Sunday, September 4

Evaluating the teams in League 126

Due to a couple of poorly drafted teams, a number of teams got awful strong with deep talent. It's a league like this which will often turn out a strong cut line team.

Regulators 1(brady, flacco, mcnabb, turner, bloundt, stewart, lynch, bjge, p.thomas, fitzgerald, wayne, s.johnson, branch, meachem, evans, z.miller, olsen, bironas, cleveland, minnesota) - Very strong team. Solid QB's, deep at RB and 3 solid WR's. Average defenses and kicker could cost this team a few points each week, but I think the overall depth and talent is good enough to win the league. Just hope they play the right rb's each week.

Odds to win: 3:1  Favorite

For a Good Time Call (zebb) (rodgers, e.manning, cassel, mendenhall, MJD, mathews, tolbert, redman, r.jennings, miles, manningham, smith(car), crabtree, floyd, r.williams, winslow, shiancoe, gould, baltimore, san diego) - Solid QB's. Needs MJD or Mathews to step up as a solid rb2. Receiving corp is a bit thin, but Manningham could have a big year to help out. Not one of Zebbs best teams, but definitely has a good shot to finish top 3 and make the cut lines.

Odds to win: 8:1  Contender

Dental Floss Tycoons (vick, kolb, garrard, mcfadden, moreno, jacobs, hightower, woodhead, v.jackson, collie, julio jones, sims-walker, ward, bess, da.clark, keller, feely, hanson, green bay, ny giants) - Too many guys with injury history. Receivers are pretty thin after VJax. Needs Vick to be super man all season in order to contend.
Odds to win: 15:1  Pretender

Jose Cuervo (sanchez, fitzpatrick, smith, rice, forte, ingram, spiller, barber, d.ward, ca.johnson, bowe, harvin, green, gaffney, finley, graham, henery, j.brown, chicago, miami) - Weak QB's, but the rb's and wr's are so strong that if just one of the QB's comes through as a consistent scorer, this team (my team) could be a force to reckon with. RB depth is a little thin as well.

Odds to win: 6:1  Contender

Eagles 3(roethlisberger, orton, tebow, adp, c.johnson, d.williams, LT, f.jackson, mcgahee, nicks, holmes, welker, thomas, ford, little, daniels, gonzalez, seabass, rackers, new england) - Another solid team. QB's are a bit thin, but ADP and CJ can easily make up for their lack of production. Team has 4 or 5 #1 WR's who aren't big names, but will see plenty of passes thrown their way. RB depth could be an issue if CJ takes a while to get his legs under him.

Odds to win: 8:1  Contender

Lugnuts #1 (rivers, stafford, c.mccoy, l.mccoy, best, wells, helu, m.bush, ringer, g.jennings, bryant, ochocinco, s.rice, james jones, edwards, v.davis, pettigrew, cook, bryant, lions) - Pretty good team. Solid qb's. Needs Best or Wells to stay healthy and productive. Not sure why they drafted 3 TE's and only 1 K/Def. Davis should start most weeks, so Cook was a wasted pick.

Odds to win: 10:1  Contender

Courthouse Coyotes #2 (brees, romo, young, s.jackson, bradshaw, benson, starks, tate, hardesty, wallace, boldin, garcon, knox, s.moss, l.moore, gates, e.moore, hartley, eagles, buccaneers) - A Stanima/FFOC vet, this owner almost always grabs a qb with his first 2 picks. This strategy will always keep you in the hunt, but I don't feel it's the best way to win the big prize. The rb's should be solid with 3 starters and the upside of starks and tate. Receivers are good, not great. This team should be at or near the top all season.

Odds to win: 4:1  Serious Contender

The Animals 1 (p.manning, freeman, hasselbeck, foster, gore, grant, addai, r.brown, forsett, m.williams (tb), marshall, maclin, colston, burleson, m.lewis, hernandez, crosby, vinatieri, jets, saints) - Pretty solid team. Foster and Gore could be studs to carry this team a long ways. Receivers are 4 deep solid and Manning/Freeman make a good qb duo.

Odds to win: 8:1  Contender

Xanders Team 2 (schaub, ryan, newton, f.jones, d.thomas, sproles, ry.williams, do. brown, r.white, d.jackson, burress, breaston, a.brown, cobb, witten, celek, gostkowski, kaeding, pittsburgh, atlanta) - This could be one of the weaker teams drafted I've seen this year. The first 5-6 picks were decent, but then it's like they thought they had to fill all their starters, as they took a kicker and defense in rounds 7-8. That hurt their depth. Schaub and Ryan will have to have career years in order for this team to have a chance.

Odds to win: 50 to 1  Jacksonville has a better chance to win the Super Bowl

4HisGlory_11 (cutler, bradford, campbell, charles, hillis, s.green, r.bush, scott, ridley, a.johnson, lloyd, britt, amendola, simpson, cruz, gronkowski, kendricks, buehler, arizona, dallas) - reached for mediocre qb's early. Panic move my most inexperienced drafters. RB's are solid, but overall talent is lacking on this team. Only hope is for Chicago's o-line to give Cutler time so he can put up the big numbers possible in a Mike Martz offense.

Odds to win: 25:1  Needs to complete a hail mary to finish top 3

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