Pixote

I have, unfortunately, decided to delete the Bearstalk FF League #2 because of the lack of interest. With only a week left before the draft there were only 8 teams signed up. When I asked for opinions about playing an 8 team league, something I myself was not too enthused about, only 2 team captains said they would accept that format, another said he would prefer not to but would for the sake of the league. I appreciate all of you joining the league and apologize for not being able to finalize the league.

This is the first time I have heard anyone say anything negative in regards to the relationship between the quarterbacks. I have always heard, from day one after the draft, that everything was great and no problems existed.

My hope before the preseason started was that Glennon would be a top tier QB and shine for us, making it easy to groom / red-shirt Tru for 2017, then have the luxury of possibly trading Glennon for a substantial draft pick and allow Tru to start in 2018, drafting a QB on day 2 in the next draft to groom behind him. Now that being said, Glennon so far has looked nothing like a potential top tier QB so far. Let's hope this is not indicative of his true abilities. It is garbage time, preseason football. Time will tell all too soon.

Thanks! Hopefully he will decide he would enjoy and have time for one more league. I remember well when I first started FF I would be in 6 to 10 leagues every year, then it just got to where I was not enjoying it as much (started getting burned out, LOL) so I cut back to 2 or 3. I really enjoy the Pick'em Pools I am in, the one I mentioned on the forum. I have never won any of the big money pots but usually break even or a bit better. The variety and number of different sub pools makes it all the better. So between FF, the Pick'em Pools, and watching a dozen or more games each week along with the NFL Network daily coverage I find that from September through February I am thoroughly entertained. Then I am bored to death the following 6 months. LOL

They keep on talking about how steady he is and how he has "upside" and "potential". I was hoping it was just hype to bolster his confidence. I personally have never thought of him as any better than a backup. I must admit, although I have been a big fan of Pace since he arrived, I question this extension. He is only 26 years old so maybe he will improve, maybe, maybe.... I guess my hopes of drafting a killer LOT in next years draft is just another dream of mine that will not materialize, LOL.

I just sent an email through the Yahoo League to Adam, TD, BearFan2000, Madlithuainian, Uncle Buck, killakrzydav and bowlingtwig. Just a heads up so that you know it isn't Yahoo Junk mail, LOL.

Time is getting short, although I would have loved to have seen a 12 team league form, a 10 team league can still be a lot of fun. I have, for now, changed the league settings to a 10 team format and need 2 more teams to sign up ASAP, preferably before Sunday, August 27th (live draft is one week after that on Sunday, September 3rd at 3 PM CDT) We now have eight team captains (Adam, TD, BearFan2000, Madlithuainian, Uncle Buck, killakrzydav, bowlingtwig and Pixote). Anyone else interested in joining? Let me know in this thread and then email me at j.w.sheridan@comcast.net and I will then send you a link that will allow you to join. Thanks!

Just found your email in one of my spam folders. Strange, I cannot see why it would have been identified as spam. Sorry for the delay but I sent the link again to you, this time in response to the email. We now have eight team captains (Adam, TD, BearFan2000, Madlithuainian, Uncle Buck, killakrzydav, bowlingtwig and Pixote).

Not sure what happened. I just sent you a link to join via the forum's PM system. Let me know if you do not receive the link / PM. Or send me another email at j.w.sheridan@comcast.net and I will send the link again. Thanks for joining!

Thanks, sent you the link to sign up. Let us know if you have any questions. we now have six team captains (Adam, TD, BearFan2000, Madlithuainian, Uncle Buck and Pixote. Making some progress.

As of this morning, 8/17, we only have 5 teams committed to play this year. We obviously need more interest or I will have to close shop. The five team captains so far are Adam, TD, BearFan2000, Madlithuainian, and Pixote. Anything less than 10 teams sucks big time IMO, 12 teams would be ideal. Can we make at least a 10 team league? Anyone interested? With the number of great Bear Fans we have on this forum I have to believe we can muster up a league.

I hope you are interested, if you are please send me an email at j.w.sheridan@comcast.net and I will send you the link in a reply so that you can signup.

Potential is great, we have had quite a few players over the past decade with great potential, unfortunately, most failed. Barth has to be scratching his head, LOL When Tampa drafted Aguayo in the 2nd round in 2016 it resulted in Tampa's kicker (Connor Barth) being released. Now he follows him to Chicago.

Why? They cut him, a 2nd round pick, because he sucked. What good is he? We just cut a UDFA Kicker I actually liked the looks of so they were obviously happy with status quo. I am not fond of Connor Barth either so I am not against replacing him but I sure as hell want to see an improvement in the position and not a regression.

Thanks, sent you an email. Hopefully we can fill a 12 team league.

Thanks for joining up Adam, I sent you the link to sign up with.

Wanna play in the Free Redraft (Talkbears FFB League #2)?

Thanks for joining! I just sent you the link to sign up with. I do have it set for 1 point per reception. Here is the scoring values I have it set up for. Any of this can be changed prior to the season starting. Offense Passing Yards 25 yards = 1 point Passing Touchdowns 6 points Interceptions -2 point Rushing Yards 10 yards = 1 point Rushing Touchdowns Receptions 1 point Receiving Yards 10 yards = 1 point Receiving Touchdowns 6 points Return Touchdowns 6 points 2-Point Conversions 2 points Fumbles Lost -2 points Offensive Fumble Return TD 6 points Kickers Field Goals 0-19 Yards 3 points Field Goals 20-29 Yards 3 points Field Goals 30-39 Yards 3 points Field Goals 40-49 Yards 4 points Field Goals 50+ Yards 5 points Point After Attempt Made 1 point Defense/Special Teams Sack 2 points Interception 2 points Fumble Recovery 2 points Touchdown 6 points Safety 2 points Block Kick 2 points Kickoff and Punt Return Touchdowns 6 points Points Allowed 0 points 10 points Points Allowed 1-6 points 7 points Points Allowed 7-13 points 4 points Points Allowed 14-20 points 1 points Points Allowed 21-27 points 0 points Points Allowed 28-34 points -1 point Points Allowed 35+ points -4 points Extra Point Returned 2 points

OK, I have set up a league through Yahoo for the FFB #2 League, Free Redraft. The settings & draft time can always be edited, needed a starting point to see if there was enough interest. See the thread I started for more details. Thanks

OK, let's see if we can get a 12 team league set for a free, redraft league. I have set up some initial settings with Yahoo Sports to get things rolling but these settings can obviously be changed if we can get enough members of the forum interested. I had to start somewhere so here is what is initially set: Live draft Sunday September 3 at 3:00 PM CDT (The weekend between the end of preseason and the start of week 1) 20 Man Roster, 10 active, 10 bench QB, -- WR -- WR -- RB -- RB -- TE -- WR/RB/TE -- WR/RB/TE -- K -- TEAM DEF/ST -- 10 Bench The 2 WR/RB/TE roster slots are Flex positions. 12 Teams set in 3 divisions of 4 teams, winner of each division plus the next 3 top finishers for a 6 team playoff weeks 14, 15 & 16 --------------------- I am obviously interested so do we have 11 more wanting to play? Let me know here in this thread and then email me at j.w.sheridan@comcast.net and I will send you an invite to the league. Thanks

To refresh my memory I searched the forum for threads from last year for FFB. DrunkBomber was indeed Commish for the Money League LT2_3 was the Commish for the free redraft league. The free league did not return last year so I am guessing if we want one we will need to start a new one. In fact I did a search of posts by LT2_3 and the last time I can see him posting in the forum was August 18, 2015. We need to get things rolling ASAP.

BearFan2000 is interested and was the first to throw his name in for a team if available. If a 2nd opening is available I would like to be considered. Maybe we can get a 12 team lineup, much better than 10 IMO. In addition, as I mentioned earlier, if there is interest in a "no fee" redraft league maybe we can bring back to life our league we has here in the past. I have a ton of free time, bored to death, so I can easily manage to play two FF Leagues this year. If anyone is interested in a very good office pool, a pick'em pool, I have been in one for quite awhile (I did real lousy last year but still enjoyed the challenge). It has very good payouts and the guy running it is a good chap (and a Bears Fan). Check it out at 6 DAYS TO SUNDAY Last year the payouts were: (A lot of different pools you can enter!) Weekly Pool - First tiebreaker is total wins, second is the Monday night score 1st - $155 2nd - $30 Survivor - Tiebreaker is the most consecutive wins 1st - $735 2nd - $85 Loser Survivor – $460 Margin – $440 Lowman – $310 Team – $540 ($180 per teammate) High 5 – $300 Bracket 32 – $320 Season 1st - $950 2nd - $500 3rd - $300 4th - $200 5th - $100

There was a Q&A on the team website stating Glennon's preseason stats from the past 2 years which were, quite frankly, depressing as hell. That being said, one cannot go by preseason stats much as they can be entirely misleading for many reasons.

Last year was the first year in a long time we did not have a free redraft league here for members to play. I miss the challenge. I would love to see it start up again. I do not know much about the $$$ League. Hopefully, if there are openings, the Commish will give details for those wanting to join. Heck, if there are enough openings, I might even give in and give it a try if a free redraft league is not set up.

I agree, I do not think they knew of this prior to the presser. I also suspect, knowing that "Health" is the key issue with this team after the disastrous 2016 season, that they are doing this as a sort of "preseason red-shirt", keeping him sidelined and making sure he is healthy going into the season. I am guessing he will be in the starting lineup on opening day.