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Rob Murray

2015 Draft Rewind


ROUND ONE

GRIFF – Adrian Peterson RB MIN | Position Rank: #2 He’s back!! It’s like he was never gone. Sure the Vikings pass offense continuous to be a mess, Peterson just keeps putting up elite numbers. He’s produced seven All-Robio awards since 2007 and the two years he didn’t finish among the top-six of running backs, he was hurt (knocked out for the year) or suspended (last year).

JEFF – Jamaal Charles RB KC (Keeper) | Position Rank: #42 He was a strange keeper, considering Jeff had the second overall pick in the draft, but he certainly was worth it early. Through four weeks, Charles was averaging a stunning 288.5 points per game, before tearing his ACL in week five ending his season). Jeff eventually got his handcuff in a trade with Colby, but by then, West was struggling to stay healthy himself.

ERIC – Antonio Brown WR PIT | Position Rank: #1 Minus a few games without Big Ben, Brown again dominated this season. He’s without a doubt the best pair of hands in football and one could make a good argument to have him be in the top pick in next year’s draft.

DON – DeMarco Murray RB PHI | Position Rank: #17 From 1,800 yards rushing to this? Ouch. Murray proved to be the biggest bust in a season full of them. He not only cost Don a high pick (for basically putting a month’s worth of good football together), but unlike an injured player who goes away, Murray was the gift that just kept on hurting. He was eventually benched, but by then Don’s season was over.

RICH C – Dez Bryant WR DAL | Position Rank: #75 This looked like a brilliant pick, especially after seeing Calderon land Aaron Rodgers two rounds later, but a foot injury derailed Bryant’s season early. After a 5-catch performance in week one, the Cowboys receiver would miss his next five games. By the time he came back, Calderon had shipped him off to Bob for an injured Le’Veon Bell. That proved to be a solid trade, as Bryant did very little with Romo out and failed to help Bob at all, while Rich gets arguable the best back in football late in round two in 2016.

ROB M – Marshawn Lynch RB SEA (Keeper) | Position Rank: #48 The wheels always come off a running back, even the best, but the key is don’t be the one stuck driving when they do. Masterson kept Lynch, despite four straight years with over 280 carries. Lynch managed to piece together just two solid outings and managed to finish just five games this year. Rob was able to land Thomas Rawls in a trade, but in the end, he couldn’t help him get past Matt in the quarterfinals.

RICH B – Matt Forte RB CHI (Keeper) | Position Rank: #12 Forte was the third running back kept in round one and like the other two previously (Charles, Lynch), injuries derailed a productive beginning. Forte averaged 261 points per game before going down in week seven. In those six games, Burrier was 5-1. However, after that injury, Rich managed only to go 1-7. Forte would miss three and a half games, coming back for Rich’s final three, managing to break 170 points once in his return.

COLBY – Andrew Luck QB IND | Position Rank: #25 Luck was my projected first pick in the draft, before cold feet got me to move out of the top spot. Glad I did, because Luck proved to be the top quarterback bust this season (no offense to Peyton Manning). With a bad offensive line unable to protect him, Luck took sacks, threw bad passes and plenty of interceptions. After missing a little time early, he rebounded nicely in weeks 6-9, averaging 341 points during that four-game stretch. However, he again got knocked out and Colby was forced to roll with Carson Palmer and trade for Andy Dalton.

ROBIO – Demaryius Thomas WR DEN | Position Rank: #12 I was planning on taking Julio Jones. Instead, I grabbed Thomas and the Broncos receiver, thanks to Peyton Manning throwing the ball like a 84-year-old man, had his worst season since his rookie campaign. He managed to break 250 points in a game just once. That’s what I call the first step to a 3-win season.

MOLLY – LeSean McCoy RB BUF | Position Rank: #7 Because of a slow start to the season (averaging 173 PPG in his first three, while his backup outplayed him), followed by a pair of missed games, it’s easy to overlook that McCoy was one of the better backs in the second half of the season. In fact, He would average a solid 261 PPG in Molly’s final seven games.

MATT – Julio Jones WR ATL | Position Rank: #2 The one thing great about Jones is, Matt Ryan likes to throw to him. Leading the league in targets with 159 in our regular season, Jones earned his first All-Robio award (first-team). Twice he was thrown to 17 times in a game and in week three he was targeted a stunning 20 times (he produced 163 yards and two scores that week).

BOB – Rob Gronkowski TE NE | Position Rank: #1 Remains the best tight end in town, so good, he’s able to miss a game and still dominate in points scored. He’s basically in the prime of his career now and probably should be considered a top-six overall pick these days.

ROUND TWO

BOB – Le’Veon Bell RB PIT (Keeper) | Position Rank: #29 After missing the first two games because of a pot suspension, Bell entered 2016 high as a kite, delivering to Bob three straight 300-pt games. In his first five, he averaged 290 PPG and was well on his way to earning another All-Robio award. However, in week six, Bell tore an ACL and his season was done. Bob failed to land Bell’s handcuff. He instead shipped off Bell (keeper eligible for one more year) for Dez Bryant, who made no impact without Romo.

MATT – Melvin Gordon RB SD | Position Rank: #41 Heading into the season, there were a handful of rookie running backs getting headlines and Matt was the first to take one, when he grabbed the Chargers early in the second. Problem is, Gordon failed to do anything news worthy throughout the season. The rookie never cracked 200 and failed to hit 100 five times, as he sat in the shadows of Danny Woodhead on a bad offensive team in San Diego.

MOLLY – Calvin Johnson WR DET | Position Rank: #9 It was just a couple years ago that Megatron was coming off three-straight years of first-team All-Robio football (the only wide receiver to do that).  Coming off an injury-plagued 2014 season, Johnson struggled to find his football in the Lions offense this year. Sure an occasional game would make you go, “there he is,” but they proved to be exceptions, as Johnson played like a mid-level WR2 for most of the year. Would anyone be surprised if he fell to the third-round next year? That’s pretty weird for a guy who is technically still in the prime of his career.

ROBIO – Justin Forsett RB BAL | Position Rank: #24 Crash. I expected great things from last year’s “surprise player of the year,” but it only proved how little I really know. Like all Ravens this season, Forsett struggled, especially out of the gate (averaging 110 points per game in his first three games). It looked like for a hot minute that he figured out, producing 300 and 400 points in back-to-back games. However, that would be the highlights. He would do very little the next month of the season before getting knocked out for the season, long after my season was over.


What was a bad second round, Green was one of the few bright spots.


COLBY – AJ Green WR CIN | Position Rank: #7 All that talk in Cincinnati this year was how everyone was healthy, thus the offense was producing massive points. That’s good if you’re a Bengals fan. However, it actually hurt Green’s stats. Sure he put up an amazing game or two, like the 574-point effort in week three), but with Dalton spreading the ball around more, Green failed to produce elite status numbers. In his first 10 games on the season, the Bengals receiver failed to break 200 points eight times.

RICH B – Latavius Murray RB OAK | Position Rank: #8 As a full-time stater, Murray proved to be a nice back. No, he wasn’t an elite RB1. However, he could be relied on as a solid RB2. He had 100 yards rushing twice and broke 200 fantasy points five times. However, thanks to the emergence of Devonta Freeman, Burrier didn’t use much of Murray until the end when Forte got hurt. Sadly, he could put up enough digits to end Rich’s six-game slide at the end.

ROB M – Randall Cobb WR GB | Position Rank: #25 With Jordy Nelson out,. Cobb was the next guy up in Green Bay. That statement surely looked accurate as Cobb scored 232 and 386 points in weeks two and three. However, as he was dealing with a nagging injury and the Pakers were struggling with an unhealthy line and poor run game, Cobb’s stats fell off a cliff. He would go a full month without braking 100 fantasy points, delivering just one more good game the rest of the way.

RICH C – Aaron Rodgers QB GB | Position Rank: #4 It took Calderon all of nine seconds to make this pick and I’m assuming it took that long because he was probably looking away. Originally thinking of taking Andrew Luck or Rodgers in round one, Rich looked like a genius when he landed Rodgers, coming a third-team All-Robio award, in the third-round. The season started well enough as the Packers quarterback pumped out a pair of 300-pt games and then a  544-point effort in week three. Then the struggles kicked in. Over the next month, Rodgers and the Packers would struggle. He would not break 300 in his next four, including a 82-point effort in week eight against Denver. Down the stretch, he followed up a couple of good games with a couple of sub-par games, but none of it was enough to get Rich back into the playoffs. It’s the first time an Aaron Rodgers led fantasy team did not qualify for the playoffs.

DON – Peyton Manning QB DEN | Position Rank: #31 Don’s already been rewarded with the top bust of the season with DeMarco Murray, but Peyton Manning isn’t much far behind. I guess we should have paid attention to how last year ended, because this season proved to be much worse. Until to throw the ball downfield and having little trouble tossing it to the other team, Manning was a train wreck. He threw just nine touchdowns to 17 interceptions until he was mercifully to hurt to continue after a zero touchdown and four interception effort in week ten. It was a sad ending for the greatest fantasy quarterback in Robioland history.

ERIC – Frank Gore RB IND | Position Rank: #14 A new home in a high-powered offense would be just what Frank Gore would need to extend his career another year or two. The problem is, the Colts offensive line was a joke, killing the passing game and chocking the running game. For a time, I’m willing to bet Frank Gore led the league in runs overturned due to holding calls. By time Eric’s season ended, Gore was producing his second worst season of his career.

JEFF – Brandin Cooks WR NO | Position Rank: #11 After all the big name receivers were off the board, everyone who was paying attention had Cooks next up (okay, maybe Sanders). He was projected to be the new WR1 in the studly New Orleans offense. Of course, the Saints passing game was more dud than stud and Cooks struggled, failing to break 160 the first month of the season. He finally got going in week five and then put a string of solid games together in the second half (averaging 277 between weeks 8-10), but Jeff seem to struggle to get him into his lineup when he scored the big game.

GRIFF – Emmanuel Sanders WR DEN | Position Rank: #24 While everyone seemed to be dragged down by Peyton Manning’s struggles, Sanders seem to thrive, looking like his favorite target early in the season. In fact, he had 12 targets or more four times in his first six games, breaking 200 four times. However, once the change was made at quarterback, Sanders couldn’t stay consistent (he was also dealing with injuries). While he still managed a couple 200-pt games down the stretch, he was also shutout in one game and held to four points in another.

ROUND THREE

ROBIO – Arian Foster RB HOU | Position Rank: #55 I’ve shown a willingness to draft injured players in the past, because all I care about is how they’re doing at the end, thus Foster was an obvious choice. After missing three weeks and taking one game to get his footing, Foster put together a solid three games, averaging 297 points per game in his next three. After an 0-6 start to the season, maybe I could ride Foster to the greatest turnaround in league history…or maybe not. In the final moments of a meaningless blowout, foster tore his ACL. Ball game.

JEFF – Andre Johnson WR IND | Position Rank: #67 Considering all the early round busts and injuries Jeff had to deal with (keep in mind, we haven’t even mentioned C.J. Anderson), it’s a minor miracle Jeff was able to put together a playoff team. Like Frank Gore above him, Johnson was expected to put together one more good year now that he was out of Houston and playing in Indianapolis with Andrew Luck. Instead, this season proved his career should have ended at the end of last year. Johnson produced just two games over 100 and was the fourth option in Indy by season’s end. Johnson was never a factor, Jeff cut him early and no one bothered to pick him up. Surprisingly, Johnson only managed to win two All-Robio awards for his career, but without a doubt he’s one of the best to ever catch a ball.

ERIC – Alfred Morris RB WAS | Position Rank: #51 Is it me or have the first two-plus rounds been filled with busts and injured players? Morris proved to be no different. After producing three straight 1,000 yard seasons (granted, his totals went down each season). Morris started hot with a 100-yard game in week one. That would be the highlight. Splitting time with Matt Jones, Morris would go long stretches where he wasn’t on the field. Eric eventually cut him. Sure he was picked up by me, but that says more about how bad my team was.

DON – Julian Edelman WR NE | Position Rank: #23 Finally, a bright spot for Don. Wile his first two picks were absolute busts, Edelman was solid. If he wasn’t favorite target, he was a close second behind Gronk. In his first four games, the little whitey broke 200 twice and 300 another two times. He gave Don a legit WR1, until week ten when he was knocked out with an injury for the remainder of Don’s season.

RICH C – Jimmy Graham TE SEA | Position Rank: #9 Jimmy Graham is a good tight end. He’s still easily one of the top-five best, but that’s not saying much, because just tow years ago we compared him on equal ground to Rob Gronkowski. No more. Moving to Seattle this season, Graham failed to break 100 points six times in his first 11 games. He scored just two touchdowns all season before getting knocked out for the year. Let me just say this, is it a mystery that Russell Wilson suddenly turned into the league’s best quarterback once Graham was out of the lineup?


You think the second round was bad, the third round is just awful…except for Cooper.


ROB M – Amari Cooper WR OAK | Position Rank: #14 Most wide receivers take 2-3 years to adjust to the speed and talent of the NFL. Amari Cooper was not one of those guys. Starting off with back-to-back 100 yard games in weeks two and three, Cooper had a fantastic rookie campaign, easily breaking 1,000 yards. Best yet, he’s only to get better and could be one of the elite of elite by year three.

RICH B – Andre Ellington RB ARI | Position Rank: #56 After producing 1,000 total yards last season, the Cardinals only brought in a rookie back to compete with Ellington for the backfield touches. All he had to do was stay healthy, produce and he could put up big time numbers in a high-octane offense. Well, after putting up 182 fantasy points a third of the way through week one, Ellington was knocked out of the game with an injury. By the time he returned a month later, Chris Johnson was the new starter and Ellington was worthless in this league as a legit fantasy option.

COLBY – Ameer Abdullah RB DET | Position Rank: #49 On the first touch of his career, Abdullah scored a touchdown. In week one he finished with a team high 248 points on just seven touches. The sky was the limit, right? Wrong. Fumbling issues and the lack of an offensive line killed Abdullah’s rookie campaign. He averaged just 3.7 yards per carry, scored just one touchdown, getting little receptions as The Riddick became the Lions third-down back. He spent the season riding Colby’s pine.

GRIFF – Joseph Randle RB DAL | Position Rank: #52 Until Griff picked up David Johnson late in the season, he had a huge hole at RB2 and this is the reason why. Randle was handed what was believed the golden goose, running behind the league’s best offensive line. Yet, outside of 390-point effort in week three against Atlanta, he did nothing with it. By week seven he lost his starting job and a few days later he was cut.

MOLLY – Tre Mason RB STL | Position Rank: #78 Holy hell this was a truly awful pick. What was Molly thinking? Seriously. Everyone knew the Rams drafted Todd Gurley in the first-round. Sure he was coming off an ACL tear, but it was clear once he got the green light, the job was his and it was projected at that time it would be around weeks 3-4 when that would happen. You can’t waste your third-round pick on a guy who you “should know” will not be starting in a month. Hell, Mason wasn’t even a lock to start that first month. He was hurt and didn’t even play in week one. Awful, awful pick.

MATT – Golden Tate WR DET | Position Rank: #43 Last year, Golden shinned with Megatron went out with an injury. However, with Calvin Johnson on the other side and with the Lions offense a common dumpster fire, Tate did very little but put up mid-WR3 numbers. He never broke 100 yards and scored just twice in our fantasy regular season.

BOB – Davante Adams WR GB | Position Rank: #79 With Jordy Nelson out, Randall Cobb was expected to move up to WR1 status and Adams was projected to move up to a very productive WR2 status in a great Packers offense. So much for expectations and projections. Adams proved to be a bust, catching just 36 balls for barely over 300 yards and just one score, missing four games in the process.

ROUND FOUR

BOB – Todd Gurley RB STL | Position Rank: #10 Just four picks after Molly took Tre Mason, Bob took the right Rams back. While it took a few games to get him into the lineup due to a ACL injury in college, once Gurley got rolling, he proved why he’s on his way to being one of the league’s top backs. Sure, he hit sort of a freshman wall late, but is there any doubt Bob has the next Adrian Peterson in the third round the next two seasons if he wants? Bob clearly thinks that, because he let Le’Veon Bell go to Calderon.

MATT – Eddie Lacy RB GB (Keeper) | Position Rank: #35 Holy Christ what a terrible year for Lacy. The Packers running back struggled with fat and health and could never be a consistent stat producer for Matt. Prior to our playoffs, he broke 300 only twice all season, then followed up those two games with 20 combined fantasy points. He left Matt guessing all season long and was a big reason this proved to be Neatock’s worst backfield in his Robioland career.

MOLLY – Roddy White WR ATL | Position Rank: #80 Despite the fact the one great White hadn’t broken 1,000 yards receiving the previous two seasons, Molly reached high for the Falcons receiver. Sadly, he did not have any gas left in the tank. He failed to reach 500 yards for the year, producing his worst season since 2006 (his second in the league). Molly eventually had to let him go and cut him.

GRIFF – Joique Bell RB DET | Position Rank: #61 Not sure what Griff’s thinking was here. Bell had done next to nothing the previous two seasons as a starter and heading into the season the backfield in Detroit was getting crowded. Yet, he took him in the fourth round and it failed to work out. Sharing carries, struggling to stay healthy and running behind a bad offensive line, Bell mastered the art of the no-gain. He had more than 50 yards rushing in game just once all season. Griff cut him.

COLBY – Greg Olsen TE CAR | Position Rank: #2 For a man who has never nailed down a first-team All-Robio TE, Colby certainly made sure to go get a good one this season. Olsen stumbled out of the gate, but by season’s end, after Jimmy Graham got hurt and Gary Barnidge settled back down to earth, Olsen finished second only to Gronkowski.


This seemed like such a bad pick at the time.


RICH B – Devonta Freeman RB ATL | Position Rank: #1 Well this guy had quite a journey. Originally kept by me in round seven, I cut him right before the draft when I realized he wouldn’t be the starter. Burrier drafted him, but was mocked because again, he wasn’t the starter going into the season. After one week when Coleman put up most of the stats in Atlanta’s backfield, Rich cut him. However, Coleman went down in week two and Burrier outbid everyone to get Freeman back. Whatever he spent, was the best money he’s spent in a while. Freeman exploded onto the scene. During one four-game stretch, he had 695 yards and nine touchdowns. Despite face he cooled down (he only scored one more touchdown the rest of the season) and missed one game, he still finished first among all backs, earning first-team All-Robio.

ROB M – Travis Kelce TE KC | Position Rank: #6 Kelce was one of those guys everyone predicted would make that leap forward and for once, everyone was right. Kelce was fantastic at times, despite having Alex Smith at quarterback. Thanks to Antonio Gates though, Rob was able to ship the Chiefs tight end to me for a Chiefs receiver, Jeremy Maclin, who could be a valuable category three keeper, if he keeps him over Ivory.

RICH C – Martavis Bryant WR PIT | Position Rank: #27 He missed four games and didn’t play in week five, but after a slow start, Bryant proved to be a solid WR2, capable of having that big 300-pt game. In fact, he did that twice down the stretch. He made Dez Bryant expandable, although was not able to led Calderon to the post-season.

DON – Rashad Jennings RB NYG | Position Rank: #39 It’s a Don pick and yet another bust. The Giants backfield was a mess, as the G-Men played up to four backs in a single game. A big reason for Don’s failures in 2015 is due to the fact he struggled to find a replacement for his RB2 hole for most of the year.

ERIC – TJ Yeldon RB JAC | Position Rank: #15 Okay. That’s really the only word to describe Yeldon. The rookie from Alabama never really soared. He did break 200 four times, but typically could be found around the 150-160 range. That’s not bad for a bye-week or injury sub, but if you’re relying on him as a weekly starter at the RB2 spot, that’s not going to be good enough.

JEFF – Drew Brees QB NO | Position Rank: #12 Listen, he’s still a good quarterback, but the days of the great Drew Brees are over. Part of it is he’s old, part of it is because his team is no very good. It’s just tough too see anyone wasting a high pick on him again.

ROBIO – LeGarrette Blount RB NE | Position Rank: #21 How to go 6-20 over two years….brought to you by Rob Murray. Step 1: Draft a Patriots running. Step 2: Have said Patriots running back get benched by a random free agent pick up. Step 3: Don’t pick up random free agent running back. Step 4: Waste bench spot on your Patriots running back. Step 5: Cut him just a few days before he gets the starting job when random free agent back gets knocked out for the year. Blount ended the season as a starter for Don.

ROUND FIVE

ROBIO – Sam Bradford QB PHI | Position Rank: #26 Ka-boom! That, kids…is the sound of Sam Bradford’s career as a starting quarterback coming to an end. He refused to throw deep. He threw too many interceptions. So much for Chip Kelly turning any quarterback into a good one.

JEFF – Keenan Allen WR SD | Position Rank: #29 After a solid rookie campaign that saw Allen produce 70 catches, 1,000 yards and eight touchdowns, his struggled as a sophomore. He had just six more catches, over 205 less yards and half the touchdowns. However, for a brief minute, he looked like a draft day steal for Jeff. He had a stunning 15 catches for 166 yards in week one, then 12/133/2 two weeks later (sadly, he was on Jeff’s bench for both those games). Still, he proved be a solid high-end WR2 up until week eight when he was knocked out for the year. Still, he could be a solid keeper in 2016.

ERIC – Tom Brady QB NE (Keeper) | Position Rank: #1 Eric received Brady in a late-season dump trade in 2014 and it worked out big time. Coming off the deflate gate fiasco, Brady came out mad and dominated for most of the season (at least until injuries started to pile up on offense). By season’s end, he become the first person to play for Eric and earn Robioland’s League MVP.

DON – Jarvis Landry WR MIA | Position Rank: #10 Don missed on a lot of picks, but he certainly didn’t miss on his receivers. Two rounds after grabbing Edelman, he grabbed Landry. The Dolphins’ second-year receiver improved from a solid rookie campaign, improve his numbers all around. He caught over 100 balls for over 1,000 yards.

RICH C – Jeremy Hill RB CIN (Keeper) | Position Rank: #22 After a fantastic second half of the season in 2014, Hill was expected to be the first-team All-Robio back that would lead Calderon deep into the playoffs. Instead, he’s a big reason why Rich missed the post-season. Struggling to hit the holes and hold onto the ball, Hill never topped 100 yards rushing, as he shared the back field evenly with Gio Bernard. By season’s end, Hill was starting one only 66% of CBS’ teams, which really seems way too high.

ROB M – Ben Roethlisberger QB PIT | Position Rank: #22 With all the weapons around him, Big Ben certainly had the feel of a steal right here for Masterson, especially when you consider that Sam Bradford was actually drafted ahead of him. However, injuries derailed a promising season (he missed four games). Once he was healthy, he did average 400 points per game in our last four regular season games, but it just makes you wonder how good of a year he could have had if he didn’t miss time.

RICH B – Charles Johnson WR | Position Rank: #129 It’s always a risk to take a wide receiver, one who has none next to nothing in his career, but is getting projected to be the next-great thing, but this pick proved to be an awful one. Johnson caught just nine balls all season long and by the second half mark of the season he was barely getting playing time for the Vikings.


I hate you Doug Martin.


COLBY – Doug Martin RB TB | Position Rank: #3 Because of his awful 2014 season, I still curse Doug Martin’s name (as well as Monte Ball’s), but this year, everyone (but Colby) should be cursing themselves for not taking him. With a halfway competent quarterback running the offense, the Buccaneers committed themselves to running the ball and Martin delivered. After failing to reach 500 yards the previous two years, Martin cracked 1,000 by week 11 and was a big reason for Colby’s success in 2015.

GRIFF – Vincent Jackson WR TB | Position Rank: #48 V-Jax use to be the king of inconsistency (putting up huge numbers one week, then nothing the next). Now…he just sucks. With Mike Evans being the man in Tampa, Jackson’s decline continued as he delivered just one good game (354 in week four) and nothing the rest of the season.

MOLLY – TY Hilton WR IND (Keeper) | Position Rank: #16 Expected to challenge for an All-Robio spot, thanks to his one nagging injuries, Andrew Luck’s own injuries and a bad offensive line in Indy, Hilton could never really get it going. He bounced in and out of Molly’s lineup, producing only two good games worth talking about all season long.

MATT – Mike Wallace WR | Position Rank: #77 For reasons I’ll never know, two Minnesota Vikings receivers were drafted in this round. While Charles Johnson proved to be a huge bust, Wallace was just a bust, as he failed to reach 500 yards receiving.

BOB – Matt Ryan QB ATL | Position Rank: #17 What happened to Matty Icy? A sneaky top-six quarterback every year, Ryan was expected to once again produce the stats, thanks to a new offensive coordinator who always delivered fantasy points from his quarterback. Yet, after averaging 299 points per game through the season’s first three….Ryan and the Falcons offense fell apart. By the end, Ryan was awful, failing to break 200 in weeks 12-14. Bob eventually benched him and finished the season with a hot Russell Wilson.

ROUND SIX

BOB – Brandon Marshall WR NYJ | Position Rank: #6 After an injury-plagued 2014 season, Marshall bounced back nicely and had his best season ever. He broke 1,500 receiving yards, scoring 14 touchdowns on the season, earning a third-team All-Robio for Bob. Bob will have some tough choices when it comes time to make a category two keeper. He can pick between Marshall here in the sixth, Lamar Miller in the ninth and Russell Wilson in the 10th. However, of those three, only Marshall has a chance to be a first-round pick next year.

MATT – Nelson Agholor WR PHI | Position Rank: #120 It’s bad enough when you reach for a wide receiver in round six and he doesn’t absolutely nothing (just 20 receptions during our regular season, 23 on the year). It’s made so much worse when the pick right ahead of this pick is an All-Robio wide receiver.

MOLLY – Seahawks DST SEA | Position Rank: #3 This proved to be an okay pick, as Seattle finished third. However, I still feel like taking a defense in the sixth round is too early, since we’ve reduced DST scoring. The Seahawks struggled early, failing to hit 100 in three of their first four games . In fact, if you count all sixteen games this year, they failed to score 100 seven times.

GRIFF – Charles Sims RB TB | Position Rank: #28 With the way Doug Martin had struggled the past two seasons, Sims wasn’t a bad reach. However, with Martin putting up his best numbers since his rookie campaign, Sims was average at best. He broke 200 just once (272 in week five), but until the end, Griff had no choice by to give Sims playing time once Joseph Randle was kicked off the Cowboys…that is until David Johnson arrived on scene.

COLBY – Tevin Coleman RB ATL | Position Rank: #65 For a hot minute, this looked like a brilliant pick. As Burrier “wasted” an earlier pick on Devonta Freeman, it was Coleman who was declared the starter in Atlanta. In week one he put up a decent 80 yards and was on pace for a second solid game in week two (32 yards and one touchdown) before getting hurt. By the time he came back in week five, Freeman exploded onto the scene, Coleman’s starting gig was gone. Colby soon cut him.

RICH B – DeSean Jackson WR WAS | Position Rank: #82 He got hurt in week one after just on target and Burrier kissed him goodbye by trading him to Griff in week four. Mr. Coomer kept DeSean on the roster, even though the Redskins receiver didn’t return until week nine. He eventually put up a few decent games (234, 192, 190 in weeks 11-13, then a solid 366 in week 15), but he didn’t crack Griff’ starting lineup until the championship game, when he replaced a suspended Odell Beckham. He finished the game with just four catches for 40 yards.

ROB M – John Brown WR ARI | Position Rank: #21 Through six weeks, the Cardinals receiver looked like a solid grab. He had 37 catches, 562 yards and three scores. However, he ended up missing one game, while Michael Floyd returned from injury and after that, his numbers collapsed. In his final 10 games, he had just 28 catches for 441 yards. He did have a habit of scoring, which made him a not-so-tragic start, but that’s about it.


One of many busts in this round


RICH C – Carlos Hyde RB SF (Keeper) | Position Rank: #47 Coupled with Jeremy Hill, these two were expected to give Calderon the kind of backfield that delivers championships. After a stunning 26 carry, 168 yards and two touchdown performance in week one, Hyde looked like the real deal. Yet, outside of a 93-yard, one TD game in week five, Hyde failed to see 60 yards rushing again thanks to one of the worst offensive lines in football. In week seven he was knocked out for the season, thus ending a disappointing season early.

DON – Jason Witten TE DAL | Position Rank: #12 Despite playing most of the season with either a second, third and fourth string quarterback, Witten still caught 77 balls for 713 yards, which were both improvements from last year. Still, he’s 33 years old, so it’s hard to see him continuing to be a dominate TE for much longer.

ERIC – Anquan Boldin WR SF | Position Rank: #44 With no offensive line and bad quarterback play, Bolden never could be a proven commodity in fantasy. He had his worst season since 2011, failing to hit 800 yards. He never was able to climb off of Eric’s bench.

JEFF – CJ Anderson RB DEN (Keeper) | Position Rank: #27 With Jamaal Charles in round one, Jeff looked stacked at running back, with C.J. Anderson as keeper deep in round six. Yet, Anderson proved to be one of the most disappointing players in 2015. Dealing with a nagging ankle injury, Anderson didn’t even break 50 yards rushing until week eight (by then he was on Jeff’s bench). His stats actually went down from the previous season (720 yards fr0m 849 yards, 5 TDs from 8 TDs), despite seeing more time on the field in 2015.

ROBIO – Allen Robinson WR JAC | Position Rank: #5 This proved to be the only thing that went right for me this season. Despite catching just 53% of his targets, Robinson caught 80 balls for 1,400 yards and 14 touchdowns, averaging a solid 17.5 yards per catch. The second year back earned third-team All-Robio.

ROUND SEVEN

ROBIO – Alfred Blue RB HOU | Position Rank: #45 By drafting an injured Arian Foster, I decided to reach for Alfred Blue. Man, what a waste. He did nothing through week two (just 48 yards rushing), so I cut him, thus he proceeded to rush for 139 yards and a touchdown. Even when Foster went down and out for the year, Blue ended up sharing the Houston backfield, only getting picked up by Jeff in week fourteen, so he could sit on his bench when he lost to Griff in the quarterfinals.

JEFF – Giovani Bernard RB CIN | Position Rank: #13 A surprising producer in 2015. Bernard was expected to by a hit-or-miss running back stuck behind a much more productive Jeremy Hill. However, Hill struggled to hold onto the ball and his starting job and Bernard step in to be an occasional decent fantasy back. Gio finished with 1,069 total yards (about 33% from receptions). He broke 200 three times in the season’s first six games, but only once more the rest of the way, ending his season on Jeff’s pine.

ERIC – Steve Smith WR BAL | Position Rank: #34 Playing what was supposed to be his final season, Smith was the only good thing to come out of Baltimore. With the Ravens falling behind often, Smith was able to put up three amazing games in the season’s first six weeks. He scored 300 in week two, 492 the following week and then 334 two weeks later. He was a projected WR2, putting up WR1 numbers, but in week eight, he tore his achilles and ball game.

DON – Jordan Matthews WR PHI (Keeper) | Position Rank: #33 As Sam Bradford once again proved to be Sam Bradford, none of the Eagles’ receivers were able to do much of anything. Matthews started the season with a 100-yard effort, but he managed to do it just once more time before Don’s season came to an end in week thirteen. He finished just short of 1,000 yards for the season, as he proved to be the best option in Philadelphia.

RICH C – Isaiah Crowell RB CLE | Position Rank: #46 Stuck playing in a timeshare in Cleveland, Crowell did lead the team in rushing and scores, but that’s not saying much (he ended the year with 706 yards and five touchdowns). Yet, his backup, Duke Johnson, actually had more total yards (913). Crowell was eventually cut twice by Calderon and again by Colby later in the year.

ROB M – CJ Spiller RB NO | Position Rank: #64 Hurt and stuck behind Mark Ingram in a packed New Orleans backfield, Spiller finished the season scoring 768 fantasy points through 13 weeks. However, 220 or 28% of his stats came on one 80-yard TD against Dallas in week five.


Unless his name is Peterson, don’t draft Vikings.


RICH B – Teddy Bridgewater QB | Position Rank: #27 Burrier bet heavy on the Vikings, reaching for Charles Johnson two rounds earlier, then taking Bridgewater as his starting quarterback. Well, both flopped big time. Now we can always play the “should of” game when it comes to drafting players, but let’s just use our imagination for a moment. The player taken after the Charles Johnson selection was Doug Martin, a second-team All-Robio player this year. As for this pick, what if instead of Bridgewater, Rich took Cam Newton, second-team All-Robio quarterback, who was picked just two picks later, just imagine how good Rich’s team could have been

COLBY – Bills DST BUF | Position Rank: #19 The Bills remained on Colby’s roster all season, splitting time in his starting lineup with the Jets. They were Colby’s starting DST four times through seven weeks (twice breaking 100), but only once down the stretch (in week 13). Come playoff time, it was the Jets’ DST who led Colby to the title game, where the Texans DST performed well in their only start for the Pounders.

GRIFF – Cam Newton QB CAR | Position Rank: #2 Steal. Absolute steal. Because he lacked anything that resembled a wide receiver on the roster, Newton slipped to the back of the seventh round. In fact, nine other quarterbacks were taken ahead of him. He ended up finishing the season as the second best quarterback in fantasy and by season’s end, he was playing like the best, as he and Griff both enjoyed their second career championship.

MOLLY – Knile Davis RB KC | Position Rank: #98 This proved to be too early for another player’s handcuff, as Davis wasn’t even the top option when Jamaal Charles went out for the year in week five. Charcandrick West was the handcuff Molly needed, but he was grabbed by Colby via free agency once Charles went down. Colby eventually shipped him off to the Jeff in a trade for Andy Dalton. Good thing Molly cut Davis in week two.

MATT – Ryan Mathews RB PHI | Position Rank: #37 Always willing to prove that you can never have too many homer picks, Matt used a second straight pick on an Eagles player (he eventually picked three). Like the first one, this one did little to nothing for him. Yes, Mathews proved to be the better running back in Chip Kelly’s system (over DeMarco Murray), but outside of the one game where Murray sat out (week three), Mathews just couldn’t get the touches needed to be a legit fantasy option. Great games (like 286 in week three) were followed up with bad games (like 10 in week four). He hit 150 in back-t0-back games just once and was a non-factor come playoff time.

BOB – Larry Fitzgerald WR ARI | Position Rank: #8 Bob decided to skip the elite wide receivers early in the draft and missed on Adams in round three, but he landed gold not just once in round six (Marshall), but he did it twice, when he also got Fitzgerald here. Coming off three straight seasons where he failed to hit 1,000 yards, it’s no wonder the league passed on Fitzgerald, but with a healthy Carson Palmer, the Cardinals veteran receiver had his best year in a long while, catching 109 balls for over 1,200 yards. He just missed out on earning third-team All-Robio.

ROUND EIGHT

BOB – Kendall Wright WR TEN | Position Rank: #58 Unsure about his wide receivers, Bob grabbed his fourth receiver in his last six picks. Wright had some solid moments early (101 and a score in week one, 95 yards and a score two weeks later), but with Marcus Mariota missing time due to an injury, followed by his own health issues, Wright disappeared in the second half of the season.

MATT – Matthew Stafford QB DET | Position Rank: #14 For most of the season, Matt Stafford and the entire Lions offense was a bust. Luckily. Matt had insurance with Philip Rivers, who could still put up solid fantasy points. By the time the second half of the season rolled around, Detroit replaced their offensive coordinator and suddenly Stafford got hot, even earning a couple starts for Matt. In his final eight games on the year, he averaged a productive 315 PPG.

MOLLY – Shane Vereen RB NYG | Position Rank: #44 Stuck in a crowded New York backfield, Vereen only managed to produce when the Giants needed a bunch of receiving yards. Sadly, that’s not good for fantasy football. Vereen was cut three times by three different teams in Robioland.

GRIFF – Michael Floyd WR ARI | Position Rank: #39 Struggling with nagging injuries, Floyd looked to be only the third best receiving option out in the desert. However, once he got healthy, he put up some pretty good numbers. He started for Griff come playoff time as a legit WR2, scoring 222 fantasy points in the title game. In fact, he broke 100 yards in five of his last eight regular season games.


Who would have thought a team could be successful with two Bucs in the starting lineup.


COLBY – Mike Evans WR TB (Keeper) | Position Rank: #22 Evans missed week one due to an injury, then caught no balls in week two. I’m sure Colby had a real “oh-shit” moment right there. I would. Yet, panic is not the name of the game in fantasy and the Buccaneers best receiver finally got going. He would finish with 1,206 yards on the season, breaking 180 fantasy points seven times. What held him down was the lack of touchdowns. He had just three, one season after he caught 12 as a rookie.

RICH B – Devin Funchess WR CAR | Position Rank: #78 Devis Funchess is no Travis Benjamin. Last year, rookie receiver Benjamin caught 73 balls, 1008 yards and nine touchdowns. With Benjamin out for the year, it was Funches turn to be the rookie stud. Nope, try rookie dud. He caught just 31 balls for 473 yards on the year. Burrier dropped him by week nine and a free agent he remained for the year.

ROB M – Eric Decker WR NYJ | Position Rank: #13 With a strong wide receiver on the other side in New York (Marshall) and with a halfway decent quarterback (Fitzgerald), Decker got back to his high-end WR2 status, finishing 13th among all receivers, despite only producing just one 100-yard game. He finished with over 1,000 yards, scoring a solid 12 touchdowns.

RICH C – Ryan Tannehill QB MIA | Position Rank: #19 With a whole host of new weapons at his disposal, Tannehill was a popular sleeper pick, expected to take a step up to elite status. Instead, he took a giant step back. Sure he hit 4,000 yards, but had just a 2:1 touchdown/interception ratio. He broke 300 just three times in our regular season, as he was cut by both Calderon and myself.

DON – Texans DST HOU | Position Rank: #13 The Texans defense started off terrible, failing to break 90 in their first four games. Don cut them in week five. They were added and dropped twice more, putting up a pair of great games from time to time. However, by week thirteen, Colby picked them up for his playoff push and they actually started for him in the title game. They scored a solid 277, but it wasn’t enough to deliver a championship in the end.

ERIC – Dolphins DST MIA | Position Rank: #26 Bust. The Dolphins were a joke until they fired their head coach. By then, Eric had released them. A couple of great games in weeks six and seven looked promising, but no one bothered to pick them up. Smart, as they cracked 100 just two more times the rest of the way.

JEFF – Jordan Cameron TE MIA | Position Rank: #28 With a move to Miami, Cameron was a popular sleeper pick and asking him to repeat his 2013 numbers (80/917/7) didn’t seem out of the question. However, he never seemed to be a popular target for Ryan Tannehill and finished with just 35 catches for 386 yards.

ROBIO – Tony Romo QB DAL | Position Rank: #38 With Sam Bradford failing in Philly as my fifth-round pick, Romo looked like the kind of late-round selection that could help save my season. Yet, Romo was knocked out in week two and I struggled all season to find a quarterback. I eventually traded Romo away to Bob for Ronnie Hillman, but that trade proved to help neither of us.

ROUND NINE

ROBIO – Duke Johnson RB CLE | Position Rank: #34 There is no doubt in my mind, if Johnson was given the Cleveland backfield, he could have been a star, maybe the kind of star David Johnson became once he was given the majority of carries. Yet, Crowell never got hurt and Johnson never got the touches to be a legit fantasy running back. He sat on my bench all season long and still doesn’t look like a great keeper next year.

JEFF – Bishop Sankey RB TEN | Position Rank: #71 In week one, he produced 86 yards and two touchdowns and for a second there, it looked like Jeff had a possible late-round steal. Of course, this being Tennessee and this being Bishop Sankey, that week one performance was a fluke. He would have just 119 rushing yards the remaining of the season, often not getting any playing time.

ERIC – Delanie Walker TE TEN | Position Rank: #4 When I first thought about writing this, I was going to focus on the fact that Walker just had his breakout season and was ready to be a consistent elite tight end. Then I realized, holy shit, he’s been in the league 10 years (he’s 31). It took him 10 years to stay healthy  and record 94 receptions, 1,088 yards and six touchdowns (all while getting shutout in one game). Anyhow, Eric cut him after just one week and he wasn’t grabbed again until week five. However, he gave Jeff one of the best tight ends throughout the second half of the season.

DON – Percy Harvin WR BUF | Position Rank: #96 Remember how great Harvin was supposed to be? He had that fantastic start to the 2011 season. Great things were expected? Yet, the dude can’t stay healthy. Playing this season in Buffalo, he couldn’t even get through five games, before getting knocked out for the season with a knee injury. He’s now missed 33 games over the last four seasons.

RICH C – Marques Colston WR NO | Position Rank: #63 Colston began his career breaking 1,000 yards in six of his first seven seasons. (Oddly enough, he never hit 1,250 yards). Yet, the Saints receiver started to slip, failing to hit 1,000 the previous two seasons, catching just 59 balls in 2014. This season, the wheels fell off. He missed three games, never saw double-digit targets and failed to record a single 100-yard games. His 45 receptions, 520 yards and four touchdowns were all career lows. Calderon saw the writing on the wall quickly. He cut him in week two and Colston was never picked up by anyone.


At 5-1 as a starter, Eli was one of the most successful QBs in fantasy.


ROB M – Eli Manning QB NYG | Position Rank: #11 With Big Ben missing plenty of time in 2015, Eli played a key role in Masterson’s successful 8-win season in 2015. Eli produced seven 300+ games, producing his best season since 2011, breaking 4,500 yards, throwing 35 touchdowns to just 14 interceptions. Ironically, with Manning running the show, Masterson went 5-1. Rob also went 1-0 with Matt Hassleback as the starter. However, he went just 2-5 with Roethlisberger as his quarterback.

RICH B – Danny Woodhead RB SD | Position Rank: #18 The Chargers “backup” running back proved to be one of the surprises of the year. Despite Melvin Gordon getting the start, it was Woodhead who got the stats. He scored 244 and 208 out of the gate, breaking 200 five times in San Diego’s first seven games. Each week, Woodhead continued to outproduce Gordon. Oddly enough, Burrier was deep at running back, so Woodhead didn’t really get any playing time. Maybe he could have been tradable, but he had a horrible month to end our regular season (scoring just 220 points in four games in weeks 11-14), before a strong finish in weeks 15-16. By then, Rich’s season was already over.

COLBY – Jets DST NYJ | Position Rank: #7 Proving that a man can’t have too many defenses, Colby drafted his second DST. This one proved to be better than the first one (the Bills in round seven), as the Jets were a top-10 defense all season long. Not quite a must-start, Colby smartly sat the Jets defense when he needed to (against New England, at Oakland to name a two), playing roto-D all season long.

GRIFF – Vernon Davis TE DEN | Position Rank: #30 Proving last year’s awful season wasn’t a fluke, Vernon Davis’ declined continued into 2015. He caught 38 balls for just 395 yards, failing to get catch a touchdown pass for the first time in his career. It’s hard to see how this guy gets drafted again next year.

MOLLY – Victor Cruz WR NYG | Position Rank: N/A He came into the season with one injury and left it with another. In between, Cruz failed to play a single game. Molly finally let the Giants receiver loose in week nine. Calderon picked him up in week 13, hoping to land himself a nice keeper in round nine in 2016. I don’t see it happening. That 1,500-yard season seems so long ago.

MATT – Reggie Bush RB SF | Position Rank: #118 Bush had just five more carries (8) than teams that add/dropped him this season (3 = Matt, Molly, Calderon). He’s done.

BOB – Lamar Miller RB MIA (Keeper) | Position Rank: #6 With a team loaded with Le’Veon Bell and Todd Gurley, it was Lamar Miller who led Bob’s rushing attack. Of course that had more to do with Bell’s season-ending injury and Gurley missing time early. Miller finished with 1,269 yards and ten scores, but he’s a classic case of big games hiding a player’s true worth. What am I talking about? 41.5% of Lamar’s stats came in three games this season.

ROUND TEN

BOB – Ronnie Hillman RB DEN | Position Rank: #25 The Denver backfield was a true fantasy nightmare this year. The offensive line was a dumpster fire and Peyton Manning was on pace to break the interceptions record before he got hurt. C.J. Anderson and Ronnie Hillman split carries all season long, making both a fantasy pain in the ass. In the end, Hillman barely out-produced Anderson, finishing 25th to Anderson’s 27th, but Bob shipped him off to me for Tony Romo.

MATT – Philip Rivers QB SD (Keeper) | Position Rank: #8 Rivers had his second best fantasy season ever, although finishing eighth doesn’t say much. He had six 300-pt games in our regular season, but also struggled hard core when faced with an elite defense. He had 74 fantasy points in week 11 against the Chiefs, then just 64 against the Broncos two weeks later.


Next time, show more patience.


MOLLY – Russell Wilson QB SEA (Keeper) | Position Rank: #6 What an odd season…Wilson was a disaster early in the year, as the offensive line could not protect him. He produced just one 300-point game through ten weeks. Molly had enough and cut him in week nine. Then Jimmy Graham went down and things started to click for the Seahawks quarterback. Bob, desperate for a great arm, grabbed him in week ten and suddenly Wilson was the best quarterback in the league. He scored 392 points in week 11 and followed that up with three straight 500-point games. In our league’s semifinals, Bob was taken down by Colby, but no fault lies at Wilson’s feet. He scored 418 points. He was on Bob’s roster for five weeks and he averaged a stunning 473 points per game in those games.

GRIFF – Panthers DST CAR | Position Rank: #2 In round seven, Griff grabbed one elite Panther player (Cam Newton) and three rounds later, he grabbed another…well, actually 11, as the Panthers DST proved to be the league’s second best DST (behind only Denver). Hell, by season’s end, you could argue Griff had the league’s best D, giving Griff three 300-pt games heading into the post-season, before struggling in the semis (12 points) and finals (79 points).

COLBY – Darren McFadden RB DAL | Position Rank: #16 While Joseph Randle was the clear starter in Dallas, he had no track record, so McFadden was a popular sleeper handcuff. Yet, Colby cut him quickly in week two. On the wire he sat until Randle was injured (and cut) in week seven. Suddenly, McFadden became a hot commodity and I spent my final $45 to get him. He would start 10 games, breaking 200 seven times. He finished the year with over 1,400 yards, but it wasn’t enough to save my season.

RICH B – Brian Quick WR STL | Position Rank: N/A It might be time to give up on this guy. He’s never shown to be anything worth a draft pick. This season, he missed his first four games and never got into a groove, although terrible quarterback play in St. Louis didn’t help. He never had more than two receptions in any game and was long gone off of Burrier’s roster by the time he caught his first pass of the season.

ROB M – Mark Ingram RB NO (Keeper) | Position Rank: #4 In thirteen weeks, Ingram produced 1,174 total yards, good enough to earn this solid keeper a second-team All-Robio award. He broke 200 seven times and never dipped below 140 fantasy points.

RICH C – Pierre Garcon WR WAS | Position Rank: #46 Despite being healthy and despite being the only legit wide receiver target for the first half of the season thanks to DeSean Jackson’s injury, Garcon was never able to squeeze out big numbers. He didn’t produce a 200-pt game until week 16 of the NFL regular season, failing to get to 800 yards receiving for the second straight season. In fact, Garcon has failed to hit 1,000 yards in seven of his eight seasons in this league. Calderon cut him in week four, Colby had him for a month, before he finished his season on Molly’s roster.

DON – Colin Kaepernick QB SF | Position Rank: #29 If he’s a bust, he’s probably on Don’s team…that’s 2015 for the older Vozzola. With his old head coach gone, Karpernick had his worst season in football. Through eight games, he averaged just 201 yards passing, throwing six touchdowns to five interceptions. He did manage three 300-point games, thanks to his running abilities, but Don never had him in the starting lineup for those games. In week nine he threw one pass before getting knocked out for the season.

ERIC – Sammy Watkins WR BUF (Keeper) | Position Rank: #30 Watkins had a very slow start to the season. He was either hurt or simply not involved in the offense. He complained, but it didn’t seem to matter. He had one great 396-point effort in week nine, but followed that up by scoring less than 100 in back-to-back games. However, he got hot at the end. In Eric’s final four games of the year, the Bills receiver averaged 320 points per game…the kind of numbers that make him once again a solid late keeper option.

JEFF – Torrey Smith WR SF | Position Rank: #50 He was terrible in Baltimore, so why would he be any better in San Francisco, where the quarterback and offensive line woes were much worse? He did nothing this season, catching just 33 balls, as Jeff let him go in week five.

ROBIO – David Johnson RB ARI | Position Rank: #32 Fucking Christ, do I need to talk about it. I drafted David Johnson in all three of my leagues. However, with all my teams struggling and it looking like the Cardinals were not going to give Johnson a chance, I cut him in all three leagues. Then Chris Johnson went down and David Johnson became the best fantasy player in the league. In his four starts (Griff’s final regular season game and three playoff game), he averaged a stunning 374 points per game and looks like an amazing keeper for 2016. For the record, I failed to pick him back up in all three of my leagues.

ROUND ELEVEN


Miss me, bro?


ROBIO – Jordy Nelson WR GB | Position Rank: N/A After watching the Green Bay Packers this year, with no offensive line and no receivers capable of creating space, it just proved how valuable this guy really is.

JEFF – Eddie Royal WR CHI | Position Rank: #109 Honestly, I had no idea this guy was still in the league. He had a pair of 7-catch games in the season’s first month, but Jeff had already cut him by week three. He got hurt and was barely heard from again.

ERIC – DeVante Parker WR MIA | Position Rank: #100 A popular sleeper pick heading into the season, Parker did close to nothing through eleven weeks, catching just four balls. I’m shocked Eric didn’t cut him. However, in week 12, something started to click and Parker was…not too bad. In the season’s final six games, he caught 22 balls for 445 yards and three touchdowns. If he’s just that productive for a full season next year, his final stats would be 58 catches, 1,186 yards and eight touchdowns. Not bad for a potential category three keeper.

DON – Darren Sproles RB PHI | Position Rank: #50 Too many backs in the backfield, not enough success on the offense. For much of the season, Sproles was the odd man out. He cracked 200 just once all season, failing to hit 100 points nine times. He was cut in week nine, finishing up the season on Colby’s bench (he was briefly put in Colby’s starting lineup in the title game, but was pulled out by game time).

RICH C – Kelvin Benjamin WR CAR | Position Rank: N/A After catching over 70 balls for a little over 1,000 yards and nine scores last season as a rookie, just imagine what this kid could have done this year in a very successful Carolina’s offense. Something tells me this kid will be a top-10 receiver next year.

ROB M – Ravens DST BAL | Position Rank: #22 The Ravens DST is the greatest fantasy defense if All-Robio awards mean anything to you. They have five total All-Robio awards, including four first-teams (more than any other defense). Yet, they haven’t earned one since 2011 and had no shot this year with all the injuries.

RICH B – Austin Seferian-Jenkins TE TB | Position Rank: #40 He had a 110-yard, two touchdown game to open the season and everyone in fantasy wet themselves. Then he got hurt in week two, missed a ton of time, but he was never forgotten about. In fact, no player played on more teams this year. He began the year with Burrier, was picked up by Eric around mid-season, cut quickly and then grabbed by Colby in week eight and then cut. In week nine, Molly grabbed him. A week later he was cut again and picked up by Griff. He lasted one week there and then finished the season with Bob, who grabbed him in week fourteen. For the official record: 21 catches for six fantasy teams.

COLBY – Carson Palmer QB ARI | Position Rank: #3 Why waste a first-round pick on a quarterback, when you can have Palmer here? The Cardinals quarterback had his best year as a pro, throwing for over 4,600 yards and 35 touchdowns. Colby’s never had a first or second team All-Robio quarterback, but he’s had a third-team All-Robio quarterback in three out of the last six seasons.

GRIFF – James Jones WR GB | Position Rank: #28 Cut by the New York Giants and picked back up by the Packers, for about a month, Jones looked like an absolute steal, averaging 218 points per game. However, as Green Bay’s offense began to sputter, Jones’ stats began to disappear. Of course by then, Griff had already shipped Jones off to Burrier in a week four trade. In the end, Rich kept him on his roster, but he was way too inconsistent to start on a regular basis.

MOLLY – Roy Helu RB OAK | Position Rank: #94 Look on the bright side, at least Molly didn’t waste a third-round pick on him. He had just 17 carries on the year as the Raiders fourth string running back.

MATT – Broncos DST DEN | Position Rank: #1 This defense was so good early on in the season, I actually considered them for league MVP. They scored over 200 points in six of their first seven games, scoring over 50 more points per game than the next DST. In the second half of the year, they struggled a couple times, but still finished our regular season as the top defense in fantasy football…a must-start no matter who they were facing.

BOB – Julius Thomas TE JAC | Position Rank: #24 He missed the first four games, but struggled to really become an elite tight end. Sure he had an occasional 200-pt game, but he had way more games below 100. In week nine, Bob shipped him off to Calderon (as part of the Le’Veon Bell, Dez Bryant trade).

ROUND TWELVE

BOB – Marcus Mariota QB TEN | Position Rank: #18 He began the season by throwing four touchdowns and zero picks in week one. At that point, I wouldn’t blame Bob for dreaming off a RGIII rookie season for his Titans rookie. However, it wasn’t meant to be. Mariota would only throw 14 more touchdowns (to 10 interceptions) the rest of the way, ending his year on the IR.

MATT – Zach Ertz TE PHI | Position Rank: #22 Here’s a standard Zach Ertz season. He does nothing all year long, failing to top 100 fantasy points in eight of his first 11 games. Then in the final month, mostly with Matt’s season over, he averages 232 points per game, which means he’ll once again be a popular sleeper pick in 2016.

MOLLY – Malcom Floyd WR SD | Position Rank: #57 He caught one ball or less in nine games. What else can I say about this guy? At 34 years old, I think he’s done.

GRIFF – Derek Carr QB OAK | Position Rank: #9 If only we had more patience with this guy. Griff cut him in week two, I picked him up and cut him in week four. Molly grabbed him and might have a solid arm option for next year. In his final eight games, Carr averaged a solid 297 points per game, breaking 400 three times. Not bad for a sophomore.

COLBY – Breshad Perriman WR BAL | Position Rank: N/A Zero catches, zero yards, zero touchdowns, one early trip to the IR. Colby cut him in week three. Calderon picked him up, stocking his bench with injured players as potential keepers in 2016.

RICH B – David Cobb RB TEN | Position Rank: #116 I thought this guy was going to a breakout candidate, but I guess missing ten weeks to start the season is not a good thing. Burrier was patient and kept him around, but Cobb was never able to get playing time in a bad Titans backfield until the last game of the season where he carved out 73 yards and a touchdown.

ROB M – Kenny Stills WR MIA | Position Rank: #74 So yeah, things didn’t work out well in Miami. Stills was an afterthought, watching all his stats fall from career highs in 2014. 27 catches for 440 yards just isn’t going to cut it in this league.

RICH C – Jonathan Stewart RB CAR (Keeper) | Position Rank: #9 Well, this turned out to be a bit of a surprise. After watching this guy disappoint year after year, Stewart was a capable back, nearly rushing for 1,000 yards through 13 games. Considering how bad Jeremy Hill and Carlos Hyde did for Calderon, Stewart was one of the main reasons Rich was able to stay competitive throughout the season.

DON – Matt Jones RB WAS | Position Rank: #30 Despite Alfred Morris’ success the previous three seasons, Jones was popular sleeper and for a brief moment, it looked like Jones would become the man in Washington, especially after a 382-pt effort in week two. However, the Redskins kept rotating their backs, which means no Washington running back could be trusted in a fantasy lineup. However, if Morris doesn’t return next year, Jones could be a very solid keeper option.

ERIC – DeAngelo Williams RB PIT | Position Rank: #11 Talk about a weird year…with Le’Veon Bell suspended for the first two games, Williams exploded, scoring 264 and 364 fantasy points, looking better than he had looked in years. However, once Bell came back, Williams contributed little to nothing. Yet, Eric kept him on his roster and kept him and kept him. I would be shocked if Bob didn’t ever try to pry Williams loose in a trade (since he had Bell). However, tragically, Eric finally decided to release Williams for Orleans Darkwa. That Sunday, Bell tore his ACL. Calderon spent $75 to land Williams, who proceeded to average a solid 289 points per game over the next seven weeks. Something tells me Eric’s playoff run could have lasted a little longer if he had kept Williams for just a few more days.

JEFF – Rams DST STL | Position Rank: #9 They had their moments, especially against weak opponents like San Francisco and Cleveland, plus they seem to have Seattle’s number, but overall, 9th among all DST’s feels like a disappointment. Jeff cut them in week six. Calderon picked them up and included them in the Thomas Rawls trade with Masterson in week ten.

ROBIO – Cardinals DST ARI | Position Rank: #4 So much went wrong this season, I almost forgot how good this one pick was. The Cardinals were a must-start all season long, although they didn’t put up many amazing games (they broke 200 just twice all season and one of those games came after my season was over).

ROUND THIRTEEN

ROBIO – Jeremy Maclin WR KC (Keeper) | Position Rank: #17 In what’s becoming a tradition in this league, Maclin was a late draft pick in 2013 when he was out for the year before the season even started. He was redshirted and then traded to me after a solid 2013 season for Matt. He had a solid 2014 for me (over 1,300 yards), but left Philly for Kansas City, a place where receivers go to die. Well, Maclin wasn’t too bad. He actually caught two more passes in 2015, but for 225 less yards and two less scores. In week six, I shipped him off to Masterson for Travis Kelce. Neither proved to be an outstanding player from that moment on.

JEFF – Jay Cutler QB CHI | Position Rank: #21 Cutler’s claim to fame in 2015 is that he’s the guy Jeff cut in week two to pick up Andy Dalton, who was having an All-Robio season before he was shipped off to Colby and then broke his thumb late in the year.

ERIC – Stephen Gostkowski K NE | Position Rank: #1 The first kicker picked proved to be the best kicker in fantasy. I see a future fantasy write up here…or not.

DON – Brandon Bolden RB NE | Position Rank: #75 He sat on New England’s bench all season long and still didn’t get much of a look until the top two backs (Lewis, Blount) went down and out for the year. Yet, things still didn’t work out for him, because you know it’s bad when the coaching staff is out picking up Montee Ball and starting Steven Jackson for their playoff run.

RICH C – Christine Michael RB DAL | Position Rank: #114 A late addition to the Cowboys before the season start, Calderon stashed Michael on his bench in multiple leagues and waited and waited and waited. Even when Randle was cut from the team and all news reports reported that Michael would soon be the man, he never was able to get the playing time, getting just 15 carries before getting released by Dallas.

ROB M – Chris Ivory RB NYJ (Keeper) | Position Rank: #5 We’ve had some pretty good category three keepers over the years. Wes Welker was solid for Matt back in the day, finishing 6th among all receivers one year. Matt also can brag about Tony Gonzalez in 2012, plus Maclin in 2013…and don’t forget about Carson Palmer finishing first among all QBs back in 2005 as an 11th round pick. Also, there has been a pair of top-three tight ends by Molly and Eric once kept the number one ranked Bears defense in 2012. Alshon Jeffery finished third among backs the following year may had been the best Cat 3 keeper ever, but Eric actually cut him, so Colby got to enjoy the fruits of his labor. Ivory ended up earning third-team All-Robio as a 13th round keeper, which makes him the new best category three keeper in the league’s history.

RICH B – DeAndre Hopkins WR HOU (Keeper) | Position Rank: #3 Mark Ingram one pick earlier proved to be the best fantasy running back kept in category three, but Burrier also gets some love for Hopkins. Like Alshon Jeffery three seasons ago, he finished third among receivers, but Hopkins actually scored over 300 more points this year, thus no category three kept wide receiver has scored more points (and yes, that’s adjusted to the scoring change we had).

COLBY – Justin Tucker K BAL | Position Rank: #10 Second kicker taken just cracks the top 10. He was eventually cut and replaced by Mason Crosby. Tucker ended his season with Masterson.

GRIFF – Heath Miller TE PIT | Position Rank: #23 His days as a fantasy tight end are probably over. Ten times he caught three balls or less, scoring just twice all season long.

MOLLY – Coby Fleener TE IND | Position Rank: #21 He’s now caught 50 balls for three straight seasons, however, with no Andrew Luck for most of the year, Fleener’s receiving yards fell from 774 to 491 in 2015.

MATT – Branden Oliver RB SD | Position Rank: #77 If you’re going to grab your starting running back’s handcuff, make sure it’s the right one. Danny Woodhead was the man in San Diego. Oliver finished with just 31 carries.

BOB – Cody Latimer WR DEN | Position Rank: #140 When your career high is 30 yards, something isn’t clicking. He barely saw the field, catching just six balls all season long. He was dropped by Bob in week two and never heard from again.

ROUND FOURTEEN 

BOB – Bengals DST CIN | Position Rank: #6 A consistent, but never great defense, they failed to break 100 in their final seven games of Bob’s season.

MATT – James Starks RB GB (Keeper)  | Position Rank: #23 No shame in keeping your star running back’s clear handcuff, but this season proved to be a disaster in Green Bay for Matt. Lacy was fat and injured and Starks stole enough touches away to make them both useless.

MOLLY – Bilal Powell RB NYJ | Position Rank: #54 He had flashy moments, including a pair of 200-pt games in weeks ten and eleven. By then Molly had dropped and added him back, having zero impact on her team.

GRIFF – Odell Beckham WR NYG (Keeper) | Position Rank: #4 He had a sluggish start, but a fantastic finish, averaging 326 fantasy points during Griff’s 7-0 run to the title game. Sadly, he won’t have his name etched into title game history, as he was suspended for Griff’s championship win. Still, 91 catches for 1,305 yards and 12 touchdowns is pretty damn good.

COLBY – Andre Williams RB NYG | Position Rank: #74 After getting 217 carries as a rookie, Williams disappeared into a crowded Giants backfield. He got just 89 total touches and did very little with them (264 yards). Luckily for Colby, he never had to deal with it. He cut Williams before we ever played a game.

RICH B – Packers DST GB | Position Rank: #16 There was a time when the Packers D was good. This is not that time.

ROB M – Chiefs DST KC | Position Rank: #5 After that tragic 1-5 start, the Chiefs defense may have been the best in the league. During their 10-game winning streak, they broke 180 in eight of those wins, becoming a must-start D.

RICH C – Eagles DST PHI | Position Rank: #15 Cut twice by Calderon, the Eagles D played the entire second half of the season with Burrier. Since all he was doing was losing at that time, maybe the Eagles defense should have remained free agents.

DON – Adam Vinatieri K IND | Position Rank: #17 The only player in the league who is older than me, Vinatieri was cut three times (by Don, Jeff and Calderon), basically playing the role of bye-week fill-in.

ERIC – Brandon LaFell WR NE (Keeper) | Position Rank: #81 He missed the first six weeks of the season and I believe actually started a game or two for Eric, but he didn’t really do much to earn a starting spot. He caught 37 balls for 515 yards in 10 games. He never once broken 100 yards in any one game and he never scored, despite playing in New England’s high powered offense.

JEFF – Steve Johnson WR SD | Position Rank: #53 He actually put up a couple of decent games, including 82 yards and a touchdown in week one and then 92 yards and a score in week 12, but when there is a 11-week gap between your two good games, it’s not that hard to see the problem.

ROBIO – Owen Daniels TE DEN | Position Rank: #20 Here’s why I ended up missing the playoffs. Just kidding…my team blew. He actually caught 46 balls for over 500 yards, but I’m asking…when?

ROUND FIFTEEN

ROBIO – Matt Bryant K ATL | Position Rank: #26 He actually lasted on my roster until week ten, when Atlanta went on their bye-week. I picked him back up, even though I probably shouldn’t have. He ended the season on IR.

JEFF – Montee Ball RB FA | Position Rank: N/A Interesting, since Ball was a free agent and there was little talk of anyone picking him up. Oddly enough, there is no record on the transaction page that Ball was ever cut, so let’s pretend this pick never happened.

ERIC – Jameis Winston QB TB | Position Rank: #15 Okay, not bad. After a horrible start, Winston actually was the best rookie quarterback out there. He stayed healthy, threw for 4,000 yards and delivered more touchdowns (28 running and passing) than interceptions (15). Eric did cut him in week seven, so he’s an intriguing keeper option for Jeff next year.

DON – Terrance West RB BAL | Position Rank: #101 He ended up missing eight games and even when he came back, with Justin Forsett out, he was never able to be more than a backup.

RICH C – Steven Hauschka K SEA | Position Rank: #7 He was cut by Calderon in week nine, finishing with Don starting in week ten. He made 29 field goals, including 13 that were 40 yards or more.

ROB M – Mason Crosby K GB | Position Rank: #11 Only made 24 field goals on the season (missing four), but most remembered for being shutout in the title game for Colby.

RICH B – Dan Carpenter K BUF | Position Rank: #22 He was cut by Burrier in week four and never picked up. Four missed field goals and six missed extra points may have played a role in that.

COLBY – Alshon Jeffery WR CHI (Keeper) | Position Rank: #37 Sadly, the Jeffery era ends on a sour note. After finishing 3rd for Colby in 2013 and 13th last season, the Bears receiver couldn’t stay healthy. He missed five games on the year, including the title game, where Colby really could have use his numbers.

GRIFF – Kyle Brindza K TB | Position Rank: #38 The rookie kicker missed six field goals and two extra points in the season’s first four weeks. Griff saw enough and cut him.

MOLLY – Cody Parkey K PHI | Position Rank: #37 He kicked four goals in three games and was out for the year with an injury.

MATT – Josh Brown K NYG | Position Rank: #2 The Giants kicker made his first 24 kicks on the season, but was cut by Matt during the bye-week. Griff grabbed him and Brown ended up being a good kicker on a championship team.

BOB – Brandon McManus K DEN | Position Rank: #9 The rookie kicker stormed out of the gate, kicking a handful of 50-yard field goals, but cooled at the end. By the time the season was over, he made as many 50 yarders as he missed (five). He played the whole season on Bob’s team, getting cut for his bye-week, but added back on the next week.

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