Arena JC Arena Fantasy Football '12

New boards? Let's put another shrimp on the barbie!

The poster formerly known as Saul Goodman here, bringing you this season's Arena Fantasy Football thread.

Our draft already took place while on the temp boards, but even if you're in another league you should feel free to talk trash, talk news, talk about your stupid RB taking a knee at the goal line, etc.

The Arena draft results are below just to remind everyone...and of course provide easy access for later lol's.

SO GET YOUR TOWELS READY, IT'S ABOUT TO GO DOWN


(Apologies if these are your temp usernames and they've changed)

Round 1
1. Arian Foster (Hou - RB) LeatherHelmetAction @WookatMe
2. Ray Rice (Bal - RB) Da Fartknockers @edener87
3. Calvin Johnson (Det - WR) Teh Ghosteseses @Trimaj
4. Aaron Rodgers (GB - QB) Weeden'tStartTheFire @xblackout
5. LeSean McCoy (Phi - RB) Lucky Horseshoe @s65horsey
6. Tom Brady (NE - QB) mercury metal heads @tom
7. Darren McFadden (Oak - RB) Fifth-String Kickers @Jedi Gunny
8. Chris Johnson (Ten - RB) Newton Ninja Turtles @Saul Goodman aka @LloydChristmas
9. Drew Brees (NO - QB) Wild Katz @Teegirl00
10. Matt Forte (Chi - RB) TD33 @darth_gersh

Round 2
1. Jimmy Graham (NO - TE) TD33
2. Marshawn Lynch (Sea - RB) Wild Katz
3. Cam Newton (Car - QB) Newton Ninja Turtles
4. Larry Fitzgerald (Ari - WR) Fifth-String Kickers
5. Rob Gronkowski (NE - TE) mercury metal heads
6. A.J. Green (Cin - WR) Lucky Horseshoe
7. DeMarco Murray (Dal - RB) Weeden'tStartTheFire
8. Jamaal Charles (KC - RB) Teh Ghosteseses
9. Maurice Jones-Drew (Jac - RB) Da Fartknockers
10. Adrian Peterson (Min - RB) LeatherHelmetAction

Round 3
1. Brandon Marshall (Chi - WR) LeatherHelmetAction
2. Victor Cruz (NYG - WR) Da Fartknockers
3. Ryan Mathews (SD - RB) Teh Ghosteseses
4. Julio Jones (Atl - WR) Weeden'tStartTheFire
5. Matthew Stafford (Det - QB) Lucky Horseshoe
6. Andre Johnson (Hou - WR) mercury metal heads
7. Roddy White (Atl - WR) Fifth-String Kickers
8. Trent Richardson (Cle - RB) Newton Ninja Turtles
9. Frank Gore (SF - RB) Wild Katz
10. Steven Jackson (StL - RB) TD33

Round 4
1. Greg Jennings (GB - WR) TD33
2. Jordy Nelson (GB - WR) Wild Katz
3. Steve Smith (Car - WR) Newton Ninja Turtles
4. Hakeem Nicks (NYG - WR) Fifth-String Kickers
5. Wes Welker (NE - WR) mercury metal heads
6. Percy Harvin (Min - WR) Lucky Horseshoe
7. Jeremy Maclin (Phi - WR) Weeden'tStartTheFire
8. Fred Jackson (Buf - RB) Teh Ghosteseses
9. Mike Wallace (Pit - WR) Da Fartknockers
10. Marques Colston (NO - WR) LeatherHelmetAction

Round 5
1. Antonio Brown (Pit - WR) LeatherHelmetAction
2. Eric Decker (Den - WR) Da Fartknockers
3. Brandon Lloyd (NE - WR) Teh Ghosteseses
4. Doug Martin (TB - RB) Weeden'tStartTheFire
5. Reggie Bush (Mia - RB) Lucky Horseshoe
6. Darren Sproles (NO - RB) mercury metal heads
7. Matt Ryan (Atl - QB) Fifth-String Kickers
8. Miles Austin (Dal - WR) Newton Ninja Turtles
9. Dwayne Bowe (KC - WR) Wild Katz
10. Dez Bryant (Dal - WR) TD33

Round 6
1. Tony Romo (Dal - QB) TD33
2. DeSean Jackson (Phi - WR) Wild Katz
3. Vernon Davis (SF - TE) Newton Ninja Turtles
4. Michael Turner (Atl - RB) Fifth-String Kickers
5. Ahmad Bradshaw (NYG - RB) mercury metal heads
6. Antonio Gates (SD - TE) Lucky Horseshoe
7. Jermichael Finley (GB - TE) Weeden'tStartTheFire
8. Peyton Manning (Den - QB) Teh Ghosteseses
9. Aaron Hernandez (NE - TE) Da Fartknockers
10. Michael Vick (Phi - QB) LeatherHelmetAction

Round 7
1. Jay Cutler (Chi - QB) LeatherHelmetAction
2. Philip Rivers (SD - QB) Da Fartknockers
3. Fred Davis (Was - TE) Teh Ghosteseses
4. Stevie Johnson (Buf - WR) Weeden'tStartTheFire
5. Demaryius Thomas (Den - WR) Lucky Horseshoe
6. San Francisco (SF - DEF) mercury metal heads
7. Brandon Pettigrew (Det - TE) Fifth-String Kickers
8. Pierre Garcon (Was - WR) Newton Ninja Turtles
9. Tony Gonzalez (Atl - TE) Wild Katz
10. Vincent Jackson (TB - WR) TD33

Round 8
1. Donald Brown (Ind - RB) TD33
2. Eli Manning (NYG - QB) Wild Katz
3. BenJarvus Green-Ellis (Cin - RB) Newton Ninja Turtles
4. Chicago (Chi - DEF) Fifth-String Kickers
5. Kenny Britt (Ten - WR) mercury metal heads
6. Pittsburgh (Pit - DEF) Lucky Horseshoe
7. Peyton Hillis (KC - RB) Weeden'tStartTheFire
8. Torrey Smith (Bal - WR) Teh Ghosteseses
9. Cedric Benson (GB - RB) Da Fartknockers
10. Rashad Jennings (Jac - RB) LeatherHelmetAction

Round 9
1. Reggie Wayne (Ind - WR) LeatherHelmetAction
2. Anquan Boldin (Bal - WR) Da Fartknockers
3. Nate Washington (Ten - WR) Teh Ghosteseses
4. Ryan Williams (Ari - RB) Weeden'tStartTheFire
5. Sebastian Janikowski (Oak - K) Lucky Horseshoe
6. Robert Meachem (SD - WR) mercury metal heads
7. David Akers (SF - K) Fifth-String Kickers
8. Shonn Greene (NYJ - RB) Newton Ninja Turtles
9. Baltimore (Bal - DEF) Wild Katz
10. Darrius Heyward-Bey (Oak - WR) TD33

Round 10
1. Jonathan Stewart (Car - RB) TD33
2. Malcom Floyd (SD - WR) Wild Katz
3. Robert Griffin III (Was - QB) Newton Ninja Turtles
4. Willis McGahee (Den - RB) Fifth-String Kickers
5. Beanie Wells (Ari - RB) mercury metal heads
6. Kevin Smith (Det - RB) Lucky Horseshoe
7. Titus Young (Det - WR) Weeden'tStartTheFire
8. DeAngelo Williams (Car - RB) Teh Ghosteseses
9. New York (NYG - DEF) Da Fartknockers
10. Philadelphia (Phi - DEF) LeatherHelmetAction

Round 11
1. Mark Ingram (NO - RB) LeatherHelmetAction
2. Justin Blackmon (Jac - WR) Da Fartknockers
3. Andrew Luck (Ind - QB) Teh Ghosteseses
4. Sidney Rice (Sea - WR) Weeden'tStartTheFire
5. Ben Roethlisberger (Pit - QB) Lucky Horseshoe
6. Matt Schaub (Hou - QB) mercury metal heads
7. Denarius Moore (Oak - WR) Fifth-String Kickers
8. Ben Tate (Hou - RB) Newton Ninja Turtles
9. Michael Bush (Chi - RB) Wild Katz
10. Lance Moore (NO - WR) TD33

Round 12
1. Randall Cobb (GB - WR) TD33
2. Santana Moss (Was - WR) Wild Katz
3. Greg Little (Cle - WR) Newton Ninja Turtles
4. Jason Witten (Dal - TE) Fifth-String Kickers
5. Mason Crosby (GB - K) mercury metal heads
6. Mike Williams (TB - WR) Lucky Horseshoe
7. David Wilson (NYG - RB) Weeden'tStartTheFire
8. Randy Moss (SF - WR) Teh Ghosteseses
9. Robbie Gould (Chi - K) Da Fartknockers
10. Brent Celek (Phi - TE) LeatherHelmetAction

Round 13
1. Michael Crabtree (SF - WR) LeatherHelmetAction
2. Stevan Ridley (NE - RB) Da Fartknockers
3. Jermaine Gresham (Cin - TE) Teh Ghosteseses
4. Andy Dalton (Cin - QB) Weeden'tStartTheFire
5. Santonio Holmes (NYJ - WR) Lucky Horseshoe
6. Jared Cook (Ten - TE) mercury metal heads
7. Jake Locker (Ten - QB) Fifth-String Kickers
8. Nate Burleson (Det - WR) Newton Ninja Turtles
9. Jacob Tamme (Den - TE) Wild Katz
10. C.J. Spiller (Buf - RB) TD33

Round 14
1. Dallas (Dal - DEF) TD33
2. Jason Hanson (Det - K) Wild Katz
3. Green Bay (GB - DEF) Newton Ninja Turtles
4. Kendall Wright (Ten - WR) Fifth-String Kickers
5. Rashard Mendenhall (Pit - RB) mercury metal heads
6. Greg Olsen (Car - TE) Lucky Horseshoe
7. Houston (Hou - DEF) Weeden'tStartTheFire
8. Detroit (Det - DEF) Teh Ghosteseses
9. Owen Daniels (Hou - TE) Da Fartknockers
10. Stephen Gostkowski (NE - K) LeatherHelmetAction

Round 15
1. Dustin Keller (NYJ - TE) LeatherHelmetAction
2. Earl Bennett (Chi - WR) Da Fartknockers
3. Mario Manningham (SF - WR) Teh Ghosteseses
4. Rob Bironas (Ten - K) Weeden'tStartTheFire
5. Seattle (Sea - DEF) Lucky Horseshoe
6. Austin Collie (Ind - WR) mercury metal heads
7. New England (NE - DEF) Fifth-String Kickers
8. Mike Nugent (Cin - K) Newton Ninja Turtles
9. Pierre Thomas (NO - RB) Wild Katz
10. Dan Bailey (Dal - K) TD33

Can the winner of the league get a trip to Aspen, California?

Where the beer flows like wine and the women instinctively flock like the salmon of Capistrano!

i'd rather go to ireland.

Trim...I...

Nevermind.

*chuckles*

dumb and dumber reference, non?

Hmm I wonder if Lynch is going to play so i would know if to start him or not.

welp, i'm ready to lose this week. yep.

And here...we....go!




Well...except for gersh who's Dallasy team already locked in most of their points.

Good luck everyone! Except for tom, and not because I'm facing you, but because you have a team full of Patriots.

My teams is giving me warm fuzzy feelings.


Or that could be from gazing at Aaron Rodgers. But either way, I like it.

well, things turned out about what i figured they would. fred jackson gets hurt, and my other RB didn't do well. nor did brandon lloyd. or fred davis. or my defense. or my kicker. bleh.

Looks like my matchup is coming down to Mike Nugent, with RGIII having his big debut on my bench. Let's go Nuuuuuge!

will, i'm pretty damn sure that peyton was a good pick. especially where i got him.

NUUUUUGE!

yeah yeah.

Sorry tom. If only we'd done PPR!

lol, but i think you still would have won.

Hm, that recap function on the League finals results is actually rather amusing, even if it's just as manufactured as Madden game recaps.

yea, it really is. made me laugh at something actually.

yo ho, worst in the league. blah, blah, blah. yay for injuries.

have we always had to go through the freaking waivers process anytime we want to pick someone up from the FA pool? because i've had to do that with everyone i've done anything with, and i know that most of them have not been released by another team.

I set the waiver period only from game time until Tuesday-- i.e. every player goes onto waivers once their game starts, and doesn't come off until after that week's Monday night game. This way if someone is having a monster game, you can't just swoop in and pick him up while he's in the middle of it. Rather than it being a race to see who can log in and click "Add" the fastest, adding new players right after they've played is determined by making a waiver claim-- which, with rolling waiver priority, adds more strategy too.

After the waiver period though, it's a free-for-all until the games start-- you can add anyone you like right now, for example, provided they haven't just been dropped from a team.

That makes sense, right? It made sense when I made it, but I'm also the guy with the Dumb & Dumber icon.

well... everyone i've tried to add has been put onto waivers. and i did try to add two after the tuesday time, one had been dropped, the other one hadn't. so... dunno if it's actually set right or not. and it's still waivers til the 15th.

EDIT

although one of them DID go through today. but it had been required to wait til the 15th when i initially tried to do it.

Hmm, I'm not seeing any problem. You added 3 players during the waiver period-- all of which went through after Tuesday (when waivers are processed by Yahoo), and then added another 2, neither of whom had been dropped, from the Free Agent pool later Wed evening.

What one did you have go through today? I'm not seeing any activity for today (the 13th), and a glance at the players page shows that waivers are not still on-- everyone is a Free Agent, available for immediate pickup, save for those who have been recently released.

Since waivers, player add/drops, etc. are handled by Yahoo-- and the Game Time-to-Tuesday setting is default for their public leagues-- I doubt it's a problem with the system, but if it is I'll definitely contact them and we'll get it fixed!

it was the dennis pitta pickup that WAS originally on waivers, even though i tried to pick him up yesterday. and you're right, it was yesterday. that one is fixed now, but it was originally not going to go through until the 15th.

Hmm, well let's keep an eye on it, but I don't think it'll be an issue going forward.

In the meantime....GREEN BAY'S D! Outscoring Aaron Rodgers as I face him this week. Sorry I couldn't draft you this year Aaron, thanks for still helping me out buddy.