BS SB II: How These Teams Were Built

Let's take a look and see how these guys built their teams.

First up: Mark


So what jumps out here is that he's got the #1 QB, the #1 RB, and the #1 WR. But he drafted the WR, traded Brady (the #2 QB with 318 points) for the RB, and grabbed the QB on waivers.

So if he hadn't grabbed Vick, he would gotten basically the same points from his QB (though not really since Vick missed a few games, meaning his points were more condensed, better value) and he wouldn't have gotten Foster.

Mark picked up Vick after he scored 23 points after coming in for Kolb in Week 1. He picked him up on Friday, so everyone had ample time to think about it. I remember that pre-prison, Vick wasn't that great of a fantasy play, so I thought it was a fluke. I still can't explain it.

His Super Bowl starters are a little misleading. At a glance, it looks like his team was built on the waiver wire--but aside from Vick in week 1, the core of his team was formed in the draft: Peterson, White, Foster via Brady, Bowe and Wallace. Sure he's done a good job of playing matchups and he's got top 10 players at TE/K/D via waivers, but this team was headed to the Super Bowl based on Draft + Vick.

Next Up: Harlan


His strengths are the opposite of Mark's, and the opposite of what you prefer: K/TE/DST. Still, you have to give him credit for drafting the #1 defense (who's scored as many points as the #8 WR) and the #1 kicker. And for picking up the #1 TE after some asshole dropped him thinking that Keller was the next Gates.

Rodgers has been solid, but the key to this team is Peyton Hillis. Aside from Nicks, Hillis is his only good RB/WR. How did he pick up the #2 RB in Fantasy?

Hillis had 9 carries for 41 yards and a TD against Tampa Bay in week 1, for a total of 12 points. I had James Harrison who I thought was going to be the only guy in Cleveland, so I was monitoring the Hillis situation. But in that game Harrison had 9 carries for 52 yards. Based on that box score, Harlan picks up Hillis who takes off and leads his team to the Super Bowl.

What's annoying for me, is that I was a Hillis guy in 2009. I told a friend in a different league who needed running back help that I thought Hillis had a bunch of potential on the Broncos. Of course, Hillis does nothing and I look like an idiot. Just one year early.