Dappa Dan

Yeah you sure can. It looks like it's gonna be just 4 teams... I'll set it to have some more options so the draft goes deeper. If nothing else, you get to learn the rough gist of NFL fantasy. I'm in a few different sports for fantasy and the NFL one is the best I reckon.

I reckon you might be CFB. Any interest in drafting a squad tomorrow afternoon to compete against us in Fantasy? Just a reminder to those who've joined, 3pm tomorrow it all kicks off. If you're near a computer I recommend looking in. If not, autopick will go alright for you.

Just had another look, if you guys would rather do a live draft we can leave it til after week 1? Maybe some time on the weekend when you're not working? Just means we miss out on week one stats and can see who's playing where.

Ok so for Fantasy we have Gorgoroth, JV7, Macca, myself and a mate called Deztroyers so far. Anyone else wanting to jump in we still have a few spots left and would love to have people from here instead of randoms. Some advice for you guys doing autopick, I autopicked in another comp... ended up with this: Rogers, Cobb, V Jackson, Petersen, Sanders, Ellington, Witten. That's a sensational team in anyone's language, so don't be afraid that autopick will screw you. 90% of the time it's smarter than any coach. - Keeping it nice and simple with 1 QB, 3 WR, 2 RB, 2 Flex, 1 DEF and 1 K. - For those confused, flex can be filled with any RB, TE or WR. DEF is team defense. You get points for that team's sacks, turnovers, pick 6es, tackles for loss, and for keeping the opposition to low yardage. You also can lose points if that team D gives up lots of points and yards. I've seen team DEF get -15 points... and in games where Watts goes off, they get +25, so they're worth taking seriously. - With fantasy, it's not so much about picking stars.... your first 6 picks will get you stars no matter what you do, as long as you don't pick some random. It's about picking the players who play against the worst defenses. So if you think Panthers or Washington or whoever have a porous defense, and you have a guy on your bench you think might go ok, pick him. 4/5 times it'll be the right thing to do. There's only a small handful of players you pick regardless. Guys like Petersen, Leveon Bell, Rogers etc.... The team selection screen is really simple and gives you lots of info on who you should select and why. And if you click the players name, all relevant background including injuries is put in a little blurb, so you don't have to feel as though you need to do research. - Pay attention to byes when it comes to Team defenses, Tight Ends and QBs. You should never have more than two of each on your list, just make sure each guy doesn't have the same bye week as his counterpart. - The old standard rule is that RBs are more important than anyone. You would think it's QBs since they score highly, but with injury, and with teams who use RBs in committee.... a good RB who gets most of his teams carries is worth his weight in gold. They get 1 point for every 10 yards plus 6 each TD.... whereas QBs get 1 point every 25 yards and 4 for TDs. If your first 5 rounds are RB, RB, QB, WR, RB you've done well. As the season wears on you'll be glad for that 3rd serious RB. - With QBs, you can take Rogers and Luck in the first few rounds.... then Manning and Wilson a couple rounds later, but otherwise it actually helps to wait til much later. Guys like Bradford and Romo who project to be massive often don't go til the last few rounds. If you go early on a big name, you might be sad to see quality RBs and WRs go. - TEs are tricky. After Gronk and Graham, there's really no guarantees, so always hold onto two. Or just take your team's guy and sit back and enjoy. - If you want advice, feel free to ask me or Deztroyers. I'm a couple of years in, and he's a few years in.

I'll go Packers Dolphins Colts for this week. And for playoffs... Patriots Ravens Colts Chiefs Cowboys Packers Saints Seahawks

I love that Gorgoroth has been 3rd every comp but one.

Alrighty. Emails sent to Gorgoroth, Macca, JV7 so far. Plus me and one more. If anyone else wants in, PM me... We only need 3 more teams now, so if any of you guys have another name, let me know.

Hmmm. We have a small problem. They don't run drafts during our evening hours. We can choose between 11am through to the following 1am American time. In other words... So we can choose anywhere between 1am Melbourne time, through to 3pm Melbourne time. I'll set it for 3pm Melbourne time, on Thursday afternoon for now. If anyone has any objections, or wants a different time, let me know.

Sweet JV7. Ok I'll send round emails, and tentatively schedule the draft for tomorrow evening 8pmish? Will also keep checking the thread to make sure if anyone else is into it. We have 5+ now, so that makes it majority us in the draft... Which also means likely the playoffs will be all us.

OK. Plus another demons supporter not currently posting on demonland.... that's 4/10 so far. If we get 5+ I'll start PMing.

Ok so that's Macca, Gorgoroth and me...

The drafting program makes it easy. As long as you don't go guys like Nelson, Benjamin etc.... you can't miss. Where it's fun is your last 4 picks. Those are usually speculative and interesting.

More like Ultimate footy. It's draft based. So usually 10 teams, you get 90 seconds to draft, and it reverses order every round. So if you have pick 3 in round 1 and take Eddie Lacy, you will get pick 18 in round 2 and take Megatron. You can set it in subtly different ways, but usually each team consists of a QB, 2 X WR, 2 X RB, 1 X TE, 1 X Kicker and 1 X Defensive team (you get points for sacks, interceptions, and lose points for points allowed and yards allowed)... So for example I'm in a league I joined last year, and I got Lynch with pick 9, Gronk with pick 12, Evans with pick 28, Cooks with pick 32... so on and so forth. If you're a bit confused by drafting, when you sign in on your account you can run any amount of mock drafts you like. They don't take long (timer is set quicker) and you learn a lot. I promise it's addictive and makes MFL that much more immersive and interesting.

Greetings Gorgoroth. Hope you're enjoying Nicky Franchise... Just quickly gents, if you could specify what you're up for.... Fantasy NFL (draft based) and also Macca's all-famous tipping comp. Thanks.

Sweet. Lovely leaderboard work there Macca. And yeah, if we start a league with any less than ten they just fill out the others with randoms, so it's very doable. So far it's you and me Macca, if anyone else wants in message on here and I'll PM you. We've left it til late to by Wednesday night I would say we'd have to have a few names and can draft that evening. Drafts only take 20-30 minutes on yahoo and are perfectly simple, and easy to auto if you're not available.

I'd like to canvas opinions here.... Would it be worth starting a quick NFL fantasy comp? I'm currently in 6 on NFL.com, and one on Yahoo.com... I have a lot of experience in them, knowing the good rules to have and ones to get rid of... If we get enough interest here, say ten guys/girls... (guys... let's be honest) we could start one?

Alllllllright NFL fans. Your inspirational leader, thread starter and current NFL footy tipping champion has returned... You may now pay your respects. Are we tipping again this year?

I LOVE the new PAT rule. Mostly cos we have a good kicker probably. But I've always hated extra points. I think they might cancel it again when they realise it makes kickers suddenly one of the most important commodities in the NFL. Welcome back ladies and gents of the most popular alternative sport thread in demonland.

I'd take him for anything equating pick 10 or after.... His biggest year he was a top 5 midfielder. Last year his numbers dropped off dramatically, but from what I understand that was largely due to Simpson's game plan and role for him. Crossy won't be around much longer, and he would be an upgrade. I would think Dees would be throwing everything at him. And I've said "pick 10 or later" before, and they've dangled picks 1-3... So I would expect they would offer that.

Oh and just one more time I'll ask, for next year, if people on here want to do a fantasy comp I'm definitely up for managing it. I did it for the first time, and it's easy as.... The knowledge exhibited on here shows everyone's very much ready to be able to draft and trade well. If enough guys are into it, I'll revisit it next year.

Yeah absolutely CFH... Big thanks Macca. Lots of fun.

YEEEAH!!!! Thanks very much gentlemen. In my prodigal-son like return to the thread I started, I take it out... Nice to win at least ONE fantasy footy comp this year.

Eagles supporter.... suddenly it feels like being a demons supporter. Sigh. Ok picks for this week... As the guy to beat folks! Dallas, Philly and Indy.

Oh maaaaaaaaan....

I'd be interested to see who in this forum would feel worse. Supporters of teams who were kept out all year and will pick early in the draft, or supporters of teams that should be in the playoffs?