madducks 2015 team HDID

[madducks]

10 team PPR (0.5)
All other scoring is yahoo default value except QB interceptions are -2 instead of -1
I had the 3rd pick in an online snake draft. Round picked in parenthesis.


STARTING LINEUP
QB - Derek Carr (undrafted) underrated QB with some nice weapons
WR - Antonio Brown (1) this guy gives you numbers every week
WR - Emmanuel Sanders (4) i'm expecting even more from him this year
RB - DeAngelo Williams (week one pickup) will carry the load in games 1-2 then becomes the LeVeon Bell handcuff
RB - DeMarco Murray (2) i regretted passing on him last year
WR/RB - Darren McFadden (15) Is he the Cowboys answer at RB?
TE - Antonio Gates (16) could be useful when he gets back (suspended weeks 1-4)
K - Blair Walsh (undrafted) could be relied upon with all of those drives that stall in the red zone
DEF - New England (12) had Green Bay queued but they didn't last the 14 turns between my picks


BENCH
QB - Johnny Manziel (undrafted) needed a backup i could count on for the playoffs
RB - Latavius Murray (3) a bit of a reach but he was one of my targets and i wasn't sure he would be there 15 picks later
RB - LeGarrett Blount (7) suspended first week but i don't need him yet
RB - Charcandrick West (undrafted) picked up for bye week coverage and maybe more
WR - Jeremy Maclin (9 & dropped by another team) hoping for a rebound in second half
WR - Martavis Bryant (11) should be fresh with an extra 4 weeks off (suspended)
WR - Michael Floyd (undrafted) seems to be getting more involved in Arizona offense
TE - Julius Thomas (10) was surprised to see him still available here (injured after draft & missed weeks 1-4)
TE - Gary Barnidge (undrafted) maybe i can turn lemons (Thomas/Gates both out) into lemonade


DROPPED
QB - Peyton Manning (5) (for Johnny Manziel)
RB -C.J. Spiller (6) (for Charcandrick West)
WR - Keenan Allen (8) (for Jeremy Maclin)
WR - Markus Wheaton (9)(for Michael Floyd)
K - Dan Bailey (13) (for Blair Walsh)
QB - Joe Flacco (14) (for Derek Carr)
RB - Ronnie Hillman (17) (for TE Gary Barnidge)
RB - Knile Davis (18) (for DeAngelo Williams)

[revo]

In a 10-tm league taking a QB in the 5th is really high -- who was taken in the vicinity?

[madducks]

In a 10-tm league taking a QB in the 5th is really high -- who was taken in the vicinity?

It was the beginning of a run on QBs. Rodgers, Luck, Wilson, & Roethlisberger (PGH league) were already taken in rounds 1-4. Brees went one pick before me. Ryan, Romo, & Newton were gone before my next pick. Stafford & Brady went shortly after.

Hyde, Gordon, Abdullah, & Stewart were the RBs taken before my next pick. Ended up with Spiller in the 6th.

So, basically i ended up taking P.Manning/Spiller over Stafford/Gordon.

[revo]

Someone took two QBs in the first 6-7 rounds?

Even so, Eli, Tannehill & Rivers are startable. I would've withheld temptation and landed a better option at your flex spot. Otherwise, you seem to be in good shape.

[jwlincy]

In a 10 team league everyone's roster looks good. You have to get production from your studs so hopefully Murray can come close to replicating his 2014 numbers. Brown doesn't worry me too much because he runs such good routes and Ben trusts him. Latavius Murray better deliver since you took him in the 3rd, he's talented so hopefully he'll come through. If you took him at #23 overall, I'd agree that it's a reach. I would have felt better if you would have gotten him in the 4th, but if he's a guy that you wanted he may not have gotten back to you at #38 (it would have been close though). What WRs were available when you took L. Murray in the 3rd, just curious.

If your team can stay healthy, you should be in good shape.

[griswold]

Nice team but as Revo said, every team should look good in a 10 team league.

Of course, Julius Thomas hurts you since your backup is Gates.

This team should be competitive though.

[Friarfan]

Well, you're going to need a TE for the first couple of weeks at least -- with Thomas' injury and Gates juicing suspension.

[madducks]

What WRs were available when you took L. Murray in the 3rd, just curious.

Jeffery, Evans, Matthews, Hopkins, & Cooks were available but taken before my next pick (Sanders). My league usually takes RBs early and with WR being deeper this year i figured i could wait another round before taking one of those.

[madducks]

Someone took two QBs in the first 6-7 rounds?

My league has a first year manager who not only took QBs in rounds 1 (Rodgers 1st overall) and 6 (Stafford), but also round 15 (Winston). And we draft 18 rounds. He must be planning on Rodgers getting injured. Or maybe he mistakenly thought we started two QBs.

[madducks]

Well, you're going to need a TE for the first couple of weeks at least -- with Thomas' injury and Gates juicing suspension.

Somehow, Coby Fleener went undrafted and i was able to drop Hillman for Fleener.

edit: dropped Fleener for Ladarius Green

edit: dropped Green for Ebron

edit: dropped Ebron for Barnidge (Gates and Thomas finally back)