2.05 Aaron Rodgers GBP QB1 8
11.12 Mike Glennon CHI QB31 9
Tried something a little different by going QB early. Rodgers is a pretty sure bet to finish top 3 and should give me a slight advantage over the field most weeks at QB. Glennon just a late add and that’s about it. He should start….. hopefully through week 8. He is at the Saints on Rodgers bye so they will need to score.
6.05 Paul Perkins NYG RB26 8
7.12 Danny Woodhead BAL RB34 10
8.05 Mike Gillislee NEP RB39 9
14.05 Chris Thompson WAS RB61 5
After punting the position through 5 rounds, I went RB in 3 straight. Fairly happy with what I was able to piece together here. Perkins should be the main guy. Couple pass catchers/2 min/4 min offense guys in Woodhead and Thompson. SD used Woodhead quite a bit in the red zone too, we’ll see if BAL does the same. Hopefully Gillislee gives me two thirds of what Blount did. He finished RB40 last year in BUF so maybe some value if he outperforms that this year. Thompson finished as RB28 last year in this format so potential for some serious value there if he assumes the same role. Different bye weeks for all 4. Not going to dazzle anybody here just need to post a couple decent scores each week.
1.12 T.Y. Hilton IND WR9 11
4.05 Terrelle Pryor WAS WR23 5
5.12 Martavis Bryant PIT WR31 9
10.05 Rishard Matthews TEN WR52 8
12.05 Kenny Stills MIA WR67 11
17.12 Eli Rogers PIT WR82 9
T.Y. should be solid again. Kinda surprised Pryor’s ADP isn’t a little higher in these, his arrow is pointing way up IMO. Bryant looks like he is going to be in full beast mode. Pretty happy with the top 3 here. Mathews, Stills and Rogers feel like a pretty solid complimentary group. Mathews WR19 last year, is he really going to fall all the way to WR52 because of Davis? Stills finished as WR46 so maybe some value there in that offense this year. And Rogers was WR63 and should man the slot in PIT, so as far as depth goes, some value. Couple same bye week guys but hopefully not an issue.
3.12 Tyler Eifert CIN TE7 6
9.12 David Njoku CLE TE19 9
18.05 Gary Barnidge FA TE34 ?
Jumped early for a TE and then backed him up with a rookie who should be an impact early. Heard some football heads talk about not listening to what teams say during the offseason, watch what they do. CLE kicked Barnidge, a legit NFL TE, to the curb as soon as they drafted Njoku. Ima watchin. With that said, I had a few options in the last round and decided to snag Barnidge as I think some NFL team will snatch him up very soon. In this format it’s ok to overload at TE, and with an oft injured Eifert and a rook on board, Barnidge seemed like a solid add. He could end up being a steal and a start for me more than I think. The other major piece here was that once I was able to get Novak and his week 7 bye, I knew I would be going solo at PK so I had a pick to play with.
15.12 Nick Novak HOU PK20 7
Rolling the solo dice here. My only roster spot with a week 7 bye (unless Barnidge signs with a week 7 bye team) so I will be loaded for bear everywhere else on Novak’s bye, so hopefully can cover the donut. HOU resigned Novak and I was kind of surprised to see that he kicked so many FG last year.
13.12 Denver Broncos DST4 5
16.05 Green Bay Packers DST20 8
Denver D should be pretty dominant again with sacks and TO’s. They are committed to being more impactful on special teams and have added some juice in the return game. Kinda nice to see GB still around with a few other options in the 16th. Really just took them over others because of their division matchups.
Overall: I kinda liked the QB early thing. I didn’t have to worry about playing the game in rounds 4-8 and I was able to focus elsewhere. QB should be a strength as should WR and maybe even TE. Kind of a motley crew at RB but they could be serviceable. Felt I succeeded for the most part in limiting bye week damage. Felt I was able to secure some value throughout the draft and while I see some potential for immunities, I at least shouldn’t be an easy out any particular week. Good luck.