Week 1 RecapTroll Hunters (128) over Indian Outlaws (108) No picks caused would’ve impacted these results. Troll Hunters had 3 RBs with top 10 weeks. Horrible WR production and QB production and elected to avoid starting the vikes (16 pt) this week. However, still put up top 3 results this week. Indian Outlaws also didn’t have any potential bench help and weak production across the board (except WR1 for the Giants Evan Engram). A fair amount of potential but also a fair amount of bust potential as well… We’ll just see if he can turn it around week 2. Mullynation (107) over NorthSide Angels (80) Basically this was the pillow fight of the week 3rd worst vs worst scores of the week… However, one move away from a Mullynation upset. Swap Michel for Jackson and Mullynation falls to (0-1). If NSA did that, I would of accused him from being from the future… He had to take Michel here as well as the Jags. Drafting the Jags and benching them was the best idea but a tough one knowing you have to lose a bench spot that week… Outside of the expected Thomas performance, Lamar was outstanding but everyone else was 100% disappointing. Mullynation a great performance from Watson and solid performance for Kamara. But a off week gave her 105 points and that was a 100% off week. I would expect better results next week from Mullynation. Big Ass Cup O’ Franzia (113) over Twin City Tree Cats (110) One of the closest battles this week. Tree cats did everything they could to muster up 110 (really really doubt Mark Andrews would’ve been started with no experience). Outside of that Tree Cats maxed their score with would I feel was his best line-up available. Great start for Jacobs and good for Brees. Outside of that, pretty average or expected across the board (see below for rankings to continue Tree Cats expecations). Franzia might be the roller coaster team of the year. A lot of mid tiers who could boom, bust or be average which makes it real tough to set up that line-up weekly. Great move adding Sanders over other bench spots to earn this win. But he also had Gallup who could’ve made him a top 5 score if swapped for shepard. If I had Franzia’s team I would have so many regrets week to week if the final results don’t end favorable like they did this week. However, I guess having the name “Big Ass Cup O’ Franzia” has given you a season of regrets so I’m sure you are used to it right now. 302 Cadets (138) over Vicious Veg-Heads (100) This one was another one side battle when you look at it. 40ish point smack down but 2nd lowest score from VVs with only the coin flip Brown/Jackson giving him a potential 10 pts would’ve have changed anything. Maybe… Maybe… Brown could’ve performed a miracle if he was still on the Raiders… but that would’ve been highly unlikely. Also 302 had his line-up picked since the draft so that wasn’t going to change anything. Worst news for 302 is Tyreek Hill his WR1 is out for weeks and he’s got no replacement. Jeffery’s honestly can’t be expected 20ish points a week with how many weapons the eagles have but his RBs are more potent than expected so that could be deadly for the returning champ. Veg-heads needs some waiver hits or outstanding performance from his WR1s on a weekly basis or hope for off weeks (like Mullynation this week) to steal wins this season. River Gypsies (129) over Big City Hillbillies (124) This was the best game of the week and both teams had chances to either win or lose this week. Let me start by saying that RGs would’ve killed if he had played Watkins which I did see as a viable flex play over Marvin Jones. But he was left on the bench which I am sure won’t be the case for a lot of weeks to come. However, this was also BCH game to win. If he swaps Hilton this would’ve been an easy win. Any WR/Flex spot swapped with Hilton would’ve resulted in a W for BCH. NOTE and taboo: I did play Hilton in another league so this isn’t simply me not having any Hilton shares and criticizing from the outside. Or swap Williams for Lindsay. Other options would’ve worked but if this week 1 decision somehow has playoff I will surely try to bring it up. RGs really had a average week expect for Mahomes (because why not pick up where he left off) and a outstanding week 1 for McCaffrey. Same goes for Hillbillies who honestly had a fine or good week expect of Ekler who was outstanding as well. A lot things could’ve impacted this match and hopefully I see many more of these types of games in weeks to come. Week 2 Power Rankings1) River Gypsies (1-0) - 2nd highest score. Zek is back no issues expected and gained another WR1 with Watkins. Helps RGs a ton. Love the RBs, Love the WRs, and Love the QB. Let’s see if he can keep it.
2) Mullynation (1-0) – 3rd lowest score… and you luckily played the worst score… Mixon could be hurt concerned a bit for Kerryon. But still have the other 2 top 4 RB and another awesome QB. I would expect this 3rd lowest score is a outlier but she has to beat RGs this week to reclaim the top spot. 3) Troll Hunters (1-0) – No big changes, with a win and 3rd best score week 1. 4) 302 Cadets (1-0) – Carson/Mack were much better than I expected. And no delay with Bell coming back week 1. However, Hill is out for weeks and his new WR are waiver picks… we’ll see what Hollywood Brown and move Cadets up the ranks. 5) Indian Outlaws (0-1) – Um what happened to these RBs… some might have expected it, others didn’t. If this continues one more week IO will fall off their horse and it won’t be a fun landing… 6) Northside Angels (0-1) – Nervous about Conner, Michel, and Freeman. My initial bro HH is out for weeks… and lowest score of week 1 by 20, yeah you lost a lot of my confidence 7) Big Ass Cup O’ Franzia (1-0) – Ingram took his RB1 role seriously and could be a very solid RB2 with RB1 upside week to week. Gurley however offset this with mediocre performance. However, moves up a spot with a solid win and potential consistent performance. 8) Twin City Tree Cats (0-1) – Nervous about Fournette, Drake, Kirk as starting options. Josh Jacobs/Thielen are solid #2 or low #1 with OBJ the only true #1 player. Gotta see these guys take over as weekly top 10 players to move up this rankings. 9) Big City Hillbillies (0-1) – Long road for BCH to move up this list but it starts Week 1 with the 2nd highest score. Nervous about long term starting RB role for Williams/Ekeler and Gordon could lose a lot of target to AB (could) and Colemon is now out for weeks. Might be a roller coaster but I do see the BCH moving up at least for the beginning of the season. 10) Vicious Veg-Heads (0-1) - RBs were issue for VVs week 1 as expected and not having his other WR1 made it a real up hill climb… 2nd worst score and his starting RBs week 2 appear to be waiver wire picks ups… If Brown is back and the Redskins dominate giving Thompson/Peterson a lot of points would be the first step for VVs to move up this list.
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You all have waiting long enough, so let's just get right into it!!! Keeper SituationMy guess for everyone’s keeper: Indian Outlaws – Nick Chubb (Correct) Northside Angels – James Conner (Correct) Big City Hillbillies – Damien Williams (Correct) The Mullynation – Kerryon Johnson (Correct) Troll Hunters – Derrick Henry (Correct – obviously) Big Ass Cup of O’ Franzia – Julian Edelman (Correct) River Gypsies – Christian McCaffrey (Incorrect, thought Chris Carson for more $ value but it was a toss-up me) 302 Cadets – Tyreek Hill (Incorrect, thought Robert Woods for more $ value but it was a toss-up me) Vicious Veg-Heads – George Kittle (Correct) Twin City Tree Cats – Travis Kelce (Correct, but originally got the dollars wrong) Overall, I wanted to recap where it all started and how teams were sitting after the end of last season in terms of keepers. This year, it would look like we wouldn’t have any real sunk cost keepers like we did last year. If we just open up the archives to last season, we had two huge sunk costs related to prior year keepers. One of these was the one, the only, DeMarco Murray. Veg-Heads made the risky move in the 17-18 season by locking down his top RB from the season prior. The 18-19 season put Veg-Heads at a huge disadvantage being down 26 dollars or 13% AND losing a draft spot. As such, this would the first season in a couple years allowing him to start fresh and with the 1 year keeper option for George Kittle the consensus TE2/3 at a great value puts Veg-Heads in middle of the pack from a starting position. Additionally, Big Ass Cup of O’ Franzia (Formally 90* Putters) had this same predicament with Bilal Powell. Not nearly as severe and potentially, some believed that he had minimal value that was worth rostering however, it was definitively a 12 dollar loss that he started with. Moving forward to the current year, Big Ass Cup of O’ Franzia didn’t have this liability AND had another decent keeper himself (who he drafted) which will give him immediate benefit and the option for an additional year if Edelman keeps his WR1 spot. Overall, he is in the lower middle of the pack as well as one who has the most available funds to draft the team he wants compared to the team he is stuck with Lower purchasing power teams are Big City Hillbillies and Troll Hunters. Big City Hillbillies really only had one option for a keeper and the value for Damiem Williams was there. Potential RB2 or better in a high powered KC offense could be great (or at least very good) again this year. We can talk more about Damiem Williams later but overall it was his only option but basically he is one of the teams with the most purchasing power and could make any team he wants. Subsequently, Troll Hunters didn’t have many solid options either. Not to say the players weren’t solid, but rather the value compared to others isn’t nearly there like other teams. Either risk Calvin Ridley (10 vs purchased for 10 in the draft) or Derrick Henry for 23 with the expected purchase price of 21. Since we now have the option of 2 years compared to the lock of 2 years, the risk (or opportunity) for next year was greater so overall the choice was made. Basically, no (or very minimal) value for Troll Hunters picks and also put him in the 2nd worse purchasing power position. Best purchasing power teams would be Mullynation and Northside Angels. Mullynation is the overwhelming value team with around a 65 dollar benefit. She could pick either of the top RB or WR for basically “free”. She already has two solid (1 great, 1 solid) RBs so WRs might be the best option but the top RBs are almost priceless so jumping on one isn’t a bad idea. Northside Angels is on the light side of Mullynation but still has his RB1 locked at a great price. Additionally he has one of the top purchasing power (190) to help create the team he wants. Also want to note the high value for River Gypsies but the only reason why I didn’t say him was the purchasing power is almost lost. He only has 133 or 66% of the funds remaining. Has his RB1 and WR1 locked so in a very great position and has great value, but still less likely to go all in again on another top WR/RB or if they do we won’t seem them for a while. Remaining teams are 302 Cadets, Twin City Tree Cats, and Indian Outlaws. Honestly, they all have solid keepers with Cadets and Tree Cadets locking their top TEs and WRs with Outlaws locking down his WR1/RB1. I would probably say that Cadets is in the best position with the TE2/3 and a top 5 WR but like I said, all three teams are in a good position as they already have a couple key starting spots covered. See below for the chart regarding keepers and value What went on in the draft...Okay, now we are ready to go. We have our Keepers locked, our strategies set (for now at least), and we are ready for this auction to begin. First couple rounds: (1) Saquon Barkley (76)– Barkley was going to be one of the first auction players on the block. Whether you want him or want others to “waste” their funds, it was the easiest first player to put on the block. Honestly with our additional funds due to the keepers, the price of 76 isn’t too unrealizable. Honestly, Tree Cats took him for 72 last year so I was honestly thinking he would go higher. Additionally, I was expecting Mully/TC2/”ASS”/BCH to be interested but personal opinon thought Mullynation would’ve spent anything to lock down Barkley (and Kamara) to continue her dominance. (2-3) Hopkins/Beckham (57/53) – not surprised WRs went next since I was one of those who selected them and thought their average price were as expected. Actually Hopkins I had as a slight discount from the additional purchasing power of the keepers but overall, 57/53 were solid prices for these two top 5 WRs. Both TC2 (Beckham) and VVs (Hopkins) I think made solid first round purchases. Both had needs for WR1s so they made good picks locking them down early. (4-6) Bell/Zek/DJ (57/59/58) – Overall, you can see these RB1s were fairly similarly purchased. My personal opinion has River Gypsies the edge with getting Zek at a similar price compared to these two. There is more uncertainty of the early season availability for Zek but RGs has McCaffrey to help “survive” and if things go as he would expect, this is a comparable one two punch like Mullynation. Troll Hunters followed Mullynation with solidifying his 3rd… RB prior to locking down WRs but due to how valuable the top ones are, it really isn’t a bad choice. Lastly, 302 Cadets might’ve overpaid for Bell who is coming off a missed 2018-2019 year but it is Le’Veon Bell and he is being paid to be the RB1 he will be. (7) Amari Cooper (34) – Big Ass Cup O’ Franzia (Super annoying to type out Derek… so we are going to attempt to shorten this to Big Ass C or “ASS” for short, wasn’t my idea but like it). Honestly, nothing special here. I valued with increase in purchasing power to be 34, he was purchased for 34. Nuff said. (8) David Montgomery (30) – Indian Outlaws said he was ready to play and ready for a comeback and basically is betting on a rookie… Outlaws wanted this guy and it was clear spending an increased value of 20 to make this guy an outlaw. I understand that Jordan Howard is no longer a Bear but there is still Tarik Cohen and there is a lot of risk here. (in my own opinion here) (9-15) Adams (54)/Fournette (43)/Mahomes (21)/Hunt (4)/Gurley (51)/Thomas (53) – one of the purchases here is a bit… out of the ordinary. Adams/Thomas both went to Northside Angels. NSA had a lot of money to spend and honestly was comparable to the Hopkins/Beckham purchases above. NSA had a low RB1 and now has two top WR1s. Sitting pretty good. Tree Cats got Fournette at 43 which was a RB needed but I see this as an overpaid. Fournette was a huge bust and I won’t anything to do with him. Gurley a couple picks later at 8 dollars more is 100% better pick but we shall see. Big Ass C making a bigger dent to the pocket book with Gurley who (when comparing to Zek/DJ) is actually a pretty good price. RGs getting Mahomes at 21 was surprising. Typically one or two QBs are expensive and I thought he would go higher. I wasn’t interested but I think this was a great pickup. Lastly, are you kidding me??? Kareem Hunt was actually drafted? He isn’t going to play for 7 weeks (after the bye week 7). First off, this all started off as a cluster FUCK, $1… $2… $30!!! Wait, hold the phone, 30 for Kareem Hunt… this has to be worse when Cadets drafted a 2nd Brady (after Rogers) when we switched to non superflex league. At least cadets had value to trade in this situation. Kareem Hunt, has very little. You now have him locked in on our bench (assume you want to keep him) for 7+weeks in hopes he might steal carries for Chubb who took the role himself last year. Maybe a 1 dollar flyer but that extra $3 could be useful down the road… 16-25 Mixon (43)/Melvin Gordon (41)/ Jeffery (16)/AJ Green (17)/Brown (43)/Freeman (34)/Drake (12)/ Josh Gordon (13)/ Julio (50)/ Brandin Cooks (20) – okay, we’ll get there later but why is Mullynation still drafting RBs? With this purchase, she is down %70+ of and ONLY has RBs… she could’ve had a WR1 for this price Brown/Evans for the exact same price. Other than that, there isn’t a bad pick here. HOWEVER, in this group of 10 one team drafted 3 players. In addition, they only drafted WR and spent 55% of their funds. Veg-Heads purchased Green/Brown/Jones (knowing he already spent 57 on Hopkins earlier. Once again, this is the exact opposite plan the Mullynation who drafted only RBs… we’ll see how this turns out. Okay – this is getting longer than I thought so I will be selective on my comments from now on: 25-50 Top remaining player (and middle tier WRs) - Mike Evans – (43) last upper tier player available and purchased for the good price. He was also the last available in the upper tier of WR1. TY Hilton 28, Diggs 25, Wood 21, Golladay 20. Throughout this bunch Hillbillies, Troll Hunters, and Outlaws managed to clean up this middle tier WRs. Middle Tier RBs – Sony Michel (16), James White (11), Tevin Coleman (10), Ingram II (19), Aaron Jones (22), Marlon Mack (31), Carson (30), Drake (12), Jacobs (33). TC2 got two of these middle tier RBs and is also betting on rookies again this year hoping it turns out like last year (with Barkley). Cadets also rounded out his RB2 and flex with Mack and Carson 10 spots away but basically the same price. Big City Hillbillies went for RB2/Flex but looking for a little better deal with White and Coleman. With the price tags of Carson, BCH had the option 1 round before white to get a more valuable RB2 but missed out on him. TE without the top 3 TEs available this is where the next group went. Engram was the priciest by Outlaws with Engram looking to have a great season without OBJ. Next pricewise (not selection wise) OJ Howard by Mully (who avoided WR again) followed closely by Hunter Henry. Both didn’t do much last year but look to have great breakout seasons. Pollard (5) /Sanders (9) – Backup handcuffs. Outlaws is hoping for an injury (or hold out). Betting on an injury or holdout is always a bold strategy and is more likely to provide serviceable RB/WR2 or flex options but not often do you see top 10 talents like James Conner. Other key picks 51+ by team Indian Outlaws – Duke Johnson (9) – obviously much more valuable now with Lamar’s injury but this was a great late round purchase when having the money to spend. I mean I might’ve said Luck but… RIP Luck and happy retirement. Northside Angels – DJ Moore (3) and Geronimo (1) I think DJ Moore is a great value as a starting WR for Carolina and a GB WR is always potentially high reward. For 4 dollars, this isn’t a bad investment. Big City Hillbillies – Lindsay (8), Cohen (7), and Ekeler (15) – I am going to say these are good picks compared to “value” picks. Since you had too much money to spend not the value of players weren’t really here… But Ekeler could be very useful if Gordon sits out for an extended time and honestly Cohen has been a great RB off and on so who knows who really takes over the most reps in this season. Mullynation – Scantling (2), Singletary (4) and Williams (2) – Same comment as Geronimo for 2 bucks nuff said. Not that Mullynation needs the RB depth but Shady is getting old and there could be a real option for Singletary to try and take his role. But the Bills are Bad... so unsure if there is huge upside but for 4 bucks it’s not bad. Tyrell was boom or bust as a Charger but that is what Mullynation can deal with having the RBs she has lined up for this year. Troll Hunters – Guice (13) Westbrook (6) and Washington (1). Guice was 2nd round draft pick up and will be the Red Skins guy sometime in 2019-2020. ACL caused him to miss his rookie year but will (or I hope) have a huge bounce back year. Westbrook/Washington are potential WR2 or flex plays if things pan out so at a 6 or 1 dollar value you can’t go wrong. Big Ass Cup O’ Franzia – Shepard (6) and Sanders (5). Shepard should see volume increase with OBJ gone so we shall see but the 6 dollar bet is worth it in my mind. Same with Sanders, who is still performing (and now without DT in Den) could be a sneaky top 25 WR for a relatively cheap price. River Gypsies – Watkins (4) and Fitzgerald (2). Watkins in the high power KC offense for $4 isn’t bad. Double down with Mahomes could give the RGs a powerful duo. Fitzgerald could be a solid WR2 starting out as an outlet for Kyler until he gets his rhythm. 302 Cadets – Jared Cook (2) Expected to be a solid TE and especially a good pickup before the end TEs were getting picked up. NOTE: Unsure if this is valid since I believe ESPN was doing the autodrafting at this point… Vicious Veg-heads – Jordan Howard (1), Darwin Thompson (4) and Alexander Mattison (4). Basically, VVs is looking for flyers at this point. Howard (who has been solid in Chicago in the past) for 1 dollar isn’t bad at all. Additionally, potential breakout RBs Thompson and Mattison couldbe valuable depending on injuries… Twin City Tree Cats – Baker Mayfield (4) and Christian Kirk (5). Baker has the most powerful assets he could ask for. As such, you can’t not expect him to be solid this year and for 4 is a great price. That is the 3rd most expensive QB??? 3rd which is fantastic. Fitz is getting old so Arizona needs a new breakout WR1 so I wouldn’t be surprised if Kirk takes the number 1 spot. Draft GradesA Troll Hunters – I am trying to not be biased but having the 2nd worst purchasing power and the least amount of “value” of my keepers my picks were pretty fantastic. Getting a RB1 (DJ) and two solid WR2 with plenty of depth at either the WR (Williams/Westbrook/Washington/Coutee) and RB being Guice meaning I have plenty of depth across the board. Yes TE is a question mark but Kittle was a waiver pick last year so if this is my one weak spot I’ll take it. B North Side Angels – Basically NSA covered off on everything needed. Grabbing 2 WR1s and a RB2 to join his RB1 Conners (his keeper). Plenty of flex options with Michel/Moore/Boyd with a potential break out TE Henry really has him set up. NSA saw a need on his team and picked up starters and flex players to round out the team (Unlike many teams further down the list). Note: Individual team comments on their draft grade are in red Draft Grade: C+ With Conner as my keeper and the new rules I went into the draft focusing on a WR-heavy team. In that I think I failed. While I drafted two top wide receivers in Adams and Thomas it was not the balance I started the draft on. I was aiming for 1 top WR and 2-3 other mid-tier ones. I'm not sure how the current situation will work out. With Freeman and Conner I think I have a reasonably good RB Corp with Michel as a possible backup and flex play. Hunter Henry was a bit of an overspend but I wanted a reliable TE and I think he fit the bill. Matt Ryan and Lamar Jackson give a great amount of flexibility and I aimed to pick up Ryan at the beginning of the draft so that's a plus! After that I think my team is quite thin and lacking in keeper opportunities which is my major problem with my draft. I am a walking time bomb of injuries (which is normal for me so at least it is familiar!) B- Indian Outlaws – Okay there is an asterisk next to Outlaws since I can’t not factor in the Millar injury into the Duke Johnson purchase. Basically, I see Outlaws draft as 2/3 solid picks and then bet on injuries or upsets or earning their position. Chubb/Allen/Evans are locks. Montgomery has the top RB spot in Chi-town but he is a rookie so there is risk. Woods/Engram are expected to be solid However, Pollard, Henderson, Hines, and Royce are all backups that need something big to make them relevant. It already happened though and Duke is now the best option in Houston… so Indian Outlaws has a good starting line-up and some (or potential more) depth depending on how depth charts shake out. Overall, you can see outlaw going after raw talent hoping the players will blossom into a top player as well as lock down that 2 year keeper. Kinda like Veg-heads attempted to do below, but much much better executed since there are WR and RBs drafted who have potential. Draft grade B/B+ Keepers were Chubb for 10 and Allen for 36 - Decent value but not great. Not a huge head start. Drafted: Evans for 43, Montgomery for 30, a flurry of Zero RB targets (Sanders, Duke, Henderson, Royce) for cheap. The most underrated fringe WR1, Robert Woods. Corey Davis for $1 - a top-5 steal in this draft (Watson for 3 and Godwin for 9 are better, but not a lot better). Engram was $15 but will be the only target for the Giants for the first four weeks, leading to a huge hot start. Drafted Luck for 3 which was a great deal, but just bad luck. Traded Hines for Kyler, which offers top-5 upside due to his rushing. Worst case, I drop him for FA streaming. Montgomery has mammoth opportunity and won't come off the field much. Sanders was my biggest draft target, and I think by Week five he'll be a high-end RB2 on that dope Eagles offense. Howard stinks. I think I'll have one solid RB1 (Chubb), two high end RB2s (Monty and Sanders), with Duke suddenly becoming a legit fringe RB1 option as the undisputed back in a top-3 offense. I have one solid WR1, two more guys who can be WR1s any week (Allen and Woods), and a dirt cheap upside pick in Davis. Engram will be fire. Murray can be a league winning QB as a runner in Air Raid. Depth at RB for days with Edmonds, Henderson, and Royce as guys who can get significant work with any injury. This is definitely a playoff team, and it will get stronger as the season goes on due to starting RBs getting injured. It already started with Miller going down. C- Mullynation – you are lucky I am grading you C. Yes you got Barkley (Over but fair priced) and Mixon (good deal) but what did you do after this? You already had 2 RBs with your keeper, please share your rational why you needed to draft two more? They you followed up with 10 on OJ which is fine but you didn’t have a single WR… Yes Landry/Lockett are fine but as WR2s that’s even is a bit of a stretch for me. For my grade I give myself an A, obvi, I got a good deal on watson, mixon and Howard, plus paying a fair amount for Barkley who was the best player in the draft Bonus commentary from the editor - Really...? you call drafting 4 players a A? Anyone could've done that and you just got lucky with your keepers. Passing for sure but I don't know what teachers see that and give you an A. C- Big Ass Cup O’ Franzia - with only Edelman as a Keeper, Big Ass C had to do something special to move back off the bottom of the league to 1) avoid last place but 2) make the playoffs. Overall, without significant keepers, I would say ASS did fine. 2 RB1s with Gurley and Gordon and Cooper as fringe WR1 but WR2 for sure with Ingram/McCoy as flex options and Ridley/Shepard as WR flex options are just fine. Yes I am worried about Gordon but he has to play at some point to be eligible for a full season and become a free agent next year. So risk but I see less risk for a full year holdout like bell. Nothing special but he has serviceable players with Sanders/Murry/McCoy allow for depth. Once again, he actually drafted players compared to drafting 3-4 players and checking out for the next 30-40 mins like some of the payers below. I’m going C+ (B+ if I picked Mixon, fournette or Freeman) but that was a terrible move without having the cash for Ekeler. (I’ll build around the B+ TBD) ending will be 6th seed, playoff bound with a real chance of winning with Gordon starting week 14! D River Gypsies – from a draft grading perspective, you can’t tell me you drafted 3 players (Elliot/Mahomes/Jones) and walk away thinking you had a unbelieve draft. RGs was missing for the next 30ish turns to only jump on potential value picks Robby Anderson and Watkins. After that it was simply pick up any scrapes available. B+ RG is a locked and loaded top contender in RZ this year. Playing off the keepers solidifying two of the top four RBs, a top 5 WR (spoils of last year), and the undisputed top QB and overall scorer, this squad is built to compete against any opponent. Top this off with a solid flex1 play in Aaron Jones, along with the up and coming Robby Anderson plugged in at WR, and the incredible WR depth on the bench, and this squad has breakout potential, along with the ability to plug holes that come with injuries and byes. Everyone will be shivering in their boots when they have to face RG this year, and for great reason. This is the year RG marches to his third championship run, leaving the competition to quake in his wake, and concede that they will need to do better next year to take down this behemoth. Best of luck to the rest of the RZ league, because they will need it! D 302 Cadets - yes your RBs (Bell/Mack/Carson) and other WR (Alshon) are solid and would earn you C rating (based on overspending a bit on each of them). However, you 1) drafted Kareem at $4… great bench spot for half the year 2) you drafted 3 QBs? And 3) you drafted 3 TEs??? You know you get a benefit for drafting your keeper correct? Autodraft has always been 302s friend but doesn’t mean it’s a great draft strategy every year. So I’d give my draft a solid B. I think all and all my team has the potential to actually be pretty strong. My running backs are very solid if: Bell gets the touch’s I expect and remains healthy, Carson continues to get strong touches, and Mack is able to overcome the loss of Luck. Hunt mid/late season could prove to be a strong pick for the price I payed (I’m hoping). With recent trades, Gore and Hyde are actually setup to have significant impact, depending on how there “sharing backs” fair. I feel like I got Hill for a great price, but hope PM won’t correct too hard this season. Other than him though.... Fuller and Jeffery are kind of unsettling for me. TBD. Prescott and Ertz are generally solid. D Twin City Tree Cats – Same comment as River Gypsies. You drafted 4 players over 5 dollars and the rest are either 5 (1), 4 (1) and 1 (7). You pick 7 players for 1 dollar and you better expect a poor draft rating. I’m number 10, cause Elle has that #11 locked down on stranger things. It ain’t easy keeping breezy, but Baker is not much to look at. Beckham can catch a football. Basically I’m betting on the Vikings winning the super bowl, cause I don’t have much. Thielen for the win! Oh and Big Ben, thought G might take him having juju, epic fail haha, but what I s a guy to do if you can’t skip your turn anymore 🏿 F Vicious Veg-Heads – I think everyone knows why he is here. First off, he had to ask for a “redo” when he bid 30 on Kareem Hunt assuming it was Tyreek Hill. Yes they both have a 4 letter H last name but come on… you are lucky we are a generous league but honestly it would’ve sucked if you were stuck with him for 30 so I am glad we all agreed to walk that one back. However, that is only the icing on the cake for why it’s a F grade, the “drafting” 4 WR wand then waiting (or being forced to wait) 60+ rounds before you next purchase which was indeed a RB the change of pace RB in Seattle. You have a couple long shots but as your required RBs, this isn’t a great situation actually it is a rather poor situation…. You have 3 WR1 and Green a potential WR1/2 when healthy. Best case (barring an injury) is that Howard owns the solo RB spot in Phi and Darwin steals the rule from Damien Williams. Looking forward to seeing what Veg-Heads can do to turn this situation around. I’d give myself a D. Smart trades, not good drafting is the pathway to a great team. I have several passcatchers that barring injuries are auto-starts and should finish at the top of their position. That makes them close to untradable in my position unless I want to significantly dilute my roster. I also have lots of dart-throw RBs that could turn into great players should something happen to starting RBs throughout the season. The problem with my draft is that I don’t have anybody on my team that I’d be willing to trade that is of any value and the only players I would trade Dont have any value now, so I am stuck with what will be an underperforming team and having to wait on the waiver wire and for injuries. With all that being said I think I have a better than average chance of winning it all because of the frequency of RB injuries and the types of handcuffs I selected. I also have a better than average chance of getting last place. F Big City Hillbillies – So the biggest problem I see with BCH is that he didn’t make a selection until around the 25 transaction. Additionally, this purchase was Josh Gordon, which is fine but definitely glass cannon worth a WR2 with a lot of upside but potentially worthless if he can’t keep his shit straight. The he followed this up with WR, WR, WR… big move options after Gordon were Evans (43), Julio (50), Mack (30), Carson (31), Jacobs (33). ALL OF THESE would’ve been free with the funds spent in the last 3 round. Okay maybe not Julio but you ended with 30 dollars and spent an excessive amount on Ekeler but could be useful wit this holdout. Like you didn’t spend more than 30 on a player… and these are the players who are going to win you games… I don’t see any sure fire winners on this team and with a substantial amount of funds remaining (30 on Jordan Reed doesn’t count for me). I hope your excuse is that you continued to have technically issues and/or where enjoying plenty of beverages while drafting at the bar. I’d give my draft like a D+. Scored value at WR with 5 guys who could all get in the top 15 there. But didn’t use the savings to get reliable studs at RB. TE will be a struggle but think Rodgers will be great this year as my QB. Got work to do if I’m gonna make the playoffs. Week 1 Power Rankings1. Mullynation – Barkley, Kamara, Mixon, Kerryon… nuff said. Who cares about the rest of the team anyway.
Note: Best thing about this is that Mullynation has like 40% of the top RB position which makes things a lot better for those who have the others (since many are left without). 2. Troll Hunters – DJ with plenty of low end 1s or solid 2 to cover every single RB/WR/FLEX spot with plenty of bench support as well. 3. NorthSide Angels – 2 top WR with Conner as the core. Freeman could be potential fringe RB1. Henry/Michel/Moore are solid twos/flex/TEs. I’d be comfortable week one with this squad unless I’m against Mullynation, oh wait… hope you’ve been praying angels because you’ll need it. 4. Indian Outlaws – Honestly wanted to put him lower but teams like River Gypsies (who lost this spot due to Zek no show) didn’t pickup key back… Couple WR1s, plenty of RB2s who will (or should) get action early with too much trade bait on the bench with injuries or holdouts… Could catapult up or down depending on usage over the next week or two 5. 302 Cadets – Solid 1/2/Flex for both RB/WR positions with a top 3 TE. 6. Twin City Tree Cats – Same as above but like Cadets team line-up just a bit better 7. River Gypsies - very nervous about Zek being available week 1 and near future and without the DAL back-up, who you got? Not excited about Aaron Jones week 1 against the Bears... 8. Big Ass Cup O’ Franzia – Yes hurt by Melvin (and no Ekler) but strong RB1 and a lot of number 2s and flex guys we need to see something if he wants his name back this year. 9. Vicious VegHeads - 3 top WRs, with a great TE. RBs (who start) are backups or committees for now... so there is come work to do for sure 10. Big City Hillibillie - the rich get richer and the poorer get poorer... Unsure if TY loses that much value but Hyde joining the KC backfield as his RB 1 most likely does. I have to see it to believe it for any of these guys to have a chance at the top 10 in their position and honestly, that's no way to make the playoffs. Wait, i misspoke, the Bears look good but that's the only top position BCH has locked down for now. |
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