Fantasy Football 2015

One game in and I sense monster among us. His Beefiness, Giant Hamburger may have assembled a juggernaut.

Picking 8th, one spot ahead of me, he drafted right off the top of my queue: The Gronk. He then added Brady, Megatron and B. Marshall (away from Cutler, will he fly or fail?). While so many pundits and pre-draft rankings were promoting ground-n-pound, GH has built an air force that could rule the sky, and with it, the league.

Take a peek at what he laid on me last night: Brady 35, Gronk 32 (on only 5 catches!). That's 67 points before any of my squad has played a down. Not only did he beat me TO Gronk, he's beating me to steak tartare WITH Gronk. And he's gonna score a double dip with every Brady-to-Gronk connection all season long.

Desperate to find points, I find myself abandoning the safe, steady Russell Wilson and rolling the dice with a Stafford-to-Tate and/or Abdullah parlay. Hey, the rookie's got skills and Tate reaps the benefits of any Megatron double-team. Plus, I can glean a few points from whatever Calvin accomplishes. Plus, I have to hope that Dez, LFitz and Demarco Murray turn in prime performances (I'm counting on Miami's D to feast on the corpse that is the Washington offense). I have a tough, uphill battle this weekend.

Well done, GH (you glorious bastard!).

 

I'm just interested to see what tomorrow's games hold in store. I picked atl defense cause they have a new had coach and he is a defense guy, it is either a good decision, or a really bad one

 

Weird. Overnight, 5 teams in the league have scored 20 phantom points each, mine among them. Then, a minute ago...poof! The points are gone and things look normal again. Internet gremlins, I guess.
edit/ Stat tracker shows a +20 for starting defenses. Mystery no more!

I'm missing the in-game smack talk feature. We've never overused it, but it was nice when a little back-and-forth did happen.

Almost game time. Time to either totally panic or press forward with confidence.

 

@grumpyolddude, ive got you this week....

 

See, buddy, I did you a favor by not trading Stafford!

 

Gotta rebuild my receiving corps (corpse?) Injuries to Bryant and Jackson left me kinda thin.

 

And manning had one point...

 

Yes you do.

 

@grumpyolddude i only need 12 points

 

To kiss your sister. :-p
Did the Jets get a qb yet?

 

not that i know of.

 

I see many ads on TV for FFLs that appear to be 'gambling' leagues. Can someone tell me more about them? How they work? Does real money change hands, electronically speaking? Are they legal? Etc.

 

Yes, you described the FFLs I was wondering about. My thoughts are since money isn't bet on actual games, just the accumulations of stats, it's not considered gambling.

 

its just a way around gambling, which im ok with. but im sure eventually the irs will have somw sort of say in it

 

Finally getting my expected production from D. Murray and D. Martin. I need it because P. Harvin choked on his measly 4 targets and R. Wilson disappointed this week. Need Fitz and Golden to produce!

 

im just glad that im not last, hoping for a win this week

 

and who took down the #1?? THIS GUY youre welcome @Borla

 

Nice work, Ralphie!
*shakes fist