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Post by BamBam Mon 15 Feb 2016, 3:22 pm

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V2 Dynasty League

http://www.fleaflicker.com/nfl/leagues/179688?invite=true&eh=115041b0

League details:

Teams:

Rookie drafts:

Roster Requirements:

League History:

2023 Rookie Draft - Begins Monday 15 May
1.01 spider2Ybanana - Bijan Robinson, RB, Falcons
1.02 Dezpacitos - Jahmyr Gibbs, RB, Lions
1.03 Carry Hungry Hippos - Jordan Addison, WR, Vikings
1.04 mikeygnfl - Dalton Kincaid, TE, Bills
1.05 mikeygnfl - Jalin Hyatt, WR, Giants
1.06 Cut Throat Lane Cowboys - Zach Charbonnet, RB, Seahawks
1.07 Fumble in the Jungle - Jaxon Smith-Njigba, WR, Seahawks
1.08 Inceptasaurus Rex - Quentin Johnston, WR, Chargers
1.09 Chew Magna Cha Cha's - Zay Flowers, WR, Ravens
1.10 Gronk's Party Bus - Devon Achane, RB, Dolphins

2.01 spider2Ybanana - Jonathan Mingo, WR, Panthers
2.02 mikeygnfl - Roschon Johnson, RB, Bears
2.03 Fumble in the Jungle - Anthony Richardson, QB, Colts
2.04 Gronk's Party Bus - Bryce Young, QB, Panthers
2.05 Fumble in the Jungle - Rashee Rice, WR, Chiefs
2.06 Cut Throat Lane Cowboys - Michael Mayer, TE, Raiders
2.07 spider2Ybanana - Sam LaPorta, TE, Lions
2.08 Inceptasaurus Rex - Jayden Reed, WR, Packers
2.09 Chew Magna Cha Cha's - Luke Musgrave, TE, Packers
2.10 Inceptasaurus Rex - Kendre Miller, RB, Saints

3.01 Chew Magna Cha Cha's - Luke Schoonmaker, TE, Cowboys
3.02 mikeygnfl - Tank Bigsby, RB, Jaguars
3.03 Dezpacitos - Josh Downs, WR, Colts
3.04 Gronk's Party Bus - Marvin Mims, WR, Broncos
3.05 spider2Ybanana - Michael Wilson, WR, Cardinals
3.06 spider2Ybanana - CJ Stroud, QB, Texans
3.07 Fumble in the Jungle - Tyjae Spears, RB, Titans
3.08 mikeygnfl - Jake Moody, K, 49ers
3.09 Chew Magna Cha Cha's - Tank Dell, WR, Texans
3.10 Gronk's Party Bus - Zach Evans, RB, Rams


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Post by Good Golly I'm Olly Thu 28 Sep 2017, 9:32 am

crazy_dave23 wrote:I feel like Olly should manage his team properly so I wouldn't feel so bad loosing to a team that started a guy on IR & had no TE Sad

Damn Tom Brady

That was a deliberate ploy Whistle

I'll sort it tonight - I have too many fantasy teams one always seems to slip the net
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Post by crazy_dave23 Sun 01 Oct 2017, 10:26 pm

Davin Cook has done his ACL apparently... there goes my new long term RB and a 3rd player on IR!

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Post by BamBam Mon 02 Oct 2017, 9:35 am

Got a 26 point lead up against Kareem Hunt, Reed and Crowder .. I'm not confident Sad

Hoping for a 0-0 on MNF

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Post by BamBam Tue 03 Oct 2017, 9:52 am

Voodoo worked

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Post by CJB Tue 03 Oct 2017, 3:47 pm

Up for trades as well

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Post by crazy_dave23 Tue 03 Oct 2017, 7:48 pm

Why is Davin Cook not on IR yet... I need the roster spot!

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Post by crazy_dave23 Mon 16 Oct 2017, 8:23 pm

So my "I only need Aaron Rodgers" stance might not work anymore

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Post by crazy_dave23 Tue 24 Oct 2017, 7:59 pm

A win by 0.3 points...

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Post by BamBam Tue 02 Jan 2018, 3:03 pm

Congrats to twelve283, who retains his title!

Draft order is as follows ..

Mikeygnfl - mikey
Cut Throat Lane Cowboys - Forward Pass
Gronk's Party Bus - Olly
Ronde's Barber - Pr4wn
Dezpacitos - Bam
Chew Magna Cha Cha's - TM Moot
Wadey's Warriors - Wadey
Inceptasaurus Rex - Crazy_dave
Fumble in the Jungle - CJB
spider2Ybanana - twelve283

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Post by Good Golly I'm Olly Tue 02 Jan 2018, 3:13 pm

I'll take all the rookie QBs again
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Post by BamBam Tue 02 Jan 2018, 3:17 pm

I think what we originally intended was for this to be 22 man squads with 18 keepers - but I was rather lax last season, so everyone was kept

I've got a few proposals for next season to keep this interesting, keen to get everyone's thoughts

1. Remove kickers from the league
2. Stick to 18 keepers from the rest of your players
3. Have a rookie draft, but open to changing the number of rounds of picks (currently 3)
4. Just an idea - give everyone an auction budget for a blind bid auction on any players not in the league after the rookie draft
5. Next year's number 1 pick goes to the winner of the consolation playoffs

Just think it may shake up the end of the rosters a bit, and keep a bit of interest after teams are eliminated from the playoffs

These are all just ideas at the moment, and happy to ignore them all if no one agrees! Let me know your thoughts, squads are currently due to unlock in a month's time, so plenty of time for arguments

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Post by TM Moot Thu 04 Jan 2018, 12:43 pm

quite happy keeping kickers but happy to do whatever really

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Post by crazy_dave23 Thu 04 Jan 2018, 8:34 pm

I kind of feel we should have kickers

I'll be having fun with the roster limits again since I have loads of IR players once more meaning i'm at 26 guys atm!

If you do have 18 carryovers, it probably is a good idea to do the auction thing just to avoid it becoming an exercise in who is immediately around to pick up players when you do the releasing... it's the offseason, so people will hardly be checking up on it.

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Post by BamBam Thu 11 Jan 2018, 2:39 pm

Happy to stick with kickers if that's the preference

Thoughts on the rest of the proposals? Mainly the 18 keepers and blind bid auction as that will have the biggest impact during the off season

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Post by twelve283 Fri 12 Jan 2018, 2:51 pm

I like the idea of 18 keepers and a BBA for free agents after the keepers have been decided.

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Post by BamBam Fri 02 Feb 2018, 10:37 am

I'm going to set the league to be 19 keepers - 1 of which must be a kicker, as people generally want to keep kickers

I'm going to set the keeper deadline to be ahead of free agency - 1st of March would seem to be about right given free agency kicks off on the 14th

We'll hold the rookie draft (3 picks per team) after the NFL draft, and the blind bid auction for players not in the league will take place after that

Summary

Keeper deadline - reduce your squads to 19 players that you are keeping (1 must be a kicker) by 1 March ahead of free agency beginning 14 March
Rookie draft - following the NFL draft at the end of April
Blind bid auction - Date tbc, but after the rookie draft and before the season


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Post by TM Moot Wed 07 Feb 2018, 12:49 pm

Ok, will do Very Happy

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Post by crazy_dave23 Wed 07 Feb 2018, 7:36 pm

I've set mine... was none to happy with the initial message of something like "Keeper Slots have been reduced by GM, automatic changes have been made to your selections" only to find that Aaron Rodgers was no longer a keeper but my second kicker was!

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Post by BamBam Wed 07 Feb 2018, 7:42 pm

Damn I was hoping you wouldn't notice

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Post by twelve283 Thu 08 Feb 2018, 2:20 pm

Trade Block

Curtis Samuel
Eric Ebron
Isaiah Crowell
Golden Tate
Mark Ingram


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Post by twelve283 Tue 20 Feb 2018, 1:23 pm

Anyone else have players they want/are willing to trade?

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Post by crazy_dave23 Tue 20 Feb 2018, 6:17 pm

Alex Smith is available to anyone who might need a QB for a couple of years Smile

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Post by twelve283 Sun 11 Mar 2018, 6:38 pm

The rookie draft picks are set up like a snake draft, can this be changed? It would make it less confusing when proposing trades. Cheers.

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Post by crazy_dave23 Sun 11 Mar 2018, 6:53 pm

That's odd... they were supposed to be "normal" style all along

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Post by BamBam Mon 12 Mar 2018, 9:19 am

Should now be a regular draft rather than snake

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Post by BamBam Fri 16 Mar 2018, 2:08 pm

I've been really lax with this and forgot to enforce the keeper deadline of 1 March. I'm going to extend this to a week from now 23 March

Remember you can have up to 19 keepers, one of which must be your kicker

Keeper status as far as I can tell

19 keepers set - Bam, Mikey, twelve283, crazy_dave, Olly

16 keepers - Wadey, TM Moot

9 keepers - CJB

0 keepers - Pr4wn, Forward Pass

Please try and set keepers yourselves by next Friday, or I will be setting them for you based on the highest ranked players by ADP for dynasty

I will then clear all non keepers ahead of the NFL draft

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Post by CJB Fri 16 Mar 2018, 7:59 pm

How do I set my keepers?

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Post by twelve283 Sat 17 Mar 2018, 11:14 am

CJB wrote:How do I set my keepers?
Log in, select the Team page, select Settings, then you can set your Keepers.

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Post by BamBam Mon 19 Mar 2018, 9:37 am

Let me know if anyone is having any problems setting keepers and I can do it manually for you if you send me a list of who you want

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Post by Forward Pass Mon 19 Mar 2018, 2:46 pm

Set my keepers
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Post by BamBam Tue 20 Mar 2018, 9:52 am

Thanks Forward Pass, you've set 18 but I assume that is out of choice?

Just Wadey, Pr4wn and TM Moot to go - I'll PM them but will set them manually on Friday if they can't do it by then

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Post by Pr4wn Tue 20 Mar 2018, 12:42 pm

Is this on NFL or Fleaflicker?

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Post by TM Moot Tue 20 Mar 2018, 12:49 pm

all done, kept 16, the rest can hit FA!

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Post by BamBam Tue 20 Mar 2018, 1:27 pm

Pr4wn wrote:Is this on NFL or Fleaflicker?

Fleaflicker, link is in the OP

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Post by BamBam Fri 23 Mar 2018, 11:42 am

Just cleared all non keepers

Mikey didn't have Fournette and Ajayi set as keepers, and as he hasn't got back to me, I've removed his two lowest ranked RB keepers (Adrian Peterson and Terrence West) to select them as keepers

Wadey had no kicker kept, so selected Matt Bryant for him

All non keepers have been released

After the NFL draft, we'll hold a 3 round rookie draft with the below draft order, then hold a blind bid auction draft for any non keepers that you want to bid on (including rookies)

Any other thoughts / ideas let me know!

Mikeygnfl - mikey
Cut Throat Lane Cowboys - Forward Pass
Gronk's Party Bus - Olly
Ronde's Barber - Pr4wn
Dezpacitos - Bam
Chew Magna Cha Cha's - TM Moot
Wadey's Warriors - Wadey
Inceptasaurus Rex - Crazy_dave
Fumble in the Jungle - CJB
spider2Ybanana - twelve283

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Post by mikeygnfl Fri 23 Mar 2018, 1:55 pm

BamBam wrote:Mikey didn't have Fournette and Ajayi set as keepers, and as he hasn't got back to me, I've removed his two lowest ranked RB keepers (Adrian Peterson and Terrence West) to select them as keepers
Cheers. They were part of a trade made after setting keepers Totally forget to update them.
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Post by BamBam Mon 30 Apr 2018, 2:15 pm

Right then .. we have the NFL draft in the books

When would people like to start the 3 round rookie draft?

Remember we have the free agent bidding after the rookie draft, then I'd like to open up rosters so everyone can make as many roster moves as they want ahead of the season


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Post by crazy_dave23 Tue 01 May 2018, 3:44 pm

Erm... how were we going to do the rookie draft? Live, or via the forum? I now live (temporarily) in GMT+8 so I obviously prefer the latter since I will be fast asleep for evening drafts UK time.

My only other request, although I think we will do this anyway, is to make sure it's all done and dusted during May / June because I am travelling around all July and early August... I realise I'm getting quite demanding here!

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Post by Pr4wn Tue 01 May 2018, 7:00 pm

I'd prefer a draft here on the forum, if we can.

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Post by twelve283 Tue 01 May 2018, 7:21 pm

I'd also prefer the draft to be via the forum and, if possible, to be completed by the end of May as i'm away most of June.

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Post by Good Golly I'm Olly Tue 01 May 2018, 7:35 pm

Agree on the forum, have email notifications turned on for PMs - so should be easier that way

Also agree get it done asap if poss
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Post by BamBam Wed 02 May 2018, 9:47 am

Yes, definitely on the forum for both the rookie draft and the blind bidding draft

I'm happy to get going asap too, start a new job in June so will have slightly less time to waste on here

Shall we say Monday?

Draft order is as follows

1.Fumble in the Jungle - CJB (via Mikeygnfl - mikey)
2. Cut Throat Lane Cowboys - Forward Pass
3. Gronk's Party Bus - Olly
4. Ronde's Barber - Pr4wn
5. Dezpacitos - Bam
6. Chew Magna Cha Cha's - TM Moot
7. Wadey's Warriors - Wadey
8. Inceptasaurus Rex - Crazy_dave
9. Fumble in the Jungle - CJB
10. spider2Ybanana - twelve283

I'm fairly sure I know who CJB is taking but will PM him to get this started off, please PM the next person on the list once you've made your pick

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Post by CJB Wed 02 May 2018, 3:33 pm

Erm I’ve heard those josh Allen can throw the ball really far?

Haha just playing, I want barkley!

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Post by Forward Pass Thu 03 May 2018, 2:25 pm

Derrius Guice RB Skins
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Post by TM Moot Fri 04 May 2018, 3:19 pm

is it going to be 3 rounds again?

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Post by Good Golly I'm Olly Fri 04 May 2018, 6:23 pm

Josh Allen, QB
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Post by Pr4wn Fri 04 May 2018, 6:29 pm

Ronald Jones, RB

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Post by TM Moot Mon 07 May 2018, 9:24 am

Bam bam. You're on the clock!!

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Post by Pr4wn Mon 07 May 2018, 1:49 pm

I did send a message....

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Post by BamBam Mon 07 May 2018, 8:30 pm

Sorry guys, was away over the long weekend

I'll take Rashard Penny

TM Moot is on the clock

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