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I just missed my fantasy draft


woody

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I missed one of mine too in my NFL.com league, but here's who I got:

Rivers

D. Will

MJD

Shonn Greene

Fitz

Bowe

TO

Dez Bryant

Ahmad Bradshaw

Brandon Jacobs

Owen Daniels

Saints Defense

Keep in mind that I have a RB/WR slot I can fill each week

I dropped Hardesty, Jacobs, Bradshaw, and The Saints Defense

I picked up Carolina Defense, Jabar Gaffney, Ben Watson, and Mike Williams (SEA)

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That's why autopicking systems have made fantasy football somewhat idiotproof.

I'm going to propose in our work league next year...if you autopick...you get a kicker in the first 5 rounds....and second one in the next 5 rounds.

That wouldn't be fair. The computer basically picks the BAP, which is exactly what most people who know anything about football would do.

I picked in my Yahoo league, and this is who I ended up with:

Roethlisberger (Rd 12, took a gamble)

Cassel

Chris Johnson (I had the 2nd pick)

LeSean McCoy

Beanie Wells

Darren McFadden

*Kareem Huggins

Calvin Johnson

Brandon Marshall

Mike Wallace

Devin Hester

*Mike Williams (SEA)

*Mark Clayton

Jermichael Finley

Tony Gonzalez

*Michael Hoomanawanui

Adam Viniatieri

Barrett Ruud

London Fletcher

Charles Woodson

Jared Allen

Justin Tuck

Lamarr Woodley

Jairus Byrd

*picked up off waivers

Basically, my point is that there are plenty of people who can draft effectively, and no one is going to pass up on the opportunity to acquire the talent on my NFL.com team if the players are available. I don't think people should be punished for not being able to attend a live draft. That's why there is not only an auto-draft, but a mechanism to rank your own players in order of importance.

BTW, I have won 3 out of four times the last couple of years. I possibly could have won that other one, it's just that I didn't realize that KR yards didn't count when I put in Cribbs as a WR (he went off that week with 2 TDs, but I didn't get a point).

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I missed one of mine too in my NFL.com league, but here's who I got:

Rivers

D. Will

MJD

Shonn Greene

Fitz

Bowe

TO

Dez Bryant

Ahmad Bradshaw

Brandon Jacobs

Owen Daniels

Saints Defense

Keep in mind that I have a RB/WR slot I can fill each week

I dropped Hardesty, Jacobs, Bradshaw, and The Saints Defense

I picked up Carolina Defense, Jabar Gaffney, Ben Watson, and Mike Williams (SEA)

i would have kept Bradshaw.

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being fair is being at the draft if at all possible...

Autopicking doesn't account for people's tendencies to reach...to have emotional attachments to teams...to make mistakes.

Why not just let the system run the team for the entire year as well. As the great commercial said... "you get who you get".

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being fair is being at the draft if at all possible...

Autopicking doesn't account for people's tendencies to reach...to have emotional attachments to teams...to make mistakes.

Why not just let the system run the team for the entire year as well. As the great commercial said... "you get who you get".

If the system actually took BYE weeks into account and switched out players for you, I am sure that some probably would do that. But, what would be the point? It wouldn't be a game then, it would be an electronic competition without a human component. Moreover, if someone actually relied on the computer, then they would never win. They may get to the playoffs, but fantasy football championships rely on one's ability to take everything into account, such as injuries, match-ups and gut feelings about who to play and who to bench. I won my championship game by 70 points last year because I had the gumption to play Jabar Gaffney (granted, I still would have won, but probably only by about 15-20 points).

I wouldn't trust computer metrics to win at fantasy football. Taking the emotion out of it also leads to failiure IMHO.

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i would have kept Bradshaw.

I thought about keeping Bradshaw, but, really, I have 3 of the top 10 RBs IMHO, and I thought that Benjamin Watson would be a nice sleeper pick at TE. Moreover, I can only play 3 RBs at a time, and I can't see a time when I'd play Bradshaw over Williams, Jones-Drew or Greene. The way I see it, I will probably be playing 2 RBs most of the time, and another WR. I just can't see Bradshaw consistently outdoing Dez Bryant, TO, and/or Jabar Gaffney. Plus, he's fragile.

BTW, I forgot to mention that I also have Stafford as a back-up QB.

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who did you end up getting?

Tom Brady

AP

Shonn Greene

Steve Smith (yes the better one)

Percy Harvin

Michael Crabtree

Tony Gonzalez

Matt Stafford

Austin collie

Brandon Jacobs

Donnavan Mcnabb

TO

Ronnie Brown

49ers D

Maybe not stacked but I wasn't expecting anything. I was pretty happy. I'm trying to get Reggie Bush off waivers and replace Brandon Jacobs. And I'm trying to get Massaqoui for Collie. Probably trade 49ers D for Panthers.

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Tom Brady

AP

Shonn Greene

Steve Smith (yes the better one)

Percy Harvin

Michael Crabtree

Tony Gonzalez

Matt Stafford

Austin collie

Brandon Jacobs

Donnavan Mcnabb

TO

Ronnie Brown

49ers D

Maybe not stacked but I wasn't expecting anything. I was pretty happy. I'm trying to get Reggie Bush off waivers and replace Brandon Jacobs. And I'm trying to get Massaqoui for Collie. Probably trade 49ers D for Panthers.

Is Bush the best you can do? Harrison ain't available? Keep an eye on Kareem Huggins and Peyton Hillis, and also Fred Jackson, Fred Taylor, and (dare I say it) Darren McFadden if still available, Bush not only has to fight for scraps with Thomas, but now Ivory. You might just want to keep Jacobs for a week or two.

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