The draft!
Here’s a curious fact about me: I don’t have friends. This is not the norm for me but it is becoming the norm for me, and I don’t know that I’ve adapted well to that. This is relevant because of fantasy football. Earlier this week my plumber and I got into a conversation about football and during that conversation he morphed from plumber to friend. He put me in his fantasy league, my 3rd such league, and we exchanged several text messages since.
So, I made a friend. All my friends are somehow connected to football. My family (my appointed brother, estranged not-sister, and the flesh and blood mom) constitutes the rest of my earthly connections beyond the folks that live in my house. In other words, this was a big deal. This also means that I have another league to think about and another opportunity for fantasy dominance.
So, let’s get on with that:
The new league is .5 PPR, which is different than the full point per reception of the other two leagues. Still, all three leagues are based on pass catching, meaning there is a premium on pass catching running backs, given the number of times they will touch the ball, and volume receivers like Landry. Here is my advice for players in PPR leagues. Look for the teams that don’t have a wealth of WR talent. You want them to rely on a guy and build everything else off the run. I watched teams feast on Titan WRs last year, because so much was geared towards the run. Meanwhile teams like the Cardinals who are loaded at the WR spot were stuck spreading it around and reducing PPR.
I have two drafts left (in the span of 2 days unless we change it), and I am targeting those kinds of players in the mid rounds. Next week I will reveal my top choices and my sleeper picks.
Some Thoughts:
- In re-reading yesterdays brief and obviously underwhelming post I found myself struck by how much I dislike Captain Marvel. I think I know why: She lacks a flaw. Superman has Lois and Kryptonite. Batman has his desire to be a good guy vigilante and his inspiring need for family and love. Spiderman carries the guilt of Uncle Ben, the need to protect his family, and he’s a kid who is trying to figure stuff out (ultimate coming of age story, which is why grown ass Spiderman stories are junk). Wolverine is a man without access to all of his memories and thus a lost past and a troubled uncertain future. Captain Marvel is just a bad ass with no real connections to anything beyond her own badassness (and maybe Nick Fury).