Fantasy football 2015

His rise as a fantasy star means he'll be the QB taken way too early next year.
However, he's trending in the right direction. Kid is gonna be a superstar if the Jags can keep that nucleus together.

 

I was just wondering about that myself. While it's possible he'll get overvalued, that 86 percent ownership rate - despite scoring 21+ points in 9 of 16 games - suggests that fantasy owners are still skeptical of him. It's possible he'll still be undervalued next season.

 

Hopefully he'll be that guy I draft in the 10th round when I'm tipsy and remembered I need to take a QB.

 

Lost my title game. Had a lot of talent, but they were hurting and/or were ineffective. No McCoy and Jeffrey. Replacements didn't do much. Got killed by Allen Robinson.

 

Looking back at my draft, it turns out I had a pretty lousy one that was saved by some good waiver work. I finished the season with only six of the 15 players I drafted - Cobb (2), Hilton (3), Brees (4), Cooper (5), Yeldon (6) and Freeman (11). Freeman was, obviously, my best pick by far, finishing as the top running back (though he struggled in the second half until the past two weeks). McFadden was my only other RB in the top 15 at the position.

None of those three receivers finished in the top 15 at their position (Cooper was the best of the bunch at 16th). Ted Ginn, a waiver acquisition, was my best receiver (ranked 14th).

Brees was solid as a fourth-rounder, finishing as the sixth-rated QB, but he was terribly inconsistent until the last month. Bortles finished as the 3rd QB and 3rd overall player, so he was a great waiver acquisition. He also allowed me to flip Eli Manning for Gronkowski, which was a huge move for me. I was only getting about 6 ppg from a mishmash of TEs before I acquired him, and he gave me a solid 11-12 ppg.

 

Damn. I finished third and had only two players (Wilson, OBJ) from my draft still on my team.

 

In the two leagues I clinched yesterday:

First one, I started out 5-0 (7-1) despite three of my first four picks being Bell, Bryant and Hyde. But the lineup I started in the title game included the QB (Brady) I drafted, one of the RBs (L. Murray) I drafted, three WRs (Evans, Maclin, Landry) I drafted and the one player I traded for at midseason (A. Robinson).

Second one, I started out 1-5 and made multiple moves almost every week looking for the right values/combinations. The lineup I started yesterday only included two players I drafted -- A. Brown and Cooks.

 

My championship team had one (1) player I drafted in the lineup for the title game -- Eric Decker (12th round).

To be fair, that's because Beckham (2nd round) was suspended.

In addition, I got a large contribution during the season from Chris Ivory (5th), and I traded Jordan Matthews (4th) for Todd Gurley just after Gurley's first big game.

 

Clinched a third title tonight with a mix of originals and adds. Julio, Maclin and Martin were drafted; Bortles, Baldwin, D. Johnson and Barnidge were waiver pickups.

 

In case any one is interested, the rest of the championship game lineup was:

Bortles
David Johnson
Jeremy Maclin
Delanie Walker
Allen Hurns
Cairo Santos
KC defense

 

Was up for going into MNF, and was leading by a point in the 4th due to Nugent's missed FG and Denver's DEF not doing anything. Nugent's 50+ yard FG and Denver's two sacks (and fumble recovery in OT), gave my opponent at 7 pt victory. I'm bummed, but I lucked into the Championship anyway, so I can't be too upset.

Time to start planning for next year!

 

Is anyone playing Week 17?
My college league has a "Royal Rumble." You pick two players from your roster, most points wins $120.
Cam and Beckham are running out there for me. Hate to bench DeAndre Hopkins, but I have to anticipate Newton going nuts to make up for last week and Beckham trying to prove something after the suspension.