8.06 Ryan Fitzmagic NYJ QB21
9.11 Brock Osweiler DEN QB27
20.06 Robert Griffin III QB WAS
Waited quite a while here and it shows. But in Fitz and Oz I believe I have two starters. Best case scenario they stay where they are as they have great weapons to throw to. Fitz finished as QB9 last year, so something in that range will help keep me in the mix. If Oz goes to CLE or something I still expect him to be a starter as I think he is in the top 32 QB’s in the league. Change of scenery may not be bad fantasy wise anyway considering Kubs like to ground and pound. Debated long and hard at the end of the draft about adding a 5th RB, a 3rd TE, and even a 6th WR. In the 20th decided to pass on the last two options and roll with RG3 who is currently the starting QB for WAS should they play tomorrow, but will be the starting QB for somebody else come opening day. Felt he adds a little potential pop to my QB crew that on paper does not look real sexy. Think RG3 will contribute at some point for somebody next year, even if I am wrong and he signs on as a backup.
1.11 Devonta Freeman ATL RB5
7.11 Karlos Williams BUF RB27
10.06 Ryan Mathews PHI RB44
11.11 Frank Gore IND RB48
19.11 LeGarrette Blount FA RB75
Not a huge Freeman fan but can’t ignore what he did last year. I get a little nervous when I see production like that all of a sudden. Makes me ask where was it before? Thought I’s still get a solid WR on the way back so went that direction. I’m all over Karlos this year, with or without Shady. Maybe should have gone a different direction, like TE, with the Mathews pick so quite a bit of buyer’s remorse there considering what I could have gotten at RB later. Probably my 2nd biggest hiccup that could cost me. I know we haven’t had draft or FA yet but it appears Gore will still be option A at RB in INDY. Had Snellman not taken Ware in the 18th, and I decided to pass on Brandon Coleman again, and run solo at DST, Blount would not be on this team. I thought Ware was great value that late. I expect Blount to sign for cheap where he feels comfy and return to NE and have a pounder role. Maybe not a ton of touches but some TD’s and some weeks where they just run a bunch on some teams.
2.06 Jordy Nelson GBP WR15
4.06 Emmanuel Sanders DEN WR28
5.11 Michael Floyd ARZ WR36
6.06 Allen Hurns JAC WR40
15.11 Cole Beasley DAL WR79
17.11 Kenny Britt LAR WR83
Jordy was a pretty easy pick for me at the first turn, although I thought about Edelman. Felt really good about getting Sanders as WR28 in the 4th. Was helped by several TE’s and RB’s going between my 3-4 picks. Kinda felt the same way about Floyd in the late 5th as WR36. I really like Hurns as just a solid football player. He quietly finished as WR19 behind Sanders at 18 last year as both came in at over 15 points a week. They were both top 23 (weekly avg) which is a little more telling of value in this format. One could argue Hurns over Floyd should have been the call. Bortles and company on to something down in Florida. Last year when I won this league Beasley was my only WR to outperform his draft spot, took him at WR84 and he finished at WR50. Scored for me 7 times last year. Thought he would add some week to week PPR and maybe pick me up when top 4 struggle. Britt may have been my biggest mistake/hiccup. Would love to have a redo, but he currently the WR2on his team, if you count Austin as WR1, so he should at least be playing some snaps and putting up decent fantasy numbers. He was WR55 last year which is just outside the 48 WR’s who start every week. I dedicated some high picks to this group but still feel I stole some value. Thought they were strong enough to ride with 6, we’ll see.
3.11 Travis Kelce KC TE5
16.06 Crockett Gilmore BAL TE30
Kelce should contribute each week and IMO Williams will not take the job from Gilmore. Crockett will be one of my go to guys in these drafts this year at this price. This group could be a serious issue, especially with an injury, and part of the reason I seriously considered adding a 3rd here. Won’t name the guys I was looking at all the way through pick 20 since the draft is still going, but there were a couple who would have been safety net adds. Felt like gambling here and rolling with these two and Griffin’s upside.
13.11 Mason Crosby GBP PK7
14.06 Jason Myers JAC PK14
Crosby bounced back and should be solid. Myers will be on a lot of my teams.
12.06 Seattle Seahawks DST2
18.06 Chicago Bears DST32
Almost rode solo here. Should be ok. While SEA overall D may not be as strong as in years past, I like Lockett housing a few to help.
Overall: Not real good. Fairly strong at WR, but I could easily get very little out of Mathews, Gore, and Blount at RB, and my QB’s and TE’s aren’t going to scare anybody. On a typical week I’m rolling Fitz, Freeman, Karlos, 3 of my top 4 WR’s, Kelcem PK and SEA D. I’ll need Fitz to have a similar year, ham and egg with OZ, Freeman to still be top 5 or so, not expecting RB1 again, my WR’s to carry me, and I need to be right about Gilmore. Starting gig and some pop from Griffin would be some needed gravy. I like my WSL2 team better already.
Quick shout out to what I would have done different/all you snipers: would have loved for CJ Anderson to make it to me in the 5th, I would have taken Brees or Ryan in the 6th instead of Hurns had they made it, I had Witten locked and loaded in the 7th only to lose him by one pick, missing on Stafford in the 8th by two and Flacco in the 9th by one pick sucked (my qb’s would look a lot different), and wanted to add Ware, and Coleman late.
Good luck.
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