Recon_Hawk":2tcdico8 said:
Thepeelsessions":2tcdico8 said:
Dang, great topic. Man, there's a lot. Seattle D in 2011 (i think it was that year). Browner's first year with the Hawks. I lost too many early games, so I missed the playoffs. But I got them after they waxed the Giants in NY. Defenses don't score a ton in that league, but Seattle got me around 20 PPG the rest of the way, and helped me go on a sserious tear.
Overall though, I had two in 2013 that pretty much won the championship for me. After watching the preseason game against Denver, I immediately picked up Julius Thomas. You know the rest. Then, after week 3, I think it was, I got Jordan Cameron off the wire. I didn't exactly NEED him since I had Thomas, but it was mostly for a potential trade chip, and to also keep him away from everyone else. I think I used Cameron at flex a couple times, and also when JT had his bye. Right at the deadline, I ended up trading Cameron and Kendall Wright for Josh Gordon and Geno Smith. I then dropped Smith for a D for a bye week filler. The first week I had Gordon was the first week that he absolutely went off. He had something like 35+ points. And it's not even a PPR league. I dominated from week one to the championship game, and won it all. Here was my championship lineup
QB: Fitzpatrick
RB: Lynch (acquired via trade that included Spiller after week 3)
RB: Andre Brown (another solid waiver add)
WR: AJ Green
WR: Gordon
TE: Thomas
Flex: Gio Bernard (late round draft pick)
D: Seattle
K: Novak
Oh man, Julius Thomas is a good example. I was one of those guys who missed on him and regretted it (and Jordan Cameron since you mentioned it). Both guys were on the waiver wire too and I didn't even put in a claim :/
That's a hell of a job adding to your roster. I think I would have really hated you by the end of the season if I was in your league ha ha. I'm in a money league with $10 each week to highest score. You might have swept the last 7 games of the year with that team.
One question. was Ryan Fitzpatrick your main QB that year?
Haha, thanks man. That was such a fun year. We're all great friends, and our banter was priceless. Defending my trophy was tough last year. I started out terrible. Like taking Ben Tate in the third terrible. It was bad. But not giving up on Mike Evans and Jeremy Hill early on, and getting ODB on the wire saved my bacon. But I got smoked in the championship. Tough tough.
Heck no! It was a rollercoaster at QB. Mainly consisting of Kaep, Locker, Jason Campbell and Fitz. Oh, and I resorted to picking up Josh Freeman for his famous Vikings game. Thankfully I didn't start him though. What a disaster that was. And another one of my late round flier big guns was Cordarrelle, mainly due to return points. But he was also a relevant receiver his rookie year.
Yeah, 2011 Lynch was unstoppable. What about this year so far? It's still early, but have you gotten anyone you're really giddy about?
