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I have no adequate in house candidate to mitigate this loss, so I am going to have to mix and match my bench pitchers (Scott Feldman, Ross Ohlendorf, Jason Hammel) etc to help out. I am not going to outright drop Nathan yet because maybe I (and the Twins) get lucky and he only misses a couple of months, but that is indeed the best case scenario.
This is my first NBA Fantasy league in a few years, the last time was ‘03 and I missed the playoffs after a very unimpressive and pedestrian effort. This time at the urging of my college friends, I joined their league and was in first place for the most part. However, injuries to Kobe and Brandon Roy loosened what had been a stranglehold on the division and allowed Stat King to usurp me for the top seed..
It definitely has been a valuable learning experience. I had to adjust to the shallow rosters and it is my first time ever playing in a head to head rotisserie league. But all in all, it’s been fun. I have gotten great returns on Bargnani, Brook Lopez, Al Horford, and Boozer. Jarrett Jack has filled in nicely for the since-released Mo Williams as my backup pg for Devin Harris, who has picked up his level of play recently.
We have nine scoring categories and to advance you obviously have to win at least five of them. My strategy in the first round of the playoffs is to win points, field goal percentage, free throw percentage, blocks, and rebounds. He has the upper hand in my opinion with steals, three pointers made. Turnovers and assists are up in the air..
I have Kobe and Prince against Granger with this limited Tuesday NBA slate…
The last few years have allowed me to build a rock solid core in my keeper baseball league. I have to come clean, the last couple of drafts I basically mailed them in, figuring I can rip off an owner or three with my shrewd fantasy sports acumen and salesmanship. Also, I stay on top of the waiver wire and always manage to grab impact players as the season proceeds. Even though I had a very successful season and finished runner-up, I can reflect and say for the first time in years that I lost to a better team. No scheduling quirks, no role players having unprecedented hot streaks, no games adversely affected by mother nature. It was a classic case of not being good enough.
This has humbled me enough that with the baseball draft almost a week away, I have done my research and will not be under prepared again. I bring back a rock solid core –names like Utley, Braun, Kershaw, Papelbon, Nathan can bang with anyone in this or any league. I just have to deepen my roster as my overabundance of “lightning in the bottle” role players really caught up to me. Guys like Ryan Franklin and Brian Fuentes showed their true colors in September and I paid the price. Well, back to the drawing board so we can reign supreme once more! I am hungrier than ever and eager to reclaim the throne! Congrats to Randy Wasoba and cannot wait for the draft and the season to start!!
What a difference a year makes! Last season, I made like the ‘07 New York Football Giants and caught lightning in a bottle, taking out the two higher seeds en route to an unlikely (but not undeserved) championship. I had high hopes as I retained a rock-solid core going into the season —Chris Johnson, Steven Jackson, Welker, Fitzgerald, and the controversial choice of Brandon Marshall over Tony Romo.
My draft was absolutely horrendous — Derrick Ward, Earnest Graham were my first two picks. However, I was able to get Big Ben in the 3rd round to salvage my season, getting Romo-esque production and retaining a 3rd consecutive 100 catch season from “Baby TO”
I was the 2nd seed at 9-4, finishing with the most points in the league. I was extremely confident after last season and a 2nd title was merely a formality, reflecting back in hindsight. I blew out my two opponents in the playoffs and won convincingly and drama free, the way I envisioned.
The undisputed MVP was obviously 2,000 yard man Chris Johnson, after some uneven performances to start the year, the guy was absolutely bananas! Steven Jackson, in spite of playing for the worst team in the league, was the second leading rusher in the league and absolutely gutted out some great performances considering the circumstances. I didn’t really made that many trades but I did trade Santana Moss for Johnathan Stewart who was tremendous down the stretch when his fellow 1,100 yard rusher De’Angelo Williams got injured over the last few games of the season. That trade mitigated the disaster of trading for Owen Daniels and then only to watch him go down for the season the next day!
All in all, it was a fantastic run. My core is in its prime so I can definitely dominate for a couple of more seasons, even though the NFL is so fickle. My tough decision is letting Welker go after his horrific knee injury and keeping Stewart, but other than that, I should be the odds on favorite again in ‘10!!!!
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Have been away for a minute, just haven’t had anything relevant to post. But it’s almost playoff time, so want to check in. Keeper football is going well, 8-4 with 3rd seed locked up and a chance to move up if I win or one of the other 9-3 guys lose. It’s not a likely scenario, but far from impossible. Ben and Matty Ice being banged up doesn’t aid my chances of repeating, but Ben looks back on track…
My 9-3 team doesn’t look that strong on paper, but I am winning, so just hope to stay lucky…
Rodgers, Jacobs, Fred Jackson, Welker, MSW, Witten..doesn’t really make you petrified to see me, but again, it’s working, not going to fight it..I will preview my playoff matchups once they are set.
The trade deadline in my keeper football league has came and went, so there have been a few trades over the last few days (this trade season has been extremely stagnant) as owners scramble to upgrade or shore up their rosters as we head into the last 6 weeks of the regular season. As mentioned in my prior post, I am right in the thick of things, but a league owner brought up some interesting points: How owners “playing for next year (or beyond)” and “giving up too early” can really affect the contenders. He believes it’s way too early to pack things up if you have a mediocre record and that by “selling” all of your tangible assets and “building for the future” in deals that are one-sided or deemed that way, other owners will suffer as a result of the have’s getting richer. Read the rest of this entry »
It’s been a while, Happy Halloween Everyone!!! I have been super busy, working a lot, the school year being in full swing now, and working on my book, so haven’t been writing as much as I would like. I am 4-3 in my keeper football league, after a bonehead maneuver (more on that later) and 5-2 in my one year league, so things are going pretty well with two first place teams. Especially my keeper league team, while lacking depth compared to my trademark deep rosters, the starting lineup is as formidable as any in the league. I have great wideouts and two superstar running backs and just picked up Owen Daniels in a trade for a pick next year. My quarterback rotation (Matty Ice and “Ben”) are playing about as well as I can hope for, with Roethliesberger being a top 5 quarterback coming into week 8. In my one year league, I don’t have a player having a spectacular season, but Welker, Ronnie Brown, Rodgers, are my “stars” but I am getting production across the board with Sims-Walker, Witten, and the thus far very disappointing Brandon Jacobs. I play the 6-1 team this week, so that can go a long way towards determining seeding in the league!
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This is the Romo we are going to see most of the year. With that deep rushing attack the Cowboys are going to feature the run more, so Romo won’t be a top 5 QB and the great games (like vs TB) will be the outlier, not the norm. I dropped him with great trepidation in my keeper league just because he has been stupendous the last two seasons or so. In hindsight keeping Brandon Marshall with all that baggage seems like a horrible idea, but I think Marshall can still break out and Matty Ice I am confident will put up similar #’s to Romo.
After an anemic week 1 showing, my fantasy football team came alive in week 2, highlighted by a mind-blowing effort by Chris “Flash” Johnson, which I am sure you know about if you follow football, fantasy or otherwise. I read on CBS Fantasy Sports he’s the “sit of the week” but no way that’s going to happen. I know Gang Green’s defense is formidable, but CJ is unsittable at least in my eyes.
If passing is up, my wideouts haven’t gotten the memo. Santana Moss has been downright atrocious, as has Baby TO. However, being 1 and 1 isn’t so bad. Fantasy football usually features division games in the first weeks, so this week I take on the undefeated team in my division. He has great running backs, completely rebuilt from scratch, which I give him props for. Aaron Rodgers has yet to have a big game, which frightens me that he may be due. Without further ado…
I am starting Matty Ice, Steven Jax, Chris Johnson, Larry Fitzgerald, Santana Moss, and Wes Welker, and Willis McGahee at Flex. I am sitting Marshall unless on a bye or until he starts producing.
I am facing Rodgers, DeAngelo, Ray Rice, and Fred Jackson at RB/FLEX. His underwhelming receiving corps include: Devin Hester, Kevin Walter and Chris Chambers. We both have good defenses, so it should be a fun matchup!!!