American Football Talk II

Thanks. I hope he makes it. I really do. He just has to keep flashing more.

Regarding Fantasy, I'm game. NFL.com is fine enough for what it is. Kind of want to keep them all in one place. A vanilla game should be nice, although when I had my auction draft in the league I am administering, I will let you know how it is.

I think auctions are fine as long as you have book prices on every player you could potentially draft and you don't adjust them upwards too much in the heat of the moment. That way the league will probably be more even than standard leagues where some people simply draft badly because they're ill informed.

It also might be time to start registering fantasy interest. What do you want to play? I'd be happy to admin a league or two if DT isn't here any more to retake that mantle. I'd be up for playing standard, auction and IDP. I liked using NFL.com as the host site too but do share your opinions.

The Jags staff writer answered my question

Nathan from York, England:
How does Corey Grant look in camp? He's got serious speed but do you think that will transfer into impact on the field now and in the future?
John: Grant has shown serious speed in practice – and he showed it in the scrimmage Saturday. I think we’ll start seeing how it translates on kickoff returns in the preseason. He’ll either shine brightly then or not, and that will probably dictate whether or not he’s on the roster. My guess is he’ll shine and that he will be around. We’ll see.

I watched the scrimmage. He returned a kickoff to the end zone but was deemed tackled further back. He really is quick. It's him or Bernard Pierce I think and as good as Bernard has looked Corey offers you a higher ceiling and a different skill set.

It also might be time to start registering fantasy interest. What do you want to play? I'd be happy to admin a league or two if DT isn't here any more to retake that mantle. I'd be up for playing standard, auction and IDP. I liked using NFL.com as the host site too but do share your opinions.

Sorry pal, summer was mad with graduation and stuff for me. Just started a new job the other week, realised pre season starts this weekend and thought it might be time to see who was interested. You beat me too it though haha. If you want to set it up that's fine by me, I wouldnt mind a draft, a snake or one of each depending on numbers we get. I can set it up at the weekend otherwise.
I think we can group quote the regular posters in here somehow (anyone know this? if not I'll ask mccrae in the prem prediction thread) . Lets get this up and running.

Sorry pal, summer was mad with graduation and stuff for me. Just started a new job the other week, realised pre season starts this weekend and thought it might be time to see who was interested. You beat me too it though haha. If you want to set it up that's fine by me, I wouldnt mind a draft, a snake or one of each depending on numbers we get. I can set it up at the weekend otherwise.
I think we can group quote the regular posters in here somehow (anyone know this? if not I'll ask mccrae in the prem prediction thread) . Lets get this up and running.

I was just about to edit jammy's thoughts into my post. Sorry Jets fans I usually enjoy laughing at your disarray but this is too much. Who punches their team mate, particularly their QB IN THE LOCKER ROOM!? On field throw downs at camp are fine but no punches and never the QB! He's wearing the red jersey for a reason. If he's not hittable on the field then there is no way he's hittable off it.

@shunter7634 @munn @jimbles @Scott129 @cant_think_of_name .. I believe were in the fantasy league from last season...

@Motorbiker @SmashConcept @Malevolent @Josh_Stride @Wattsy @jammy4041 ...regulars.

Also in the interests of fairness, @TheGiantPunkGooner replied to Josh_Stride's post.

My league that I am running drafts this saturday. But, I would suggest that he draft happens after the third week of preseason when the 1s play, and there's a good idea of how things will shake down/injuries and suspensions for the first game and stuff are sorted.

I'm easy with a snake draft. Standard scoring and defense, I'd recommend QB-RB1-RB2-WR1-WR2-TE-RB/WR/TE-K with 6 bench slots, depending on numbers (if there's too many than 5 is good.)

I am so up for some fantasy football.

Do I have to prepare beforehand and get an account on a fantasy site?

Or are we using nfl.com?

I believe the plan is to use NFL.com. It's where it was last season, and most of us already have a few fantasy teams there, so it'll be good to keep them in one place...
Preparation is what wins fantasy leagues though...