I just went over there and it says (espn.com) they will start it in late July and i can set it up. It is FREE, and I believe we can have around 20 people in it.
It is a different type of league, where you have a salary cap, and each NFL player's individual salaries go up and down each week based on their performance so you can pick up and drop players based on how much cap room you have each week.
There are many more details which are NOT that difficult to understand but would take too long to explain now.
It is FREE, and probably the funnest league I've ever been involved in. Like I said if I could see some interest, then ESPN.com will email me when it starts, and I can set EVERYTHING up, alls you have to do is sign up for FREE and wait till the season starts.
If you are already planning to be in a couple other leagues and usually you might think that you don't want to get involved in too many and spread yourself thin, I'd advise you to give this league a try. ;D
Did I mention it is FREEEEEEE! ;)
ill join. :evil
I am game.
I'll try - especially if there's a way to circumvent the salary cap system a la the taterskins.
lol You'll have to not only hire Snyder & Co. but also invite them into your home.
We have 4 including me, we'll need atleast 10 I'd say for it to be fun, but it is a long way away and I'll set it up either way once it begins, and then try to get people to do it.
10-20 is good stuff.
:evil
I'm in.
Just pass me the info along, NB and I'll whip all yer asses :-D
I'm always game ;D
7 :yay
7 doesn't make a contest?
Quote from: Tomahawk on July 13, 2003, 10:15:01 AM
I'll try - especially if there's a way to circumvent the salary cap system a la the taterskins.
LMAO! Count me in, NBT_...send the info via pink Miata...STAT! :D
Sweeeeeeeeet, what's up RS? Howz it going? When I first started this thread, the ESPN.com fantasy page for their salary cap league said it would be up and running in late July. It still is not up yet, I don't know why.
I'm currently checking into other FREE salary cap leagues, I have a few I'm looking into in terms of checking out their rules/format. TSN/FoxSports has a free salary cap league but I don't know if I'm liking their format too much.
I'll get it updated soon. There is NO draft, so we don't have to hurry. (Don't trip about the no draft part, it is still a very very exciting league as you get to change your players and team each week based on salary. So with draft leagues you are stuck with one team all season, this one you get to change week to week which is more fun IMO.)
Quote from: NoneBetta on August 22, 2003, 04:19:48 PM
Sweeeeeeeeet, what's up RS? Howz it going? When I first started this thread, the ESPN.com fantasy page for their salary cap league said it would be up and running in late July. It still is not up yet, I don't know why.
I'm currently checking into other FREE salary cap leagues, I have a few I'm looking into in terms of checking out their rules/format. TSN/FoxSports has a free salary cap league but I don't know if I'm liking their format too much.
I'll get it updated soon. There is NO draft, so we don't have to hurry. (Don't trip about the no draft part, it is still a very very exciting league as you get to change your players and team each week based on salary. So with draft leagues you are stuck with one team all season, this one you get to change week to week which is more fun IMO.)
LOL...I'm doing great, man...marriage is cool (so far). Ummm, I dunno if you checked this out yet or not, but TheSportingnews.com has a salary cap league for free. I joined one league last week. Man, it's tough to field a great lineup with the salary cap in that league. Check it out id you haven't already...maybe you'll like it.
ps...isn't Linda just beautiful? :P :-*
Your honor, I'd like to present exhibit A if it pleases the court.
QuoteTheSportingnews.com has a salary cap league for free.
And now exhibit B from NB.
QuoteTSN/FoxSports has a free salary cap league but I don't know if I'm liking their format too much.
TSN.com and FoxSports.com have joined forces, you can get to that free salary cap league through either place. Anyways, the ESPN.com league is 2wice as good IMO from the rules/format I've seen on the TSN one. But if espn.com doesn't get their crap in gear, we may be forced to try TSN's.
Also I've found a few others through google search, that are free salary cap leagues, but they are small time sites for the most part, and I don't know how reliable they are. I'll keep looking, and hopefully people on here will still be down to try it, I think the salary cap leagues are very fun, and a good change from the usual head-to-head one team all year leagues.
Have you played in a salary cap league in other years before this one RS?
QuoteHave you played in a salary cap league in other years before this one RS?
I played in one last year...one of the cheesy USAToday ones. Like you, I welcome the change of pace from your standard drafted teams. Either way, lemme know...I'm in.
I found it, and it is still free. I will give some info here, and also IM info to anyone who has posted on here.
I highly recommend you give it a try. It can be the first annual CF Gridiron Challenge. Or not depending on the interest and the management here on CF. ;)
Group Name:
CFGridiron2K3
Password
whinybastich
;) It really is whiny bastich, for me of course. ;D
A link to the Gridiron main page, sign up there, it is FREE and create your team name and whatever else, then join CFGridiron2K3 (it is under private leagues)
http://games.espn.go.com/gridiron/frontpage (http://games.espn.go.com/gridiron/frontpage)
A link to main ESPN.com fantasy football page, where you can find the Gridiron Challenge link on the bottom left side of page.
http://games.espn.go.com/cgi/ffl/frontpage (http://games.espn.go.com/cgi/ffl/frontpage)
I signed up.
Sorry...I'm out. I've got too much going on and I'm already in three ff leagues....
Good stuff Joneszilla.
I've already got 2 replies counting Zanshin's that have already gotten into too many leagues which is understandable since stupid espn took so long to get this thing going.
I'm tellin you all though, it's a different league/format than the same old "you draft a team and are basically stuck with same players all year long" leagues.
Give it a try. ;D
I'm in.
So will we be able to look at other people's teams or have you sissies not decided on your roster yet?
I already filled out my roster. Can you see it?
im in, but somehow it logged an error when i created a name for the league... so im now "entry x xx" or something like that. not sure how to edit that. ???
ok so how do i edit the entry name. :)
is it really that much of a loss to take a zero in points for a guy like Ricky Williams so you can keep him at his low price all year? I mean, its only one bye week. :paranoid
I'm in...thanks for setting everyone up; it will be a blast knocking them down. ;)
lol actions speak louder than poop my friend. ;)
Just so everyone who is considering setting up, here is deadline to sign up. You can wait until a couple hours before the first game next Thursday to choose team, but sign up by Sunday.
QuoteGame entries will be accepted beginning Friday, August 22, 2003 at approximately 7:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) and ending on Sunday, December 28, 2003 at approximately 1:00 p.m. ET.
Quote from: MURP on August 26, 2003, 05:29:58 PM
ok so how do i edit the entry name. :)
I did the same thing but i fixed it. Go to your roster. Click on "Edit Game Settings". You can change it there.
thanks Joneszilla.
got my roster all ready to go. This roster is gonna dominate week 1. You all lose. Quit now. Especially Thawk.... i cant believe you have Doug Pederson for your #2 QB week 1! :o
Here's the scoring for those who haven't read the rules. Pay attention to the one in
bold for it is different than most leagues and can effect what defenses you pick.
QuoteScoring System: The Game scoring system is as follows:
All positions points per player (QB, RB, WR, K)
6 pts per rushing, receiving or return TD
4 pts per passing touchdown(TD)
3 pts per field goal (FG) made
2 pts per passing, rushing or receiving 2 pt conversion
1 pt per 10 yards rushing or receiving
1 pt per 25 yards passing
1 pt per extra point (XP) made
Defensive/Special Teams (D)
10 pts for 0 points allowed
7 pts for 2-6 points allowed
4 pts for 7-13 points allowed
1 pt for 14-17 points allowed
0 pts for 18-21 points allowed (note: team defense is responsible for all points allowed)
-1 pts for 22-27 points allowed
-4 pts for 28-34 points allowed
-7 pts for 35-45 points allowed
-10 pts for 46+ points allowed
5 pts per team win
3 pts per defensive or special teams TD
2 pts per interception
2 pts per fumble recovery
2 pts per blocked punt, point after touchdown or FG (note: a deflected kick of any kind does not receive points)
2 pts per safety
1 pt per sack
On defense, you get the points for all special teams TDs and when picking a defense note that you get 5 points for the win, so pick accordingly. It helps a LOT each week when your defense gets a win plus points for the other things they do.
Thanks for the heads up, NB. I didn't notice that. i gotta go check my squad now.
Just a reminder, set your final rosters before the game tonight if you are thinking about changing. And make sure you are under the salary cap. 8)
Oh and read the rules on "renogotiating". Basically it is a rule where if you have a player locked in at a salary, say at 6.0 and he has a terrible week and his market value goes down -0.4 to 5.6 you then can hit the "renogotiate" link and your player will then be locked in at 5.6 instead of stuck at 6.0 and you gain 0.4 to spend on the rest of your team.
This part is important too, even if you decide you don't want to keep the player after his poor performance, you must hit the renegotiate button BEFORE you release him, that will add 0.4 to your team, then you can release him.
If that doesn't make sense, read the rules. ;D
Quote from: MURP on August 29, 2003, 03:27:10 PM
got my roster all ready to go. This roster is gonna dominate week 1. You all lose.
yep, thats what i thought.
so when do we see what players everyone had on their teams? and when does the renegotiate feature started?
For some reason it is all wierd, they are taking awhile. But to see what players other people had, you click on the link to their team name, and then on the next page, click on the link that says
WEEK 1
and that should show you who they had. Good stuff MURP, but it's a long season. ;)
You can go push renogotiate now, but considering how many points you got, I think you might not get a dang thing. The difficult part of this game is that the players salaries go up FAST and rarely go down and when they do go down it is usually slow.
I forgot the rules, so just a heads up. In this league, your OFFENSIVE players do NOT get penalized for fumbles and INTs thrown. So if you have Culpepper and he throws 3 INTs and fumbles 2wice, but throws for 2 TDs and 250 yds. Then you get credit for the 2 TDs and 250 yards without getting any points taken away for the INTs and fumbles.
Your defense does get credit of course when they intercept a pass or recover a fumble, but the offense doesn't get penalized for it. I don't know why it is that way, maybe to make the league more offensive focused/more points.
how the hell did McNabb go up in value? stupid.
oh yeah, im still kicking all your asses. 8)
Quote from: MURP on September 16, 2003, 09:06:46 PM
how the hell did McNabb go up in value? stupid.
oh yeah, im still kicking all your asses. 8)
There were a couple of players who did piss poor and still moved up in value. I think NoneBetta is cheating.
I am creeping up on you MURP. But if Priest Holmes doesn't play this week i am farged.
Like I told you all, they go up fast, and go down slow. Or rarely at all.
Quote from: NoneBetta on September 17, 2003, 06:49:15 PM
Like I told you all, they go up fast, and go down slow. Or rarely at all.
that still doesnt answer the obvious flaw in the game. Why does a player with 2 horrible performances go up in price? I can understand when Priest Holmes and Culpepper go up fast. I cant understand why McNabb would go up in price at all.
Its like a player in Madden having an terrible season and getting a much better rating in the next release.
damn Portis and his chest pain!
this might be the last week i can say it, sooooooo:
Im still kicking your asses! except for Joneszilla who will be winning next week. :'( :'(
I don't know about that....i have a couple players on bye so i have to decide if i wanna let them sit thru the bye week, or let them go and have to buy them at their higher values after the bye.
Quote from: MURP on September 17, 2003, 11:05:39 PM
Quote from: NoneBetta on September 17, 2003, 06:49:15 PM
Like I told you all, they go up fast, and go down slow. Or rarely at all.
that still doesnt answer the obvious flaw in the game. Why does a player with 2 horrible performances go up in price? I can understand when Priest Holmes and Culpepper go up fast. I cant understand why McNabb would go up in price at all.
Its like a player in Madden having an terrible season and getting a much better rating in the next release.
I'll tell you this, it doesn't matter how bad he plays in real life, if in the salary cap league he scores even 10-15 points, he is going to go up. Yeah he played like a horses azz in real life, but he still scored some points, therefore he doesn't go down.
He has averaged 11 points a game, that is why he hasn't gone down. This game is VERY flawed, but it is fantasy, so even if he sucks in real life, if he gets points, he ain't going down.
This will only get harder as byes come, and prices go up.
First place is all mine...all mine!! :D At least for this week.
Anyway, trying to maneuver players around during the bye weeks is a motherfarger.
damn Portis for not playing!
Quote from: MURP on October 01, 2003, 01:35:14 AM
damn Portis for not playing!
I second that notion!! >:(
Speaking of Portis, is he supposed to play this week? Since I kept him last week, I'd like to get something out of him this week.
i will be back in 1st place after this week. :evil
Another mediocre week. MURP lived up to his word, he will now crawl into first place as whoever is in first laid a fat one this week.
Quote from: NoneBetta on October 06, 2003, 01:02:30 PM
Another mediocre week. MURP lived up to his word, he will now crawl into first place as whoever is in first laid a fat one this week.
Yeah i know. My team sucked and Bulger was on bye and i didnt want to drop him.
Beware the Cohn-humpers! ;)
Quote from: RSbirdman22 on October 08, 2003, 09:09:33 PM
Beware the Cohn-humpers! ;)
:-D :-D You're crazy man. ;)
I busted out a 130 last week, beeyotch...this may be the week that I take the lead.
FAIR NOTICE TO ALL:
When I take said lead, I will NOT relinquish it.
:-*
Quote from: joneszilla on October 07, 2003, 02:19:57 PM
Yeah i know. My team sucked and Bulger was on bye and i didnt want to drop him.
yeah i can see how that becomes a problem. :paranoid
Quote from: MURP on October 09, 2003, 09:08:26 AM
Quote from: joneszilla on October 07, 2003, 02:19:57 PM
Yeah i know. My team sucked and Bulger was on bye and i didnt want to drop him.
yeah i can see how that becomes a problem. :paranoid
What do you do when you have a guy on bye? Especially when he's locked in at like 1.0 under his market value? I can't get anyone as good. And if i drop him and pick him up after the bye, i gotta search for another 1.0 from some other position. Am i farged up in my thinking here?
hehe, i wasnt implying that you farged up... just that i can see how i might have a horrid week when my QB's come up with a bye. hence the paranoid face.
of course, im not gonna tell you my plans, i want to stay in first place. ;D
Joneszilla you have to just make that decision. One thing you can do is look at the schedule after the bye, if a player has a bye, and then has a bunch of favorable matchups after that you might keep him. If he has a bunch of horrible matchups then you might consider someone else.
It's the toughest part of this league format, byes and injuries while keeping up on your cap issues. Players will only go up more and more so it gets harder to field a competitive team all the way through. You just have to figure out which players are irreplacable and which ones aren't, and which positions are most important to you.
Got ya. i thought maybe there was something i was missing. BTW, First place is mine again after this week. ;D
Quote from: joneszilla on October 10, 2003, 05:20:28 PM
Got ya. i thought maybe there was something i was missing. BTW, First place is mine again after this week. ;D
no way in hell! ;D
So much for the Pinkston revival :'( I almost lost my mind when he dropped that TD pass. Finally McNabb throws a pass on the money although a little LATE, and Pinkston can't hold on to it! :boom
my team may be in trouble. my QB's are god aweful.
Quote from: MURP on October 13, 2003, 06:41:02 PM
my team may be in trouble. my QB's are god aweful.
Atleast you don't have McNabb :boom and Marshall (out most of year so far) Faulk
Quote from: MURP on October 10, 2003, 06:55:58 PM
Quote from: joneszilla on October 10, 2003, 05:20:28 PM
Got ya. i thought maybe there was something i was missing. BTW, First place is mine again after this week. ;D
no way in hell! ;D
Looks like we were both wrong. :( 33 points from the Rams D gave RS22 the lead.
hey NB... Brady was 1-10 for 7 yards at the half. That is Leaf like.
Quote from: MURP on October 14, 2003, 11:31:54 AM
hey NB... Brady was 1-10 for 7 yards at the half. That is Leaf like.
If you haven't forgotten, McNabb is playing Leaf like. :bash :boom
I didn't even realize that I'm talking about my CFFFL3 team in the salary cap league.
Well in this league I've tried to stick with Gannon bkuz I have him for so cheap, but dang is he killing me!!!!!
ho-hum, as predicted...Cohn-humpers are atop the standings.
seriously, this is where the Cohn-humpers must nut up and prove their skills. Marvin Harrison and 2 others on my roster whose market values are way more than their locked values have byes, and I must make a hasty, unemotional, Banneresque move. So long, suckas... :-*
Quote from: RSbirdman22 on October 14, 2003, 07:23:05 PM
ho-hum, as predicted...Cohn-humpers are atop the standings.
seriously, this is where the Cohn-humpers must nut up and prove their skills. Marvin Harrison and 2 others on my roster whose market values are way more than their locked values have byes, and I must make a hasty, unemotional, Banneresque move. So long, suckas... :-*
I say you keep them all and score under 50 points this week. Yeah, that's the ticket ;)
Boldin was on bye so i decided to make a move and pick up somebody, it came down to Troy Brown or Stallworth.... but then I had this great idea to pick up James Thrash. Damn, i hate being a homer. Too bad we don't get points for dropped balls. Unless Gannon and Holmes go off tonite, MURP will grab first place.
:evil
this is gonna get reeeeeeaaaaal crazy soon.
Stupid Gannon. Got me 2 whole points. :boom
My team is going to dominate this week. Watch out now. :D
yeah i gotta figure something out.. my team has some issues. :paranoid
Quote from: MURP on October 21, 2003, 03:15:39 PM
all figured out now. :evil
dont think your gonna get to first this week Jones. ;D
Nuts.
I made some moves myself. We'll talk about it at the tailgate. ;D
Gannon and McNabb have killed me this season. :boom Luckily they were only on my team for a couple weeks each, and with this league I can make changes. :bash
actually now that i go back and look at it... i think i made a fatal move. Might not hurt me now, but it could finish me off later in the season. Oh well, live and learn.
unless SD goes crazy on D tonight its still a nail biter.
This is pissin me off. I can't do anything right. In my other salary cap league I am in the 95+ percentile, and over 200 more points. :boom
Quote from: NB on October 27, 2003, 02:10:00 PM
This is pissin me off. I can't do anything right. In my other salary cap league I am in the 95+ percentile, and over 200 more points. :boom
Sure you are.
Quote from: MURP on October 27, 2003, 09:35:06 AM
unless SD goes crazy on D tonight its still a nail biter.
They racked up 2 whole points for me. We are tied for first now. Holmes is on bye next week for me too. :(
hehehehehehehhehehehhehehehe. a little surprise this week. :evil
You making a crazy move?
Quote from: NB on October 31, 2003, 09:55:44 PM
You making a crazy move?
i think a COUPLE crazy moves is more like it. Im out of control. 8)
didnt work out as planned. :(
Quote from: MURP on November 02, 2003, 11:26:46 PM
didnt work out as planned. :(
Sure it did. you are in first place again. My team had a piss poor week. :boo
only because you kept Priest through the bye. i should be up by a lot more. now i gotta revamp my entire team. :paranoid
I'm coming back for the top spot, beeeeeeyotches.
joneszilla...nice meeting you in ATL...I'll forward that info to you ASAP.
Quote from: RSbirdman22 on November 04, 2003, 06:57:36 PM
joneszilla...nice meeting you in ATL...I'll forward that info to you ASAP.
Same here. Thanks. BTW, How lame was the Georgia dome? Their fans suck ass.
Time to take the lead for good. it was nice playing with you boys. ;D
Hey MURP, you get some inside information on Rudi Johnson? Nice move.
yes, my inside info was that he was starting and the Texans defense suck. ;) I got Dillon in some other leagues so i knew he wasnt playing.
Worked out perfect for me last nite. Ahman Green went off and the Eagles won. :)
Quote from: joneszilla on November 11, 2003, 09:17:59 AM
Worked out perfect for me last nite. Ahman Green went off and the Eagles won. :)
And I had to hear about it all night...LOL ;)
worked out ok for me too.... in the CFFFL. :'(
well Jonez, i think i got some work to do in this one. I can always look at CT's score and laugh though. ;D
Quote from: MURP on November 11, 2003, 10:16:15 AMwell Jonez, i think i got some work to do in this one. I can always look at CT's score and laugh though. ;D
Or you could look at my lackluster score, or my team's performance in CF FFL, or my team's even worse performance in the Keeper League.
I hate football.
big mistake on my part for talking LJ Smith. I thought he could grab 10 points against the Pack. What was i thinking! :bash
If Marvin is out for any extended period i may have a little trouble in both the CFFFL and the Salary Cap league.
I cant seem to be able to log into the ESPN fantasy section. What the hell is going on! someone else try and let me know if you can get onto the salary cap league page. this sucks.
ESPN finally fixed it. bastiches. cool now. ;D
joneszilla, did you ever get in any of those JB jersey auctions? I can't remember if I sent you that info or not...I know I sent it to quite a few people... ???
Anyway, I'm off to Charlotte for the game...I'll check when I get back. In the meantime, I made two significant changes this week in hopes of shooting back up the ranks from 4th.
WAR COHN-HUMPERS!!
Quote from: RSbirdman22 on November 28, 2003, 08:39:12 AM
joneszilla, did you ever get in any of those JB jersey auctions? I can't remember if I sent you that info or not...I know I sent it to quite a few people... ???
Anyway, I'm off to Charlotte for the game...I'll check when I get back. In the meantime, I made two significant changes this week in hopes of shooting back up the ranks from 4th.
WAR COHN-HUMPERS!!
hey RS, you never did send me the info. if you could PM it to me i would appreciate it. I want an Andre Waters or Wes Hopkins one. thanks. :yay
BTW, you guys were loud down in Charlotte!! great job.
Barring injuries to Bulger or Holmes.....i don't think anyone is going to catch me. 8) ;D ;)
yeah as long as Holmes keeps tearing it up like this you are in good shape. :'(
The Cohn-humpers are on your ass, joneszilla. Oh, I PMed that link to you...ya get it?
Yeah i got it, thanks a lot. ;D
You are tearing it up again for the 3rd week in a row. :( Although, I think i may have edged you out in points this week. This league is definitely going down to the last week. Good stuff. :yay
looks like Joneszilla takes the championship... not by much!
Quote from: MURP on December 28, 2003, 09:30:01 PM
looks like Joneszilla takes the championship... not by much!
;D ;D ;D ;D
Damn that was close. 1,839 to 1,832. :o
Congrats Joneszilla ;) Did you guys find this format entertaining? It kind of screwed it up that only 5 or 6 people played the whole season vs. getting more people involved. I love this fantasy football format, hopefully we can get more involved next season if you peoples want to try it again. We need more people who will get in and stick through.
I liked it, but apparently the people who couldn't score (Card Trader) didn't find it as fun.
I got my azz beat but stuck through with it and had a mean last 5 weeks. I'm taking that into next season :nyuk
i thought it was a lot of fun. i put more thought into it than my other fantasy teams. i think i have an idea of some better strategy next season.
Quote from: MURP on December 29, 2003, 05:00:56 PM
i thought it was a lot of fun. i put more thought into it than my other fantasy teams.
Agreed. I thought it there was a lot more strategy involved in this than normal Fantasy leagues b/c you could basically put anybody you want on your team at any time(if you had enough $$). I enjoyed it a lot. :yay