Seriously **** you Denver Broncos, a few minutes away and you bid him up? What the **** is wrong with you?

Sorry, bub. That's the way I play the FA game.

Heh-heh. This is how rivalries get started.

Its ****ing idiotic, you don't even need a guard yet you bid him up at the last second. Why? If you had a need at guard I would understand but you don't.

Are you saying you need a guard?

I finally won a FA, and it only cost me $206 dollars.

Ya, I only bid on guys I have a need for. Which is the purpose of free agency.

What would you trade for Kevin Boothe? :evil:

See this is whats wrong with the free agency right here. All he is doing is going to bid him up so I can't get him.

I have a lot of money to throw around. If I can acquire some premium talent with it, I will. If you can't afford Kevin Boothe, not my problem.

It's possible I may not pursue Kevin Boothe after today, but I wasn't willing to see him go off the board just yet.

Deal with it.

Use that money and bid everyone up douchebag, but what you're doing is ****ing stupid and all you're doing is being a jackass. It's the only reason you waited until literally the last minute.

Another purpose is to keep your opponents from getting what they need, or at least driving up their cost. It's a legitimate strategy in the dog-eat-dog world of Sandbox professional football.

I'm interested in keeping Mr. Boothe on the board.

But I can't think of a reason to bid him up before the last minute, when someone else might save me the trouble. Can you?

I mean I could just let him go out of the kindness of my heart, but he's a player I'm interested in. Therefore...he remains on the board until I determine my interest is 0.

I disagree, you guys are trying to be realistic. In what world does a team with two good starters at the position ever spend that much money on a backup?

Boothe wouldn't be a backup for me. He'd start.

Cool, every guy on my team is available for trade. Let me know what you want or thinking.

That's the spirit. But take heart, you may still win the bidding process. It all depends where I choose to spend my vast stacks of cash.

I could care less, you have ruined the fun for me.

Your enjoyment of sandbox football was contingent on signing Kevin Boothe?

Ya man 100% of it. I really wanted him, he is my favorite player.

I'm also a big fan of Kevin Boothe.

I laughed

If only you had the resources with which to pursue him.

You're just a troll that's all you're doing

We're saving our 53rd roster spot for a developmentally disabled kid who will score a touchdown for us in the final game of the season. It's great p.r.

Nah. I have legit interest in Kevin Boothe, because I don't have Evan Mathis signed long term.

I figure I can sign Boothe and trade one of my guards to bolster another position. I have all this money, so I'm going to use it.

Sorry.

And, as I said, I may not even sign him. I have other targets.

Duluth signs C Jeff Saturday to a six-year contract and cuts C Brad Meester. We think Saturday will man the line for us for a long time.

The truth is Denver Broncos has been bidding up players at the last minute for awhile now. I dont really care, except for the LAST MINUTE part. That bothers me as it is stretching this free agency out waaaayyyyyyyy to long. It would be different if he actually made a competitive bid, one that said "hey, if you want him, you're gonna have to pony up and beat me". But that's not how he bids. He ups the ante by $1 at the last minute. Its an obvious attempt to ruffle some feathers and that's it, and maybe make you spend some more dough. I can appreciate the upping the ante to make the others spend more part, its the last minute part that has taken some of the fun out of this for me. Its unnecesary. It is definitely time to speed up this process a bit, put it from 3 days to 1.

I have legitimate interest in any player I bid up. Period. It's not trolling.

I only bid $1 because I see no reason to commit more dollars than necessary to any particular bid at any point in time. The only goal of that bid is to keep the player on the board while the dust settles in other bidding wars I'm a part of. When those wars settle, I'll probably bid more on someone else.

BTW, I agree that what I am doing is probably annoying. However, the system is set up for me to use it like this. I wouldn't call it abuse, because I'm only doing it with players I'm actually interested in. And I have made several competitive bids throughout this process, believe it or not. I drove the price way up on Victor Cruz because I wanted to sign him. Same with a few CBs and DTs.

It's behavior like this that should give every Sandboxian a vested interest in seeing Denver lose to their hated arch rival - the Anchorage Roadkill Rabbits. Behavior like this and his obsessive hatred of the beloved Sandboxian legend that is Alex D. Smith.

Fun Fact #1: Alex D. Smith combined with Darren "Jesus" Sproles would create the only entity more powerful than Chuck Norris.

Fun Fact #2: Since it's impossible for any mere mortal to pick off Alex D. Smith; the three combined interceptions he threw all of last year are merely manifest examples of his divine benevolence when he took pity upon select opposing defenses.

If you want to bid on a guy don't wait until the last minute, literally it was under five minutes. We all know you're doing this to piss people off.

You're just dragging it on and on

I'm coming, mother****er. I've taken ACTION this offseason. Multiple upgrades on the offensive side of the ball. The defense is stronger, too, which is interesting considering my defense was already as good as yours.

Prepare.

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No. I'm doing it because I'd rather see someone else bid on that player, to keep him on the board, so I can use my money elsewhere.

But if I have to, I will. But there's no sense in doing it early. What's the logic in that?

Awwww....listen to you girls get all hot and bothered.

That's good, I like a competitive league. This kind of fire over a battle for 2nd place speaks well for the overall league balance.

The trophy is still parked in Clearwater and the team that won it isn't as good as the team that's going to try to defend it.

But you're interested in that guy yet you want to use your money elsewhere where is the logic in that?

It's all about keeping my options open.

I want that player on the board in case something else falls through. Get it?

Clearwater is just lucky you didn't face mighty Denver not ONCE the entire year.

Let's not forget I had the BEST record in the entire league.

This year Anchorage will be my bitch, and then I'll take care of you.

A little refresher for you guys...

A 14-2 team added:

CJ Spiller
Tyson Clabo
Ryan Wendell
Brandon Myers
Michael Brockers
Devin McCourty
Kerry Rhodes

I won't even go into lower level upgrades like Dwayne Allen, Chris Givens and Marcus Thigpen.

Did I mention I still have 350 sandbox bucks to blow?

At least you didn't use that 350 bucks on somebody useful like Sherman or Cruz.

The real power in the Lunar North is going to be Duluth. We solved our running game problem with the acquisition of Frank Gore, and veterans Ronde Barber and Antoine Winfield will solidify our defensive backfield. Defenses can't solve Gore running and Nicks, Desean Jackson, and Randall Cobb on the outside, and offenses won't be able to withstand our fearsome front four. Say hello to a dynasty.

1. Couldn't have afforded Sherman.

2. I was going to bid on Cruz again but lacked the funds at the time. I'm guessing the Rhein would have outbid me in the end anyway.

I'm not 100 percent sure I want to blow all this cash at the moment anyway. I'm thinking with the reduced money available to teams next offseason, having some rollover cash could be a HUGE thing.

Don't forget Jeff Saturday.

The long, bloody war for his services is finally over.

It is safe to say that I despise the Sandbox Denver Broncos even more than the real life Denver Broncos. I doubt I could honestly care less about Daryl Smith, but the fact that you wait all the way until the last dwindiling hours to bid it up one point with your vast amount of funds is weakkkkkkk. I get the whole enjoyment in being a troll gig, but is it gonna be this way all offseason? I'd like to try to start the regular season relatively soon.

You didn't even know Daryl Smith existed until I started bidding on him.

Fact of the matter is...he's a player I'm interested in. But I'm not willing to commit too many dollars to him at the moment. $1 is enough, just to reset his timer...I don't want to over-commit to a guy like that and lose out on someone else. Get it?

You're just an idiot, all this money you have just bid on the guy and get him that way we can be done soon.

I'm saving my money for bigger fish.

In the mean time, a simple small bid will keep other less important targets on the board.

You know, in case I don't get one of the big fish.

See? I have good reasons for my FA strategy. I'm interested in having my cake and eating it too. And since I have all this wonderful money...I can afford it!

You're the only one in both leagues with this strategy, how many quality guys are left?

I have a different strategy in the other league.

1 - less money to play with

2 - less talent options (got in way late)

We just want to get done with free agency, we will never be done if you keep waiting 3 days and bidding up people, then three days and bidding up people. Get it?

LMAO

We're talking about 4-5 players here. There are over 40 guys on the board.

I'm not holding up anything.

Quit whining, ****stick.

**** you

We're getting close to the end of free agency. At some point if it doesn't stop naturally we'll stop accepting bids on new players and play out the string.

The next step will be developing your depth charts and game plans, and seeing what your exact injury situation is. That part is not up and running yet, but will be soon.

The funniest part is you are whining like a little school girl about it, yet two of the guys you have ended up signing were only available to you because of last minute sniping by others. Breno and Marshal both. Seems to me it worked out just fine for you in those cases. Quit your sobbing already.

I havent sniped anyone last minute, and also I'm not whining like a little girl.

You kinda are, dude. I have a strategy on specific players. There's no trolling involved.

It's great you have a strategy, why wait until one minute left? Why not one day or a few hours. I don't care you bid me up, I just don't see any point in waiting until the last minute unless you're trying to piss people off.

I admit I got a little whiny and apologize, just extremely frustrating getting bid up by a dollar in the last minute literally.

Also offer still stands, anyone on my team is available for trade. I don't see this team as a championship caliber so I'm trying to improve as much as I can.

I already explained that.

I've been trying to package my first-round pick + any starter to upgrade that starter's position on my team all offseason.

Is that something you'd be interested in?

What receivers do you have?

There you go Denver Broncos. If you want JoLonn that bad, come get him. If you outbid me now, he is all yours!!!

Tambaberry will be very happy with you. Now I can aggressively pursue Kevin Boothe.

I no comprehend

I mean next time I bid on Kevin Boothe, I'll bid more than $1.

Tambaberry, I got some draft picks for you. I'm messaging you on the site, look for it.

Provo goes on a signing spree and picks up 5 new players:
Eugene Sims - DE
Armon Binns - WR
Leroy Hill - WLB
Buster Skrine - CB
Cameron Bradfield - RT

Sims and Binns are instacut. Sorry, gentlemen.

Only cut of note is Provo's 7th round rookie draft pick, Coty Sensabaugh. Sorry Coty, just too much middling CB depth on this team.

Okay, now what this is over, someone has to explain it to me.

I was initially quite irritated with myself for cutting a guy that was clearly valued by a team or two. I'm still annoyed that I let him go when he may have had trade value, but now I realize that he was way overbid.

For instance, I just signed Robert Turner to a 1-year deal for $1. Turner started 16 games for the Rams last year and did a pretty nice job of it. He's a plus pass blocker and a passable run blocker; not at all unlike Saturday, really (in fact, he's a significantly better run blocker).

And yeah, now that he's in Tennessee he'll probably be a backup in 2013, but who cares? Saturday won't even be in the league.

So for 1 year of Turner, a center that is virtually identical in performance to Saturday, I paid $1. Meanwhile Duluth paid $80 for 1 year of Saturday (in fact, only 14 games and a guy that won't be playoff eligible).

Must be a locker-room chemistry thing...

Saturday was a pro bowler and I think we can win it all this year. I don't want to risk a Sandbox Bowl loss because I hoarded my cash and didn't get a top-notch center.

The other dynamic is that my team didn't need much. By the time I did some trades and stuff, I really only had a couple of needs, and center was the most glaring. Even at that, I have a long-term center, but he just got hurt last year. I didn't have enough money to bid on the big names and kept getting shut out, so toward the end I had a fair amount of money and still desperately needed a short-term center.

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I'm still shopping Muhammad Wilkerson. Best 3-4 DE in the league not named J.J. Watt. Looking for a top tier 4-3 guy in return. DT is preferred, but I might be interested in the right DE or LB.

Darnell Dockett is also on the block. Arizona's new defensive scheme should benefit him and I expect his 2013 numbers to get back to normal for him.

Sen'Derrick Marks? Jeremy Mincey?

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Back lets do this

This is exciting. It's almost as if I'm in the war room.