Been a LONG time since I last posted - let's see how I finished in leagues gone by and where I am now in current leagues.
In basketball, I won the whole friggen league! James Harden and LeBron James were clutch late, and I beat my Dad for the championship. that was cool.
In hockey, I fell out in the quarterfinals. I traded too much good stuff away and then oof...sad ending.
In football, things went okay. I lost in the quarterfinals in Worst Team Ever, lost in the semifinals in show us your TDs, and then won the championship in The Toby Bowl. It's my first time winning that in 3 years, so I was pretty excited.
As for current sports, in baseball I am currently tied for first in my division at 4-2. Probably soon to be 4-3, as I took a sort of stars and scrubs approach and traded away too many helpful pieces early. But I will come back.
Hopefully this week I'll be back to talk more baseball!
Showing posts with label Worst Team Ever. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Worst Team Ever. Show all posts
Saturday, May 21, 2016
Tuesday, October 20, 2015
Tuesday Late Afternoon Quarterback: Recapping my Fantasy Week
I had four active leagues this week, my three football and one hockey (technically my baseball keeper is active, but I wasn't able to talk trades at all. Overall I went 4-0 this week, and here's a brief breakdown of what went down:
The Toby Bowl: Faced a former blogging buddy, and whooped him 91-66. Chris Ivory continued to lead me with 25 strong points, while Tom Brady (22) and Gio Bernard (13) chipped in as well.
Despite my 91 score, I actually made a lot of bad moves this week. Cairo Santos (5) was an awful plug 'n play, Antonio Brown (2) continued to look awful with Roethlisberger out, and I left Alshon Jeffrey (20), Keenan Allen (15), and Sammy Watkins (10) on my bench.
Show us your tds: Easy win, came out ahead 91.52 to 67.94. Andy Dalton beat his projection, Brandon McManus went for over 14 points, and Gary Barnidge (who I added this week) scored 2 touchdowns. I had Jeffrey on my bench here too, but the guy I was facing had Santos and Brown plus a lot of scrubs which gave me an easy win.
Worst Team Ever: GOTTA LOVE BYES! A week after Doug Martin essentially lost me a game by himself, the Bucs were on bye and I paced the league with -4 points (all from Andre Ellington). I faced the worst team in the league, who scored -47 points due to Tom Brady, Matt Forte, and James Jones. The win brings me to .500, which is nice!
Free Candy: Last but not least, the hockey league. Week one I won 8 categories and lost 3, and my 8-3-0 record puts me 2nd in the league. Ryan Miller has started tremendously at me for goalie, and I'll need him to keep it up if I have any hope this year. My offense was all Steven Stamkos and Ryan Johansen, though Jonathan Drouin and Ryan Getlaf threw in some good work too.
The Toby Bowl: Faced a former blogging buddy, and whooped him 91-66. Chris Ivory continued to lead me with 25 strong points, while Tom Brady (22) and Gio Bernard (13) chipped in as well.
Despite my 91 score, I actually made a lot of bad moves this week. Cairo Santos (5) was an awful plug 'n play, Antonio Brown (2) continued to look awful with Roethlisberger out, and I left Alshon Jeffrey (20), Keenan Allen (15), and Sammy Watkins (10) on my bench.
Show us your tds: Easy win, came out ahead 91.52 to 67.94. Andy Dalton beat his projection, Brandon McManus went for over 14 points, and Gary Barnidge (who I added this week) scored 2 touchdowns. I had Jeffrey on my bench here too, but the guy I was facing had Santos and Brown plus a lot of scrubs which gave me an easy win.
Worst Team Ever: GOTTA LOVE BYES! A week after Doug Martin essentially lost me a game by himself, the Bucs were on bye and I paced the league with -4 points (all from Andre Ellington). I faced the worst team in the league, who scored -47 points due to Tom Brady, Matt Forte, and James Jones. The win brings me to .500, which is nice!
Free Candy: Last but not least, the hockey league. Week one I won 8 categories and lost 3, and my 8-3-0 record puts me 2nd in the league. Ryan Miller has started tremendously at me for goalie, and I'll need him to keep it up if I have any hope this year. My offense was all Steven Stamkos and Ryan Johansen, though Jonathan Drouin and Ryan Getlaf threw in some good work too.
Sunday, October 18, 2015
Introducing a League: Worst Team Ever
Here's my 3rd and final football league. It's a totally silly league that we draft over on Blowout where good points are bad and bad points are good. It's also weird because the teams don't get touched at all during the season.
Years active: 2
League Type: ESPN, Offline Snake Draft, Redraft, with 14 Teams
Divisions: 2
Playoffs: Top 4 teams
Scoring: Head to Head Points, but flipped
Positions: QB, 2 RB, 2 WR, TE, Flex
Any quirks: This league is all quirks
How have I done: Last year I lost in the playoffs
So here's the basic setup - you have to draft seven players are five positions (well one is flex) and try to assemble the LOWEST scoring team of the year. The one rule is there are games started requirements. It used to be 8 starts minimum the year before, but we made it 6 or 7 for some positions to ensure we had enough players at each position. We also made some more switches after year one - no drafting retired guys, or guys already out for the year.
It ends up with some fun teams though. Here, for example, is mine from this year:
QB - Drew Stanton
RB - Doug Martin
RB - Andre Ellington
WR - Josh Morgan
WR - Brian Hartline
TE - Matt Spaeth
FLEX - C.J. Fiedorowicz
Good points are bad and vice versa. So Doug Martin was a bad pick - he's -66 for the year. On the other hand, Stanton, Morgan, and Spaeth are a combined 0. So that's cool. And you never know which guy might step in. Last year a guy picked Kenbrell Thompkins, and early on that pick looked great. But in the championship game he was playing for the Raiders and put up a 100 yard game in garbage time - costing that guy the championship. So fickle, this league.
Years active: 2
League Type: ESPN, Offline Snake Draft, Redraft, with 14 Teams
Divisions: 2
Playoffs: Top 4 teams
Scoring: Head to Head Points, but flipped
Positions: QB, 2 RB, 2 WR, TE, Flex
Any quirks: This league is all quirks
How have I done: Last year I lost in the playoffs
So here's the basic setup - you have to draft seven players are five positions (well one is flex) and try to assemble the LOWEST scoring team of the year. The one rule is there are games started requirements. It used to be 8 starts minimum the year before, but we made it 6 or 7 for some positions to ensure we had enough players at each position. We also made some more switches after year one - no drafting retired guys, or guys already out for the year.
It ends up with some fun teams though. Here, for example, is mine from this year:
QB - Drew Stanton
RB - Doug Martin
RB - Andre Ellington
WR - Josh Morgan
WR - Brian Hartline
TE - Matt Spaeth
FLEX - C.J. Fiedorowicz
Good points are bad and vice versa. So Doug Martin was a bad pick - he's -66 for the year. On the other hand, Stanton, Morgan, and Spaeth are a combined 0. So that's cool. And you never know which guy might step in. Last year a guy picked Kenbrell Thompkins, and early on that pick looked great. But in the championship game he was playing for the Raiders and put up a 100 yard game in garbage time - costing that guy the championship. So fickle, this league.
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