I've set up a league on NFL.com for Foot.ie users.
It's drafting on 20 August (that's a Monday) at 8.15pm Irish time. I'll post a direct link as soon as I can but for the time being could anyone interested please PM me their email address.
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I've set up a league on NFL.com for Foot.ie users.
It's drafting on 20 August (that's a Monday) at 8.15pm Irish time. I'll post a direct link as soon as I can but for the time being could anyone interested please PM me their email address.
Ok here's the info required.
Go here
The password is playoffs and there are at the time of writing 7 spots left.
I know a couple of members relatives played last year and they're welcome again.
If it's not full by the 10th of August I'll start asking other folk to make up the numbers so be sure to sign up asap.
Stu,
I'll play. I tried to PM you my address but your PM box is full. I'll send my email again later.
Shedite
You don't need to send me your address anymore. The link above and the instructions in it are all you need.
I've cleared out a fair chunk of my PM box so you should be able to reac me now if you still have any queries.
EDIT: At the time of writing there are 6 spots left, soon to be 5 once Shedite signs up.
im in.
I'm in. In like Flynn. Bring it on. Not going to miss the draft this year if I can help it...
Lads there's 3 more days before I start looking for non-Foot.ie based players to join in.
As I said before any friends/relatives that were involved last year are already welcome and don't have to wait until the 10th.
There are 4 slots remaining.
There are now just 2 spots remaining.
I'm in. Is this a automated draft?
If not when is it and do i have to be around?
aberdonian stus original post says: It's drafting on 20 August (that's a Monday) at 8.15pm Irish time :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Burny89
you can sit out your draft or you can do it at that time. If you sit out be sure to go and prioritise your draft picks so you dont get too badly shafted. One of the lads doin the Bohs one got Vick, haha!
Yeah it's a live draft on Monday week. We won't know the draft order until sometime that day.
NFL.com leagues are divided into three divisions. The winners of each division plus one wildcard make the playoffs.
Here's what your starting roster will consist of:
1 QB
2 RBs
3 WRs
1 TE
1 DST
1 K
Note that it's 3 WR as opposed to 2 WR in some leagues (nfl.com changed it this year). Also you have 5 slots on your bench, this is less than in most leagues.
The twelfth and final member of the league joined today so the IAFL NFL Fantasy League 2007 is officially full.
Will trades be permitted in the league?
Yes but they can be vetoed if it's a blatantly one-sided attempt to stack a team.
Yeah we always had problems in the league we do in work. People who aren't in contention for the playoffs trading Larry Gonzalez for an injured kicker 2 years ago was a classic. Last year we just decided on no trades.Quote:
Originally Posted by Aberdonian Stu
Edit:oQuote:
Originally Posted by swano
i would have loved to join.can i be considered on the "bench" for this league so if someone gets "injured" ill come in?????.if not its ok,ill go look for another "team":cool:.
Draft tomorrow. I'm working during it so things might get messy. Have ranked my players but it's hard to know where to put people until you know who is taken before you and it's too late by then!
Ranking does help if you can't make it. Failing to rank for an auto can screw you around.
Draft is tonight at 8.15pm.
Yeah I can't make it tonight either so will be relying on the auto-pick. It's tough to know alright who to go for. If my top runningbacks are gone then I could end up with a QB in my first pick. On the other hand, I could end up with 2 runningbacks in first 2 selections!
How long should this take?Quote:
Originally Posted by Aberdonian Stu
About an hour/ hour and a half. Depends on how long you want to stay tho. The first 3/4 rounds of the draft should be a half hour, the last half hour should only be reserves.
It depends on how many people turn up. The first round could take a while if no-one is there. If most of us are there it should end quickly.
Usually goes quicker when people aren't there (at least the Yahoo version could tell if somebody was there nor not and gave them their pick after about 10 seconds)
A little I've picked up from those on other auto drafts. Don't rank any defences or kickers as if you have them ranked in your top 40/50, remember that everyone else has the same running backs, QBs etc and you end up getting Jaguar Defence in the 3rd round
That's true but what often happens with drafts is that a few guys are late for the first round so you've to wait the full 90 seconds on them and then they arrive and delay it more as they are no longer auto'd.
Notice to all participants
If, for any reason, you leave the draft early please set your status to auto pick before you leave as it will make the remainder of the draft go faster for the rest of us.
i'm pretty sure i won't make it :(
Missed a draft last year and it was the 1st time I played fantasy nfl. Got the bucs D in the 3rd round and a kicker in the fourth. Ended up making the playoffs, helped by the fact I got Frank Gore in one of the last rounds! I should be around tonight but there's a chance a couple of my picks could time out.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dodge
I should make it and so should my bro. I missed out last year, do we just go to the game and wait for further instructions?
You go to where it says draft room. It's in the same area as the top 200, draft prep etc.
Here's the order for the first round of the draft:
1. Baxter Ears - Mark Neilon
2. Student Steelers - Emmet Ryan
3. Bohemian Rough Riders - Stuart Cunningham
4. Brady's Bunch - Caeliv Donnelly
5. DEREKCOLT1 - Derek Slattery
6. Boys in Blue - Ciaran Ruane
7. Mike Vick's Pitbull - Karl Swanton
8. Inchicore Warriors - John Owens
9. Newbridge Wagons - Gabriel Butler
10. Clifford's Clippers - Rebel Blue
11. burny89 - Paul Devine
12. AC Alittlehouetoofaman - Mark Canning
The order gets reversed after every round.
Here's how the divisions are split up:
West
Bohemian Rough Riders
burny89
Inchicore Warriors
Student Steelers
Central
Baxter Ears
Brady's Bunch
DEREKCOLT1
Newbridge Wagons
East
AC Alittlehouetoofaman
Boys in Blue
Clifford's Clippers
Mike Vick's Pitbull
Cheers guys.
Quote:
Originally Posted by eamo1
Set up one on Yahoo. All my baseball/nfl/cfb fantasy teams are on that so I'd play in another league on Yahoo if people wanted to do it
I'm in a couple of yahoo ones. No problem joining more. Bound to get higher than 8th pick once...Quote:
Originally Posted by Soko
My team from 8th pick
Pos Round Player
QB 3 (#32) Donovan McNabb (QB PHI)
RB 1 (#8) Frank Gore (RB SF)
RB 2 (#17) Rudi Johnson (RB CIN)
WR 4 (#41) Anquan Boldin (WR ARI)
WR 5 (#56) Plaxico Burress (WR NYG)
WR 7 (#80) Jerricho Cotchery (WR NYJ)
TE 6 (#65) Vernon Davis (TE SF)
K 14 (#161) Josh Brown (K SEA)
DST 8 (#89) DST Patriots (DST NE)
RS 11 (#128) Jason Campbell (QB WAS)
RS 9 (#104) Jamal Lewis (RB CLE)
RS 12 (#137) Chris Henry (RB TEN)
RS 10 (#113) Calvin Johnson (WR DET)
RS 13 (#152) DST Raiders (DST OAK)
totally ****ed about my phoneline going down "for essential maintenance" halfway through the draft. Might have to do some early trading... :(
After a quick glance at the teams I'd say the West has the most quality and is hard to call. Bradys Bunch look strong in the central and AC Alittle... look very good in the East. Of course thats all on paper and it'll probably all change as players drafted further down the order start to emerge.Quote:
Originally Posted by Aberdonian Stu
J Cutler
L Johnson
W Parker
D Branch
R Brown
R Williams
A Gates
J Elam
Jets Defence
J Garcia
J Jones
D Bennet
J witten
M Stover
Some decent Names for 10th in the draft
Jay Cutler could come into his game alot this year. Hopefully LJ signs back up withe the Cheifs! Deion Branch, good, Gates, good and Willie Parker ain't bad.
Thats Jets Defence will have to go ;)
Happy enough except for picking Darell Jackson in the 3rd round. Didn't realise he'd left the Seahawks fot the 49ers. Could have had Williams or Boldin instead. Managed to cover myself for the bye weeks at least.
If someone has a chance, could they paste my team on here. Firewall at work won't let me see it. The curiosity of who I got on autodraft is killing me! Although 12th pick in the first round doesn't sound too promising :rolleyes:
AC ALittle.....
C Palmer
J Delhomme
V Morency
A Green
B Westbrook
R Brown
R Moss
M Clayton
T Glenn
B Watson
R McMichael
O Mare
J Wilkins
D Vikings