The hot teams
At the half way point of the regular season, certain teams have made the necessary adjustments to separate themselves from the pack. Beginning with the True Fanatics League. Texas Proud has continued to roll relying on the strength of their two top Tier Running Backs Kareem Hunt and Melvin Gordon. Currently undefeated they still maintain their number 1 position, and are definitely the team to beat. Two teams that have made a statement recently are Muh Feelins, and Cobe Life. Both teams are on a two Game winning streak because of key acquisitions. Much Feelins is taking full advantage of their Tarik Cohen, and Austin Seferian-Jenkins pickups. Cobe Life has benefitted from their Chris Thompson waiver wire pickup, and carefully cycling through kickers.
In the Gridiron Pros League the hot teams are Blitzkrieg which comes as no surprise considering how well balanced their roster is. A surprise addition to the hot teams list is The Losers. Aggressive acquisitions of Adrian Peterson, Allen Hurns, and Rishard Matthews have quickly turned this team into a playoff contender. For Whom the Bell Tolls for has also utilized the waiver wire, and Free Agency to go from winless to two straight victories. Grid North is obviously looking to make a statement. Luckily for me, my team(Grid Warriors) has been the only upward mover in Grid Central. My two straight wins while every other team has lost has every team in Grid Central sitting at 3-3. At this point the Division title is totally up for grabs. The last three games of the regular season could mean more to this division than the others.
Lets make a deal
A couple key trades happened this week in the Gridiron Pros League. Both of which involved Grid Central teams. With the recent group of injuries to Quarterbacks, Team Managers were looking to strengthen their rosters with a new signal caller. Grid Warriors dealt Tevin Coleman and a high Draft pick to acquire Rookie sensation Deshaun Watson. With the injury to Aaron Rodgers potentially knocking him out for the remainder of the season. Skins2 dealt Will Fuller to acquire Marcus Mariota to take over as their starting Quarterback. It wouldn’t surprise me to see a couple more trades happen before Week 8. Injuries, and underperforming players are forcing Team Managers to look beyond the waiver wire. Each trade your opponents make is a trade you may have missed out on. My only weakness was at Quarterback. Well after one trade I would consider that position a strength now. A couple weeks ago I picked RuinRevelation as the team to beat in Grid Central. Well now I can confidently say that my team is the team to beat in Grid Central. I have a tough match this week against Pixie’s Pirates, but after that I wouldn’t be surprised if I win enough games to sit on top of my division.
Added depth
I love looking at my starting lineup, and seeing that it has no weakness. Nothing makes you feel more confident before a game. I still look at my bench though. If my bench is full of Players I wouldn’t even consider starting. I begin to wonder what will happen to my Season if even one star gets hurt. This is why you should never get complacent in Fantasy Football. Injuries have a far greater impact in Fantasy Football than any other Fantasy Sport. If a star Player misses even 4 games. That’s the equivalent of a third of most Fantasy Football regular seasons. If you can pickup a surging Player off the waiver wire for even 3 games. That could be the extra points you needed to make the Playoffs. Something I’ve noticed playing Fantasy Football year after year is the lack of attention Free Agents get. Once waivers have cleared it’s open season on whatever Players are left unclaimed. Quite often I’m able to find great Players available for free because they happen to be on a bye week. It doesn’t hurt to take a look every Thursday to see what’s available.
Competitive Leagues
At the beginning of every Fantasy Football year the same thought crosses my mind. I hope that no matter what happens every Manager remains interested and competitive. So far this year every Fantasy League I’m in has been very competitive. The real test begins around Week 9. It’s possible to be practically eliminated from the Playoffs at that time. Well so what. Do your League a favour and play spoiler. When I know that I’m going to miss the Playoffs. My goal is to take another team down with me. That’s how rivalries are made.
