Fantasy Football 2012 Thread

[MTK]

My go to FF magazine for years has been Fantasy Football Index.

[Monksdown]

i make my own cheat sheet based on the results from the previous year. I pull the data from yahoo within my league so my scoring totals are accurate. Then i add in rookies, and i tweak the depth chart. then sort by team, add in bye weeks and a comment column. It's already done minus the depth of the players, which is fluid. comments i add based on the people i follow around the country via twitter. bleacher report had a great article a few days ago on the 30 'must follow' football personalities.

[Alvin Walton]

If you had to pick a redskins RB as a starter, who would you take?
(based on what we know now)

[MTK]

Right now you'd have to go with Royster. TH still sitting out, Helu nursing an achilles injury... but I'd probably avoid taking any of the Skins backs.

[Monksdown]

Since T. Davis, you should never draft a Shanahan back. They are picked up in free agency to fill in for bye weeks. Too inconsistent.

[MonkFan4Life]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

My go to FF magazine for years has been Fantasy Football Index.

I have the same book lol!

[FRPLG]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

My go to FF magazine for years has been Fantasy Football Index.

I will heartily endorse this even though I hate telling anyone that. I had hoped it was just a small pub that no one used.

I tend to think their projections and player rankings are the best out there year in and year out.

I use my own projections but I do it by position and then put the names in. I use FFI for the rankings.

[Alvin Walton]

One hour till the draft!

[Chico23231]

Which players are you targeting this year in your drafts? Lotta these guys showing up on my teams...I try to get good value:

QBs: Matt Ryan Reserve: Schaub

RB: Matt Forte, Ray Rice, Reserves: Donald Brown, Shonn Green

WR: Brandon Marshall, Jordy Nelson, Dez Bryant Reserve: Titus Young

TE: Gates

Def: Houston

K: Dan Carpenter, Mike Nugent

I guys I had rated high, but couldnt get: Julio Jones, AJ Green, RB: McFadden

Who you got?

[JoeRedskin]

I love my WR's but hate my RB's lol.

WR: C. Johnson, W. Welker, Jordy Nelson (Reserves nothing to write home about: L. Robinson, Oakland's third string - whatever his name is lol).

RB's: Marshawn Lynch, Stevan Ridley & Pierre Thomas (Reserve: S. Vereen)

TE: Gates, QB: Ryan, with Fitzpatrick in reserve, DEF: Chicago, K: Hansen

Wanted Bradshaw or Gore as my 2nd back but both stolen either the pick ahead of me (Bradshaw) or 2 picks ahead (Gore). Instead of Bradshaw I took Nelson (4th Round) but should have grabbed Gore, even if Nelson had been gone by my next pick. In the 5th, with Gore gone, I picked Gates. Would have felt better with Gore, Nelson/Bowe (who was still on the Board at my 5th pick so would have gotten either Bowe or Nelson as a 3rd WR). Gore/Bowe > Nelson/Gates.

Those two rounds were my biggest screw-up and really puts me in a hole. Gates is nice, but he will put up middle of the pack numbers and my 2nd back probably won't even do that. Grrrrr.

I think this is Ryan's break out year - two great wide outs, solid TE and an aging runner mean more reliance on his arm. Doubt he will put up Rodgers numbers, but betting he will be in the neighborhood.

[scowan]

Originally Posted by JoeRedskin

I love my WR's but hate my RB's lol.

WR: C. Johnson, W. Welker, Jordy Nelson (Reserves nothing to write home about: L. Robinson, Oakland's third string - whatever his name is lol).

RB's: Marshawn Lynch, Stevan Ridley & Pierre Thomas (Reserve: S. Vereen)

TE: Gates, QB: Ryan, with Fitzpatrick in reserve, DEF: Chicago, K: Hansen

Wanted Bradshaw or Gore as my 2nd back but both stolen either the pick ahead of me (Bradshaw) or 2 picks ahead (Gore). Instead of Bradshaw I took Nelson (4th Round) but should have grabbed Gore, even if Nelson had been gone by my next pick. In the 5th, with Gore gone, I picked Gates. Would have felt better with Gore, Nelson/Bowe (who was still on the Board at my 5th pick so would have gotten either Bowe or Nelson as a 3rd WR). Gore/Bowe > Nelson/Gates.

Those two rounds were my biggest screw-up and really puts me in a hole. Gates is nice, but he will put up middle of the pack numbers and my 2nd back probably won't even do that. Grrrrr.

I think this is Ryan's break out year - two great wide outs, solid TE and an aging runner mean more reliance on his arm. Doubt he will put up Rodgers numbers, but betting he will be in the neighborhood.

Joe your WRs are obviously strong and I don't know if you start 2WR and have a Flex or not, but with your team I would start all 3 WR using one in the flex. You are only weak at one position and that's RB and its better to be weak at one than several. Just monitor the league and look for waiver guys to fill in your RB2 position. Did Donald Brown get drafted? or Ronnie Brown? You might reach deep now for some week 1 starters to get off the waiver wire and then go from there. Whom ever drafted Ryan Mathews won't be using him for a few weeks so Ronnie Brown might get ou thru a few games until you can see how things develop.

[NC_Skins]

QBs: Matt Stafford
Reserve: Andrew Luck

RBs: LeSean McCoy, Jamaal Charles, Frank Gore
Reserves: Beanie Wells, Daniel Thomas

WRs: Stevie Johnson, Dez Bryant
Reserves: Anquan Boldin, Randy Moss

TE: Coby Fleener

K: Rob Bironas

Def: Philadelphia


I wanted Bowe, but had to pass on him as I already had 2 players with a week 7 bye.

[MTK]

Team I drafted last night, looks good on paper, but don't they all before the games actually begin

QB: Rivers, Schaub
RB: Foster, Sproles, Tolbert, Tate
WR: Cruz, Marshall, D. Jackson, Meachem
TE: Gonzalez, Cook, Tamme
K: Carpenter

[Daseal]

QBs: Tom Brady

RBs: Steven Jackson, Reggie Bush
Reserves: Isaac Redman, Jahvid Best, Ryan Williams

WRs: Roddy White, Dwayne Bowe, Pierre Garcon
Reserves: Darius Heyward-Bey, Michael Crabtree

TE: Greg Olson

K: Matt Bryant

Def: Jets

[MTK]

Team I drafted last week

QB: P. Manning, Palmer
RB: Green-Ellis, Lynch, Ridley
WR: Megatron, Welker, Harvin, L. Moore, Stevie Johnson
TE: Fleener, Tamme
K: Kasay
D: Jets

ugh, RB situation could be ugly, hopefully the WRs make up for it