Quote :

"Not sure why you're giving up your best QB right now, especially for the likes of Jamal Lewis who still hasn't shown he is back yet."

You do realize that I have Eli Manning starting, right?

And I'm in a 14-team Yahoo! league. Here's who's left at RB. Right now I have LJ and Chester Taylor from the Vikes, and I got Duce Staley as backup, but he might not even make the team now.

Here's the top 10 left:
G. Jones- Jax
V. Haynes- Pitt
B. Calhoun- Det.
M. Jones-Drew- Jax
D. Blaylock- NYJ
K. Faulk- NE
M. Bennett- KC
J. Norwood- Atl
L. Toefield- Jax
M. Pittman- TB

I've shopped Leinart around, and noone wants him, tho people are chomping at the bit for Rivers and I'm positive I could get a great back for him. I mean, unless Eli goes down w/ an injury, I'm set at QB w/o Rivers.

8/31/2006 1:35:13 AM

I didn't see you had Eli, just saw that one post you made.

Then yeah shop Rivers around, but get a better back than Jamal Lewis. I don't know what to ask for because I don't know who needs what in your league.

Look into just picking up V. Haynes, Pitt likes the run-by-committee, and he's likely to share time with Parker.

[Edited on August 31, 2006 at 8:58 AM. Reason : .]

8/31/2006 8:58:22 AM

^^you should look into Lundy for the Texans, Toefield from the Jags (now that G. Jones is out for the season and Freddy will get injured), Travis Henry (he wont be starting, but Chris Brown is injury prone), and other like that.

In a 14 man league, making the move before the move (picking up a backup who could start if the #1 goes down) is usually the difference maker in a great season.

- The Guru

8/31/2006 9:44:09 AM

^Last report I saw had the Titans leaning toward starting Henry the first game, but that's not set in stone.

8/31/2006 10:00:59 AM

not true.

Henry is the backup

Quote :

"Craig Tapper, of Titans Online, reports Tennessee Titans head coach Jeff Fisher quickly squashed an internet rumor that he had decided on RB Travis Henry as the team's starting running back. Rumors began circulating yesterday on CBS Sportsline that Henry had overtaken RB Chris Brown as the Titans' starting running back. Fisher said Wednesday, Aug. 30, that Brown was still the starter. Brown said he had not heard about the news. "I didn't even hear about it," Brown said. "You all are telling me something new. I had no idea about that. I didn't hear anything about it." Brown will start the team's preseason finale followed by Henry and rookie RB LenDale White."

8/31/2006 10:27:27 AM

Well that's good for me, have Brown on my bench, along with Lundy, just 2 more starters in the fold I guess.

8/31/2006 10:32:55 AM

Yeah, glad to hear that about chris brown too

In my 12 team league, he is my flex player right now for week 1 (2rb, 2wr, 1 flex)

8/31/2006 11:22:29 AM

I might go ahead and pick up hayes, but im gonna shop Rivers around as well. Here's who I might be able to get, based on who would probably take a good QB in Rivers right now:

-Wali Lundy
-Warrick Dunn
-Steven Jackson
-Willis McGahee
-Brian Westbrook
-Corey Dillion
-Jamal Lewis
-Ahman Green

Both Jackson and McGahee are on a team starting Trent Green, w/ John Kitna as a backup. They're my top targets right now.

[Edited on August 31, 2006 at 12:40 PM. Reason : .]

8/31/2006 12:36:33 PM

no way in hell someone would trade you Jackson or McGahee for Rivers...same goes for Dunn and Westbrook. Unless you play in a league full of idiots, which could very well be the case.

You'd be better off packaging Rivers with Chester Taylor for one of those bigger name backs

8/31/2006 12:51:56 PM

if im starting 2 backs, id rather not go down to only 2 right now, tho im looking to just grab Haynes from Pitt. and then unload Rivers and Taylor for another good back.

8/31/2006 1:32:41 PM

ok so i had third pick

WR went FASTTTTT, Peyton was my first choice. left me having to get sleepers or unknown starters though for wideouts, also RB's were first to go and I got lucky gettin Edge and Lamont...for some reason the people forgot about Lamont

what do I need to change, obviously probably need a good solid Wide out...im set at at QB and D and Kicker...I think

1. (3) P. Manning
2. (14) E. James
3. (19) L. Jordan
4. (30) Sa. Moss
5. (35) D. Stallworth
6. (46) D. McNabb
7. (51) P. Burress
8. (62) C. Dillon
9. (67) J. Horn
10. (78) S. McNair
11. (83) J. Addai
12. (94) H. Miller
13. (99) D. Akers
14. (110) Ma. Jones
15. (115) Denver
16. (126) Jacksonville

8/31/2006 1:39:07 PM

^ I think people just don't trust Oakland's line or that Aaron Brooks can be enough of a threat to take pressure off of Jordan.

However, they are 4-0, it doesn't mean too much in preseason but it does show that they can put points up on first string D (although the teams they played, aside from philly, aren't that great). So I figure he will end up doing pretty well.

At least I hope so, because I have him too.

he was my 2nd pick in a 14 team league

8/31/2006 2:01:57 PM

yea i have gotten him 3 years in a row and been one of my biggest guys every year, the media just doesnt get on him like tehy do other guys, same with Tiki Barber.

I know I did REAL well with what i drafted and when I got it, I can tell I did but for my Wideouts I think i need more...i have potential just nothing I see as a SET big timer. otherwise i had an incredibly good draft.

8/31/2006 2:14:54 PM

Last year when Jordan moved to Oakland into a starting role the experts began hyping him up to be the big sleeper back that could pay huge dividends, and then last year he just never put up those kind of numbers so he slid down a lot.

8/31/2006 2:23:07 PM

depends on what ur league emphasizes...we have alot of point given to receptions and recieving yards and hes a big play when it comes to routes and all, he gets alot of catches a game actually so it helps havin him get those big numbers in my league

8/31/2006 2:36:21 PM

Shop santana moss.

he scored 10 TD's last year in a total of 6 games.

He had three multiple TD games and one game with 3 TD's

They added more weapons and Brunell is hurting (not to mention [old])

He WILL NOT have as good of year as he did last year. I dont like him as a number one WR.

but overall, good draft.

You have earned the Guru's Seal of approval.



p.s. but remember to work on the WR's. If you have a redskins fan in your league, offer Santana to him for another top WR. Those 'skins fans think Moss is the second coming. Work it in your best interest

8/31/2006 2:47:34 PM

Quote :

"1. (3) P. Manning 2. (14) E. James 3. (19) L. Jordan 4. (30) Sa. Moss 5. (35) D. Stallworth 6. (46) D. McNabb 7. (51) P. Burress 8. (62) C. Dillon 9. (67) J. Horn 10. (78) S. McNair 11. (83) J. Addai 12. (94) H. Miller 13. (99) D. Akers 14. (110) Ma. Jones 15. (115) Denver 16. (126) Jacksonville"

I don't understand your strategy at all. You pass on a elite back (probably LT) to take Peyton and still end up with McNabb and McNair. Obviously Peyton is better, but McNabb is solid barring injury and LT is a fantasy beast. I hope some other guys in your league need a QB or that you start two QBs so that you can use those three to your advantage.

8/31/2006 2:54:38 PM

LT and LJ were gone, Alexander was the only one left and in our league QB's get alot of love

we only have 1 spot to open for them but I simply drafted McNabb as trade bait later in teh season as well as McNair, I figure someones QB goes down and then I can make some decent trades for him

I already have a trade on the table for Steve Smith for McNabb and Dillon, depends on it the guy offers, he has Kitna as his QB

8/31/2006 2:57:21 PM

^ Ok well that changes my thinking some, but how could you pass on Alexander!? He only scored 28 TDs last year. If you're able to get Smith though, then you'll have a pretty sick team assuming Edge is Edge and Lamont lives up to the hype this year.

8/31/2006 3:02:39 PM

So on my 14 team league I drafted my RB's and WR's pretty early, and left my QB until later, when I got two who I thought would put up solid, but not spectacular, numbers. I picked up Rivers in the 8th round (knew someone else wanted him, so I got him earlier than I wanted to) and Brad Johnson in the 11th.

So the question is, should I start Johnson the first few weeks, in case Rivers makes some noobish mistakes?

Also I got pretty lucky drafting Joe Horn and Frank Gore in the later rounds. Donte' Stallworth and Kevan Barlow both got traded afterwards, which made both players much more valuable.

8/31/2006 3:17:03 PM

im just not a big Shaun guy...i think this year he wont have near the year he did

not to mention the Madden curse, and his left side of the line being replaced

i think Edge and Lamont will be enough to suit me well with RB's

8/31/2006 3:30:02 PM

Here is the draft I just did. 10 people and I had the 5th pick. I wanted palmer but he went in the 4th round which was too early for me. Branch could be an iffy pick and I got Benson in the 10th. QB is kinda meh but I think Im pretty solid at RB and WR.


S. Jackson RB
B. Westbrook RB
C Chambers WR
H. Ward WR
D. Foster RB
D. Bennett WR
J. Delhomo QB
D. Bledsoe QB
D. Branch WR
C. Benson RB
R. McMichael TE
E. Wilford WR
P. Riv QB
Giants D
Lawrence Tynes K

8/31/2006 11:58:56 PM

I managed to get Tomlinson, Eli, and P-Riv on my team. obviously i'm starting Tomlinson.

in week 1, i'm at odds as to whether i should go with a more proven Eli against a good Indy defense, or Rivers against a seemingly much weaker Oakland defense.

also, my red-bloodedness wants to start Rivers, but i figured starting Tomlinson is enough Rivers exposure for the first week of his pro career, and that i should go with Eli.

thanks in advance for your advice.

9/1/2006 11:01:11 AM

also, how good is Andre Johnson supposed to be?

9/1/2006 11:17:42 AM

I'd be willing to start Rivers over Manning this week.

I have Andre Johnson as my #3 receiver. MSN/Fox Sports has him as the #25 ranked WR, #74 overall, and drafted 93% of the time.

9/1/2006 6:18:54 PM

What's going on with Ben Watson (NE-TE)? Some say he's a decent player (for my #2 TE); some say he's not even playing.

9/1/2006 7:03:29 PM

2qb, 2rb, 3wr, 1 flex, 1d, 1k roster.

who to drop for a kicker?

i never draft em.


QB - E. Manning
QB - J. Plummer
WR - Sa. Moss
WR - D. Stallworth
WR - J. Walker
RB - L. Tomlinson
RB - J. Jones
TE - J. Shockey
W/R - W. Dunn
B - TJ Duckett (RB)
B - B. Johnson (QB) (due to poor planning, both of my qbs have byes the same week)
B - K. Curtis (WR)
B- R. Brown (WR)
B - C. Perry (RB)
B - B. Edwards (WR)
B - M. Bennett (RB)

K -

D - Wash

See, i feel like my late round picks have much potential, depending on how their seasons go...
I dont wanna drop anyone ahah

leaning towards bennet....

9/1/2006 7:39:05 PM

qb- c. palmer
wr- m. harrison
wr- r. brown
wr- t. glenn
rb- t. barber
rb- d. mcallister
te- t. heap
b- c. dillon (rb)
b- j. plummer (qb)
b- j. stevens (te)
b- a. bryant (wr)
b- b. jacobs (rb)
b- jacksonville (def)
k- l. tynes
def- chicago

9/2/2006 3:32:30 PM

My 1st drafted team so far:

QB
Eli Manning
Trent Green

RB
R. Johnson
S. Jackson
D. Williams
M. Barber

WR
J. Walker
J. Horn
K. McCardell
D. Hall
W. Welker

TE
J. Shockey

K
J. Brown

D
Tampa Bay
Baltimore

9/2/2006 3:39:53 PM

New league, 6th pick, 10 teams
1qb, 2rb, 2wr, 1te, 1wr/rb, 1wr/te

1. (6) P. Manning QB
2. (15) R. Brown RB
3. (26) C. Chambers WR
4. (35) D. McAllister RB
5. (46) J. Shockey TE
6. (55) C. Taylor RB
7. (66) K. Johnson WR
8. (75) N. Rackers K
9. (86) L. Coles WR
10. (95) New York DEF
11. (106) K. Warner QB
12. (115) K. Barlow RB
13. (126) J. Porter WR
14. (135) Cincinnati DEF
15. (146) J. Stevens TE
16. (155) Mi. Vick QB

I picked a kicker so early because kickers are worth a lot in this league, a 40 yard FG is worth as much as a touchdown, and a 50 yard one is worth significantly more. I don't really like the rule, but I might as well take advantage of it by taking the highest scoring player in the leauge last year in Rackers.

And Vick was kind of a joke, I will probably drop him.

9/2/2006 3:41:23 PM

ok, so i have LJ. would it be a good or bad idea to pick up his backup, micheal bennet, as a reserve? my #2 back at this point is Chester Taylor, and ive been shopping around for another big back and havent been able to land one. my only backup at this point is Haynes from Pitt. The rest of my team is rock solid, save the #2 starting back in Taylor.

[Edited on September 4, 2006 at 1:49 AM. Reason : .]

9/4/2006 1:48:59 AM

i'm suprised no one got vick in 16 rounds, usually some unfortunate soul buys the media hype of him being Jesus Jr.

9/4/2006 1:52:59 AM

QB
5. (59) K. Warner QB
13. (155) B. Johnson QB

RB
2. (14) W. Parker RB
3. (35) W. Dunn RB
4. (38) D. Williams RB
11. (131) T. Duckett RB

WR
1. (11) T. Owens WR
6. (62) K. McCardell WR
8. (86) Mi. Clayton WR
10. (110) A. Toomer WR
15. (179) K. Robinson WR <-- (autopick)
16. (182) C. Jackson WR

TE
7. (83) L. Smith TE

K
14. (158) J. Kasay K

DEF
9. (107) Seattle DEF
12. (134) Atlanta DEF

First time out, made some mistakes. I need to get rid of one of my defenses, and I feel like I need a QB who is under the age of 65, but I could be wrong. Not sure what the best trade bait is.

[Edited on September 4, 2006 at 1:10 PM. Reason : 445]

9/4/2006 1:09:39 PM

Quote :

"2qb, 2rb, 3wr, 1 flex, 1d, 1k roster. who to drop for a kicker? i never draft em. QB - E. Manning QB - J. Plummer WR - Sa. Moss WR - D. Stallworth WR - J. Walker RB - L. Tomlinson RB - J. Jones TE - J. Shockey W/R - W. Dunn B - TJ Duckett (RB) B - B. Johnson (QB) (due to poor planning, both of my qbs have byes the same week) B - K. Curtis (WR) B- R. Brown (WR) B - C. Perry (RB) B - B. Edwards (WR) B - M. Bennett (RB) K - D - Wash See, i feel like my late round picks have much potential, depending on how their seasons go... I dont wanna drop anyone ahah leaning towards bennet...."

ben, drop chris perry

9/4/2006 1:11:06 PM

should I start Plummer against StL or Culpepper against Pit week one? thinkin Plummer.

I just picked up andre johnson and dropped santonio holmes, should I start Johnson, glenn, or bennet?

9/4/2006 1:12:58 PM

I had the 11th pick in my 12 man draft

the results:

1. (11) S. Jackson RB
2. (14) W. McGahee RB
3. (35) D. Culpepper QB ( 7 QB's were picked before him )
4. (38) R. Moss WR
5. (59) F. Gore RB
6. (62) A. Johnson WR
7. (83) M. Bell RB
8. (86) D. Stallworth WR
9. (107) B. Edwards WR
10. (110) W. Lundy RB
11. (131) B. Leftwich QB
12. (134) N. Rackers K
13. (155) K. Winslow TE
14. (158) M. Bennett RB
15. (179) B. Troupe TE
16. (182) Minnesota DEF

9/4/2006 1:13:42 PM

^^ wtf league has andre johnson on waivers

9/4/2006 1:15:47 PM

someone dropped him to pick up ernest wilford

9/4/2006 1:16:47 PM

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

9/4/2006 1:17:05 PM

well wilford had better stats last year

9/4/2006 1:18:16 PM

johnson played in like 4 games

9/4/2006 1:18:58 PM

13

9/4/2006 1:20:16 PM

dude was hurt basically the whole season, you go ahead and say it was a good drop

on the real I should be the guru

look at my yahoo rankings

[Edited on September 4, 2006 at 1:21 PM. Reason : .]

9/4/2006 1:20:29 PM

where did i say it was a good drop? its just i can see why someone would do it

9/4/2006 1:23:44 PM

QB - Eli Manning
Drew Brees
Kurt Warner

RB - Willie Parker (they didn't just sign him for $13mil for nothin)
Reggie Bush
Chris Brown
Thomas Jones

WR - Steve Smith
Mushin Muhammad
Ashley Lelie
Darrell Jackson
Marcus Robinson

TE - Alge Crumpler
Benjamin Watson

K - Jeff Reed

DEF - Arizona
NYG

12 teams, had 8th pick

9/4/2006 1:26:00 PM

^^ i can too if he's a moron

^ wtf you picked steve smith in the 1st, who in the 2nd? wow

[Edited on September 4, 2006 at 1:29 PM. Reason : .]

9/4/2006 1:28:31 PM

I'm thinking it was Willie first, Steav Smif 2nd

9/4/2006 1:52:37 PM

that's equally sad

9/4/2006 1:53:29 PM

he could be good if he doesn't get hurted

9/4/2006 1:57:40 PM

one of the guys in my league currently has jamal lewis and the rb from detroit starting over thomas jones, so i swept in and traded him 2 16 and 17th round wr's for fred taylor, who'll be starting all year for Jax, and then grabbed KC's #2 receiver on waivers. d'oh!

maybe i should have traded him santana moss for jones


Current Starting Lineup (14 Team League):

QB- Eli Manning
RB- Larry Johnson
RB- Fred Taylor/Chester Taylor?
WR- Santana Moss
WR- Joey Galloway
WR- Mushin Muhammad
TE- Randy McMicheal
K- Sebastian Janikowski/Mike Nugent?
Def- Denver



[Edited on September 4, 2006 at 2:20 PM. Reason : .]

[Edited on September 4, 2006 at 2:21 PM. Reason : .]

9/4/2006 2:17:54 PM