• Welcome to Smashboards, the world's largest Super Smash Brothers community! Over 250,000 Smash Bros. fans from around the world have come to discuss these great games in over 19 million posts!

    You are currently viewing our boards as a visitor. Click here to sign up right now and start on your path in the Smash community!

NFL Thread

M@v

Subarashii!
Joined
Oct 13, 2007
Messages
10,678
Location
Pittsburgh, PA
How does this work again?
Fantasy football has you drafting a roster of players across all the teams to make your own "fantasy team". The trick to it is that points are awarded based on stats, not wins and losses. So even though Alex Smith won a lot of games last year, hes a mediocre fantasy QB at best because he didnt do much passing wise. Cam newton didn't win many games last year, but he was a statisical freak, I believe the 3rd best fantasy qb last year. And of course theres those who have both, like tom brady haha. Each week you face another person, and whoever's team scores the most fantasy points at the end of the week wins.
 

M@v

Subarashii!
Joined
Oct 13, 2007
Messages
10,678
Location
Pittsburgh, PA
Alright guys, I'll be making the league tonight, so any more people interested please pm me or let me know!

Actually, Does September 1st at 7pm work for everyone for a live draft?

We have 8 teams. Perfect.
 

M@v

Subarashii!
Joined
Oct 13, 2007
Messages
10,678
Location
Pittsburgh, PA
Ok guys, the fantasy football invites have been sent to the 7 that wanted in. It will be an 8 team league.

LIVE DRAFT TIME IS SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1ST, AT 10PM EASTERN.

I based this time off all the feedback I got from the mass pm I sent. Although some could make it earlier this night, the earliest it seems everyone can make it is 10pm. Therefore, please try to be ready for this time! If theres a worst case scenario and you cant make the draft, it can automatically draft for you(it takes the best rated player on the board still.) I BELIEVE you can pre-set an order as well, but I'm not fully certain. You'd have to look in the fantasy football settings.

League name is smashboards.
 

theeboredone

Smash Legend
Joined
Mar 18, 2008
Messages
12,398
Location
Houston, TX
I'm in too. Should be obvious who I am.

ESPN point system is so much more intricate vs Yahoo. Not sure how I feel about this lol.
 

Coolwhip

Smash Champion
Joined
Aug 3, 2010
Messages
2,254
Location
Chicago, IL
NNID
Co0lwhip
Brandon marshall & Alshon jeffery is nightmare match ups for most, if not all DBs in the NFL.
It's not everyday that a QB get a 6'5(marshall) & 6'4 (jeffery) wide receivers with skills....

Detroit can have "MegaTron" all they want, that's just ONE good wide receiver on their team.
It's better to have two legit receivers instead of one.
 

M@v

Subarashii!
Joined
Oct 13, 2007
Messages
10,678
Location
Pittsburgh, PA
Well I had my first fantasy draft just now(Different league than the one we are doing), and here's my roster, 10 team league:

QB: Tom Brady
RB: Marshawn Lynch, Darren Sproles
WR: Victor Cruz, Antonio Brown
TE: Jimmy Graham
Flex WR/RB: Isaac Redman
Defense/Special Teams: Bears

Backups:
QB: Phillip Rivers
WR: Torrey Smith
WR: Michael Crabtree
RB: Brandon Jacobs
TE: Coby Fleener

I'll find a backup defense the week I need it: No good ones were left.
 

Reizilla

The Old Lapras and the Sea
Joined
Mar 20, 2008
Messages
13,676
Fuuuuuuu I can't make the draft day :c I thought I had the weekend off, but I was wrong :/
 

M@v

Subarashii!
Joined
Oct 13, 2007
Messages
10,678
Location
Pittsburgh, PA

theeboredone

Smash Legend
Joined
Mar 18, 2008
Messages
12,398
Location
Houston, TX
Lol, I couldn't make it to my other league's draft. My friend drafted for me and got me Tim Tebow, while spewing "Christianity" talk to the other members.
 

M@v

Subarashii!
Joined
Oct 13, 2007
Messages
10,678
Location
Pittsburgh, PA
2 people still havent signed up off the invites I gave them. I believe its .com and Ed (scaryL). If you know them, please tell them to do so, as the draft is at 10pm tonight. If they dont sign up, we have to reschedule the draft.
 

theeboredone

Smash Legend
Joined
Mar 18, 2008
Messages
12,398
Location
Houston, TX
Yeah, I got that email too. I dunno what's going on about this, but I'd sure like to receive updates on if the draft will still be a go. Post here to confirm?
 

M@v

Subarashii!
Joined
Oct 13, 2007
Messages
10,678
Location
Pittsburgh, PA
they still havent joined. If they dont, we might wind up rescheduleng for lets say tuesday night :/. Im sure I can get 2 more people if those two dont resign.
 

M@v

Subarashii!
Joined
Oct 13, 2007
Messages
10,678
Location
Pittsburgh, PA
Ok. In order for a new draft time to be scheduled, at least 5 people need to vote on it. Lets make it TOMORROW at 9:45PM EASTERN.
 

ZIO

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Joined
Sep 14, 2006
Messages
10,884
Location
FREEDOM
So like my friends wanted me to do Fantasy Football with them and so I did and this is what I ended up with



This is my first time playing this **** so if I could get any advice here, that would be great.
 

M@v

Subarashii!
Joined
Oct 13, 2007
Messages
10,678
Location
Pittsburgh, PA
It would really help me decide how good or bad this is if you say how many teams are in the league, and if you got an order of when you drafted your players. ESPN sends you a draft summary email.

number of teams is important because the more teams there are, the weaker each individual team is.
 

ZIO

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Joined
Sep 14, 2006
Messages
10,884
Location
FREEDOM
There are eight teams. They did the draft yesterday, but, like, it was a get together thing. They did seeds and all, I was seventh seed (seemed unfair since this is my first time doing this in comparison to everyone else who had play the game before, but whatever). So, I just went up onto NFL.com and looked up who are the top choices and just went down the list until I came across someone no one else has chosen.
 

M@v

Subarashii!
Joined
Oct 13, 2007
Messages
10,678
Location
Pittsburgh, PA
If it was only 8 teams, I feel you definitely could of had a stronger draft. I'm assuming your first rounder was Stafford. I feel Stafford is a 2nd round QB, and from what I've seen, these are the top 5 fantasy qbs:

1.Arod(first round)
2.Tom brady(first round)
3.Drew Brees(first round)
4.Stafford(2nd round)
5.Cam Newton(2nd round)

Receivers are good.

RBs I i like if you got them later, first 4 round i don't like , since AP is coming off an injury. Injuries or coming off of an injury last year=reduced draft value, because they wind up being gambles. Example, I took Peyton Manning 3rd round in a draft last night to be my starting QB. He fell that far because of his neck surgery and missing the season last year.

Also, I personally ranked the first round (up to 14 personally since that was my biggest league) so I would take whoever was highest, this was my top 7:


1. Aaron Rodgers
2.Tom brady
3.Dbrees
4.Ray Rice
5.Foster
6.McCoy
7.Calvin Johnson

So if I was in your shoes, I would of taken whoever was left on that list with the highest number. I don't trust the site fantasy rankings at all, since they are based on predictions. Also, it doesn't matter where your picked to draft. A later 1st round means and earlier second round. The first overall pick has to wait all the way until the last pick of the 2nd round to go again.
 

Peeze

Smash Master
Joined
Jul 27, 2006
Messages
3,689
Location
Sunshine State of Mind
QB Cam Newton
RB Steven Jackson
RB Fred Jackson
RB/WR Reggie Bush
WR Andre Johnson
WR Anquan Boldin
TE Antonio Gates
D/ST Ravens D/ST
K Mason Crosby
BE Donald Brown
BE Matt Schaub
BE Toby Gerhart
BE Justin Blackmon
BE Kyle Rudolph
BE Jerome Simpson
BE Julio Jones
 

Reizilla

The Old Lapras and the Sea
Joined
Mar 20, 2008
Messages
13,676
I'm cool with the draft at 9:45 tomorrow. How do I set it to autodraft if I can't make it?
 

theeboredone

Smash Legend
Joined
Mar 18, 2008
Messages
12,398
Location
Houston, TX
Yeah, but I think one more person still needs to confirm? I don't see anything on the ESPN fantasy board that says it's tonight. It hasn't been scheduled yet.
 
Top Bottom