Then there were two
In both of my featured leagues, one of the teams in the finals was obviously going to make it there. In the True Fanatics league Texas Proud continued their Season of dominance by knocking me out in the semi-final. Their final test to cap off a truly great Season with a Championship comes against Raider in the North. In the Gridiron Pros League my team the Grid Warriors easily made their way into the Championship game. My opponent beat the Top seed Blitzkrieg in order to earn their spot against me. For the third time this Season I will face my division rival Swaggy B, but this time it’s for the Championship. I defeated him easily the first two times but this time won’t be as easy. I’ll be without the best Fantasy Wide Receiver in the league Antonio Brown because of his injury. To make matters worse another one of my Top Wide Receivers Davante Adams is in concussion protocol. Beating Swaggy B won’t be as simple as rolling with the best players in Fantasy. Matchups will be a key path to victory.
The Championship rosters
Texas Proud
QB – Drew Brees
QB – Philip Rivers
RB – Melvin Gordon
RB – Kareem Hunt
RB – Duke Johnson
WR – Keenan Allen
WR – DeAndre Hopkins
WR – Marqise Lee
WR – Rishard Matthews
WR – Robert Woods
WR – Mohamed Sanu
TE – Travis Kelce
TE – Eric Ebron
Raider in the North
QB – Case Keenum
QB – Andy Dalton
QB – Jameis Winston
RB – LeSean McCoy
RB – Jerick McKinnon
RB – Giovani Bernard
RB – Alfred Morris
WR – Tyreek Hill
WR – Michael Thomas
WR – Cooper Kupp
WR – Devin Funchess
TE – Rob Gronkowski
TE – Tyler Kroft
Grid Warriors
QB – Matthew Stafford
QB – Blake Bortles
RB – Leonard Fournette
RB – Jerick McKinnon
RB – Alvin Kamara
RB – Chris Ivory
WR – Antonio Brown
WR – Davante Adams
WR – Jarvis Landry
WR – Martavis Bryant
TE – Eric Ebron
Swaggy B
QB – Jameis Winston
QB – Jimmy Garoppolo
QB – Dak Prescott
RB – Kenyan Drake
RB – Kareem Hunt
RB – Isaiah Crowell
RB – Peyton Barber
RB – Alex Collins
WR – A.J. Green
WR – Adam Thielen
WR – Tyreek Hill
TE – Evan Engram
Although there are a few similar names amongst the four Championship rosters. The four rosters have very different strengths and weaknesses. Of course every team’s roster has gone through major changes over the course of the Season. What every one of these roster does have in common is a Top 5 RB and a Top 5 WR. It just goes to show you how important it is to have a balanced roster.
Looking ahead
As the 2017 fantasy Season comes to an end, I’m more excited than I’ve ever been about what’s to come next year. You are probably wondering why. Things have happened across the league this year that has made draft strategies of the last five years obsolete. I’ll go into detail in my next post. For those of you in the Championship game in your leagues, Good Luck!
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