SDMB Fantasy Football DYNASTY League: Year Seven

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Is anyone interested in Demaryius Thomas? I’m going to be crazy strong at WR next year. I think Jordy Nelson comes back fine - his technique/timing/body control/hands style will work just fine for years to come. I think Josh Gordon is going to come back and be dominant. I think Martavis Bryant is going to be good, and Allen Robinson already is really good. I also think I’ve got something in Travis Benjamin.

So I’m willing to trade any of those guys, but I think Demaryius Thomas is probably the most marketable. He’s consistent, he basically puts up 14-20 points every week with the occasional 25+ pointer. He’s fairly QB-proof with the style he played and the fact that he was consistently good even when Peyton was playing really poorly early in the year. He’s still young, in a good situation, and injury free.

I’m looking for a RB. Not a part timer. Not a 30 year old. I’d also consider package deals in either direction, and draft picks can be involved.

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If I were you, I’d assume that Josh Gordon is never coming back, or that if he does it’s for a matter of weeks before he fails another drug test. I wouldn’t mind adding Thomas to my squad, but I no longer have the RB depth to trade away.

This is my third straight week with 150+ points. Matt Ryan has been inexplicably mediocre this year (well, not inexplicably, the Falcons just don’t throw in the red zone now) but is still the #10 QB. I have the #2 and #6 WRs, and Edelman will be higher after the week 10 byes. I have the #2 and #10 RBs, and Miller has already had his bye. I’d also have the #1 RB but, well, sometimes trades don’t work out. I have the #5, #9 and #12 TEs, typically a position of dire weakness on my team.* I have the #4 kicker and the #3 defense, which will be the #2 defense after Seattle’s bye next week.

*Benjamin Watson and Martellus Bennett are officially On The Block. I picked Watson up a couple of weeks ago just in case Jordan Reed couldn’t go, since ASJ is still hurt and Martellus Bennett was on a bye, but he’s the overall #5 TE right now. I’m not expecting much in return (maybe an RB flier) since Watson is 34 or so and probably only has a year or two left. I’d want a lot for Bennett since he’s a top 10 TE year in and year our (9th in 2013 and 5th in 2014).

ETA: I’m pretty sure we are limited to two IR spots.

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I basically have a three and a half game lead in the division at this point with six games to play. I also have a head-to-head win over Justin, in the unlikely event that I have to get in via the wild card. Considering I went 9-5 last season and outscored every team outside the division except one, this is a nice change. It doesn’t hurt that the rest of the division has collapsed.*

The race for the #1 seed is now uber-close: Varlos, **Hamlet **and I are all within 10 points of each other (though Varlos is now a game back; thanks, Stringer!)

*Last year, Petey lost two games to me and went 12-0 against the rest of the league. Beef lost just one game outside the division. Even dale, whose team was pretty weak, had a 5-3 record against non-division opponents (and was 0-6 against us). Weirdly, I went 5-1 against the division and 4-4 against everyone else. I don’t think anyone noticed those stats at the time but they’re pretty amazing.

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HOLY FUCK!

I’ll have to buy James Fucking Jones a beer if I’m ever in Green Bay.

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With Keenan Allen joining the injured list and out indefinitely, I’m not feeling too confident. Allen is the #5 scoring WR, Steve Smith Sr. is the #13. Losing those two (and Kelvin Benjamin in the pre-season), really hurts my WR corp. And Jamaal Charles. Lost him too.

Fuckity Fuck Fuck Fuck.

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And Allen is done for the season, going to be placed in IR.

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This has turned into such a weird fucking trade. With Hopkins exploding this year you have to say **RNATB **got the best of it, no doubt. (Truthfully, I never understood why so many people were SO high on him; that’s why he was included in roughly a 100 trade offers before one finally took.)

But it’s not nearly as bad as it seemed not that long ago. Gio has solidified himself as at least more than a backup, and so far this year my prediction re: Jeremy Hill and power backs seems to be coming true (Gio averaging 5.6 YPC, Hill just 3.3!). More interestingly, the two throw-ins I got in that trade are looking like real assets in the short-term: Woodhead is currently the #3 RB in the league, and De’Angelo Willilams just got promoted to Pittsburgh’s full-time starter. Add that to Doug Martin’s comeback season and some good depth elsewhere, and I suddenly have a surfeit of RB assets.
On that note, if anyone needs a RB, either short-term (Woodhead, Williams, J-Stew) or long (Gio, Duke Johnson, Martin), hit me up and maybe we can work something out. Don’t know what I’m looking for – maybe an upgrade at WR (trading one of mine for a somewhat better one)? Draft picks always a possibility, of course.

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RNATB just had no interest in Woodhead at all. I think he offered him in trade talks with no less than four times last year. I guess I should have said yes, but then I doubt he would have given up Devonta.

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Sure, before **RNATB **I had him for a while and cut him to make room for a draft pick.

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I get to play Stringer this week to see who gets to be in the basement of the formerly great teams.

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I have such major bye week issues that I am playing Taiwan Jones. Come on, sweet return yards.

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His bad record notwithstanding, **Stringer **is actually on a tear (120 plus points in four straight week including two over 150). He’s now fourth overall in points and only 42 points behind the three division leaders.

Well, that’s not quite true; he was a valuable asset (I think he had over 1000 yards from scrimmage) in 2013. He was already on IR when I was trying to shop him last year and I didn’t think San Diego would re-sign him.

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This has turned into such a weird fucking trade. With Hopkins exploding this year you have to say RNATB got the best of it, no doubt.
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That’s only because I had been trying to turn depth into stars for like three years. Almost every trade offer I made over the last three seasons was an attempt to turn some of my ridiculous RB depth* into a WR1 and/or QB1, or even a true RB1. Basically I had a whole bunch of #2/3 players and it was freakin’ impossible to set my lineups.

It sounds odd to say, but the most important part of that trade for me was actually Matt Ryan. He wasn’t a great loss to you (just as the RBs were not really valuable to me), but if I hadn’t traded for him I would be starting Nick Foles right now. Ryan is currently the #11 QB (apparently there was a stat correction since Monday?) with 140 points; Foles is #29, with 81 points.** If it wasn’t for shovel passes to Tavon Austin Foles probably wouldn’t even be in double figures. If you take away those 60 points I would still be #4 in scoring but I bet I wouldn’t be 6-2. Speaking of which, I am looking to package Foles and another player or draft pick in trade for a better QB2.

On the other hand, if you take away DeAndre Hopkins I’d be starting some combination of V-Jax, Brandin Cooks (who has mostly been my starting W/T anyway), Ty Montgomery and Marvin Jones.

…Okay, scratch that. I just added up the scoring totals for Jackson, Montgomery and Jones and combined they have only outscored Hopkins by seven points. Granted, V-Jax and Montgomery have missed a couple of games each, but still. Hopkins has outscored each of them by more than 100.

*At the end of the 2013 season, my RBs were: Giovani Bernard, Andre Ellington,
BenJarvus Green-Ellis, Mark Ingram, Rashad Jennings, Lamar Miller, Stepfan Taylor,
Robert Turbin (who at the time was Lynch’s clear handcuff), Shane Vereen and Danny Woodhead. I also drafted Devonta Freeman at the tail end of the first round last year.

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Is there a record for most players on a roster to end up on IR?

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I lost Edelman, V-Jax, Jennings, Jordan Reed, Reggie Bush and at least one other guy once. 2012?

ETA: I need another quarterback. Nothing special, just a streamer type. Think Eli.

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What ever happened to Kenny Britt anyway? He looked dominant before his injury. He hasn’t been hurt or a headcase since then. He just sort of never became anything. He’s still pretty young.

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Wasn’t there some sort of attitude problem or something in Tennessee? I forget, but I remember being bitterly disappointed in how he never developed for me. Traded him to you for a late 2nd, which became Manziel, which became an option to move up in the 2nd.
I think I might actually have the best team this year, which would be a first. I won the championship a couple years ago, but that was more having a good team that got hot at the right time. I’m gonna have the highest score in the league again, while still leaving a bunch of points on my bench. I’d make a win-now trade, but I don’t have a lot of slots that need improvement. If anyone wants to trade me a great player for two good ones or to add prospects, I’ll sure listen.

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Well, you’re going to be back in the points lead by a mile.

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So, how are the RB draft prospects looking this year?

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Well, Leonard Fournette’s not eligible.

Fear me. I’m in first place, having survived DeAndre Hopkins’ bye. I think I’m basically now an all-but-mathematical lock for the playoffs, since I’m three up with five to play and can finish no worse than 3-3 in the division. Still have to play Varlos (eek) and furt, whose team suddenly looks pretty good.

ETA: Hamlet’s WR depth is ridiculous. Keenan Allen and Steve Smith Sr. are on IR and he still might have a top-three WR corps.

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YOU (YES YOU!) CAN BE PART OF THE DYNASTY LEAGUE’S FIRST 3-TEAM TRADE!

Justin Bailey would send Jameis Winston to RNATB…
RNATB would send his 1st round draft pick to YOU…
YOU would send a top-flight WR to Justin Bailey.

Does anyone want to be YOU?