Drafting 10th, ray1010ray took advantage of their weaker opponents and drafted a team capable of making some noise come playoff time. They are expected to finish second in TDL Advanced 2017 B with a record of 10-3-0 (1,534 points). They used a conservative plan early to fill out their lineup, selecting QB Drew Brees (39th overall), RBs Melvin Gordon (10th) and Christian McCaffrey (34th), and WRs A.J. Green (15th) and Emmanuel Sanders (58th). They also ultimately ended up with one of the top QB combos in the league, as they added Brees and Andrew Luck.
ray1010ray should use Week 11 to consider life's great mysteries, like why abbreviation is such a long word. It would be better than checking fantasy football that week. They have three players and the most projected fantasy points on bye that week. Based on their opponents' projected points, they have one of the least challenging schedules. ray1010ray has a chance to come out of the gate hot and close strong, as both the first four games and final four games of their season are projected to be less difficult than the league average.
Draft Notes
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Positional Fortitude
ray1010ray has four positions that are better than league average. While QB, K, and DEF are projected to be good, RB is the strongest on ray1010ray.
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Quarterback Controversy?
The coach of ray1010ray might need to flip a coin. Their top-drafted (Drew Brees) and second-drafted (Andrew Luck) QBs have very similar seasonal point projections.
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Defense Wins Championships?
Hoping to play the favorable matchups week-to-week, ray1010ray chose to go with two DEFs instead of loading up at other spots.
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A Dominating Pair
ray1010ray has a pair of fantasy MVPs in their lineup. Last season, two of their players (Melvin Gordon and Drew Brees) finished among the top-20 players that were on the most first-place fantasy teams.
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Very Sneaky, ray1010ray
They nabbed a sleeper in Cooper Kupp with pick No. 154.
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The Heist Is On
The other league managers passed over a diamond in the rough. According to ADP, ray1010ray got a steal in snatching Stephen Gostkowski in the ninth round (106th overall pick vs. ADP of 79.5).
Player Analysis
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- Melvin Gordon, RB
- Round 1, Pick 10
From San Diego to Los AngelesAnd now to ray1010ray. 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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- A.J. Green, WR
- Round 2, Pick 15
ray1010ray Gets Groovy With GreenA.J. averaged 11.0 targets, 7.3 receptions, and 107.1 yards in nine games prior to getting injured in Week 11 last year. The 29-year-old Bengals star is healthy and primed for a big campaign this season.
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- C. McCaffrey, RB
- Round 3, Pick 34
A Versatile CombinationChristian McCaffrey can hurt opponents with his hands as well as his feet. He ranks fourth among RBs with 587 projected receiving yards.
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- Drew Brees, QB
- Round 4, Pick 39
A High-Volume PasserBrees led the NFL in attempts, completions, and passing yardage last season. Among all QBs, only Brady and Rodgers appeared on more championship rosters than the future Hall-of-Famer in 2016.
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- DeVante Parker, WR
- Round 6, Pick 63
Apparently ADP is OverratedWith their sixth-round pick, ray1010ray pulled the trigger. They took DeVante Parker at pick number 63 despite an ADP of just 88.2 across all Yahoo! leagues.
Best Available
WR and TE are projected to be the worst units for ray1010ray.
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- Kenny Golladay
- Rank 179, ADP 128
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- Josh Doctson
- Rank 180, ADP 131
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- Coby Fleener
- Rank 143, ADP 133
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- Jason Witten
- Rank 148, ADP 127
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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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