# Oak's NFL Fantasy League 2013 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [July 20, 2013, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-nfl-fantasy-league-2013/664061 "2013-07-20T20:43:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2013, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-nfl-fantasy-league-2013/664061/21 "2013-08-26T03:29:13Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > Great! Please PM me with an email address to send the invitation. As you’ll note, and for general info to the league, I got in just now. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2013, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-nfl-fantasy-league-2013/664061/22 "2013-08-26T03:37:40Z")
Outstanding! We are now full, so it’s time to talk about a draft date. Tuesdays and Thursdays are bad for me, but any other day is fine. The season opens a week fron this coming Thursday, so we need to be done by then. If anybody has days when they definitely can’t draft, please post them. I’d like to pick a draft date, and possibly an alternate–because I think Yahoo only allows a certain number of drafts to happen at the same time–by Wednesday at the latest. ---
**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2013, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-nfl-fantasy-league-2013/664061/23 "2013-08-26T10:35:06Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > Outstanding! We are now full, so it’s time to talk about a draft date. Tuesdays and Thursdays are bad for me, but any other day is fine. > > The season opens a week fron this coming Thursday, so we need to be done by then. If anybody has days when they definitely can’t draft, please post them. I’d like to pick a draft date, and possibly an alternate–because I think Yahoo only allows a certain number of drafts to happen at the same time–by Wednesday at the latest. How about this Friday? One week before seems good. I normally won’t be able to draft Mondays or Thursdays, and this Tuesday is bad for me too, but Wednesday isn’t terrible if Friday doesn’t work. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2013, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-nfl-fantasy-league-2013/664061/24 "2013-08-26T14:07:58Z")
I cannot make next Sunday, 9/1, or Monday 9/2. I also have another SDMB draft on Thursday night. Everything else is open. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2013, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-nfl-fantasy-league-2013/664061/25 "2013-08-26T14:12:01Z")
Friday and Saturday work best for me ---
**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2013, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-nfl-fantasy-league-2013/664061/26 "2013-08-26T14:42:26Z")
Oh, weekends after 1:30pm eastern work for me too. ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2013, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-nfl-fantasy-league-2013/664061/27 "2013-08-26T16:20:51Z")
I’m Pacific. I’m pretty flexible time-wise. I’ll work with whatever the consensus is, though if it has to be a weekday I’d prefer after 6PM if possible otherwise I’ll still be at the office. Which will be fine I’ll just have to let the autopick make the occasional selection. ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2013, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-nfl-fantasy-league-2013/664061/28 "2013-08-27T02:37:54Z")
I’m pretty flexible for time as well, being a left-coaster. I have a set of questions though, to follow, regarding auto-pick. That being said, throw the dart at the date-board. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2013, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-nfl-fantasy-league-2013/664061/29 "2013-08-27T02:40:17Z")
Best advice I can give about auto-pick—don’t do it. The live draft is fun, and auto-pick tends to make some very strange choices, especially in a non-standard league like this one. ---
**Author:** ![Mince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Mince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mince)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2013, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-nfl-fantasy-league-2013/664061/30 "2013-08-27T02:41:24Z")
Any day or time is good for me. ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f08c70/32.png) [@Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Brother_Walker)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-nfl-fantasy-league-2013/664061/31 "2013-08-28T03:12:13Z")
I’m Central Time, so evenings work for me. Or weekends work for me as well. I’m no good for Tuesdays or Thursdays, because I have class. Unlike you simps 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-nfl-fantasy-league-2013/664061/32 "2013-08-28T22:07:59Z")
OK, I haven’t seen any objections to Friday, so I’ve set our draft for Friday, August 30, at 7:30 PM Central. Thanks for playing, and good luck to everyone in the draft. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-nfl-fantasy-league-2013/664061/33 "2013-08-29T14:21:17Z")
Has anyone used the new Yahoo app to draft? There’s a chance I’ll be away from my computer and I’m curious if it’s any good. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2013, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-nfl-fantasy-league-2013/664061/34 "2013-08-30T16:11:09Z")
Reminder the draft is tonight at 7:30 Central. ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f08c70/32.png) [@Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Brother_Walker)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2013, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-nfl-fantasy-league-2013/664061/35 "2013-08-30T17:15:41Z")
got it. just had to make sure I’m on central time. I will definitely be home by then. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-nfl-fantasy-league-2013/664061/36 "2013-08-31T00:08:00Z")
The draft room is open. I’m the only one logged in at the moment. Cliff’s Clavins have the first pick… ---
**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-nfl-fantasy-league-2013/664061/37 "2013-08-31T01:32:52Z")
Draft is done. I did…meh. I am not thrilled with my team, but there are a lot of high upside guys on it. If a couple of them hit I should be in good shape. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-nfl-fantasy-league-2013/664061/38 "2013-08-31T02:32:28Z")
I missed some guys I wanted, but I’ve got Brady and Ryan at QB, Cruz, Colston, and Jones at WR, Bush and Eddie Lacy (reach, but has potential I think/hope) at RB, Tony Gonzalez at TE, and a choice of Ingram, Sidney Rice, Green-Ellis, Lance Moore, Brandon Pettigrew, and Shon Greene available at WR/RB/TE. Bradford as backup QB. Saints DEF (yeah I’m a homer, but I like what I saw in preseason), and Hartley K. My bye weeks are staggered to the point that I can always field a full team, without having to replace anybody but my K and DEF. On the downside, with my default starting lineup, I’m a 30 point underdog against Lorem Ipsums in Week 1. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-nfl-fantasy-league-2013/664061/39 "2013-08-31T02:45:26Z")
Woohoo! Best draft! I can only go downhill from here. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-nfl-fantasy-league-2013/664061/40 "2013-08-31T02:47:44Z")
Yeah, the new “Report Card” feature is awesome…but it says I suck, and am projected to finish 7th in the league. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-nfl-fantasy-league-2013/664061.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-nfl-fantasy-league-2013/664061.md?page=3)