Team High Octane:QB:T. Brady $27M. Stafford $18Want to get at least 25-30 ppg from the QB slot, so I need a stud and a high-scoring backup. A 3rd QB would be nice but was a luxury I couldn't afford. Besides, I'm not buying into the Colt McCoy hype--I think if you're reduced to using him you wn't win the contest anyhow.RB
. McFadden $28C. Wells $16R. Bush $15T. Hightower $14D. Karim $3L. Stephens-Howling $2I. Redman $2Looking for at least another 25-30 ppg from the RB slot. Thought McFadden was the best value among the top ten guys and Wells, Bush and Hightower were likely to be high value 2nd tier guys. Although Bush & Hightower share a bye week, it's early enough that I'm hoping to survive (I also think most teams are going to have a tough Week 5, so scores should be low that week). I had Barber for a long time, but switched out to Karim mostly because he seems more likely to have the guy in front of him go down. Karim, LSH and Redman are all cheap guys who will get some playing time and may break off a TD run and who could put up very good numbers if they become the starter because of an injury. Karim also provides insurance for injury-prone Beanie.WR
. Bryant $21S. Johnson $19L. Moore $10N. Burleson $8M. FLoyd $8A. Brown $3R. Cobb $3D. Moore $3Quantity is definitely the way to go at WR. Hopefully, the multitudes provide at least 45-50 ppw. Bryant adds to my Week 5 bye woes, but seemed like a great points per dollar choice. Flipped a coin between Johnson and Manningham (thought about both, but the fact that they both share Brady's bye week stopped that). Had Lee Evans and Andre Roberts until Wed. morning when I decided I didn't want Evans's week 5 bye, too. When I dropped Evans for Floyd, it created a week 6 bye issue, so Roberts turned into Cobb, D. Moore (one of theose guys you "have to have" because everyone else will and you can't afford to let them be right and not have him) and part of Evan Moore. I think Antonio Brown could be the steal of the year at $3. Ben seems to love him and he may have some huge weeks. Unfortunately, over the last week or two, too many people have noticed the same thing. Cobb won't be consistent, but in that offense he may have 1 or 2 big days, which is the goal with the quantity approach.TE:O. Daniels $12A. Hernandez $10L. Kendricks $6E. Moore $2Looking for 15-20 ppw from the TE spot and another 15 from either TE or WR in the flex spot most weeks. Last year I went with Witten/Davis in the double stud approach, but this year the price difference between the top guys and the 2nd tier seemed too large. Getting these 4 guys for not much more than one of the Big 4 seemed like the way to go.K:J. Hanson $4S. Suisham $3M. Nugent $2Hey, it's 3 kickers who will score points and have their bye weeks spread out. No rocket science here. Just trying to ensure 15-20 ppw from the combination of K & D.D
allas $4Oakland $4Arizona $3See Kicker discussion.Ended up with 27 guys, which is 2 more than I had last year, mostly because of my changed TE strategy. Last year was a success (17th overall, even with Aaron Rogers missing 2 weeks of the finals), so I'm hoping to get lucky again this year. Biggest risks are week 5 and potential injury risks Wells and Bush (and potential Skeletor victim Hightower) not being available when I need them to cover for McFadden in week 8. Very little in "unique" players but as I said in an earlier post, that's overrated.