I love these Survivor Leagues mainly because I flat-out don't Serpentine Draft in Leagues larger than 12 Teams, outside of these, and they are absolutely GREAT tools by which to fine-tune my Draft Strategies for the numerous 12-Teamers I'll be working through come late August/early September...not to mention the competition is 1st Rate, and I attribute much of my success in the Nationals to what I learn from either participating in these (WSL, SSL, Anarchy) or tracking the others...
...so, Thank You, Guys!
QB Chargers
QB Panthers
RB Felix Jones, Cowboys
RB Donald Brown, Colts
RB Julius Jones, Seahawks
RB Michael Bush, Raiders
WR Reggie Wayne, Colts
WR Greg Jennings, Packers
WR Vincent Jackson, Chargers
WR Kevin Curtis, Eagles
WR Jordy Nelson, Packers
TE Heath Miller, Steelers
TE Chase Coffman, Bengals
TE Chris Baker, Patriots
PK Rob Bironas, Titans
PK Rian Lindell, Bills
D/ST Colts
D/ST Falcons
Went into this thing like I'd assume everyone else likely did - trying to max Production with Shelf Life (Playoff Games)...
Was quite pleased to start out with the 1-2 WR Punch of Wayne/Jennings - I'm sky-high on Wayne this Season, and I think it's the Colts turn to rep the AFC in the SuperBowl. I like the additions of DBrown and ACollie, and what I've seen of the development of Garcon. I don't think they'll take away from Wayne, but rather allow him to work in some of the loosest coverage he's seen for a few years now. I think he's headed towards a career Season. I view the Packers as a Playoff Team, and Jennings is the best of a superb WR Corps, who will play extra Games.
...with the PPR Format, I decided to wait and try to grab some 2nd Tier RBGuys with starter upside, and the potential to 'spike'. I wanted to grab a Top Caliber QB, and I have Rivers ahead of Rodgers by a hair in Formats that penalize for INT's. Jackson was a decent enough 3rd WR that with PPR factored in was one of the better PPR/Yardage/TD guys available in the 4th Round. Rivers/Jackson ought to be Playoff bound almost by default in that Division, so I should get some extra scoring out of that Tandem. Would have liked to have Drafted Hines Ward in the 4th, but it would be the 1st of several times that Duckboy beat me to the punch on a Player. Hoping that Jackson will catch enough TD's to make up for the PPR/Yardage he may lack in comparison to Ward.
Didn't want to get left out of the TE Pool, and waiting until the 5th was costly, but Heath Miller is a guy I like as a RedZone threat, and he'll see at least one extra Game, and was my shot at getting a valuable piece of the Steelers Offense.
QBChargers/Wayne/Jennings/VJackson/HMiller through 5 Rounds, and slobbering over Ray Rice...when Duckboy struck again...I was angling to grab the Ravens entire Rushing Offense (Rice, McClain, McGahee), but that got derailed, so I grabbed the next guy on my list of RBBC candidates, Felix Jones. Has to stay healthy, but I view him as the statistical leader of what I think will be a 3Headed Cowboy Backfield. May not give me the TD's, but perhaps I can subsidize that through Jackson/Miller...I've got him down for exta Games as well.
Was pretty stunned to find Donald Brown there in Round 8, given the fact that we play a full Season through the SuperBowl - I was sure Pimpin' was going to sew up the Colts backfield after taking Addai in Round 6. Started to slobber over Sproles, when my nemesis Duckboy struck for the 3rd Time. Having waited that long on RB, and going with the philosophy I was trying, I would have absolutely CROWED with a Rice/FxJones/Sproles RB Crew to go with Rivers and my WR's through 9 after waiting so long, but...derailed again.
I was pretty ticked off at this point, and probably got irrational with my selection of Julius Jones, which might have been early. I have the Seahawks winning the NWest, though, so in a way he fit the mold. It sure seems like the 'hawks are going to rely on a guy that doesn't make me do backflips, though. With that selection, I decided to try and corral the Seahawks Rushing Game. Nice run of Players between that and my next Pick. I felt my edge at WR slipping, and decided to hit it again with Curtis - another guy who has a Playoff Run in him, and who's going to catch his share of balls and has good YAC potential, especially with Ingram out...provided he doesn't get dinged.
Was feeling pressure that I was blowing it at QB2 and D/ST1 by now, but such is the life of a 16-Team snake. Delhomme might have fallen a Round or so more, but he was higher on my QB list for this Draft, as he and Collins were the last QB's available that I felt had legitimate Playoff potential, and I like the backups in Carolina better, as well as the Steve Smith factor. Of course, that may now suffer. Given this Format, and my Rankings for it, I felt QBPanthers was somewhat of a lucky gift that I couldn't affort to pass on, no matter what else I needed. Cost me some nice D/ST, though. Colts not my ideal choice for D/ST1 by any means, but at least they should go deep into the PostSeason, and the Offense might allow for some forced turnovers.
Thought I'd be able to grab Nate Washington, Ahmad Bradshaw or Mike Walker next, but they all went, the last to Duckboy...again. Mike Bush might add some TD's to my RBBC, though, for 16 Games, at least. I guess I have to learn not to slobber, because this time, Biabreakable snookered me on Jared Cook after I'd worked myself into a lather of getting him in Rd 13 as TE2 after waiting too long to take my next one. Coffman was an impulse Pick in that sense...again.
So long, Davone Bess, who I was targeting for WR5, and then Pimpin' got into the act, returning my favor of taking DBrown, by preventing me from pairing Choice with FxJones. Color me steamed. Got some mojo back with Bironas, though, who will be among the PK leaders during the regular Season, and who has some Playoff upside. Falcons D/ST was the last Playoff Potential D/ST on my list, and I figured I might as well at least go for staying power at the Position over some other attractive options that remained...Lindell was somewhat uninspiring, in that I was just running out of Players that fit my paradigm. Scobee probably has a better chance of making the Playoffs, and might have been a better choice here. Lindell had better give me something, because at this point, I still only had 4WR, 4RB and 2TE, and taking a PK here cost me James Jones and Deon Butler, both of whom I thought I'd be able to land with my final selection. Since I went WR heavy early, I was feeling crappy about how I'd handled WR since then, and at that point, it was my strategy to Draft Jones and Garcon or Collie (or both) with my final 2 Picks, to insure Wayne or both Wayne and Jennings. Jordy Nelson was somewhat of a consolation prize, but an uninspiring one.
So, along comes Pick 18, and there I am with:
FxJones/DBrown/JJones/MBush - upside sure, but kinda 'meh'...
Wayne/Jennings/VJackson/KCurtis/Nelson - top heavy, but otherwise 'meh'...
HMiller/Coffman - kinda 'meh', and potentially awful at TE2, which is to critical to be 'meh'...
I really struggled here, wanting a bunch of guys with my last pick - Duckboy got me again, following up my Nelson pick with TJDuckett, which prevented me from maxing out the Seattle RB's. Still, Forsett was there, which might have made me feel better. Garcon and Collie, too...but TE2 was really giving me a rash.
Interestingly enough, I was going through a Rookie/FA Draft in my Local High-Stakes Dynasty League while we were doing this, and I hold the rights to Baker on that Team from back when he was with the Jets, so he was a guy that was sort of on my radar. As I waffled over Forsett, or one of the Colts, and whatever else WR dregs were out there, I decided to take one more run through the Alphabetical List of TE's. What a load of dreck...but there sat Chris Baker, who at least fit the Playoff Games criteria, although I don't think there are enough footballs to go around in that Offense...still, he IS the Starter, and might have a 'spike' or two in him...and with the Pats a strong bet to go deep in the Playoffs, he has potential to have a nice, large sample size of Games in which to give me some upside steam...I may have pulled my ### out of the fire with that one, but it's a long Season, especially in this League, so we'll see.
I think my squad has potential, in that there's a good chance that I have several guys that ought to play a Playoff Game or two - but that might not make up for a lack of production during the Regular Season. Not the best Team, I've ever Drafted, but not a total loss either. I'll probably finish somewhere around my Draft Position - 10th...
...and that's the story of my Draft.
Great fun, as always, and challenging as always, too. Great practice for what lies ahead.
Great job by everyone...and thanks again for helping me think some things out. Good Luck to all!
I want to check this once the scores are in and have a few laughs - Cal Bear suggest tears, but he wasn't right last year, so unless we were just playing for pre-season DD rankings.............let em play 
The guys projected 1st and 3rd? They didn't finish close to that. 6th and 8th is AVERAGE. And we know Anarchy got crushed because of Brady injury in game 1 so kind of pointless looking at that.
