Look, freedom8080wpl, not everyone achieves the "above" in "above average," it has to be earned. Just be happy being an average GM, and maybe with a little hard work and a better draft next season, your team will reach that milestone. freedom8080wpl didn't kill their playoff aspirations with this draft, but they'll have to do some extra work to get there. For now, they're projected to finish in eighth-place in TDL Premiere 2015 League at 6-7-0 (1,458 points). With their first five picks, freedom8080wpl focused on a balanced offensive attack, selecting QB Ben Roethlisberger (45th overall), RBs C.J. Anderson (17th) and Latavius Murray (40th), and WRs Demaryius Thomas (12th) and Vincent Jackson (68th). They put together one of the bottom duos of QBs in the league, as they added Roethlisberger and Sam Bradford.
freedom8080wpl should pick up a new hobby, like bird watching, during Week 8. They have four players and the most projected fantasy points on bye that week. Based on their opponents' projected points, they have the weakest slate. freedom8080wpl has the opportunity to come out firing, as the first four games of their season are projected to be less difficult than the league average.
Draft Notes
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Separating the Wheat from the Chaff
freedom8080wpl drafted top-3 players at a trio of different positions (Buffalo, Demaryius Thomas, and Stephen Gostkowski).
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Up and Comers
Assembling a squad of rising stars is key to fantasy success and freedom8080wpl may have done just that, with five players estimated to top their prior-season numbers by a substantial amount.
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A Dominating Duo
freedom8080wpl has a pair of fantasy MVPs in their lineup. Last season, two of their players (Demaryius Thomas and C.J. Anderson) finished among the top-20 players that were on the most first-place fantasy teams.
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A Low Floor, but a High Ceiling?
freedom8080wpl nabbed a sleeper in Danny Woodhead with pick No. 157.
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A Versatile Combination
Danny Woodhead can hurt opponents with his hands as well as his feet. He ranks third among RBs with 525 projected receiving yards.
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freedom8080wpl Went All YOLO Here
Grabbing Allen Hurns at pick 185 was just a bit of a stretch. Hurns is owned on only a few rosters across all Yahoo! leagues.
Player Analysis
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- D. Thomas, WR
- Round 1, Pick 12
The Man at Mile-HighAcross all Yahoo! leagues, just three WRs (Brown, Sanders, Maclin) appeared more often on first-place rosters than Thomas last year.
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- C.J. Anderson, RB
- Round 2, Pick 17
Advanced MathIf freedom8080wpl had a nickel for every time C.J. Anderson is projected to touch the ball this season, they'd have 304 nickels.
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- B. Roethlisberger, QB
- Round 4, Pick 45
Steel-town Signal-CallerRoethlisberger wound up tied with Drew Brees wound for the most passing yards in the league last year, though Big Ben got to 4,952 with 51 fewer passing attempts.
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- Brandon LaFell, WR
- Round 6, Pick 73
Was Brandon LaFell Worth it at Pick No. 73?freedom8080wpl sure hopes so. The Patriots' WR is projected to notch 126 points this year, after producing 137 last season.
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- Jordan Cameron, TE
- Round 7, Pick 96
Was the 96th Pick the Right Time for Jordan Cameron?freedom8080wpl apparently believes it is. The Dolphins' tight end is projected to improve to the tune of 95 points this year, after only putting up 54 last year.
Best Available
If freedom8080wpl has a desire to make a roster move, TE and QB are areas of need.
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- Mychal Rivera
- Rank 232, ADP 138
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- Jameis Winston
- Rank 133, ADP 122
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- Andy Dalton
- Rank 135, ADP 124
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ADP Analysis
Bars above zero indicate a pick was selected later than a player's ADP. Bars below zero show players that were taken earlier than their ADP.
Position Rank vs League Average
The average projected points for all the players at each position versus the average projected points for all players at that position in the league.
Team Forecast
Bye Week Points Lost
Each bar represents the total projected season points for each player that's on bye that week. This chart shows any potential bye week issues.
Schedule by Opponent Points
Week-by-week schedule with each opponent's projected season points. This chart shows any difficult or easy stretches in the schedule.
How We Grade
Draft grades are based strictly on teams' draft performances. This is calculated by counting the number of fantasy points teams are projected to score over the course of the season using their optimal line-ups. The grades do not take schedule into account. Because of bye weeks and other variables it is possible to earn a high grade yet be projected to finish in the middle of the pack. The opposite is also true. Bottom line: Fantasy Football is like the real game. You can draft the greatest talent in the world but you still need to manage your team every week to get the most out of that talent. As a wise man once said, "On any given Sunday..."
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