How did your championship squad start? (1 Viewer)

[JMon348]

ound Pick Player Position1. (10) Jimmy Graham TE2. (15) Adrian Peterson RB3. (34) Hakeem Nicks WR4. (39) Trent Richardson RB5. (58) Brandon Lloyd WR6. (63) Percy Harvin WR7. (82) C.J. Spiller RB8. (87) Robert Griffin III QB9. (106) David Wilson RB10. (111) Jacquizz Rodgers RB11. (130) Randall Cobb WR12. (135) Andrew Luck QB13. (154) Kendall Hunter RB14. (159) Kendall Wright WR15. (178) LeGarrette Blount RB
Hit on a lot of my gambles. Harvin, Spiller, Griffin, Luck, and Cobb were huge. Peterson was drafted around 15ish, that turned out to be a steal. Got made fun of for drafting the top three actual rookie selections, but they all paid off big time. Made several trades so a lot of these guys didn't play for me late in the year, but this is where I won the championship IMO.

 

[Tchula]

1. (9) Calvin Johnson WR

2. (12) Darren McFadden RB

3. (29) Doug Martin RB

4. (32) Matt Ryan QB

5. (49) Aaron Hernandez TE

6. (52) Eric Decker WR

7. (69) Peyton Hillis RB

8. (72) Jeremy Maclin WR

9. (89) DeAngelo Williams RB

10. (92) Darrius Heyward-Bey WR

11. (109) Mark Ingram RB

12. (112) Josh Freeman QB

13. (129) Randall Cobb WR

14. (132) Jared Cook TE

15. (149) Doug Baldwin WR

16. (152) Ronnie Hillman RB

17. (169) Dallas DEF

18. (172) Nate Kaeding K

 

[shredhead]

Drafted:

1.1 Rodgers

2.12 Charles

3.1 Julio

4.12 Trent

5.1 Colston

6.12 Ridley

7.1 Maclin

8.12 Donald Brown

9.1 Giants ~ (terrible pick)

10.12 Carson Palmer

11.1 Ronnie Hillman

12.2 Greg Olsen

13.1 Danny Amendola

14.12 Justin Tucker

Championship game roster:

QB Rodgers

RB Moreno, Ridley, Trent, Charles, SJax, David Wilson

WR Julio, Cobb, Colston

TE Myers

K Graham

D Seattle, Cincy

 

[by_the_sea_wannabe]

Rice, Ray BAL RB $58.00

Brees, Drew NOS QB $37.00

Green, A.J. CIN WR $29.00

Charles, Jamaal KCC RB $26.00

Harvin, Percy MIN WR $22.00

Floyd, Malcom SDC WR $5.00

Gonzalez, Tony ATL TE $5.00

Boldin, Anquan BAL WR $4.00

Bush, Michael CHI RB $2.00

Freeman, Josh TBB QB $2.00

Hightower, Tim FA* RB $2.00

Mendenhall, Rashard PIT RB $2.00

Benson, Cedric GBP RB $1.00

Bills, Buffalo BUF Def $1.00

Bullock, Randy HOU PK $1.00

Gordon, Josh CLE WR $1.00

Thomas, Pierre NOS RB $1.00

Washington, Nate TEN WR $1.00

chargers, Prater, and Shorts rounded off the starters.

Pick Selection

1.08 Stafford, Matthew DET QB

2.03 Johnson, Chris TEN RB

3.08 White, Roddy ATL WR

4.03 Charles, Jamaal KCC RB

5.08 Rivers, Philip SDC QB

6.03 Smith, Steve CAR WR

7.08 Britt, Kenny TEN WR

8.03 Brown, Donald IND RB

9.08 Gresham, Jermaine CIN TE

10.03 Smith, Kevin DET RB

11.08 Williams, DeAngelo CAR RB

12.03 Locker, Jake TEN QB

13.08 Wilson, Russell SEA QB

14.03 Moss, Randy SFO WR

15.08 Seahawks, Seattle SEA Def

16.03 Cobb, Randall GBP WR

17.08 Chiefs, Kansas City KCC Def

18.03 Bengals, Cincinnati CIN Def

19.08 Bess, Davone MIA WR

20.03 Chargers, San Diego SDC Def

21.08 Nelson, David BUF WR

22.03 Hanson, Jason DET PK

23.08 Foles, Nick PHI QB

24.03 Nugent, Mike CIN PK

Blackmon and Prater are the addon starers

Pick Selection

1.05 Johnson, Calvin DET WR

2.08 Peterson, Adrian MIN RB

3.05 White, Roddy ATL WR

4.08 Martin, Doug TBB RB

5.05 Decker, Eric DEN WR

6.08 Romo, Tony DAL QB

7.05 Davis, Fred WAS TE

8.08 Floyd, Malcom SDC WR

9.05 Roethlisberger, Ben PIT QB

10.08 LaFell, Brandon CAR WR

11.05 Bush, Michael CHI RB

12.08 Turbin, Robert SEA RB

13.05 Rodgers, Jacquizz ATL RB

14.08 Blount, LeGarrette TBB RB

15.05 Jones, Taiwan OAK RB

16.08 Jones, Felix DAL RB

17.05 Janikowski, Sebastian OAK PK

18.08 Vikings, Minnesota MIN Def

Myers, Gano, and the Cards started the last game

Pick Selection

1.04 McCoy, LeSean PHI RB

2.09 Charles, Jamaal KCC RB

3.04 Welker, Wes NEP WR

4.09 Harvin, Percy MIN WR

5.04 Johnson, Stevie BUF WR

6.09 Manning, Peyton DEN QB

7.04 Davis, Fred WAS TE

8.09 Meachem, Robert SDC WR

9.04 Jennings, Rashad JAC RB

10.09 Schaub, Matt HOU QB

11.04 Celek, Brent PHI TE

12.09 Moss, Randy SFO WR

13.04 Mendenhall, Rashard PIT RB

14.09 Jones, Taiwan OAK RB

15.04 Lions, Detroit DET Def

16.09 Patriots, New England NEP Def

17.04 Graham, Shayne HOU PK

18.09 Scott, Bernard CIN RB

Josh Gordon, Shorts, Pitta, Prater, and the Panthers are the other starters

 

[Judge Smails]

1.05 in 12 team redraft

Calvin Johnson

Marshawn Lynch

Fred Jackson

Michael Vick

Darren Sproles

Eric Decker

CJ Spiller

Eli Manning

Anquan Boldin

Malcolm Floyd

Calvin Johnson and Marshawn was my best starting 2 picks in my 15 years of doing FF. Rocks all year long and matchup proof. The Buffalo RB situation hurt me a few times, my only losses were when I started FJax and he got hurt (CJ went off) or when I started CJ and he got hurt (FJax went off). When CJ got the job full time towards the playoffs I had a great starting two with him and Marshawn. My QB's sucked. Key to me winning was trading Vick straight up for Cam Newton mid year. I really thought I'd be riding Eli in the 2nd half with great matchups and the Giants typical December rise. But I would have been dead. Made some other trades to get Mike Williams TB (good) and Nicks (bad). I completely struck out with quarterbacks at the draft and still dominated, winning all 3 playoff games by 30-50 points. I also horded defenses the last 4-6 weeks, at some times rostering 3 with only 15 roster spots. Got great production playing the likes of the Broncos, Jets, Steelers. Other guys stuck with the defenses they had all year and sometimes got -2 points while I was getting 15-24. Huge difference in our league.

 

[Mello]

Not good, worst draft of my 5 years in the league. 12 team redraft, non-PPR, Yahoo standard except for 1pt/20 return yds.

1. (3) Ray Rice RB

2. (22) Andre Johnson WR

3. (27) Greg Jennings WR

4. (46) Darren Sproles RB

5. (51) Dez Bryant WR

6. (70) J. Finley TE

7. (75) Michael Vick QB

8. (94) Stevan Ridley RB

9. (99) Malcom Floyd WR

10. (118) S. Holmes WR

11. (123) C.J. Spiller RB

12. (142) Russell Wilson QB

13. (147) New England DEF

14. (166) Randy Bullock K

15. (171) Ryan Williams RB

Only the 4 players in bold were starting in my final game. After a 3-6 start, some decent ww pickups, Dez catching fire, and Spiller becoming the #1 RB let me win 7 straight to the championship.

 

[snellman]

1. (5) Tom Brady QB

2. (20) Darren Sproles RB

3. (29) Steven Jackson RB

4. (44) Brandon Lloyd WR

5. (53) Reggie Bush RB

6. (68) Eric Decker WR

7. (77) Donald Brown RB

8. (92) Peyton Hillis RB

9. (101) Greg Little WR

10. (116) Greg Olsen TE

11. (125) Ryan Williams RB

12. (140) Ronnie Hillman RB

13. (149) Randall Cobb WR

14. (164) Jerome Simpson WR

15. (173) Heath Miller TE

16. (188) Chad Greenway LB

17. (197) DeMeco Ryans LB

18. (212) Kam Chancellor S

19. (221) Jon Baldwin WR

20. (236) D.J. Smith LB

21. (245) Jon Beason LB

22. (260) Josh Gordon WR

23. (269) Mohamed Sanu WR

24. (284) Juron Criner WR

25. (293) Nate Kaeding K

Championship Lineup

Brady

Decker

Cobb

Lloyd

Sproles

Bush

Heath Miller

Olsen

Steven Jackson

Blair Walsh

Kuechly

David

Greenway

Von Miller

Wheeler

 

[Please See Mine]

I posted this at the beginning of the year and left in my parentheticals. Rounds 8-16 were basically worthless, other than NYG DEF who I played all year until the last few weeks. Bryant did well enough til I dropped him at his bye.

1.8 Calvin Johnson

2.3 Graham (Gronk was still there, but I wanted Graham)

3.8 Fred Jackson (This was where things got interesting. I had Julio pretty much off my list because I wasn't picking him in the 2nd round but assumed he'd be gone by 3.8 and anyway, figured that I'd need an RB. However, there he was sitting out there. After my deliberation, I stuck with Jackson. Julio went with the next pick.)

4.3 Trent Richardson (Didn't really want him, but Turner went the pick before me. RB still on the board were Gore, Martin, Sproles, Bradshaw, Hillis, BJGE, and so on.)

5.8 Harvin (Colston went at 4.9 and Lloyd went at 5.5.)

6.3 Matt Ryan (Another interesting one. Again, no plans to draft Ryan, as I thought he'd go too high, but although Brown and BJGE were still on the board, Ryan seemed like the best value.)

7.8 Reggie Wayne (slight reach, but I really think that he can be good this year, and with more quality RB left, I decided to go for Wayne.)

8.3 Donald Brown ("Gamble" paid off and Brown is still there, though did I really just pick 2 Colts?)

9.8 Cedric Benson (Happy with the value.)

10.3 Malcolm Floyd

11.8 Pettigrew

12.3 Flacco

13.8 Nate Washington

14.3 Giants Def

15.8 Matt Bryant

16.3 Mendenhall

 

[solorca]

1 - Darren Mcfadden (miss)

2 - Brandon Marshall (huge hit)

3 - Percy Harvin (hit)

4 - Stevie Johnson (decent)

5 - Matt Ryan (hit)

6 - Michael Vick (traded for Hakeem Nicks prior to week 1)

7 - Vernon Davis (miss)

8 - Marshawn Lynch (keeper - massive hit)

9 - Robert Meacham (miss, traded as a throw in for the Vick/nicks trade above)

10 - Shane Vereen (miss)

11 - Randall Cobb (huge hit, but I traded him for Crabtree before he blew up)

12 - Kyle Rudolph (average)

13 - jacquizz Rodgers (decent hit for this draft spot)

14 - Jake Locker (never used him)

15 - Felix Jones (handcuff)

16 - Defense

17 - kicker

18 - Demarco Murray (keeper - a hit at this cost)

 

[RavenLunatic]

PPR

McFadden

AD

Gronk

Sproles

Dez

Mike Wallace

RG3

CJ Spiller

Malcolm Floyd

Heath Miller

Russell Wilson

Leshoure

Blackmon

 

[Sarnoff]

Keeper 1: Chris Johnson (started in championship game)

Keeper 2: Peyton Manning (started in championship game)

Keeper 3: Denarius Moore (benched championship game. Only started one game all season. Had to keep 3 players, he was 3rd best available)

Draft:

1) Julio Jones (started championship game)

2) Willis McGahee (dropped after injury, replaced with Moreno off of waivers)

3) Aaron Hernandez (kept through injury, started championship game)

4) Mark Ingram (dropped early in the season)

5) Miles Austin (benched championship game for WW pickup Pierre Garcon)

6) CJ Spiller (started championship game)

7) Malcom Floyd (dropped late in the season, before his injury)

8) Bills DST (dropped early in the season. Started WW pickup Bengals DST in championship)

9) Jake Locker (dropped early)

10) Jamie Harper (dropped early)

11) Russell Wilson (dropped early)

12) Shayne Graham (started championship game)

13) Lestar Jean (dropped early)

The rest of my bench at the end of the season, all WW pickups: Josh Freeman (only started in Manning's bye week) and Jay Cutler (late-game insurance in week 16 in case of a surprise Manning injury since Freeman would have been locked since he played early in the day). Bryce Brown, Javon Ringer (keeper insurance on CJ2K), and Lance Ball (week 16 insurance in case of a surprise Moreno injury).

Getting Spiller late was probably the key to my season.

 

[Mr. Pink]

1. McFadden

2. Charles

3. Marshall

4. M. Ryan

5. Demaryius Thomas

6. J. Finley

7. DeAngelo Williams

8, Malcom Floyd

9. Sidney Rice

10. Texans D/ST

11. Daniel Thomas

12. Donald Brown

13. Sam Bradford

14. Coby Fleener

15. Matt Bryant

Week 1 Starting Line-up

QB - Ryan

RB - McFadden

RB - Charles

WR - Marshall

WR - D. Thomas

WR - M. Floyd

TE - Finley

D/ST - Texans

K - Bryant

Super Bowl Winning Line-up

QB - Ryan

RB - McFadden

RB - Charles

WR - Marshall

WR - D. Thomas

WR - J. Avant

TE - Watson

D/ST - Texans

K - Bryant

-Only S. Rice listed as Ques. on Sunday night prevented me from starting him. Coulda started Finley, but went with Watson based on match-up. Would still won with both in line-up, but woulda made a 10 point win a 7 point squeeker.

 

[snichols]

1. (1) Arian Foster

2. (24) Julio Jones

3. (25) Adrian Peterson

4. (48) Matt Ryan

5. (49) Brandon Lloyd

6. (72) BenJarvus Green-Ellis

7. (73) Stevan Ridley

8. (96) Ryan Williams

9. (97) Nate Washington

10. (120) Jermaine Gresham

11. (121) Brandon LaFell

12. (144) Kendall Wright

13. (145) Jacob Tamme

14. (168) New England

15. (169) Russell Wilson

Champ Lineup

Matt Ryan

Julio

Shorts

Garcon

AP

Foster

Dennis Pitta

San Diego

Vinatieri