I lived to fight another day with this team. I've subscribed for years, this is the first time I've ever done the contest. I spent the $ on Brady not only for his upside, but for his consistency, and I liked the value of Flacco as a backup. Go figure Flacco outscores Brady week 1.
I went with what looks like the same RB's as everyone else - the lowest owned % of my RB is 18.5%. That's not a lot of separation if I want to go deep, but I'll worry about getting there and let luck take care of itself. I'm somewhat reliant on injuries to get studs at RB though, and even if I do get those, so will everyone else.
I wanted strong WR - starting 3 of them and getting 1ppr, they seemed to me to be the most valuable position. So I'm strong at the top end and have a lot of 'em.
I don't think I focused enough on TE. If I had it to do over again, I'd probably take Ocho out and spread the money among two TE.
K - This is a really stupid fantasy position, especially in a contest like this. I probably should have taken an extra kicker over Davis or James because I'd use them more often.
Team D - Went with the FBG combo and threw in the 'aints - figure Reggie's good for a PR TD or two, and teams are going to be passing a lot against them, so what the hell. We'll find out if I know what I'm doing soon enough.
Also, a lot of players I really wanted (Brady, Moss, Ocho), one that seemed like good value (Henry) and one that I went down to due to budget concerns (Winslow) have week 8 bye weeks. Flacco, Colston, Schilens, Bess, Robinson, Cribbs, Finley, and my RB's are going to get me some serious luck week 8 should I get there. But hey, anybody that wins this thing is going to need some serious luck. FF is about 90% luck, 5% paying for someone else to give you good info (which we all have) and 5% not being a #######.
QB - Tom Brady - 37
QB - Joe Flacco - 14
RB - Ray Rice - 21
RB - Leon Washington - 12
RB - Felix Jones - 11
RB - Ahmad Bradshaw - 8
RB - James Davis - 2
RB - Edgerrin James - 1
RB - Chris Brown - 1
WR - Randy Moss - 42
WR - Marques Colston - 28
WR - Chad Ochocinco - 27
WR - Chris Henry - 12
WR - Chaz Schilens - 3
WR - Davone Bess - 3
WR - Laurent Robinson - 2
WR - Josh Cribbs - 1
TE - Kellen Winslow - 13
TE - Jermichael Finley - 3
PK - Jay Feely - 1
PK - Steve Hauschka - 1
TD - Arizona Cardinals - 3
TD - Green Bay Packers - 3