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"Free agency started last night and was pretty crazy some huge money being spent. Osweiler getting £18m a year for the Texans, leaving the Broncos without a QB, Giants have spent a fortune on good but not great players, Oliver Vernon has more guaranteed money than JJ Watt. lots more deals but cant be bothered to list them all."

I'm happy to contribute to the pot. I play as The Red and Gold Brigade.

"Not sure what the best way of managing payment is though, will have to see if we can set up a paypot on the website or something alsthough not sure you could with the way the Yanks treat gambling. Other than that im sure i have an old paypal account if people wanted to put their faith in me to hold onto it."

Happy to put a few bob on it crystal. Whatever the amount.

happy to chuck some money in

"Think im going to change the format of the league to standard rather than PPR, seems like nonsense to get a full point for every catch you make. Also where was everybody at with regards to chucking in like 10-20 quid for this to hopefully maintain people's attention a bit better?"

"The only real ""mystery"" is where the hell Ray's white suit went - was never found after that night! Maybe he sold it to Barry White? :-)"

"The whole Lewis-murder trial issue is hugely misrepresented by a lot of folk. Lewis was charged with murder alongside his two friends, the trial began with all three of them in the dock, then he flipped and pleaded guilty to providing a false statement to the police after the fight - and took an obstruction of justice charge. Lewis' two mates went on to be tried - and they both walked free after the jury took just a couple of hours to decide that the two deaths happened in self-defence. The police aren't looking for anybody else in relation to the deaths. I don't know the ins and outs of the whole fight - but it seems to be accepted by a lot of people that Lewis wasn't even involved in the physical bit. The police found one of the victims' blood in his limo, but all three men had been inside the car. The only real ""mystery"" is where the hell Ray's white suit went - was never found after that night!"

I can confirm he's a really nice fella and I'm pretty sure he didn't murder anyone....last week! He's an absolute unit by the way

Did he kill more people than OJ?

"Amazing player and great guy seemingly, just avoid Super Bowl parties when he is a guest."

I've seen him loads on Skip and Shannon. Seems like a lovely fella. Didn't know anything about him being a bit of a Fred West.

Ray Lewis was a legend.... and murderer

Absolutely loved iin Baltimore - seemed pretty much hated everywhere else. Oh and everyone is pretty sure he got away with killing a couple of people

"""apparently he was a good player?""ù You could say that. Legendary even. Seems like a decent fella too."

"I wasn't a fan, did he talk about the murder case he was involved in?"

Don't know much about NFL but just spent a week on holiday with Ray Lewis apparently he was a good player?

Falace I've not accepted yet as only just seen who ail details.

"Not quite sure what other system it can do for them tbh, you usually end up with a very lopsided roster if you have autoselect though. What do people think to it being PPR (point per reception) this year? Seems to be the standard for most leagues nowadays but im happy to do it either way"

@Crystal - is there any way you can change how auto-select works? If you could penalise players who dont attend the draft (rather than having them auto select the next best available) it might encourage attendance. I'm guessing you cant though...

Joined! Was gutted to miss out last year after being in every one of these - cheers crystal falace!

"they've had almost a week to confirm, go to the next person"

"final warning for the one person who still hasnt signed up to the league, not sure who it is. we have someone who seems keen to get involved so i'll be checking when im home from work tomorrow and giving the spot up if its till available. want people who are going to pay attention and actually get involved in this properly"

"NFL has found that Tyreek Hill has not violated any rules and will return to the team for training camp, even though he's previously plead guilty to assaulting this same woman while she was pregnant with his child and there is now a voice recording of him threatening to hurt both her and the child. But heaven forbid he'd smoke some weed and get an instant 4 game suspension"

yeah sorry bud it filled up pretty quick. currently 2 people haven't accepted the email invitation and joined the league yet not sure which 2 as everyone is using different usernames but if they havent joined by say this time next week i'll send you an invite. ping me your email and you'll be the first one in if anybody else decides they dont want to commit to it.

Crystal Falace - don't tell me I've missed it again! Can I be first reserve in case someone drops out?