The GM of NY Giants must be an angel, because this team looks like it fell from heaven. They were able to flip the 12th overall pick into an expected finish of third place with a record of 9-2-2 (775 points).
NY Giants used all 10 of their keeper slots, focusing on roster balance. They elected to retain a QB (Peyton Manning, 11 ADP), a pair of RBs (Adrian Peterson, 3.1 ADP and Eddie Lacy, 5.4 ADP), and a couple of WRs (Julio Jones, 20.2 ADP and Andre Johnson, 39.8 ADP) as their five highest-ranked keepers. Their top five keepers all have at least third-round ADP value. Overall, the top five keepers on NY Giants are projected to be clearly more valuable (by 16.2%) than the draft picks that they replaced.
Week 9 would be a good opportunity for NY Giants to take a yoga retreat, and who knows, having that flexibility may come in handy for the “stretch” run. They have five players and the most projected fantasy points on bye that week. Based on their opponents' projected points, they have a more-difficult-than-average slate. NY Giants has the opportunity to finish the season on a hot streak, as the last four games of their season are projected to be less difficult than the league average.
Draft Notes
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Asset Management
NY Giants is loaded at RB and QB. Could they be willing to leverage some of that talent and listen to trade offers from other teams in KFL Dynasty League?
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Get Off My Lawn
With an average of 7.4 years of NFL experience, NY Giants is the oldest and by default, least exciting team in the league.
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Beginning with a Bang
NY Giants got off to a sizzling start, amassing the most projected points in the league during the first half of the draft.
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Team of Champions
NY Giants is rocking a team of fantasy MVPs. Last season, three of their players were among the top-20 players that were on the most first-place fantasy teams (Eddie Lacy, Peyton Manning, and DeSean Jackson).
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Bargain Shopper
With eight steals in the first 9 rounds (including Vernon Davis, DeSean Jackson, and Peyton Manning), NY Giants made some shrewd moves.
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Biggest Steal
NY Giants may have found a gem in the ninth round, grabbing Vernon Davis (124th overall pick vs. ADP of 47.6).
Player Analysis
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- A. Peterson, RB
- Round 1, Pick 12
Does Adrian Peterson Enjoy Gourmet Cuisine?Because his projected yardage figures are tasty. Peterson is ranked fifth in the league with 1,642 all-purpose yards.
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- Eddie Lacy, RB
- Round 2, Pick 17
Stolen In Broad DaylightEddie Lacy was the best value pick of the round and could be the cause of many sleepless nights for the other managers.
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- Peyton Manning, QB
- Round 3, Pick 40
Fantasy is Better Than RealityEven though he fell short in Super Bowl 48, Peyton Manning was more likely to be owned on a 2013 Yahoo! championship roster than any other QB.
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- Julio Jones, WR
- Round 4, Pick 45
The Power of PersuasionNow would be a reasonable time for NY Giants to encourage the KFL Dynasty League to raise the value of receptions. They snagged Julio Jones and his 105 projected catches (ranked third in the NFL).
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- C. Patterson, WR
- Round 6, Pick 73
Returning to GreatnessIf special teams contributions count in KFL Dynasty League, NY Giants may have found a gem in Cordarrelle Patterson. Including his 863 projected return yards, he ranks first in the league with 1,864 all-purpose yards.
Best Available
If NY Giants has a desire to make a roster move, DEF and K are areas of need.
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- Dallas Defanse
- Rank 276, ADP 121
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- Pittsburgh Defanse
- Rank 283, ADP 121
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- Matt Bryant
- Rank 247, ADP 135
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ADP Analysis
Bars above zero indicate a pick was selected later than a player's ADP. Bars below zero show players that were taken earlier than their ADP.
Position Rank vs League Average
The average projected points for all the players at each position versus the average projected points for all players at that position in the league.
Team Forecast
Bye Week Points Lost
Each bar represents the total projected season points for each player that's on bye that week. This chart shows any potential bye week issues.
Schedule by Opponent Points
Week-by-week schedule with each opponent's projected season points. This chart shows any difficult or easy stretches in the schedule.
How We Grade
Draft grades are based strictly on teams' draft performances. This is calculated by counting the number of fantasy points teams are projected to score over the course of the season using their optimal line-ups. The grades do not take schedule into account. Because of bye weeks and other variables it is possible to earn a high grade yet be projected to finish in the middle of the pack. The opposite is also true. Bottom line: Fantasy Football is like the real game. You can draft the greatest talent in the world but you still need to manage your team every week to get the most out of that talent. As a wise man once said, "On any given Sunday..."
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