(Sorry for the long post - just started writing.....)
End of season wrap up for my team: Rammtallica Billikids:
Regular Season - Record of 7-6 with 1,382 points scored & 1,373.5 points against.
Post-season - finished 8th (or perhaps 7th)
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Overall I was very pleased win my regular season record. My plan going into the draft was to go with very young players and hoping that my team would be competitive in say 3-4 years time. To have a winning record at the end of the regular season was very promising (although I do admit quite lucky given I had the second least points scored against me).
As Jono noted when he did his round up of the first five draft rounds – I completely missed the boat when it came time to select a Running Back. My first RB selected (Round 5) ended up being 3rd on the depth chart and didn’t play more than a couple of snaps in any game. My next RB wasn’t selected until Round 12. This meant that I spent most of the year scrambling for RB points as I didn’t have any first choice RB’s on my team.
With the exception of AJ Green, I didn’t really have any ‘elite’ WR’s, but I stacked my team with youngsters which I hope will pay dividends in the next couple of years.
Cam Newton's injury early in the season and the struggling offensive line in Carolina meant that I didn’t get the points I was hoping for from QB. Again, I’m hopeful that will change over the next few years. In meantime I was banking on the high intensity offence of the Eagles to get me points at QB which had mixed results. Blake Bortles still very much a work in progress who I may have to dump next year.
At TE Jimmy Graham had a very disappointing year (especially as he was my 2nd round pick). I’m still pleased to have him though with the TE pool looking pretty weak.
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Going forward I think I’ve managed to plug some of the gaps in my team which should hopefully make me more competitive next year.
At QB I’ll likely just be sticking with the three I have, hoping for less injuries and improvements for Bortles and for Carolina to give Cam a few more weapons around him (and some protection).
At RB I’ve picked up Tre Mason who had some promising performances and of course taking the gamble with AP. Will hope that he’s out to prove a point next year (should he come back into the league). Ahmad Bradshaw also had some good performances before his injury. They’ll likely be my main three guys for next year with some back ups (Asiata & Blount) to play in favourable match-ups.
My late, late season (re)pick up of Turbin could be interesting if Lynch doesn’t go back to Seattle – I’ll then have Turbin & Michael who should then be 1 & 2 on the depth chart. Of course if Lynch returns then they will probably be wasted bench spots.
At WR I think I have plenty of depth and it is just a case of using the right guys in the right weeks. Lots of young guys – 5 rookies this year and 2 in their second year. AJ Green is my most experienced in his 4th season (this year) and aged 26. Of my 5 rookies, I would say they would all be in the top 10 WR’s rookie receivers.
Subject to injury, at TE I’ll likely just stay with Graham and Kelce. Can’t see many changes happening there.
I’m pretty happy to end the year with the Texans & Colts defences. Although I was hopeful that Clowney would provide more for the Texans.
Kicker is a kicker.
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Best pick-ups off the waiver wire – Rob Gronkowski & Ahmad Bradshaw.
Worst drop to the wire – Alfred Blue
Best trade result – Tre Mason + 3rd round pick for Denard Robinson
Worst trade – Chris Johnson for Rob Gronkowski – this has to be the worst trade of the season with the only thing that slightly tempers matters being that I got Gronk for free off the wire anyway.