So, the initial draft is in the books for the Rad Dynasty, and the season itself is set to begin in 2 days with Kansas City vs Detroit on Thursday. I just wanted to talk about the draft and make some predictions for the season ahead. I was going to do a video, but I am too lazy to bother right now.
The draft went pretty well. There were a few teams that could not make it, so they had to autodraft. My brother missed some of the draft after login problems but was able to get in about halfway through. For the most part, everyone's teams are looking really strong and evenly matched. Two people still need to fix up their defenses, since yahoo can't draft individual defensive players (IDP) to save their lives. But once that is done pretty much every team will be in the 140 to 150 point projection range, which is awesome. Very evenly matched.
While we are on the topic of IDP, there are a few people in this league who have never played with IDP before. For those who missed the draft, again, I am sorry. Yahoo sucks at drafting IDP and left you with a bunch of scrubs that won't even see the field this year. You can drop them and add some veterans. IDP is not a position I value too much. I just think it adds a nice wrinkle to the game, so that is why I use them here. I've been in a few IDP leagues and I am constantly adjusting my personnel all year long. I usually just use the player search function to see who is projected to score the most points, and then add them for that week and drop whoever else I have. I'm constantly rotating through IDP players. No one is safe on my roster, outside of a few exceptions. Maybe since we are hanging onto players for life in this league, I'll adjust my approach.
Linebackers tend to be the most consistent IDP position. If you get a stud linebacker, hang onto him! Especially if he is young. Safeties produce decent numbers as well. Corners and defensive linemen? Ehhhh not so much. they are as expendable as expendable gets.
As far as roster adjustments for next year, I already mentioned I'm cutting bench spots by 2. There has been some concern about the 2 TE spots and if one of them should be eliminated. I am mulling it over. If anything I will turn one into a second flex spot. This will never be a superflex league though, where you can flex a QB. I'm sorry if you like these, but to me they cheapen the game and make them too QB reliant. At least in my opinion. I personally like 2 TEs. It makes everyone have to scramble for those spots, since TEs are so hard to find. I'm leaning towards keeping it next year, but if consensus is that 2 TEs suck, let me know at the end of the year and I'll consider doing away with that spot. I want everyone to be happy here.
Back to the draft.
I'm not going to break down every single roster, or who took who in the draft. That's too time consuming. I did post some round by round screenshots on the post before this one, so that historians can look back on this and see how it all started. I am also going to post some vague predictions at the end of this post.
But first, I would like to talk about my own roster. My goal was to draft a young, exciting team. One that will not only be good for years to come, but can compete now. And you know what? I think I succeeded. I didn't even realize that I did this as I was drafting, but every single offensive player on my team is age 25 or younger. Even the bench. I went through them and Googled their ages one by one while doing research for this post, and it is true. I didn't even come in with a 25 and under age limit, it just kind of happened.
Kyle Pitts is 22, and he already has a 1000 yard receiving season for a TE in the books. His numbers overall haven't been as good as he has been hyped, but still: he is 22 and he has had to endure some bad QB play. Hot take, but I'd rather have him than 34 yr old Kelce on my team. I also have Michael Mayer, a highly touted rookie TE. JaMarr chase is 23. Jaylen Waddle is 24. Jhamyr Gibbs is 22. Everyone on my team is just really, really young. The oldest men on my team are the Herberts: Justin and Khalil. And they are just 25.
I have to feel good about my team going forward. The goal was to create a dynasty that will be good for years and years to come, and I think I succeeded there.
Predictions? I'll make some bold ones. The 4 teams that will make the playoffs this season are: me, TDs or Bust, My Team, and BDBs Jet Setters. I'll say TDs or Bust wins it all this year. I want to say it'll be me, but I'm horribly unlucky with fantasy. I'll probably be the second highest scoring team in the league but miss the playoffs because I lost three 1 point games. Just watch.
Who is set up best for dynasty? I'd like to say me - with my young team, Ned's Rollers, Tds or Bust, and Turd Ferguson with those wide receivers of his. Ned's team in particular stands out as an interesting dynasty team. Maybe he won't win this year. I don't even have him making the playoffs this year. But he is set up for some serious long term success. He's got Dalton Kincaid - who I wanted, JSN - who I also wanted, Jordan Addison, Zach Charbonnet, Jameson Williams, Jonathan Mingo, Javonte Williams, Kendre Miller. Just a ton, and I mean a ton of young talent. If these guys put it together in the next few years he is going to have the team to beat. He also has Kenneth Walker and CeeDee Lamb on his team, and they are already there playing at a star level. This is going to be a good good team down the road.
I guess that is all I have for now. As I said, the season starts in 2 days and I am very, very excited for it. Most of you are familiar with fantasy football, but new to dynasty. Hopefully this league opens up a whole new world for you.
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