The League Of Ordinary Fantasy Football (UPDATED)
Please join up for this year’s fantasy football league! Sign up here, using the password tombradysbabygoat. If you have difficulty locating the page, it’s Yahoo Fantasy Football league no. 627721. The winner of the fantasy football league should get the same prize as for the NCAA pool — the right to request a post from a front-pager on a subject of the winner’s choice.
While you’re at it, don’t forget to sound off on the eight-point NFL football contest, testing your prognosticating ability in areas like offensive performance and jurisprudence!
UPDATE: We’ve reached our maximium of sixteen teams. Awesome! Get your picks lined up and come Sunday evening, we’ll draft! The first game is on Wednesday.
This is my first fantasy football league.Report
I think my son and I are going to do a team together.Report
I’m having trouble signing up…I think I am in the right place I saw a message from Kazzy tried to read it and got a message saying I didn’t belong to the league (tried not to take that personally) I could not for the life of me see a place to sign up a team. Don’t tell me women aren’t allowed to play 🙂Report
Women can definitely play, Anne.
Maybe you need to set up a yahoo account first? Try this page if the first link I posted didn’t work. If you don’t have a yahoo account, it’ll steer you to create one first.
Good luck in the draft!Report
Okay that worked. Lets hope I have beginners luckReport
Man, if I weren’t experimenting with fantasy college football for the first time this year, I would totally be in. Oh well!Report
Here is what I’ve learned from my research:
Everbody’s top 10 has 9 of the same guys in it. Everybody’s top 20 has 18 of the same guys in it.
The main differences you’re going to run into is whether you’re going to be the guy who takes a chance of Peyton Manning playing most of most games this season or if you’d rather take a chance on someone who isn’t as good who is less likely to be injured.
Don’t take a special teams guy until the absolute last pick.Report
It’ s not an IDP league (Individual Defensive Player) so you can’t pick a special teams guy. You will be required, however, to choose a team defense, which includes special teams. Some of them are worth having earlier than others.Report
I think he meant Place Kicker, which nearly all FF lineups include. Typically picked last, because there’s not much seperating the best and worst kickers in terms of scoring. The ideal kicker last year was David Akers, since the Niners offense was frequently in field goal range, but struggled to score touchdowns.Report
Sent email about this to Dman who asks: “what time is the draft on Sunday?”
(Also, we may wish to bump this post back to the top until Saturday)Report
Late Sunday around bedtime (Central time, I’ll be visiting family) I’ll set the draft to “ready.” Yahoo’s computer takes it from there. “Bedtime” is probably around 10:00.Report
I took your suggestion and made the post “sticky.” I’ll remove that tag on Sunday when I activate the draft.Report
Having quit this godforsaken activity after last season, I wish you all the luck in the world (although it won’t help).Report
Way to sell it, Sam. Thanks for the support.Report
Fantasy Football is the devil’s chore. You’re there every Sunday, agonizing over your selections, then spending the rest of the day watching these guys feverishly as they’re in the act of disappointing you terribly.
That said, I’ll probably sign up again next year.Report
Somebody picked Donovan McNabb last year!Report
Taking McNabb is amateur hour. Try ending the season with Colt McCoy (amongst other utter losers).Report
Has there ever been a better name for a football player? Seriously, would you rather be called Philip Rivers or Colt McCoy?Report
I dunno, as a kid I thought ‘Dick Butkus’ was pretty great.
Still do, actually.Report
My earliest sports memory is the 1964 World Series. I thought it was great that Ken Boyer played for the Cards and his brother Clete for the Yankees, and when I grew up I’d play in the World Series against my brother too. And “Clete” was a terrific name for someone who wore cleats.Report
The fact that Sam’s team was called the ‘Sartres’ should have clued you in.Report
That’s laugh-out-loud funny. I imagined the “Sartres” playing the “Kirke Guards.”Report
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I hope I didn’t screw up the delicate balance by being the 11th team.Report
Far from it. We need an even number of teams but if on draft day there is an odd number I will conscript my wife.Report
…and then we’ll all laugh when she ends up winning?Report
I’ll explain to her that Donovan McNabb is a choice with a lot of potential upside.Report