A honest critique

[Baseball Guru]

Not really big into the NFL but I will usually play in 1 fantasy league with some friends.. Anyways, we had our draft a couple of days aga and I was looking for opinions on my team..

Here is my roster:

QB M. Vick
(Atl - QB) QBBN Phi Mon

WR J. Horn
(NO - WR) WRBN @Car Sun

WR E. Moulds
(Buf - WR) WRBN Hou Sun

WR D. Mason
(Bal - WR) WRBN Ind Sun

RB C. Dillon
(NE - RB) RBBN Oak Thu

RB T. Barber
(NYG - RB) RBBN Ari Sun

TE R. McMichael
(Mia - TE) TEBN Den Sun

BN A. Brooks
(NO - QB) QBBN @Car Sun

BN R. Williams
(Mia - RB) RBBN Den Sun

BN P. Price
(Atl - WR) WRBN Phi Mon

BN B. Franks
(GB - TE) TEBN @Det Sun

K R. Longwell
(GB - K) KBN @Det Sun

DEF Pittsburgh
(Pit - DEF)

Here are the stats:

Passing Yards (50 yards per point)
Passing Touchdowns (6)
Interceptions (-2)
Rushing Yards (20 yards per point)
Rushing Touchdowns (6)
Reception Yards (20 yards per point)
Reception Touchdowns (6)
Return Touchdowns (6)
2-Point Conversions (2)
Fumbles Lost (-2)
Offensive Fumble Return TD (6)
Field Goals 0-19 Yards (3)
Field Goals 20-29 Yards (3)
Field Goals 30-39 Yards (3)
Field Goals 40-49 Yards (4)
Field Goals 50+ Yards (5)
Point After Attempt Made (1)
Sack (1)
Interception (2)
Fumble Recovery (2)
Touchdown (6)
Safety (2)
Block Kick (2)
Points Allowed 0 points (10)
Points Allowed 1-6 points (7)
Points Allowed 7-13 points (4)
Points Allowed 14-20 points (1)
Points Allowed 21-27 points (0)
Points Allowed 28-34 points (-1)
Points Allowed 35+ points (-4)

Fractional Points: No

Negative Points: Yes

[PopTop]

James, since I don't really follow the NFL myself, I'm probably not the best person to give you much critiquing...but my first thought is I only saw one defense and one kicker on your roster, and guess you'll need a 2nd one of each for bye weeks. Otherwise, looks like a pretty fair team to me.

We had our draft today and set land speed records...10 teams, 12 rounds, barely took an hour and 30 minutes :eek: We usually take twice that long.

[645]

Brooks is the better QB. Vick hasn't yet done anything fantasy wise and I don't see it happening this year. But in all Brooks is ok at QB but you could do better.

At Wide Reciever Horn is a stad but Moulds and Mason are bit on the over rated side. So your good there but I would wouldn't say great.

At Running Back. Dillon is Very good and you can be very happy with him being your #1 RB but Barber isn't really a guy that really excites me. He may be good enough for a number 2 but to be truefull there are other players I rather have.

Tight End?, McMichael is the solid player and although there are better Tight Ends but he is good enough to settle for.

Kicker: (a postion not even worth taking about) So going on.

Defence: I have Pittsburgh Projected as the 3rd Best Defence. So you'll alright there.

So all the way out you'll good good good, Not Great!

So I'm guessing you'll win a few games and you'll lose a few. There are going to be a few teams better then yours but there will be a few that will be worse.

You might make the playoffs if it isn't one those leagues with 10 to 12 teams and a Playoff format of only 4 teams and once in the Playoffs you might get lucky and win a game.

But then again the season hasn't even started and there will be a many of a chances to improve on what you have.

[PopTop]

Kicker: (a postion not even worth taking about) So going on.
Are you kidding me?! :no:

James, if you want to just give up on a position, give up on tight ends, not kickers. If you don't have one of the top two, three, four tight ends, you are going to find it tough. Look at a 'normal' scoring system for 2004: There were only a half-dozen tight ends who scored 99 fantasy points or more in 2004, but there were 19 place kickers. Kickers and defense /special teams are vastly underrated in this game.

[Baseball Guru]

Interesting responses...

I had Tiki last year and think of him highly.. Rushes a lot and catches a ton of ball from the backfield.. Very much a focal point of the Giants offense...

Based on last year I have 2 backs over 1500 yards and 3 recievers over 1000....

Plus Ricky waiting in the wings if someone gets hurt or falters.... I do agree that I am weak in the QB position but there isnt anyone else better at this point.. I went RB's and WR's 1st......

Here are some of the QB's available:
P. Ramsey
(Was - QB)

K. Boller
(Bal - QB)

E. Manning
(NYG - QB)

J. Losman
(Buf - QB)

G. Frerotte
(Mia - QB)

Al. Smith
(SF - QB)

C. Hutchinson
(Chi - QB)

T. Dilfer
(Cle - QB)

R. Grossman
(Chi - QB)


6 of the 12 teams make the playoffs in this league...

btw, thanks for the responses:)

[Special_K19]

I really like Aaron Brooks, I think he can have a huge break out season this year. He can really well and he puts points and yards on the board. If he brings down his Ints he'll be a top 5 QB. And Vick is alright, but I say Brooks should be your #1 QB.

I don't really like your WRs. Joe Horn is good and would give you the Brooks 1-2 punch in the point column which is a plus. I don't like Moulds, he's been unimpressive I've heard and Lee Evans is fast becoming Losman's favorite target. Mason isn't much better, but with Lewis in the back field and Boller behind center how much is Mason going to get when Heap is also going to get his catches. Don't know much about the situation in Atlanta, but Price might be on to start ahead of Moulds.

RBs are good, I've never been a fan of Dillon, but he gets the job done and Barber is really underrated. Williams might be a steal. Might, if Cadillac struggles out of the gates and he returns from his suspension as hot as he is going into it.

TE is fine. McMichael and Franks are both in that second tier of TEs, so no worries.

K and Def I agree with 645, plug them in and forget about them, they'll put up points and you'll just need a waiver pickup for one week to replace them, hopefully they don't have the same bye week so you'll only have to drop one guy, probably Williams if he doesn't get playing time or Franks/McMichael, whichever one is lagging behind the other.

My gut opinion of the team is that it can make the playoffs, but won't do much else. I think the WRs will hurt you. I got raped last year in WRs and it killed me to the tune of missing the playoffs, but since your WRs are better than mine were last year you'll go a little farther.

[Baseball Guru]

Cool, thanks K:)

[645]

Are you kidding me?! :no:

James, if you want to just give up on a position, give up on tight ends, not kickers. If you don't have one of the top two, three, four tight ends, you are going to find it tough. Look at a 'normal' scoring system for 2004: There were only a half-dozen tight ends who scored 99 fantasy points or more in 2004, but there were 19 place kickers. Kickers and defense /special teams are vastly underrated in this game.

You miss understaznd what I mean by saying it isn't worth talking about.

I didn't mean that it isn't importent becouse it is. I was reforing to the fact that you can always pick up a good kicker after the draft and that most kickers score about the same over the season and it really don't mather all that much who ever you chose to have as a kicker.

[>TC<]

I agree with most of what's been said so far. Brooks could easily be more productive than Vick - You could use an upgrade at #2 WR, but aren't terrible - TE is fine - K an D are ok. At RB, Barber can be very effective. He will average 140 combined yards a gaem, and will post 8-12 TDs. I expect the same kind of season from Dillon. Ricky is a decent gamble for your top backup.

Sorry I didn't get to you sooner, James. Been kind of busy with Kylie

TC

[Baseball Guru]

I completely understand Mark... :)

Thanks:)

[Eva]

Drop Price and get another back-up WR. Price has been cut from Atlanta. Pick him up if you believe he's going to be good, if another team decide to take a shot with Peerless Price, who I might add has like the coolest name ever. :P

I pretty much agree with everything 645 said. Only really good TE would be Gates of San Diego and Gonzalez of KC, but nobody expect Gates to put up the numbers he did last year as TE, which was amazing for TE.

As for Barber, don't expect him to have 13 TD again. Though, he'll still put up the yards you desire in 1st rate running back. Even though I'm not a fan of Patriot players in Fantasy League since I think Patriots are anti-fantasy, but Dillion will be solid, I also drafted him in my league, along with Green of GB.

You got a pretty solid team. Good RB, but weak WR. 645 and Special_K19 pretty much coverage the rest.

Good luck in your league.