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(Message started by: StegRock on Jul 31st, 2006, 1:22am)
Title: JYJ's Drunken Pirate Slapfight Expert League
Post by StegRock on Jul 31st, 2006, 1:22am
The old Stegger [smiley=peedog.gif] is goin' to battle once again for "the Gridiron" in JYJ's web-site owners league.  Had a solid performance last year, finishing in the top two or three teams in both points and standings and winning my division.  Kudos, again, though, to the league and points champ, Eric Logan of FantasyFootballTimes.com. [smiley=bow.gif] Anyway, this thread is to act as the discussion thread for Year Two.  Here is a link to last year's thread just to give yous a feel for the wide range of discussion this thread is for.

http://www.fantasyfootballer.com/cgi-bin/theGridiron/YaBB.cgi?board=56;action=display;num=1119025155.

Root,... root, root for the... [smiley=zipit.gif] ... ;)

...

Here's the link for the league:

http://football24.myfantasyleague.com/2006/home/13471.
Title: Re: JYJ's Drunken Pirate Slapfight Expert League
Post by MordecaiCourage on Jul 31st, 2006, 1:52am
You shall..no doubt do us proud again this year.....now go slap someone silly :o
Title: Re: JYJ's Drunken Pirate Slapfight Expert League
Post by StegRock on Jul 31st, 2006, 5:37pm
No clunker picks yet... though I don't really like LaMont Jordon and Willis McGahee going in the Top 10.
Title: Re: JYJ's Drunken Pirate Slapfight Expert League
Post by StegRock on Jul 31st, 2006, 7:31pm
This guy from FantasyFootballUnlimited.com was on the clock once my pick was made.  He stopped by the site an hour and 45 minutes ago and took off.  What's he waitin' for more training camp news to break? [smiley=nownow.gif] If so, that's... [smiley=cheese.gif] And, I don't want to hear some bullshit excuse about the draft's not "officially" starting until tomorrow morning. [smiley=pullleeeeeeeze.gif] I thought this was a league of web site-owning "experts"...  How long does it take to pick one out of about five similarly-ranked tailbacks??? ::)
Title: Re: JYJ's Drunken Pirate Slapfight Expert League
Post by Takamine305 on Jul 31st, 2006, 8:52pm
Maybe it's the Rams fan coming out in me but how can you take any of the last 4 rb's over Steven Jackson......I thought he would be moving up in drafts....not down!!!  <sigh>  :P

Maybe he'll slip to 15 Steg!! ;)  Or do you even like S.J. this year??  
Title: Re: JYJ's Drunken Pirate Slapfight Expert League
Post by Philly on Jul 31st, 2006, 11:54pm
I was a bit surprised by the McGahee pick that early. Jordan I can see, but McGahee?
Title: Re: JYJ's Drunken Pirate Slapfight Expert League
Post by Oakland4life on Aug 1st, 2006, 12:00am
Geez Steg, you show'n no love for Lamont this year :'(

Thats ok though, Peyton is a GREAT pick in the "10 hole"

[smiley=thumbsup.gif]
Title: Re: JYJ's Drunken Pirate Slapfight Expert League
Post by junkyardjake on Aug 1st, 2006, 8:14am

on 07/31/06 at 23:54:03, Philly wrote:
I was a bit surprised by the McGahee pick that early. Jordan I can see, but McGahee?


Philly, truth is, I set a predraft list, and was totally expecting Ronnie Brown or LaMont Jordan to fall to #9 (Preferably Ronnie Brown, evidently the cat is totally out of the bag on him this year, he should be huge, and he is going typically top 5 or 6).   I really didn't want McGahee at that spot, he was the next available guy on my list.

McGahee has some serious questions this year for sure, one of which is his awful offensive line.  However, he is apparently in great shape, and should be pretty good, maybe breaking into the top10, but more likely at least above average.
Title: Re: JYJ's Drunken Pirate Slapfight Expert League
Post by Philly on Aug 1st, 2006, 9:25am

on 08/01/06 at 08:14:10, junkyardjake wrote:
Philly, truth is, I set a predraft list, and was totally expecting Ronnie Brown or LaMont Jordan to fall to #9 (Preferably Ronnie Brown, evidently the cat is totally out of the bag on him this year, he should be huge, and he is going typically top 5 or 6).   I really didn't want McGahee at that spot, he was the next available guy on my list.

McGahee has some serious questions this year for sure, one of which is his awful offensive line.  However, he is apparently in great shape, and should be pretty good, maybe breaking into the top10, but more likely at least above average.


I didn't even take note of who drafted McGahee. I certainly would've taken SJax ahead of him, and probably the Caddy too. I like McGahee, but his offensive line is terrible in a really bad way. His QB situation doesn't inspire much confidence in me either. Opposing teams will be stacking the box early and often and even the best RBs need a little help from their friends -- and I don't see Willis getting that help.
Title: Re: JYJ's Drunken Pirate Slapfight Expert League
Post by junkyardjake on Aug 1st, 2006, 10:15am
I don't disagree with any of that, like I said, he wasn't my preferred choice at #9.   Maybe he will get traded to the Steelers.  :)

Oh, but as far as SJax or Caddy, yes, they are rated higher in terms of ADP, and would have been more logical choices, but I hate the fact that Martz is the offensive coordinator in Detroit, plus, he is a bit injury prone. In terms of Caddy, I like McGahee (as a player, certainly not his situation), just a tad better than him, and Caddy didn't get goalline carries last season.

Correction: Martz in Detroit is a good thing, I meant to say Linehan is somewhat similiar to Martz (but will be more run-oriented), and I didn't like the fact that the Rams were talking about a trade for Chris Brown.
Title: Re: JYJ's Drunken Pirate Slapfight Expert League
Post by FFUZack on Aug 1st, 2006, 11:24am
Sorry for the earlier delay boys...the old laptop backlight burnt out (but thank God for IBM OnSite support!)

And hey, there's still one team with a longer draft time than me  ;)

Yeah, I'm the guy in the foursome that takes the most time lining up putts...and I tend to draft that way too...but I don't intend to hold anyone up.

Anyway, good luck to all & see you in the playoffs!

FFU Zack
Title: Re: JYJ's Drunken Pirate Slapfight Expert League
Post by StegRock on Aug 1st, 2006, 6:27pm
No biggie, dude...  [smiley=welcome.gif] to "the Gridiron".  By all means, kick back and hang out for a bit whenever you get the chance...

...

Regarding my selection of Double D in the second round, I lost sleep [smiley=tired.gif] toiling over that pick.  It was a nightmare. [smiley=Freddie.gif] According to my charts, it was a close call between Davis and Double J.  That said, if Davis didn't have this lingering knee ailment, for which MRI's have come up negative (which is positive, for those of you slower-witted of us [smiley=whistle.gif] ... ;)), I wouldn't have given it a second thought.  He is in my Top 10 while Jones just isn't.

Regarding how things are developing overall, it's still WAY early, and with all due respect to FFX Smit, who LOVES to pat himself on the back ("uncorroboratively"), the guy from FootballGuys.com is representin' WELL, I MUST admit!  For me, he's the only one whose squad REALLY stands out at this point.
Title: Re: JYJ's Drunken Pirate Slapfight Expert League
Post by StegRock on Aug 1st, 2006, 10:05pm
Hines Ward was a no-brainer here at 3.10! [smiley=yes.gif]
Title: Re: JYJ's Drunken Pirate Slapfight Expert League
Post by StegRock on Aug 1st, 2006, 10:32pm
And, frankly speaking, Warrick Dunn, for my team at least, was a no-brainer at 4.03! [smiley=twothumbsup.gif]
Title: Re: JYJ's Drunken Pirate Slapfight Expert League
Post by StegRock on Aug 1st, 2006, 10:45pm
When is the run of quarterbacks going to start? [smiley=ontheclock.gif] That's what I'm wondering... [smiley=hmmmm.gif]
Title: Re: JYJ's Drunken Pirate Slapfight Expert League
Post by junkyardjake on Aug 1st, 2006, 11:18pm
Steg, I noticed you passed on Antonio Gates, I was seriously considering him at #33, do you have the same bad feeling about him that I do (w/ Phillip Rivers at QB)?

Of course, he is still the top guy at TE, but maybe not such a surething this year?
Title: Re: JYJ's Drunken Pirate Slapfight Expert League
Post by StegRock on Aug 2nd, 2006, 12:04am
Well, JYJ, you made the right pick...  It was kind of a close call for me between Dunn and Dillon.  As for Gates, he wasn't even on my radar, [smiley=radar.gif] yet.  I don't want to show too many of my cards at this point, but, suffice it to say that, yes, I have my reservations about him this year.  I don't have him ranked #1. [smiley=stilldunno.gif]
Title: Re: JYJ's Drunken Pirate Slapfight Expert League
Post by StegRock on Aug 2nd, 2006, 8:06pm
Jeez,... JYJ takin' his time with this one... :-X ... [smiley=gimmeabreak.gif] Are you f'n kiddin' me...???
Title: Re: JYJ's Drunken Pirate Slapfight Expert League
Post by StegRock on Aug 2nd, 2006, 8:47pm

on 08/02/06 at 20:06:20, StegRock wrote:
Jeez,... JYJ takin' his time with this one... :-X ... [smiley=gimmeabreak.gif] Are you f'n kiddin' me...???


Mind you, I say this seeing that the "commissioner", who is JYJ, has been logging in and out for over an hour now while I've done my due diligence to poke my head in so it shows that I am poking around.  Furthermore, about an hour ago, we had a BUNCH of dudes (whose picks are also coming up) hanging out there.  And, mind you, the official shut-down time on the clock is 10:00 p.m. (EST).  ...  Just throwin' this out there...  You lead by example... :-/ This draft has been VERY sluggish... for a group of "experts". [smiley=no.gif] Dude's should be going down their lists like lightning. [smiley=lightningbolt.gif]
Title: Re: JYJ's Drunken Pirate Slapfight Expert League
Post by StegRock on Aug 2nd, 2006, 9:19pm
Aw...  This is an f'n joke!  All kinds of guys are pokin' in over there...  Everybody, but the Junkie... [smiley=impatient.gif] all of a sudden...  Maybe we can time this, knowing I'm in Hawaii and the clock is set up totally retardedly for me, so my next pick can come up in the middle of the night for me when I should be allowed to get some sleep (and I can be called a hypocrite when I hold things up). :-/ I mean with this league... just follow the snail tracks... (double-entendre intended)... [smiley=nono.gif] "Experts"... [smiley=pullleeeeeeeze.gif]
Title: Re: JYJ's Drunken Pirate Slapfight Expert League
Post by junkyardjake on Aug 2nd, 2006, 9:53pm
Sorry about that Steg, I have 4 drafts going on simultaneously.  (On three different sites, no less).   I think I picked Dirk Nowitzki and Roger Clemens in one league by accident.
Title: Re: JYJ's Drunken Pirate Slapfight Expert League
Post by StegRock on Aug 2nd, 2006, 10:01pm

on 08/02/06 at 21:53:17, junkyardjake wrote:
Sorry about that Steg...


Dude, that's okay,... [smiley=letsmakeup.gif] but I was getting frustrated, especially knowing the "bigger picture" with respect to the clock! [smiley=frustrated.gif] I'm kind of not enjoying this this year...  The group doesn't really communicate...  No one's comin' over here (out with the whole "network" thing we talked about for hours of the wee hours a few months ago; I guess Smit just has to have his own forum,... just what the (FF) world needs another of; meanwhile, he could be sportin' a HOT link up there with yours, and we all could be benefitting from each other and working together).  


Quote:
...I have 4 drafts going on simultaneously.  (On three different sites, no less).


Jake, what are you doin', man?  Is this how FF-web site owners popularize their web sites (it's funny... I have a (Steggie-rough) post I'm prepping about this "dynamic"; MIND YOU, you were NOT the guy I had in mind)???
Title: Re: JYJ's Drunken Pirate Slapfight Expert League
Post by junkyardjake on Aug 2nd, 2006, 10:26pm

on 08/02/06 at 22:01:07, StegRock wrote:
I'm kind of not enjoying this this year...  The group doesn't really communicate...  No one's comin' over here (out with the whole "network" thing we talked about for hours of the wee hours a few months ago; I guess Smit just has to have his own forum,... just what the (FF) world needs another of; meanwhile, he could be sportin' a HOT link up there with yours, and we all could be benefitting from each other and working together).


Yeah, I noticed that there is not alot of discussion, I think, as opposed to last year, when we did the draft in late June, everybody running a website is scrambling around to keep everything as current as possible (as you well know, this shit is very time-consuming).  I think maybe next year, late June/early July is the way to go.

Smitty's a great guy, but very independent, I'm sure you've had enough experience with that personality type (i.e. I remember your offer to the helmet guy).


on 08/02/06 at 22:01:07, StegRock wrote:
Jake, what are you doin', man?  Is this how FF-web site owners popularize their web sites (it's funny... I have a (Steggie-rough) post I'm prepping about this "dynamic"; MIND YOU, you were NOT the guy I had in mind)???


I'm looking forward to hearing your thoughts on that.  I suppose it is decent promotion, but I've done them the past 2 years mostly to provide the draft summaries and test my scoring programs.
Title: Re: JYJ's Drunken Pirate Slapfight Expert League
Post by FFUZack on Aug 3rd, 2006, 10:59am
So you guys are getting lonely in here  :'(

I'm typically a "close to the vest" type of drafter by nature (some might say paranoid I guess)...but I'm noting my thoughts as I go to be posted as a full draft synopsis - you know...what I was thinking for each of my picks, along with any other notable picks along the way.

I look forward to using this thru the season however to strike fear in my opponents with some heavy trash talk  ;)

Looks like the pace is quickening a bit...are we having fun yet boys?!
Title: Re: JYJ's Drunken Pirate Slapfight Expert League
Post by StegRock on Aug 3rd, 2006, 3:53pm

on 08/03/06 at 10:59:50, FFUZack wrote:
Looks like the pace is quickening a bit...are we having fun yet boys?!


Looks like I slowed things down with my last pick, though... ;)
Title: Re: JYJ's Drunken Pirate Slapfight Expert League
Post by captainpurple on Aug 3rd, 2006, 5:15pm

on 08/03/06 at 15:53:59, StegRock wrote:
...[/i]  Did you see WHO I DID get!?!? [smiley=checkin.gif] ... :o


;D    

at FantasyFootballUnlimited.com and NotJustAGame.com:

WHAT!!!   Gore was still available??  Dammit, how did I miss that!


meanwhile, at The GridIron:

[smiley=bouncin.gif]


p.s.     Steg -> [smiley=pm.gif]
Title: Re: JYJ's Drunken Pirate Slapfight Expert League
Post by StegRock on Aug 3rd, 2006, 5:39pm
FFUZack canNOT say he was not totally deflated [smiley=doseofreality.gif] when he saw that I took Gore right before him...  He was the last "solid(-ish)" RB left...  M. Barber is a BIG step DOWN!
Title: Re: JYJ's Drunken Pirate Slapfight Expert League
Post by junkyardjake on Aug 3rd, 2006, 6:33pm
Now, that's not nice Steg, Zack shows up to say 'hi', and you give him the taunting slobber-smiley ?  :)

It's your turn again, if you are around.  
Title: Re: JYJ's Drunken Pirate Slapfight Expert League
Post by captainpurple on Aug 3rd, 2006, 10:18pm
Fascinating?   Don't know about that Drew, but I have to admit, I don't really like Glenn this year.   The presence of Owens will steal plenty a look from him, and very healthy running game this year will hurt a bit too.  

Just my  [smiley=twocents.gif]
Title: Re: JYJ's Drunken Pirate Slapfight Expert League
Post by StegRock on Aug 4th, 2006, 12:31am
Well, as per my post on that other thread, wide receiver is the position where fantasy footballers' lists differ the most, and as per our ex parte [smiley=secret.gif] communication, we fit that mold and just disagree about receivers.  You like the likes of Houshmanzadeh and Burleson, who I have ranked 35 and 38, respectively.  Glenn, by contrast, I have ranked #21, and I still have the "teeny bopper" available to me, whose name you've never brought up to me during our ex parte [smiley=secret.gif] communications (though I think you may have an idea of who he is now). [smiley=shrug.gif] Oh, well...
Title: Re: JYJ's Drunken Pirate Slapfight Expert League
Post by FFXtreme on Aug 4th, 2006, 3:17am
Pat.. Pat...
Title: Re: JYJ's Drunken Pirate Slapfight Expert League
Post by FFXtreme on Aug 4th, 2006, 3:29am
Steals so far:
1. (2.02) FantasyFootballUnlimited.Com | Jackson, Steven STL
Now that is value!

2. (4.12) FantasyFootballXtreme.Com | Benson, Cedric CHI
If he stays healthy, we think he can score 10 scores in 2006


Projected bust so far:
1. (3.07) AskTheCommish.Com | Droughns, Reuben
Sorry, we don't see Droughns keeping the starting job all season long.
Title: Re: JYJ's Drunken Pirate Slapfight Expert League
Post by StegRock on Aug 4th, 2006, 3:37am

on 08/04/06 at 03:29:26, FFXtreme wrote:
Steals so far:
1. (2.02) FantasyFootballUnlimited.Com | Jackson, Steven STL
Now that is value!


Agreed!  I would have taken him over Davis at 2.03, BUT I'm not absolutely convinced he'll have a better year than Davis if Davis stays healthy.  I actually think Davis could have a HUGE year with Kubiak at the helm IF he does.


Quote:
2. (4.12) FantasyFootballXtreme.Com | Benson, Cedric CHI
If he stays healthy, we think he can score 10 scores in 2006


I'm sorry...  No way, man...  I mean... don't get me wrong...  I like him, too.  Anybody here will tell you.  I have him in the GBRFL.  BUT, he is not a "steal" at 4.12.  That's either just about right or a little early.  I think the latter.  I was thinkin' about him in Round 5 or 6.


Quote:
Projected bust so far:
1. (3.07) AskTheCommish.Com | Droughns, Reuben
Sorry, we don't see Droughns keeping the starting job all season long.


A-GREED!!!
Title: Re: JYJ's Drunken Pirate Slapfight Expert League
Post by FFXtreme on Aug 4th, 2006, 4:30am
Pat.. Pat..
Title: Re: JYJ's Drunken Pirate Slapfight Expert League
Post by StegRock on Aug 4th, 2006, 5:18am
Let me follow that last post of mine up with this...  Generally speaking, unless you are drafting with a bunch of idiots, "steals" aren't really "had" in the first three or four rounds.  To say, "2nd-Round steal," is a bit of a contradiction in terms.  The very idea is oxymoronic.  True steals are had in the fifth, sixth round and beyond...

And,... while each "pat" feels good right now, we meet right off the bat Week One, and it'll be "POW!" ;)
Title: Re: JYJ's Drunken Pirate Slapfight Expert League
Post by FFUZack on Aug 4th, 2006, 10:35am
Aw c'mon Steg, let me enjoy my "steal"

Agree that Benson could be a nice RB2 this year, but he's a mid 5th rounder in most drafts recently.

Yeah, I was penciling Gore into the roster when he got snatched right before my pick - damn you!  MB3 is a significant drop there...but I'm way down on JJ, and think Parcells will get Barber plenty of action...maybe even take the job at some point when Jones suffers a torn labia  :D
Title: Re: JYJ's Drunken Pirate Slapfight Expert League
Post by StegRock on Aug 4th, 2006, 2:39pm

on 08/04/06 at 10:35:59, FFUZack wrote:
...when Jones suffers a torn labia  :D


[smiley=laugh.gif] [smiley=hellyeafunny.gif] [smiley=LMFAO.gif] [smiley=sinister.gif] [smiley=rollinwithlaughter.gif]
Title: Re: JYJ's Drunken Pirate Slapfight Expert League
Post by StegRock on Aug 4th, 2006, 4:09pm
[smiley=crickets.gif] [smiley=crickets.gif] ... [smiley=impatient.gif]
Title: Re: JYJ's Drunken Pirate Slapfight Expert League
Post by FFXtreme on Aug 4th, 2006, 4:24pm
I didn't know you wrote the definition on the term steal, Steg. Thanks for the lesson.

Sorry, a steal can be defined differently and a 2nd rounder can absolutely be a steal... anything can be. You may be thinking of the term "sleeper" there, Steg! They are diff, bud. If LJ drops to pick 7, is he not a steal? I'm not following... How can you actually argue that?

Jackson in the 2nd like that = steal... sorry, he shouldn't have been there and he was "a steal"... a "great deal"... oh wait, "great deals" can only be had between rounds 4-7 and on every other pick :) ... my bad, Steg man!

The only "pow" sounds you will be hearing this year are the ones coming from the knees of, Warrick Dunn, Dom Davis, Fred Taylor, Terry Glenn and Frank Gore... If 2 out of the 6 are playing together in any given week, I'd be very surprised :)
Title: Re: JYJ's Drunken Pirate Slapfight Expert League
Post by StegRock on Aug 4th, 2006, 4:39pm

on 08/04/06 at 16:24:04, FFXtreme wrote:
I didn't know you wrote the definition on the term steal, Steg. Thanks for the lesson.


You're welcome...  But, you obviously didn't learn from it... [smiley=no.gif]


Quote:
Sorry, a steal can be defined differently and a 2nd rounder can absolutely be a steal... anything can be. You may be thinking of the term "sleeper" there, Steg! They are diff, bud. If LJ drops to pick 7, is he not a steal? I'm not following... How can you actually argue that?


May I kindly refer you to the "unless you are drafting with a bunch of idiots" clause of my post above?!?!  If L.J. fell to pick #7, he would then be a steal, and you would have to be drafting with a bunch of idiots...

Jackson was NOT a steal...  He was just a good value pick.  But, you go run with your terminology however you'd like, and I'll go run with mine...  I think the difference in our usage is relative to the level of competition we're used to... ;) That's the only way I can reconcile what I call a solid pick with what you want to call a steal.


Quote:
The only "pow" sounds you will be hearing this year are the ones coming from the knees of, Warrick Dunn, Dom Davis, Fred Taylor, Terry Glenn and Frank Gore... If 2 out of the 5 are playing together in any given week, I'd be very surprised :)


[smiley=pullleeeeeeeze.gif]

Now, you're not just patting yourself on the back about your team but you're trash-talkin' mine...  Nice!  Keep diggin' that grave, dude... [smiley=RIP.gif] I'll do my "talkin'" Week One...  ...  Now, go run off and sign up for yet another, umpteenth league so you can win one (to pimp on your site) like the rest of these addicts out there... [smiley=gonecrazy.gif]
Title: Re: JYJ's Drunken Pirate Slapfight Expert League
Post by FFUZack on Aug 4th, 2006, 5:03pm
Yo Jake, where y'at?  It's "separate the men from the boys" time!
Title: Re: JYJ's Drunken Pirate Slapfight Expert League
Post by StegRock on Aug 4th, 2006, 5:14pm
Yea,... AMEN to that, brother...  WTF???

If the [smiley=chief.gif] doesn't lead well, the [smiley=redskin.gif] [smiley=redskin.gif] [smiley=redskin.gif] [smiley=redskin.gif] [smiley=redskin.gif] [smiley=redskin.gif] [smiley=redskin.gif] [smiley=redskin.gif] [smiley=redskin.gif] [smiley=redskin.gif] [smiley=redskin.gif] are sure not to "respond" well... :-/
Title: Re: JYJ's Drunken Pirate Slapfight Expert League
Post by FFXtreme on Aug 4th, 2006, 5:27pm
Steg, I play in at least 10 expert leagues a year all with the same fine Sites, and more, that are in this league... what are you talking about?

If you rip on my usual competition, you're trying to take a dump on all of the tough competition that is in this very same league. "Nice" research you did there, buddy. What leagues do you run and with what Sites?

You crack me up, I'll give you that.
Title: Re: JYJ's Drunken Pirate Slapfight Expert League
Post by StegRock on Aug 4th, 2006, 5:42pm
"At least 10" "expert" leagues...

Look,... I'm not so pretentious to think that you know what I do regarding leagues and what my philosophy about it all is, and in the same vain, I don't know ALL the leagues you participate in (though my guess wasn't far off) and finding out isn't going to be time "researching" well spent (that... I know).  Take my comment about the "competition" any way you want.  What you responded with doesn't necessarily belie it... or change it...  I guess we'll see what ALL the leagues and ALL the expertness adds up to come Week One... and throughout the whole season since we're in the same division...

We have very different m.o.'s, pal...  Good luck with yours! [smiley=shamrock.gif]
Title: Re: JYJ's Drunken Pirate Slapfight Expert League
Post by FFXtreme on Aug 4th, 2006, 5:50pm
And good luck and thanks for inviting us for the chat, despite a diff in opinions. Bring your "A"Game in week one Steg, tell a few of your guys to stay healthy! :P
Title: Re: JYJ's Drunken Pirate Slapfight Expert League
Post by StegRock on Aug 4th, 2006, 6:03pm
Smit,... you (really) are welcome... [smiley=bow.gif] And,... by the way,... [smiley=pm.gif]

And, where the hell is Jake??? [smiley=ontheclock.gif] ... [smiley=impatient.gif]
Title: Re: JYJ's Drunken Pirate Slapfight Expert League
Post by junkyardjake on Aug 4th, 2006, 6:40pm
Sorry for the delay guys, the department of internet security pains in the asses at work block access to all fantasy football sites.

I think we may be able knock this out over the weekend anyway.
Title: Re: JYJ's Drunken Pirate Slapfight Expert League
Post by junkyardjake on Aug 4th, 2006, 6:51pm
"The keys here will surely be Phil Dawson's sore throwing shoulder and Charlie Frye's injured calf on his kicking leg."   [smiley=laugh.gif]

Indeed, that is what I was thinking when considering Donte Stallworth, but after the running the forecasts for price increases on corndogs and Terrell Owens bobblehead souvenirs at Texas Stadium, I had to pass on him.
Title: Re: JYJ's Drunken Pirate Slapfight Expert League
Post by StegRock on Aug 4th, 2006, 6:55pm
You caught my analysis of my Terry Glenn pick, did you not, Jake??? [smiley=LMFAO.gif]
Title: Re: JYJ's Drunken Pirate Slapfight Expert League
Post by junkyardjake on Aug 4th, 2006, 7:12pm
You know, when I saw your comment for Terry Glenn, I thought 'hmmmm, ok that makes absolutely no fucking sense, I guess Steg has been spray-painting all day in a poorly ventilated room, while smoking cedar chips, evidently he thinks he selected Neil Rackers".   But, I'm pretty good at pattern recognition, so I caught the second one.  [smiley=clown.gif]
Title: Re: JYJ's Drunken Pirate Slapfight Expert League
Post by StegRock on Aug 4th, 2006, 8:19pm
My last pick may not be the best... or even very good (though I firmly believe it's not a clunker), but as far as superlatives go, it may be the MOST SHOCKING!!!
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Title: Re: JYJ's Drunken Pirate Slapfight Expert League
Post by StegRock on Aug 4th, 2006, 9:39pm
ANOTHER thought-provoking show-stopper by the old Stegger... [smiley=peedog.gif] ... [smiley=awwgee.gif]
Title: Re: JYJ's Drunken Pirate Slapfight Expert League
Post by junkyardjake on Aug 4th, 2006, 10:06pm
I think Warner was a good pick, I was actually considering him.  Like you mentioned, he is probably the guy that can score those extra points that get you the win, and you may as well have him on your bench instead of winning a game for someone else.

Now, of course one qualification is in order, Kurt Warner on almost any other team but the Cardinals.... Not such a great pick.
Title: Re: JYJ's Drunken Pirate Slapfight Expert League
Post by StegRock on Aug 5th, 2006, 3:03am

on 08/04/06 at 03:29:26, FFXtreme wrote:
Steals so far:
(4.12) FantasyFootballXtreme.Com | Benson, Cedric CHI
If he stays healthy, we think he can score 10 scores in 2006.



on 08/04/06 at 16:24:04, FFXtreme wrote:
The only "pow" sounds you will be hearing this year are the ones coming from the knees of, Warrick Dunn, Dom Davis, Fred Taylor, Terry Glenn and Frank Gore... If 2 out of the 6 are playing together in any given week, I'd be very surprised :)



on 08/04/06 at 17:50:17, FFXtreme wrote:
Bring your "A"Game in week one Steg, tell a few of your guys to stay healthy! :P


From off "The REAL Feed"...

Benson injures shoulder at Bears camp (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/football/nfl/wires/08/04/2020.ap.fbn.bears.benson.injury.0278/index.html)
SI.com: NFL (05.08.2006 00:31)

[smiley=laugh.gif] [smiley=hellyeafunny.gif] [smiley=LMFAO.gif] [smiley=sinister.gif] [smiley=rollinwithlaughter.gif]

Karma... [smiley=zenmaster.gif] That's what you get! [smiley=doseofreality.gif]
Title: Re: JYJ's Drunken Pirate Slapfight Expert League
Post by FFXtreme on Aug 5th, 2006, 4:05am
Good thing he wasn't a starter :)
Title: Re: JYJ's Drunken Pirate Slapfight Expert League
Post by StegRock on Aug 5th, 2006, 10:14pm

on 08/04/06 at 18:40:06, junkyardjake wrote:
I think we may be able knock this out over the weekend anyway.


Wow...  We're really cookin'...  The G-forces are stifling me...  I've made all of 0 picks today, and I'm not really that close to bein' up... [smiley=no.gif] Maybe we "experts" can drag this out and wait for more training camp news to break, position battles to be determined and injuries to occur... ::)
Title: Re: JYJ's Drunken Pirate Slapfight Expert League
Post by StegRock on Aug 8th, 2006, 2:51pm
This "experts" draft is, alas, :P finally, done...  Thoughts, my Gridiron brethren???

League link:  http://football24.myfantasyleague.com/2006/home/13471.

Follow the "FantasyFootballer.Com" link to see our team; follow each site's respective links to see theirs...  Compare and contrast...  I look forward to reading some well-[smiley=thinking.gif]-out commentary and analysis.
Title: Re: JYJ's Drunken Pirate Slapfight Expert League
Post by StegRock on Aug 8th, 2006, 3:39pm

on 08/08/06 at 14:51:16, StegRock wrote:
This "experts" draft is, alas, :P finally, done...  Thoughts, my Gridiron brethren???

League link:  http://football24.myfantasyleague.com/2006/home/13471.

Follow the "FantasyFootballXtreme.Com" link to see our team; follow each site's respective links to see theirs...  Compare and contrast...  I look forward to reading some well-[smiley=thinking.gif]-out commentary and analysis.


NOTE:  FootballGuys.Com also has the late, GREAT MIKE BELL on their roster (because, given his stalling, his pick came up yesterday afternoon, right when the news was REALLY hittin' the presses :-/)...  MyFantasyLeague.com didn't yet have him in their database...  Gee, I wonder why...  What a bunch of idiots, huh??? ;)
Title: Re: JYJ's Drunken Pirate Slapfight Expert League
Post by StegRock on Aug 10th, 2006, 3:04am
[smiley=crickets.gif] [smiley=crickets.gif]

...

Let's put it this way, at least, so as not to make this too big of a job...  How do yous think I stack up in my division?  It's the top one, the "Outlaw Division".

League site link:  http://football24.myfantasyleague.com/2006/home/13471.
Title: Re: JYJ's Drunken Pirate Slapfight Expert League
Post by Philly on Aug 10th, 2006, 8:53am
Hey Steg... what are the line-up requirements?  I didn't find it on your league page anywhere. It would help in my analysis.
Title: Re: JYJ's Drunken Pirate Slapfight Expert League
Post by StegRock on Aug 10th, 2006, 12:50pm
Yea, it's not there, is it, Jeff? [smiley=no.gif] I'm pretty sure it's 1 QB, 2 RB, 2 WR, 1 TE, 1 PK and 1 D/ST (no swing player or anything like that).  It's something like that, at least...
Title: Re: JYJ's Drunken Pirate Slapfight Expert League
Post by junkyardjake on Aug 12th, 2006, 8:24am
Frank Gore is looking like a great pick Steg.  You know, I was going to get him with the pick right before you took him (but brilliantly drafted Curtis Martin instead  [smiley=dunce.gif]).  Gore just scares me given his injury history and his reckless playing style, but watching him last year, he consistenly outplayed Barlow by a large margin, and he plays with conviction.  

This is definitely the last time I pick Kevan Barlow unless he shows up this year, I've been waiting 3 years for that lardass to do something.  It's always one excuse or another with that guy, last year he had a bad knee allegedly all year, last night a thigh briuse.  The week I need him, probably a paper cut and the sniffles.

As an interesting sidenote on Barlow, Bill Walsh, and your favorite coach Mike Shanahan, I was reading an old FFMag the other day, and found this quote:

SF GM Bill Walsh in 2001 (after picking Barlow in the 3rd round)- 'Mike Shanahan called me 10 minutes after the 3rd round was over, and said we picked the best back in the draft...We had felt Barlow was amoung the best 2 or 3 at least.  He was very high on our board.  We were just hoping and waiting that he'd be available'.    [smiley=rollinwithlaughter.gif]

Now Walsh and Shanahan are two guys that obviously know what they are talking about (Shanny is quite good at finding draft value RBs, notwithstanding the Clarett debacle), so for them to be soooo wrong on Barlow says alot about Barlow's utter ineptitude.

Oh, the other interesting thing about the 2001 draft; that was the year of Tomlinson, McAllister, Michael Bennet, LaMont Jordan, Travis Henry, Anthony Thomas and Correll Buckhalter.   Best back in the draft ??  Buckhalter's been hurt for like the last 4 years, and he has probably had a better career than Barlow.  [smiley=rollinwithlaughter.gif]
Title: Re: JYJ's Drunken Pirate Slapfight Expert League
Post by StegRock on Aug 12th, 2006, 1:33pm
JYJ,... you know I've been tellin' people to STOP drinkin' that Barlow-flavored Kool Aid for YEARS now!!!  The kid caN'T block!!!  End of story (in the NFL)!!! [smiley=no.gif]

As for Gore, think of him along the lines of old Terry Allen!!! [smiley=yes.gif]
Title: Re: JYJ's Drunken Pirate Slapfight Expert League
Post by junkyardjake on Aug 12th, 2006, 10:08pm

on 08/12/06 at 13:33:42, StegRock wrote:
JYJ,... you know I've been tellin' people to STOP drinkin' that Barlow-flavored Kool Aid for YEARS now!!!  The kid caN'T block!!!  End of story (in the NFL)!!! [smiley=no.gif]

As for Gore, think of him along the lines of old Terry Allen!!! [smiley=yes.gif]


Can't block ?  Yeah, he can't play the saxophone either, but the primary problem with Barlow is his 2.7 yards per carry and shitty work ethic.

Frank Gore isn't a great blocker either, btw.  If there is one area that Barlow at least matches Gore it's blocking.

Frank Gore and Terry Allen, yeah, I can see that; pretty good potential analogy.
Title: Re: JYJ's Drunken Pirate Slapfight Expert League
Post by StegRock on Sep 10th, 2006, 7:22pm
Hey, FFX Smit!

Shall I just go ahead and request Jake to bench MANNING (and Janikowski for that matter) for me so as to give your squad a "glimmer" of hope on Monday night?  Randy would have a "chance" of making up that current 31 point deficit... [smiley=yes.gif] ... ::) ... [smiley=rollinwithlaughter.gif] And, to think, I lost my 2nd-round pick for the season... [smiley=whistle.gif] That's "quality" (over quantity)!

Yours Truly,
Steg
Title: Re: JYJ's Drunken Pirate Slapfight Expert League
Post by StegRock on Sep 14th, 2006, 6:00pm
The silence is deafening... and golden. [smiley=silence.gif]

You know,... as it turns out, Smit,... I didn't want to "run UP" the score any more anymore ;) and did keep Janikowski from taking the field.  Told him to save it for later (when I need it against a more competitive opponent).  I even told Peyton to take it a little easy on you (and save it for when we need it). ;D ... [smiley=cantcatch.gif] ... [smiley=wave.gif]
Title: Re: JYJ's Drunken Pirate Slapfight Expert League
Post by StegRock on Sep 19th, 2006, 12:10am
I want to applaud my fellow "Outlaw Division" mates, AskTheCommish.Com, FantasyFootballXtreme.Com, HuddleGeeks.Com, for making for the BEST division in this thing thus far,... the ONLY division with NOTTA winless team!  It makes currently being atop it that much more of an honor... [smiley=bow.gif] ... ;) ... ;D
Title: Re: JYJ's Drunken Pirate Slapfight Expert League
Post by FFXtreme on Sep 19th, 2006, 1:39am
Get ready for the Maroney show, fellas.... tickets are free and the show will be sick!
Title: Re: JYJ's Drunken Pirate Slapfight Expert League
Post by StegRock on Sep 22nd, 2006, 10:01pm

on 09/19/06 at 01:39:59, FFXtreme wrote:
Get ready for the Maroney show, fellas.... tickets are free and the show will be sick!


What does that even mean??? ?.?.? "Tickets are free..." [smiley=uh.gif] You mean a show like the one I've been putting on this year, including the BEATING [smiley=chair.gif] I put on you two weeks ago!?!?

Really, though, you make me laugh (as you've pointed out I do you)...

Right now, it's Maroney... when really it's not.  Barring an injury to Dillon, '06 will NOT be Maroney's year.  He'll be a good-looking back-up.  Don't get me wrong.  But, he will play second-fiddle to Dillon this year or maybe 1b fiddle, or, at best, it'll be FBC (Fiddle By Committee). [smiley=violin.gif] BUT, this is your one-line hype right now.

Back during the draft it was...

"Moss is still very solid here..." (at 2.12)

and

"Bush (who you picked at 3.01) is going to be a horse, even in year one! Larry Johnson, Reggie Bush and Randy Moss is a great start!"

Yet, just this week you traded THEM BOTH away for Torry Holt, a receiver who may have a blow-up week this week, but whose long-term this year you have to wonder about, and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers D/ST when the likes of, e.g., the Cowboys, who, granted, are off this week (but you surely can't be that short-sighted; the D you have isn't off this week), are available on the wire for free.

Anyway, what happened to 2/3's of that "great start" you had goin' on?  Mind you, I think it's great that you're mixing it up with trades (though I don't think this one is a good one for you at all).  What irks me is all the ultimately HOLLOW,... get this,... self-praise and self-hype.  I mean... I can deal with hollowness on the one hand, and I can deal with self-adulation on the other, but you uniquely combine the two... seemingly contradictory attributes.

Meanwhile, during the draft (link:  http://football28.myfantasyleague.com/2006/options?L=13471&O=17), I was giving hearty, "in-depth" analysis of my picks and cracking some jokes, but ultimately pointing out that I was basically "eh" on my team; "not in love with it" is what I think I said.

"Internet FF Experts"... [smiley=gimmeabreak.gif] ... [smiley=pullleeeeeeeze.gif]
Title: Re: JYJ's Drunken Pirate Slapfight Expert League
Post by StegRock on Sep 24th, 2006, 6:08am
...Only to then go and immediately drop the Bucs!  Uh,... okay!  Internet "experts"... [smiley=no.gif] What can I say?
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Title: Re: JYJ's Drunken Pirate Slapfight Expert League
Post by StegRock on Sep 24th, 2006, 8:22pm
You got me this time, Jake!  Frankly speaking, there was nowhere for me to turn this week.  It was hopeless.  VERY unlike the prior two weeks, where I could have won with guys on my bench, this week there was pretty much no configuration that was going to get me over 60 or so points.  Congratulations, in any event, man! [smiley=bow.gif] Week-in-week-out consistency is what leads to victory in fantasy football. [smiley=yes.gif]
Title: Re: JYJ's Drunken Pirate Slapfight Expert League
Post by junkyardjake on Sep 24th, 2006, 11:29pm
Thanks dude, yeah, looks like I caught you in the right week.  I'm kind of surprised Kurt Warner didn't do better, but I'm also surprised you started him over Peyton Manning.  You had the right idea with Fred Taylor, and then Maurice-Drew decided to go crazy.  Fred screwed me in a few leagues this week too, he does look pretty good though.


on 09/24/06 at 20:22:08, StegRock wrote:
Week-in-week-out consistency is what leads to victory in fantasy football. [smiley=yes.gif]


That's true, I don't mind winning with steady mediocrity.  :)


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