RenegadeGM
Footballguy
OK, might as well get this out of the way and then run for the hills while I get skewered:
QBs:
Chad Henne (5)
Jason Campbell (10)
Matt Leinart (6)
I'm not going to sit here and make excuses... my QBs are downright terrible, and there's no excuse for that in this format. I will say there's a few people in this league who think that some of us weren't prepared, didn't do the research, didn't understand the rules, etc... not the case. I knew what I was getting into. I just totally missed out on runs twice and when that when the dust cleared there was pretty much nobody left. Rather than chase bottom-tier guys, I did my best to make up the difference elsewhere. At that point there was really no other choice.
The silver lining is that this is best ball, and maybe somehow, some way these bums mange to post a decent game between them each week. Henne was at least competent at the close of '09 and has added Marshall. Campbell has the easiest QB schedule through the first 5 games according to Clayton's Ultimate SOS. Leinart is awful, but maybe I get lucky and a 5 yard crossing pattern to Fitz goes the distance or something.
No doubt these QBs leave me at a severe disadvantage as I'm sure will be noted by those picking apart our rosters. Not really much to defend on that front. I've got to hope for some luck to advance.
But it wasn't a result of not being prepared...
RBs
Frank Gore (9)
Pierre Thomas (10)
Ronnie Brown (5)
Derrick Ward (4)
Brandon Jackson (10)
Big fan of Gore this year and like his schedule out of the gate. Thomas should be consistent as well over the first five. Neither of these guys will be off during this leg. Not a big Ronnie Brown believer, but was good value where I got him. I expect to lean on these three, as Ward and Jackson are just fliers. Anything from them will be considered a bonus.
WRs
Reggie Wayne (7)
Marques Colston (10)
Mike Wallace (5)
Mohamed Massaquoi (8)
Devin Thomas (9)
Laurent Robinson (9)
Jason Avant (8)
Sammie Stroughter (4)
Wayne and Colston are a nice start but I would have liked to add more quality depth. Wayne in particular has a great schedule to start the season off. I think Wallace and Thomas could be consistent threats by the end of the season; it remains to be seen if they can get it done early. Robinson will probably count a few times for me as he has a decent schedule out of the gate. Avant and Stroughter are fliers... seems Stroguhter is having a good camp in the slot.
TEs
Dallas Clark (7)
Tony Scheffler (7)
Going to need Clark to come up big all five weeks, and he just might with a great schedule out of the gate. He'll need to make up for deficiencies elsewhere. I do think Scheffler has some upside in an improving offense, I'm just not counting on him.
PKs
Lawrence Tynes (8)
Adam Vinatieri (7)
Josh Brown (9)
Not much to analyze on kickers, except for the fact all three should be active all five weeks and have pretty good matchups. I actually think having three PKs and DEFs was important for me with my QBs so terrible - I need to take more shots at other positions to hopefully make up the points I'll be in the hole at the QB position.
DEFs
Baltimore Ravens (8)
New England Patriots (5)
Washington Redskins (9)
Again, usually I wouldn't take three, but I had to make an effort to make up points lost elsewhere.
To wrap it up, I don't expect the reviews to be very kind at all, and it is understandable. It's pretty hard to end up with QBs as bad as this. Outside of that, this team isn't too bad, with a base of Gore, P. Thomas, Wayne, Colston and Clark every week. The QB problem will probably be too much to overcome in the end, however, and advancing looks like an unlikely proposition at this point.
I expect 11 others to say how they "really like their team" and "feel they are definitely in the top 2 or 3" and "they are pretty much assured of advancing". Some of you will be right... some won't... everyone usually thinks they have the best team after the draft. I'm going to be more realistic
QBs:
Chad Henne (5)
Jason Campbell (10)
Matt Leinart (6)
I'm not going to sit here and make excuses... my QBs are downright terrible, and there's no excuse for that in this format. I will say there's a few people in this league who think that some of us weren't prepared, didn't do the research, didn't understand the rules, etc... not the case. I knew what I was getting into. I just totally missed out on runs twice and when that when the dust cleared there was pretty much nobody left. Rather than chase bottom-tier guys, I did my best to make up the difference elsewhere. At that point there was really no other choice.
The silver lining is that this is best ball, and maybe somehow, some way these bums mange to post a decent game between them each week. Henne was at least competent at the close of '09 and has added Marshall. Campbell has the easiest QB schedule through the first 5 games according to Clayton's Ultimate SOS. Leinart is awful, but maybe I get lucky and a 5 yard crossing pattern to Fitz goes the distance or something.
No doubt these QBs leave me at a severe disadvantage as I'm sure will be noted by those picking apart our rosters. Not really much to defend on that front. I've got to hope for some luck to advance.
But it wasn't a result of not being prepared...
RBs
Frank Gore (9)
Pierre Thomas (10)
Ronnie Brown (5)
Derrick Ward (4)
Brandon Jackson (10)
Big fan of Gore this year and like his schedule out of the gate. Thomas should be consistent as well over the first five. Neither of these guys will be off during this leg. Not a big Ronnie Brown believer, but was good value where I got him. I expect to lean on these three, as Ward and Jackson are just fliers. Anything from them will be considered a bonus.
WRs
Reggie Wayne (7)
Marques Colston (10)
Mike Wallace (5)
Mohamed Massaquoi (8)
Devin Thomas (9)
Laurent Robinson (9)
Jason Avant (8)
Sammie Stroughter (4)
Wayne and Colston are a nice start but I would have liked to add more quality depth. Wayne in particular has a great schedule to start the season off. I think Wallace and Thomas could be consistent threats by the end of the season; it remains to be seen if they can get it done early. Robinson will probably count a few times for me as he has a decent schedule out of the gate. Avant and Stroughter are fliers... seems Stroguhter is having a good camp in the slot.
TEs
Dallas Clark (7)
Tony Scheffler (7)
Going to need Clark to come up big all five weeks, and he just might with a great schedule out of the gate. He'll need to make up for deficiencies elsewhere. I do think Scheffler has some upside in an improving offense, I'm just not counting on him.
PKs
Lawrence Tynes (8)
Adam Vinatieri (7)
Josh Brown (9)
Not much to analyze on kickers, except for the fact all three should be active all five weeks and have pretty good matchups. I actually think having three PKs and DEFs was important for me with my QBs so terrible - I need to take more shots at other positions to hopefully make up the points I'll be in the hole at the QB position.
DEFs
Baltimore Ravens (8)
New England Patriots (5)
Washington Redskins (9)
Again, usually I wouldn't take three, but I had to make an effort to make up points lost elsewhere.
To wrap it up, I don't expect the reviews to be very kind at all, and it is understandable. It's pretty hard to end up with QBs as bad as this. Outside of that, this team isn't too bad, with a base of Gore, P. Thomas, Wayne, Colston and Clark every week. The QB problem will probably be too much to overcome in the end, however, and advancing looks like an unlikely proposition at this point.
I expect 11 others to say how they "really like their team" and "feel they are definitely in the top 2 or 3" and "they are pretty much assured of advancing". Some of you will be right... some won't... everyone usually thinks they have the best team after the draft. I'm going to be more realistic

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