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I will have a couple of windows to vote on for the draft, we need one more GM unless Sully comes up on the net by the end of the day today.

Gents we are getting danger close to the season starting and looks like we still need one more GM to replace Sully (Cali Bears). I will have a tentative plan for the draft and payment later today.

Groins are tricky, no pun intended, I would rather go the longer recovery route than to have him come back and reinjure it and be out again. Hopefully they will exercise extreme caution on this.

Yeah that was an ignorant comment. In no way was playing thru the death of a loved one the same as players united to boycott playing over another police shooting. The Bears were quick to alienate him, which was good to see: "The social media posts in no way reflect the values or opinions of the Chicago Bears organization.” Matt Forte had a very well written response to Urlacher's comment.

Yeah, I would be shocked if it wasn't torn. That would be a lot of pain for a pull or strain.

Supposedly it was one lab out of NJ with all the false positives from around the league. So there is clearly a problem with that lab. I guess at worst it tested the league's policies and procedures when dealing with testing and positives. Maybe even a secret dry run? I also saw this report that the league has now completed over 100,000 tests and the positive rate is a fraction of 1%, which is very promising news:

We have an opening in our PPR Keeper League unless Sully (CaliBears) comes out of hibernation in the next day or two. We are looking to draft between 30AUG and 06SEP. It is a 2-keeper league (don't have to keep any), the fee is $30 via Leaguesafe and the pot is $180 for 1st, $90 for 2nd, and $30 for 3rd.

Bill got in touch with Ary, he is playing, so unless Sully comes up here or on the league message board, we will be looking for a replacement GM next week.

It is interesting to me that I got a Bears email from their Pro Shop and Trubisky is on the image. Why would they put a potential back-up QB as their main marketing image? That leads me to believe he will be the Week 1 starter regardless, and the team is committed to giving him at least a few games to prove himself, and then if he falters, Foles comes in. This is not a competition.

I don't know how Yahoo is planning to handle that. I guess we could come up with something, like rolling over some of the money to next year, or just letting it roll as a shortened season with a champ. We could spread the payout to 4-5 teams vs only 3. That is something we will need to vote on.

I messaged Ary (The Bunny) who is our commish. It looks like he accepted the invite for this year because his icon was active. Sully (Cali Bears) has not. So we will need a deadline for bringing in new GMs and possibly switching Commissioners if Ary doesn't respond soon. Right now, Week 1 starts on 10SEP, so I assume we want the draft the week prior, between 31AUG and 05SEP. That's 11 days away. So we have to move fast as I don't know how Yahoo handles Commish changes when the only Commish is not active. We also need to have 1, and potentially 2 GM's in the queue to be new GMs to keep it a 10-team league. So I am thinking we need to make the change a week prior, 24AUG, any objections? That gives the new Commish time to setup the pay site and get payments in. I know the board is pretty dead right now, but are there any members that want to GM a team in our Keeper League?

https://www.chicagobears.com/news/wwe-belt-ratchets-up-intensity-in-1-on-1-drills The Blackhawks have been doing this for years. It seems like a good way to add some friendly competition to the mix.

Yeah, they will add someone for depth, but I think we are good with Fuller, Johnson, Skrine, Shelley, and Toliver as the core of the CB group.

This is who has reported in so far: Savagew/LooseMorals Brad Corona King Adam PapaBear Kam The Mad Lithuanians Andrew Victorious Secret Duane Pepe Travis Nopper Bill Run dem pockets David GM's who have not reported in yet: The Bunny Ary (Commish) - has not been on TalkBears since October 24, 2019 - has not been on League site since December 28, 2019 Cali Bears Sully - Unknown status So we will have to come up with a consensus on GM replacements and a deadline to report in. Then get a call out for replacements, then set a day for the draft.

Yes, they are going to be a huge strength for this team. A lot of 12 formation sets.

I understand that it's not all his fault, but he was running for the sidelines a lot last year when he had lanes straight North and South, that had nothing to do with the other factors.

Yeah exactly, and with so many hybrid lineups, I don't think his loss will be that significant. Hicks and Nichols can pinch inside to clog the inside running lanes and then we can have RRH on strong side and an LB on the weakside for contain.

He is on the last year of his rookie deal and would become a FA after the season. I don't think they can commit that much money to RB2/3 than they already are. Also, his play dropped off significantly last year compared to the year before. He had a 3.3 YPC and 5.8 Y/R with his longest play of 31 yards. That's fringe 53-roster level production.

I could also see Cohen being traded either before the season or at the deadline (to get something for him).

Here are the links for the final state of the 2019 season and the draft. A Keeper had to be drafted by you and on your final roster, so use these two links for reference: Final State: https://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/f1/819234/lastseason 2019 Draft results: https://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/2019/f1/442282/draftresults?drafttab=team

Here are the Keepers from last season, these players cannot be keepers for the 2020 season. Last Year's Keepers: Pepe 7 Alshon Jeffery 9 Julian Edelman El Dragon 8 Matt Ryan Run dem pockets 5 Brandin Cooks 11 Tyler Lockett The Bunny 11 Kenny Golladay 12 Nick Chubb The Mad Lithuanians 10 Chicago 14 Greg Zuerlein Nopper 7 Robert Woods 12 Calvin Ridley PapaBear 8 Sony Michel 15 Aaron Jones Cali Bears 2 JuJu Smith-Schuster 8 Mitchell Trubisky Screw Thielen! 2 Tyreek Hill 14 Courtland Sutton WORST CHAMPION EVER! 10 Patrick Mahomes 13 James Conner

I am in, we probably need to get a notice out to all GM's to see who is playing and if there are openings, if we have others who are willing to play.

They survive on RW's magic, which is just too chaotic to count on. When he makes insane plays, they win, when they don't work, he loses.

Oh man, I haven't had Al's in 30 years.

I updated the first post. Total up to 53 players now, an entire gameday NFL roster size. Deadline is tomorrow for opt outs.