Fantasy Football
So this year I finally decided to join the millions of football fans who create their own fantasy football teams. I joined a league with some college friends who have been doing this for at least a couple seasons, and I had no clue what was going on. Fortunately there are still some web sites out there that don’t charge you for fantasy football info, so I studied up a bit before the draft, which took place earlier this afternoon.
Most of the strategies I saw online recommended building your team around some good running backs, so that was my plan. Our league is set up to give extra points for rushing yards, so I figured a mobile quarterback would be a good way to pick up some bonus points. Past that, I really didn’t know all that much, so I put my trust in Fox Sports’ rankings and went with those for most of the draft.
I picked up Shaun Alexander with my first pick for my #1 running back, which I was pretty surprised about. Two of the first three picks were QBs (Payton Manning and Daunte Culpepper) so I ended up with what Fox considered the second best pick in the field. To round out my backs, I got Clinton Portis and Mike Anderson. I went with my plan for a mobile QB and selected Michael Vick over some higher-rated QBs. Later on, I noticed Jake the Snake (Plummer) was still out there, so I grabbed him as a backup. He could feasibly end up being my starter depending on how the season turns out, so I feel like I’ve got a couple of great choices.
I don’t actually know that much about wide-outs, so it’s no surprise that I don’t even recognize the names of most of my WRs. Michael Clayton, Anquan Boldin, and Santana Moss make up my receiving corps. Keeping with the Redskin’s theme, I took Chris Cooley for a TE, backed up by Jeb Putzier. I got the Patriot’s and Bear’s defenses, and Mike Vanderjagt to kick me some field goals.
All in all I think things went pretty well for my first time out. I feel like I’m pretty strong in RBs, and at least pretty good in everything else. Probably my weakest area is WRs, but I don’t really even know these guys, so they could be good! Plus I’ll be focusing more on rushing anyway. All the teams in the league seem to be fairly well balanced, so the season should be really fun. I’ll try to keep updated on how things progress…
Oh, by the way, my team name? The (Vin) Diesels.
Most of the strategies I saw online recommended building your team around some good running backs, so that was my plan. Our league is set up to give extra points for rushing yards, so I figured a mobile quarterback would be a good way to pick up some bonus points. Past that, I really didn’t know all that much, so I put my trust in Fox Sports’ rankings and went with those for most of the draft.
I picked up Shaun Alexander with my first pick for my #1 running back, which I was pretty surprised about. Two of the first three picks were QBs (Payton Manning and Daunte Culpepper) so I ended up with what Fox considered the second best pick in the field. To round out my backs, I got Clinton Portis and Mike Anderson. I went with my plan for a mobile QB and selected Michael Vick over some higher-rated QBs. Later on, I noticed Jake the Snake (Plummer) was still out there, so I grabbed him as a backup. He could feasibly end up being my starter depending on how the season turns out, so I feel like I’ve got a couple of great choices.
I don’t actually know that much about wide-outs, so it’s no surprise that I don’t even recognize the names of most of my WRs. Michael Clayton, Anquan Boldin, and Santana Moss make up my receiving corps. Keeping with the Redskin’s theme, I took Chris Cooley for a TE, backed up by Jeb Putzier. I got the Patriot’s and Bear’s defenses, and Mike Vanderjagt to kick me some field goals.
All in all I think things went pretty well for my first time out. I feel like I’m pretty strong in RBs, and at least pretty good in everything else. Probably my weakest area is WRs, but I don’t really even know these guys, so they could be good! Plus I’ll be focusing more on rushing anyway. All the teams in the league seem to be fairly well balanced, so the season should be really fun. I’ll try to keep updated on how things progress…
Oh, by the way, my team name? The (Vin) Diesels.
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