Board 8 > The Best Board 8 Fantasy Football League 2018 Topic 2

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Can't believe I fucking lost
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Oh apparently I won in a match i thought for sure I was going to lose. When I went to sleep at HT of Chiefs/Pats game the opponent had like 50+ points and James White against Mahomes and Hunt. Seems they both exploded in the second half though

A bad game from Watkins and the Jags D put me from no chance of winning to almost no chance of winning, but there's hope.

I need 25 from Aaron Jones and the Packers D. A few pick 6's and Jones actually being used should be easy.
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Man and I was all doom and gloom when I had another one of my guys injured and Carson and Lockett doing absolutely nothing in their respective games.

I feel a hell of a lot more fortunate now seeing everyone here getting dumpstered with bad luck.
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I'm fine with exactly one of Aaron Jones and Davonte Adams doing well.

Both doing well would give my opponent this week some hope. And frankly, can't have that.

I need Blake Martinez to outscore Aaron Jones by 3 points to save this bullshit from last night.
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Corrik posted...

Can't believe I fucking lost

Team Corrik FTW
156.66

Zanarkand Abes
114.78

Don't worry, Corrik, you're doing fine~
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azuarc posted...

Corrik posted...

Can't believe I fucking lost

Team Corrik FTW
156.66

Zanarkand Abes
114.78

Don't worry, Corrik, you're doing fine~

Wrong league. Talking about my money league.
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Does anyone talk about the board 8 league anymore
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VeryInsane posted...

Does anyone talk about the board 8 league anymore

My B8 team sucks and I wish it was now about trains.
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VeryInsane posted...

Does anyone talk about the board 8 league anymore

Sorry this topic got hijacked to be the general fantasy topic to not overrun the usual nfl topic with the talk

VeryInsane posted...

Does anyone talk about the board 8 league anymore

I mean, we can and just let it purge every few days like last year.
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Hey its fine we can flip this to a general fantasy football discussion

Theres not much to talk about since Im winning anyway
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I may be crazy but I'm dangling Mahomes out there in one of my leagues try upgrade at RB

I have one of the stronger RB groups in the league already but it could very quickly go down hill fast. I had Hunt, Howard, Conner and Ajayi after the draft (this is a 16 man league so that is crazy deep). But Ajayi is done for the year (I had tried to flip him pre injury), Howard is looking bad recently and Conner is going to be hit and miss with the return of Bell

If I can flip Howard or Conner plus Mahomes for a top RB I'd take it but not sure anyone will bite

I updated my team name for MNF:

go my aaron "3 pts" rodgers

Hopefully Rodgers only 3 points because he's too busy handing the ball off to Jones.
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davidponte posted...

Hopefully Rodgers only 3 points because he's too busy handing the ball off to Jones.

No
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oh shit, this couldn't have started any better.
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Rodgers with 1 point on his first play from scrimmage.

Well packers, looks like you've got this one in the bag. Time to bench the starters.

nevermind this is garbage
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How was that Jones run not a TD?

turbopuns2 posted...

How was that Jones run not a TD?

Clearly it's because the fantasy gods do not wish for me to win.
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I fall to 4-2, but maintain the highest total ponts and best weekly average ranking. Meh. Ain't too worried I guess.

Another guy who's tied with me at 4-2 is 8th in points.

Holy crap, I almost lost that. I was *this* close to pulling my defense beforehand, too.
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So with Calvin Ridley questionable, I may need another WR with my byes this week. Any good waiver picks for the week?
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Both Mike Evans and Taylor Gabriel are on waivers right now. 4- person benches are weird.

Do I drop Buck Allen for either of them? Definitely for Evans, but is gabriel worth it too?
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Have a feeling bye week is going to screw me. I have someone who was 'Out' last week on a bye week and they are currently on IR. If memory serves me correct, that Out designation will switch today to available since he's on bye meaning I have to take him off IR to add anyone.

I already have my waiver claims in now before the designation change but I think they won't process when waiver period expires if that out status doesnt remain the same

HanOfTheNekos posted...

Both Mike Evans and Taylor Gabriel are on waivers right now. 4- person benches are weird.

Do I drop Buck Allen for either of them? Definitely for Evans, but is gabriel worth it too?

I don't trust Mike Evans.

I don't think he's droppable outside of weird leagues like four man benches, but I don't trust him.

I owned him last year and it was exactly like his last couple games for the entire season. And my reluctance to bench him cost me a lot. Winston just hates the guy. If you pick him up, expect more like 3-5 catches for 70ish yards on average rather than the numbers he was putting up with Fitzpatrick in.

I am basically praying that Fournette returns this week and stays healthy. Because this week will be rough otherwise.
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Hoo fucking boy. Blake Martinez 10.5. Aaron Jones 4.

Disaster averted.
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Last week proved I really need to shore up my receiver corps, but our league really doesn't have any WR-rich teams. Closest bet is Zanarkand Abes since he could use a RB this week, but @MZero11 hasn't made any transactions this year. Maybe Future Playoff Champs? Somebody else willing to dangle someone consistently usable? I have the #2 and #5 TE by points scored. I'm sure that's got to interest someone.

In other news, I put in a waiver request for a player 8 days ago and it still hasn't gone through thanks to the wonders of scheduling.
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ShatteredElysium posted...

Someone offered me OBJ + Bengals D for Trey Burton + Bears D (I have the Jets D too). I accepted but I'm like pretty certain it's going to get vetoed

Oh this didn't get vetoed to my amazement. Wonder what I can flip OBJ for

azuarc posted...

Last week proved I really need to shore up my receiver corps, but our league really doesn't have any WR-rich teams. Closest bet is Zanarkand Abes since he could use a RB this week, but @MZero11 hasn't made any transactions this year. Maybe Future Playoff Champs? Somebody else willing to dangle someone consistently usable? I have the #2 and #5 TE by points scored. I'm sure that's got to interest someone.

In other news, I put in a waiver request for a player 8 days ago and it still hasn't gone through thanks to the wonders of scheduling.

Tes suck this year.
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The OBJ owner in my league today idly mentioned (to me and a couple other guys in the league) that he was looking to trade and move on.

Is Carson+Shady a massive underpay, seeing as he started Lynch/Hines/Crowell for RBs this week and has none past that?

my opponent this week literally doesn't own a WR who isn't on bye. and he's already 0-6, to boot.

prior to him making any lineup adjustments for the week, I'm favored by 70.

lol

Nice.
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It's the same guy who mystifyingly declined a bunch of WR-for-RB trade offers I made several weeks ago. I hope he looks back on that Tate for Miller trade he declined and feels real silly.

I just reminded him to be sure he didn't forget lol

Tough love for the betterment of the league

I'm bad with the names, but the trade sounds good to me.
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I didn't even realize until just now that Alfred Morris, despite being healthy and active, despite Breida being doubtful to play all week, got 0 touches this week.

I was an unknowing profit when I dropped him.

Matthew Berry ranting about Morris is actually kinda funny and not all that cringey

https://twitter.com/MatthewBerryTMR/status/1052303507754246149?s=09

So I noticed Murray was available early last week but stupidly assumed that someone had to have picked him up through waivers, but that never happened, which means I could have picked him up and won my matchup on Sunday. I'm kicking myself over that.

I said screw it this week and went all in using my #3 waiver priority and put in claims for Ito, Murray, and Buck Allen, who was dropped yesterday. I managed to get Ito and Allen, so that's good.

This is a league where Cook and Devonta Freeman were my 2 RB. Any RB with a pulse is an upgrade at this point.
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Cook may be back this week. At which point my choice for flex becomes him, Adrian Peterson, and whichever of OBJ or McCoy is on my roster, because of Seahawks+Steelers bye weeks.

I'm still amazed that guy is interested in trading after giving me a flat "no" just one week ago. But he realized his RB group is both tiny and garbage and he's getting cold feet over Beckham I guess.

I just realized in my 20 man league, my QB is on bye and there's literally not a starting QB available.

"oops"

20 man leagues are stupid anyways tbqh

Honestly 16 is too

Reg posted...

20 man leagues are stupid anyways tbqh

Honestly 16 is too

This one is especially stupid. It has a 7 man bench.

With the standard 1QB/2RB/2WR/1TE/1FLEX/1DST/1K

16 man league is fine. 12-16 are good. Anything less than 12 sucks as it requires a lot less skill

RIP my attempts to trade again

He decided that OBJ's boom potential is pretty necessary for him to win any games and would rather have that than two startable RBs

(To his credit, he did acknowledge that James White straight up was probably an overpay, and White is my next lowest RB unless he decided he's interested in Cook, but he's not because the volatility of his injury doesn't fit the guy's "try to win now" mindset)

Am I crazy for giving consideration to this trade:

GIVE: Tyreek Hill
GET: T.Y. Hilton + Marshawn Lynch

My other RBs: McCaffrey, Mack, Barber, Henry
My other WRs: OBJ, Landry, Kupp, Coutee

Mack might turn out good.

T.Y. is nearly healthy again (supposedly) and Andrew Luck is QB3 despite being without Hilton/Doyle for a while. Hilton could turn out great if he stays healthy and Luck keeps it up.

Lynch started out rock solid, but has faltered some lately. Idk what his outlook is moving forward.

Hill is, of course, fucking inhuman, but most games he's just decent.

Edit: oh, actually Luck is QB7 in that league. In my main league he's QB3, presumably because we award fewer points per passing yard.

I don't trust the Raiders offense as far as I can throw it

Also there's a report out today that Lynch may miss time with an injury even though the Raiders are on bye this week