A look back at the Freakingbeastness Fantasy Draft of 2018: Crouch United

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.
  

Daniel AKA Crouch United: 

• Rank 9/10
• Record 3-11
• Points Scored: 1,269
• ​Points Against: 1,571

Injuries to the 2nd and 3rd round picks of Crouch United severely limited their chances of being successful in the 2018 season. A total of five players drafted by Crouch United had their seasons ended/affected by injuries. Misses throughout the draft didn’t help either, Gurley can only carry a team so far. Getting Kittle in the 14th round was one of the biggest steals of the draft however, taking Jimmy Graham in the 6th throws all that value earned off a cliff.  It’s also tough to say Derrick Henry was a worthwhile pick, as even though he ended up being the RB#13, he got 55% of his total points in the last 4 games of the year. Long after everyone put him on the bench or dropped him.

The Doug Baldwin injury really tanked what was already a thin position group for Crouch United. Edelman being the only one with a positive differential between their end of year position ranking and where they were selected in the draft. Stretches of the year saw Crouch United send out a starting WR unit of Edelman, Crabtree, and Quincy Enunwa. When you take that and throw in weeks of streaming Allen Hurns and Randall Cobb, it gets depressing real fast. You’re just begging to see one of them break 6 points while Gurley handles the rest.

Crouch United Average Position Rankings

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• QB Ranking: 1st
• RB Ranking: 8th
• ​WR Ranking: 8th
• TE Ranking: 2nd

One positive thing I can say about this team is that not drafting a second QB allowed them to come in 1st for the average QB ranking.  It's a good thing we're not looking at the 2017 draft where Crouch United drafted Tim Tebow in the 3rd round, although they did manage to get four more wins that year compared to 2018.

Crouch United averaged 80 points a game which is 7th best in the league, although somehow they managed to get 130 the week they played yours truly but I’m not bitter or anything. It’s not like I had 124 that week or his team got over half its points from Deshaun and Gurley it’s fine.

This team won the Championship in the inaugural season of Freakingbeastness. In order to get back to that glory they will need to get better value from their later round picks and most importantly, predict who will and will not get injured. It’s that easy.

Crouch United Draft Overview