Fantasy Football Rules

1. Agree for a consensus vote of where to do the draft.  Can be at a restaurant, house, live online draft, etc.
2. If the draft is at the house or restaurant, have food and drinks.  A must.
3. Emails are the last resort, but if you have to, be prepared for two weeks of stuffed e-mailboxes.
4. Always pre-rank your players, have cheat sheets and materials for the draft.
5. The most underappreciated sheet of all…Team Bye Weeks.
6. Look at how the points system plays out in your league.
7. Always draft RBs in the first few rounds.
8. Stock up on the key positions for starters and depth.
9. If you’re confident that a Superstar QB will have a breakout season, then pick them in the early rounds.  Otherwise, all QBs are the same.
10. Double the points, double the fun (i.e. Manning to Harrison = 12 pts plus yds.)
11. Defense and kickers go to the last rounds, but if a team has a great defense and great special teams, look for them in the middle rounds.
12. After the draft, look at the waiver wire to prepare for pickups during the season.
13. There are no excuses in fantasy football; you’re on your own.

Next Week:  Fantasy NASCAR for the Chase of the Cup.

If your interested, Part 3

This is the league from my former co-workers at CTAA. Here are Dead Money:

QB Kurt Warner
QB Michael Vick
QB MArk Brunell
RB Ladainian Tomlinson
RB Clinton Portis
RB Ahman Green
RB Kevan Barlow
WR Marvin Harrison
WR Anquan Boldin
WR Randy Moss
WR Roy Williams
TE Vernon Davis
K Shayne Graham
K Lawrence Tynes
DEF Indianpolis
DEF Cincinnati

If your interested part 2, and Labor Day weekend

Just had my second draft yesterday, with one of my best friends. I got to say this draft was crazy with 14 teams and double the starters of your typical fantasy league. Here are The Penguin Dance:

D. Brees QB
P. Rivers QB
K. Holcomb QB
S. Smith WR
M. Jenkins WR
M. Harrison WR
D. Gabriel WR
R. Bush RB
J. Lewis RB
C. Taylor RB
M. Pittman RB
M. Jones-Drew RB
B. Watson TE
K. Winslow TE
C. Baker TE
A. Fasano TE
S. Janikowski K
O. Mare K
Indianapolis DEF
Philadelphia DEF

Two down, one to go

In other stuff, I visited my brothers over the weekend. Nothing eventful to report except I finally finish watch the whole season of Entourage and did not know Audioslave is releasing their third album tomorrow. My only observation on my stay is my brother Thanh went to sleep at 1 AM Monday morning and woke up at 4 PM. That’s right; 13 hours of sleep. It’s unheard of in our current society and shockingly, he didn’t take any drugs (for people who think I’m bluffing). I wish I had that, but my biological clock can only go 6 and if I’m lucky, 7 hours.

If your interested, part 1

Here is my team. The starters are a little strange in our league: 1 QB, 2 RB, 4 WR, 1 TE, 1 K, 1 DEF. Here are The Lisa Loebs:

QB Ben Rothelisberger
QB Drew Brees
QB Steve McNair
RB Edgerrin James (Keeper)
RB Reggie Bush
RB Wali Lundy
RB Dominic Rhodes
WR Chad Johnson
WR Reggie Wayne
WR Javon Walker
WR Terry Glenn
WR Eddie Kennison
WR Keenan McCardell
WR Vincent Jackson
TE Benjamin Watson
TE LJ Smith
TE Jeb Putizer
K Neil Rackers
K Steven Gostkowski
DEF Kansas City
DEF Atlanta