Another season of Fantasy Football is underway. We had our draft last week and it went fairly well. For most of the other people. For all of my hard work as commissioner, I was awarded the final pick. I think I still managed a fairly decent team despite my draft position.
I think I have fairly strong running backs, but like last year, lack in the receiver department. If you read my draft report card, it really mocks me for drafting Cam Newton in the second round. Obviously Yahoo does not take our league scoring into consideration when it does that draft grades.
At that point in the draft, Aaron Rodgers, Tom Brady, and Russell Wilson were all gone. I was left with either Big Ben or Cam Newton. It was a toss up for me, but in the end Cam won out. This might seem a little crazy if you are used to traditional fantasy leagues where a QB is usually drafted much later. Because of the scoring, QBs (specifically the elite QBs) have much more value. In a typical league with basic scoring settings, the difference between Rodgers and Joe Flacco is pretty minimal each week (maybe 20 points vs. 16).
However, in this league, the elite QBs can score 40+ (Peyton Manning’s first game with the Broncos, the one where he had like 7 TDs, was 300+ points…I adjusted the scoring a little after that season, but not much). Those games where Ben had like 500 yards and 6 TDs? Well over 150 points. Jarrod was our champ last year, guess who he had as a QB? Tom Brady. I wanted to create a league that valued QBs. And have some crazy high-scoring matches!
So what did Yahoo have to say about my draft?
They gave me a B, which is pretty solid considering my position. They gave Gideon and Offord an A-, then BatmanJason and Bill B+, five us got Bs, John has a C+, 3 Cs, 2 D+s, and one lone D (fitting that it would be Dustin). I am not sure how they grade the draft, my guess is they factor projected points vs. schedule, plus ADP, blah blah blah. My point is that it is somewhere complex, but it does not really mean all that much.
My worst draft pick has to be Dan Bailey. The dude was cut yesterday! WTF Dallas.
You may have noticed a few new members to the league. We are now at 16 teams. Welcome John, Bill, Rob, and Scott! I creeped on their social media pages to find fun pictures.
Here are the teams:
Popped a Chubb-Me
Lindsey’s Team-umm, Lindsey, my wife
50 Shades of Jay-Jarrod
Fins Up Hoes Down-Dustin
classy like FoxNews-Jason
Hammy’s Harlots-John
A Team Has No Name-Bill
Golden Tater Tots-Jessica
WranglerJeanShorts-Seth
Josh is a Gurley man-Ryan
Powder Puffs-Gideon
Milk of the Poppy-Adam
Blackhawk TouchDowns-Offord
Scott-Scott (very clever)
Gordon’s Tree Company-Rob
The Ghoul Boys-BatmanJason
Now some fun facts about the members of the league…
-25% went to high school together
-18.75% share a last name
-There are two married couples in the league (me/Lindsey, BatmanJason/Jessica)
-68.75% of us met through Eat ‘n Park, however not all of us actually know each other. Weird.
-Two people went to IUP (I think just two, I could be wrong though)
-We have a variety of professions…actor, lawyer, restaurant managers, comedian, artist, engineer, defender of America, entrepreneur, meat guy.
-Three people share a first name.
-Two folks lacking Y-Chromosomes (no, not Ryan)
-If I wanted to collect money from each person, it would take me about 36 hours driving: Brooklyn, Tampa Bay, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Altoona, State College, Philipsburg, Harrisburg….thank goodness for PayPal (also, I did a very quick route plan, I am sure I could come up with a more efficient one)
-Ten of us are Steelers fans. The other weirdos like the following shitty teams: Broncos, Giants, Eagles, 49ers, Dolphins and Redskins. At least we have the NFC East well represented. Minus the Cowboys…screw ’em.
I think that pretty much covers the league and this years draft. Good luck to everyone!
Ooh, who else went to IUP?
Damn, did you go? For some reason I thought you were a Pitt guy. Bill and my wife were crimson Hawks. But you are old, were you pre-mascot name change?
C’maaaaaaahn! I’m not even a full year older than you, am I? And yes, I was an Indiana University of Pennsylvania Native American.
Hahahaha. Yeah, and I am old af as my employees would say, so therefore you must be old too.
Off topic: I’m in another league that has a bigger buy-in ($250). They might be looking for another player. Any interest? Draft is Tuesday. For some reason, it didn’t occur to me until just now to ask.
I wish I could, but that is alotta money… especially with kid2 coming
Yeah, it’s a couple bucks. I sometimes forget not everyone is awash with the disposable income that comes from not having kids. Even then, a buddy of mine splits the team with me so it’s not quite so much.
Nice. I appreciate the offer though. If there is an opening next year, I may be able to find someone to split the cost