O-Line the Fantasy Football Key to Winning, Week 4

Week 4 results:

The Big Uglies
QB Drew Brees 23.21
WR Donald Driver 0.40
WR Brandon Lloyd 1.65
RB Ryan Grant -1.20
RB Reggie Bush 1.90
TE Dante Rosario 0.90
W/R Tim Hightower 6.90
K John Kasay 7.00
DEF Buffalo 16.50
Total 57.26

Opponent
QB Aaron Rodgers 6.70
WR Patrick Crayton 4.35
WR Braylon Edwards 7.10
RB Thomas Jones 3.45
RB Steve Slaton 11.80
TE Bo Scaife 0.85
W/R Rashard Mendenhall 1.80
K Josh Scobee 14.00
DEF Tennessee 16.50
Total 66.55

Analysis: We said it last week, that the success of this team rests on the hammy of Ryan Grant. Will he turn it around this week against a terrible Atlanta run defense? We think he will. We're now 2-2 and 7th out of 12 in our league.

Week 5 advice:
Pick up Lance "I ain't Benched No" Moore. Against Minnesota's strong run defense, expect Brees to throw 40 passes in this game and Moore to get his share of the opportunities once again this week. Once Colston and Patton come back, Moore should remain in the slot, so he may be a good long term pick up as well.

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O-Line: The Fantasy Football Key to Winning, Part 2

So the draft went down yesterday afternoon and was a 12 team draft (We drafted from the 10 spot). Here are the results (It was tough to go through 10 rounds drafting players from only those teams with a pre-season top 10 O-Line rank. Next year, we'll open it up to the top 15 O-Lines):
1. Ryan Grant (From 10 spot in a 12 team draft, the strategy was to load up on backs grab a stud QB, a solid TE and hopefully get lucky with late picks on WRs. Drafted Grant, and Portis and Lynch were still on the board, but had to pass b/c o-lines are not in top 10)
2. Drew Brees (Manning, Romo, and Brady gone)
3. Reggie Bush (at this point RB was getting very thin)
4. Wes Welker (Wanted to go TE here, but Witten was picked and the only other options were Gates and Winslow. We felt Welker provided more value in this spot and held off on TE).
5. Dallas Clark (Could've gone Shockey, but already had 2 Saints)
6. Chester Taylor (In a 12+ team league, We like this pick at 6, 7, or 8 this year. He'll see a lot of touches and we don't think AP will be healthy for the whole season)
7. Fred Taylor (Still loading up on backs--if he can stay out of jail, this might be the most valuable pick of the draft)
8. Deuce McAllister (Still loading up on backs--actually, if he can stay out of IR, this might be the most valuable pick of the draft)
9. Donte Stallworth (WR becoming very thin at this point and we needed a #2-Stallworth is a deep sleeper this year)
10. Donald Driver (should be better than last year)

The rest of the draft we picked Kitna, Tim Hightower, Jabar Gaffney, Baltimore D, Mike Nugent...All in all, not a bad draft, but we're definitely weak at the WR spot, but have some that could surprise (Stallworth and Gaffney).

Check back every week during the season to see how this team performs. We'll post this team and our weekly opponents and also track how many of our guys end up as top 10 players at their position.

Here is the scoring system that will be used in this league:
Passing Yards (50 yards per point)Passing Touchdowns (6)Interceptions (-2)Sacks (-1)Rushing Yards (20 yards per point)Rushing Touchdowns (6)Reception Yards (20 yards per point)Reception Touchdowns (6)Return Yards (50 yards per point)Return Touchdowns (6)2-Point Conversions (2)Fumbles Lost (-2)Offensive Fumble Return TD (6)Field Goals 0-19 Yards (3)Field Goals 20-29 Yards (3)Field Goals 30-39 Yards (3)Field Goals 40-49 Yards (4)Field Goals 50+ Yards (5)Point After Attempt Made (1)Sack (1)Interception (2)Fumble Recovery (2)Touchdown (6)Safety (2)Block Kick (2)Return Yards (50 yards per point)Kickoff and Punt Return Touchdowns (6)Points Allowed 0 points (10)Points Allowed 1-6 points (7)Points Allowed 7-13 points (4)Points Allowed 14-20 points (1)Points Allowed 21-27 points (0)Points Allowed 28-34 points (-1)Points Allowed 35+ points (-4)

O-Line: The Fantasy Football Key to Winning, Part 1