Unfortunately, the first thing I see on my league page are the draft results from the draft that occurred the previous day.
Ooops
I was greeted with this big bag of auto-drafted crap:
Michael Turner
Peyton Manning
Pierre Thomas
Roy Williams
Braylon Edwards
Kevin Walter
Owen Daniels
NYJ
Stephen Gostkowski
Willis McGahee
Matt Cassel
Nate Burleson
Miles Austin
Brandon Pettigrew
Rian Lindell
That's what happens when you put the wrong draft date on your to do list and don't rank your players.
I headed for the waiver wire to see what the kids left me. I was surprised to find some quality players still available. I asked these scrubs for their play-books and sent them packing:
Matt Cassel
Miles Austin
Brandon Pettigrew
Rian Lindell
Willis McGahee
I picked up these guys in their place:
Donld Brown
Mike Bell
A Bradshaw
James Davis
Mike Bell
Yes, I added 5 RBs after dropping the only one should have kept in McGahee. My plan is having some of these RBs pop and moving the most overrated player of the 2009 season Michael Turner for an elite WR. Let's make some deals.
Trade 1:
I traded M Turner and O Daniels for Calvin Johnson and J Witten. I now have a stud at WR & TE but a big hole at RB1. That's fine I still have assets.
Trade 2:
Much like the market, I'm looking to buy low & sell high. Thank god for that confused and terrible TB secondary allowing Roy Williams to put up some numbers in the opener. I shipped Roy and Braylon Edwards off for another JUGGERNAUT favorite, PPG WR leader from last year, my man Anquan Boldin. Between the sub-par ARI pass protection and Warner's inability to throw it more than 25 yards in the air, my man Q is set up for another big year. I gave up two guys I hate for one guy I love. Roy Williams followed up his big start with his typical 1 catch for 11 yds in week2. Between Romo's Favreish game and the strong DAL run game, anyone expecting big things from the boys passing game (sans Witten) is going to be disappointed. Braylon was ok in week2, but I have no faith in him or anyone else in CLE consistently moving the ball.
So after two weeks, this is the roster:
P Manning
C Palmer (some dope dropped him in favor of Matt Sanchez)
Thank you sir. Enjoy your rookie QB on a run heavy team with a great defense. Sanchez has looked very good, but he's not a great fantasy QB.
Pierre Thomas - What the fuck is a Lynell Hamilton anyway? If Pierre grabs hold of the job that was his and stays healthy. He will be a top10 RB, maybe top5.
Mike Bell - Pierre insurance
Donald Brown - love him, he could be a monster if Addai goes down. I think he will be starting by week8.
A Bradshaw -
Beanie Wells - Another waiver wire gem that can make some serious noise down the stretch.
WRs
Calvin Johnson - He's a top3 WR.
Anquan Boldin
Nasty Nate Burrelson
Kevin Walter
Johnny Knox - I picked him up and dropped a much hyped Chris Henry
Jay Cutler has a knack for making good WRs great. I think we might have found our boy in Knox. I wanted a Bear on my team and you can't find a WR with a cooler name than Johnny Knox.
I only have one spot filled at each of TE, D, & K - but I have the cream of the crop at each position:
Witten
Gostkoswki
NY Jets
I have one more move to make. There is a mope in my league who loves, loves, loves him some Peyton Manning. He has Chris Johnson, but I have a feeling, he will soon be mine. I can now move Manning for a stud back since I have Palmer.
I'm not going to propose the trade for him after the historic week Chris Johnson just had. I will wait until after this week because Manning is going to absolutely light up that good run stopping, no pass defending ARI squad while Chris Johnson & Tennessee struggle against an awesome NY Jet D.
P Manning vs. ARI - 380yds, 4tds
C Johnson vs NYJ - 74yds, 0 tds
Here's the current roster:
P Manning
C Palmer
P Thomas
M Bell
D Brown
A Bradshaw
C Wells
Megatron
A Boldin
K Walters
Nasty Nate
J Knox
Witten
Gostkowski
NY Jets
At 2-0, my team is looking good.
This is a good lesson for those who are dealt a bad hand and just give up. With a little creativity and elbow grease you can turn a sack of crap into something that makes you smile.
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