Tom & Greg Live Chat: 3 pm ET Today

Tom Kessenich · Post by **Tom Kessenich** » Wed Aug 11, 2010 7:59 am

Glenn, I'll let Greg address your questions but we're both here for all other questions. Anyone feel like chatting?

Tom Kessenich · Post by **Tom Kessenich** » Wed Aug 11, 2010 8:03 am

One thing I've noticed in both the pay and mock drafts I've done is the sense of urgency to get a stud QB may be at an all-time high. If you want to get one of the first 7 (Brees, Rogers, Peyton, Brady, Romo, Schaub and Rivers) you better not wait too long. Are people over-reacting or is this the move to make given how important the QB position is both in the NFL and in the NFFC with 6 points per TD pass?

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Wed Aug 11, 2010 8:04 am

Originally posted by Glenneration X:
A couple quick technical questions related more towards convenience and fun than critical functionality....

1- As you know, I've been asking about the Live Scoring Toggle in baseball for awhile now. Will it be ready for opening weekend in football? For those of us with multiple teams in the NFFC, I'd hate to go back & forth between the "My Teams" page and each league page when I want to check scoring.Okay, we're both here and ready to go. Good, good questions Glenn and I'll start with them one at a time.

I just asked about this yesterday. As you know we have toggles for each area on the NFBC site working well except Live Scoring. I'm told it is programmed and can be running. I just asked to get more specifics and to make sure football will have that and I'll post the answers when I get those answers. I hear ya that in football this is very, very crucial to having fun on Sundays.

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Wed Aug 11, 2010 8:10 am

Originally posted by Glenneration X:
2- In the NFBC, we have the ability to "Order Teams" on our My Teams page. For me, again as a player with multiple NFFC teams, this provides the ability to list my teams by their order of importance to me. Will this be available for football?
That is a nice feature for baseball, especially for folks with multiple NFFC teams. This back-end system is slightly different from our current NFBC setup and doesn't have that feature at this point. I'm asking if that enhancement can be added, but right now it's not there.

Tom Kessenich · Post by **Tom Kessenich** » Wed Aug 11, 2010 8:12 am

Originally posted by GK:
...I feel like chatting TK... I am not one to readily believe what I read and/or hear when it comes to player reports coming out of TC however I DO know that the Texans spent a high round draft pick on Ben Tate for a reason...I realize that he's been a bit hurt and not seeing the field as much as a rookie needs to during TC but what's to prevent him from taking over the lead RB position once he gets his act together?...it's a LONG season and I'm a firm believer that in the end, talent eventually wins out, so I'm curious, what's YOUR take on him right now?...where do you believe he should and/or will be drafted in less than a month's time when DD finally arrives?...or do you feel that with Slaton and Foster there it's too much of an overall unknown and would avoid this current and very seemingly RBBC situation altogether?...thanks much TK...GK My take on him is that he has a ways to go before he's going to be a viable fantasy option. Let's not forget Steve Slaton was pretty impressive as a rookie and Arian Foster is providing a physical element the team really wants. Tate has talent and you're right about the investment, but I think he's a distant third on the depth chart right now.
That doesn't mean it will remain that way but I think Foster and Slaton are both under-valued right now. I really like Slaton as a RB3 in PPR/NFFC formats, especially.

Tom Kessenich · Post by **Tom Kessenich** » Wed Aug 11, 2010 8:16 am

"Hard Knocks" returns tonight. Are you watching?

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Wed Aug 11, 2010 8:16 am

Originally posted by Glenneration X:
3- We were never provided access to add icons to our team pages in the NFBC this year. Will that function be available for football?

Let me know & thanks,
Glenn Damn, you're giving me a good list to send to IT. I don't know if we'll have more icons in football, but I'll check. I wish I had an IT person next to me right now because I don't know these particulars, but I'll check Glenn. I know the main focus was to unveil the back-end and load rosters as soon as the online drafts were done. The back-end is done and if we need to add enhancements down the road we will, but functionality is obviously where the focus is now. Thanks.