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QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Aug 25, 2014 -> 11:23 AM) My 10 team ppr league QB Aaron Rodgers RB Eddy lacy RB Chris Johnson WR Dez Bryant WR Andre Johnson WR Reggie Wayne TE Vernon Davis FLEX Emmanuel Sanders DEF Chiefs K Blair Walsh Bench QB Tony Romo RB Ryan Matthews RB Joique Bell RB Darren McFadden WR Marquise Lee TE Jason Witten DEF Bengals Its hard to rate 10 team PPR leagues, everyone should have a solid team. I don't know what to really say about your team other than drop Marquise Lee for a better upside WR.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Aug 25, 2014 -> 01:41 PM) Le'Veon Bell suspension looming, but not this season That would be excellent as I got him in the 4th round in a draft the other day

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Aug 25, 2014 -> 01:34 PM) Yeah I took some risks with Newton and Welker. Newton should be ready for week 1. I got him as the 7th QB so I'm more than happy with that. He'll have top 4 value if he's healthy. He so far has been. Welker I think will be just a monster with Decker gone if he does stay healthy. We'll see. I always look to go 3 straight rbs to open the draft in standard, as long as im not reaching. It's such a different beast than ppr. RB thins out way too quickly so i was happy with Lynch, Bell and Morris. Greene is terrible. I took him because he's the lead back in Tennessee and should get plenty of touches. Chris Ivory is actually good, but Johnson is handicapping him. Either way I'm more than happy to grab Ivory a few rounds later than Johnson. Carlos Hyde I like but he went earlier than I expected. Devonta Freeman is a hot name which is funny since as it stands now he's a 4th string rb and will be at best be in a committee only if the number 1 rb goes down. No thanks. Justin Hunter is fine but no way should you draft someone based on td to catch ratio. It should be the opposite, a cause for concern. Riley Cooper I love love love this year. WR is thin for a beastly Philadelphia offense. Him and Maclin are going to get a ton of looks with no one behind them. Especially true for Cooper if/when Maclin goes down. I like Terrance West a lot. Tate will get hurt. West has the size to be a workhorse and Cleveland should be running it a lot given their situation. I agree you need to go RB heavy in standard drafts, and I also agree that Newton will most likely be fine. However, I think Welker is the least appealing fantasy WR option on that team out of the big three and the concussion problem is a major concern. Freeman will work his way up that depth chart quickly, and the inevitable Steven Jackson injury is going to make Freeman one of the biggest waiver wire/late round scores of this year. He is killing it this preseason, and depth position in the preseason isn't the end all be all. Jaquizz and Smith had their chances before and couldn't cash in, Freeman will be the guy to get. You aren't drafting Hunter based off a TD catch ratio, you draft him based off of his potential. He is a big play threat every time he touches the ball, entering his sophomore year he has a real chance to be a difference maker at the WR position, especially for a team that doesn't have any playmakers. A guy like Riley Copper has a low ceiling. In fact, I wouldn't be shocked if Jordan Mathews had a better season and emerged as the top Philly target once its all said and done. Guys like Riley Cooper are just sitting around on the waiver wire. Hes a 60 catch 900 yard 8 TD guy at his best. The guys who usually win fantasy leagues are the guys who are ahead of the curve on the breakout players. Agree on Terrence West.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Aug 25, 2014 -> 06:42 AM) Qb- Cam RB- Marshawn Lynch RB- Leveon Bell WR- Vincent Jackson WR- Wes Welker TE- jason Witten Flex- Alfred Morris K- Mason Crosby D- Cincy Bench: jones drew, Riley cooper, blount, shonn greene, chris ivory 10 team standard Not a fan. Although I don't play standard leagues, if your RBs hold up and Leveon Bell doesn't miss major time with a looming suspension it could be pretty nice. Wes Welker got his third concussion in what, 10 months? Who knows what you would get from that guy going forward, hes undraftable to me now. Jackson is too inconsistent. And as said already, Newton is banged up and has very little offensive weapons. Although, I guess you could say thats always been true about him. And I cant stress this enough, but people please go for upside with your bench. What does Shonn Greene, Legerrette Blount, and Chris Ivory offer you? They have no upside, where as guys like Carlos Hyde and Devonta Freeman are one broken down RB in front of them from becoming impact workload guys. Justin Hunter is going way late in drafts, he has 30 career catches in the preseason and regular season, 8 of them have gone for TDs. Hes a guy who could explode this year, Riley Cooper doesnt have the upside that a Justin Hunter has. Just my two cents.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Aug 25, 2014 -> 12:06 PM) 10 is the most I will ever do and I prefer 12 teams. What I dislike are rosters where you play like 9 guys and the total roster size is 16. You almost exactly fill out 2 teams with the guys on your roster, and it sucks because you have guys who end up rostering like 7 WRs and they are all like top 60 guys and they end up with guys getting 15 points sitting on their bench while other people run out someone like Jerrico Cotchery because they don't have any other choice. Yeah all my 12 team drafts only have 4-5 bench spots to avoid that. Its weird doing a 14 round draft but it prevents what you just described

Im going to look to see if I can join a random 16 team league. That looks like it would be a real test to see how good of a fantasy player you are. I wont do a 10 team league again, everyone has good players and waiver wire is full of useful players.

QUOTE (ZoomSlowik @ Aug 24, 2014 -> 07:28 PM) So Cobb made it to the 4th? Yikes. You smoked those fools. Yep, I couldn't believe Ball and Cobb were both still there. I had the 12th pick, couldn't remember if I stated that or not. And funny enough, I also took RGIII in the 11th round.

QUOTE (scs787 @ Aug 24, 2014 -> 06:28 PM) I really like Ellington this year, actually took him in the 3R, and I'm real interested in seeing what Chip Kelly does with Sproles. Going RB back to back to back did somewhat hurt my WR position, but I wouldn't call it very weak. Not flashy, but not bad. Had debated between Hunter and Jones in the last round. With 2 WRs and 2 RBs also on the bench why not snag a guy like Ebron who has huge upside IMO. I like Ellington too but I worry about how he will hold up in that division. Hes not a typically sized back, but he can make plays. The problem with your WRs are Vincent Jackson and Torrey Smith, in terms of fantasy, dont have the upside to be top 10-12. They are more like 15-20 guys at their best. They are also guys that will give you a 30 point weak and then put up 5-8 points for 4 weeks in a row. Shorts and Jones are nothing special, that's the only reason why as a whole group I would consider it weak. Aside from the fact that Marvin Jones will be out until at least week 5 with an injury, Justin Hunter looks primed for a breakout and has freakish skills. I like your two TEs better than Ebron already, maybe a lottery ticket on a WR or RB would have been better served for your squad over a 3rd TE. Its your team though, I just like to give my opinion on fantasy stuff.

This was my 12 team PPR mock from the other night, I was going with the zero RB strategy but had to change it a little bit due to a player falling to me I didnt expect to be available.. QB: Tony Romo RB: Montee Ball RB: Rashad Jennings WR: Demaryius Thomas WR: Dez Bryant TE: Kyle Rudolph Flex: Randall Cobb K: Mason Crosby Def: Pittsburgh BN: Josh Gordon BN: Robert Griffin III BN: Danny Woodhead BN: Jeremy Hill BN: Devonta Freeman Well know before the season whether or not Gordon will be playing this year, so thats an easy drop and replace if hes out for the year. I like Pittsburgh matchup hosting Cleveland week 1 and will be streaming defenses. Montee Ball slipped to the end of round 3 and I had to take him. He has a chance to be a top 5-7 back.

QUOTE (scs787 @ Aug 24, 2014 -> 06:10 PM) Just finished up a PPR draft that I'm real happy with. QB- Stafford/RGIII WR- VJax WR- T. Smith RB- AP RB- Gio TE- Davis Flex- Ellington Flex- Reed D- Seattle K- Gostlowski Sproles, Ingram, Shorts, Ebron, Marvin Jones. Only whoopsies I made was Ellington and Gio both have week 4 byes WRs are very weak, RBs outside of AP and Gio are questionable. I would suggest looking into Jeremy Hill, Carlos Hyde, Devonta Freeman, Andre Williams at RB and then Justin Hunter at WR if they are out there. Ebron has been very iffy from early reports and you already have 2 TEs so why have him?

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Aug 24, 2014 -> 05:56 PM) Forgot you traded for him, I'm just giving you s*** cause you know what he did to my team last year. Anywho, just got done drafting my main league. 10 team, .5 ppr and 6 points per throwing td. Everything else is pretty standard: QB: Brees RB: AP RB: Lynch WR: Jordy Nelson WR: Victor Cruz TE: Dennis Pitta Flex: Colston DEF: TB(this will be matchup by committee, they have Carolina week 1 and the Rams week 2) K: Prater Bench: Steven Jackson, Stevan Ridley, Marqise Lee, Ahmad Bradshaw, Martellus Bennett, Kaepernik, Teddy Bridgerwater just because I like him. I love my starters, hate my bench. If everyone stays healthy I think I have a chance to be really good. Let me know what you guys think. Prater is suspended the first four games FYI

And yet, no one can back up any reason as to why Davidson wasn't ready. Based on what he did in Arizona last season, and then his .308/.341/.564/.906 slash line from spring training, I am suppose to buy into him not being ready? Sorry, that's not good enough. Now I will wait patiently for the next textbook soxtalk poster to tell me that on a board that has greg constantly posting, I am posting some of the most illogical stuff you've seen.

QUOTE (Vance Law @ Aug 21, 2014 -> 08:31 PM) You can't be serious. This is jokes, right? Yes, totally joking. I forgot that at communist soxtalk people don't discuss when they don't agree with you they just make wise ass one liners and try to be cute.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Aug 21, 2014 -> 02:24 PM) Holy s*** that was awesome

lol, Gillaspie is not a starting position player at the MLB level. Get his two month hot streak out of your head, jesus. No one knows how Davidson would have played had he started in Chicago, so your argument that he wouldn't have been ready is just as "illogical" as me thinking getting sent back to AAA didn't have something to do with him struggling, even if its not the only reason.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Aug 21, 2014 -> 07:49 PM) This is perhaps the most illogical post I have ever read on this site. Davidson has proven he clearly isn't ready. Gillaspie has proven he has taken a step up. If you really think the reason Davidson is one of the worst hitters on the Charlotte Knights is because he feels sorry for himself, i want whatever you have been taking. If his psyche is that fragile, there is no way he could be successful in the major leagues. THAT was the most illogical post you've ever read on this site? Now I know your full of s***. Gillaspie hit .330 for a couple months, hes got a .671 OPS since the all star break. Hes just not that good, and the future of this club would have been better served getting Davidson MLB playing time.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 21, 2014 -> 07:27 PM) If any move that the Sox made to start this season has been proven to be 100% correct it was having Conor Gillaspie at the starting 3B and sending Davidson to Charotte. Nope. This was a 99 loss team, there was no reason for a guy like Gillaspie to be starting at 3B for this team. Davidson was ready and played well in his call up with Arizona the season before. Just because it "worked out" doesn't make it the right move. Gillaspie is worthless to this team, and he will never be on a Sox playoff team. Davidson should have been up here from the get go. Instead, they shipped him to AAA when he shouldnt have been and that to me seems like the biggest reason for his struggles as most of his stats line up with what he did in the minors before.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 21, 2014 -> 07:01 PM) Davidson has had just a nightmare of a season. Outside of a week or two, he has been consistently terrible. To me, he's a long shot to become a MLB starter He should have been the starting 3B entering the year but instead the Sox dicked around with him and sent him to AAA when he had no business being there anymore

QUOTE (bmags @ Aug 20, 2014 -> 04:35 PM) yeah, totally. Nobody has ever tried to get this name changed before. Certainly the first I've heard of it. As big of an issue as it is now? No. I wasn't saying that no one ever in the history of the world had a problem with it before recently. The size of the fight against it is what I was referring to.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Aug 20, 2014 -> 04:22 PM) Because it's an insult, so most people don't. If you've heard the N word, it's because of two key differences. One is, as I noted earlier, there is a lot more current population AND more current tension between blacks and whites (and Hispanics) where such adversity can make that language come out of the woodwork. The other is that, for reasons I still don't really understand, some African Americans have co-opted the term into their own speech. I mean, how often do your friends have a reason to even be angry at an American Indian person? How often does that come up? A lot of words are insults, and people still use them. And I am not even talking about saying "Some redskin cut me off in the parking lot today" just typing that out sounds ridiculous as to why someone would use that as an insult or racist saying. That being said, for a football team that's been around since 1932 I find it a little "eye roll" if you will that its just NOW that people want to wage some big fight against it.

Ive still never heard anyone use the term Redskin when referring to an Indian outside of the Washington Redskins. And I am a pretty offensive and incentive person and hang out with such.

QUOTE (Dunt @ Aug 20, 2014 -> 09:56 AM) I think the Central is going to be pretty up for grabs starting next season, Shields & Butler will likely be gone from the Royals, Scherzer will more than likely be leaving the Tigers, and I dont think Cleveland or Minnesota are anywhere close to playoff ready. That brings me to the Sox, who with a couple of tweeks, are very close to a playoff team. Would something along the lines of this lineup be a playoff team: CF Eaton 2B Semien/Johnson 3B Gillaspie 1B Abreu LF Garcia/Tomas RF Markakis/Tomas/Garcia SS Alexei DH Viciedo? C Flowers P Sale P Quintana P RHP P Rodon P Danks RP Petricka RP Gregerson RP Adams RP Janssen RP Webb RP LHP? Considering how the AL Central will most likely look, I would say that team would have a pretty decent shot at making the playoffs. The pitching is nice, lineup is a concern.

Disappointing new title reveal

WWE just trolled my kid so hard.. Daniel Bryans music hits and his eyes light up and hes going "Daniel Bryan! Daniel Bryan!" and then Steph comes out and he just sadly keeps saying "wheres Daniel Bryan?" On a side note, Steph is so damn hott