First time ever in salary cap league - LONG POST

[TaDa]

And just wondering how you guys think that I did.

The league has a salary cap in place for your team, so you go around the table and bid on a player and hope you have enough money to pick up other players. There are 2 rounds of draft before you go to bid, where you can pick a player and thus guarantee his salary from last year. I inherited a team that looked pretty good, and we were able to pick 1 player from each position (1QB, 1RB, 1WR, 1K, 1D/ST) The league is cool in that the biggest part of the pot goes to the owner that has the most points at the end of the year, but you also play head to head each week and there is a smaller part of the pot that goes to the winner of the head to head schedule (I think the split is 75% total points, 25% to head to head winner).

For total points, you have to fill the roster of 3QBs, 5RBs, 6WRs (which include TE), 2 D/ST and 2K. There was also a Bench draft at the end where you could fill 5 slots of players that didn't go against your salary cap. I was pretty short handed as far as available salary because I kept Drew Brees, SJax, and Roddy White.

Please rank the roster:
QB:
Drew Brees*, Mark Sanchez, Brady Quinn (Bench - Derek Anderson)

RB:
SJax*, Thomas Jones*, Fred Jackson, Donald Brown, Sammy Morris (Bench - Samkon Gado, Shonn Green)

WR:
Roddy White*, Wes Welker*, Antonio Bryant, Steve Breaston, Torry Holt, Josh Morgan (Bench - Zach Miller, John Carlson)

D/ST:
Eagles*, Falcons

K:
Jeff Reed, David Akers*

For the head to head purposes, I have put asterisks next to the names of my starters

I know that I'm a little thin at RB, but so is everyone else in the league as this is non-PPR.

[DallasFan85]

Thank you so much for your help! Interesting league with the salary cap and all; I gotta try that!

In spite of your salary being short; I think you did a great job of keeping core players that will be the crux of your points; if you will. QB depth could be an issue, but imo, it always is for any team. I'd rather take guys like Sanchez and Quinn with a lot of potential, than some veteran who is bound to throw picks at times. Good job handcuffing SJax and TJ, and Fred Jackson will be the starter for the first 3 games. Sammy Morris is the only question mark; since I really have no idea what kind of comittee situation NE has in store. WR's are solid; Josh Morgan is said to be the starter in SF, and is expected to have a good year. I like those TE's too; I think both will be top 10 Fantasy TE's this season. Def's and kickers, all good. So all around solid team; especially the starters. If you aren't sure about Thomas Jones, I may even suggest to put Fred Jackson in for the few games, depending on match ups. Otherwise good luck this season!

[Sex Panther]

And just wondering how you guys think that I did.

The league has a salary cap in place for your team, so you go around the table and bid on a player and hope you have enough money to pick up other players. There are 2 rounds of draft before you go to bid, where you can pick a player and thus guarantee his salary from last year. I inherited a team that looked pretty good, and we were able to pick 1 player from each position (1QB, 1RB, 1WR, 1K, 1D/ST) The league is cool in that the biggest part of the pot goes to the owner that has the most points at the end of the year, but you also play head to head each week and there is a smaller part of the pot that goes to the winner of the head to head schedule (I think the split is 75% total points, 25% to head to head winner).

For total points, you have to fill the roster of 3QBs, 5RBs, 6WRs (which include TE), 2 D/ST and 2K. There was also a Bench draft at the end where you could fill 5 slots of players that didn't go against your salary cap. I was pretty short handed as far as available salary because I kept Drew Brees, SJax, and Roddy White.

Please rank the roster:
QB:
Drew Brees*, Mark Sanchez, Brady Quinn (Bench - Derek Anderson)

RB:
SJax*, Thomas Jones*, Fred Jackson, Donald Brown, Sammy Morris (Bench - Samkon Gado, Shonn Green)

WR:
Roddy White*, Wes Welker*, Antonio Bryant, Steve Breaston, Torry Holt, Josh Morgan (Bench - Zach Miller, John Carlson)

D/ST:
Eagles*, Falcons

K:
Jeff Reed, David Akers*

For the head to head purposes, I have put asterisks next to the names of my starters

I know that I'm a little thin at RB, but so is everyone else in the league as this is non-PPR.

Brees is a flat out stud.

White & Welker are extremely solid at WR 1 & 2, you also came away w/ great depth at the position.

SJax is a monster when he's on the field - hopefully he can stay healthy. I'm not high on Jones, RB appears to be the weakness of your squad. You gotta hope Brown or Green truly emerge as legit players in 09.

D & K are both solid.

Overall, I think you put together a pretty strong team - Brees, SJax, White, and Welker is a really nice, solid nucleus.

[joejlitz]

Thanks for help on mine.

Brees is top-notch but as you said your RB situation suffers. SJAX - don't really like him, but in PPR you will be fine if he stays healthy.

Eagles DST will disappoint. With the loss of Jim Johnson and Stewart Bradley, I don't expect them to finish in the top-10 DSTs. Though DJACK and Maclin should break a few returns for TDs.

Love your WRs for PPR and I like Holt as your WR4.

[Petrocelli]

Here are my thoughts, i am assuming a 10 owner league:

QB: I like Brees alot. However, I am not crazy about the backups. Sanchez is unproven, and rookie QBs rarely are studs. Other than that, you have Cleveland's QB, whoever that is. If Brees does not get injured you are fine. If he does, you are in trouble.

RB: S Jax is a great player when healthy, as others have pointed out. I had him last year, but will never own him again. However, he is the best of the second tier backs.

T. Jones is a good 4th tier RB. However, I like the upside in Donald Brown.

WR; Very solid.

Defense: Eagles are top 5 in my book

Kicker: Who cares? No one ever won a championship with a kicker.

Overall, I give the team a B+. If S. Jax stays healthy, I'd give it an A-, or maybe even an A.

[bmault]

Thanks for help with mine,

Like most of the other comments above, your biggest weakness is your Qb position. Assuming Brees stays hot, you will be fine, but pray that he doesnt go down.

[bstock123]

Thanks for your comments on my post.

It would be helpful to know how big this league is (unless I missed it). You're good at QB obviously w/ Brees, and then had the luxury to take a guy in Sanchez who could have upside. RBs are weak, as you said. I like S-Jax alright, but not as much in non-PPR. In that format I saw he's low-end RB1. I hate Thomas Jones, though I could be wrong (and it's a bit better w/ Shonn Green on your roster). I'd stay start Fred Jackson for the first few weeks and see how things play out. Hopefully Brown or Green hits. Good WRs w/ White and Welker, and Bryant, Breaston (injury to Boldin?), and Morgan have nice upside. Eagles D might be good, but be carefull there w/ the injuries they've had on that side of the ball. Overall I'd say an above average, though not elite team (though it's hard to determine that w/out knowing the size of your league) that is definitely a playoff contender and potential championship team with good in-season administration.

[TaDa]

Thanks for the comments all. It is a 10 team league, but keep in mind the salary cap seriously limits how many "elite" players I could get. By keeping SJax, Brees, and White, I already had around 60% of my salary cap locked up. TJ came to me in the draft where I was able to grab him for very low salary, thus fitting into my financial issue well. With that little amount of room, I had to make the choice to hold off on bidding of any other "elite" backs, as they were going for around 40% of people's overall caps. It's really hard to describe how the bidding went, but essentially, just think of it this way in traditional drafting terms. I had 5 keepers (Brees,SJax,White,Eagles,Reed), then I got a draft pick which would equate to a late second round draft pick in traditional drafts (Since most of the first round and high second round players were kept), and then because of the cap, I had to wait until round 6 or 7 to draft the rest of my team.

I see where you all are coming from with the QBs as well. Trust me, I'm not ecstatic that a rookie and a Brown are my QBs after Brees, but I figured with Sanchez or Quinn, since this is dynasty, hopefully one will light it up and be that low money keeper for me next year. If not, I can keep Brees again at his expensive contract. The keeper and salary caps really put an interesting spin on how you look at players. In the likes of picking up a Donald Brown/Shonn Green/Sanchez, I'm really hoping for a good future where I can lock these guys up for a couple years.

I really appreciate you all reading all this stuff and look forward to hearing any other comments .

[catch22]

Is this a dynasty or redraft with slaries? Overall I think its solid. Anytime you have the best player at a position you can compete.....In my auction league the top players will also go for 40-50 percent of your salary. Year to year its hard to know how the salaries will vary. I was able to land good players for value late in our league because owners overspent. To get those players for only 60% of your salary cap was a steal. Outside of maybe spending a little more on your #2 rb I think you did well......

[The Loyalist]

thanks for help mine... overall i like your team. Brees is as good as you get. SJax - a monster, when healthy.. your depth at RB and WR isn't great but White n Welker are both studs. good luck! interesting league!