Drafting 11th, Vultures took advantage of their feeble-minded opponents and drafted a team capable of making some noise come playoff time. They are expected to finish first in OklahomIraqis League2 with a record of 11-2-0 (2,329 points). They focused on having a balanced offensive attack, selecting QB Ben Roethlisberger (39th overall), RB Matt Forte (18th), WR Andre Johnson (46th), and TE Rob Gronkowski (11th) within the first five rounds. They put together the best group of RBs in the league, as they added Forte, Arian Foster, and Danny Woodhead to the team.
Week 7 is not looking like a fun one for fantasy football. Vultures should look into the joys of scrapbooking, or bird-watching, or just anything that isn't fantasy football. It might not be pretty. They have three players and the most projected fantasy points on bye that week. Looking at the season as a whole, they have the least difficult slate. Along with the easiest overall schedule, both the first four games and last four games of the season are about league-average difficulty for Vultures.
Draft Notes
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On Autopilot
Picking starting RBs should be an effortless exercise most weeks for Vultures, as there's a healthy projected point difference between their third-ranked (Danny Woodhead) and fourth-ranked (Darren McFadden) RBs.
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Separating the Wheat from the Chaff
Vultures drafted top-3 players at a trio of different positions (Rob Gronkowski, Matt Forte, and Mason Crosby).
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Senior Citizen Discount
With an average of 7.8 years of NFL experience, Vultures is the team most likely to have a player become a grandpa.
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Team of Champions
Vultures 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 Rob Gronkowski, Matt Forte, and Jeremy Maclin.
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My One and Only
Ignoring roster depth, Vultures chose only one player at three different positions (TE, DEF, and K).
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Take One Play Off and He Burns You
Danny Woodhead is always a threat to break off a long one, ranking fourth among NFL RBs in percentage of touches over 40 yards (1.2%).
Player Analysis
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- Rob Gronkowski, TE
- Round 1, Pick 11
And It Wasn't Even CloseAcross all Yahoo! leagues, no Tight End appeared more often on first-place rosters than Gronk last year.
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- Matt Forte, RB
- Round 2, Pick 18
Better Lucky Than Good?The rest of OklahomIraqis League2 League overlooked a gem, and Vultures made the smartest value pick of the round by taking Matt Forte.
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- B. Roethlisberger, QB
- Round 3, Pick 39
Steel-town Signal-CallerRoethlisberger wound up tied with Drew Brees wound for the most passing yards in the league last year, though Big Ben got to 4,952 with 51 fewer passing attempts.
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- Andre Johnson, WR
- Round 4, Pick 46
Defensive Coordinators Plan Specifically for JohnsonAndre Johnson is expected to reach paydirt 8.4 times, placing him eighth in the NFL in projected receiving TDs.
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- Jeremy Maclin, WR
- Round 5, Pick 67
Jumpin' For JeremyAcross all Yahoo! leagues, only two WRs (Antonio Brown and Emmanuel Sanders) appeared more often on first-place rosters than Maclin last season.
Best Available
There are four positions that Vultures could look to improve, including WR and QB, which look like the biggest areas of need.
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- Wes Welker
- Rank 251, ADP 114
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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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