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I agree when it comes to Lamar Jackson. He’s a really good player but when it comes to actual best quarterbacks. I’ve probably got close to 10 guys that I feel are better in real life. Also, I did draft him in one of my leagues but
I made sure to draft Stafford as a solid backup. I think without Marquis Brown he’s going to have a bit of trouble with the offense. I love Rashad Bateman this year and I know they drafted a WR (I believe) and Andrews is a very good TE, but having a speedster like Brown for his long shots is going to be sorely missed.

Put a few shekels down on the Rams at +2.5 …will probably lose it but hey makes the game more exciting.

Merry Opening Day All

Jackson is a media darling, and that's the only success he's be able to enjoy in his career.  His highlight reals are awesome, so he must be the best FF QB, right?  I wasn't at all surprised to see him ranked right under Allen in Yahoo's projections, despite being outscored by the likes of Ryan Tannehill and Kirk Cousins last year.  He's way over-rated as a QB, in my opinion.  I would have taken a second year rookie before picking Lamar.

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Live bold, my friend!  I just took a look at the odds market, thinking about placing a bet, and I felt so lost, lol.  It's so difficult to make a prediction on the first game of the season, so many things can happen.

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Anyway, you guys have a great weekend, enjoy the games, and best of luck to all of you with your fantasy teams.

It's closing weekend of B-Zone Archery, so I'm going to be out in the sticks, incommunicado.  I hope to be back in civilization in time to catch the Niner's game on Sunday morning, but that'll require a deer's cooperation.  Priorities, priorities...

I ended up taking the Rams at ML and +3.5... for some reason +2.5 wasn't an option on my betting site, and I hate football numbers (3), so 3.5 ought to cover it pretty good.

This might be where I have made my biggest mistake during the draft. Lamar Jackson as my quarterback. He is not my first choice. My first choice is the new MVP Josh Allen, second choice Patrick Mahomes then my third choice is Justin Herbert. Lamar was my fourth choice, however, I was uncertain. This news makes my uncertainty on him quite certain hehehe. Is the waiver wire open and available already?



Lamar Jackson's contract situation has been dragged out beyond the point of discomfort, but it might finally be heading toward a resolution.

Jackson told reporters on Wednesday he and the Ravens are still discussing extension terms, and he set a deal-making deadline for Friday. Jackson also pleaded ignorance when it came to how close he was to coming to an agreement.

"I have no clue," he said, via the Washington Post. "You have to ask the guy who I'm talking to."

Source https://www.nfl.com/news/ravens-qb-lamar-jackson-sets-friday-deadline-for-extension-as-of-right-now-we-re

I agree here.

- Super Bowl champs
- playing at home
- in the season opener

I put a small bet on Rams ML and will likely place a bigger bet at Rams +2.5.

Of course anything can happen, and often does... That's one of the beautiful things about the NFL, even though it makes betting on this sport particularly difficult.

I might place a bet just for fun, but I think I'll wait until the game is underway.  It's so hard to make accurate predictions for opening weekend, but it is fun.  As for whether the Ram or Bills are the better team, I would just say that the Rams aren't quite the same team that won the Super Bowl last year.  They do have some of their main talent back, but it's still left to be seen how well they do this year.  It's also worth noting that even though they won the super bowl last year, they lost twice to a Niners team that wasn't all that great either.  The Rams had a good run when it counted the most, that's for sure.

Oh yeah it’s a great opening game. I’m currently trying to decide how to bet it. I would have to disagree that the Bills are better than the Rams, I mean the Rams did just win a Super Bowl. That said I could see an argument for either team. As you mentioned the Rams have home field advantage which is pretty big so I think I’m leaning their way at getting the +2.5.

@ChiBitCTy. This is also a very good game between the Rams versus the Bills! How will you bet this with the Bills playing in the Rams' stadium? Home advantage is on the Rams, however, the Bills are better than the Rams.  Also, this is Thursay night football hehehe. The Rams being the underdog might win but also take +2.5 for protection?

Yeah the report card has zero bearing on anything. Normally if you draft “outside the box” meaning you’re not just picking who’s next on their draft list, then you’ll tend to get a lower grade. Normally my best teams are ones that have gotten a C or D grade (I think I’ve gotten a D grade). I honestly don’t like getting a good grade. So getting a B in this draft I’m kinda upset about lol.

Can’t wait for Thursday, just four more days to NFL Kickoff !

Agreed. I have a C but according to the projections for the first week I am higher than most of the league except Hhampuz. However, I am expecting my points to be lower than the projection because of Lamar. He might be having problems with the Ravens and it appears that he is not happy with his team. Tyreek Hill is also a question mark with the Dolphins. I should have chosen Ceedee Lamb.

12 team is tricky.  Depth on your team is super hard to get.  Where ever you are weak you need to watch that waiver it's crucial in a 12 team league.  No way to be strong in all positions.  Gets more challeging/fun as the amount of teams increase.  Imagine a 14 team league lol.

Yeah the injuries should be spread around instead of all on my team this year! LMAO!

Just finished draft on another 12 man league and I gotta say pick 2 Sucked, pick one you get LT with 2 you got 6 guys pretty even and then wait 20 picks to go again.

Haven't had the time yet to do a AAR like southpark did but gonna try in the next few days.

Can't wait till Thursday!

Yeah all good.  I would have taken Ekler in the 4th spot.  In a full ppr league I'd be more than happy with Jefferson in the 4 hole and ceedee lamb.  In the second I would have taken Kamara.  Then deebo in the 3rd.  I came in on the 3rd round snake with 2 wr already auto drafted so I had to lean in on running backs hard.  Deebo is going to be an absolute monster this year.  Him and trey Lance are gonna have a field day out in the west this year.  

I'm happy with my late round value picks and think I can still compete.  As always a couple waiver wire snags goes a long way.  And injury luck.  Every year half of the first round picks end up getting hurt so it's luck too hoping your guys stay healthy.  Glad it's 10 teams this year, should make for more fun!

I got my "Broncos Country, Let's Ride!" stack of Wilson and Sutton, really happy about that. I could have landed Javonte Williams as well at 3.3, but opted out for M. Andrews, hope i don't regret this. I like my WR corp a lot, but i'm super thin on running backs...and that was so not the plan, not sure i can withstand any sort of injuries along the way. What else mmm, surprised there was no interest in Hopkins and Gallup, i got both 11.3 and 15.3.  In most mock drafts that i did prior to our draft i've seen both go around 7-10th round. The bad part is Hopkins can't be added to IR, and Gallup's designation was recently changed from PUP to Q, so also not IR eligible...a slight headache especially since i didn't draft a kicker and defense.


Like what DireWolfM14 said above, every website has its own power rankings and stuff, Fantasy Pros has ranked you third based on their expert consensus rankings.  

I wouldn't put much stock in that yahoo report card business.  I came in third place, but I don't think I had a great draft.  I wanted to focus on Running Backs, but I had to compromise because the ones I wanted were already gone.  Taking Dalvin Cook with my first pick was okay, but I was really hoping Derik Henry would slip to my slot, and South Park snagged Nick Chubb right before my second pick.  I also think I waited too long to pick a Tight End.

I am happy with my QB selections, and I did snag Deboo in the third round.  I was planning on going for another Running Back, but taking Deebo was worth it.  It ended up making my other WR selections take a back seat to getting another decent RB, so my remaining WRs are compromises.  What can you do.


Damn, that sucks dude.  Sorry you had that trouble.  You were actually the one I worried about the most for going after my preferences, and then I thought that your fist pick was rather odd.

Sorry for not being part of the post-draft party but I had stuff to do.

Now about the draft, yahoo is really throwing dirt at me, not only I am ranked at the lowest but I also have the most difficult schedule, so it seems another difficult season for the Q/Cows is coming.

So how was the draft for you? It moved in the way you expected or you had to improvise all the way?

This is my draft experience round by round.

1st Round. RB Austin Ekeler. I think I got a small upgrade here as most of the time here on my mocks I could get either Mixon or Harris.

2nd Round. RB Nick Chubb. It seems our rankings were different, I never got the opportunity to get Chubb and I either got Kamara or Barkley, still I am happy with my pick here.

3rd Round. RB James Conner. Like @DireWolf14 I was watching Deebo drop like a rock and I was ready to get him in a hurry, but it seems he actually read my mind and got him first, on this round most of the time I got Mike Evans or Conner so it went according to plan, even if yahoo is giving me heat for selecting a third RB here.

4th Round. WR Michael Pittman Jr. This was also within my expectations.

5th round. WR DJ Moore. This is where things began to get out of my expectations, I had plans to select a QB on the 5th or 6th round, but bbc.reporter defying my expectations got Lamar Jackson in this round and I thought I would be over-drafting Hurts or Murray if I picked them here so I went for best payer available and selected DJ here, however in many of my drafts I could select him on the 7th or 8th round, I do not know why other people do not like him but this worries me and I would say that it was my worst pick on the draft as it brought more mistakes down the line.

6th Round. WR DK Metcalf. Yet another mistake, now both Hurts and Burrow are out of the board but Murray is still there I should have picked him here and then a WR and I could have gotten more Fantasy points but instead I went for depth here.

7th round. QB Tom Brady. Now panic is in, Murray is out of the board and if I do not pick a QB here I will have to dance around with Russel Wilson which sucked last year or with the Kirk Cousins of the world, so I pick the old and reliable Brady, not the worst pick and at least I was able to select him before his retirement, but I could have done better.

8th round WR Jaylen Waddle. With the QB issues out of the way things calmed down, here I just picked best player available, I have more WRs than RBs at this point than in my mock drafts but it is fine.

9th Round. RB Miles Sanders. I would have preferred Gibson or Moore but Sanders is acceptable here, at least to me of course.

10th Round. RB Kareem Hunt. I just took the best RB available, but since I have Chubb I will have to either trade him or hope for the Browns to play without a QB and run the ball every single down.

11th Round. WR George Pickens, The 11th and the 12th round picks are probably the reason I am receiving so much hate by yahoo, if you noticed at this point I have not selected a TE, K or DST, but this is by design, I have at this point 5 RBs and 4 WRs so instead of picking for a 5th string WR which at most I will play once I am taking a gamble here, if it does not work then there is no damage done, but if it does it could give me some better chances on the league.

12th Round. RB Brian Robinson Jr. What can I say except this was a newbie mistake? I did not knew what NFI-R meant so I was unaware of what had happened to the guy, I hope he recovers but this was a mistake, however since it was on the 12th round it is not a deal breaker.

13th, 14th and 15th Rounds. K Daniel Carlson, TE Pat Freiermuth and DST Denver were just the best available at the time.

And that is it folks, this is my experience regarding this draft.

A redo would also be unfair to everyone with me being the first to pick. I already know my mistakes and it would be much easier for me to correct them hehe. I would have picked Josh Allen on the 3rd round which was my original plan, however, I forgot after much of you picked my preferred choices for widereceivers. I picked Mike Evans then picked Tyreek Hill sadly on the next and disappointed to see that Herbert and Mahomes were gone already after our new MVP Josh Allen.

No no no redo I wasn't going for that it was my fault.  Got caught making dinner and just thought that the page wouod reload when the draft was reset.  I should have been more attentive.  I appreciate you all running it.  All fun right with some possible bits at the end if everything falls right.  Will just have to watch that waiver wire a little stronger this year 

Good luck everyone!

W0w, sorry to hear that man. It was set and ready for a full 15 minutes and didn't start until 7:10.

I also posted that I was working on it in the thread 20 minutes before launch and posted in the thread the second it was up and ready which was at 6:55.

I did my best, wish I had seen that it was somehow reset back to random after I initially set it up.

I guess we could take a vote and redo it if the majority wants?

The whole reset screwd me up.  I was in the lobby got booted and it started before my screen refreshed.  My first 2 picks were auto picks  .  Next we need to make sure all of this is straightened out first with no last minute  mods and different start times.  Not anyone's fault but my own I didn't refresh just kept it on the lobby screen with the little spinny circle.  Good luck this season gents!