When the draft countdown clock hit zero, the GM of HarryKane put their game face on. Firing on all cylinders from the ninth spot in the draft, they put together a team that's projected to finish first in TDL Advanced 2017 A League with a record of 11-2-0 (1,589 points). They went with a balanced approach early, selecting QB Aaron Rodgers (40th overall), RB Melvin Gordon (9th), WR DeVante Parker (57th), and TE Rob Gronkowski (33rd) within the first five rounds. They also ultimately ended up with the bottom WR duo in the league, as they added Parker and Robby Anderson to their fantasy roster.
HarryKane should use Week 8 to ponder life's deeper mysteries, like can crop circles ever actually be crop squares? They have four players and the most projected fantasy points on bye that week. Based on their opponents' projected points, they have the least challenging schedule. Corresponding with the easiest overall schedule, HarryKane also has the softest last four games of the season.
Draft Notes
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Earning Your Paycheck
HarryKane will have some tough decisions to make at WR each week, with a scant projected points difference between their third- (Sammy Watkins), fourth- (Jordan Matthews), and fifth-ranked (Taylor Gabriel) wideouts.
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Carrying the Load
HarryKane has four above-average positions with QB and TE projected to lead the way.
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Sky's the Limit
With six players projected to significantly beat their previous year's fantasy points, HarryKane hopes to have found some up-and-coming stars.
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Nearly There
The top half of the HarryKane roster is one of the strongest in the league (ranked No. 1). However, the bottom of the roster is among the weakest (ranked No. 10).
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Team of Champions?
HarryKane is fielding a team of fantasy MVPs. Last season, three of their players were among the top-20 players that were on the most championship rosters across all Yahoo! leagues: Melvin Gordon, Ezekiel Elliott, and Aaron Rodgers.
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Beginning with a Bang
HarryKane got off to a sizzling start, amassing the most projected points in the league during the first half of the draft.
Player Analysis
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- Melvin Gordon, RB
- Round 1, Pick 9
From San Diego to Los AngelesAnd now to HarryKane. Despite missing the final three games of the season, Gordon recorded the ninth-most touches (295) in the league, accounting for 1,416 total yards and 12 TDs.
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- E. Elliott, RB
- Round 2, Pick 16
TraditionalistHarryKane stuck to the tried-and-true fantasy strategy of going RB-RB to start the draft, nabbing Melvin Gordon and Ezekiel Elliott right off the bat.
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- Rob Gronkowski, TE
- Round 3, Pick 33
Better Lucky Than GoodThe rest of TDL Advanced 2017 A League overlooked a gem, and HarryKane made the smartest value pick of the round by taking Rob Gronkowski.
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- Aaron Rodgers, QB
- Round 4, Pick 40
Biggest StealIf other Yahoo! users are right, HarryKane got a steal in the fourth round, when they selected Aaron Rodgers (40th overall pick vs. ADP of 20.3).
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- Sammy Watkins, WR
- Round 6, Pick 64
Was the 64th Pick the Right Time for Sammy Watkins?HarryKane apparently believes it is. The Rams' wide receiver is projected to improve to the tune of 138 points this year, after only putting up 55 last year.
Best Available
K and WR are projected to be the weakest units for HarryKane.
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- Stephen Hauschka
- Rank 195, ADP 110
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- Brandon McManus
- Rank 203, ADP 125
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- Breshad Perriman
- Rank 168, ADP 131
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- Danny Amendola
- Rank 169, ADP 121
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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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