Postby Madadamus » Sat Apr 11, 2020 7:55 am
Maryland Mutiny here. This is one of my favorite leagues, as I joined relatively new in my dynasty career and thought that the draft concept was very intriguing. I joined in 2014, and since I wasn't super experienced, I thought trading picks was the prudent play and decided to try to win now since my orphan team had some strong pieces (Peterson, Foster, Nelson, Graham, etc) at the time.
Well, 2014 was a bad year to do that since you didn't miss unless you selected Marquise Lee or a RB basically. I made the playoffs but didn't have a future pick and my team was declining. In 2015 I was able to snag David Johnson in the mid 2nd which was a huge win for me as far as bolstering my roster. I didn't make the playoffs, but decided I was going to tear the team down to the bare bones and I did just that.
In 2016, I drafted Corey Coleman and Kenneth Dixon. Luckily, even though they busted, they had insulated value so I was able to get out on Coleman at the end of 2017 before he lost all value. I only won 3 games in 2016 but had a bunch of picks heading into 2017.
In the 2017 draft, I picked up Corey Davis, Leonard Fournette, Joe Mixon, Mike Williams, O.J. Howard and Alvin Kamara. I still had a rough year but the foundation was being built. I added Derrius Guice the following year, and made some deals to acquire some veterans. I ended up being the #1 seed and winning the league in 2018, literally going worst to first in just 2 years.
Last year, I think I killed the draft as I picked up D.K. Metcalf at 1.05, Miles Sanders and 1.08, and Marquise Brown at 2.01. All three have out performed their draft capital and are budding assets. Due to injuries to a lot of my guys, I missed out on the playoffs by just a spot.
I enter 2020 with a strong, young core of players and have the 1.08, 2.03, and 2.08 as my main source of draft capital. I recently moved 2.11 and T.Y. Hilton to Mark for a future 1st, so I may do a little re-tooling.
All in all, I love this league and it's very fun to go back and look at all the hits and misses. Hopefully, for me, I can get this team back to contending soon!
12 Team PPR Dynasty - DLFS
1 QB, 2 RB, 2 WR, 2 RB/WR/TE, 1 QB/RB/WR/TE, 1 TE
QB: J. Burrow, M. Stafford, C. Wentz
RB: S. Barkley, D. Swift, J.K. Dobbins, C. Edwards-Helaire, R. Penny, G. Edwards, K. Drake
WR: T. Higgins, M. Evans, B. Aiyuk, C. Watson, K. Toney, M. Thomas, C. Ridley, C. Davis, J. Reagor
TE: D. Waller, E. Engram, H. Hurst, D. Njoku, G. Dulich, J. Akins
2023 Picks: 1st, 2nd, 2nd (mid), 3rd, 4th, 4th (mid)
12 Team PPR Dynasty
1 QB, 2 RB, 3 WR, 2 RB/WR/TE, 1 QB/RB/WR/TE, 1 TE
QB: J. Herbert, M. Stafford, J. Winston, D. Lock, M. Mariota, J. Stidham, R. Fitzpatrick
RB: C. McCaffrey, A. Kamara, E. Elliott, J. Dobbin, J. Mixon, A. Mattison, J. White, L. Bell
WR: D. Moore, J. Jeudy, O. Beckham Jr., C. Claypool, C. Davis. D. Parker, L. Fitzgerald, B. Perriman, W. Snead
TE: E. Engram, C. Kmet, C. Herndon, K. Warring
2021 Picks: 1.10, 2.10, 3.10, 4.10