Week 1+2 Evaluation

I’m going to start doing an evaluation of my season every other week.

Here’s how my team did in Week 2:

Damn good week right? It adds up to 138 points which was not enough to beat my matchup that scored 156, the second most in our league this week (also the other writer on this blog). My team has already changed since then. I’m 3^rd on the waiver wire so I snatched up Eddie Royal and dropped Sidney Rice (goes through tomorrow morning) and I made a huge trade. I am sending away Stevan Ridley and Rashard Mendanhall for Jordy Nelson. This should fill my flex spot very well but does kill my running back options. I’m now left with Joique Bell and Darren Sproles and no back-ups. My plan is to either trade away Royal and possibly another wide receiver I snatch up off waivers (I’ll name him as soon as I get him, but this goes up before I can claim him), or to grab backup running backs off waivers that are replacing injured starters for depth. I don’t think I’ll be able to upgrade at starting running backs, though.

Looking at potential guys I could get upgrades for, I don’t see a lot I can trade for. There are the untouchable guys, like Adrian Peterson and LeSean McCoy, and then there are guys that sound good, like Alfred Morris, but are under-performing. Joique Bell is actually out-playing Morris and Ridley at the moment. So, I don’t really see any trades to upgrade at starting running backs happening. I’ll have to live with my starters and just build up a little depth. I do still have Eddie Lacy who will be sitting on my bench until he’s fully healed, but I would like to have two running backs and two wide receivers.

I haven’t even begun to address what I plan on doing with Malcolm Floyd, which I really haven’t figured out yet. I saw him getting wheeled out on that stretcher and I have no idea what to think. A stretcher makes me weary because it seems like they may not play the rest of the season and may not come back the same, but I’ve had a bad experience with that in the past too. One of my first years playing fantasy I had Anquan Boldin in his fantasy prime and saw him have the game stopped for the better part of half an hour to allow him to be wheeled out on a stretcher. I didn’t wait five minutes to drop him. He ended up coming back, going to the Super Bowl that season, and beating me single-handedly by the guy that picked him up later in the season. So, I think the best option for Floyd is to wait. I’ll put him on the IR if he qualifies, and if he doesn’t I can always just let him sit. I don’t want to miss out on a top guy just because he has a concussion and will be out three or four weeks. I can always pick up another wide receiver that is randomly doing well from waivers if Floyd doesn’t come back as strong later.

On the subject of my actual fantasy team and how we’re playing, I am not happy. My team is actually producing very well. I’ve scored 248 points this season so far which is good for 6^th in my league, so not great, but not awful either. Should be good for about a 1-1 record right? Nope. I’m 0-2. I lost 139-110 in Week 1 and 156-138 in Week 2. Pretty disappointing and frustrating, I know. The upside? I could easily be 2-0 if I played the right guys. In fact, I could be 1-1 with my only loss by one point if we switched my matchups. The scores would have been 110-103 in Week 1, and 139-138 in Week 2. Still not great, but I would be much happier knowing I’m not last in the F’ing league (along with two other guys).

In fact, I lead the league in points against with 295. That’s 28 more than the guy in second for that stat (who is amazingly 2-0 somehow). We put me at 6^th in the league for points against, just like I am for points for, and its 248 points for, 252 points against. That gives me a 1-1 record which matters the world in a competitive league like mine where the winner last season only went 8-5.

So in conclusion, I look to improve next week. Not in points because I don’t expect Aaron Rodgers to put up 43 points again, but I should finally be rid of a hole at two spots like the first two weeks. I’ll be confident in all my spots except for Bell, who has looked good so far. And, if Royal can keep being the stud he’s looked like so far, I could shop him for a solid RB2 and be unstoppable. All there is to worry about is that it’s only Week 2 and we haven’t seen nearly close to the amount of injuries that there will be. Luckily, with my league only having four bench spots, there are always plenty of backups on the waivers to snatch up in case of injury.

That’s my thoughts on the season so far and how I’m doing. I hope to improve soon. I’ll have my Love/Hate Week 3 up tomorrow probably.