2015 Fantasy Football Thread

[steelerfan]

Anyone play Draft Kings? I've seen a ton of commercials for it and from that all I can tell is it looks to be some form of gambling via fantasy football/baseball/basketball/etc... but I have no clue how it works and how it determines if you "won" and if so how much $ you should receive.

I play occasionally. I went 7-1 in the Premier League last weekend. It is gambling via fantasy sports, yes. There are all sorts of pools and head-to-head games to play and what you win depends on the dollar amount you want to risk. You can play for as little as $1.

[JBHuskers]

My league drafts tonight. After runner up in 2013, I get the 2nd pick in 2015

Really hoping for Bell, but I'll go Charles if Bell goes #1.

[psuexv]

Anyone play Draft Kings? I've seen a ton of commercials for it and from that all I can tell is it looks to be some form of gambling via fantasy football/baseball/basketball/etc... but I have no clue how it works and how it determines if you "won" and if so how much $ you should receive.

Money is different on each game. You enter based on the game you want to play and the entry fee. Everyone gets a dollar budget and you try to fill the best team you can with that money, obviously really good players cost a lot so you can't load up. It's basically them you against everyone and the highest score wins. Usually they payout top 20% or something.

[JBHuskers]

My league draft just ended and it's my favorite one so far. 12 team re-draft league.

QB - Ryan, Bradford
RB - Bell, Ingram, Stewart, Martin, Blue, McKinnon
WR - Evans, A. Johnson, S. Smith, Parker, Janis
TE - Daniels
K - Crosby
D - Carolina

[CLW]

Money is different on each game. You enter based on the game you want to play and the entry fee. Everyone gets a dollar budget and you try to fill the best team you can with that money, obviously really good players cost a lot so you can't load up. It's basically them you against everyone and the highest score wins. Usually they payout top 20% or something.

Ok got the concept - obviously the more $ you wager on a week/game the higher the payout but what is the % "take" Draftkings takes and is it winner take all or top 3 that week actually win some money.

[steelerfan]

Ok got the concept - obviously the more $ you wager on a week/game the higher the payout but what is the % "take" Draftkings takes and is it winner take all or top 3 that week actually win some money.

Again, you can play in a pool where the top X win money or you can play head-to-head with one other player.

The pools are called "Leagues" and they vary in size from 3 people to like 50k. They also vary in how many get paid.

In head-to-head games, the winner gets 80% of the loser's money and DK keeps 20%. In other words, if you play a $1 game, the winner gets $1.80 (the dollar the winner risked plus $.80 of the loser's risk).

[Escobar]

Just drafted in a work league, got pretty much every player I wanted except CJ Spiller to pair with Ingram.

QB:
Russel Wilson
Cam Newton
Marcus Mariota

RB:
Lamar Miller
Mark Ingram
Danny Woodhead

WR:
Calvin Johnson
Brandon Marshall
Steve Smith SR
Terrance Williams
Rueben Randle

TE:
Martellus Bennett
Charles Clay

K:
Dan Bailey

DEF:
Baltimore

[JBHuskers]

Some great fantasy football punishments

@MatthewBerryTMR a little last place fantasy football punishment. pic.twitter.com/vdg01QcBab

— Brock Chipman (@BrockTheChipMan) August 24, 2015

@MatthewBerryTMR Chap's 12 team Auction lg. Worst team in the league punishment. Just happens to be my dad. pic.twitter.com/HkwrFJpFgm

— Mchaps55 (@mchaps55) August 23, 2015

@MatthewBerryTMR Loser of the league wears a toilet seat for round 1! #fantasylife pic.twitter.com/E82Nw1Klba

— Ivan L. (@brcodeman) September 8, 2015

[CLW]

Who should I start at Flex (Non-PPR) - Joique Bell, McFadden or Mike Wallace

[JBHuskers]

Who should I start at Flex (Non-PPR) - Joique Bell, McFadden or Mike Wallace

If I saw this earlier, I would have said none of the above

[steelerfan]

I had a terrible week this week and slipped from 2nd to 6th in my 20-team Premier League.

[JBHuskers]

Pretty good start for me. Should go 4-2 at worst, outside shot at 6-0, decent chance at 5-1.

[JBHuskers]

Went 5-1 in week 1. Can't complain!

[CLW]

If I saw this earlier, I would have said none of the above

Yeah i am weak on depth right now - thankfully Forte, Romo and some TDs from Murray got me the W and 3rd highest total this week.

[JBHuskers]

After going 5-1 in week one. I am going to go 2-4, with an outside chance of 1-5 this week

But in my league where I drafted Bell #2, I went 1-1. I gladly take a 1-1 without him.

Lost Dez in the only league I'm 2-0 in, and now I lose Romo in my big money league but Palmer is my backup!