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As anticipated...:rofl:

Would've pegged you as the guy to draft Zeke at #3 with a team name like that... maybe mix in a side of Jarvis Landry or the late Aaron Hernandez.

That leaves @Iwokeup as the owner for 716. See below for all teams and their corresponding owners. Correct me if I'm wrong...

716 - @Iwokeup
baemes - @baemes
Hakuna Matata - @Dylan in Africa
Huge Carrot - @Veloce Grey
James Fend - @James Fend
KC Dash - @KC Dash
Money & Violence - @BrooklynHustle
Orange Crush - @bigred
SarcastaballAllStars - @Richie Rich
Skeptical Child - @MJ DeMarco
Squirrels gone wild - @ZCP
The Squatters - @Likwid24
Nope, we've got a strict code of conduct and only roster the highest character individuals... lol

Despite the sentiment of the room, "A" Ratings have not harmed me in the past, so I will embrace this "A+" and roll...

*shrug*

Look forward to the fake football competition ahead!
 
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Iwokeup is not playing. 716 is someone else.
 

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Ouch, that's gotta be painful. Marvin Lewis acting like Bill Belicheck.

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Maybe @Veloce Grey wants to deal Dalvin Cook for J. Hill and D. McFad.
 

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Ouch, that's gotta be painful. Marvin Lewis acting like Bill Belicheck.

View attachment 16168

Maybe @Veloce Grey wants to deal Dalvin Cook for J. Hill and D. McFad.

I've learned patience, especially with old coaches and rookies.....

Cardinals coach Bruce Arians said after Sunday's Week 4 loss that David Johnson "played like a rookie today."

Johnson totaled 81 yards and scored a 23-yard receiving touchdown, but Arians wasn't happy with the third-round pick's performance. "He dropped a touchdown pass, he fumbled a ball, and he played like a rookie today," Arians said. Johnson operated as the Cardinals' passing-down back behind Chris Johnson. It's possible that role will go back to Andre Ellington next week.

Sun, Oct 4, 2015 09:05:00 PM
 
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Now I wish I would have drafted Kareem Hunt in the second round, as I'm sure most of you do as well. KC Dash, you've got a bonafide beast on your hands. Best pick of the draft. Projected 11.54, he did a tad bit better, ends up with 43.10. Unbelievable. The Chiefs looked solid, the Pats, not so much. I think they believed the hype and embraced the success of the Super Bowl. Their loss is a lesson for me, and for anyone: What happened last season was last season, and is no guarantee of success this season. KC came out in the second half and took the Pats to the woodshed.
 

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Now I wish I would have drafted Kareem Hunt in the second round, as I'm sure most of you do as well. KC Dash, you've got a bonafide beast on your hands. Best pick of the draft. Projected 11.54, he did a tad bit better, ends up with 43.10.

I was taking Cook at 21 expecting either Crowell or Hunt to be there for pick 26. Then I got up on draft morning and ESPN had a report he'd only be sharing carries so I put him behind Crowell then Cooper. Crowell went 25 so I took Cooper.

Basically I'm blaming Fake News ESPN and MJ for having the draft a day later than 2014/2015 and four days later than last year.

I'll be handling this better once Wendell Smallwood has a similar breakout game this week.
 

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Now I wish I would have drafted Kareem Hunt in the second round, as I'm sure most of you do as well. KC Dash, you've got a bonafide beast on your hands. Best pick of the draft. Projected 11.54, he did a tad bit better, ends up with 43.10. Unbelievable. The Chiefs looked solid, the Pats, not so much. I think they believed the hype and embraced the success of the Super Bowl. Their loss is a lesson for me, and for anyone: What happened last season was last season, and is no guarantee of success this season. KC came out in the second half and took the Pats to the woodshed.
Hunt is an absolute beast & KC looked strong, especially defensively

Not a Pats fan at all, but counting them out after 1 game would be silly
I was taking Cook at 21 expecting either Crowell or Hunt to be there for pick 26. Then I got up on draft morning and ESPN had a report he'd only be sharing carries so I put him behind Crowell then Cooper. Crowell went 25 so I took Cooper.

Basically I'm blaming Fake News ESPN and MJ for having the draft a day later than 2014/2015 and four days later than last year.

I'll be handling this better once Wendell Smallwood has a similar breakout game this week.
Take responsibility for your actions, lol
 
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Now I wish I would have drafted Kareem Hunt in the second round, as I'm sure most of you do as well. KC Dash, you've got a bonafide beast on your hands. Best pick of the draft. Projected 11.54, he did a tad bit better, ends up with 43.10. Unbelievable. The Chiefs looked solid, the Pats, not so much. I think they believed the hype and embraced the success of the Super Bowl. Their loss is a lesson for me, and for anyone: What happened last season was last season, and is no guarantee of success this season. KC came out in the second half and took the Pats to the woodshed.

Well, I was hoping Hunt would break out but WOW! I wasn't quite expecting that. Let's hope he keeps it up.

To me it looks like they are fitting Gillislee into the role Blount had last year, which could mean a breakout year for him as well.

BTW, I am not a Kansas City fan even though my forum name suggests it (and definitely not a Pats fan. lol). I am now a Kareem Hunt fan boy though!
 

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Man, what a game! Who sat Hunt in my other league.........this guy. That was the first time I can remember the patriots just giving up on a game. Brady looked soulless by the end of the game.
 

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Hunt is an absolute beast & KC looked strong, especially defensively

Not a Pats fan at all, but counting them out after 1 game would be silly

Take responsibility for your actions, lol

I'm not counting them out, it's the Pats after all and they do have arguably one of the best coaches ever, who will make the necessary adjustments and plug the holes that were evident in their game. The run game looked solid, with White (another missed opportunity in the draft) and Gillislee finding holes and exploiting them. Brady didn't look as sharp, with a lot of overthrown balls that would have gone for first downs and/or touchdowns. Amendola was doing a nice job of catching until he got his bell rung and had to leave the game. The Pat's defense I was surprised about, but give the Chiefs credit for finding the weakspots and exploiting them for 537 total yards, at New England. I always pegged Smith as a manager/short yardage passer, but he decided to shake the rust off the howitzer and take some shots downfield, which connected and paid off, and outside of Hunt, Smith had a monster of a game, scoring 39.02 points. The first half, it looked like the Pats were picking up where they left off, but that second half, they waved the white flag and the Chiefs just poured it on.
 
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Well, I was hoping Hunt would break out but WOW! I wasn't quite expecting that. Let's hope he keeps it up.

To me it looks like they are fitting Gillislee into the role Blount had last year, which could mean a breakout year for him as well.

BTW, I am not a Kansas City fan even though my forum name suggests it (and definitely not a Pats fan. lol). I am now a Kareem Hunt fan boy though!

If 43 is his ceiling and 11/12 is his floor, I'll take the middle ground everyday and twice on Sunday. Again, nice pickup and if he keeps showing out like that, I think the playoffs may be in your future. He was fun to watch, especially against Belichek and the Pats!
 

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Looks like my McFadden gambit has come back to bite me in the a$$. My only saving grace is I couldn't have picked him even if I wanted.
 

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Looks like my McFadden gambit has come back to bite me in the a$$. My only saving grace is I couldn't have picked him even if I wanted.

That sucks. I can't believe the legal loopholes that are allowing Elliott to play for the forseeable future, considering how serious the NFL is about domestic violence and not tolerating it from it's players and coaches. This quote sums it up: "(Elliott didn't) receive a fundamentally fair hearing, necessitating the court grant the request for preliminary injunction," Judge Amos Mazzant III said in his ruling. I'm guessing that Elliott will get to play most, if not all, of this season and the suspension will be in effect next year, like it was with Brady for Deflategate. Elliott must have friends in high places, and it doesn't hurt to have Jerry Jones as your boss. I feel your pain, MJ, as I'm more and more questioning my decision to draft Luck. Even when he does come back, which probably won't be until mid-season, he hasn't practiced since last season, so conditioning and rust are going to be concerns. Fingers crossed for Eli!
 
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Looks like my McFadden gambit has come back to bite me in the a$$. My only saving grace is I couldn't have picked him even if I wanted.
I actually wasn't picking him unless he was sitting there rounds 14/15 etc. I think it could have ended up a timeshare job for 6 weeks, unlike two years ago when once Bell went out DeAngelo Williams was a huge asset.

At least there weren't a stack of high quality RB options left by that point of the draft anyway, as our old bench stash Gillislee went the pick before McFadden.
 

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gillislee looked like a solid pickup!!! he's probably going to break 5 TDs one game this year.

who wants him
 

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I can't say I saw the frenzied bidding war for Tarik Cohen coming....$77 of a $100 season FAAB budget!
 

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I can't say I saw the frenzied bidding war for Tarik Cohen coming....$77 of a $100 season FAAB budget!
Go hard or go home... Pay to play!
 

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I can't say I saw the frenzied bidding war for Tarik Cohen coming....$77 of a $100 season FAAB budget!

I figured it was someone who didn't know the rules, like, you get $100 per week.
 
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I figured it was someone who didn't know the rules, like, you get $100 per week.
I saw him go for 85 elsewhere to a guy who just lost David Johnson & was probably feeling emotional

Not my game, but blowing your budget on one guy can make sense if it's the right guy & situation

Only time will tell...
 

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I figured it was someone who didn't know the rules, like, you get $100 per week.

I will proudly admit it was I who dropped three quarters of my budget on Cohen. I know the rules, it's $100 FAAB budget for the season, but I thought about how I spent it last season and it was nickel and dime most of the time, for a decent player here and there, who I never actually used for any long duration, maybe a game and that's it, or spending a few bucks, never to utilize the player and later dropping him, which was a waste. I thought long and hard about it, but after watching Cohen's college highlights and reading Fantasy Football advice, I figured, what the hell, I gotta pull the trigger. I got outbid last year on Ajayi and he did solid for two games and then came back down to earth. But this Cohen kid, he's something else. I know you all think I'm crazy, but you gotta gamble big if you want to win big. My big gamble last year was trading for Freeman when it was still up in the air who was top dog in that RB pecking order. That move definitely helped me win the title, as Freeman saved me many weeks. For the doubters, watch this. They call him the Human Joystick, I call him Houdini, for his ability to escape and create magic.

View: https://youtu.be/lHTOUbYNbgw
 
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I will proudly admit it was I who dropped three quarters of my budget on Cohen.

Hope you're right as I got him in my other league. I had 3 players playing on Monday and benched them so I can get first waiver pick. I was down 60+ points by Monday and so I decided, I can bench everyone and get 1st waiver. I wasn't gonna win so I made sure I won 1st waiver by proudly sinking to last place with fewest points. (Guy I played had a monster week, Kareem Hunt, etc.)
 

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Hope you're right as I got him in my other league. I had 3 players playing on Monday and benched them so I can get first waiver pick. I was down 60+ points by Monday and so I decided, I can bench everyone and get 1st waiver. I wasn't gonna win so I made sure I won 1st waiver by proudly sinking to last place with fewest points. (Guy I played had a monster week, Kareem Hunt, etc.)

I've got a good feeling about Cohen and the guys in your other league are probably green with envy right now. Sometimes you've got to lose the battle to win the war; I think your move will pay off. I watched the video I shared, plus a video from the NFL introducing him and I liked his story. He has a chip on his shoulder, but in a good way. People have been telling him he's too small to play, wouldn't make in high school, wouldn't make it in college, wouldn't make it in the pros. He's defied the odds every step of the way and he's hungry and humble to boot. He's not one of these primadonnas out of college who's had sunshine blown up his a$$, making him think he's the greatest thing since sliced bread. I just hope he stays hungry and humble, as he's got the work ethic and the talent to be a game changer. It reminds of the Fastlane philosophy and entrepreneurship: Those who don't want to do as everyone else does, they decide to forge their own path and as a result, face resistance, a headwind. They are told they are crazy for trying, that they will fail. But they don't listen; they know what they are doing is right. You are living proof MJ, along with many others on the Fastlane Forum: someone who wanted to defy the odds and buck the system and forge their own path. I'm sure many called you crazy, but I doubt those people are calling you crazy now. They're the crazy ones, for even doubting you.

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