Well I am in.

I'm in too.  Although I already had to change my team name cause it clashed with someone else's.  

The "Block Wipes" are ready to roll this season.....!

What day is the draft?

Mike B.

mdr003 wrote:Snit Smashers are all suited up, ready to play.

I'm looking forward to the smack talk already... "THE MORE YOU THINK ABOUT WHY i DONE WHAT i DONE THE MORE i LAUGH"

Regards

Mike

Ahh, I was hoping you get in Mike.   You are on your own this time though.

bclarkie wrote:
Ahh, I was hoping you get in Mike.   You are on your own this time though.

Thanks Brian.... looking forward to the matchup. Which team is yours? just so I know which game I *have* to win...

I did OK last year on my own - but I think that was only because I was lucky enough to draft Tomlinson. Hope I get him again.

Regards

Mike

I'm in!  

The Smarmy ShrinkWraps are ready to go ....      

Badmike wrote:The "Block Wipes" are ready to roll this season.....!

What day is the draft?

Mike B.

How screwed up is it that the first game pits my team against yours?  Badmike, who has spent countless hours over the last decade or so organizing hardcore NFL fantasy leagues versus kingofpain89...a poor soul who has never once played fantasy league football.  This is sure to be interesting.  

I did play in a fantasy baseball league once.  That was an absolute nightmare.  I forgot to draft a closer and spent the first quarter of the season without a decent relief pitcher.  Two of my starting pitchers got hurt early on and there were no good pitchers left.  My greatest home run threat went on the disabled list a third of the way through the season and didnt come back until halfway through August.  I still ended up in sixth place (out of 12).

The first person that can tell me where I got the name for my team (Screaming Evils) I will buy them a beer (applies to GenCon attendees only.  Anyone else answering the question correctly gets a virtual pat on the back).  

Fantasy Football Draft Primer 101
Those who have played fantasy football before can skip down to the "Draft Day & Time" section.

Yahoo has ranked every draft eligible player based on where Yahoo's "experts" believe a player should be drafted.  However, most people have their own opinions on where a guy should be drafted.  Because of this, Yahoo gives you the ability to adjust ranking to your taste.  To get to the player rankings, follow the directions below:  

Assuming you have joined the league, you can click on the following link: http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/league/acaeumcollectors

Sign In
Click on "My Team"
Then in the middle of the page, click on "Pre-Draft Player Rankings"
Click on "Edit My Rankings" (it is in white next to "Pre-Draft Player Rankings List")
The "Edit Pre-Draft Player Rankings" screen is displayed with three columns "Exclude Players", "List of Players", "My Players".  The Exclude Players and My Players column will be blank initially.
In the "Sort Available Players By:" section you can filter players by a few different Criteria including:
*Yahoo's Rank or Player last name AND/OR
*Top 25, Top 100, Top 500, All AND/OR
*All Positions or specific position
Then select the "Go" button

After you filter players, the "List of Players" column will change based on your filter.  You can then drag and drop players into the "My Players" list or the "Exclude Players" list.
Players in "My Players" become your default order (superseding Yahoo's rankings).  If you don't rank players, you will default to Yahoo's rankings.  Some people might rank 50 players and then go with the Yahoo rankings.
The "Exclude Players" column is used to select players you do not want on your team.

Be sure to click on the "Save" button at the bottom of the screen when you are done or your rankings will be lost. You can update your rankings as often as you like, right up until draft time.


DRAFT DAY & TIME
The draft date must be before the first regular season game Thursday, September 6th.  My recommendation would be some time next week (8/13-8/19) or the week after (8/20-8/26) but whatever the majority decides is fine with me.

When I set up the league, I let it default to an Auto-Draft.  This means that a day is selected and the teams are chosen automatically based on your (or Yahoo's) rankings.  The draft occurs overnight and the next day everyone has a team based on their rankings and the players that were available.

I went with auto-draft because I wasn't sure if we could get anyone together at the same time.  For me, the draft is my favorite part of the fantasy football experience so I would love to interact with league members for a "live" draft.  If we can find a day and time where more than a couple of teams could meet online (at Yahoo) I will change the draft type to "live".

Note: If the draft is changed to "live" and you are not able to attend, then your selections will be made based on your rank lists (as though you were participating in an auto-draft).  So, if 10 of 14 people show up, the 4 people who are absent won't lose their place in the draft order.  When it is their turn, the computer automatically selects the person highest on their rank list.

So, anyone want to live draft?  If so, what date and time (please include time zone) work for you?

I am early to bed and early to rise.  So a Sunday through Thursday live draft starting much after 9 PM Central Daylight Time will probably not see me in the final rounds (though I will show up for as long as possible).  But I don't need to be there and am ok with an auto-draft since I will rank all my players.  Friday evenings and Saturdays, I could be ready at any time.

killjoy32 wrote:i havent got a clue what you are talking about there.... when you talk about all this draft stuff, i feel like homer simpson

can i just leave it as that AUTO thing and just get whoever i get? its all for fun anyway, so thats all i am bother about and you lot can assist when i am firing questions about this or that every 5 minutes

Al

You know, with an attitude like that, Al is probably going to win it all......

In the league I run (15th year this season!!!) there is a guy that basically goes through life stoned half the year.  His draft picks are head scratchers.  Yet he's always in the thick of it come November, ahead of other teams that spend money on draft programs and draft analysis.  A lot of it is sheer luck (the stoner got Peyton Manning a few years ago when he wasn't that great and he's been his holdover QB now since then).  We also one year had the team that won ONE game the year before win it all.  You never know. My extensive fantasy experience will probably be good for a nice last place finish.

Mike B.