Getting out a bit ahead so Ellis doesn’t have to do so much work this year. Also, because I’m the champion and the longer this thread is up the more smack talking I can do.
Schedule
Offseason Trade Deadline: dunno yet
Keeper Declaration: Wednesday 8/29/12
Live Draft: Monday 9/3/2012 at 10:15pm Eastern
Keeper Rules
You can only keep a maximum of 3 players.
You can only keep players drafted after the second round (third rounders or later only.)
A player can only be kept a maximum of twice. (Making 3 total roster years.)
A kept player incurs a two round penalty (e.g: drafted in the 6th, kept in the 4th.)
Hall of Fame
Year 1 winner: mouthbreather
Year 2 winner: Spiritus Mundi
Year 3 winner: Spiritus Mundi
Year 4 winner: The Mad Hermit
Year 5 winner: Nurse Carmen
Year 6 winner: Weirddave
Year 7 winner: VarlosZ
Year 8 winner: Weirddave
Year 9 winner: Really Not All That Bright
1 Baltimore Weirdos
2 Spiritus Mundane
3 HungryHungryHarus
4 Fightin Quakers
5 Omni’s Omnipotents
6 Varlos’ Zzzzzzz
7 Off Constantly
8 DrewBreesBirthmark
9 ViQueens
10 NY Fanboys
11 Hamlet
12 4th and 19
13 Crabby Hermits
14 RNATB
My final keeper-eligible roster:
M. Cassel (QB) - drafted in 12, keep in 10
J. Flacco (QB) - drafted in 4, keep in 2
J. Jones (WR) - drafted in 5, keep in 3
P. Garcon (WR) - drafted in 8, keep in 6
AJ Green (WR) - drafted in 7, keep in 5
A. Green (RB) - drafted in 14, keep in 12
R. Jennings (RB) - drafted in 9, keep in 7
D. Murray (RB) - drafted in 5, keep in 3
CJ Spiller (RB) - drafted in 6, keep in 4
Atlanta (DEF) - drafted in 14, keep in 12
Currently I’m looking at Julio Jones, DeMarco Murray and AJ Green, and in need of an extra 3rd round pick. I pick 7th, so I’d be happy to trade my 1st to anyone below me looking to trade up.
Mother of god, year 10? Should we start getting people lined up as replacements for when we start dying of natural causes?
Loving keeping Jimmy Graham in the 5th. Blount in the 10th isn’t nearly as appealing as it was late last season, but he’s still a no brainer. Not sure if I’ll keep a third. If anyone wants Big Ben (can be kept in the third), I’ll listen to any offers.
Also, RNATB, I’ll be the first to jump on it: interested in switching spots in the 5th and 6th rounds (I’m keeping Graham there, so it’s a win-win for the two of us)?
Darn, this is where I wished I had taken the time to look up usernames for each team name. Maybe we can get RickJay to alter either my or RNATB’s OP when we sort it out. Baba, which team were you again? I’m Off Constantly, because everyone beats me.
I remain Fourth and Nineteen. Still can’t believe I lost the semifinal to RNATB by .03.
My possible keepers:
Fred Jackson 4th / 2nd
Jermarcus Finley 4th / 2nd (from ViQueens)
Eli Manning 5th / 3rd
Johnny Knox 7th / 5th
Cam Newton 9th / 7th
Darren Sproles 11th / 9th
Detroit DEF 15th / 13th
I drafted Donald Brown and had him on my final roster, but I did drop him at one point, so I can’t keep him, which is a shame.
Obviously I’m keeping Cam and Sproles; that’s probably it. I don’t think the Detroit D is worth a 13th.
My good news: I got the liver/kidney transplant four months ago, so I’ll be around a while longer (hopefully.) I’m doing Ok but I’ve been off work for so long that reeentering the workforce at 50 is a daunting task.
Having almost won it all last year, if it wasn’t for Tony Romo’s hand injury in our championship game, I’m ready to try it all again.
I’m not as crabby as I was before, so I’m considering an appropriate name change. I’m open to suggestions.
I’ve got an extremely busy late summer lining up (100 mile hiking trip, closing on and moving into our first house, painting and building patio in said house, starting an MBA program), so I’d better get keepers in before I forget to. As of now I’ll go with:
DeMarco Murray in the 3rd,
Stevan Ridley in the 6th,
Alex Green in the 12th
If someone wants to trade up in the 3rd round (for the 4th pick), I’m all ears.
I’m trying to trade back in the 4th and 8th rounds (first pick in each), in case anybody missed it. Don’t need to trade up in the 3rd, though, since I’m using that for a keeper.
Yes; see the post above yours.