Boards Division 4 Thread

poldebruin

Well Philip Rivers finally put paid to my hopes of squeaking (undeservedly) into the playoffs last night.

While Big Ben was putting up 6TD's for the 2nd week running, Rivers posted a -2.18 effort (yes, that is a minus), the final nail in the Broncos coffin this year, although, waiver wire pickup Brandon Lloyd did chip in with a single point.

Tristram

Weird to feel so pleased with picking up win ＃3, but dammit I am.

My roster is irrecognisable from what I drafted.

Week 1:
QB Aaron Rodgers
RB Steven Ridley
RB Fred Jackson
WR Michael Crabtree
WR Larry Fitzgerald
WR Jarret Boykin
TE Julius Thomas
K Mason Crosby
DEF Panthers
Bench: Stevie Johnson, Ray Rice, Josh McCown, Kenny Stills, James White

Week 9:
QB Ryan Tannehill
RB LeSean McCoy
RB Lorenzo Talifaero
WR Michael Crabtree
WR Mike Evans
WR Kenny Stills
TE Rob Gronkowski
K Shayne Graham
DEF Dolphins
Bench: Fred Jackson, Jay Cutler, Alfred Blue, Josh Gordon, Bills

Really thought I was doomed to relegation at the start of the season but optimistic now that I will survive.

In hindsight I wish I had tried to deal Josh Gordon earlier in the season. It would have made more sense hanging on to him this long if I was going to make the play-offs and hopefully go on a championship run. If there is an owner out there in that position, confident of making the play-offs and looking to light it up throughout, I'm up for trading him. I am still in a situation where I need help now, not later.

BigBadRob83

Unbelievably forgetful move by me, after putting in waiver request for Brian Hoyer I then forget to put him for Stafford's bye, just really busy few days.

Need to get lucky tonight to pull out a win

swoody

my playoffs spot is confirmed.

poldebruin

swoody wrote: »

my playoffs spot is confirmed.

my playoff elimination was confirmed weeks ago.

But we're not giving up on the year. My players will be playing hard for their jobs next year. I don't want to see them quit on their coach.

Johnny_Fontane

Jerry Jones just brought me upstairs and fired my ass

BizzyC

I have an outside chance of a playoff spot, need to pick up 2 games vs boccy's in the last 4 weeks to do it though.

I doubt my chances of going 4-0 to end the season for an automatic spot, there's a lot of 4-5 teams in the running for the wildcard though.

Tristram

Trade block:

Ryan Tannehill and the Miami Dolphins DEF.

Send me a PM if interested!

BizzyC

Really happy my waiver request for Andy Dalton didn't go through now....

Hopefully Sanchez will do a better job covering for Brady this week.

poldebruin

BizzyC wrote: »

Really happy my waiver request for Andy Dalton didn't go through now.....

Me too.....had a last minute change of heart. Thanks god.

BizzyC wrote: »

Hopefully Sanchez will do a better job covering for Brady this week.

oh.......pinning your hopes on Mark Sanchez??! I'm in the same boat with Kyle Orton starting in my win or go home game.

I see Division 2 (in Division 4 if you know what I mean) is starting to look like the NFC South. At least they, along with Division 4 are competitive. Runaway leaders in 1 and 3. I wonder if it's possible to rename the divisions within a division. North, East, West and South to avoid confusion.

Tristram

Yeah, the wildcard race is going to be something!

BizzyC

Oooh... looks like I'll win this week in spite of a potential Sanchez meltdown, and Boccy's look like losing as well.

I may still be in with a chance at a playoff seed...


edit:
I've just realised how unlucky I've been with schedule this season.
4th highest scoring team, but still have a negative points difference

Guffy

So Parkey, Benjamin, and a 12 point lead against eagles D... that lead is down to 2 now. Here's hoping cam gets moving the ball

Guffy

Pick 6... u gota be sh1ttin me

Guffy

Benjamin finally gives me a chance late on. Garbage time might save me and my slim playoff aspirations in a **** or get of the pot game

Guffy

Ha thank u garbage time. That should do it... as grudance pointed out.. 'some folks won or lost games on those two touchdowns'

BizzyC

Sanchez came through, looking very good as well.
But with Brady back, I wont be needing him.

If anyone is in need of a potential boost at QB, I'm open to trades for a decent backup WR/RB.

Johnny_Fontane

BizzyC wrote: »

Sanchez came through, looking very good as well.
But with Brady back, I wont be needing him.

If anyone is in need of a potential boost at QB, I'm open to trades for a decent backup WR/RB.

ha ha, Mark Sanchez.....seriously? :eek:

Tristram

Whoever is starting QB in that Eagles offense is a viable fantasy starter. Sanchez is likely to put up very respectable numbers.

edit:

Just to add to that, in six quarters of football he has scored 33 points. Looking at the schedule going forward Eagles face: GB, Ten, Dal, Sea, Dal, Wsh, NYG. Pretty good run of games.

BizzyC

Johnny_Fontane wrote: »

ha ha, Mark Sanchez.....seriously? :eek:

Watch the tape of the Eagles game.

That system is what he should be playing in, and he actually showed better decision making to Nick Foles.

I always felt bad for him in NY, Jets is a black hole for talent.
As a Pats fan though, butt fumble was a highlight for me!

Johnny_Fontane

BizzyC wrote: »

Watch the tape of the Eagles game.

That system is what he should be playing in, and he actually showed better decision making to Nick Foles.

I always felt bad for him in NY, Jets is a black hole for talent.
As a Pats fan though, butt fumble was a highlight for me!

yeah, but carolina are a mess right now, I wouldnt read too much into it. You'd want to be in a fairly big hole to start him and GB present a greater challenge this week.

Clay Matthews gotta love all this talk about Sanchez.....

BizzyC

He's not going to be a great QB to have, but with the offense he has around him I can see him busting out several 15+ point games between now and the end of the season.

Looking at some teams, that would be an upgrade.

Tristram

Absolutely. I could be way off here but I'd expect Sanchez to be scoring at least 14 points each week with the potential there to be scoring in the 20s. He could easily be a top 10 QB from here til the end of the season.

Johnny_Fontane

Tristram wrote: »

Absolutely. I could be way off here but I'd expect Sanchez to be scoring at least 14 points each week with the potential there to be scoring in the 20s. He could easily be a top 10 QB from here til the end of the season.

yes, but I also expect him to have a 6 pointer in there somewhere aswell.....

Johnny_Fontane

So at 3-7 and 15th in the league, I wonder what the hell I have been doing this year.....so heres my draft recap....

swoody

Johnny_Fontane wrote: »

So at 3-7 and 15th in the league, I wonder what the hell I have been doing this year.....so heres my draft recap....

mines just as good....... :pac:



9-1 (thank god i got that lose out the way before the playoffs last week :rolleyes:)

BaronVon

I see my whole team, except for my D, are playing bottom 7 opponents thnis week. There's no way I could lose.......:D

TO.

infacteh wrote: »

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I see my whole team, except for my D, are playing bottom 7 opponents thnis week. There's no way I could lose.......:D

I think you need more Tight Ends to be honest

BaronVon

TO. wrote: »

I think you need more Tight Ends to be honest

Just playing the odds, one of them has to turn out to be consistent!!

Tristram

Game previews are always good for a laugh:

Meanwhile, Pillow Fighters added two players, picking up Adam Vinatieri (8.00 projected points) and Taylor Gabriel (3.00 projected points) while dropping Shayne Graham (9.00 projected points) and Jared Cook (2.60 projected points). They've also benched Percy Harvin (bye) for the matchup. They'll still need to replace Jonas Gray (0.00 projected points) in the starting lineup. Pillow Fighters might want to think about picking up Roy Helu (6.30 projected points) to start over Gray (0.00 projected points) and might also consider adding Baldwin (7.40 projected points) to start in place of Kenny Stills (3.00 projected points).