Taking advantage of having the final pick in the first round, Naked Dudes was able to orchestrate a masterful draft. They're projected to finish atop PJDs Entire Readership League with a record of 9-2-2 (888 points). They didn't target any one position early, selecting QB Peyton Manning (10th overall), RB Frank Gore (31st), WR Julio Jones (11th), and TE Julius Thomas (30th) within the first five rounds. They landed one of the top QB duos in the league, as they have Manning and Eli Manning on the roster.
While Week 8 has the most players on bye for Naked Dudes (four), Week 4 is actually projected to have the team's highest amount of idle fantasy points. Looking at the season as a whole, they have one of the least challenging slates. In addition to having the third-easiest overall schedule, Naked Dudes has the league's easiest first four games and second-most difficult last four games of the season.
Draft Notes
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Positional Fortitude
Naked Dudes has four positions that are better than league average. While TE, WR, and K are projected to be good, QB is the strongest on Naked Dudes.
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San Francisco 49ers Fan?
Naked Dudes is a believer in the hopes of the San Francisco 49ers this season, grabbing a couple of players on that team sooner than their ADPs might suggest.
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Golden Handcuff
Naked Dudes hedged their bets by scooping up Carlos Hyde in the 10th round to back up Frank Gore, his 49ers teammate (a fourth-round selection).
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Nearly There
The top half of the Naked Dudes roster is one of the strongest in the league (ranked No. 2). However, the bottom of the roster is among the weakest (ranked No. 8).
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Team of Champions
Naked Dudes is rocking a team of fantasy MVPs. Last season, four of their players were among the top-20 players that were on the most first-place fantasy teams, including Peyton Manning, Julius Thomas, and DeSean Jackson.
Player Analysis
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- Peyton Manning, QB
- Round 1, Pick 10
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 2, Pick 11
The Power of PersuasionNow would be a reasonable time for Naked Dudes to encourage the PJDs Entire Readership League to increase the value of receptions. They grabbed Julio Jones and his 105 projected catches (ranked third in the NFL).
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- Julius Thomas, TE
- Round 3, Pick 30
A Sizable Target in the Red ZoneWith 7.9 projected TD catches, Julius Thomas ranks third in the NFL among TEs in that category.
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- Frank Gore, RB
- Round 4, Pick 31
If it Ain't BrokeThen do fix it? Laughing in the face of decades of fantasy tradition, Naked Dudes didn't grab their first RB (Frank Gore) until the fourth round.
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- DeSean Jackson, WR
- Round 6, Pick 51
Was DeSean Jackson the Best Choice at a Pick at No. 51?Naked Dudes apparently thinks so. The Redskins' wideout is only predicted to have 78 points this year, after producing 107 last year.
Best Available
Naked Dudes could potentially upgrade DEF and RB, but DEF is the position they'll want to focus on first.
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- Baltimore Defense
- Rank 235, ADP 142
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- Tampa Bay Defense
- Rank 240, ADP 140
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- New York Defense
- Rank 241, ADP 126
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- Miami Defense
- Rank 243, ADP 127
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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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