A look back at the Freakingbeastness Fantasy Draft of 2018: beastops

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.

Bryan AKA beastops: 

• Rank 10th
• Record 3-11
• Points Scored: 1,073
• Points Against: 1,415

Ah the auto-drafters, the ones you can laugh about until you play them one week and all the stars align for them to beat you even though one of their players is out for the season and two others are on byes. Auto-drafters have a special place in our league as I’m sure they do in leagues across the country. Back in 2017 the finals were actually between two people who auto-drafted...it’s a season we’d all like to forget.

This year things were set straight. Aided by one of the worst value 1st rd picks in recent memory, beastops worked its way to last place and a 3-11 record. Now to be fair, I don’t think any of us believed Le’veon was going to sit out the entire year but at the same time I was staying far far away from him in drafts due to the uncertainty of his status.

​Things only got worse with the Jerick Mckinnon selection in the 5th round. It’s unfortunate when you look over his entire draft (Shown below) because he actually hit on some good RB value picks in the later rounds with Tarik Cohen and Nick Chubb, but considering they sat on the bench the entire year, maybe the damage was already done. 

It’s a similar story for the WR’s, great value picks were made in the later rounds with Mohammed Sanu and Kenny Golladay but they both were on the bench all year. Instead, Pierre Garcon was chosen to start every week and produced 35 points for the year. 

I didn’t include kickers and defenses in this analysis as I don’t believe they’re going to make or break your team, however, I feel it’s necessary to mention beastops had the #2 overall K and DEF in Justin Tucker and Rams D. This only strengthens the idea that this could’ve been a great team with a little care.

beastops average position rankings

​The average rankings here are heavily skewed due to Le’veon and Jerick being out for the entire year, however, for every other position, beastops finished in the top half of the league for average rankings.

• QB ranking: 2nd
• RB ranking: 10th
• WR ranking: 4th
• TE ranking: 3rd

With 2 top-ten QB’s, a top-3 RB, a serviceable TE and decent enough depth at both WR & RB I truly believe beastops could’ve made it back to the playoffs with a little luck and attention.

beastops Draft Overview