Draft Recap/Week 1
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There won’t be a preview of Week 1 just a review of the draft. At this point there are no big matchups as we all are tied. The draft party was a lot of fun! The 5 of you that missed it, missed out. I think 7 was our best turnout so thanks to all who attended! This draft really showed how much different our League is than a normal fantasy league. Most League’s overdraft RB’s as well all know. Having done some 30 or so mock-drafts preparing for our draft I can say I think we have it right! I had 3 different strategies depending on who you guys picked. All strategies were shot by my 2nd pick. Props to you all for that. Here is my analysis on our draft.
Cracka2Hi The Empire - It’s hard for me to grade my own team. I’m not going to lie. I expect to win every season. This season is no different. I wore my LaVonte David jersey to the draft so it was only fitting that I end up with the Bucs D!
JP 33Cent – This seems like a normal 33Cent draft. Solid, probably not good enough to win it all. Cent did have great picks in Luck, Charles and Bryant. Spiller, Pitta, Colston and especially Harvin are questionable but have high upside. If he hits on those picks he will be in the running for his 2nd Artest.
Bluffwood Chinchillas – Interesting draft for BTG. Getting Brees at pick #6 was a safe and effective pick. The RB/WR corps seems weak with; Tate, Jackson, Wayne, Cooper, Rice, Dougals and Blount. There just doesn’t seem to be enough #1 options or sleepers in that group. Rice is a potential sleeper but BTG will have to wait unit week 3 to find out. Gronk is obviously the wildcard. The Seahawks D and Maurice Jones-Drew will probably prove to be The Chinchillas best picks. BTG has won an Artest and you can’t count him out this or any year.
Lepper Ethan Madden – There are differing opinions as to who actually drafted this team. The 7 GM’s who attended the draft could not tell if Lizard or his wife drafted this team. We hope if we keep calling him out he might show up! Either way there were a lot of Lions and questionable picks here. This team needs to find a way to upgrade their RB corps.
Nieve World Peace – Peace once again has the look of a team that will be competitive but miss the playoffs. There is plenty to like about Nieve’s draft but Reed, Richardson and Lion’s D will probably keep this team on the outside looking in. It’s hard to say where the team needs to improve because they are solid. It just seems like they are 1 player away.
Folsom Goodness – The defending Champ decided to go with the same strategy that got him there. AUTO-DRAFT!! Will it work again? Possibly. Do I respect it? Not so much.
Super Ducks – The team formally known as Brady looks to have had a decent draft. It certainly isn’t spectacular but is loaded at WR and RB. If Rivers plays the way he normally does this team should be stacked. The Ducks did provide for one of the funniest moments at the draft party. The pick of the Rams Defense was a bit puzzling leading us to wonder if the Super Ducks GM knew the Rams had cut Michael Sam.
AC Slater – The back to back Artest and Depodesta winners respectively should be solid this season. Shoring up the QB position right away with Rodgers was smart in this League. They managed to put together a solid RB/WR corps despite picking a QB in round 1. The team looks especially deep at WR but could use another RB.
Compton Mike Jones – Another Solid Draft. Is Nick Dogg no longer the laughing stock of the league? Maybe not on paper. This team is lacking RB’s but probably has enough at other positions to get by. Nick Dogg did provide for his usual draft party moment by selecting James Jones when time ran out him. In Nick Dogg’s defense James Jones does play in the league and may even put up some fantasy points. He’s actually a decent pick considering Nick Dogg’s track record of throwing away at least 1 pick per draft.
Wooo Broncos! – Big Kev looks like a contender again. He likes to pick Broncos much like Lizard likes to pick Lions. It works out a little better when you are picking Broncos I guess. I’m also not sold on this teams RB corps. I guess that is a common theme this season. Lynch, Thomas and Killer Cam should make this team competitive.
Brass Nucks – I had an interesting prospective sitting next to this GM at the draft and seeing the thought process behind some of his moves. It has me convinced that this GM should probably do some mock drafts to get more value out of his picks. Frank Gore isn’t a bad player, just a bad value in Round 2 and certainly available in Round 4. This team did get Peyton Manning who will likely be the Points Leader so they should compete. Despite the criticism Nucks had a solid draft.
San Diego Spartans – Herk couldn’t make the draft because he was in the middle of the Ocean somewhere doing something to help protect our Country. A lot more respectable reason for missing the draft than our Champ. Another auto-drafted team with a solid GM that should compete.
Week 1, a Bleeping TIE!...?
Upon further review that's a loss for me. Nice win JP, about time you start a season 1-0! I've decided I'll keep posting the writeups here. I'm going to move them to our site after the week. I'm also going to write articles about fantasy in general. I posted one on Wednesday, here's the link. Check us out!
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In our return to glory the game of the week was pretty obvious for a few of us. I'm not sure I've ever seen a fantasy game chat board with more activity. Anyone that was there knows what I'm talking about. JP 33 Cent and Cracka2Hi The Empire went down to the wire and it was a battle of the...yea it was a tie. We'll see if the tie holds up but either way that was an Fn awesome game to wrap up week 1. JP was put in a bad position having to root for his NFL team or fantasy team. The best he got was a tie.
The high score in Week 1 was Lepper Ethan Madden. That is a mild surprise. Some of it looks like luck but L.E.M(wasn't there a band?) has a chance to prove it wasn't a fluke against 33 Cent in Week 2. This game is also a chance for 33 Cent to get more than just a tie. When these 2 get together you know it's going to be the poo pushing game of the week!
The Pipe looks to be hard once again. Uhh, I mean Wooo Broncos! looks to be a contender securing the 2nd highest score in Week 1 with 119.5 points. They play another perennial powerhouse Super Ducks, formally Team Brady, in Week2. This game is the early game of the week. No poo involved.
From the middle of the sea San Diego Spartans got a win out of the gate over Bluffwood Chinchillas. The Chinchillas will try to right the ship against The Empire. The Spartans will look to say undefeated against Nieve World Peace who fell short against Wooo Broncos in Week 1. Peace will look to avoid Atlantic City hotel elevators. The Chinchillas have a roster spot to fill because of them.
Compton Mike Jones beat reigning champ Folsum Goodness and plays former champ AC Slater. Slater is also 0-1 after losing to the Ducks. AC hopes his plan to beat Nick Dogg is better than Zach Morris' plan to take over Bayside. That Nick Dogg beating back to back Artest winners is a feat that may have yet to be accomplished. Folsum straps it up against Brass Nucks. I don't have high hopes for the loser of that game.
Week 3 Brings us Only 2 Undefeated Teams!
We’re at it again! After 2 weeks, there are only 2 teams 2 games back of 1st place. There is a lot of parity in this league for sure. I don’t write that all the time because it’s not true. There were a couple games that looked big in Week 2. Wooo Broncos edged out Super Ducks in a game of the week that like normal did not live up to expectations. That’s one thing this league is consistent on. The good matchups almost never turn into good games. Oh well. Watcha gonna do brotha! It is also worth noting that JP 33 Cent climbed the mountain top of 2-0! It’s groovy seeing former Artest winner JP back atop the standings. I don’t think it makes sense to make a game of the week for Week 3. Why jinx that game? There really aren’t any teams doing much worse than others. Every game is big at this point of the season. I know I’ll feel a lot better if Cracka 2 HI The Empire can get a W over Lepper Ethan Madden. This is a big game between the 1st and 3rd scoring teams. Both teams already have a loss. Folsum Goodness vs JP 33 Cent should be a good game if Folsum picks a QB. I’m not sure he will. JP could be looking at a gift 3-0. Undefeated Wooo Broncos is facing the always newsworthy Compton Mike Jones. That Nick Dogg really needs a win here. When shit starts to go wrong for TND the shit starts moving downhill at a high rate of speed. Is a 2nd straight loss in the cards for TND? Is Nick Dogg back to his losing ways? Du nu nu nu nu! Bluffwood is playing Nieve this week. The Chincillas RB’s look like the kind of talent you could find at local food bank or homeless shelter. Straight off the streets homie! Nieve Rice Peterson, uhh I mean Nieve World Peace is looking to strike first! BTG better be looking out for that switch! From the middle of the ocean Herk and San Diego Spartans are devastated over what is happening with Adrian Peterson…expect he probably doesn’t even know yet. Super Ducks are devastated because…eh their team really doesn’t look that good this year. The winner of this game will be sitting at 2-1 and be lucky to be there. AC Slater looks like strong like Mario Lopez on dancing with the stars. Brass Nucks looks to be Peyton Manning and uh, yea. Nucks team does have some good players, they need to produce him a win. Both teams have a lot of injuries. These 2 GM’s battled it out for the Depodesta last season. Nucks may need a win here to avoid being on the road back. #straightfire
Week 4 Brings Bye Weeks and Snitches get Switches!
It's a lot more fun writing about our league than the actual NFL. It takes hella long to fix all my errors lol. As you all know bye weeks start this week. Will our league be prepared for it? I know I am! For this week anyway. If you have key players on bye's check out my article. I cover what you need to do and will continue to do so each week. Now that the business is out of the way on to the fun stuff. The games!
There are a few games worth noting from Week 3. Wooo Broncos! and JP 33 Cent stayed undefeated, however the Pipe looked far more impressive. Nieve World Peace put a whooping on Bluffwood Chinchillas as predicted here. Left him with a mouth full of leaves. Cracka2Hi The Empire edged out Lepper Ethan Madden in a rather lethargic game. The most exciting game of the week was easily AC Slater squeaking by Brass Nucks. There was about as much room between these 2 teams as there is in AC's pink life guard shorts. Slater gets the 87-86.5 victory. It's been a tough season for Nucks. This loss has to feel like a slap in the nuts for Brass.
Unlike most seasons we might start to see some separation early. Wooo Broncos! has a chance to bury Brass Nucks this week. Nucks can't catch a break. You would think it's a good week to get some Pipe with Lynch and Thomas on bye weeks. Nope. Half Nucks team are either injured or on bye weeks. This actually looks like a competitive game on paper. Bluffwood could also find themselves 0-4 facing a Super Ducks team coming off their best week. This too has the look of a good game between teams dealing with bye weeks. BTG and Ed really need to get wins this week to stay alive. I could see either team getting a win and possibly turning their season's around.
We also have 2 battles of teams that are 1-2. Lepper Ethan Madden is playing Folsum Goodness and San Diego Spartans are playing Compton Mike Jones. We're going to have 4 teams sitting at 1-3 at best after Week 4. It may take more wins to make the playoffs than normal. The losers of these games will have a long road to hoe. The game of the week is a battle of former Artest winners who look to have returned to prominence. 2-1 AC Slater meets 3-0 JP 33 Cent. AC needs this game more than Cent. The early projection has Cent winning big. Keep an eye on the WR situation for both teams. Looks like a lot of the dreaded game time decisions.
There is a game this week between 2 GM's that are quietly friendly rivals behind the scenes. Both GM's are artists, athletes, gentlemen, scholars, steadfast, swift, brave and patriots. You might find them hanging out near a local Jr. High, mall or Chuck E Cheese scouting future talent. They know that Girl Scout Cookie season is when the real future superstars come out. When these GM's play golf there is usually at least 20 virgins on the line. Sometimes many more, rarely less. Whenever they compete it's like The Battle of Yorktown. Oh and it's Nieve vs c2h!
