NFL Fantasy League 2007

**Real ale Madrid** · 20/08/2007, 9:30 AM

Originally Posted by Aberdonian Stu

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.

How long should this take?

**shedite** · 20/08/2007, 9:58 AM

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.

**Aberdonian Stu** · 20/08/2007, 11:00 AM

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.

**Dodge** · 20/08/2007, 11:21 AM

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

**Aberdonian Stu** · 20/08/2007, 11:26 AM

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.

**Burny89** · 20/08/2007, 11:39 AM

i'm pretty sure i won't make it

**swano** · 20/08/2007, 12:52 PM

Originally Posted by Dodge

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

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.

**Clifford** · 20/08/2007, 5:13 PM

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?

**swano** · 20/08/2007, 5:51 PM

You go to where it says draft room. It's in the same area as the top 200, draft prep etc.

**Aberdonian Stu** · 20/08/2007, 6:21 PM

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

**Clifford** · 20/08/2007, 6:23 PM

Cheers guys.

**Soko** · 20/08/2007, 6:35 PM

Originally Posted by eamo1

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"

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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

**Dodge** · 20/08/2007, 6:56 PM

Originally Posted by Soko

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...

**Dodge** · 20/08/2007, 8:22 PM

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)

**SkStu** · 20/08/2007, 8:40 PM

totally ****ed about my phoneline going down "for essential maintenance" halfway through the draft. Might have to do some early trading...

**swano** · 20/08/2007, 10:52 PM

Originally Posted by Aberdonian Stu

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

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.

**Burny89** · 20/08/2007, 10:56 PM

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

**swano** · 20/08/2007, 11:12 PM

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.

**shedite** · 21/08/2007, 8:17 AM

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