# SDMB Fantasy Football - the Playoffs! (sign up now) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 3, 2005, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-the-playoffs-sign-up-now/282887 "2005-01-03T20:47:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![MysteryFellow63427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-the-playoffs-sign-up-now/282887/21 "2005-01-06T02:03:49Z")
Oh, you just _had_ to beg, didn’t you? 😛 Ok, I’m in. I didn’t bother reading the rules, but I assume we can buy and sell each player each week. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-the-playoffs-sign-up-now/282887/22 "2005-01-06T02:31:05Z")
Nope. You get six trades after the 9th, any more than that you have to buy. Keep that in mind when you set your team up. As for myself, I think that none of these teams will be playing after the divisional playoffs so I’ll actually get better results by going with a soon-to-be World Champions Steelers lineup, since they will be winning the most games. I’ll save my trades for emergencies. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-the-playoffs-sign-up-now/282887/23 "2005-01-06T05:19:59Z")
And upon learning that, I now say: “Ahhh, crap”. ---
**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:** [January 6, 2005, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-the-playoffs-sign-up-now/282887/24 "2005-01-06T14:02:05Z")
It’s not the ninth yet. Still time to figure it out. **Hal** , I love your team names, as do my ferrets, Sasha and Nagha. They are rooting for you against me, despite my bribes of treats. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-the-playoffs-sign-up-now/282887/25 "2005-01-06T14:23:27Z")
Hey Munch, my team is hosed. I picked players that aren’t playing this week, and now I can’t drop them because they are ‘frozen’. Could you please delete my team so I can just start over fresh? ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-the-playoffs-sign-up-now/282887/26 "2005-01-06T16:39:48Z")
> [@D\_Odds](#): > > **Hal** , I love your team names, as do my ferrets, Sasha and Nagha. They are rooting for you against me, despite my bribes of treats. Heh…tell them I thanked them for their support. They can even print out a poster with the official [Rabid Ferrets logo](http://www.sirblah.com/1on1pool/players/rabidferrets.htm). 🙂 ---
**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:** [January 6, 2005, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-the-playoffs-sign-up-now/282887/27 "2005-01-06T16:48:16Z")
> [@NurseCarmen](#): > > Hey Munch, my team is hosed. I picked players that aren’t playing this week, and now I can’t drop them because they are ‘frozen’. Could you please delete my team so I can just start over fresh? They’re not frozen - the navigation just sucks. Try clicking on the “My Team” header - you should be taken to a list of your roster. Then you can click on their salary to be able to “sell” them off. ---
**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:** [January 6, 2005, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-the-playoffs-sign-up-now/282887/28 "2005-01-06T17:14:39Z")
> [@Hal Briston](#): > > Heh…tell them I thanked them for their support. They can even print out a poster with the official [Rabid Ferrets logo](http://www.sirblah.com/1on1pool/players/rabidferrets.htm). 🙂 That will now be my WinXP login picture, as soon as I get home. They’ll be happy. ---
**Author:** ![MysteryFellow63427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-the-playoffs-sign-up-now/282887/29 "2005-01-06T18:12:14Z")
By the way, I spent almost every single dollar available and my team is awesome. Prepare to die! (Actually, with so few spots and active players, it will be funny to see whether there are any teams with the exact starting lineup as someone else.) ---
**Author:** ![Phelan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Phelan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phelan)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-the-playoffs-sign-up-now/282887/30 "2005-01-06T19:27:28Z")
You got 430,000. I have 20,000. In your face!!! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-the-playoffs-sign-up-now/282887/31 "2005-01-06T19:34:06Z")
Cheesy Poofs representin’, yo! ---
**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Chitwood)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-the-playoffs-sign-up-now/282887/32 "2005-01-06T19:44:58Z")
I’m in, except when I signed up I forgot the D at the end of Chitwood. I guess this year’s team is sponsored by Stephen Jackson. Chit-WOO! Also, I think I stand about a 75% chance of fielding no active players in the Super Bowl. ---
**Author:** ![Kiros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/439d5e/32.png) [@Kiros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiros)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2005, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-the-playoffs-sign-up-now/282887/33 "2005-01-07T04:28:47Z")
Been negligent on the board checking 'cause of the season… but just caught this and signed up. I definitely have just over $3 mil not being used for this weekend. I think this makes me weird… eh, I can deal with that. Just gives me more breathing room when I start subbing in people from halfway decent teams next week, right? -K. ---
**Author:** ![MysteryFellow63427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2005, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-the-playoffs-sign-up-now/282887/34 "2005-01-09T20:49:14Z")
Hmm… I haven’t checked out everyone’s teams yet, but I’ve surely got to be cleanin up with Peyton Manning, Reggie Wayne, and Drew Brees. Hope no one started Denver Defense. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Kiros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/439d5e/32.png) [@Kiros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiros)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2005, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-the-playoffs-sign-up-now/282887/35 "2005-01-10T02:42:39Z")
I definitely lost six out of the seven players I had this weekend. And most of them didn’t play particularly well, either. _pained look_ I think I’ll stick to the regular season next time. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2005, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-the-playoffs-sign-up-now/282887/36 "2005-01-10T11:22:45Z")
I sandbagged this week, but you know what? That’s OK, because all of my players are up next week, I still have six trades, and since I’m loaded with Steelers my team has three more weeks to gain points. We are playing where you can’t buy any more trades, right? If so, I’m sitting pretty. I can trade Bettis for Duce if it turns out that Duce is playing, I can get rid of Curtis Martin after next week if not sooner, and I can get rid of Marvin Harrison after the AFC Championship Game. Yeah, I’m in the basement, but not for long. 🙂 ---
**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:** [January 10, 2005, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-the-playoffs-sign-up-now/282887/37 "2005-01-10T14:42:33Z")
Peyton threw to the wrong guy not named Marvin Harrison, dammit! Good picks, neuro! Wayne definitely cleaned up. What are you two top players ranked nationally? You don’t look to be too far from the top score. ---
**Author:** ![Phelan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Phelan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phelan)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2005, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-the-playoffs-sign-up-now/282887/38 "2005-01-10T18:00:47Z")
> [@neuroman](#): > > Hmm… I haven’t checked out everyone’s teams yet, but I’ve surely got to be cleanin up with Peyton Manning, Reggie Wayne, and Drew Brees. > Hope no one started Denver Defense. 😃 I would’ve but I only had a few nickles left, so I picked up the San Diego D. Also, I don’t think that Airman Doors is going to catch anybody. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2005, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-the-playoffs-sign-up-now/282887/39 "2005-01-11T18:37:01Z")
Who can I blame for encouraging Neuro to join? [shakes fist at the culprits] I would be in first place if it weren’t for those meddling nueromen! ---
**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:** [January 11, 2005, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-the-playoffs-sign-up-now/282887/40 "2005-01-11T19:53:11Z")
See, isn’t this fun? 🙂 We can all rally around our collected hatred for **neuroman** , and then all collectively laugh at **Airman** ’s deluded attempts to profit off of ill-advised speculation. [hijack] Who’d be interested in a fantasy baseball mock draft if I started one up? [/hijack] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-the-playoffs-sign-up-now/282887.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-the-playoffs-sign-up-now/282887.md?page=3)