NFL: The Fantasy Era

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The NFL is about to change in a way that no one had foreseen. For the first time ever, all rosters will change due to a Fantasy Draft, in an effort to get fans to become invested in the off-season. The goal here is to make the NFL a 12-month a year league. This will add a wrinkle into a lot of the current storylines in the NFL.

Drew Brees outdueled Peyton Manning to win the Super Bowl XLIV. Can Brees continue his career as a top quarterback with a new team and lead them to another Super Bowl? What about Manning, who will get a chance to play with a new team for the first time in career? Brett Favre just put together a stunning season at age 39…but he’ll be on his fourth team in four years, can he make one last run? Will Tom Brady prove he’s more than just a product of the Patriots system? Will one of the old guard of running backs, names like LaDainian Tomlinson, show that he has more elite football in him? Will new top defenses emerge? Anything can happen in this brand new NFL.

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Ok, obviously some fiction here. Some notes before we get started. We’re using a Madden from the PS2 days, and we won’t be using any NCAA games, so future draft classes will be fictional (so no Cam Newton, Andrew Luck, etc.). For disclosure I don’t plan to sim games, but to actually run them with CPU vs. CPU. This is because the sim engine for late PS2 Maddens are pretty bad. This will move a lot slower than Modern NBA, but hopefully it will be just as enjoyable to follow!
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2010 Season Preview!

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2010 Week 1 Preview

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FANTASY FOOTBALL CONTEST!

Fantasy for this BTB will work like a rotoleague. If you'd like to participate, post a roster that fulfills the following positional requirements.

QB
QB
RB
RB
WR
WR
TE
K

The scoring rubric is as follows (we will use fractional points):

Passing Yards: 0.04 per yard (25 yards per point)
Passing TDs: 4 per TD
Rushing Yards: 0.1 per yard (10 yards per point)
Rushing TD: 6 per TD
Receptions: 1 per reception
Reception Yards: 0.1 per yard (10 yards per point)
Reception TD: 6 per TD
Field Goals: 3 per Made FG
Extra Points: 1 per Made XP

No points for 2 PT Conversions or Kick/Punt Return stats. Only negative points can come from yardage, interceptions or fumbles do not have a negative point total attached.

Each player can on one roster at a time, first come first serve. All players are active, and you may not pick extras. Each week you can drop/sign anyone at any time before I post the week's results. (You keep your players otherwise from week to week). DO NOT EDIT YOUR ROSTER POSTS, just make a new post no matter what the roster edit. I can do my best to keep up with edited posts but mistakes may be made by me as a result.

Week 1 I have tried to give you as much info as I could. I plan to have a spreadsheet with all current Fantasy Stats each week after Week 1.

Deadline each week is literally when the week gets posted. I will try to give updates on when that will be.​

 

[BattleTank]

This looks like so much fun, and this era is what I grew up on, especially playing Madden. I'm really excited to finally be able to get a post in for one of your interactive sports threads!!

QB- Aaron Rodgers
QB- Peyton Manning
RB- Chris Johnson
RB- Frank Gore
WR- Brandon Marshall
WR- Mike Wallace
TE- Vernon Davis
K- Matt Stover

 

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QB: Michael Vick
QB: Tom Brady
RB: Arian Foster
RB: Adrian Peterson
WR: Roddy White
WR: Calvin Johnson
TE: Antonio Gates
K: Mason Crosby

 

[AlanSmithee1981]

QB: Tom Brady
QB: Peyton Manning
RB: Frank Gore
RB: Adrian Peterson
WR: Larry Fitzgerald
WR: Randy Moss
TE: Antonio Gates
K: Adam Vinatieri