# SDMB Auction League Fantasy Football 2014 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [August 1, 2014, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-auction-league-fantasy-football-2014/694586 "2014-08-01T17:14:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2014, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-auction-league-fantasy-football-2014/694586/41 "2014-08-29T00:58:10Z")
> [@VarlosZ](#): > > So, if we can find an immediate 10th I’d be happy to reschedule the draft, other than that I think \*\*dale \*\*may be out of luck on this one since we need an even number. I’m very sorry about that. > The new app works fine for me. Different browser? The new draft tool worked fine for me on Tuesday, but let me try IE. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2014, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-auction-league-fantasy-football-2014/694586/42 "2014-08-29T01:06:26Z")
I’ll assume the draft is going on with 8 teams , if so, I’ll bow out and hopefully return next year in a larger league. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2014, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-auction-league-fantasy-football-2014/694586/43 "2014-08-29T01:20:43Z")
Sorry Dale. My thought process ended up being like - Okay, big league is short a player… didn’t Dale post about having time for a league? Oh, yeah, he did, okay, I’ll invite him. And that made me forget that you also made a similar post in this league page too - I mentally checked off the “recruit Dale for empty spot” checkbox when you got in the big league. We’d have still ended up with 9, though - fantasy interest has taken a complete nosedive in the last 2 years. Oh, and if you guys want to use the mumble server for tonight, go ahead. ---
**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:** [August 29, 2014, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-auction-league-fantasy-football-2014/694586/44 "2014-08-29T13:59:00Z")
Well that was … interesting. With only 8 teams, and some crazy vacillation in values, it was unlike any other draft I’ve done. And that’s a good thing. I kinda like my team. I got some good value (Dez for $41, Gronk for $12), I way overspent ($16 for perennial disappointment CJ Spiller?), and I like the cheapo/end of the draft guys I got (Steven Jackson for $1). My team would be amazing if it were two years ago, I have a lot (some may say too many) older guys that nobody else wanted (Colston, MJD, Steven Jackson, Ray Rice), but I think they were good value and are good depth guys. But with only 8 teams, every team is pretty stacked. And I’ve rarely have done well in this league (outside of one championship), so it may be another long season. If I get some time later, maybe I’ll do a draft review. In the meantime, I’m still pissed the site conked out for me for a few picks and I missed out on Tate, Jennings, Sanders, and Bell, all guys I had targeted as great value). Damn you internets! ---
**Author:** ![MTRG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71c47a/32.png) [@MTRG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MTRG)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2014, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-auction-league-fantasy-football-2014/694586/45 "2014-08-29T20:08:53Z")
Omni Sorry that you feel I’m being greedy. Fact is I don’t really have a bye week problem. I have another QB who can play for me on my bye week. I figured that you wanted Cutler, I really didn’t want Wilson, but wanted some depth at RB…thought my offer was fair, not really greedy. Oh well MTRG ---
**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:** [August 29, 2014, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-auction-league-fantasy-football-2014/694586/46 "2014-08-29T20:25:07Z")
> [@MTRG](#): > > Omni > > Sorry that you feel I’m being greedy. Fact is I don’t really have a bye week problem. I have another QB who can play for me on my bye week. > > I figured that you wanted Cutler, I really didn’t want Wilson, but wanted some depth at RB…thought my offer was fair, not really greedy. > > Oh well > > MTRG You either have a bye week problem - Stafford and Cutler, your #1 and #2 QBs - with the same bye week or a roster problem with 3 QBs eating up 25% of your bench. I was figuring you’d want to move the redundant guy (Cutler) and then if you want to upgrade your RBs you’d be able to swap any of your 3 QBs to do it. Bush is the 42nd ranked player (projected - significantly higher than both QBs) and Wallace is 82. If you don’t like Wilson, that’s fine, but he was the 9th player by total points in all of FF last year. Frankly, you probably did me a favor. ---
**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:** [September 10, 2014, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-auction-league-fantasy-football-2014/694586/47 "2014-09-10T17:13:20Z")
Rob Gronkowski and/or Julius Thomas are on the trading block for a #1 WR or RB. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2014, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-auction-league-fantasy-football-2014/694586/48 "2014-10-01T13:01:02Z")
I’ve got Chris Ivory and Chris Johnson (both NYJ RB, week 11 bye). I’m willing to trade either one for an equivalent WR, preferably before the weekend. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2014, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-auction-league-fantasy-football-2014/694586/49 "2014-10-03T12:48:15Z")
Just bumping this to see if there is any interest in Johnson or Ivory for an equivalent WR. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2014, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-auction-league-fantasy-football-2014/694586/50 "2014-10-28T14:17:43Z")
Of course I decide to sit Fitzgerald and Brees this week. Only consolation is that _Crowley’s Bentley_ decided to sit Gronk. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-auction-league-fantasy-football-2014/694586.md?page=2)