Make Fun of my Team
Okay, so there is no actual football news until camp starts and everyone covering the NFL is taking a vacation. (I probably would too, but our second magazine is due later than usual this year).
So instead of news, we'll talk about the subject no one cares about: My fantasy teams. Take a look at the results from yesterday's KPII draft and you can comment on what I'm missing, where I picked someone too early, and who I got at a good value. This was a PPR league with six points per passing touchdown.
QB: Jay Cutler (8.09), Matt Schaub (10.09)
RB: Adrian Peterson (1.04), Ronnie Brown (4.09), Jonathan Stewart (5.04), Kenny Watson (12.09), Pierre Thomas (13.04)
WR: Andre Johnson (2.09), Steve Smith (3.04), Marvin Harrison (6.09), Lee Evans (7.04), Vincent Jackson (11.04), Ernest Wilford (14.09)
TE: Owen Daniels (9.04)
K: Adam Vinatieri (16.09)
DEF: Steelers (15.04)
Comments: I have to admit I like this team, which is usually the kiss of death. We start three wideouts and a flex, which means I plan to start four wideouts ideally most weeks. This is a bit of a boom-or-bust team with AP, Brown, Stewart, and Harrison, but I thought they all came at good values. I feel comfortable with Daniels in this format, although I didn't love the pick because I could have had Todd Heap at 8.09, if I risked Cutler not getting back to me. But I love Cutler this season and couldn't keep risk waiting on him. Another favorite of mine at tight end, Zach Miller, went undrafted.
I am a little tired of being in these drafts with all the same people. Tom Kessenich and I seem to be working off similar draft boards. Andy Richardson from Fantasy Index was another guy who thought alike.
Comments
Honestly, I'd say that team looks pretty bad. Ronnie Brown's coming of an ACL tear. Look at the history of guys coming back from that kind of injury-- takes a year at least. He'll be splitting carries with Williams. Your top three WRs are all fine if they're healthy, but they all have a history of injury. I doubt Harrison makes it through 3 games. And the QBs are both guy's I'd love to have as my #2, but they're dicey number ones. Seems like a lot of things are going to have to go right for this team to win. By week three half the squad could be on the IR.
Posted by: bad donkey | June 29, 2008 01:37 PM
I like it, Gregg, and have had very similar results in recent mock drafts I've participated in. Ronnie Brown's high-risk, but could be extremely high-reward if his recovery continues to progress (McAllister did it in his 1st year back from an ACL, so it can be done). Also, Stewart, Watson, and Thomas are all backups with excellent potential to see significant playing time, and possibly even starters by mid-season if not sooner.
At the position you drafted (4th), it seems to me that there is way better value after getting a top RB to go WR-WR in rounds 2 and 3.....A.Johnson and S.Smith are excellent 1/2 WRs. And I've found over the years that QBs generally DON'T make the difference on a team in terms of winning a championship.
Posted by: Rob | July 2, 2008 11:09 AM