Fantasy Football 2011: Jumping the Gun

**Saga** · 2011-09-01 13:50

I feel pretty good about it but could I get a review of my team from people? It's a rushing-heavy league -- we get 4 points for passing TDs and 6 for rushing TDs, and I think half a point for every catch. Can get into other scoring settings if you want, but my team's below. Keep in mind it's a 12-person league, too, and I had 4th overall pick. Probably picked my backup QB way too early, but in case Vick went down early on in the season, I wanted a really solid backup. Also, AP, Jamaal Charles, and Arian Foster went 1/2/3.

QB - Michael Vick
WR - DeSean Jackson
WR - Anquan Boldin
WR - Hines Ward
RB - Peyton Hillis
RB - BenJarvus Green-Ellis
TE - Rob Gronkowski
Bench - Steve Smith (Carolina wideout)
Bench - Joseph Addai
Bench - Joe Flacco
Bench - Pierre Thomas
Bench - Willis McGahee
Bench - Jermaine Gresham
Bench - Jason Snelling
K - Mason Crosby (GB)
Def - Saints

Demosthenes11 · 2011-09-01 14:39

law firm is going to be TERRIBLE in fantasy this year. #1 back yes, but woodhead is going to get way more looks because of the disguises they can do with him (yes, he can block and catch very well) and now they have 2 other running backs in ridley and vereen that are going to be awesome. dump him now imo in a trade that looks lopsided to others

**Aragon of Odin** · 2011-09-01 14:59

Agreed, I don't think BJGE is gonna have a good year at all and for a rushing-heavy league you're kind of lacking in good RB's, personally would have drafted CJ2K as first pick knowing he got his money now. He may not be gold for the first week or 2, but after that he'll be great.

**Saga** · 2011-09-01 15:00

Originally Posted by Demosthenes11

law firm is going to be TERRIBLE in fantasy this year. #1 back yes, but woodhead is going to get way more looks because of the disguises they can do with him (yes, he can block and catch very well) and now they have 2 other running backs in ridley and vereen that are going to be awesome. dump him now imo in a trade that looks lopsided to others

argh, I really wanted Woody but he was taken so I had to go with BJGE. I actually only put a waiver claim in on Snelling, I had Ridley drafted beforehand too because he was a beast in his first two preseason games, so I just cancelled that before it went through. Should I start BJGE for week one or Ridley then? BJGE has to get more looks than Ridley at least in game 1, right?

Edit: yeah I thought about taking CJ. Draft was last night though, there was no way of knowing he'd sign his contract so soon. Figured he'd be a holdout a la Logan Mankins last year.

Demosthenes11 · 2011-09-01 15:09

id start addai over BJGE honestly. I think he will get more carries with either peyton not playing or reducing his throws. i dont think ridley is a better start over BJGE, but he will likely eat up a few goal-line scores this year. Ridley is more of a powerback than vereen/midget and will split carries outside the 20s with BJGE

**Aragon of Odin** · 2011-09-01 15:10

Ah didn't know draft was last night. Personally I wouldn't play any NE RB in fantasy until they get their shit sorted(which they probably won't). I'd rather take a risk on McGahee at home to the Raiders and hope he gets some goalline touches, or Addai, or try and trade up for a non NE RB.

**Judai** · 2011-09-01 15:25

My last two teams.

12 Team, Standard Rules. Lots of IF players imo but if they do as well as I hope I think it will be a beast team. I've been trying to trade S.Johnson, LT, T.Jones and M.Floyd but nobody will take them for anything I consider fair. One guy has Roddy White, Andre Johnson and Brandon Lloyd but won't accept any deal I offered him(It's not a PPR and his RBs are D.Will, F.Jax and M.Tolbert and thats it, lol).
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...iffxi/FF12.jpg

14 Team PPR. Was my first ever Auction and I didn't have much time to mock/prepare since I joined about 6hrs before the draft.(someone dropped out late) Not real happy with the team as I screwed up and bid on M.Turner for 40$. got Rodgers for 49$ which I felt was good but other QBs went for less and it wasn't good. Some guy was afk most the draft and overbid on everyone at the end so I couldn't get any solid backups either. (Hightower for 28$, Fred Jackson, Welker, Britt all over 20$, etc) I'm happy with my WRs though and it's PPR so I guess I might have a chance.
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...xi/FF14PPR.jpg

and yes, I think the Redskins D is a sleeper D. If not who cares, it's a D.

Also, need some help on a trade in the spoiler below.

Spoiler: show

Demosthenes11 · 2011-09-01 15:41

Henne will start this year, gerrard will not be starting for the entire year. that dude is retarded

**Saga** · 2011-09-01 15:44

Thanks demo/aragon, I'll try and trade up. as far as addai vs. mcgahee, here's my week 1 matchup:

http://img545.imageshack.us/img545/6317/matchup.png

I think I'm favored but it's hard to tell. worth slotting McGahee or stick with Addai and hope he stays concussionless for the game?

Demosthenes11 · 2011-09-01 15:50

you should be fine. I'd consider picking up aaron hernandez to ride your bench for the first week as well, as I have a sneaking suspicion he will be a better fantasy player than gronk this year from my impressions from camp and preseason. If you have a bench spot that is.

You should be fine this week. I'm not high on WR heavy fantasy teams, as that shit can be so fucking random.

edit: stick with addai over mcgahee

**Saga** · 2011-09-01 15:56

Hernandez is already picked up, and from what i've read, Gronk is supposedly incredibly familiar with the playbook this year, so I can only imagine him building on his success from last year. Plus he seems more durable -- wasn't Hernandez out a few games last year with an injury? or did I make that up?

**Plow** · 2011-09-01 16:11

law firm may not be due for another 1k yards, but he's still going to be the goal line back on a very effective offense that lacks big WR to throw to inside the 10, ditch him at your own peril

**Aragon of Odin** · 2011-09-01 16:15

Here's a lok at my 3 teams so far.

Team 1

Spoiler: show

Team 2

Spoiler: show

Team 3

Spoiler: show

They're all money leagues, ones amongst friends and the other 2 are at Fanball.com, still looking for a better site then fanball to get in a couple more drafts this weekend, so looking for suggestions still.

**Headspace** · 2011-09-01 16:21

Not enough POWER

**Plow** · 2011-09-01 16:21

sorry but if you have completely different teams in every league you're in, you're not playing fantasy football any more than someone that submits 10 completely different brackets for march madness

**Saga** · 2011-09-01 16:25

Originally Posted by Plow

law firm may not be due for another 1k yards, but he's still going to be the goal line back on a very effective offense that lacks big WR to throw to inside the 10, ditch him at your own peril

I'll wait it out the first week and see what happens. I'm inclined to think that for this first week, Miami does a better job stuffing the run against NE than the Texans do against Indy.

**Zounder** · 2011-09-01 16:26

Originally Posted by Plow

sorry but if you have completely different teams in every league you're in, you're not playing fantasy football any more than someone that submits 10 completely different brackets for march madness

I completely disagree with this sentiment. Being in different draft spots across different leagues can result in you having drastically different teams, as can having different quality competition in each of your leagues. Also, leagues having different rules and point systems can also result in different teams.

Edit: Even disregarding those three reasons above, your first pick itself could dictate the rest of your draft strategy. If you land a QB late in the first round, for example, the rest of your draft is going to be different than if you landed a RB. Thus, you end up taking different positions at different times, and end up with different players.

**Plow** · 2011-09-01 16:31

Once you get past the first 2 rounds it's way, way too equal to blame anything on draft position and competition. If you have a few different players, sure. If you have 1 player the same, you're just guessing.

**Aragon of Odin** · 2011-09-01 16:36

Of course they're different, drafting against different people in different positions with different rosters types, makes for different teams lol. When I draft I don't go out and say, hey I gotta make sure I have this guy on my team every time. I generally know how to build my teams, but a lot of it has to do with what's available when my turn comes around, which is all dependant on how other people have drafted.

**Gadritan** · 2011-09-01 16:46

Originally Posted by Plow

Once you get past the first 2 rounds it's way, way too equal to blame anything on draft position and competition. If you have a few different players, sure. If you have 1 player the same, you're just guessing.

Eeek. I uh, agree with Plow. Fuck my life.

Between 7 leagues there's certain players that I have on almost every single team, and if they're not, I damn sure tried to get them. It's partially to maintain consistency so it's easier to know who to start at a glance. Primarily though, it's players that I'm really confident in.

Having totally different line ups just seems to scream "they had the highest pre-rank at that position at the time."

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