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QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Oct 4, 2013 -> 01:25 PM) We're tied in the standings in Week 13. Your playing a guy who decides he likes the matchup and starts an inferior QB, let's say Andy Dalton, instead of someone like Matt Stafford. I need you to lose, but since the person you are playing is being an idiot, you're being put in clearly an advantageous situation. How is that fair to me? A bad start/sit move, even if there is no foul play involved, can affect those in the league in a negative way. This kind of attitude frustrates me to no end. Assuming everything is on the up and up and no foul play or poor intent is involved, managers need to be allowed to manage their team the way they see fit. If everyone in the world disagrees with them, so be it. It's not their team. Starting the wrong player is far different than ripping someone else off in a trade.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Oct 4, 2013 -> 11:22 AM) No, but you have him as his backup. Freeman isnt going to be handed a starting job anywhere. If EJ Manuel's injury is serious, I wouldn't be surprised if the Bills went after Freeman as their starting QB for the rest of the year.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Oct 4, 2013 -> 11:20 AM) He's bad, and cincy media largely think this is his season to prove himself to be that pro-bowl caliber player. Even if Andy Dalton is bad, which I don't think he is, you don't replace him with Josh Freeman thinking he'll somehow be better.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Oct 4, 2013 -> 11:17 AM) Because Dalton is terrible. He is? This is news to me. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/D/DaltAn00.htm Dalton's not a pro-bowl caliber QB (although he did go to one...because pro bowls are a joke), but I don't think he's terrible.

QUOTE (Boogua @ Oct 4, 2013 -> 11:02 AM) Please no. Freeman is pretty talented. Freeman would be the worst QB in the division, but he'd be a step up from Ponder and Cassell. So yeah, I'd rather not see Minnesota get an actual QB.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Oct 4, 2013 -> 11:00 AM) Cle, Cinci, AZ, Minny Why would Cincinnati want Freeman when they have Andy Dalton?

QUOTE (Jake @ Oct 4, 2013 -> 08:05 AM) Of course, we're talking about the 58 o-rank player for the 25 o-rank player one being in a much thinner position than the other. Not nearly as obviously bad. Seems like the point of having great players is that you can afford to overpay for players you need Except in the case of the guy who's trading you Julio Jones, his WRs besides Julio and James Jones are bad. It's not like he's loaded at WR and only needed a good TE to succeed. I don't know what he's doing, but it appears he's just making wild trade offers to people. If I were you, I'd be happy I got Giovanni Bernard for Alshon Jeffrey.

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Oct 4, 2013 -> 09:40 AM) He's 3-1. Everyone pays the same money to run their own team they way they see fit. It ruins it when other people have a say in how you try to manage your team. I had a guy who picked Michael Turner as his second RB and he's 2-2. It's fantasy football, people are bound to get lucky even when their team is awful and they have no idea what they're doing. You can manage your team however you like. Nobody's going to tell you who to start on Sunday. Nobody's going to tell you who to pick up on waivers. But if you make a trade that is clearly advantageous to one party, it shouldn't be approved. If I'm the guy who's 1 game behind the guy you traded Adrian Peterson to, just because you really love Dewayne Bowe, is that really fair to me? Is it fair to the other guy who's also 1 game behind? It might be your team, but it's not your league. Everyone in the league should have a say in what goes or what doesn't. Because a lopsided trade, even if there is no foul play involved, can affect those in the league in a negative way. Baseball and football teams claim guys on waivers just to block teams higher in the standings all the time. If you don't think that's wrong, then there is no way vetoing a lopsided trade is wrong.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Oct 4, 2013 -> 07:13 AM) http://m.espn.go.com/mlb/story?storyId=9767640 Dusty Baker...he gawn About damn time.

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Oct 4, 2013 -> 07:37 AM) Of course it should be allowed. Someone in one of my leagues picked Jay Cutler with his first round pick. (He's a huge Bears fan and usually finishes bottom half of our league). Should we have vetoed his draft pick because it was unbelievably stupid? No, but he should be kicked out of the league. It ruins it for everyone else.

QUOTE (scs787 @ Oct 3, 2013 -> 11:58 PM) While we're talking vetos...I'm petitioning against this one Jason Snelling and Matt Shaub for Doug Martin and Brandon Myers. The guy getting Martin is in first place, other guy is 2nd to last....Am I wrong in thinking this is an awful trade? I know Martin hasn't been the world beater like expected but he's still on pace for 1500 yards. That and Jason Snelling is the Falcons 3rd string RB and Shaub might not even make it through the season as the starter. Yeah, that should be vetoed... Martin's still a top 10 RB at the least. Snelling's barely worth a flex play on a bad team and Schaub is a QB2.

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ Oct 3, 2013 -> 10:51 PM) That's bulls***. League votes for trade vetoing is garbage. If there's no collusion, and both owners want the trade, it needs to go through. Period. Whether or not the trade is equal value in the eyes of other owners is irrelevant. So if I offer Adrian Peterson for DeAngelo Williams because I really really like DeAngelo Williams, the trade should go through? Collusion or no collusion, making lopsided trades makes the league less competitive.

Jordan Cameron with his first dud. Hoyer getting hurt really limited Cameron's targets. He only got one red zone target.

QUOTE (Jake @ Oct 3, 2013 -> 08:05 PM) My Jones for Gonzalez trade was vetoed by the league. I've never seen that happen before except in a league where a guy was quitting and trading his guys for nothing to his friends It's an unfair trade... If Gonzalez didn't have that monster game last week, it'd be an awful trade.

I was debating starting Fred Jackson over Desean Jackson as the flex today. I went with Desean...which could be a move that hands me a loss this week.

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Oct 2, 2013 -> 09:01 PM) Holy s***, are you serious? You could have told me he was a 1 WAR player and I would have believed you more. That's shocking. Rasmus put up a season like this in 2010. Then he hit like s*** for the next 2.

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Oct 3, 2013 -> 10:24 AM) As a Cameron owner in one league and a Gordon in the other (and also own EJ as my QB3 in a 2 QB league), I'm actually excited to watch this game. Plus I'd like to get a look at Brian Hoyer and see if he's at all legit I'm not sure if I'm excited to watch, but I'll be happy to see Cameron catch a few TDs.

Finished the story mode last night. I don't know why, but I felt underwhelmed.

QUOTE (Jake @ Oct 2, 2013 -> 08:57 PM) He just offered, no negotiation or anything. I think there is some risk in Bernard and some serious upside for Jeffrey, but obviously I thought I was getting the better end in the deal. His WR do suck, but you'd think he would aim higher with Bernard. Given how thin RB is compared to WR. And the Julio for Gonzalez trade is insanely stupid. Julio's put up at least 15 every week so far.

QUOTE (Jake @ Oct 2, 2013 -> 03:56 PM) Traded Alshon Jeffery for Giovani Bernard and Tony Gonzalez for Julio Jones This has been a good week. Had absolutely no backup RB and I have MJD as my RB2 (hasn't done s***). I've been looking for a true WR1 to go alongside DeSean Jackson and Jordy Nelson and now I have that. I have nothing (a nothing named Kellen Winslow) at TE this week, but I have Gronk on the bench ready to go in Week 6, hopefully. I voted against that first trade. How did you get the other guy to take Jeffrey for Bernard? One's a starting RB, the other's barely a WR3. Speaking of that league...how was Nate Washington not picked up on waivers?

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Oct 2, 2013 -> 02:30 PM) Every year / at least once since your last copy 9 years ago? The controls were like that last year. The dribbling on the right stick (finally) is awesome. You can shoot with a button, too, though I prefer to hold the shot button and use the same stick to get total control of how I shoot. Just play it a bit more. I've played since 2K10, but on PC. Last year, shooting was LT + Right stick and I got used to that. Every other game before that shot with the right stick. I just don't like how they can't make up their mind with it.

I hate how 2K changes the controls for NBA 2K every year. They've combined the right stick this year to do dribble moves and shots. It felt so weird...

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Oct 2, 2013 -> 01:50 PM) /commercial break Madden is still awesome /back to your regularly scheduled programming Since they moved the lateral button to L1...I've been inadvertently fumbling 1-2 times a game when I try and use L2 as a modifier. I think this might be a PS3 problem for the most part. The 360 controller's design makes accidentally pressing the shoulder button harder. Other than that, good game.

Gotta love Dusty Baker hitting Brandon Phillips cleanup last night. LRLR has its importance, but breaking up two of your best hitters in Votto and Bruce just because they're left handed feels unnecessary when Phillips hasn't hit well at all in the second half.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Oct 2, 2013 -> 09:31 AM) Chromecast now supports Hulu Plus. Hopefully the support from developers start rolling out now.