your knowledge Neal...I know, you know your football...

[Emilio]

Oh, I was just picking with you Jerhart.

Also, yes it is my first year playing fantasy football, which that has nothing to do with my knowledge of football.

It's my first also.

[Colin Vestrand]

ugh, pretty much all of my players sucked today!

[Neal]

It's ok Colin. I hope Grant finishes good, he's got me 9 pts right now, and it's half, i'm at 124. I'm hoping to reach the 140s. I still have Owens tomorrow night also.

[Colin Vestrand]

yeah i'm not worried, just glad football is here.

[Jerhart]

Duplicate Post....Sorry!

[Jerhart]

It's ok Colin. I hope Grant finishes good, he's got me 9 pts right now, and it's half, i'm at 124. I'm hoping to reach the 140s. I still have Owens tomorrow night also.

***edit*** You changed your post. This was a response to your post about your buddy giving you all his good players in your other league and you barely won. ***edit***

Yeah I have had similar situations.

I have had some teams before who look unstoppable on paper but end up doing mediocre in the season. On the flip side, I had a team a few years ago where I just played with matchups. I would pick up 'B' list players but they would be playing against like the 30, 31, or 32nd ranked pass defense. I ended up getting 2nd in the league.


For everyone.

I really think that it is all about match ups. Going back to Drew Brees (who will be a top QB this season ). He[the Saints] had played the Lions. Review last season's rankings...Last year the Lions were ranked 32nd in overall defense, dead last in the league where the Saints were ranked #1 in overall offense. Clearly the QB of the #1 offense is going to throw up some big numbers against the #32 defense.

I don't think Brees would throw 6 TD's against Pittsburgh's D.

FF is all about who is playing who.

That being said...I am not bummed about Lendale getting 2 pts for me. Going up against Pittsburgh D...I wasn't expecting much.

I don't usually pay attention to the projected points via ESPN.

I go: to http://www.nfl.com/stats/team?season...=REG&Submit=Go

Search for last season's rankings...once the season gets going after a few weeks you can start following this years rankings. I will look at my WR options and activate those players playing low ranked Defenses (passing).

OR

I will search for the lowest ranked defenses, see who the opponent is for that week and go pick up free agents on the opposing team (as long as they are a first string receiver). This method is about 50/50 as sometimes you can't find players...and I just get lazy and don't care that much...it takes a little time and research.

Also keep an eye on injuries. RBs WRs and QBs get injured every week...this means you may have a chance to pick up a real gem...IE. Matt Cassel from last season.

[Fearless]

Come on Brady, Faulk and Welker!! Cadillac had a great game. Man I was right about my Dolphins Atlanta whooped them.

Sorry but kinda still praying for lots of interceptions and fumbles for your team tomorrow night!!

Does anyone else absolutely hate trying to figure out who might be good and who might be bad the first week of the season?

[Jerhart]

Does anyone else absolutely hate trying to figure out who might be good and who might be bad the first week of the season?

Ha...I feel ya on that one. The first couple of weeks are like that. It is almost like preseason for FF to see who earns a roster spot.