Who was your 1st ever pick in fantasy football?

[Savage Beast 1]

Don't remember exactly but I won my $$ league back around 87 or 88 and I know had Marino and Emmitt!!!

 

Emmitt played for the Gators in 88.

[ddies23 0]

1991 - Jerry Rice

 

I was the ONLY guy with fantasy mag (FFIndex) and all the other guys were like, "What's that?"

 

I destroyed the 10-team league with this squad:

 

QB - Mark Rypien

QB - Chris Miller

QB - Steve Young

 

RB - Emmitt Smith

RB - Rodney Hampton

RB - Brad Baxter

RB - Brad Muster

 

WR - Jerry Rice

WR - Rob Moore

WR - Brian Blades

WR - Wendall Davis

 

TE - Mike Tice

TE - Awalt (had to I.R. Eric Green)

 

K - Jeff Jaeger

K - Scott Norwood

 

D - Atlanta

D - TB

 

Ahhhh....the memories!!

 

 

Hilarious! Same here. 1993, I think we had the only mag at the draft, maybe one other person...Warren Moon on the cover. Had to take him! I dont think we had a clue what we were doing, but I ended up winning the league. Although we have the stats somewhere, I cant remember the entire team. The next season I had almost the entire Chiefs lineup...Montana, Marcus Allen, Willie Davis, Lake Dawson, Keith Cash, D/ST....I still remember the Monday night game when Montana hit Davis to win the game for me.

[tt1010 0]

1999. Or 2000.

 

Eddie George. Championship.

 

Been hooked ever since. I miss you Eddie.

[HawgWild 0]

It was more fun when you had to research and find nuggets of info. back in then day. Now, someone doesn't even have to know what a running back does and could win a league. The internet levels the playing field, but it's still a blast!

 

 

It is so much different now.. no internet back in the day.. we used to cut the box scores out of the paper on Monday morning and go over them inch by inch to look at the stats to see what players did what and to see if anybody was available to pick up on waivers that was worth a crap... Those were the good old days.. but the internet makes it easier that is for sure...

[Fumbleweed 547]

Freeman McNeil

[HawgWild 0]

Emmitt played for the Gators in 88.

 

 

I just said it may have been early 90's ok.. It was a long damn time ago.. Like I'm gonna lie about a title I won 18 years ago...

[Savage Beast 1]

Like I'm gonna lie about a title I won 18 years ago...

 

Like you are ever going to admit to defeat either.

[bozobear 0]

1999. Or 2000.

 

Eddie George. Championship.

 

Been hooked ever since. I miss you Eddie.

 

 

Me too. Although I did not win a championship.

[HawgWild 0]

Like you are ever going to admit to defeat either.

 

Believe me I have a wife and 2 kids.. I admit to defeat every day!! I'm an old man with a bad memory!! Quit picking on me!!!

 

[Jimmy 0]

Emmitt Smith. The year he did the flying head-plant in the first week.

[phlegmish 4]

Don't remember exactly but I won my $$ league back around 87 or 88 and I know had Marino and Emmitt!!!

 

I started in '88 but had Montana at 1.05. i believe Boomer and Marino went before me as well as herschel walker and eric dickerson. you couldnt have had Emmit unless stats from college counted in your league. his rookie year was 1990 and i had him 3 out of 5 years until my group of friends converted to keeper league (i picked him at 1.01 in 1996 and he never left the roster until he moved to Zona :-()

[yostevo 0]

This thread brings me back. My first pick was Steve Young.

 

Question for those who have played 10+ yers or so. Do you think FF is easier now then it was then? Now any joe Schmoe can log into a website and get advice and cheatsheets back in the day you did it on your own. Also, do you find it more fun now then in years back.

 

I'd say it's more fun now because of how competitive it's gotten as opposed to who happened to read the paper today! I can still remember sprinting to the newsstands on Monday mornings to get the stats as the commish so that I could post the scores. It's quite comical to think how archaic it was back in the day. The managers would congregate over my place to compare stats and check the standings I'd post. Good times.

[Bombers97 0]

I'd say it's more fun now because of how competitive it's gotten as opposed to who happened to read the paper today! I can still remember sprinting to the newsstands on Monday mornings to get the stats as the commish so that I could post the scores. It's quite comical to think how archaic it was back in the day. The managers would congregate over my place to compare stats and check the standings I'd post. Good times.

 

The worst part was waiting for Tuesday's paper to get the MNF scores. If the game ended too late, the box score wouldn't appear until Wednesday!

[yostevo 0]

The worst part was waiting for Tuesday's paper to get the MNF scores. If the game ended too late, the box score wouldn't appear until Wednesday!

 

Wow....that's right. I forgot how agonizing that could be.

 

Here's how big of a dork I am. I've got folders of docs (scoresheets etc...) of every year in my league's 15 year history. I just pulled out the 1st year circa 1993 and I've got the original 1st 8 rounds of our draft sheet. Apparently I was wrong. I took Thurman Thomas #2 and then Rypien #3 Here they are:

 

1st rd.

1. Steve Young

2. Dan Marino

3. Warren Moon

4. Chris Miller

5. Emmitt Smith

6. Barry Sanders

7. Troy Aikman

8. Barry Foster

 

2nd rd.

1. Joe Montana

2. Michael Irvin

3. Jim Kelly

4. Jim Everett

5. Andre Rison

6. Thurman Thomas

7. Jerry Rice

8. Sterling Sharpe

 

3rd rd.

1. Hershel Walker

2. Rodney Hampton

3. Mark Rypien

4. Lorenzo White

5. Randall Cunningham

6. Hayward Jeffires

7. Eric Dickerson

8. John Taylor

 

4th rd.

1. Andre Reed

2. Ernest Givens

3. Anthony Miller

4. Michael Haynes

5. Desmond Howard

6. Herman Moore

7. Ricky Sanders

8. John Elway

 

5th rd.

1 Fred Barnett

2. Stan Humphries

3. Ricky Watters

4. Pete Stoyanovich

5. Reggie Cobb

6. Morten Anderson

7. Nick Lowry

8. Steve Christie

 

6th

1. Jeff Hostetler

2. Eric Metcalf

3. Brett Favre

4. Irving Fryar

5. Mike Pritchard

6. Chip Lohmiller

7. Harold Green

8. Heath Sherman

 

7th

1. Bobby Hebert

2. Lin Elliot

3. Tim Brown

4. Jason Hanson

5. John Carney

6. Cleveland Gary

7. Bernie Kosar

8. Marion Butts

 

8th

1. Gary Clark

2. Vinny Testaverde

3. Al Del Greco

4. Rodney Culver

5. Rodney Peete

6. Calvin Williams

7. Cris Carter

8. Brett Perriman

[The Hood 9]

Terrell Davis - '97

 

Rode huge performances by Kordell Stewart and Yancey Thigpen to the title game. Then they returned to being themselves in the championship.

[mgs316 14]

Jeff George

 

10th overall out of 12 in 1998. Won the league even though he was hurt mid-season.

[TheGiantJets 18]

Started playing in 2002, my first pick was LaDainian Tomlinson. Had the 2nd overall pick, I was hoping to get Ricky Williams but he went 1st pick overall. Boy was I lucky. We are allowed 1 keeper so I've had LT ever since then. Good thing i didn't get Ricky

[Bombers97 0]

Wow....that's right. I forgot how agonizing that could be.

 

Here's how big of a dork I am. I've got folders of docs (scoresheets etc...) of every year in my league's 15 year history. I just pulled out the 1st year circa 1993 and I've got the original 1st 8 rounds of our draft sheet. Apparently I was wrong. I toook Thurman Thomas #2 and then Rypien #3 Here they are:

 

This is our 23rd year. I think I have some materials back to '86. We rotate commish every year or two, so it was hard to keep all of our old records.

 

It was a lot more fun back then, but we were still in high school and harassed each other mercilessly about our teams between classes, in study hall, and at lunch every day from September through December. Good times. E-mail's just not the same.

[hines86rules 0]

Barry Sanders 1993 - 3 TDs

[xenobius 0]

Great thread!

 

2001 - Eddie George (at one point he lost me a game by rushing for squat and fumbling on a Monday night)

Oh, and I dropped Priest like 2 games into the season

[MikieV101 0]

1991 Emmitt Smith

 

I alos remember back in the day when I traded away Herman Moore for Natrone Means Businezz...ended up going to New Orleans that year on a mini vacation, and the Chargers were in town playing the Saints...Means had 3 rushing TDs, and 2 others called back on holding penalties (on those plays, Carney kicked field goals)

 

I always loved going to an NFL game and seeing my guys have an awesome game....that was a memorable one.

 

One other time I had TE Johnny Mitchell from the Jets, he had 2 TDs and a ton of yards while I was at the game...

[HenryChinaski 1]

Curtis Martin was my first pick...

 

I remember it being the 5th overall selection. I think in 1997?

[kilroy69 1,251]

Marshall Faulk. The first year he played for the rams.

[mleo21 0]

Curtis Martin - he had busted off some crazy number of consecutive 1,000 yard seasons. Of course I draft him, and he fails to crack it that year. Live and learn!

[Ras66not99 0]

Jim Everett.... I believe it was 1989..... maybe 88 ????????????

 

My 2nd pick was Robb Riddick..... Buffalo goal line vulture... after scoring like 14 Td's the season before he was cut or suspended or something right after our draft (which was done way too early ).....

 

God that sucked ball$

[Geohound 0]

I got into FF only recently, myself. My first ever draft pick was Jamal Lewis in 2005, somewhere around the 7th or 8th pick. I was convinced that Lewis would be recovered and return to being a top-notch back: LOL @ me, that didn't turn out to be the case.

 

All wasn't for naught though, I drafted Rudi Johnson in the 2nd round and Carson Palmer (who I especially targeted) in the 4th. Suffice to say those guys helped carry my team to much success in my rookie FF season, I was a bad Palmer game (Week 13 or 14 it was) away from winning it all.

[Foghorn Leghorn 0]

1996 and I drew the first pick in the draft:

 

1.1 Emmit Smith

2.12 Scott Mitchell

3.1 Terrell Davis (a second year back coming off a modestly successful rookie campaign).

My WRs were the suck and I fianished under .500 I believe.

 

Sadly, I have this beat (also 1996):

 

1.08 Scott Mitchell

 

It gets worse:

 

Either 2.04 or 3.08 (can't remember which) Edgar Bennett

 

Ahhhhh, the memories....

 

:sticks head in oven:

[Cuse9 129]

I started around 95. My first pick was Steve Young. I remember making my list and planning my strategy. I took John Kasay in the 7th or 8th round and they all laughed at me.....little did I know!!

 

Now I wait until at least the 9th round!

[RayLewis52 0]

I prove to be a true homer with my first two picks ever in fantasy football. I had the 10th pick in my 10 team draft. I chose raven QB Elvis Grbac with the 10th and raven TE Shannon Sharpe with the 11th. Needless to say, I didn't do so well. That's funny.

[deadlyrange0321 0]

I think the year was 1998, and I picked Brett Favre with the second overall pick. I remember thinking it would be a great idea to pick Antonio Freeman to go along with him, so I drafted him in the second round. I don't think the rest of my team was any good, I'm thinking I finished 6-8 or something that year.

[Dr. Hardbody 0]

2006

1 - Rudi Johnson - Good start

2 - Lamont Jordan - Very Very Very Bad

 

It wasnt my proudest moment cutting him in the 4th week.

[tiggo25 4]

1990 - I drafted Dalton Hilliard. Fortunately I drafted the unknown Emmit Smith in the later rounds.

[VaTerp 0]

Doubt anyone can top this as worst 1st pick ever in FF.

 

1998 one of my college roomates gets me in a league with some older guys he knows. I ride with him on the way to the draft reading a magazine I bought a day or 2 before. Dont remember my exact draft spot but it was toward the end of the 1st. I decide to take who the magazine touted as the next great QB in FF coming off a 21 passing TD and 11 rushing TD season . . . . . . . . . .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kordell Stewart

 

 

Hey, I've come a long way.

[nobody 2,678]

I broke every rule in the book my first year, but lucked the fock out and ended up 2nd. 1999 8 team league.

 

I signed up the day of the draft and got a magazine. Never even heard of FF before that.

 

Peyton Manning

Antonio Freeman

Marshall Faulk (first year with the greatest show on turf)

Jerome Bettis

 

Oh in the 15th round, someone says "who's Stephen Davis? I'll take him"

 

I would own nowadays.

[studlyLT 0]

Jim Kelly!

 

I believe it was the year after the 2nd superbowl loss.

[joeshushu 51]

2000 Marshhaaaaal Faulk. Won 4 titles in a row.

[Me_2006 14]

2005 - With the 8th overall pick I selected Edgerrin James. Took Cadillac Williams that year too and traded him for LJ just in time. (like week 10 or something?)

 

It was a great first year.

[Phurfur 70]

1996 - Jeff Blake in a points only league. I was a last minute fill in and knew nothing about Fantasy Football. My second round pick was Jerome Bettis, I finished 5th in a 12 team league.

[remote controller 143]

Roman Gabriel

[yostevo 0]

Roman Gabriel

 

Do you find yourself yelling out of your window at kids to "Stay off my lawn!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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