Draftermath 2017 (Cont)

Drew Brees (New Orleans) leads the 2017 Unwanted. There is a team of unselected players who would have scored 584 points but they would have cost you $15.5m. For $10m the team you didn’t pick would have scored 549 points, 8 points below Craig’s Premiership winning score and good enough to win the Conference by 80 points last year. As well as an unwanted Drew Brees ($3m 123pts), you also dissed Mark Ingram (New Orleans $2m 64)and the Colt’s Frank Gore ($1m 48) as running backs, receivers JJ Nelson (Arizona $0.5m 42), former basketball player Antonio Gates (Chargers $0.5m 42) and Tennessee Tight End Delanie Walker ($0.5m 42). Kicking is London Jaguar Jason Myers ($0.5m 110) with Dallas Head Coach Jason Garrett ($2m 78pts) making the play calls. The rejected team (and the budget free rejects) are attached. Trading DaysMore than most Daz will be looking forward to Trading Day 1, which will be at HQ from 3pm on Sunday 8th October before week 5’s games. Within hours of the BUMS draft the Houston Texans cut his kicker Nick Novak, replacing him with Ka’imi Fairbairn. If you decide the team you drafted isn’t quite good enough you can make your changes on October 8. Remember, if you cut a franchise player you will have to pay him his signed salary for the rest of this season. If that doesn’t help you Trading Day 2 will be on Sunday 19th November before week 11. Hope you can make it to BUMS HQ for each of these days to trade and watch the Sunday games that follow. Please put these in your diaries now. Last Man Standing Game It’s now year 3 of the game Paul Privitera introduced to us. As you know it’s easy to play and doesn’t take too much research so I hope you’ll all have a go. Each week you select an NFL team that is going to win, if they win you select another team in week two, if you lose you are out. The only catch is you cannot select the same team twice, so if you fancy having a go and proving you know more than any other BUM about real football, rather than fantasy, let me know who your week 1 winner is before 11pm (BST) tomorrow, if you want the Chiefs or Patriots. If it’s another team you have until 5pm on Sunday (Sept 10th) Check out the week 1 schedule at http://www.nfl.com/schedules/2017/REG1 Note the Bucs @ Dolphins will now be played in week 11 due to the Hurricane, so don’t pick them! BUMS on Seats As I said, the season starts this Thursday September 7th when New England host Kansas City and will be live on Sky in the early hours of Friday but due to work and holidays we won’t be watching it. Sunday at 6pm will be at Johnnie’s to see an early game (was going to be the Bucs/Dolphins followed by Seattle @ Green Bay. We will be back at Johnnies on Monday 11th from 7pm to see the Sunday Night game as Dallas host the Giants. Finally there are two games on Monday Night, just for the opening weekend. We will be at HQ from 5.30pm to see the Vikings host the Saints followed by the LA Chargers @ Denver. With games only on Sky all viewing will be at either Johnnie’s or HQ. Enjoy the season.