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

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.

Reeb AKA Reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeb: 

• Rank 6/10
• Record 6-8
• Points Scored: 1,556
• Points Against: 1,433

I will do my best to remain objective in this review of my team, but at some point it is likely that I’ll complain about the luck I’m dealt in Fantasy, it’s just inevitable.  

I was recently told that I have a “type” of receiver, ones that are big and strong enough to make contested catches but not necessarily the best route runners. I didn’t want to believe this as I wanted to think I was just picking the best WR available but damn if it’s not a consistent pattern. Luckily this didn’t burn me too much this year as the only ones I’d really consider busts would be Watkins and Funchess.

The RB room was solid year-round even after dealing with lingering injuries to Fournette and Breida.  A week 2 waiver wire pick up of Phillip Lindsay gave the depth needed to have enough contributors to be comfortable.

The injury bug did some harm and good for me this season, giving year-ending injuries to both of my QB selections, and my 6th round RB Jay Ajayi. Leonard Fournette and Charles Clay also suffered through injury filled years. However, these injuries forced me to go to the waiver wire and there I ended up getting Matt Ryan (QB#2 that Alx inexplicably dropped), Eric Ebron (TE#4), and Phillip Lindsay (RB#12).

Jerick McKinnon’s ACL tear also paved the way for Matt Breida to have the starting role in SF which meant Breida became a serious contributor to the team, fantasy team I mean.

Reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeb Average Position Rankings

• QB Ranking: 10th
• RB Ranking: 4th
  
• WR Ranking: 2nd
  
• TE Ranking: 9th

The average position rankings show my WR group being strong however I believe this was the weakest area of the team. Outside of Odell and T.Y. I was mostly just hoping one of Anderson’s 2 targets a game went for a TD. After Amari was traded to DAL he filled in the 3rd WR slot nicely but at that point I was already 2-7 with no shot at making the playoffs.

I really don’t think I had a bad team, at the end of the year my starting lineup looked like…

• Matt Ryan (QB#2)
  
• Joe Mixon (RB#9)
  
• Phillip Lindsay (RB#12)
  
• Odell Beckham (WR#16)
  
• T.Y. Hilton (WR#15)
  
• Amari Cooper (WR#19)
  
• Eric Ebron (TE#4)
  
• Matt Breida (RB#24)/Marlon Mack (RB#19) for flex

All top 25 for their positions.  

The 1,556 points scored by this team was 3rd most in the league. 

The team above went 11-3 and the team below went 9-5. 

The 1,433 points against was 2nd most in the league. I looked through previous seasons of Freakingbeastness to see where I’ve placed in the Points Against column and my findings only confirm my suspicions.


2018 - 2nd most PA
2017 - 4th most PA
2016 - 2nd most PA
2015 - 4th most PA
2014 - 7th most PA
2013 - Highest PA
2012 - 4th most PA

In every year but 2014 I have finished in the top half for Points Against. 

I know this is just an excuse and I have room to improve with my Fantasy Football selections but when I’m finishing with about as many wins as people who draft Gronk in the 1st and Dez Bryant in the 7th I start to wonder if I should join Bryan and let auto-draft do its thing.

Reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeb Draft Overview