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I didn't plan to make them all as similar as they turned out to be, but I think for the size of their respective leagues, they turned out alright.


Team 1 -
ESPN 14 Team - Standard Scoring - Picked 7th


QB - Joe Flacco
RB - Ray Rice, Ahmad Bradshaw
RB/WR - Mike Tolbert
WR - Mike Wallace, Wes Welker
TE - Jimmy Graham
K - David Akers
DST - Lions

Bench
Matt Stafford,
Rashad Jennings, Ben Tate,
Malcom Floyd, Danny Amendola, Derrick Mason, Devone Bess

*swapped Donald Brown for Ben Tate

*Friend of mine that setup this league made the mistake of requiring us to draft a 2nd TE, K, & DST, but adjusted the settings after the draft to make them closer to typical

* Very strange draft (1st DST drafted in Rd 3, 1st Kicker drafted in Rd 6), One of the guys in the league dropped Mike Williams TB, in order to pick up Louis Murphy following the correction in the settings, unfortunately my waiver claim wasn't high enough

I'd like to make my RB situation a little stronger/deeper, but the end of the draft didn't have much in the way of RB, most of the value was in the WR pool at that point


Team 2
10 Team ESPN League, Standard Scoring - Picked 8th

QB - Matt Scahub
RB - LeSean McCoy, Matt Forte
RB/WR - LeGarrette Blount
WR - Calvin Johnson, Mario Manningham
TE - Jimmy Graham
K - Garrett Hartley
DST - San Diego

Bench
Sam Bradford,
James Starks, Mike Tolbert, Rashad Jennings,
Lee Evans, Malcom Floyd, Danny Amendola


Team 3
10 Team Yahoo League, Standard Scoring, Picked 4th

QB - Matt Schaub
RB, Ray Rice, Matt Forte
WR - Mike Wallace, Wes Welker, Malcom Floyd
TE - Jason Witten
K - David Akers
DST - Giants

Bench -
Joe Flacco
Felix Jones, Mike Tolbert
Johnny Knox, Danny Amendola, Robert Meachem

Team 4
12 Team CBS Sports League, Standard Scoring, Picked 3rd

QB - Matt Schaub
RB - Ray Rice, LeGarrette Blount
WR - Mike Wallace, Mario Manningham, Danny Amendola
TE - Brandon Pettigrew
K - Nate Keading
DST - San Diego

Bench
Sam Bradford
James Starks, Mike Tolbert
Lee Evans, Robert Meachem



Thoughts on players you do or don't believe in.......
Trades worth targeting before the season starts......
Any other thoughts........

Bac2Basics wrote:I didn't plan to make them all as similar as they turned out to be, but I think for the size of their respective leagues, they turned out alright.


Team 1 -
ESPN 14 Team - Standard Scoring - Picked 7th


QB - Joe Flacco
RB - Ray Rice, Ahmad Bradshaw
RB/WR - Mike Tolbert
WR - Mike Wallace, Wes Welker
TE - Jimmy Graham
K - David Akers
DST - Lions

Bench
Matt Stafford,
Rashad Jennings, Donald Brown,
Malcom Floyd, Danny Amendola, Derrick Mason, Devone Bess

*Friend of mine that setup this league made the mistake of requiring us to draft a 2nd TE, K, & DST, but adjusted the settings after the draft to make them closer to typical

* Very strange draft (1st DST drafted in Rd 3, 1st Kicker drafted in Rd 6), One of the guys in the league dropped Mike Williams TB, in order to pick up Louis Murphy following the correction in the settings, unfortunately my waiver claim wasn't high enough

I'd like to make my RB situation a little stronger/deeper, but the end of the draft didn't have much in the way of RB, most of the value was in the WR pool at that point

Aside from Flacco, I like that team. Assuming the bye weeks work out right, you can just rotate those three running backs all season, and plug in Amendola or Floyd on the bye weeks. Jimmy Graham seems like just about everyone's sleeper TE this year, so I like him to, especially for where you probably drafted him.

Very solid, especially for a 14 team league.

Team 2
10 Team ESPN League, Standard Scoring - Picked 8th

QB - Matt Scahub
RB - LeSean McCoy, Matt Forte
RB/WR - LeGarrette Blount
WR - Calvin Johnson, Mario Manningham
TE - Jimmy Graham
K - Garrett Hartley
DST - San Diego

Bench
Sam Bradford,
James Starks, Mike Tolbert, Rashad Jennings,
Lee Evans, Malcom Floyd, Danny Amendola

That team looks strong across the board, though I don't play 10 team leagues so its hard for me to tell. I'm most definitely a Tolbert and Amendola fan, and Lee Evans looks good in Baltimore as well.

Team 3
10 Team Yahoo League, Standard Scoring, Picked 4th

QB - Matt Schaub
RB, Ray Rice, Matt Forte
WR - Mike Wallace, Wes Welker, Malcom Floyd
TE - Jason Witten
K - David Akers
DST - Giants

Bench -
Joe Flacco
Felix Jones, Mike Tolbert
Johnny Knox, Danny Amendola, Robert Meachem

Looks good again, though I'm not that big on Welker this year, especially when not in PPR. So many weapons to throw to in NE that I question him as a #2.

Team 4
12 Team CBS Sports League, Standard Scoring, Picked 3rd

QB - Matt Schaub
RB - Ray Rice, LeGarrette Blount
WR - Mike Wallace, Mario Manningham, Danny Amendola
TE - Brandon Pettigrew
K - Nate Keading
DST - San Diego

Bench
Sam Bradford
James Starks, Mike Tolbert
Lee Evans, Robert Meachem

Love Manningham this year, but not as a #2. Bradford should be an excellent backup.

I don't care for having 2 QB choices, every single week you are going to waste a good player. Trade him and have a bum 2nd QB and use that trade value towards a guy that will play EVERY week. Pick your favorite QB and gamble! You always have chances to change around if you get desperate, plenty of QBs out there, plus some will get hurt and will change later on, making the pool adaptive and bigger.

TSE wrote:I don't care for having 2 QB choices, every single week you are going to waste a good player. Trade him and have a bum 2nd QB and use that trade value towards a guy that will play EVERY week. Pick your favorite QB and gamble! You always have chances to change around if you get desperate, plenty of QBs out there, plus some will get hurt and will change later on, making the pool adaptive and bigger.

So basically, your saying draft a QB early and don't draft a backup.
I've heard this line of thinking before and it's one I'm not a big fan of.
Not drafting a 2nd QB is something I'd consider only if most of the teams in my league weren't going to draft a 2nd QB as well, otherwise, you're stuck with the 25th best QB if your guy goes down rather than the 15th. The difference between having to play someone like Joe Flacco vs a guy like Alex Smith or Jason Campbell

Bac2Basics wrote:I didn't plan to make them all as similar as they turned out to be, but I think for the size of their respective leagues, they turned out alright.



Team 3
10 Team Yahoo League, Standard Scoring, Picked 4th

QB - Matt Schaub
RB, Ray Rice, Matt Forte
WR - Mike Wallace, Wes Welker, Malcom Floyd
TE - Jason Witten
K - David Akers
DST - Giants

Bench -
Joe Flacco
Felix Jones, Mike Tolbert
Johnny Knox, Danny Amendola, Robert Meachem

If you can start a flex wr/rb I like this team. I think Felix is going to have a GREAT year, probably equal to forte IMO. You have two solid QB options so I would wait for a starter to go down and trade one of them and carry a scrub.

Bac2Basics wrote:

TSE wrote:I don't care for having 2 QB choices, every single week you are going to waste a good player. Trade him and have a bum 2nd QB and use that trade value towards a guy that will play EVERY week. Pick your favorite QB and gamble! You always have chances to change around if you get desperate, plenty of QBs out there, plus some will get hurt and will change later on, making the pool adaptive and bigger.

So basically, your saying draft a QB early and don't draft a backup.
I've heard this line of thinking before and it's one I'm not a big fan of.
Not drafting a 2nd QB is something I'd consider only if most of the teams in my league weren't going to draft a 2nd QB as well, otherwise, you're stuck with the 25th best QB if your guy goes down rather than the 15th. The difference between having to play someone like Joe Flacco vs a guy like Alex Smith or Jason Campbell

No I'm saying draft a QB late, and draft a backup super late. But it depends on where the great QBs fall, the earlier you are compelled to take a QB, the later you take your 2nd QB. Too many times people will take QBs like 5 rounds earlier and not have a distinguishably better QB. You are more likely to find a more distinguishable WR or RB or the 1st level TE/K/DEF than you are at finding a QB in those extra high levels.