Buffalo Rumblings Fantasy Football update: here's the RPL playoff bracket. Thanks to everyone who...

Buffalo Rumblings Fantasy Football update: here's the RPL playoff bracket. Thanks to everyone who played, and good luck in the playoffs. Let the trash talk begin.

RL2 and RL3-ers - anyone want to update us on the playoff scenarios in your respective leagues?

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Wish I could have saved that 140+ I dropped last week for this week…..

Here comes another strong late season push by my team…..Championship!!!

by Kurupt on Dec 2, 2008 1:27 PM EST 0 recs

It looks like

in our league 6 losses was just enough to get into the playoffs. Maybe the same holds true for the Bills?

I’m going to be watching Kurupt vs Circle the Wagons. Kurupt is like the Cardinals, team can blow up for over 120 or whimper for less than 80 and Circle the Wagons is like the Steelers, solid play and you always know you’re going to get a good outing. Rock vs Fire baby!

Kawika Mitchell is a leader. He will help this young team develop.

by poz on Dec 2, 2008 1:36 PM EST 0 recs

Considering my 3 best players are Aaron The Nose Rodgers, Thomas Jones and the Titans, my team is about as unpredictable as Schonert is predictable….

My team could be so much better if Brandon Marshall and Joe Addai would have shown up more this year….

by Kurupt on Dec 2, 2008 1:59 PM EST up 0 recs

if I remember correctly...

you knocked me off last year in the playoffs, correct?

Not this year, i’m riding beast mode all the way!

John I.

by jri111 on Dec 2, 2008 6:54 PM EST up 0 recs

LOL he’s gotta get the ball first!

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by Brian Galliford on Dec 2, 2008 7:33 PM EST up 0 recs

Hey where’s my team?

Oh wait… that’s right, my team sucks.

The time has come for someone to put his foot down. And that foot is me.

by sireric on Dec 2, 2008 1:40 PM EST 0 recs

RL3

We have had a very successful campaign and a mucho competitive league. Team Mule dominated our league with a 11-2 record behind Warner, Portis and Fitzgerald. Jimbo’s Jumbo’s (Romo, Slaton, Lynch, Evans) edged out myself (Rodgers, Gore, S Smith, R Moss) with similar 8-5 records to win the other divison. So Team Mule and Jimbo’s Jumbo’s have byes this week while

Levy’s Legends (MARVelous) takes on #5 Shoot the works and
Defenestration takes on #6 Gator Nation

Notthebills, Morning Sickness, mibillsfan, and mjt1586 all missed out on the playoffs.

MARVelous

by MARVelous on Dec 2, 2008 1:56 PM EST 0 recs

Friggin' Payton Manning and Reggie Wayne

If Peyton had learned how to throw a ball this past offseason I would have the bye since he dragged Wayne’s numbers below the Mendoza line for fantasy football.

BUt can’t complain about the Troika of Chris Johnson, Matt Forte and Michael Turner, those dudes have carried me the whole season long. Having the Raven’s D hasn’t hurt me much either.

Fear the mighty helmet wearing gopher, he is coming for your soul....

by WABillsfan on Dec 2, 2008 5:06 PM EST up 0 recs

Well Brian,

You can’t be wild about the fact that all a dominant season earns you is a possible second round matchup with the highest scoring team in the league.

On the other hand, if untouchBILL hadn’t declined to start a QB, K, and Defense last week, this highest-scoring team would have finished the season sub-.500. So I suppose the odds of me flaming out in the first round are high.

by Future Considerations on Dec 2, 2008 2:00 PM EST 0 recs

The only thing that concerns me is the situations of my outstanding running backs – MB3, Jacobs, Parker and Hightower. If they stay healthy, I’m pretty confident. That is all.

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by Brian Galliford on Dec 2, 2008 2:04 PM EST up 0 recs

I’d certainly rather have that problem than my weekly “Will Willis score 0 in my starting lineup, or 25 on my bench” issues. I nearly cut him today, but I was absolutely certain if I did someone would pick him up, play him against me, and ride him to victory.

by Future Considerations on Dec 2, 2008 2:06 PM EST up 0 recs

Ha, yeah, that would have been me. :)

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by Brian Galliford on Dec 2, 2008 2:15 PM EST up 0 recs

Don't get your big head through the door just yet

I wouldn’t count on battling Brian just yet — I have Stephen Jackson and Larry Johnson finally back, and just this once, the Bills defense will pull my team through(?)

by labill on Dec 2, 2008 5:42 PM EST up 0 recs

Like I said

Given my luck this season, the odds of my flaming out this round are very high.

On the other hand, you are counting on the Lions D shutting down AP…

by Future Considerations on Dec 2, 2008 6:24 PM EST up 0 recs

BR2

We had a decent league. Not much on the message board, not much trading though. A few guys dropped out early too. All in all, still good fun, and for me, a saving grace, as I s**t the bed in my “real” league.

Here’s the first round matchups:

squeaky wheels
Team America

Sphinx Treecats
team darkness

Myself (krytime) and Spitzer Swallows (DCRumbler) got the byes. Travis Henry is my dad (kaisertown), Tig O’ Bitties, Gridiron Monsters, and Fine Ass Jills didn’t make the cut.

I started out slow, right from the draft, errantly taking Manning with my 1st. Lots of waiver wire movement barely got me ahead of Team America (Foreign Arrow). We’ll see what happens from here.

Were there any “no shows” in BR1? For the record (insert crying baby sound here), I wanted to be in that division soooo bad, just to beat up on BG, Kurupt, and especially sireric.

by krytime on Dec 2, 2008 2:25 PM EST 0 recs

Were there any "no shows" in BR1? For the record (insert crying baby sound here), I wanted to be in that division soooo bad, just to beat up on BG, Kurupt, and especially sireric

Wouldn’t have been too tough….his team was done 5 minutes into the season

Ron from NM was a no show, other than that, mostly everyone stayed for the majority of the season….

by Kurupt on Dec 2, 2008 2:30 PM EST 0 recs

I was doomed as soon as I took Brady with my first overall pick.

terrible QB play really killed me the rest of the season.

The time has come for someone to put his foot down. And that foot is me.

by sireric on Dec 2, 2008 2:55 PM EST up 0 recs

excuses, excuses...

You’re going to tell me there was no one on the waiver wire week one for you to scoop up?

Did you make it to the game this last weekend?

by krytime on Dec 2, 2008 3:15 PM EST up 0 recs

No and no.

Yeah I picked up J.T. O’sullivan, Brian Griese, Kyle Orton, Gus Frerotte, Brady Quinn, Matt Cassel, and Chad Pennington.
Example of my luck, Matt Cassel is on my bench, puts up 40+ points 2 week in a row. I put him in for my season finale, he gives me a 0.86

No My wife got me tickets for the 12/14 game in Jersey vs the Jets.

The time has come for someone to put his foot down. And that foot is me.

by sireric on Dec 2, 2008 3:31 PM EST up 0 recs

I'm sorry for laughing here.

Wait a minute – no I’m not. You actually had a week where you thought it was a “good idea” to start Gus Frerotte? And then another week where JT O’sullivan was a sure bet? My sides are splitting…

I’m just busting chops my man.

Thank your wife for not getting tickets to this last game. Wow, what a good move that was in hindsight.

Really? Brian Griese too? You’d have been better off starting Aaron Merz….

by krytime on Dec 2, 2008 3:52 PM EST up 0 recs

If there’s a week to start Gus Frerotte, it’s definitely this week. Detroit is a cure-all for ailing fantasy owners.

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by Brian Galliford on Dec 2, 2008 3:55 PM EST up 0 recs

The last time I started Frerotte was when they played the Lions last, he put up 30 points that week if I’m not mistaken.

The time has come for someone to put his foot down. And that foot is me.

by sireric on Dec 2, 2008 3:56 PM EST up 0 recs

That’s good news, because I NEED him to do well this week in one of my other leagues.

For the record, folks, I’m a combined 34-15 in my four leagues this year. First time I’ve had winning records in 4+ leagues in a couple years. I’m jacked up about it. :D

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by Brian Galliford on Dec 2, 2008 3:59 PM EST up 0 recs

Do you need him to do well

because you have him (which I will laugh at), or because he is playing someone you need to leapfrog?

by krytime on Dec 2, 2008 4:23 PM EST up 0 recs

I picked him up as a backup. I’m having QB issues in said league, yet despite that am 7-6. My starter is Jason Campbell, who has sucked lately and is playing Baltimore this week. So I’m pinch-hitting with Frerotte, and right now, it’s looking like a strong play.

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by Brian Galliford on Dec 2, 2008 4:30 PM EST up 0 recs

I understand.

I’d go with him too, keeping any QB I have away from a Ravens D. A lot of people are saying this is the Lions’ last shot to avoid a winless season. I disagree; I think they had that shot already. I see Minnesota rolling, even though they got lucky against them last time.

by krytime on Dec 2, 2008 5:18 PM EST up 0 recs

My waiver wire strategy in all leagues this year has been “Hey, who’s playing the Lions?” I’m licking my chops for this week’s Adrian Peterson Lions Experience.

by Future Considerations on Dec 2, 2008 4:05 PM EST up 0 recs

I'll admit it

I thought JT O-Sullivan would put up monster numbers, I was kid of upset when sireric picked him up. I even think he was on my roster temporarily. That was a mistake.

Kawika Mitchell is a leader. He will help this young team develop.

by poz on Dec 2, 2008 4:09 PM EST up 0 recs

krytime's right

I drafted Carson Palmer, big mistake, and Matt Schaub, always injured. Went ahead and picked up Trent and Tyler Thigpen, and it served me well

Kawika Mitchell is a leader. He will help this young team develop.

by poz on Dec 2, 2008 3:31 PM EST up 0 recs

Poz - you got yourself some luck with Thigpen. Much, much luck...

by krytime on Dec 2, 2008 3:52 PM EST up 0 recs

no luck my friend

After his first game straight out of the Pistol formation the whole time I knew that his talent level didn’t matter. Anyone that is going to be throwing that much, regardless of skill, is going to put up numbers, ala Jon Kitna

Kawika Mitchell is a leader. He will help this young team develop.

by poz on Dec 2, 2008 4:07 PM EST up 0 recs

You're right on that - I take back the luck thing. My bad...

Can we still laugh at sireric though?

by krytime on Dec 2, 2008 4:09 PM EST up 0 recs

yes we can

HAHAHAHAHAHA. But i did admit to believing in JT OSullivan at one point. But I must say eric, that is quite a list of QBs there haha

Kawika Mitchell is a leader. He will help this young team develop.

by poz on Dec 2, 2008 4:10 PM EST up 0 recs

I think the only way I would've laughed harder would be to see this:

K. Holcomb [claim]

by krytime on Dec 2, 2008 4:17 PM EST up 0 recs

I can add David Garrard to the list. He started out as my back-up until I dropped him due to the fact that he was playing like poopy.

The time has come for someone to put his foot down. And that foot is me.

by sireric on Dec 2, 2008 4:17 PM EST up 0 recs

Thanks for that, he’s an excellent backup to Brees.

by Future Considerations on Dec 2, 2008 4:21 PM EST up 0 recs

I can't laugh at that.

I myself would’ve thought he’d be a decent back up. I expected a lot more from Jax this year though too.

by krytime on Dec 2, 2008 4:22 PM EST up 0 recs

I feel that I must remind people that this was my first FF attempt.

The time has come for someone to put his foot down. And that foot is me.

by sireric on Dec 2, 2008 5:25 PM EST up 0 recs

For real?

That’s really hard to believe, but I think I do remember you saying that before. With that said, still, no excuses.

Again – how I would have loved to be in that league. That QB carousel of yours would have made me laugh enough to forget some of the Bills stink bombs this year…

by krytime on Dec 2, 2008 5:39 PM EST up 0 recs

I had no idea. Guess you should expect the jesting then rook!

Kawika Mitchell is a leader. He will help this young team develop.

by poz on Dec 2, 2008 8:36 PM EST up 0 recs

Both were gone when I tried to get them. Trent got drafted (don’t remember by whom) and Thigpen got picked up pretty early also.

The time has come for someone to put his foot down. And that foot is me.

by sireric on Dec 2, 2008 3:58 PM EST up 0 recs

we had

one guy going by “notthebills” that never really filled up his roster…other than that, good competitiveness although not much on the message board and no trades….

I think for next year we need to put something more on the line….

MARVelous

by MARVelous on Dec 2, 2008 2:55 PM EST 0 recs

Didn't really feel the need to do much as far as trades

I had an overall solid group of players, and honestly with some of the guys churning their roster over on a weekly basis, I just watched the waiver wire for second tier solid performers.

Fear the mighty helmet wearing gopher, he is coming for your soul....

by WABillsfan on Dec 2, 2008 5:10 PM EST up 0 recs

I am last

I am last in points scored among the playoff teams, but I am also first in the enitre RPL league in points allowed — I must have a good defense(?) (b/t/w, my defense team is the Bills).

by labill on Dec 2, 2008 5:52 PM EST 0 recs

I had the most points scored in the league, and gave up the most points against. My games were nothing if not exciting, I guess.

by Future Considerations on Dec 2, 2008 6:27 PM EST up 0 recs

first in the enitre RPL league in points allowed

Now that is nothing but luck. Each year, there is one of you guys. Enjoy…

by krytime on Dec 2, 2008 5:55 PM EST 0 recs

Sireric's week bye week points from QB.

1 – T. Brady – 3.04
2 – Chad Pennington – 5.08
3 – J.T. O’Sullivan – 22.76
4 – J.T. O’Sullivan – 13.28
5 – B. Griese – 3.52
6 – G Frerotte – 19.84
7 – K. Orton – 24.12
8 – J.T. O’Sullivan – 2.24
9 – K. Orton – 11.02
10 – G. Frerotte – 13.94
11 – K. Orton – 4.32
12 – K. Orton – 11.46
13 – M. Cassel – 0.86

This pathetic list was posted for your enjoyment.

The time has come for someone to put his foot down. And that foot is me.

by sireric on Dec 2, 2008 6:13 PM EST 0 recs