Where The Elite Compete
So far, only me, Diggity, MacDog, Chi and UncaChuck are scheduled to battle in the NFLBBB3. GH, SportsDude and Loo seem to have abandoned the fun.
Entries accepted up till Noon PST.
Really excited for these games today. And let’s see it SNOW in GB, the more the better……
I’ve got 21 teams at draftkings, if any of you play there and want to go heads up for high score email me (this is mostly a call out to WilcoJoe, I don’t think any other Flappers play at DK)
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Ok, I am closing the contest at 11:24am, I got shit to do later so I’m uploading the contestants now.
As usual, here is the time stamped email I sent Katie with my picks:
ignore this email
| Flavor <bigflavor77@gmail.com> | Thu, Jan 21, 6:35 AM (3 days ago) |  | |
| to Katie |
Flavor— TB, KC, 85, Aaron Jones, Allen, Kelce, 6 field goals, 10 punts
Mr SportsDude: Tampa, Buffalo, 101, Singletary, Rodgers, Diggs, 7FG, 9 punts
San Diggity Dawg: GB, Buffalo, 102, Aaron Jones, Brady, Diggs, 9 FG, 15 punt
Chi: GB, KC, 108, Aaron Jones, Mahomes, Davonte Adams, 6 FG, 12 punt
MacDog: GB, KC, 104, Aaron Jones, Josh Allen, Diggs, 6 FG, 11 punts
Unca Chuck: GB, Buffalo, 78, Singletary, Rodgers, Adams, 4FG, 11 punts
A Place To Talk About Giants Baseball 
Flav, what you said about ryan Zimmerman contract is what SF did with Alex Wood. He gets extra $$ depending on how many games where he gets 10 outs. Not a bad idea at all, though like in Zim’s case the incentives vesting depend on manager too.
Puig talk on MLBTR, centered around Marlins and couple other teams. He was signed by Braves last season, right, before testing positive for virus? Probably has to adjust $$ demand downward, as apparently other teams were in on him last year but he held out for $$$.
hey, I would take Puig if it was for the min salary. He’s got a great arm and he’s got moderate RH pop that is better than, say, Slater. I would not support him taking Grave Duggar’s spot tho.
Seriously you would keep GraveDuggar over Puig?
Even at a minimum contract( which the Giants are king of the cheapwads) he is way better the player..
If it’s just about the jersey, how about “Bay of Puigs” it’s kind of catchy..
I love the grave duggar. Yeah most of it is the nickname and the jersey I wear all over Palo Alto. But my man has some skills he just needs some playing time to showcase them
Fair enough! That jersey is rad..
Gonna be cold in KC too, though report i just read said snow not til tonight/tomorrow. Players from KC and Buffalo have be used to it by now. One of my former supervisors is from Buffalo. Talked about getting snowed in there, where everyone was stuck inside for few days til it could get cleared off. yikes (sez Cali guy who was enjoying 70 degree weather a week ago)
Good times.
An under the radar signing: Dominican Republic. Coached by Fernando Tatis Sr. Lowball contract at a measly ten grand. Javier Francisco, a late-teens shortstop. Upper middle-class family. Foghornies article today on him. Diligent, hard-working kid. Will get his professional debut this spring and quite possibly in the States.
We can dream, can’t we? For total Impact, should he be a success in ascending the ladder of the SF pipeline and look to become a ranking prospect; I think that at that stage the kid should officially change his first name…to Sam. With the surname he was born with,”Sam” would become a media sensation—particularly if he achieves star status.
OR, he could change the front name to that of a former, talented Giants outfielder who had his front-name as a back name: Stan Javier. Yeah, Stan Francisco. I like that one.
Ha good find Stix. Tatis family from San Pedro de Macoris, once known as land of the SS.
Man do Giants ever need one…what happens 2022 after Crawford contract runs out?
I love it when we sign guys from the DR. We are bound to hit on one or two sooner or later. The love of baseball goes a long way.
I’m in. Just forgot to send the email:)
Maybe they give that kid Will Wilson( he’s 22)a look at SS?
OK, contest is closed. Picks are in main thread. If you think I got something wrong let me know. Six players playing for $120 (technically $100 since you can’t count the $20 you put in. Whatever, there’s $120 in the pool)
Top billing on MLBTRs this afternoon is that the Giants may actually be serious about a LH hitting outfielder, now apparently limited to a choice between Archie Bradly Jr. an excellent CF defender but rather so-so as a hitter—and Eddie Rosario, whom the Twins non tendered, despite a decent enough season at the plate, but useable only as another LHB left-fielder.
Living in Minnesota, I had the chance to video-observe Rosario at the plate. He has good power, but not a whole bunch of plate-discipline as he tends to strike out a bunch. OBP of around .310, but his SP is decent and his defense is adequate for LF, probably close to MLB average at that position. Some speed added to the blend.
Bradley, who likely lives by his legs is 30 and thus, no more than mayyybe a 2 year pickup, is an excellent center-fielder. Good reads. Decent arm. His ’17-’19 stats at the plate were mediocre at best, though approaching decent in 2020.
My choice: Very slightly leaning towards Rosario as he’s younger and would likely slot in well to the #6 or the 7-hole due to his low OBP but consistently a threat at the plate vs. RH pitching. Of course, LFers are a dime a carload and Rosario would be pricier. So it all seems to come down to fielding vs. hitting and whether Heliot Ramos is ready to make the jump by mid-season,
i don’t want either of those guys. Both left handed, we need RH pop.
Not my decision. For sure. This comes from MLBTR, with a bit of my analysis of their take.
Willie prefers Joel Rosario.
Couldn’t be worse than this guy…
he won the big one at Gulfstream yesterday, right?
Staring at a 57 yard FG in cold weather with no chance of making it with 8 seconds left and yet GB’s defense?let a guy get behind him,?incredibly stupid giving up a bomb by Brady to Miller..
This stupid shit happens way to much to football teams, you have to play zone defense there..
I doubt Snoop Dogg is selling much beer for Corona with his idiot commercial.
SanDog or MacDog would have been far better choices.
Seriously!
San Dog for Modelo is a natural!
TB D lineman Vita Vea is local guy Milpitas HS who left bay area to play at Washington.
Speaking of locals, Eric Byrnes shows up in Chron column, as HS linebacker for St. Francis who sacked Brady 3 times in one game and talked some shit. “Don’t worry dude. It’s not your fault. It’s tough to throw the football from your back.”
FG decision will be big time second guessed…
Looking good for the TB picks.
Looked like Rodgers had room to run too. Even if he gets stopped would have been really close to goal line
Completely agree and he dives from a couple yards out and maybe stretches for close to goal line..
And some more stupidity…
“Hello, Jake from State Farm? Is that tee time for next weekend still open?”
He grabs the guy’s jersey. lulz
This is why I stayed away. Would have taken the Packers and why the fuck do they settle for a FG there??? Idiot. Had to have a td!!!
Don’t expect Rodgers to keep quiet about that one…
Bucs will play in the Super Bowl at their own stadium.
what was opening season line on Brady and Bucs to be in SB?
getting to his 10th SB. Wow, gotta hand it to him. And to take this team there as a 43 year old, what an incredible accomplishment……
Romo already at 2 “unbelievables” and the game hasn’t even started…
i liked when he would call out the plays before they happened, I wish the network hadn’t told him to stop doing that.
and if Brady manages to WIN the SB at age 43 in his first year with this team, that’s gotta be the greatest accomplishment in sports history, right? Or is that overstating it?
Up there with Foreman winning title at 45…
Yeah are maybe Buster Douglas knocking out Mike Tyson in the 10th round..
Satchel Paige mlb rookie at 42 or something like that.
me and SportsDude only ones to get the TB call right?
Damn, I should’ve taken Allen for most rushing yards.
Well there’s a major fuckup by the Chiefs on “The MUFFED PUNT”
Now a TD to to the TE Knox!!
“muffed punt” I fucking love that term. Someone check on Loo I’m guessing that muffed punt didn’t go over to well at his place
Fuck. I’m done already. Singletary could save me. Pfffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffft.
Well, Rodgers is looking good for my QB.
Brady threw 3 fucking picks. They won despite him. TB’s defense won this game. And stupid game decisions by Green Bay. Why aren’t the safeties 20 yards back on the play at the end of the half. Man, who gives a fuck if you give up a 7 yard swing pass that might lead to a 50 yard FG? ? You defend that instead of the home run?
How fucking stupid is that.
Plus the drop in the end zone. There has been a lot of drops these playoff games.
Allen looks like shit so far.
As far as Brady goes, I am impressed he got them there. Different system, different coach. 43. Yadda yadda yadda.
No one is more explosive than Mahomes and KC. concussion or not he’s got them rolling again.
Man U have to for the TD there, it’s still a 2 score possession!
Just like when the Packers took the stupid FG instead of going for it.(And now Rodgers has to settle for the Brady rate) There’s no tomorrow in these games show some cojones!
Man, missing those extra points has been costly today.
Buff’s defense needs to stop playing so soft on 1st – 2nd downs. 8 yards a pay on 1st down.
Flat awesome. Never seen this before.
TF didn’t like Harry. On the Flap, TF once said that Harry “talked like he had a mouth full of turds.” Man, that stuck in my memory somehow.
“Mouth full of Turds” LMAO 😆 💩💩💩💩💩🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮
You always knew where you stood with Twinner…
where did this white, no tattoo linebacker come from for KC who flies all over the place?
Niemann? He went to Iowa with Kittle.
no. Sorenson or something like that
he might be a safety not a LB
Field Goals are not going to cut it for Buffalo 🦬
Still a 2 score lead… You know Reid goes for it but McDermott? Just happy to be philosophy..
TD here and this game is over. 4th and 2 and Buff wimps out? A lot of bad coaching decisions in these 2 games today,
Chi gets the total points prop.
The one game I go low . . .
Wow. Allen having an off night. Pfffffffft.
i think Chi is going to win this. He has 6 points and the tie breaker of nailing closest to the total.
And the chop.
Buff still making dumb decisions, but they get the OSK. 2 points does them the same as 1 and they don’t do it. Instead of being down 16 they are down 17. Fucking unreal call there. They score here they could be down 1 score with 3+ miniutes.
It really is mind-blowing how these stupid coaches don’t know basic math.
Well, there you go. 3rd and 52. Lol!!
And they kick the FG because they didn’t kick the extra point. These Buff coaches are idiots.
That penalty explanation from the ref was like something from a good b/w cartoon in the fifties. Totally absurd.
with that FG MrSPortsDude loses the 2 points for the FG points so I think that means Chi wins outright with 6 points. Will do it again later but that’s what it looks like to me!
Don’t you have 8 points?
huh? I got both the games right but that’s it. 4 points
What about Jones and Kelce?
jones only had 27 yards rushing and Kelce was second in recieving yardage to Hill
Ha, I thought it was out of the players we picked. So I guess no one wins the RB and WR props.
no it was nailing the actual winners of those 3 categories not just between us
Hmmm would be some major redemption for Chi if so after losing all 4 games last week?
Any kind of math says take another stupid FG instead of 4th and 28.
Bass only good for 1 onside kick a game I assume lol!
Game is getting ugly now!!
I did score 2 points with Rodgers, so there’s that. Ouch.
Allen was the rushing winner, Rodgers the passing leader and Hill the receiving leader. Nobody hit the FG and MSD hit the punt #.
actually Rodgers was the passing leader. Shit I got to go do this again but I still think Chi wins with the tie breaker
See my 7:05. Rodgers threw for the most yards.
Nevermind
Leading rusher Josh Allen. Mac, you deserve the win with that call.
Chi with the comeback BBB of the year?
mac didn’t guess Allen as the rushing leader he guessed Aaron jones
Ha, I was lamenting not taking Allen. And Hill as the WR for that matter.
yo i hope this was clear enough for everyone. This is how I wrote out the rules:
Correctly identify the RB with the most rushing yards on the weekend: 2 points
Correctly identify the QB with the most passing yards on the weekend: 2 points
Correctly identify the player with the most receiving yards on the weekend: 2 points
Nobody got any of that right except Unca Chuck and MSD who got Rodgers
Fuck. Nevermind. Again. I thought Mac had Allen as the leading rusher.
so if I am doing this right, me, MSD and Chi got 4 points each but Chi wins the tie breaker because he got the total points category
so MSD would have won if Buff hadn’t kicked that final field goal. Ouch
WAIT! MSD did win, he also nailed the correct number of punts. That’s 6 points
I’ll check all this again later but as of right now MSD got 6 points and me and Chi got 4 points. MSD wins it outright with 6 points unless I did the math wrong on this.
nailing the correct number of punts cold is pretty sick. And he had the correct # of FGs too until that final 51 yarder.
The final prop winners:
Bucs (Flav, SportsDude).
Chiefs (Flav, Chi, me).
Total points: 119 (Chi).
Rushing leader: Allen (no one).
Passing leader: Rodgers (SportsDude, Unca).
Receiving leader: Hill (no one).
Field goals: 8 (no one).
Punts: 9 (SportsDude).
thanks for doing that. OK then Mr Sports Dude wins with 6 points! Sorry Chi for calling you the early winner. Now you know how Trump felt. 🙂
And Dewey…
And Cheatham.
So there was a lot of drama there in the end. I incorrectly had Mahomes as the winner of the most passing yards and then I forgot to check on the punt total. In the end, after all the votes were counted, Mr. Sports Dude emerged victorious. He can tell us his pay pal addy when he checks back in
Crazy. I wasn’t checking in because i was so annoyed at the chiefs game. i have a odd hatred for t Hill and he kept getting these extra yards and it was PTSD from last years SB. Happy to accept the cash:)
To be honest i have sent money via paypay but never received any. mwrymer@gmail.com is the email. Hope it works, and thanks!
Congrats, Sports Dude!