TheRapists figures to be in the mix for a playoff spot all season, taking the ninth overall draft slot and turning it into a solid team that's expected to go 8-5-0 (1,660 points). With that record, they will likely finish third in Football for Smart People League. With five WRs on the roster, TheRapists guaranteed the WR position was taken care of. Compared to the league average of 150, their WRs' projected average of 154 points won't be much different than the rest of the wideouts around the league. When the dust settled, they'd ultimately landed one of the most prolific groups of WRs in the league, as they have Odell Beckham Jr., Michael Thomas, Emmanuel Sanders, and Kenny Britt for their rotation.
TheRapists used their only keeper position to hold on to Michael Thomas (16.2 ADP). From an ADP perspective, he is less valuable than a first-round draft pick.
TheRapists might as well plan a vacation for Week 5. They have four players and the most projected fantasy points on bye that week. Looking at the season as a whole, they have one of the least-difficult slates. Along with the second-easiest overall schedule, the first four games and last four games of the season are fairly average for TheRapists.
Draft Notes
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Afraid to Step Outside Your Comfort Zone?
With nine "low-risk" players among their 14 picks, TheRapists is looking for dependable help.
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A Pair of Proven Winners
TheRapists has a couple of fantasy MVPs in their lineup. Last season, two of their players (DeMarco Murray and Justin Tucker) finished among the top-20 players that were on the most first-place fantasy teams.
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Earning His Keep
Kirk Cousins is projected to finish ninth in the NFL in passing TDs with 28.7 and third in passing yards with 4,671.
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Just Heave it to Michael Thomas
Thomas ranks 10th in the Football for Smart People League among WRs with 178 projected fantasy points.
Player Analysis
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- O. Beckham Jr., WR
- Round 1, Pick 9
Outstanding, Bodacious, Jaw-droppingIs that what OBJ stands for? Last season, Beckham logged his third straight campaign of 90+ receptions, 1,300+ receiving yards, and 10+ TDs. Only one NFL player (Mike Evans) saw more targets in 2016.
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- DeMarco Murray, RB
- Round 2, Pick 12
DeMarco Murray Doesn't Read the PlaybookThe playbook reads him. TheRapists should be in decent shape if Murray gets his 297 projected touches this year.
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- L. Fournette, RB
- Round 3, Pick 29
Better Lucky Than Good?The rest of Football for Smart People League overlooked a gem, and TheRapists made the highest value pick of the round by taking Leonard Fournette.
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- Travis Kelce, TE
- Round 4, Pick 32
Crafty KelceThe primary weapon in KC's passing attack, Travis Kelce led all tight ends with a career-high 1,125 receiving yards last season. Only Le'Veon Bell (685) had more yards-after-catch than Kelce's 655.
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- B. Roethlisberger, QB
- Round 6, Pick 52
It's a Bold Strategy Cotton, Let's See if it Pays OffBen Roethlisberger has an ADP of only 76.9 across all Yahoo! leagues, and wasn't quite worth the 52nd overall pick.
Best Available
If TheRapists wants to upgrade, TE and QB are areas they could go after first.
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- Austin Hooper
- Rank 126, ADP 133
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- Cameron Brate
- Rank 132, ADP 131
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- Andy Dalton
- Rank 104, ADP 118
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- Eli Manning
- Rank 115, ADP 123
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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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