MBBRL Suicide League A vs. B Challenge

[MilkSpiller22]

Hey now maybe they'll have a $7.99 steak and eggs special

but that doesn't come with a cup of soup... don't tell me you are a diner newb...

 

[SteelersPride]

if we accept milks change it kills this a vs B leagues

 

[MilkSpiller22]

if we accept milks change it kills this a vs B leagues

No it doesn’t. B won’t move if A doesn’t move. And if both move then we can still do it.

 

[SteelersPride]

No it doesn’t. B won’t move if A doesn’t move. And if both move then we can still do it.

missed that part......

 

[TKOSpikes]

I wonder the closest that two teams have come to drafting the same team?

Calling a no hitter in the 2nd inning is stupid, but I like how that @Stomp thinks!

 

[FaCe-LeE-uS]

Lefty & I both drafted Keenan Allen... Woot!

 

[FaCe-LeE-uS]

#11 Spot - Smoking Monkey vs. Face-Lee-us​

A League #11 - Smoking Monkey

QB1 – Jameis Winston (8th round, 86th overall)
QB2 – Tyrod Taylor (12th round, 134th overall)
RB1 – Melvin Gordon (1st round, 11th overall)
RB2 – Isaiah Crowell (3rd round, 35th overall)
RB3 – Mark Ingram (5th round, 59th overall)
RB4 – Terrance West (11th round, 131st overall)
RB5 – Dion Lewis (13th round, 155th overall)
WR1 – A.J. Green (2nd round, 14th overall)
WR2 – Alshon Jeffery (4th round, 38th overall)
WR3 – Donte Moncreif (6th round, 62nd overall)
WR4 – Jamison Crowder (7th round, 83rd overall)
TE1 – Zach Ertz (9th round, 107th overall)
K – Dustin Hopkins (14th round, 158th overall)
D/ST – Broncos (10th round, 110th overall)

Monkey had a solid draft starting off with Melvin Gordan at #11 who I’m sure Monkey was glad slipped that far. Then to come back with A.J. Green and have Isaiah Crowell slip to #35 was a great start. Then getting Alshon Jeffery at 38 was another good value pick. Ingram in the 5th round seems about right to me, but that was still pretty good value when your 3rd running back has so much upside if he can make the coaches like him again. I’ve already expressed how I feel about Moncrief being so touchdown dependent so I’m not a huge fan of that pick. I think Crowder has a good year and I love Winston this year with the new weapons he will have and their terrible defense being a great combination for fantasy. Zach Ertz as the 10th tight end taken was great value at pick 107 as he should have a nice year and with the depth at running back and wide receiver that he already created, I don’t mind the Broncos defense pick in the 10th either. I do like the Tyrod Taylor pick as his backup quarterback because the guy sucks as a real life quarterback but he is a really good fantasy quarterback. I’m not a fan of West of Lewis, but they will hopefully remain buried on his depth chart and it won’t matter. Overall a really good draft value wise and a strong starting lineup.

Overall Grade: B+

Best pick – Mark Ingram at pick 59 was great value.

Worst pick – Dion Lewis only because I have to pick somebody and you will have no idea week to week how many touches that guy’s going to get in New England. It could be 10 it could be 0.

Record – 8-6 (#4 seed in A league)


B League #11 - Face-Lee-us

QB1 – Matt Ryan (4th round, 38th overall)
QB2 – Joe Flacco (12th round, 134th overall)
RB1 – Demarco Murray (2nd round, 14th overall)
RB2 – Bilal Powell (6th round, 62nd overall)
RB3 – Robert Kelley (7th round, 83rd overall)
RB4 – Danny Woodhead (10th round, 110th overall)
WR1 – Odell Beckham (1st round, 11th overall)
WR2 – Demaryius Thomas (3rd round, 35th overall)
WR3 – Michael Crabtree (5th round, 59th overall)
WR4 – Marvin Jones (9th round, 107th overall)
TE1 – Tyler Eifert (8th round, 86th overall)
TE2 – O.J. Howard (13th round, 155th overall)
K – Cairo Santos (14th round, 158th overall)
D/ST – Vikings (11th round, 131st overall)

Face had Odell Beckham fall all the way to him at #11, so that was kind of hard to not take advantage of that. I like the Demarco Murray and Demaryius Thomas picks. I think #38 was too early to take Matt Ryan, but he probably didn’t want to risk him not getting all the way back around to him so I understand that. Really like the next four picks with getting good value for Crabtree at pick #59 and then getting the most talented back in the Jets backfield at #62 and getting Robert Kelley who is still the starter in Washington until Perine steals his job if he does. I also like getting Danny Woodhead who I think will have a great year if he stays healthy as he will get plenty of touches for Baltimore. Tyler Eifert with the 86th pick is great value and he did a great job by backing him up with O.J. Howard. The most baffling pick by far is the Marvin Jones pick in the 9th round. I don’t understand what he saw in the last 10 weeks of the season that the rest of us didn’t, but after his awesome start, he was just terrible the rest of the season. He didn’t go until the 3rd round of coma in the A league. We could all be wrong though. It wouldn’t be the first time. Overall I like his starters, but one injury to one of his top three wide receiver and having no depth there is going to kill him.

Overall Grade: B

Best pick – Tyler Eifert at #86. It seems like all the tight ends fell way farther in the B league than the A league

Worst pick – Marvin Jones at #107. See above.

Record – 7-7


A vs. B comparison

Even though I love Winston this year, I have to give the advantage to Face with Matt Ryan. Monkey has a pretty good advantage at running back and I actually think the wide receivers are a push with maybe a slight advantage to Face because he has Beckham, but I like Monkey’s depth better at WR4. I think tight end is a push with maybe a slight advantage to Face and I think Monkey has the advantage at defense. This is another one that’s going to be close but I give the slight advantage to Monkey to finish 6-5 and advance.

Already stated but great work on these last year Bandit... Lookin forward to seein them again this year! Just felt like pointing out something to you though:

You stated this in your review of my draft last year:

The most baffling pick by far is the Marvin Jones pick in the 9th round. I don’t understand what he saw in the last 10 weeks of the season that the rest of us didn’t, but after his awesome start, he was just terrible the rest of the season. He didn’t go until the 3rd round of coma in the A league. We could all be wrong though. It wouldn’t be the first time.

You were all very wrong.... Marvin Jones finished as the 11th best WR in standard FF last season.

Carry on

 

[Bandit]

You were all very wrong.... Marvin Jones finished as the 11th best WR in standard FF last season.

Carry on

Well hell, if we're going to point out shit I got wrong we're going to need an entirely new thread. LOL.

 

[FaCe-LeE-uS]

Well hell, if we're going to point out shit I got wrong we're going to need an entirely new thread. LOL.

Ready when you are...

 

[FaCe-LeE-uS]

@leftypower

Drafting from the 5th spot.

We went the same route with 4 RBs, 5 WRs, 1 TE etc etc.

QB - Could go either way. But on paper I think you have the better group. Carr is a question mark.
RB - Lefty. Easy choice. I got nothin but Flex RBs.
WR - Face. Matched up with Allen & Sanders, but still feel I have the advantage with AB & Fitz.
TE - Wash...
D/ST - Tough call.
K - Always a wash.

Looks like its going to boil down to your RBs vs my WRs. Going to be an interesting matchup.

 

[leftypower]

@leftypower

Drafting from the 5th spot.

We went the same route with 4 RBs, 5 WRs, 1 TE etc etc.

QB - Could go either way. But on paper I think you have the better group. Carr is a question mark.
RB - Lefty. Easy choice. I got nothin but Flex RBs.
WR - Face. Matched up with Allen & Sanders, but still feel I have the advantage with AB & Fitz.
TE - Wash...
D/ST - Tough call.
K - Always a wash.

Looks like its going to boil down to your RBs vs my WRs. Going to be an interesting matchup.

Yes sir - that's the way I see it as well.. ..... hopefully they all will stay healthy - hate it when it comes to who has who left standing. ....

 

[FaCe-LeE-uS]

Yes sir - that's the way I see it as well.. ..... hopefully they all will stay healthy - hate it when it comes to who has who left standing. ....

Agreed. I was dismantled by injuries to my suicide team last season. Hoping for better luck this year.

 

[SmokingMonkey]

Already stated but great work on these last year Bandit... Lookin forward to seein them again this year! Just felt like pointing out something to you though:

You stated this in your review of my draft last year:


You were all very wrong.... Marvin Jones finished as the 11th best WR in standard FF last season.

Carry on

Our "worst picks" tore it up!

Like all have said numerous times in the past, regardless of accuracy, @Bandit write ups are second to none!

(Even if you don't go as in depth, just doing A v B challenge is amazing)

 

[Ritzarmy]

@tlance
Ritz VS Tlance

QB – DeShaun Watson vs Carson Wentz

RB – Saquon Barkley vs Alvin Kamara

RB – Derrick Henry vs Joe Mixon

WR – A.J. Green vs Mike Evans

WR – TY Hilton vs Adam Thielen

WR – Julian Edelman vs Jamison Crowder

TE – Greg Olsen vs Evan Engram

D – Jaguars vs Eagles

K – Matt Bryant vs Wil Lutz

Bench

QB – Alex Smith vs Derek Carr

RB – Tevin Coleman vs Derrius Guise

RB – Duke Johnson Jr. vs Devonte Booker

WR – Will Fuller vs Sterling Shephard

WR – TBD vs Dede Westbrook

 

[FaCe-LeE-uS]

Our "worst picks" tore it up!

Like all have said numerous times in the past, regardless of accuracy, @Bandit write ups are second to none!

(Even if you don't go as in depth, just doing A v B challenge is amazing)

Seriously... Least we could do is make it rain 'Likes"

Yes sir - that's the way I see it as well.. ..... hopefully they all will stay healthy - hate it when it comes to who has who left standing. ....

Kickers - Butker vs. Gould

Both fit the criteria of not having the same bye weeks as either the D/ST or TE.

 

[averagejoe]

@obxyankeefan @Bandit
Not sure if either of you are going to do a comparison?
Gotta be honest, while I like my team, i do like OB's team (except for the Seattle D). This could be a dogfight.
I could mention that last year going head to head with Femurov, seemed like everyone picked him over me. But guess who advanced in the challenge? I did. Some of the his "value" picks flopped (Marshall) while players I took flyers on bailed me out (Woods).
Like I said, I could mention last year's predictions but i won't.

 

[FaCe-LeE-uS]

A-League
@The Foot @TREFF @SmokingMonkey @Yellow Fuzzies @leftypower @tlance @averagejoe @Bandit @Barilko @TKOSpikes @Ram Tough @Sam Sportboy

B-League
@MilkSpiller22 @bksballer89 @SteelersPride @HaroldSeattle @FaCe-LeE-uS @Ritzarmy @obxyankeefan @Chef99 @Trudem @SoShady @Stomp @jwolt92

 

[obxyankeefan]

@obxyankeefan @Bandit
Not sure if either of you are going to do a comparison?
Gotta be honest, while I like my team, i do like OB's team (except for the Seattle D). This could be a dogfight.
I could mention that last year going head to head with Femurov, seemed like everyone picked him over me. But guess who advanced in the challenge? I did. Some of the his "value" picks flopped (Marshall) while players I took flyers on bailed me out (Woods).
Like I said, I could mention last year's predictions but i won't.

In the past few years I have lined all my no bench positions from the same team. This year I decided to go with same bye week, so I waited on D and had a choice between Seattle or Pittsburgh.

 

[averagejoe]

In the past few years I have lined all my no bench positions from the same team. This year I decided to go with same bye week, so I waited on D and had a choice between Seattle or Pittsburgh.

I don't align my byes but I had the same situation picking a D last. For me it came down to SEA, CAR, PIT or CHI.
SEA didn't backfill the secondary losses IMO so I thought they were too risky. When I looked at their schedule I didn't like some of the offenses they were going to face either. Same for CAR. PIT and CHI were gonna face softer offenses. Probably should've picked PIT, but CHI did ok last year even tho the D was on the field 32 minutes a game (26th) in the league. Hoping that changes this year.

 

[TREFF]

BK drafted CJ.. the win is in the bag