4.13 Ben Roethlisberger PIT QB6 (8)
14.13 Carson Wentz FA QB31 (4)
19.04 Josh McCown CLE QB34 (13)
Thought the Rams were moving up to take Wentz so I felt the need to add McCown since Rams and Steelers share the same bye week. Think McCown ends up in DEN, so thought that was the play. Things have kinda changed now, and good chance Wentz doesn’t see the field this year so hopefully McCown does go somewhere he can start. Heck I didn’t think he was that bad last year and could probably beat out Griffin if given a fair shake. Anyway, Ben has to hold down the fort here.
3.04 C.J. Anderson DEN RB12 (11)
7.04 Ryan Mathews PHI RB31 (4)
11.04 Darren Sproles PHI RB47 (4)
15.04 Ronnie Hillman DEN RB60 (11)
16.13 Tim Hightower NOS RB66 (5)
Glad I kept passing on Gordon and took CJ. He should be solid and Hillman resigning made him fairly cheap insurance/handcuff. Should have DEN running game on lockdown one way or the other. Hoping to dodge some draft day bullets with the PHI backfield, like the Mathews/Sproles combo week to week if it stays status quo. Lot could change here including both Mathews and Sproles not even being on PHI roster. Liked the way Hightower played last year, he was almost beastly for that stretch. NOS thought enough of it to bring him back. He should spell Ingram on occasion and NOS probably have no concerns about him carrying the load if needed. Bye week wise is a little dicey week 4-11 but if I can survive those should be ok. This may be one of the worse groups of RB’s in this league, but if Mathews stays the lead dawg in PHI or becomes the lead dawg somewhere else I could be ok. Hopefully Sproles still does some PPR damage.
2.13 Julian Edelman NEP WR19 (9)
5.04 DeVante Parker MIA WR33 (8)
8.13 Tavon Austin RAM WR47 (8)
9.04 Devin Funchess CAR WR49 (7)
10.13 Nelson Agholor PHI WR58 (4)
17.04 Chris Conley KCC WR82 (5)
20.13 Kenny Stills MIA WR101 (8)
On the surface this is a pretty motley looking crew. Pretty much Edelman and a bunch of WR2-3’s on their respective teams. Kinda hitching the wagon to some second year guys busting out and living up to the reasons they were drafted. Guess kinda isn’t really the word. I am needing second year guys Parker, Funchess, Agholor, and Conley, 4 of my 7 WR’s to take that next step. I feel ok about hitting on 2 or 3 of those and combining that with Edelman and the underrated Austin. Hitting on a coupe here could make or break this whole team. Parker becoming a top guy needs to happen. Might need to take a look a back, but maybe I shouldn’t have ignored this position in rounds 11-16.
1.04 Rob Gronkowski NEP TE1 (9)
6.13 Julius Thomas JAC TE13 (5)
Should be solid here and as mentioned I couldn’t let Thomas basically make it to round 7 as TE13 in this format. He missed 4 games last year and should easily finish in top 10. Will need this group to help out with points to cover my warts elsewhere.
12.13 Brandon McManus DEN PK6 (11)
This is the second league so far where I have gone solo at PK and I am warming to that idea moving forward. McManus and the two DEN RB’s are my only week 11 bye players so I should have the rest of the crew available that week. I was targeting McManus as I feel DEN may be FG city this year. I’ll leave it at that.
13.04 Arizona Cardinals DST4 (9)
18.03 Detroit Lions DST28 (10)
Cool with this group.
Overall: It’s ugly…..nasty ugly….like yeah she may “technically” be a stripper nasty ugly…..Gronk/Thomas is her rockin tattooed body…..but then it ends. Quite possibly one of my worst efforts as I have serious train wreck potential at QB, RB, WR, and PK. Wow….this was bad. Good luck.