Fantasy Football updates

[yendi]

So as of today, it looks like I'll barely skate into the upper half playoffs (as opposed to the consolation playoffs) in my Yahoo league. My team managed a 136.96-89.22 rout, and it could have been 38 points worse (although only hindsight would allow anyone to start Flacco over Peyton, or Tre Mason over Arian Foster). My team's also twice lost while having the second-highest score for the week, and is currently 7-6 (it won't be official until tomorrow, but since everyone on both teams has played, it's a done deal).

Looking at my draft, I've kept most of my core folks, with only one of my first eight round picks (Jordan Cameron) off the team, although Michael Crabtree's pretty much riding the bench. Nabbing Le'Veon Bell in the seventh round is proving to be the smartest move I've made, and he, along with Peyton and Megatron, form a huge top three. I've dropped literally every player from the ninth-thirteenth rounds. My regrets there are jumping the gun too soon on Tony Romo and Mike Evans, both of whom are better than my current bench folks. Good pickups post-draft include Golden Tate and Mason.

I'm huge at running back -- I've got Bell and Foster starting, with Mason and Rashad Jennings on the bench. I'm weaker at receiver; behind Megatron, I've got Vincent Jackson, Michael Crabtree, and Tate. And my tight ends are Martellus Bennett and Jordan Reed, both middle-of-the-pack folks.

Seattle's defense was great this week, but no defense is consistent enough to count on for points. Ditto Mason Crosby as kicker. Looking ahead, I'm going to be relying heavily on my big stars to get points down the stretch. My second WR position is a huge hole, as is tight end (although really, any TE other than Graham/Thomas/Gronk are iffy, and Graham had a goose-egg this week).

Anyway, a winning season! Barely! Now let's see how the playoffs go.

Comments

[brithistorian.livejournal.com]

Congrats! Considering my fantasy sports skill level is "aspire not to finish last," I'm very impressed by people who are actually good at them. (I'm sure my problem is more a knowledge base deficit than a skills deficit, but I apparently can't really be bothered to do anything about it.)

[yendi]

There's just a ludicrous amount of luck; great players get injured, unknowns become great, etc. I also just strive not to finish last, and that's also why I refuse to pay money for the experience.

[brithistorian.livejournal.com]

Oh, no - I'd never pay money for the experience either. And I'm right there with you about the huge amount of luck - especially when you have the weeks of "OMG the coach is smoking crack and keeping my perfectly talented, uninjured player on the bench for no good reason that I can see!" Things like that are why from a gameplay perspective I kind of prefer Strat-O-Matic style simulations or league management games to fantasy sports.