2012 Bengals.com Fantasy League

[Night's Watch]

And I get that wholly, If you value Stafford more, then so be it....that's why I am not vetoing it, more just jealous boyfriending it, lol......Just would have thought you could have gotten a RB or WR at least

[Shake n Blake]

Originally Posted by Night's Watch

And I get that wholly, If you value Stafford more, then so be it....that's why I am not vetoing it, more just jealous boyfriending it, lol......Just would have thought you could have gotten a RB or WR at least

Lol. Well. I thought about a RB but I figured it would be tough to work out a trade for an elite one. I'm okay with the ones I have now. I figured Gronk would be a huge upgrade, so I took it. Tamme has potential to be really good, but I seriously doubt he puts up Gronk type numbers.

[Toast Jones]

Originally Posted by Shake n Blake

I think I've come to an agreement on our league's first trade. Aaron Rodgers and Jacob Tamme for Rob Gronkowski. Wasn't the greatest trade for me, but I had to get a good player for either Rodgers or Stafford.

What???????????????????????????????????

[Paul from Dayton]

Originally Posted by Shake n Blake

I think I've come to an agreement on our league's first trade. Aaron Rodgers and Jacob Tamme for Rob Gronkowski. Wasn't the greatest trade for me, but I had to get a good player for either Rodgers or Stafford.

Originally Posted by Toast Jones

What???????????????????????????????????

Thats ridiculous! You actually had to throw in another player WITH RODGERS to get Gronk?

[Night's Watch]

You should have "Mike Brown"'ed it, lol, Just hold onto Rodgers until the weeks (1-3) QB injuries happen and then gotten a 1st and 2nd round pick for him from the Raiders.

[Shake n Blake]

- Gronkowski was a major improvement to my starting lineup. He puts up RB1 stats from the TE spot.

- The only other trade I was offered was Rivers, Helu, and B Celek for Stafford. None of those players would've even consistently started for me.

- I tried to think of a deal to offer Toast, but I had my doubts that he would want to part with a combination of Sproles and a top WR.

- I tried to trade Rodgers for Megatron but it was denied.

- Why would I need Tamme when I now have Gronkowski? There are several guys available on waivers that will probably produce on a similar level as Tamme.

- I get the initial shock, but I had to do something before the season starts. It's hard to get fair value when you only have 2-3 teams (at most) that will even want an upgrade at QB.

Basically, this is why I hate doing auto-draft. Still, I love my starting lineup now.

[Toast Jones]

Originally Posted by Shake n Blake

- Gronkowski was a major improvement to my starting lineup. He puts up RB1 stats from the TE spot.

- The only other trade I was offered was Rivers, Helu, and B Celek for Stafford. None of those players would've even consistently started for me.

- I tried to think of a deal to offer Toast, but I had my doubts that he would want to part with a combination of Sproles and a top WR.

- I tried to trade Rodgers for Megatron but it was denied.

- Why would I need Tamme when I now have Gronkowski? There are several guys available on waivers that will probably produce on a similar level as Tamme.

- I get the initial shock, but I had to do something before the season starts. It's hard to get fair value when you only have 2-3 teams (at most) that will even want an upgrade at QB.

Basically, this is why I hate doing auto-draft. Still, I love my starting lineup now.

I just don't get why the deal wasn't for Stafford and Tamme. That would have been fair. I know you're trying to improve your team but Rodgers is a legitimate top 3 pick in every draft. And with this being 6pt per TD across the board he's even more valuable. To each their own but I would have shopped him around more until I got a better offer. Actually I probably would have shopped Stafford and kept him.

Fwiw, Had I known you were shopping Rodgers I would have offered you something like Brandon Marshall, Vick and Antonio Gates. Or you could have subbed Sproles for Marshall if you wanted. I probably would have given Gates and Rivers for Stafford and Tamme. Oh well, I guess I should have been more proactive.

[Millz]

So let me get this straight. Shake drafted Rodgers 2nd overall to basically trade him for Gronk leaving me the option to draft Rice, which I did?


I'm cool with it. Thanks Shake! lol ..You just better hope Stafford holds up again this year.

[Shake n Blake]

Originally Posted by Toast Jones

I just don't get why the deal wasn't for Stafford and Tamme. That would have been fair. I know you're trying to improve your team but Rodgers is a legitimate top 3 pick in every draft. And with this being 6pt per TD across the board he's even more valuable. To each their own but I would have shopped him around more until I got a better offer. Actually I probably would have shopped Stafford and kept him.

Fwiw, Had I known you were shopping Rodgers I would have offered you something like Brandon Marshall, Vick and Antonio Gates. Or you could have subbed Sproles for Marshall if you wanted. I probably would have given Gates and Rivers for Stafford and Tamme. Oh well, I guess I should have been more proactive.

I may wind up regretting being so hasty to make the trade, but I really wanted to get something done before the season. I could have held out for a better offer, but there was some risk involved had I opted to do that. As for Stafford vs Rodgers, I just felt like it would've been much harder to trade him and get a difference maker like Gronk. I have Stafford rated as a top 3 fantasy QB this year, so I'm just as happy with him as I would be with Rodgers. I really think the Lions will still pass as much as any team in the league and Stafford has a good chance to top 5k yards again.

Btw. I would have taken that trade you just mentioned. I thought you knew that both my QBs were available.

[Paul from Dayton]

Originally Posted by Shake n Blake

I may wind up regretting being so hasty to make the trade, but I really wanted to get something done before the season. I could have held out for a better offer, but there was some risk involved had I opted to do that. As for Stafford vs Rodgers, I just felt like it would've been much harder to trade him and get a difference maker like Gronk. I have Stafford rated as a top 3 fantasy QB this year, so I'm just as happy with him as I would be with Rodgers. I really think the Lions will still pass as much as any team in the league and Stafford has a good chance to top 5k yards again.

Btw. I would have taken that trade you just mentioned. I thought you knew that both my QBs were available.

Ya, I would have waited on something better than that. Gronk is a beast but Rodgers has been the top scoring player for like the last 3 years...

Having to throw another player in with him is just absurd...

[bfine32]

MJD has reported. That means bfine has a backfield of MJD and Shady McCoy..

Championship!!

[Ron Mexico]

Originally Posted by Shake n Blake

I think I've come to an agreement on our league's first trade. Aaron Rodgers and Jacob Tamme for Rob Gronkowski. Wasn't the greatest trade for me, but I had to get a good player for either Rodgers or Stafford.

Shake! I didn't know you were in the business of letting people rape you!!!! I would have been trying this a long time ago....

[Shake n Blake]

Originally Posted by Paul from Dayton

Ya, I would have waited on something better than that. Gronk is a beast but Rodgers has been the top scoring player for like the last 3 years...

Having to throw another player in with him is just absurd...

Well, I feel slightly better now. After the trade Amish dropped Matt Schaub and I picked him up. So basically, I traded Rodgers and Tamme for Schaub and Gronk. That might not be exact value, but it sounds a little better.

[Shake n Blake]

With all the flack I'm getting for "the trade", it's going to that much sweeter when I win this league.

[Millz]

Looks like 4 of the 5 games will come down tonight. Toast and I are in a battle tho. I am down by 5.5 with Rice to go while he has Gates.

[Paul from Dayton]

Originally Posted by Millz

Looks like 4 of the 5 games will come down tonight. Toast and I are in a battle tho. I am down by 5.5 with Rice to go while he has Gates.

Yep, and the 1 of of 5 that is over involves me dominating, just like last year...

[Shake n Blake]

Originally Posted by Millz

Looks like 4 of the 5 games will come down tonight. Toast and I are in a battle tho. I am down by 5.5 with Rice to go while he has Gates.

I only need Law Firm to get 5.5 tonight. It will take a pretty ugly game for me not to win.

[Toast Jones]

Not a good start...

[jschmid946]

Originally Posted by Toast Jones

My team:

QB- M Vick
RB - D Sproles
RB- D Williams
WR - L Fitzgerald
WR - R White
Flex - B Marshall
TE - A Gates
D - Steelers
K - David Akers

Bench

P Rivers (Trade bait or Vick)
P Hillis
F Jones
L Robinson
R Helu
A Boldin
B Celek

PS Love my core for a PPR. Fitz, White, Marshall, Sproles, Gates w/ Vick/Rivers at QB. I'll just have to polish the turd group of D Williams, Hillis, F Jones and Helu into 1 solid RB. spot a week.

PPS Overall I think there's a lot of really good teams this year. Totally up in the air. (For 2nd place)

your running backs are not the class of your draft??

[Toast Jones]

Originally Posted by jschmid946

your running backs are not the class of your draft??

No ****???

That's why I have Fitzy, Roddy, and Marshall. Fwiw, it's a PPR league.

[Shake n Blake]

Originally Posted by Toast Jones

Not a good start...

Well.. your team did better than the Bengals at least.

[Ron Mexico]

1-0. I think. 4-1 altogether this week, and I'm pretty sure this league isn't the one that I lost. Good luck this coming week, all!

[Toast Jones]

3 weeks in... Thoughts? (Other than that my team is sucking ***.)

[Ron Mexico]

Originally Posted by Toast Jones

3 weeks in... Thoughts? (Other than that my team is sucking ***.)

My team isn't looking all that hot either. Brady hasn't performed like Brady should and my RB's are all hurt. It's sad when my healthiest RB is Frank Gore.

[Paul from Dayton]

Originally Posted by Toast Jones

3 weeks in... Thoughts? (Other than that my team is sucking ***.)

Dominating as usual...