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  1. Posted

    Since you are the commish, how did you ever permit a league vote rule to begin with?

     

    Don't quit the league - let it play out this year. Next year, if you don't get a rule change to commissioner veto only, do not re-join the league. Instead of playing in the work league, play with the big boys. There are plenty of leagues you can join if you look in the "Find a League, fill a league" forum about a month before the season starts.

     

    I won't quit but I'm converting it to a free league and giving everyone's money back. I'm not gonna ask the other guy to pay up when his best shot at turning his season around just got shot down simply because a group of guys decided they don't want me to have Peyton Manning. I could still win the league with my team, he has no shot at all now. It was unlikely he would've won anything even with the trade but he might've managed to sneak into the playoffs and at least got some of his money back.

     

    I'm definitely done with work leagues. The reason this league exists is because of some shady nonsense that went down in another work league. The commish suddenly changed the playoffs from 4 teams to 6 about 3 weeks before the playoffs. The #6 team in the league? His, of course. A bunch of us splintered off and created our own league. Now this. No more work leagues for me. I'll stick to my family league and online leagues with guys who actually know what the hell they're doing and won't cheat to win.

  2. Posted

    Bingo.

    I understand the OPs frustration... BUT the power has been given to the people. When the power is given to the people, he/she need not explain why they choose to veto a trade or not.

     

    Eh... Woodhead being a "clear starter" is debatable.

     

    When his only other option for his RB2 is Jason Snelling or LaGarrette Blount? Woodhead's the clear starter in this scenario. :)

  3. Posted

    Since you are the commish, how did you ever permit a league vote rule to begin with?

     

     

    Blame it on inexperience as a commish. This is my first time running a league though I've been playing for about 15 years. I've been in plenty of leagues with league voted vetoes and in all those years I've never actually seen something like this happen. When I was setting up the rules I saw the league veto and figured "yeah, seems fair" and just moved along.

     

    Lesson learned.

  4. Posted

    How does someone have Peyton and still be 1-4? D!ck move by your co workers but I had the same happen to me a few years ago, forced the commish to make it a non voting league and that seem the way you should go next season. If they have a problem with a trade they can letter the commish but he's the only one with veto power.

     

    His running backs were Trent Richardson, Shane Vereen, and Andre Brown (draft was 1 week before Brown got hurt) and his wide recievers are/were Andre Johnson, Dewayne Bowe, and Tavon Austin. Peyton Manning is literally the only thing he has left at this point.

  5. Posted

    It's bush league. Is this a money league? Do you know the guys?

     

    Yeah, I work with all of them. Yes, it is a money league. Not a monster one but decent money - $75 per team.

     

    I'm the commish and right now I'm seriously considering just giving everyone their money back and saying the money part is cancelled because of this BS. Can still play for free if they want but I'm not putting my money on the line in this nonsense.

     

    Editted: Sorry, was thinking about my other league, this is the $75 one, not the $100 one.

  6. Posted

    I want to get some more opinions on this from the FFToday community. I'm seriously fuming right now. Am I overreacting?

     

    Here's the situation. I'm 4-1 and have a sickening amount of depth on my team, there are a bunch of guys sitting on my bench every week who could easily be starting on other teams in the league. TIME FOR A TRADE! The guy with Peyton Manning in our league has practically nothing else. His team is 1-4, his RBs are a mess and his WRs aren't much better. We spent two days negotiating a trade and came to an agreement. I offered the trade and he accepted it.

     

    It was vetoed today.

     

    Here's the kicker though - everyone in the league AGREED that it was a perfectly fair trade. I gave up Romo, Jordy Nelson, and Danny Woodhead. I got Peyton Manning and Dewayne Bowe. All 3 guys would be clear starters on his team and obviously would have scored more points between the three than Manning is going to score himself. Difference is they will actually PLAY on his team while they were wasting away on my bench. It's a work league and rumblings started popping up at work today about vetoing the trade. When I asked them if it was a fair trade for both parties involved they all agreed it was and that, overall, the other team probably benefited even more than I did. The follow up question was, of course, then why veto a trade you have just said is totally fair? Their answer was, basically, "because your team is good so you can't have Peyton Manning." In effect "you did a great job drafting and you're a serious contender so you are not allowed to use your depth to improve your team."

     

    I think it's a load of crap. Why should I be punished for having a good team? More so, why should the other guy - who was totally amped up about possibly being able to get back in the running - be punished because the rest of the owners don't want me to have Peyton Manning.

     

    What do you guys think? Am I overreacting here? Or are these guys a bunch of cry babies?

  8. Posted

    Tough call. I'm a Reggie Bush owner too but I made sure I bought the Joique Bell insurance rider for him on draft day.

     

    His injury situation is scary and I really like Thomas but I think it's a very large dropoff from Bush to Steven Jackson (I don't trust Woodhead, I can't see him maintaining this production as purely a pass-catching RB)

     

    If EJ Manuel and Stevie were both healthy I would say no because, IMO, Bush > Jackson is a bigger drop off than Thomas > (healthy) Johnson even with Robert Woods stealing some of his thunder. With no EJ and Stevie hobbled combined with Cam Newton's horribly inconsistent play...

     

    I'd take it. Simpson, Smith, and Johnson all fall into that realm of talented guys but who the hell know what you're going to get out of their QBs. That makes Thomas a more valuable asset to your team than Bush.

     

    Mine: http://www.fftodayforums.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=425602

  10. Posted

    Long term I think Zac Stacy is your guy but against Houston's D? Not so much.

     

    Bilal Powell sucks to begin with and is sharing carries.

     

    Me and Dewayne Bowe aren't on speaking terms right now. I actually benched him in favor of Nate Washington who also isn't a fantastic option so long as he's trying to catch Fitzpatrick's wild and unpredictable passes but I think he's the best of the four.

     

    Mine: http://www.fftodayforums.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=425602

  12. Posted

    As a Bills fan, Cobb and Jeffrey.

     

    Buffalo is starting freaking Thad Lewis at QB. Forget 8 in the box, Cincy may just decide to put all 11 in the box. I love Freddy and CJ and I'm pretty certain Buffalo will try like hell to run the ball all game but with zero threat of a passing attack I just can't see it working out very well against a stingy Bengals defense.

     

    Take a look at mine: http://www.fftodayforums.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=425602

  14. Posted

    OK, this is a bit of a follow up on a post I made last night. I had a glut of solid WRs and RBs on my bench, all of whom could be starting for the owner of Peyton Manning who was/is starved for HBs and not a whole lot better at WR. I decided to strike while the Pierre Thomas iron was hot to make something happen. We talked all day whenever we had a chance and we have a deal. Standard PPR scoring. Here are the pre-trade teams:

     

    MY TEAM

    QB - TRomo, BHoyer

    RB - RBush, DMartin, JBell, DWoodhead, PThomas

    WR - RWayne, RCobb, JNelson, CShorts, SJohnson

    TE - JCook

    PK - DBailey

    DEF - Cincinatti

     

    HIS TEAM

    QB - PManning, RG3

    RB - TRichardson, LBlount, JSnelling (Told you it was bad, poor bastard drafted Andre Brown before he got hurt in the preseason AND had Shane Vereen)

    WR - AJohnson, DBowe, TAustin, TWilliams, KAllen

    TE - CClay, LKendricks

    PK - SGostkowski

    DEF - Minnesota, New England

     

    The trade:

    I GIVE UP: Tony Romo, Jordy Nelson, Pierre Thomas

    I GET: Peyton Manning, Dewayne Bowe, Tavon Austin

     

    Going by the response to my "what should I offer" I won the trade in a big way. Yahoo's automated Trade Analyzer (I know, lulz but I couldn't resist hitting the button) I got hosed. I think it's pretty even, I got a massive upgrade (especially in terms of consistency) at arguably my weakest position and he got 3 guys that are almost certainly going to start on his team every week going forward.

     

    What say you FF Geeks?

     

    Leave a link to yours and I'll take a look.

  15. Posted

    PPR league?

     

    PPR league I say keep Welker. The TDs will slow down eventually but Welker has been a PPR machine for the better part of a decade and Manning already has a high level of trust with him so I don't see his number of targets declining one bit.

     

    Non-PPR go with Marshall. He is more of a big play threat and definitely the best red zone target among Chicago's WRs.

     

    Thanks for answering mine.

  16. Posted

    OK, so I am actively trying to sell high on Pierre Thomas because I don't need him and his value will probably never be higher. It just so happens that the most RB-needy team has the most coveted player in all of Fantasy Football this season. Now I'm wondering if I can parlay big weeks out of Pierre and Tony Romo into nabbing Peyton Manning. I've built a solid team through drafting and trades and landing Peyton would really put me over the top. Here are the two teams:

     

    MY TEAM

    QB - TRomo, BHoyer

    RB - RBush, DMartin, JBell, DWoodhead, PThomas

    WR - RWayne, RCobb, JNelson, CShorts, SJohnson

    TE - JCook

    PK - DBailey

    DEF - Cincinatti

     

    HIS TEAM

    QB - PManning, RG3

    RB - TRichardson, LBlount, JSnelling (Told you it was bad, poor bastard drafted Andre Brown before he got hurt in the preseason AND had Shane Vereen)

    WR - AJohnson, DBowe, TAustin, TWilliams, KAllen

    TE - CClay, LKendricks

    PK - SGostkowski

    DEF - Minnesota, New England

     

    So do you guys see any way to make it work? Do you think there's any chance he'll go for Thomas and Romo for Manning? See any other options?

     

  17. Posted

    Yeah, his first offer was terrible.

     

    Your counter is much better. I still think he is getting the better end of the deal on a straight player-for-player basis but in the scope of your team, I believe it to be a trade worth making. As you said, you're stacked at RB and your WRs leave a lot to be desired. Jordy is an immediate upgrade at WR. You're taking a downgrade at RB from Bush to Martin but one worth taking, in my opinion, to upgrade your WRs. Plus, if Martin ends up bouncing back then he could end the season with better numbers than Bush. He started really slow last year too so who knows...

  18. Posted

    I have a chance to trade CJ Spiller/Randall Cobb for Reggie Bush/Steve Smith. My RB situation isn't very good right now. I have MJD, Spiller, Sproles, Monte Ball and picked up Rashad Jennings. I have Cobb/Garcon/Wayne as my WR.

     

    The team I am trying to trade with has Welker/Steve Smith/Hilton as WR and stacked at RB with Charles/T-Rich/Bush/Moreno (Charles fell to middle of second round in our draft...still don't know how that happens).

     

    Would you trade Spiller/Cobb for Bush/Smith? Standard Non-ppr league.

     

    Will reply in return.

     

    Spiller will get his, relax. If it was a more even WR swap I would say go for it but Cobb's best single game so far is equal to Smith's production for the whole year so you are CLEARLY losing out there.

     

    I've watched every Bills game, here's the deal with Spiller - teams are Fing terrified of him. Spiller benefited greatly last year from the fact that SO MANY people were scared of Fred Jackson. This year, Fred is benefiting from the fact that teams are scared of Spiller. They stack the box against Spiller and ease off against Fred. Teams are so scared of Spiller out of the backfield that I've seen him draw double coverage in the flats. I don't know if I've ever seen that before - maybe against Faulk?

     

    Here's why you shouldn't panic though - by focusing so hard on Spiller, teams are leaving opportunities ALL OVER the field. EJ isn't capitalizing on all of them but he's making them pay for more of them every week. The same goes for the coaching staff. Marone is very smart and he's starting to use defensive coordinator's fear of Spiller against them. Robert Woods caught a 42-yard touchdown because of it last week and Lee Smith would have had a 20-ish yard TD for the same reason if he didn't slip and fall. The point is, teams are not going to be able to keep selling out against CJ Spiller because Marone and Manuel are starting to make them pay for it. Just give him time, he will bounce back and by mid-season he'll be the consistent RB1 he's supposed to be.

     

    Take a look at mine: http://www.fftodayforums.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=424882

  19. Posted

    This actually a two part question, I need a little help at RB and WR. Pretty standard PPR scoring with big game bonuses (1pt at 100, 2 at 150, 2 at 200 - cumulative so a 200 yard game earns a 5 point bonus total). I need 5 players total, 2 WR, 2RB, 1 FLEX, stars denote the guys I'm currently leaning toward playing:

     

    *RBush @GB

    *JBell @GB

    DWoodhead @OAK

    PThomas @CHI

     

    *RCobb Vs DET

    *JNelson Vs DET

    *RWayne Vs SEA

    SJohnson @CLE

    CShorts @StL

     

    Stevie Johnson is probably the smarter play than Wayne against Sherman but Stevie burned me hard last week, talk me off the cliff there...

     

    Woodhead exploded last week (on my bench while Mr. Why So Serious racked up 0.9 in my FLEX spot... grrr) but can he keep it up against Oakland? I was surprised to find that Oakland has given up the 5th fewest points in the league against RBs this year.

     

    Oh and for those who are curious how I ended up with Cobb AND Nelson, Nelson's owner was RB starved so I sent D-Rich and Jerome Simpson over for Nelson and Woodhead a couple weeks ago.

     

    Post a link to yours and I'll take a look.

  23. Posted

    OK, so this matchup was so juicy I actually had both Bush AND Joique Bell in my lineup. Now that Reggie is officially out, I need to decide who slides into my FLEX position. I have good options from a talent standpoint but lots of ugly match-ups.

     

    Stevie Johnson @NYJ (leaning toward Stevie mainly because I got burned bad for not playing him last week and he always seems to show up against the Jets)

    Cecil Shorts @SEA

    Daryl Richardson @DAL

    Pierre Thomas Vs ARI

    Jerome Simpson Vs CLE

     

    Post a link and I'll respond to yours.

  24. Posted

    I feel thye need to preface this by saying I do not like Cutler and never have. I think he's the most overrated QB in the league and has been for a while.

     

    With that said, RG3 got off to a slow start and looked very rusty at the start of last weeks game but he definitely started to get his feet under him again in the 2nd half. Green Bay's secondary is sketchy at best and they got absolutely lit up by a guy with almost identical skills to RG3 a week ago. Start RG3 and don't look back.

     

    http://www.fftodayforums.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=423313

  25. Posted

    As a Buffalo Bills fan, I'm going Olsen all the way here if I were you.

     

    Buffalo has struggled against elite TEs for years and their secondary is a MASH unit right now. Aaron Williams is NOT going to be able to help Kiko Alonso out against Greg Olsen because he's going to be too busy trying to stop Steve Smith from wiping the floor with Leodis McKelvin. Neither Danoris Searcy OR Jim Leonhard are good enough to cover Olson and Buffalo can't afford to cover him with a CB because the guy that was supposed to be our DIME corner at best is currently our starting CB2.

     

    I think Greg Olsen has a game similar to what Cameron did a week ago.

     

    http://www.fftodayforums.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=423313

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