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Given my team name, I probably should've drafted Antonio Brown since he's the ringleader of the biggest circus around right now, but since players don't get fantasy points for self-sabotaging their careers, I'm glad I stayed away from him.
I feel better about my team now than I did two weeks ago when we drafted. I blame mock drafts for making me too passive. I get used to players lasting until certain rounds in mocks, then watch them get selected 2-3 rounds earlier in the real draft. I had my eye on several RBs in the mid-to-late rounds, as I think there's an uncommon amount of value to be found at the position this year, but basically none of them fell to me.
Already I feel like I've caught a break with Derrius Guice being named the starter, though. Before that, I had Derrick Henry and a bunch of back-ups with upside. I don't expect much from Guice this week, and a bad Redskins offense will likely hinder his potential, but Jay Gruden's already talking about giving him as much work as he can handle, and there's even reports that Adrian Peterson will be a healthy scratch, so I feel better about my RB situation now than I did after the draft. It's still a weakness, though, so most likely I'll have to leverage Hopkins or Evans to get a top RB at some point. It was nice seeing Allen Robinson get off to a nice start on Thursday since I have that guy in both my leagues. 7 receptions, 100+ yards, double-digit targets . . . I'll take that in my flex every week. I had him in our league the year he went for 1400 yards, so I know his ceiling is high even with a below-average QB.
Excited for tomorrow. All the stuff we think we know will likely be turned upside down. And some dude nobody's heard of is going to go off on the waiver wire. Happens every year. Let the chaos and unpredictability begin!