Fantasy football

[Sauza12]

I had my first draft last night. What do you think of my team?

Starters
QB  Marc Bulger
RB  Ahman Green
RB  Duce Staley
WR  Terrell Owens
WR  Hines Ward
WR  Rod Smith
TE  Alge Crumpler
K  Josh Brown
DEF  Baltimore

Bench
QB  Joey Harrington
RB  Warrick Dunn
RB  Julius Jones
WR  Keenan McCardell
WR  Johnnie Morton

I drafted some other people too, but I can't remember who.  My next draft is on Friday.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

[den68]

how many teams were in this league?

I'm in 4 leagues, first draft is next Tuesday.

[Sauza12]

10 were in this league.  The other leagues that I am in have 12 teams each.

[den68]

not bad. I might be concerned about 2 starters from the same team (Staley, Ward)

[Sauza12]

Yeah, I'm kind of hoping that I can work a trade for a better number 2 back.  I almost got Travis Henry instead, but the guy with the pick right before me snagged him in the third round.

[den68]

I had my first draft Tuesday. I had the last pick out of 10 teams so I didn't get an elite running back but I still think I did okay.

QB
Peyton Manning

RB
Rudi Johnson
Corey Dillon

WR
Randy Moss
Andre Johnson

TE
Dallas Clark

K
Adam Viniatieri

D
Carolina

my backups are: QB Joey Harrington, RB Marshall Faulk, William Green, WR Deion Branch, Anquan Boldin, TE Itula Mili, K Martin Gramatica, D Seattle.

[Sauza12]

Nice lineup.  You might want to consider starting Marshall this week as St. Louis is playing Arizona.

I also had my second draft on the 27th.  

Starters
QB  Chad Pennington
RB  Shaun Alexander
RB  Travis Henry
WR  Santanna Moss
WR  Chris Chambers
WR  Isaac Bruce
TE  Boo Williams
K   Josh Brown
Def  Tampa Bay

Bench
QB  Brad Johnson
QB  Eli Manning
RB  Eddie George
RB  Chris Perry
WR  Kevin Dyson
WR  Kelley Washington
WR  Joey Galloway
WR  Rod Gardner

My last league I'm splitting a team with one of my friends and I had him do the draft, so I'm not sure exactly who I have in that league.  I know I have Michael Vick and Ahman Green, but I'm not sure of everyone.

[Sauza12]

Alright, this is the last team that I will post here  |D  This one is a little different because we draft individual defensive players.

Starters
QB  Michael Vick
RB  Ahman Green
WR  Chris Chambers
TE  Boo Williams
WR/RB  Corey Dillon
WR/RB  Jimmy Smith
K  Mike Vanderjagt
D  Michael Strahan
D  Rodney Harrison

Bench
QB  Tommy Maddox
RB  Kevin Faulk
RB  Najeh Davenport
WR  Andre Davis
WR  Antwaan Randle-El
D  Zach Thomas

[Sauza12]

Well, unless Ahman Green puts up huge numbers tonight, it looks like I'll be starting the season 1-2.  In one league in particular I had a great week and had the second most points in the league, but the guy I'mplaying against had an even better week.  Final score in that one is 114-105.

[Lord Nepenthean]

I totally don't understand the fascination with Fantasy Football, or how it got so big so fast.  (This is a new thing, right?)  How does it even work, anyway?

[Sauza12]

I didn't either until I got into it.  Basically the way it works is you draft a team of players and you get points depending on thier performance.  For example for every 10 yards a reciever gains you get 1 point, for every touchdown it's 6, and so on.  It makes the games much more exciting to watch because you then have a reason to watch a 2-14 team.

[Lord Nepenthean]

Interesting.  Still, it's not something I could see myself getting into, at least not until the Bengals win a Super Bowl.  (HA!)

[Sauza12]

I think anyone can get into it if they took the chance.  Hell, two of my friends girlfriends have jumped into the act.  And they don't even like football.

[Hydrobond]

I was forced to do this in English freshman year by Mr. Koral.  Being forced to do that made me hate the "sport."  It wasn't really that much fun anyways. Then again, it would be a struggle to list 5 players currently in the NFL.

[den68]

It's not that new. I've been in doing it since 1992. If I recall correctly my original starting lineup was:

QB - Dan Marino
RB - Thurman Thomas
RB - Herschel Walker
WR - Jerry Rice
WR - Art Monk
K - Roger Ruzek

Over the years some of the guys I drafted their rookie years were, Jerome Bettis, Steve McNair, Tyrone Wheatley, Marvin Harrison and Priest Holmes.