The Syndicate

Out of the seven match-ups this week, only two of them feature two teams with winning records.

In other news, I'm going to get crushed by timmer this week.

JaggedJimmyJay wrote:Instead of the "Sacko", we should call the last place trophy the "Socko".

YES. This.

rip Arian Foster

I legitimately don't know which of these teams has a better chance of winning. My gut says Hopkins can outscore Rob's entire team.

BigDamnHero wrote:Looks like we got some playas who b str8 up frontin' yo...so lemme break it down 4 ya:

got a couple chumps tryin' to steal my game...
takin' my name for glory and fame!
Ain't no Rick but the original...anyone else b digital criminals!

Can't blame all y'all imitators...
you'll be goin' down faster than a free fallin' elevator!

your 2nd place status don't scare me none...
bring yo' weak shit playin' Cameron and Jackson!
Brady, Bell & lynch gonna mess you up right
then my Cards gonna finish it as I watch 'em live Monday Night!

better grab yo' books cuz I'm takin' you to school...
cuz team Dead Jerry gonna make u look the fool!

WORD TO YO MUTHA'! *drop mic*

I need a WR1, looking for a Top 10 kinda guy. Take a look at my team and let's see if we can make a deal. I'm stacked but I need to trade away some depth.

I'd rather watch that Colts fake punt on repeat than sit through any more of this trainwreck

Giants run into the kicker on 4th down, Eagles keep the ball, and then Murray runs for 50 yards and a touchdown

3 turnovers by the Giants so far...

Fortune favors the bold.

Yay, I get to sweat the Monday night game with my kicker versus Demarco Murray Please no turnovers Eli.

It's in the same place as all other transactions.

BigDamnHero wrote: I gave him a healthy, qualoty RB

lol well at least the healthy part is right, but Morris is an average player in a timeshare on a bad team.

BigDamnHero wrote:AND playmaking WR which he needed

Except his other WRs are AJ Green and DeAndre Hopkins, so it's the position he least needed help with :P

There's no shame in being shameless Diggz.

(You're right that it's technically a "fair" trade which is why I didn't veto it. Morris might carry the workload again with Matt Jones injured, and John Brown is a great player, while Lynch is a buy-low target who's potentially at the end of his career behind a bad O-line. But don't act like you didn't trade your two worst starters to get a potential top 10 RB from the guy who has no idea what he's doing :P )

Yeah MP got suckered. That was dirty,

Honestly, the person we should most be scared of is MP. He scored 128 this week while having an injured player in his lineup and most of his team being scrub-level. The fantasy football gods have smiled upon Sockface this season.

Epignosis wrote:

BigDamnHero wrote:hive been drrumk diance last singiht...and gettting drunker

I wouldn't call that drunk. Shitfaced maybe.

I've had about 12 beers this afternoon. Observe how, even in my present state, I have made grammar, syntax, and spelling my bitches.

But who's my bitch?

Epignosis wrote:

BigDamnHero wrote:

Epignosis wrote:

Turnip Head wrote:The real joke is Epi's lineup without the Panthers this week.

I'll be okay.

The projections say otherwise....

You mean the bullshit-o-meter?

You're not wrong.

The real joke is Epi's lineup without the Panthers this week.

Epignosis wrote:Voted Yes.

New poll.

Who's going to win it all this year?

You may select 1 option


AceofSpaces
1
reywaS (7) 10%

Bass_the_Clever
1
Bass_the_Clever (9) 10%

BigDamnHero
1
juliets (6) 10%

DharmaHelper
2
AceofSpaces (3), DharmaHelper (4) 20%

Epignosis
2
Metalmarsh89 (5), Epignosis (10) 20%

JaggedJimmyJay
0
No votes

juliets
1
Golden (8) 10%

leggyorlyb
0
No votes

Metalmarsh89
0
No votes

MovingPictures07
0
No votes

reywaS
0
No votes

Ricochet
0
No votes

timmer
0
No votes

Turnip Head
2
Turnip Head (1), BigDamnHero (2) 20%

Total votes : 10

juliets wrote:

Turnip Head wrote:I guess playing against Sockface is a free win Does anyone think he'll pick up a kicker who's not on IR? Maybe if we shame him enough? :P

We should shame him. He also had Marshawn Lynch in when he was "out". I almost sent him a pm to help him understand when he needs to check in on his team to remove people.

I already told him a few times that he needs to check his team for injuries. He even said he would set a reminder on his phone for Sundays.

Hey MP, if you see this, not checking your lineup is like not posting or voting in a mafia game. You hate it when people do that, don't you? :P

I guess playing against Sockface is a free win Does anyone think he'll pick up a kicker who's not on IR? Maybe if we shame him enough? :P

Epignosis wrote:

Turnip Head wrote:

Epignosis wrote:I lost out on $25 because of 0.04 points.

I hope you learned to fade the Thursday night game

(Not this week though. I have some DFS picks if you're interested )

I would have won if Steve Smith hadn't been injured, You can't guess things like that.

Tell me about it

Epignosis wrote:I lost out on $25 because of 0.04 points.

I hope you learned to fade the Thursday night game

(Not this week though. I have some DFS picks if you're interested )

juliets wrote:Hey guys, I think there is some confusion about using IR, and the confusion could be mine. Doesn't the player have to have the team put them on IR - so a red IR appears after their name - before we can roster them as IR? I didn't think we could put people who are just "Out" in that IR slot.

I thought it works the same way you do. That's how it works on Yahoo at least. This is my first year using ESPN.

My team sucks.

BigDamnHero wrote:TH has got.this on the bag everyone else might as well just stop playing as of this week. it's all over fplks, we're done for. And as we all know I have a SPOTLESS record for predicting outcomes.

Well we all know that last line is untrue. So I can't help but feel like you're trying to fuck this up for me

Fun fact: BDH has the fourth most points scored, and he's in tenth place.

New poll is up.

MP is the Taco of our league It's an ugly win but I'll take it

MP, I'd be sweating my 30 point lead right now but you couldn't be arsed to take Cutler out of your lineup Which is a shame because the rest of your team played great :P

Hey MP.

Swiggity swooty, I'm coming for dat booty.

Metalmarsh89 wrote:If we did employ partial points this week, I would defeat Epignosis 81.64 to 81.20. It would indeed make a difference.

I'm sure it would affect other outcomes as well. That's why I'm not doing it if not everyone is onboard. Looks like we're stuck with what we've got, enjoy your tie :P

Fair enough.

DharmaHelper wrote:Could have convinced me to do it after the draft, but no fuckin' way after two games have been played :P

If I had known before games started I would have tried :P I understand your opinion. If literally everyone else is in favor of it, would you let me do it?

Metalmarsh89 wrote:Dissenter(s)

I'm counting DH because he's generally opposed to it :P

I would need everyone in the league to vote, and someone would have to convince Diggz to change his vote. If I get 13 "yes"'s plus the one "Shut up TH", I'll retroactively change scoring to include fractional points.

I'll give this until Thursday night. I'll send out a league PM shortly.

I'm not sure if it would work retroactively. I know I could definitely manually adjust scores as commissioner, but undoubtedly there would be people who would be unhappy with the results. If everyone was unanimously in favor of it, I would do it, but we already have dissenters.

Metalmarsh89 wrote:That's fun. Epignosis and I tied.

I saw that Another good argument for having fractional points.

But now two weeks in, I fear it would be unfair to change anything, since there's already outcomes that would be different if we had had it since the start.

Golden wrote::o TH, I can't believe you would delete move my post

It seemed like you were lost. I just helped you find your way

BigDamnHero wrote:I concede defeat.

The best part is watching Amari Cooper going off on your bench

BigDamnHero wrote:ok, so apparently I don't fully understand our scoring system....how dI'd we r Abdullah only get me .5 pts? Do we not get return yardage on punts?

Nope, I've never played in a league that does tbh. Punt return TDs count though

Welp, I need a miracle.

BigDamnHero wrote: Th: hope u got some vasaline for your throat cuz I'm about to shove something huge down it.

Jay Cutler is the best player on your team

Ricochet wrote:I might watch the Rugby Championships a bit, does that count? I mean, we all know that's a real sport born out of football.

I made a thread just for you. Get that blasphemous shit outta here :P

DharmaHelper wrote:Well now don't I look foolish.

Sorry for your loss.

I agree to your terms. Don't you worry your pretty little head about Baby Gronk, he's gonna be just fine.

BigDamnHero wrote:

Turnip Head wrote:

Ricochet wrote:The breaking news is less helpful than it was during the drafting. Where can I read about stuff like Blue being dropped, for instance?

Good question. There's a lot of resources out there but in your case, without following football, it will sort of feel like studying for a test without ever going to class. Podcasts, articles... I'll send you some of the ones I use and you can decide if it's worth your time.

I feel bad for Rico, because he doesn't watch football, never played fantasy, and I half-forced him to sign up to make room for you, so I don't mind dishing out a little free advice to start the season. That said, my money is on Rico not doing a lick of research. And he's on his own now

Btw diggz I hope your team kept their buttholes nice and clean for my team. Wanna make it interesting? Loser of our match has to change their team name for Week 3. If you lose it's "I am Turnip's Bitch". If I lose... well, state your terms and we'll shake on it

Ricochet wrote:*Rico now realises stats are based on real life performances throughout the handegg season*

lolz

Ricochet wrote:The breaking news is less helpful than it was during the drafting. Where can I read about stuff like Blue being dropped, for instance?

Good question. There's a lot of resources out there but in your case, without following football, it will sort of feel like studying for a test without ever going to class. Podcasts, articles... I'll send you some of the ones I use and you can decide if it's worth your time.

Ricochet wrote:Finally, dropping players, getting new ones. How does it work? Do I just use the "Drop" and "Claim" buttons, then wait for the claimed to be mine in order of the waiver?

Yes. Waivers clear in the early morning (EST) tomorrow so get your claims in soon if you want to make any. After waivers process, any unclaimed players will be Free Agents and it's first come first serve. Normally there's some strategy on whether or not to use a high waiver priority or wait til a player hits Free Agency, but our waiver priority resets weekly, so you might as well use it.

Ricochet wrote:I checked the results and, apart from seeing that I lost to Sock by 1.5 points and that my players are fine, I don't understand anything else that happened.

Your boy Blue sucks and is gonna lose his job in a few weeks so you need to find a new flex play. Olsen had a bad game but he'll be fine. I don't know what possessed you to draft the Tampa defense, you should try and find a new one because they're gonna be bad all year. The rest of your team played admirably.