My Team Lives, As Does The League

posted on 2004-09-10 at 21:35:19 by Joel Ross

Well, while I was gone on vacation, my fantasy team was drafted. I wasn't even sure it was going to happen, and we went on vacation less than a day after the league was officially a "go", so I basically had the default player rankings. I think my team ended up OK, but it's hard to judge. There are only eight teams in the league, so each team is pretty stacked, which makes it hard to judge how good my team is. Talk to me in week 2!

Anyway, I can already see a quarterback controversy brewing. Daunte Culpepper gets the starting nod, but Marc Bulger will pressure him all season.

I had these same quarterbacks last year too. It was always a tough decision each week determining who to start. I think I even lost a game or two because of making the wrong decision.

At running back, I have a solid 1-2 punch of LaDanian Tomlinson and Fred Taylor. I've had both of these guys before. Fred Taylor is always a gamble - he missed quite a few games from '99 through 2002. Since then, he's been much more steady, and put up good numbers. LT is great. He can run, he can catch, and he scores. With Curtis Martin on the bench, I think I'll be solid there.

At wide receiver, I'm not as strong as I could be. My starting three are Eric Moulds, Santana Moss and Jimmy Smith. All solid players, but no stars. We can use a wide receiver as our tight end, so I'm using Peerless Price there. On the bench, I have Reggie Wayne, Brandon Lloyd, and Erron Kinney. Nothing special there either.

For kickers, I have David Akers and Josh Brown. I like Akers, and he'll be in most of the games.

For defense, I have Dallas. A solid team, but I'll probably upgrade throughout the season as team's defenses establish themselves.

Anyway, I probably won't bore by blog audience with too many fantasy details, because I'm sure you don't care. But we'll see. I may bore you anyway!

Categories: Football