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Ok, who has won championships this year? Post your rosters (opening day and final):
Shoguns of Harlem - 12 team, ppr, start 1QB, 2 RB, 2 WR, 1 TE, 1 K and 5 IDP players, must be at least one from: DT/DE, LB, CB/S. 3 keepers on O and D
Roster after the draft - Roster as of Season Finale
QB: Russell Wilson, Sam Bradford Russell Wilson, Eli Manning
RB: CJ Spiller (keeper), Lamar Miller, Chris Ivory, Mark Ingram, Bernard Pierce - CJ Spiller, Zac Stacy, MJD, Montee Ball Bernard Pierce
WR: AJ Green (keeper), Mike Wallace, Chris Givens, Vincent Brown, Ruben Randle - AJ Green, Alshon Jeffrey, Jarett Boykin, Eddie Royal, Ruben Randle
TE: Jimmy Graham (keeper) - Jimmy Graham, Kyle Rudolph
K: Garrett Hartley - Garrett Hartley
DL: Greg Hardy, Ndomukong Suh Greg Hardy
LB: James Launrinitis (keeper), Patrick Willis (keeper), Demeco Ryans, Vontaze Burfict - James Launrinitis, Kevin Burnett, Vontaze Burfict
DB: Patrick Peterson (keeper), Jarius Byrd - Patrick Peterson, Tyrann Mathieu
Yes, I did win my Super Bowl game without a freaking kicker. Hartley got axed by NO and I didn't have any moves left to replace him (we have a 10 move cap - plus on IR move)
Trades: Got frustrated with Miller and Wallace early in the year and traded for MJD (who wound up having some good games later in the year) and a bye week fill in for Graham (Rudolph).
Key Pickups - Scored with pickups of Alshon and Stacy who pretty much carried me to the championship. Tyrann Mathieu was a nice pickup for most of the year as Peterson might be the best cover corner in the league, but for fantasy purposes in IDP leagues is not good. I was hoping for more return yardage from him and was under the impression that they were designing some plays for him on offense, but that never materialized.
Busts - CJ Spiller was a HUGE disappointment and I didn't play him down the stretch - other than the 9 and 13 outbursts. I completely overvalued Chris Givens and Vincent Brown heading in to the year.
Gold - AJ Green was as steady as could be. Even his "down" weeks were productive (other than week 11 against Joe Haden in which I gambled and started Boykin instead). As mentioned above, picking up Stacy and Jeffrey were my keys. Russell Wilson was steady as well (although his Super Bowl performance in week 16 put me in jeopardy of losing the title). Jimmy Graham outscored the next best fantasy tight end by almost 100 points and is as big of an advantage as you can have in fantasy football - other than Manning - who outscored the next best (Brees) QB by 120 and the 3rd best (Rivers) by almost 200!
Lessons learned -
If you don't grab Manning, Brees or Rodgers (even though he got hurt which you can't predict) waiting on a QB in this day and age is the way to go. The next highest scoring QBs: Rivers, Dalton, Stafford, Romo, Luck, Roethlisberger, newton, Wilson, Brady and Foles are all separated by less than 50 points - and Rivers, Foles and Dalton probably were not even drafted in a lot of leagues. I waited on one and got Wilson in the 7th round and am happy.
You can grab RBs after the draft! There's always some gold to be found after play begins. Use your waiver wire. Zac Stacy won me the league. I dare you to find a league where he was rostered after the draft.
Matchups matter. I was able to sidestep Spiller's Boom or Bust year by sitting him pretty much after week 6 and picking my spots against softer defenses like Atlanta. And, other than the bye week, the only time I sat AJ Green (where you would normally start as a rule) was against Cleveland and Joe Haden.
Heading in to next year: I have a decision to make on my keepers. The candidates are: Green, Graham, Jeffrey and Stacy. I'm leaning Green, Graham and Jeffrey. They will give me such an advantage at the receiving position (it's like having 3 WR1s) that I can afford to head in to the draft without an RB1 (and, of course, I can wait on pulling the trigger on a QB). I'm hoping to be able to trade Stacy for a swap of 1st round draft slots (as of now, I'll be picking last)
Shoguns of Harlem - 12 team, ppr, start 1QB, 2 RB, 2 WR, 1 TE, 1 K and 5 IDP players, must be at least one from: DT/DE, LB, CB/S. 3 keepers on O and D
Roster after the draft - Roster as of Season Finale
QB: Russell Wilson, Sam Bradford Russell Wilson, Eli Manning
RB: CJ Spiller (keeper), Lamar Miller, Chris Ivory, Mark Ingram, Bernard Pierce - CJ Spiller, Zac Stacy, MJD, Montee Ball Bernard Pierce
WR: AJ Green (keeper), Mike Wallace, Chris Givens, Vincent Brown, Ruben Randle - AJ Green, Alshon Jeffrey, Jarett Boykin, Eddie Royal, Ruben Randle
TE: Jimmy Graham (keeper) - Jimmy Graham, Kyle Rudolph
K: Garrett Hartley - Garrett Hartley
DL: Greg Hardy, Ndomukong Suh Greg Hardy
LB: James Launrinitis (keeper), Patrick Willis (keeper), Demeco Ryans, Vontaze Burfict - James Launrinitis, Kevin Burnett, Vontaze Burfict
DB: Patrick Peterson (keeper), Jarius Byrd - Patrick Peterson, Tyrann Mathieu
Yes, I did win my Super Bowl game without a freaking kicker. Hartley got axed by NO and I didn't have any moves left to replace him (we have a 10 move cap - plus on IR move)
Trades: Got frustrated with Miller and Wallace early in the year and traded for MJD (who wound up having some good games later in the year) and a bye week fill in for Graham (Rudolph).
Key Pickups - Scored with pickups of Alshon and Stacy who pretty much carried me to the championship. Tyrann Mathieu was a nice pickup for most of the year as Peterson might be the best cover corner in the league, but for fantasy purposes in IDP leagues is not good. I was hoping for more return yardage from him and was under the impression that they were designing some plays for him on offense, but that never materialized.
Busts - CJ Spiller was a HUGE disappointment and I didn't play him down the stretch - other than the 9 and 13 outbursts. I completely overvalued Chris Givens and Vincent Brown heading in to the year.
Gold - AJ Green was as steady as could be. Even his "down" weeks were productive (other than week 11 against Joe Haden in which I gambled and started Boykin instead). As mentioned above, picking up Stacy and Jeffrey were my keys. Russell Wilson was steady as well (although his Super Bowl performance in week 16 put me in jeopardy of losing the title). Jimmy Graham outscored the next best fantasy tight end by almost 100 points and is as big of an advantage as you can have in fantasy football - other than Manning - who outscored the next best (Brees) QB by 120 and the 3rd best (Rivers) by almost 200!
Lessons learned -
If you don't grab Manning, Brees or Rodgers (even though he got hurt which you can't predict) waiting on a QB in this day and age is the way to go. The next highest scoring QBs: Rivers, Dalton, Stafford, Romo, Luck, Roethlisberger, newton, Wilson, Brady and Foles are all separated by less than 50 points - and Rivers, Foles and Dalton probably were not even drafted in a lot of leagues. I waited on one and got Wilson in the 7th round and am happy.
You can grab RBs after the draft! There's always some gold to be found after play begins. Use your waiver wire. Zac Stacy won me the league. I dare you to find a league where he was rostered after the draft.
Matchups matter. I was able to sidestep Spiller's Boom or Bust year by sitting him pretty much after week 6 and picking my spots against softer defenses like Atlanta. And, other than the bye week, the only time I sat AJ Green (where you would normally start as a rule) was against Cleveland and Joe Haden.
Heading in to next year: I have a decision to make on my keepers. The candidates are: Green, Graham, Jeffrey and Stacy. I'm leaning Green, Graham and Jeffrey. They will give me such an advantage at the receiving position (it's like having 3 WR1s) that I can afford to head in to the draft without an RB1 (and, of course, I can wait on pulling the trigger on a QB). I'm hoping to be able to trade Stacy for a swap of 1st round draft slots (as of now, I'll be picking last)
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