Team Chaos +20%ers
First a big thanks to FBG for putting this together. I offered to run or help organize it next year when when I contributed to the schedule nuisances that were creating some stress. My word's good and I'll team up with Twilight (who's awesome for this) and the other volunteers when this is done to take the burden off the staff next year. No better way to say thanks, imo.
I had a lot of fun drafting in the middle of the season for the first time. I've drifted away from the hobby a bit this year, so this is a great way to keep connected. I put 6 hours into this draft before it started yesterday. So counting the 3 and a half hour actual draft, I've now put
almost 15 hours into fantasy football this year, total. This is my only league. It's nice to watch the games and not give a hoot about players all over the league. I qualified for a spot based on "past performance" around here, I guess. Then I picked a first round draft date that looked okay with my out of control August schedule, and someone died, and I had to miss my draft; and renesauz drafted this team that qualified for Round 2 for me. I did give him lists and instructions that got him through about half of that draft, but he built the team that advanced as much as I did. Thanks again Rene.
QBs
Ryan, Matt ATL QB
4
Warner, Kurt ARI QB
4
I haven't looked at all the teams but this has to be the top or one of the top combos. Both QBs flirt with elite numbers regularly. Both have their byes behind them. It was costly, but Ryan fell a little more than I expected. The WR I wanted with the Ryan pick was gone, so I gave this a try over my usual 3 QB approach. I like it.
RBs
Tomlinson, LaDainian SDC RB
5
Jones, Thomas NYJ RB 9
Barber, Marion DAL RB 6
Jones, Felix DAL RB 6
Parker, Willie PIT RB 8
Bell, Mike NOS RB
5
Scott, Bernard CIN 8
A crew laden with controversy. People who think LT is done probably are looking at stats and not watching him move. He looks fine to me. I expect a nice surge here in the middle of the season coming off a bye healthy. No bye means he gets 20% more games than many other backs.
I believe in LT +20%. I had #1 overall, chose it to be on the corner mid and late in the draft, and I wanted Peterson. But in my six hour strategy session, I decided to take Fitz +20% #1, and believe in LT with my 2nd rounder. It was obvious he was falling that far. Thomas Jones is what he is and he is generally underrated. The Cowboy combo makes this Cowboy fan smile. I love Choice and understand these two are nicked, but I think
nicked is the key here. That story about Barber's lingering issue seemed speculative to me and I expect both to come off the bye this week very strong. I'm not convinced Willie is done in Pitt yet, and he was very cheap. I also believe in Mike Bell +20% for his low price, but let's not go there here.
WRs
Fitzgerald, Larry ARI WR
4
Royal, Eddie DEN WR 7
Henderson, Devery NOS WR
5
Jones, James GBP WR
5
Moore, Lance NOS WR
5
Nelson, Jordy GBP WR
5
Jones, Jacoby HOU WR 10
I have a bad habit of neglecting the position I take in round 1. Grabbing Matt Ryan as QB2 and not a legit WR2 is just more evidence of the problem. Royal is not what I seek in WR2, but he should have more good moments for survivor purposes when teams work too hard to stop Marshall. The 4
5s+20%ers above are the product of that six hour preparation session. Going in I had no idea that I would draft Royal, but I predrafted Fitz and
inked in the Saint combo at 11.12 12.01 and the Packer combo at 15.12 161. It was fun to watch it unfold perfectly from a whopping three leagues worth of ADP information. I may have been too clever for my own good, but I'm a bigger fan of all four of these WRs than most, so it there it is. With so few byes, I will have a lot of bodies in the pattern every weekend; reasonably talented bodies in high scoring offenses. If this works, fantasy football professors will study what I did here and teach it in their survivor courses for years to come.
TEs
Gonzalez, Tony ATL TE
4
Scheffler, Tony DEN TE 7
The original plan was Marshall and Gates at 3.12 and 4.01, with Warner as the back up for either, and two strategies branching off from that possibilities. Two of the other three owners with my draft slot were able to catch that combo, the other picked up Warner. It all made sense to me. Well Gates and Marshall were gone but Gonzo + 20% was sitting there in his place so I went with him and the Warner strategy. Sheffler is a guy I like who may or may not get in this best ball lineu. I'm not high on him, but there was nothing much left when I added him. So this draft became the "Warner Strategy" for exactly one more pick when I diverted from it too.
Ks
Graham, Shayne CIN PK 8
Nedney, Joe SFO PK 6
I don't believe in using kickers and drafted two that I was pretty sure still had jobs. The +20%ers were gone
Ds
Cardinals, Arizona ARI Def
4
Chargers, San Diego SDC Def
5
I'm an IDP guy and find Team Ds as annoying as kickers, but I did target this +20% combo because it appeared to be the only one available late enough for my other ideas. They have an interesting combined schedule that could post some nice numbers. If I could do this again, I would probably not take Jacoby Jones and Bernard Scott to add a 3rd K and a 3rd D, because they rely so much on luck.
Which is probably what it's going to take to swim through this pool of sharks for five weeks.
Good luck all, and
feel my wrath! 
Romo because his TD last week got me into this mess. Looking for 200 yards and a score each week and I'll be happy.
