I am in the third year of my 16-team fantasy football league.
No keepers, with 4 divisions with 4 teams each. Every Tuesday, I read up on all those “waiver wire” posts on various sports sites to get an idea of who I can pick up. 90% of the time, the top pickups were drafted or picked up 2-3 weeks before. An injury to any player in my league is potential devastation with few options for back ups.
This year, my team is holding on by it’s nails on a ledge. Here’s my roster as of November 3, 2010
QB – Tom Brady
RB – Jamaal Charles
WR – Steve Smith, CAR
WR – Johnny Knox
RB/WR/TE – Steven Jackson
WR/TE – Mike Williams, TB
TE – Chris Cooley,
K – Adam Vinatieri
DEF – Detroit Lions
Bench – Brandon Jacobs, Mike Hart, Tashard Choice, Santonio Holmes, Todd Heap
I’m still in the playoffs, but I’m one of the lowest scoring teams in the league. The luck factor has really been there for me so far. The big culprit for my lack of dominance is definitely Tom Brady… he’s had a couple of QB2 productive weeks, which in my league is costly.
Another culprit is my attempt to stream weekly defenses… doesn’t work if a bunch of teams are hoarding 2 defenses.
Although playing in a 16 team league does skew my player evaluation skills in smaller leagues. I have a buddy who plays in both a 10 and 12 team league. When I peaked at his free agent wires in both leagues, I rolled off 10-15 players who I’d love to have on my team. I was a bit envious seeing all that talent on his waiver wires.
I remember how during the first 3 weeks of the season, I was having buyers remorse on Jamaal Charles and Brandon Jacobs. Thank god those guys are getting their touches now.
Now it’s time for me to pray to the Fantasy Football gods to keep my players off the injury list.
