# He Hate Me FF keeper league - yr 7

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-hate-me-ff-keeper-league-yr-7/504074>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [July 24, 2009, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-hate-me-ff-keeper-league-yr-7/504074 "2009-07-24T02:24:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2009, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-hate-me-ff-keeper-league-yr-7/504074/1 "2009-07-24T02:24:14Z")

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**Schedule**  
Signup Deadline: Friday 7/31/09  
Offseason Trade Deadline: Monday 8/31/09  
Keeper Declaration: Tuesday 9/1/09  
Live Draft: Monday 9/7/09 (Labor Day) at 10:15pm ET

**Keeper Rules**

1. You can only keep a maximum of 3 players.
2. You can only keep players drafted after the third round. (Fourth rounders or later only.)
3. A player can only be kept a maximum of twice. (Making 3 total roster years.)
4. A kept player incures 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

**Draft Order, Year 7**

1. Hamlet
2. VarlosZ
3. Omniscient
4. The Mad Hermit
5. Ellis Dee
6. Spiritus Mundi
7. Nurse Carmen
8. furt
9. Really Not All That Bright
10. Wilson
11. Munch
12. Jimmy Chitwood
13. Bababooey
14. Weirddave

**League History**

**2003 Season 1**  
[The SDMB “He Hate Me, He Hate Me Not” Football League](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=199147)

**2004 Season 2**  
[Upcoming SDMB fantasy football league…](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=251453)  
[He Hate Me Keeper League Mid-Season Review](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=286234)  
[SDMB H.H.M. Keeper League Rules Ballot.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=290993)

**2005 Season 3**  
[Yahoo fantasy football signup now open…](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=324132)  
[He Hate Me Keeper League Mid-Season Draft Review 2006](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=342937)  
Season wrap-up [post=7136352]here[/post]

**2006 Season 4**  
[He Hate Me FF keeper league](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=374061)  
Season wrap-up [post=8131857]here[/post]

**2007 Season 5**  
[He Hate Me So Bad FF keeper league](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=423632)  
Season wrap-up [post=9386723]here[/post]

**2008 Season 6**  
[He Hate Me Some Me FF Keeper League](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=465946)  
I am currently going through the eligible keepers list. Many posted their eligible keepers themselves before the new league erased the old free agency info. Many thanks for that, but that was less than half the owners. That kind of takes the fun out of keeping players, IMO. As a compromise, I’m going through each manager and marking as eligible players they drafted in the fourth round or later who were still on their final roster.

I’ve gotten through two managers so far. I’ll post the finished results asap, with a hard deadline of July 31st so we can open the trading season properly.

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**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2009, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-hate-me-ff-keeper-league-yr-7/504074/2 "2009-07-24T02:27:25Z")

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The [new league](http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/f1/232609) is up. Everyone should have gotten an email with the link and password when I created it. We have 10 owners so far, meaning we’re missing four. Looks like those four are:

Wilson  
Munch  
Jimmy Chitwood  
Bababooey

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**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2009, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-hate-me-ff-keeper-league-yr-7/504074/3 "2009-07-24T02:32:56Z")

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I’m in.

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**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2009, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-hate-me-ff-keeper-league-yr-7/504074/4 "2009-07-24T02:39:20Z")

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My eligibles:

1. 

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 (55) Ricky Williams

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2. (58) Calvin Johnson
3. (83) Steve Slaton
4. (86) Brett Favre
5. (119) Tony Scheffler
6. 

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(139) Chicago

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7. 

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(142) Antwaan Randle El

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8. 

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(167) Kolby Smith

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9. 

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(170) JaMarcus Russell

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10. 

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(195) Matt Ryan
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**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2009, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-hate-me-ff-keeper-league-yr-7/504074/5 "2009-07-24T03:52:08Z")

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Thanks a million for getting this together again. I’m so excited I could piss. I’m pretty pumped about that #3 draft slot at the moment. We’ll see how that opinion changes once I see the keepers and start my rankings.

> [@EllisDee](#):
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> Many thanks for that, but that was less than half the owners. That kind of takes the fun out of keeping players, IMO. As a compromise, I’m going through each manager and marking as eligible players they drafted in the fourth round or later who were still on their final roster.

This part confuses me a little. I’m not sure how us posting our own eligible keepers in the old thread spoiled anything. If you want to do the work you’re welcome to, but I hope this doesn’t lead to me losing keepers i acquired through trade. That was a pretty huge part of my strategy last season in acquiring Rivers among others.

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**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2009, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-hate-me-ff-keeper-league-yr-7/504074/6 "2009-07-24T08:11:30Z")

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Heh, no, that’s backwards. Posting your eligibles didn’t spoil anything, and I’m definitely using those lists. The more than half the owners who _didn’t_ post their eligibles is what kinda spoils the fun of keepers, which is why I’m going through and making sure everyone has a keeper list.

Thanks much, Munch.

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**Author:** ![Wilson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@Wilson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wilson)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2009, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-hate-me-ff-keeper-league-yr-7/504074/7 "2009-07-24T22:34:34Z")

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I’m having serious problems accessing Yahoo Fantasy Sports, as it’s now blocked at work, and I’m having problems at home at well.  
I should be able to get in from my girlfriend’s house this weekend.

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**Author:** ![BabaBooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dfb087/32.png) [@BabaBooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BabaBooey)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-hate-me-ff-keeper-league-yr-7/504074/8 "2009-07-30T05:47:45Z")

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Still don’t get the keeper issue, but from my last draft:  
4. (51) Greg Jennings  
5. (62) Julius Jones  
6. (79) Jon Kitna  
7. (90) Nate Burleson  
8. (107) Kurt Warner  
9. (118) David Patten  
10. (135) Tim Hightower  
11. (146) Pittsburgh  
12. (163) Kevin Walter  
13. (174) Donald Lee  
14. (191) Pierre Thomas  
15. (202) Josh Scobee  
16. (219) Tennessee

Pierre Thomas was kept, so he has one more year of eligibility. Everyone else was first time draftees. I’m keeping him, Warner, and Hightower. But wouldn’t we have a trading period before we have to declare keepers? I’d like to have a chance to shop the rights to Walter, he’s easily worth a 10th.

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**Author:** ![BabaBooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dfb087/32.png) [@BabaBooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BabaBooey)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-hate-me-ff-keeper-league-yr-7/504074/9 "2009-07-30T05:54:55Z")

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Nevermind, now I see the setup in the first post.

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**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-hate-me-ff-keeper-league-yr-7/504074/10 "2009-07-30T09:12:59Z")

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> [@BabaBooey](#):
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> Still don’t get the keeper issue, but from my last draft:

The keeper issue is this: Munch, Omni and VarlosZ posted their keepers to last year’s thread as per my request. There are 14 owners in the league. If I then started this thread with a keeper list that only included 3 owners, with the other 11 owners getting no keepers whatsoever, that kind of takes the fun of keepers out of the keeper league. Because virtually nobody would have keepers. In the keeper league. Without keepers. Is this thing on? (heh)

Also, you listed your entire draft after the third round. You never signed a single free agent all season long?

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**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-hate-me-ff-keeper-league-yr-7/504074/11 "2009-07-30T15:34:33Z")

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My draft results:

1. (8) Frank Gore
2. (21) Marques Colston
3. (36) Steve Smith
4. (49) Maurice Jones-Drew
5. (64) Matt Hasselbeck
6. (77) Chris Perry
7. (92) Marc Bulger
8. (105) Todd Heap
9. (120) Michael Turner
10. (133) Vernon Davis
11. (148) Jerious Norwood
12. (161) Jacksonville
13. (176) Matt Jones
14. (189) Justin Gage
15. (204) Rob Bironas
16. (217) Ronald Curry

My final roster:

Frank Gore  
Marques Colston  
Steve Smith  
Maurice Jones-Drew  
Marc Bulger  
Michael Turner  
Jerious Norwood  
Justin Gage  
Matt Jones

Since (IIRC) we can’t keep any of the top 3 rounders, I can’t keep Gore, Colston, or Smith. That leaves me with Jones Drew a great option to keep for a second rounder and Michael Turner a keeper for a 7th rounder.

Wow. I would get to keep two top 10 picks for a second rounder and a 7th rounder, AND I have the first pick in the draft. How fucking cool is that?

Unfortunately for me, I drafted Turner and Jones Drew in 2006, kept them in 2007 and 2008, so I can’t keep them at all. DAMMIT!!!

That leaves me with eligible keepers: Bulger for a 5th, Norwood for a 9th, Crackhead Jones for an 11th, or Gage for a 12th. Bulger sucks and Crackhead Jones is currently out of the NFL, so I don’t think I’ll be using them. Norwood is a backup and probably a 10th or 11th round pick, so, as of now, it’s not likely I’ll keep him. Gage isn’t worth it either.

So, barring a preseason injury to Turner or a change in their carry numbers, it looks like I won’t be keeping anyone. But I’ll wait a bit until I make a complete declaration.

Adrian Peterson, here I come!!!

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**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-hate-me-ff-keeper-league-yr-7/504074/12 "2009-07-30T17:56:10Z")

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That’s the same four I came up with for you, Hamlet. Though I thought Norwood was a quality keeper in the 9th, so much so that I bolded him.

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**Author:** ![BabaBooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dfb087/32.png) [@BabaBooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BabaBooey)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2009, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-hate-me-ff-keeper-league-yr-7/504074/13 "2009-07-31T00:44:40Z")

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How do I see my final roster? And I think I only made one or two transactions the whole year, so that’s pretty close to it.

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**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2009, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-hate-me-ff-keeper-league-yr-7/504074/14 "2009-08-01T08:50:48Z")

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> [@BabaBooey](#):
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> How do I see my final roster? And I think I only made one or two transactions the whole year, so that’s pretty close to it.

In the league overview there’s a dropdown in the top right to pick which season you want to look at. It’s a pretty sweet feature.

Don’t worry about your keepers; I finally bit the bullet and am going through them all now. The complete list will be posted later this morning.

I’d like to hold off on trading until we get a 14th player. I PM’ed Jimmy Chitwood and let him know that we’re waiting on him. Let’s give him a few days before we give another doper his team.

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**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2009, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-hate-me-ff-keeper-league-yr-7/504074/15 "2009-08-01T14:20:37Z")

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Here’s the keeper list, including the round they were drafted last year. To keep them this year you have to take them two rounds earlier. Those marked as “kept last year” are in their final year of eligibility.

I went through all the rosters manually to generate this list, so there may be errors. In particular keep an eye on the rounds listed since the yahoo draft results don’t list the round. Also missing would be any trades you made that retained eligibility that you didn’t post in either this thread or the end of last year’s.

As always, I have bolded the ones that jumped off the page at me while I was composing this list. The bold isn’t meant to be a recommendation for who you should keep, but instead as a flag to alert everyone else to your hot prospects.

You can trade away any, all or none of your keeper prospects, though we’re still waiting on a 14th owner so I can set the draft order and kick off the offseason trading period.

**Eligible Keepers**

1. Moridwon (Hamlet)  
Marc Bulger (QB-StL) _5th round pick_  
**Jerious Norwood** (RB-Atl) _11th round pick_  
Matt Jones (WR-Jac) _13th round pick_  
Justin Gage (WR-Ten) _14th round pick_

2. Varlos’ Zzzzzzz (VarlosZ)  
Marvin Harrison (WR-Ind) _4th round pick_  
Ben Roethlisberger (QB-Pit) _4th round pick_ - kept last year  
Roddy White (WR-Atl) _6th round pick_  
**Chester Taylor** (RB-Min) _7th round pick_  
Aaron Rodgers (QB-GB) _8th round pick_  
Dallas Clark (TE-Ind) _9th round pick_ - kept last year  
Baltimore (DEF-Bal) _11th round pick_  
Matt Leinart (QB-Ari) _15th round pick_

3. Omni’s Omnipotents (Omniscient)  
Jerricho Cotchery (WR-NYJ) _5th round pick_  
Chris Chambers (WR-SD) _6th round pick_  
**Chris Johnson** (RB-Ten) _7th round pick_  
**Philip Rivers** (QB-SD) _9th round pick_  
DeSean Jackson (WR-Phi) _10th round pick_  
Chad Pennington (QB-Mia) _12th round pick_  
Robert Meachem (WR-NO) _16th round pick_

4. Crabby Hermits (The Mad Hermit)  
Tony Romo (QB-Dal) _4th round pick_ - kept last year  
Hines Ward (WR-Pit) _5th round pick_  
**Felix Jones** (RB-Dal) _6th round pick_  
Heath Miller (TE-Pit) _7th round pick_  
Devin Hester (WR-Chi) _11th round pick_ - kept last year  
Correll Buckhalter (RB-Den) _12th round pick_ - kept last year  
Limas Sweed (WR-Pit) _13th round pick_  
Sammy Morris (RB-NE) _15th round pick_

5. New York Fanboys (Ellis Dee)  
Eli Manning (QB-NYG) _7th round pick_  
Reggie Brown (WR-Phi) _8th round pick_  
New York (DEF-NYG) _9th round pick_  
Dominic Rhodes (RB-Buf) _10th round pick_  
Michael Bush (RB-Oak) _12th round pick_  
**Derrick Ward** (RB-TB) _13th round pick_  
**Trent Edwards** (QB-Buf) _15th round pick_

6. Spiritus Mundane (Spiritus Mundi)  
Kellen Winslow (TE-TB) _4th round pick_  
Justin Fargas (RB-Oak) _7th round pick_  
Ted Ginn Jr. (WR-Mia) _8th round pick_  
**Wes Welker** (WR-NE) _10th round pick_ - kept last year  
Jeff Garcia (QB-Oak) _11th round pick_  
Warrick Dunn (RB-TB) _12th round pick_  
Greg Olsen (TE-Chi) _13th round pick_ - kept last year  
Tampa Bay (DEF-TB) _14th round pick_  
Neil Rackers (K-Ari) _15th round pick_  
**Brady Quinn** (QB-Cle) _16th round pick_

7. CarMenace (Nurse Carmen)  
Antonio Gates (TE-SD) _4th round pick_  
David Garrard (QB-Jac) _5th round pick_  
Bernard Berrian (WR-Min) _6th round pick_  
Derrick Mason (WR-Bal) _8th round pick_  
James Hardy (WR-Buf) _9th round pick_  
Minnesota (DEF-Min) _10th round pick_ - kept last year  
**Joe Flacco** (QB-Bal) _11th round pick_  
Eddie Royal (WR-Den) _13th round pick_  
Leonard Pope (TE-Ari) _15th round pick_

8. Fightin’ Quakers (furt)  
Santonio Holmes (WR-Pit) _4th round pick_  
Chris Cooley (TE-Was) _5th round pick_  
Laveranues Coles (WR-Cin) _6th round pick_  
Ray Rice (RB-Bal) _7th round pick_  
Santana Moss (WR-Was) _8th round pick_  
**Brandon Marshall** (WR-Den) _9th round pick_ - kept last year  
Jason Campbell (QB-Was) _11th round pick_  
Philadelphia (DEF-Phi) _13th round pick_  
**Darren Sproles** (RB-SD) _14th round pick_  
Brandon Jackson (RB-GB) _15th round pick_  
Kris Brown (K-Hou) _16th round pick_

9. Freshman 16 (RNATB)  
Roy Williams (WR-Dal) _4th round pick_  
Donovan McNabb (QB-Phi) _5th round pick_  
Joey Galloway (WR-NE) _6th round pick_  
Matt Schaub (QB-Hou) _8th round pick_  
**Leon Washington** (RB-NYJ) _12th round pick_

10. Backup QB Guy (Wilson)  
Selvin Young (RB-Den) _4th round pick_  
DeAngelo Williams (RB-Car) _5th round pick_  
Kevin Curtis (WR-Phi) _6th round pick_  
Owen Daniels (TE-Hou) _14th round pick_ - kept last year

11. MunchsUrbanAchievers (Munch)  
Ricky Williams (RB-Mia) _4th round pick_  
Calvin Johnson (WR-Det) _5th round pick_  
Steve Slaton (RB-Hou) _6th round pick_  
Brett Favre (QB-NYJ) _7th round pick_  
Tony Scheffler (TE-Den) _9th round pick_  
Chicago (DEF-Chi) _10th round pick_  
Antwaan Randle El (WR-Was) _11th round pick_  
Kolby Smith (RB-KC) _12th round pick_  
JaMarcus Russell (QB-Oak) _13th round pick_  
**Matt Ryan** (QB-Atl) _14th round pick_

12. Shut Your Mouth Abel (Jimmy Chitwood)  
Tony Gonzalez (TE-Atl) _4th round pick_  
San Diego (DEF-SD) _5th round pick_  
Anthony Gonzalez (WR-Ind) _6th round pick_  
Rudi Johnson (RB-Det) _8th round pick_  
Javon Walker (WR-Oak) _10th round pick_  
Dallas (DEF-Dal) _11th round pick_  
Dwayne Bowe (WR-KC) _13th round pick_  
L.J. Smith (TE-Bal) _15th round pick_

13. DrewBreesBirthmark (Bababooey)  
Greg Jennings (WR-GB) _4th round pick_  
Julius Jones (RB-Sea) _5th round pick_  
**Kurt Warner** (QB-Ari) _8th round pick_  
David Patten (WR-Cle) _9th round pick_  
Tim Hightower (RB-Ari) _10th round pick_  
Pittsburgh (DEF-Pit) _11th round pick_  
Kevin Walter (WR-Hou) _12th round pick_  
Donald Lee (TE-GB) _13th round pick_  
Pierre Thomas (RB-NO) _14th round pick_ - kept last year  
**Tennessee** (DEF-Ten) _16th round pick_

14. Baltimore Weirdos (Weirddave)  
Jason Witten (TE-Dal) _4th round pick_ - kept last year  
Lee Evans (WR-Buf) _5th round pick_  
Donald Driver (WR-GB) _6th round pick_  
Jake Delhomme (QB-Car) _11th round pick_  
Amani Toomer (WR-NYG) _13th round pick_

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**Author:** ![Wilson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@Wilson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wilson)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2009, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-hate-me-ff-keeper-league-yr-7/504074/16 "2009-08-01T18:09:07Z")

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I’m feeling slighted… didn’t get any bolding.

I’m keeping DeAngelo Williams in the 3rd and Owen Daniels in the 12th.

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**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2009, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-hate-me-ff-keeper-league-yr-7/504074/17 "2009-08-01T18:25:03Z")

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heh, to be fair I’ve done no research and I’m not all that familiar with the Panthers. DeAngelo probably warranted some bolding love.

Keeper declaration isn’t until the end of August. The only reason to declare early is if you’ll be out of town or worry that you’ll space the deadline. That’s why the week between keeper declaration and the draft; to accomodate vacationers and the forgetful. Also, I won’t hold anyone to early declarations if they decide to change their mind later.

All trades are final, though, barring exceptional circumstances. (And I can’t think of any at the moment.)

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**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2009, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-hate-me-ff-keeper-league-yr-7/504074/18 "2009-08-05T04:50:28Z")

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I have a replacement ready to take over for Jimmy Chitwood. Any objections?

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**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2009, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-hate-me-ff-keeper-league-yr-7/504074/19 "2009-08-05T05:56:44Z")

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\*\*Chitwood \*\*says he’s out, or he just hasn’t responded yet? 'Cause he’s still active on the boards. Also, the prospective owner is a doper, yes?

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**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2009, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-hate-me-ff-keeper-league-yr-7/504074/20 "2009-08-05T15:46:16Z")

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Jimmy hasn’t responded to my PM; I’ve gotten no feedback from him at all despite him being active. If anyone wants to try and wrangle him, be my guest.

The replacement is a doper, yes.

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