"Rate My FF Team" Thread

[kujay]

First of all, that Football Guys link in the sticky'd thread is excellent. I already get their daily e-mail so I didn't care about more spam.

 

Obviously I like they way they think of my team. Though I wonder if they tell everyone they have at minimum an 85% chance of making the playoffs. I picked 9th (of 10), snake draft. Took Stafford, then Graham, then filled in the RBs and then got around to the WRs. It shows, but everything I've read was about the great depth at WR this year. So it made sense. And then of course about an hour after the draft ends Stafford dinged up his hand. Though he says he'll be fine.

 

QB: Matthew Stafford, Matt Schaub

RB: DeMarco Murray, Fred Jackson, Frank Gore, Donald Brown, Kevin Smith, Isaac Redman

WR: Dez Bryant, Torrey Smith, Vincent Jackson, Malcom Floyd

TE: Jimmy Graham

PK: Robbie Gould

TD: Seattle Seahawks

 

Overview:

 

We think you're looking good at quarterback and running back, and tight end is a plus for this team as well. Your squad is therefore easy for us to like despite a bit of weakness at the receiver position. But as weaknesses go, this is one is survivable. It's usually relatively easy to find fill-in guys on a weekly basis until a better player emerges during the season. As long as you stay on top of things inseason, you should be the league favorite or very close to it.

 

Players we particularly like on this team include Torrey Smith, Malcom Floyd, Frank Gore, and Donald Brown. We have all these guys ranked ahead of where they are typically being drafted. Bottom line:

 

• With great inseason management, we think you have about a 99 percent chance of making the playoffs.

• With good inseason management, we think you have about a 90 percent chance of making the playoffs.

• With average inseason management, we think you have a 84 percent chance of making the playoffs.

[Banedon]

It's not at minimum 85%. My wife drafted a pretty sketchy team. They told her that her team was brutal and I think gave her a 45% chance at the playoffs with great in season management.

[CubmanPi]

Last year it gave me around a 65% chance in both my leagues, and I made the finals in both. Maybe you can go through and find the best and worst teams in your league and see what it says about them.

[dew1679666265]

This is easily the worst fantasy football team I've ever seen, and sadly it's mine. Autopick goofiness in an auction draft where the computer decided I didn't need to bid more than $1 on any player.....

 

QB

Bradford

Palmer

Flacco

Alex Smith

 

RB

Tate

Hillis

Vereen

 

WR

Titus Young

Blackmon

Mike Williams (TB)

Burleson

Hankerson

Jon Baldwin

 

TE

Daniels

 

K/D/ST

Gould

Bills

 

I've made a bunch of moves to try to at least get upside guys on the roster, but without much in free agency I don't think it's very salvageable.

[bukie]

You've...got a solid kicker, there.

[sneakypower]

i missed an auction draft this week and ended up somehow having paid $71 for Alex Smith

[tfarks]

Ouch dew, that's rough. I don't like The Football Guy rankings, based on the way I drafted lines up with that. I think they gave me a 75% chance with great in-season management.

 

10 teamer:

QB: Matthew Stafford, Jay Cutler

RB: DeMarco Murray, Ryan Mathews, Fred Jackson, Stevan Ridley, Cedric Benson, Mike Goodson

WR: Percy Harvin, Antonio Brown, Titus Young, Reuben Randle

TE: Jason Witten, Greg Olsen

Seattle D/ST

Stephen Gostkowski

 

My team can easily catch the injury bug and crash and burn. But I think my WR's are underrated compared to their ADP and I like that I have 3 RB's with RB1 upside. Hopefully Ridley/Benson pans out and I can swing a trade during the season.

[Banedon]

10 team snake draft QB, WR, WR, RB, RB, TE, W/R/T flex, K, Def

 

QB: Matt Ryan, Jay Cutler

RB: Demarco Murray, Stephen Jackson, Michael Bush, Cedric Benson

WR: Calvin Johnson, Hakeen Nicks, Miles Austin, Titus Young

TE: Jermichael Finley, Jason Witten, Greg Olsen

K: Garrett Hartley

DEF: Buffalo

 

Football Guys gave me around 75%-80% playoff chances depending on which person's rankings you look at.

[Cubswin11]

One of my buddies wanted to start a keeper league this year. 8 teams, 1 QB, 2 RB, 2 WR, 1 TE, 1 FLEX, 1 OP(so it's virtually a 2 QB league), 1 K, 1 DST. I think my team could be really solid if my RB stay healthy. Not deep at WR, but between the 4 I have I should at least get slightly above average production. Harvin/Brown have top 10 potential and Floyd could be top 20-25 since he's the only decent WR Rivers has now outside of Gates.

 

T. Brady QB

D. McFadden RB

F. Jackson RB

P. Harvin WR

A. Brown WR

B. Pettigrew TE

D. Murray FLEX

M. Ryan OP

Bills DST

D. Akers K

 

Bench

J. Cutler QB

J. Freeman QB

A. Bradshaw RB

R. Bush RB

B. Tate RB

J. Best RB (Last overall pick, figured he's was worth stashing away in case he comes back healthy at some point)

M. Floyd (SD) WR

N. Washington WR

[Cubswin11]

This is easily the worst fantasy football team I've ever seen, and sadly it's mine. Autopick goofiness in an auction draft where the computer decided I didn't need to bid more than $1 on any player.....

 

QB

Bradford

Palmer

Flacco

Alex Smith

 

RB

Tate

Hillis

Vereen

 

WR

Titus Young

Blackmon

Mike Williams (TB)

Burleson

Hankerson

Jon Baldwin

 

TE

Daniels

 

K/D/ST

Gould

Bills

 

I've made a bunch of moves to try to at least get upside guys on the roster, but without much in free agency I don't think it's very salvageable.

How many teams are in the league, 16? That team is [expletive] awful, jeeze

[bukie]

12 team league, no PPR, one keeper at round after this year.

 

QB Tom Brady

RB Ahmad Bradshaw

RB BenJarvus Green-Ellis

WR Jordy Nelson

WR Miles Austin

TE Jimmy Graham

R/W/T Stevie Johnson

D/ST Chicago

K Justin Tucker

 

QB Jake Locker

RB Kevin Smith

RB Roy Helu

WR Justin Blackmon

WR Malcom Floyd

TE Heath Miller

 

Drafted 10th, didn't even bother trying for a RB until the 5th round. Overall I'm pretty happy with the results, though.

[Andy]

14-team keeper league, no PPR. Auction draft, though the figures mean nothing once the draft is over as there is no in-season cap.

 

QB - Matt Stafford (kept from last year)

WR - Dwayne Bowe

WR - Mike Wallace

RB - Roy Helu (kept from last year)

RB - Frank Gore

TE - Jacob Tamme

WR/RB - A.J. Green (kept from last year)

WR/RB - Torrey Smith

Bench - Ben Roethlisberger, C.J. Spiller, Ben Tate, Denarius Moore, Percy Harvin

 

K - Mason Crosby

 

Def - Texans

 

Only thing I'm not thrilled with is TE. If Arian Foster and/or Fred Jackson become hurt or ineffective I'm in for a gold mine, I feel.

[Guest]

12 team non keeper. 2nd pick overall.

 

QB: Philip Rivers, Jay Cutler

RB: Arian Foster, Adrian Peterson, Steven Ridley, Kevin Smith, Mikel LeShoure

WR: Brandon Marshall, Antonio Brown, Justin Blackmon, Jon Baldwin, Alshon Jeffrey

TE: Fred Davis, Greg Olsen

K: Robbie Gould

D/ST: Jets

 

Could probably use a little help at WR, but I'm pretty happy. Being a homer, I may have a tough time starting Rivers over Cutler. The health of Adrian Peterson probably decides whether this is a first place team or a last place team.

[dew1679666265]

How many teams are in the league, 16? That team is [expletive] awful, jeeze

 

There's 10 in the league. I wasn't able to connect to ESPN's servers for the draft and a buddy of mine was watching the autopicks for me - he said my team literally did not bid more than $1-2 for any player, it was amazing. I've made a few moves and this is my current roster - not sure if it's better or worse, but at least it has upside:

 

QB

Smith

Fitzpatrick (hoping he has another big start and I can trade him)

 

HB

Rashad Jennings

Tate

Hillis

Benson

Ryan Williams

Mendenhall

 

WR

Titus Young

Greg Little

Mike Williams (TB)

Blackmon

 

TE

Daniels

Martellus Bennett

 

K/D/ST

Bryant

Bills

[dew1679666265]

i missed an auction draft this week and ended up somehow having paid $71 for Alex Smith

 

Haha, at least I didn't overpay for him, I guess.

[Banedon]

Moral of the story: Don't miss your draft!

[rawaction]

Went into my 12 team PPR last night with the #1 pick (re-draft). Was hoping after 5 rounds to have Ray Rice, AJ Green, Ryan Mathews, Percy Harvin and Matt Ryan....in that order. Got picks 1, 4, and 5. But instead of Green and Mathews....ended up with Julio Jones and Demarco Murray. Needless to say, I'm pretty happy about that.

 

My 2 12-team PPR teams are:

 

QB- Eli Manning

RB- Matt Forte

RB/WR- AJ Green

WR- Antonio Brown

WR- Percy Harvin

TE- Brent Celek

Flex- Rashad Jennings, David Wilson, Stevan Ridley, Roy Helu (one of them has to step up right?)

K- Gould

D- Eagles

 

Qb- Ryan

RB- Rice

RB- Murray

WR- Julio Jones

WR- Harvin

TE- Tamme

FL- Torrey Smith, Ridley

K-Prater

D- Eagles

[CubmanPi]

I missed my draft in a 14-team, keeper, PPR league. My keeper from last year is Ray Rice. I knew I would miss, so I created my own pre-draft rankings and strategy to personalize the auto-draft as much as possible, and I wound up with:

 

QB Cutler

RB Rice

RB McFadden

WR AJ Green

WR Colston

RB/WR Ben Tate

TE Fred Davis

D/ST Cardinals

K Kaeding

 

BENCH

Isaac Redman

DHB

Alex Smith

Matt Flynn

Mike Goodson

Dustin Keller

Bernard Scott

 

I dropped Matt Flynn already for Devery Henderson, but I'm definitely pleased with this for an auto-draft team.

[ctcf]

12 Team League

 

QB Peyton Manning

WR Andre Johnson

WR Demaryius Thomas

RB Darren McFadden

RB Marshawn Lynch

TE Greg Olsen

W/R/T Doug Martin

 

Bench

Shonn Greene

Jay Cutler

Isaac Redman

Robert Meachem

 

K Matt Bryant

 

DEF New York Giants

[rawaction]

This is more of a "hey look at my team" thread.

[Pushfrog98]

This is my first year playing FF. I've played Fantasy Baseball in years past, but it doesn't have nearly the level of difficulty as football. Our draft was last night, and I had the top pick in snake style 10 team league. I was really hoping for a 3-5 pick so I wouldn't get left behind when trends started happening.

 

QB: Aaron Rodgers, Jay Cutler

RB: Doug Martin, Frank Gore, DeAngelo Williams

WR: Victor Cruz, Hakeem Nicks, Antonio Brown, DeSean Jackson, Malcolm Floyd, Sydney Rice

TE: Jimmy Graham, Owen Daniels

K: Dan Bailey

D: Houston

 

I wasn't thinking when I drafted both Cruz and Nicks, but they both scored a lot of FF points last year, so maybe I'll be ok? I'm really week in the RB department. They started going right after I had made my picks and had to wait 18 picks before I was up again. We (seem) to be a 1qb, 2rb, 3wr, 1te, k, d league. Not sure what is considered "normal".

[Guest]

I probably wouldn't have drafted your particular WR core, but I think that's a fine team. Good job.

[Pushfrog98]

I probably wouldn't have drafted your particular WR core, but I think that's a fine team. Good job.

Thanks. I'm really hoping that I can trade one of my surplus WR for a decent RB down the road.

[DivineBovine]

Hey look at my team! I know it kicks ass! Having 2 top 5 players as keepers helped a bit. A little weak at WR but you can't win them all.

 

12 team league 0.5 ppr. Start 1 qb 2 rb 2 wr 1 te 1 flex 1 kicker and 3 idps (don't matter much)

 

QB: Aaron Rodgers, Joe Flacco

RB: LeSean McCoy, Ryan Mathews, Shonn Greene, Donald Brown

WR: Greg Jennings, Torrey Smith, Malcolm Floyd, Darius Heyward Bey

TE: Antonio Gates, Coby Fleener

[Banedon]

This is my first year playing FF. I've played Fantasy Baseball in years past, but it doesn't have nearly the level of difficulty as football. Our draft was last night, and I had the top pick in snake style 10 team league. I was really hoping for a 3-5 pick so I wouldn't get left behind when trends started happening.

 

QB: Aaron Rodgers, Jay Cutler

RB: Doug Martin, Frank Gore, DeAngelo Williams

WR: Victor Cruz, Hakeem Nicks, Antonio Brown, DeSean Jackson, Malcolm Floyd, Sydney Rice

TE: Jimmy Graham, Owen Daniels

K: Dan Bailey

D: Houston

 

I wasn't thinking when I drafted both Cruz and Nicks, but they both scored a lot of FF points last year, so maybe I'll be ok? I'm really week in the RB department. They started going right after I had made my picks and had to wait 18 picks before I was up again. We (seem) to be a 1qb, 2rb, 3wr, 1te, k, d league. Not sure what is considered "normal".

 

Rodgers was probably the only reasonable non-RB option to take with the top pick, but I'd have still gone RB. Effective QB's are too easy to get later down the board, imo. But for a first ever FFB draft, that looks pretty good. Like you said though, RB is gonna be your weak area.