Pros vs Joes DraftMasters Team

This is the 26 round draft master 6 Pros vs 6 Joes League. FFPC rules.
I hate my weak RB situation. I really need my top 3 RBs to stay healthy and start.
Hmmmm.... could be a long year.

QB
Tony Romo (7.01)
Jay Cutler (9.01)
Matt Hasselbeck (18.12)

RB
Arian Foster (1.01)
Felix Jones (4.12)
Ryan Williams (6.12)
DeMarco Murray (13.01)
Darren Sproles (14.12)
Chester Taylor (16.12)

WR
Greg Jennings (3.01)
Marques Colston (5.01)
Mike Thomas (8.12)
A.J. Green (10.12)
Derrick Mason (15.01)
Jacoby Jones (17.01)
Kevin Walter (25.01)
Jason Avant (26.12)

TE
Jason Witten (2.12)
Jared Cook (11.01)
Greg Olsen (12.12)

K
Stephen Gostkowski (21.01)
Robbie Gould (22.12)
Ryan Longwell (23.01)

DEF
NE (19.01)
AZ (20.12)
CAR (24.01)

Fantasy Football Almanac 2011: The Essential Fantasy Football Reference Guide (10.95) http://www.amazon.com/dp/1936635003

Fantasy Football Tips: 201 Ways to Win through Player Rankings, Cheat Sheets and Better Drafting ($10.95) www.amazon.com/dp/0982428669

Fantasy Football Basics: The Ultimate "How to" Guide for Beginners available ($10.95) at Amazon http://www.amazon.com/dp/0982428634

Fantasy Football Guidebook (2nd Edition): Your Comprehensive Guide to Playing Fantasy Football ($19.95) http://www.amazon.com/dp/0982428650

Fantasy Baseball for Beginners: The Ultimate "How-to" Guide ($10.95) www.amazon.com/dp/0982428693

Fantasy Football (Soccer to Yanks): The Ultimate "How-to" Guide for Fantasy Football/Fantasy Soccer ($14.95) http://www.amazon.com/dp/1936635011

FFGuidebook.com in the Top 10 at FFPC Pro's vs Joes Competition

Overall Leader Standings

Quite a diverse group. Some are Pros, some are Joes. But here are the Top 10 of 72 competitors after week 1. Here is the weblink too....
http://www.fantasymojo.com/mojo/news.do?action=getProsJoesLeaders


Rank Team Total Points

1 Yellow Line is Unofficial* 210.05
2 Just Russ * 203.40
3 Ultimate FF Strategy* 192.45
4 BFD Fantasy Football 190.25
5 Zeus* 190.05
6 Draft Sharks * 189.75
7 MONEY INCORPORATED* 189.05
8 Syracuse Slappers 185.95
9 Fantasy Football Calculator 183.75
10 FFGuidebook.com 183.70

* Means Team Leads their individual divison

Fantasy Football Tips: 201 Ways to Win through Player Rankings, Cheat Sheets and Better Drafting ($9.95, www.amazon.com/dp/0982428669)

Fantasy Football Guidebook: Your Comprehensive Guide to Playing Fantasy Football ($19.95 on sale for $17.95) http://www.amazon.com/1602640203

Fantasy Football Almanac 2009: The Essential Fantasy Football Reference Guide ($12.95, http://www.amazon.com/1602643989)

FFPC Pros vs. Joes DraftMasters Challenge

Pros vs. Joes League 6 Irvin’s Candy Store

Here is what I drafted from the 12th spot.

Pos Name Bye Team Pick
QB Trent Edwards 9 BUF R9 P12
QB Jake Delhomme 4 CAR R10 P1
QB Chad Pennington 6 MIA R11 P12
RB Kevin Smith 7 DET R3 P12
RB Cedric Benson 8 CIN R5 P12
RB Jamal Lewis 9 CLE R7 P12
RB Jerious Norwood 4 ATL R12 P1
RB Ricky Williams 6 MIA R14 P1
RB Maurice Morris 7 DET R15 P12
RB Leonard Weaver 4 PHI R26 P1
WR Larry Fitzgerald 4 ARI R1 P12
WR Calvin Johnson 7 DET R2 P1
WR Terrell Owens 9 BUF R4 P1
WR Santana Moss 8 WAS R8 P1
WR Devin Thomas 8 WAS R18 P1
WR Chansi Stuckey 9 NYJ R19 P12
WR Matt Jones -- FA R25 P12
TE Owen Daniels 10 HOU R6 P1
TE Tony Scheffler 7 DEN R13 P12
TE Chase Coffman 8 CIN R20 P1
K Lawrence Tynes 10 NYG R21 P12
K Nick Folk 6 DAL R22 P1
K Josh Scobee 7 JAX R24 P1
DEF Philadelphia Eagles 4 PHI R16 P1
DEF Miami Dolphins 6 MIA R17 P12
DEF Houston Texans 10 HOU R23 P12

Larry Fitz dropped to me with the 12th pick and I grabbed him but I then went WR with the first pick of the 2nd round too. At 2.01 I took Calvin Johnson to go WR-WR. Mistake! I even looked quickly at what round 3 and 4 would bring and I saw lots of WRs. So I should have gone with DeAngelo Williams instead of CJ.

Of course 23 picks later it makes it back to me and I have to reach for a starting RB in Kevin Smith and then I see T.O still on the board. I just could not reach for another RB and went with a value play in Owens. So now I am at 1 RB and 3 WRs and it is time to stock up on RBs.

Cedric Benson (5.12) is a starter and I like him to improve on his 2nd half performance. But again rather then reach for a RB (which I need) I go with a Top 5 TE in Owen Daniels with 6.01.
So after 6 rounds I am at 2 RB/3WRs/1 TE.

The 7/8 turn leaves me with just Jamal Lewis ( other options were Hightower/Donald Brown and Leon Washington all who may prove to be better than the old starter Lewis) and then I saw Santana Moss and got greedy again at WR (8.01). Mistake. Should have gone with another RB from the three mentioned above.

9/10 and 11 are QBs as I try and make up for no QB early. T Edwards, Jake Delhomme and Chad Pennington give me a good shot at decent numbers in this best ball format.

The rest of the draft was to get 2 more TEs and 3 Kickers and Defenses.and some supporting RBs and WRs.

Maurice Morris was to handcuff Kevin Smith.
Matt Jones will start for someone at some point in 2009

To see the entire draft click here
http://www.fantasymojo.com/mojo/news.do?action=prosvsjoesdraftviewer&draftId=112851

Watch FFPC Pros vs Joes Draft live tonight at 9 PM E.S.T with Sam Hendricks at 12th spot

Background: Tonight is the last (of the 6 total) Pros vs Joes Draft Challenge. A draft was held on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday night last week and this week, where tonights is the last league.

To review briefly, these drafts pit the players at FFPC (the Joes) against an assortment of industry experts (the Pros). Each league consists of 12 teams which conduct a 26 round draft in a DraftExperts format (best ball scoring). A bundle of prizes and bragging rights are on the line, as well the prestige of being crowned the 2009 FFPC Pros vs Joes Draft Challenge Champion.

I am a Pro in this 6th draft representing my books, Fantasy Football Guidebook: Your Comprehensive Guide to Playing Fantasy Football ($19.95 on sale for $17.95) http://www.amazon.com/1602640203

and Fantasy Football Tips ($9.95) http://www.amazon.com/0982428669

I draft from the 12th spot

The draft will go off around 9:00 pm EST tonight. If you want to view the picks as they happen, or want to review the results after the fact, visit FantasyMojo's Joes vs Pros draft viewing page below.

Here is a link to the draft site. Select Thursday (8/13) Nights Draft and you will connect with a draft board where you can watch the draft live!

http://www.fantasymojo.com/mojo/news.do?action=showArticleId&articleid=114

Rules: This is a 26 round draft using the Fantasy Football Players Championship (www.theFFPC.com) scoring and roster configuration.

(That’s Point Per Reception (PPR)of 1 for RBs and WRs and 1.5 PPR for TE’s).

It a best ball/ optimal lineup configuration, so the system will automatically plug in your best performing players each week. So it is a "draft and forget" system where there will be no weekly lineup decisons and no free agent additions or trades the entire season.

What you draft is what you get.

The weekly starting roster is distributed as follows:

1 QB

2 RB

2 WR

1 TE

2 Flex (RB/WR/TE)

1 K

1 D

Hope you enjoy the show!

2009 FFPC Pro's vs Joe's Challenge

The 2009 FFPC Pros vs Joes Draft Challenge concept is simple. Take a group of hard core FFPC fantasy players (the Joes) and pit them against a contingent of fantasy industry experts (the Pros). There are 72 teams participating (half pros and half Joes). The overall field is divided into separate 'Divisions'. Each division of 12 conducts their own draft. All teams drafted are tossed into one master league to compete. The highest scoring team across all divisions is crowned the 2009 FFPC Pros vs Joes Draft Challenge Champion. One team wins, period.

The scoring system is of course the signature FFPC scoring (with 1.5 points per catch for TE). It's a DraftExperts format which is essentially a "Best Ball" league where the system automatically fills out your weekly roster with your best performing players at each position. No waiver wire moves or setting of lineups by the participants. Once you draft your team of 26 players, you're administrative duties are done for the year. Just monitor the leaderboard as the year goes on.

What do they win? Originally it was just bragging rights with a claim to the title of the 2009 FFPC Pros vs Joes Draft Challenge Champion.But we now have the following prizes or bounties on the table.
Footballguys has generously offered up a three year Footballguys subscription to the top team in each of these different leagues.
FantasyFootballTrader will offer a 2010 subscription to every Joe across all the 5 leagues that outscores them.
Draftsharks is offering a free lifetime subscription to any Joe who wins their league. Plus $100 to any Joe who wins the league that Draftsharks is is in.
Fantasy Football Oasis will offer $50 cash to the overall champion.
BFD Fantasy Football has stated that 'Any Joe in my league that beats me gets A $77 draft for 2010 AND a subscription to ANY ONE FF Website of their choice that is part of the Joes vs. Pros challenge.'
FantasyMojo has recruited a trophy sponsor to award our overall winner this sweet silver cup trophy (a $169 value) courtesy of FantasyTrophy.com
The Yellow Line is Unofficial will buy an entry into a FFPC-77 next year for any Pro that wins the overall
FFGuidebook is offering a copy of "Fantasy Football Guidebook: Your Comprehensive Guide to Playing Fantasy Football" to any Joe that wins their Division. Also, they are offering a copy of "Fantasy Football Tips: 201 Ways to Win through Player Rankings, Cheat Sheets and Better Drafting" to any Joe (that blows) and comes in last in their division.
FantasyFootballWhiz will offer a free RapidDraft in 2010 to any Joe that wins any one of the leagues
MockDraftCentral is giving an Official Draft Shirt to every division winner.
JunkyardJake would like to bestow upon the overall winner a Mike Ditka 92-0 T shirt

And courtesy of Dave and Alex, we have this incentive - FFPC Pros vs. Joes Clean Sweep BonusIf either the Pros side or the Joes side win all 6 leagues (winner means having top scoring team only in each league), The FFPC will award $150 per team (in FFPC dollars towards future FFPC Leagues) to:The 6 league winners ANDthe other 30 owners on that team's side.That is correct, if either side gets a clean sweep, ALL 36 PLAYERS on that team get $150 towards future FFPC Sat leagues or the Main Event. However, if one side wins 5 leagues and the other wins 1, no one gets anything. Hence the word "bonus". Retail value is $5400

I am a Pro in the 6th Division-Irvin's "Candy" Store

Thursday, August 13th, 9:00 pm EST

Fantasy Hulks,MVN.com,FFGuidebook.com (slam),Pigskin Addiction,Fighting Chance Fantasy,MockDraftCentralJoes- ColtsFan, Bald is Beautiful, Azzurri, Zeus, Angry Zygotes, Shifty50

Here is the draft order;

Draft Order

1 Shifty50

2 Pigskin Addiction

3 Bald is Beautiful

4 MockDraftCentral

5 Zeus

6 MVN.com

7 ColtsFan

8 Fantasy Hulks

9 Angry Zygotes

10 Fighting Chance Fantasy

11 Azzurri

12 FFGuidebook.com