A look back at the Freakingbeastness Fantasy Draft of 2018: Andrew Thompson

DISCLAIMER: 

• Position ranking is taken from the end of year stats from each player.
• Pick position ranking is referring to when they were selected in our leagues draft.
• I.E. Christian Mccaffrey being the 13th RB selected in the draft means he has a pick position ranking of 13.
• Kickers and Defenses are not taken into account for these reviews. In the draft overview section if it looks like a round is missing, that is where a defense or kicker was selected.

Scott AKA Andrew Thompson: 

• Rank 5/10
• Record 8-6
• Points Scored: 1,413
• Points Against: 1,289

Andrew Thompson has never made the playoffs in the Freakingbeastness league, and with four top-ten WR’s, in a league that uses an extra WR slot, it’s surprising this streak continued through last year.  

On the flip side, this is one of the worst RB corps in the league with the highlight being RB#48 Duke Johnson who sat on the bench all year. The first two RB selections for this team were a pair of 2018 draft picks, Rashaad Penny and Ronald Jones, who scarcely contributed to their teams throughout the season. Ronald Jones was also dropped by Andrew Thompson after week 3. They received some help with the waiver wire pickup of Austin Ekeler (RB#27) but it was nothing special.  

No lineup changes were made to this team after Week 5, and they went 7-3 during that span proving sometimes it’s best not to overthink it. Also helps that half the league doesn’t set their lineups on a weekly basis.

I have no issues with the Cam Newton pick in the 8th but the knowledge of his nagging shoulder injury was well documented and I’m surprised another QB wasn’t drafted or picked up from waivers purely as an insurance policy. I don’t know if I’ve ever seen a fantasy team only draft one QB and start them through every week, even the bye week.

Andrew Thompson Average Position Rankings

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• QB Ranking: 5th
  
• RB Ranking: 9th
  
• WR Ranking: 3rd
  
• TE Ranking: 3rd

There’s something to be said about having a game plan for a draft and sticking to it.  Going 4 WR’s in the first 4 rounds is certainly bold, but three of them averaged 14 PPG and the fourth averaged 12 PPG so you can’t argue about the production.  Four more WR’s were selected by this team in the draft which seems a bit like overkill but I understand when you see Doctson available in the 15th you have to take him on upside alone. He’s gotta be good at some point right, I mean he was a 1st rd pick.

Andrew Thompson Draft Overview