ROUND 1
#1 MARC – Todd Gurley RB-LAR | POSITION RANK: #1 I don’t want to go too far out on a limb, but I think this picked worked out pretty well. He averaged 372 points per game, the most for a running back since LaDainian Tomlinson rumbled for 389 points per game back in 2006.
# 2 DON – David Johnson RB-ARI | POSITION RANK: #10 The Cardinals were a clusterfuck set inside a dumpster fire and Johnson’s numbers took a big hit. He finished 10th, but I’m not sure how. He didn’t rush for 100 yards in a game until week 11. Don should have taken…
#3 ROBIO – Saquon Barkley RB-NYG | POSITION RANK: #2 The rookie was a stud all season, but really dominated down the stretch. Unfortunately for me, my season was over rather quickly and I sent him packing for a better keeper. Thus, the Giants rookie back earned a first-team All-Robio award, leading Neatock to a stunning second title.
#4 COLBY – Antonio Brown WR-PIT | POSITION RANK: #5 Antonio Brown is the most proficient wide receiver in fantasy, thanks to five straight 1st-team All-Robio awards, so it certainly felt like 2018 was a disappointment, as he finished “just” 5th among all receivers. Still, he was the one constant on a Colby team that broke the all-time regular season scoring record.
#5 RICH B – Leonard Fournette RB-JAC | POSITION RANK: #42 Now we enter the bust portion of our program. Thanks to injuries, Fournette missed six games, leaving Rich with a massive headache all season long. His absence was a main reason why Burrier finished last in points. Still, heading into week 13, Rich needed just one win to make the playoffs. Unfortunately, Fournette got suspended for throwing a bunch. He didn’t play and Burrier didn’t win.
#6 GRIFF – Devonta Freeman RB-ATL | POSITION RANK: #89 Joining what’s becoming a annual tradition in Robioland, Freeman was just another star running back that got hurt early for Griff and crushed any hope he had at salvaging a once promising season. He played in just two games, carrying the ball 14 times for 68 yards.
#7 ROB M – Christian McCaffrey RB-CAR | POSITION RANK: #3 Only stunning if you weren’t paying attention, McCaffrey was a sleeper that paid off. Thanks to his receiving skills (107 receptions on the season), the Panthers back produced nearly 2,000 total yards.
#8 RICH C – Joe Mixon RB-CIN | POSITION RANK: #13 While the Bengals back only finished 13th among all backs, the reality was, he was one of the best runners in the league in 2018. The only thing that kept him out of the top-10 were his two missed games early in the season. On the year, he finished with five 300-point games, including a pair in Calderon’s postseason run.
#9 ERIC – Julio Jones WR-ATL | POSITION RANK: #4 For the fourth straight season, Julio earned a All-Robio award. 113 catches for 1,677 yards will do that. Still, his lack of touchdowns remain baffling. He had just three through our 13-game regular season.
#10 JEFF – Odell Beckham WR-NYG | POSITION RANK: #6 While he finished 6th among all backs (one spot behind Antonio Brown), it certainly felt like a disappointing season for Beckham. He never caught double-digit balls, scored twice in a game just once and failed to hit 100 yards in over half his games. Of course, Jeff ended up trading him to Bob, but come playoff time, Beckham was a no-show.
#11 BOB – Ezekiel Elliott RB-DAL (Keeper) | POSITION RANK: #4 Receiving the Cowboys back late last season, Elliot was an elite star running back on a Bob team that typically doesn’t have elite star running backs. He lead the league in rushing (for the second time in three season), earning a second-team All-Robio award. It was only the second time in Bob’s history he has had a back finish as either a first or second team All-Robio player.
#12 MATT – Le’Veon Bell RB-PIT (Keeper) | POSITION RANK: N/A Shockingly, Neatock managed to win a second straight title and he basically did it without a first-round pick. Bell promised he would hold out until he got a long-term deal and he did just that, never playing a game in 2018. Fortunately for Matt, he later drafted Bell’s handcuff, James Conner, who was an elite back, holding down the fort until Barkley stepped in.
ROUND 2
#13 MATT – A.J. Green WR-CIN | POSITION RANK: #24 The Bengals top receiver actually wasn’t that bad this season, hanging around the top-10, until he got hurt in week eight. Thanks to a bad toe, he never played another game again in 2018 and played no part in Neatock’s title run.
#14 BOB – Davante Adams WR-GB | POSITION RANK: #3 I said prior to the season that I thought Matt made the wrong choice at receiver, by selecting Green over Adams. For once, I was right. As Aaron Rodgers new favorite target, Adams has finally moved up into elite status, earning his first ever All-Robio award (second team)
#15 JEFF – Mike Evans WR-TB | POSITION RANK: #9 Once again, Evans’ final stats were impressive, but he remains a hit or miss guy. When he hits, he’s a Mark McGuire steroid-induced home run (averaging 366 in his four best games). Yet, he’s the same guy who delivered a one catch for 16 yards outing in week nine against the Panthers.
#16 ERIC – Aaron Rodgers QB-GB | POSITION RANK: #9 Thanks to a leg injury in week one, Rodgers was never 100% and it showed. A man who easily averaged over 300 fantasy points per contest failed to hit 300 in ten of the 14 games he played in for Eric.
#17 RICH C – LeSean McCoy RB-BUF | POSITION RANK: #32 Let’s call it…this is the official end of LeSean McCoy. He finished with just 514 yards rushing on the season, struggling to finish too many games.
#18 ROB M – Kareem Hunt RB-KC (Keeper) | POSITION RANK: #8 What a brutal keeper this turned out to be in the end. For most of the season, Hunt was a rock star, challenging Todd Gurley for the top spot at running back. Through 11 weeks, he had over 1,200 total yards and 14 touchdowns. Then he made the mistake of beating up a woman on video and he was gone and just like that, an elite All-Robio back disappeared from Rob’s roster.
#19 GRIFF – Keenan Allen WR-LAC (Keeper) | POSITION RANK: #12 Allen had a good year, right? I mean, he finished 12th, which makes him a low end WR1. Weird how it feels like he had a disappointing season. He did struggle early (and only scored six touchdowns), but down the stretch, he was bank, scoring over 200 in six games between weeks 6-14.
#20 RICH B – Rob Gronkowski TE-NE (Keeper) | POSITION RANK: #11 Unable to stay healthy, Gronk’s days as an elite tight end appear to be over. After hitting 276 fantasy points in week one, he didn’t hit 200 again until week fourteen (after Burrier’s season was over).
#21 COLBY – Alex Collins RB-BAL | POSITION RANK: #35 Instead of talking about Alex Collins (because who wants to talk about Alex Collins?), let’s marvel at the fact that you will notice so many of Colby’s draft picks were true busts this season, yet he still managed to break the all-time regular season scoring record. Just goes to show, in-season management is just as important as drafting.
#22 ROBIO – Dalvin Cook RB-MIN (Keeper) | POSITION RANK: #50 Thanks to injuries, this trade I made for Cook proved to be the first in a long line of 2018 mistakes. Then to really drive the stake into my heart, once I dumped him off to Matt, he became one of the best backs in football in the final six weeks, leading Neatock to a title.
#23 DON – T.Y. Hilton WR-IND | POSITION RANK: #19 Health kept Hilton from returning to greatness with the return of Andrew Luck. He missed two games and looked hurt in others, occasionally showing flashes of his former self (398 in week 14 against the Texans). My money says he slips to the third round in next year’s draft.
#24 MARC – Amari Cooper WR-OAK | POSITION RANK: #26 While his end-of-season ranking won’t impress the people of the future, who will one day stumble upon this web site, Cooper proved to be a wonderful “don’t panic” story for Pattini. Prior to his trade to Dallas, Cooper looked like a real bust. He averaged just 106 points per game and was shutout in week six against Seattle. I wouldn’t have blamed Marc one bit if he cut Cooper. Yet, after the trade, he became one of the best hands in football. In Pattini’s final six games of his season, Cooper averaged a solid 269 PPG.
ROUND 3
#25 MARC – Lamar Miller RB-HOU | POSITION RANK: #15 For six weeks, like Cooper one spot earlier, Miller looked like a bust. He failed to rush for 100 yards and scored just one receiving touchdown. However, in week seven, he finally kicked it into another gear and was a pretty solid running back down the stretch. He averaged a solid 245 PPG in Marc’s final seven games.
#26 DON – Russell Wilson QB-SEA | POSITION RANK: #10 With the Seahawks offense switching to a boring “run first, run again, perhaps one more time” approach, Russel Wilsons’ numbers dipped hard. Last year’s top quarterback barely finished among the top ten. It took him six weeks to break 300, although once he did, it sort of became his thing.
#27 ROBIO – Doug Baldwin WR-SEA | POSITION RANK: #70 He was hurt coming into the season. I knew that. I ignored that. Perhaps I shouldn’t have. In the 13 games I had him on my roster, he caught 37 balls.
#28 COLBY – Jerick McKinnon RB-SF | POSITION RANK: N/A This year’s winner of the Domanick Davis award goes to Jerick McKinnon. This reward goes to the highly drafted player who suffers a season-ending injury in preseason. The award is named after the former Texan, who became the first ever first-round pick to have a season-ending injury before week one.
#29 RICH B – Tom Brady QB-NE | POSITION RANK: #14 Like so many former greats (Rodgers, Wilson), Brady’s fantasy stats fell off a cliff. He failed to crack the top-10 for the first time in a decade. He was particularly bad down the stretch, averaging jut 230 fantasy points per game, helping to keep Burrier from the postseason party.
#30 GRIFF – Royce Freeman RB-DEN | POSITION RANK: #45 Talk about a monumental bust. It’s one thing if you draft a star and he gets hurt, like when Griff drafted Devonta Freeman in round one, but in this case, he simply missed the wrong guy in Denver’s backfield. While Philip Lindsay became a stud this season, Freeman was his backup, receiving just 130 carries for 521 yards. Of course, Griff’s greatest mistake was not spending the money to grab Lindsay after it was clear who the man would be in Denver.
#31 ROB M – Larry Fitzgerald WR-ARI | POSITION RANK: #42 What happens when you mix an aging superstar with Drew Rosen? This. This is what happens. Fitzgerald’s 734 yards was his worst ever for a season.
#32 RICH C – Brandin Cooks WR-LAR | POSITION RANK: #13 Officially, Cooks was just the second best receiver on the Rams, as Robert Woods finished 11th among all receivers. Of course, Rich doesn’t have to feel too bad. Cooks finished 13th and was a must start all season long.
#33 ERIC – Kerryon Johnson RB-DET | POSITION RANK: #23 Flashes. That’s all you can say about the rookie back. He became the first Lions’ running back to rush for 100 yards in game since prohibition and showed he could dominate if given the ball (like his 179 yards on 21 touches in week seven). The problem? He never got the workload. Despite averaging 5.4 yards per carry, Johnson only carried the ball 118 times through 11 weeks, before a season-ending injury.
#34 JEFF – Melvin Gordon RB-LAC (Keeper) | POSITION RANK: #7 History will look back at this pick in 2016 and think good thoughts. With a third-round pick, Jeff landed a running back who finished among the top seven in each of his three seasons with the ‘Blatts. This season he easily would have earned a third straight All-Robio award if it wasn’t for injuries costing him two games.
#35 BOB – Carlos Hyde RB-CLE | POSITION RANK: #38 For a brief moment, this looked like a nice sleeper steal. He scored 190, 160, 326 and 224 in the first month of the season. Yet, in two weeks he would be shipped off to Jacksonville and would disappear from fantasy forever? He averaged just 56 points per game with the Jaguars.
#36 MATT – Demaryius Thomas WR-DEN | POSITION RANK: #40 Remember when this guy was an elite wide receiver? After struggling as a second option in Denver, he was shipped off to Houston where he apparently entered the Witness Protection Program…gone forever.
ROUND 4
#37 MATT – Jarvis Landry WR-CLE | POSITION RANK: #27 We’re entering the fourth round and we finally get to a player who actually was drafted by the champ and played in the championship game. All and all, Landry was so-so at best, barely qualifying as a low-end WR2, only starting because A.J. Green was hurt and Demaryius Thomas was even a bigger bust.
#38 BOB – Evan Engram TE-NYG | POSITION RANK: #24 Drafted as a elite tight end, but injuries and a inefficient Giants offense turned Engram into a afterthought. He missed five games due to injury and by the time he started to produce, Bob’s season had already ended.
#39 JEFF – Allen Robinson WR-CHI | POSITION RANK: #39 This guy is still in the league? Take away his surprising six catch, 133 yards and two score game against the Lions in week ten and I can’t blame anyone for forgetting about him. By season’s end he was sitting on Colby’s bench.
#40 ERIC – Stefon Diggs WR-MIN (Keeper) | POSITION RANK: #16 He produced four 100-yard games, scoring five touchdowns in those contests, giving him 1,254 points. Unfortunately for Eric, Diggs has the Vikings second best receiver an he only had 900 fantasy points in his other nine regular season games.
#41 RICH C – DeAndre Hopkins WR-HOU (Keeper) | POSITION RANK: #8 While there was a slight drop off from his 2017 All-Robio campaign, Hopkins proved to be a great fourth round keeper for Calderon. A must-start, he had a career high 1,573 yards on the season.
#42 ROB M – Cam Newton QB-CAR | POSITION RANK: #2 Despite playing through injuries all season long, Newton still managed to finish the year behind only Patrick Mahomes, despite the fact he failed to hit 4,000 yards passing on the season and only through 11 more touchdowns than interceptions. Of course, his legs always help. Newton rushed for 488 yards and four scores (+1,256 fantasy points).
#43 GRIFF – Drew Brees QB-NO | POSITION RANK: #3 The ageless wonder continues to baffle the fantasy world. Thanks to throwing 32 touchdowns to just five interceptions, the Saints quarterback earned his seventh career All-Robio award, second only to Peyton Manning.
#44 RICH B – Cooper Kupp WR-LAR | POSITION RANK: #30 Despite playing the slot and third fiddle to Cooks and Woods, Kupp managed to put together a solid season. Before shredding up his ACL, he was on pace for nearly 1,200 yards and 12 scores. If he really could have kept up that pace, he would have finished the season as the 13th best back in fantasy.
#45 COLBY – Travis Kelce TE-KC (Keeper) | POSITION RANK: #1 Taken in the fourth round in the 206 draft, Kelce proved to be an excellent decision that paid off for three years. Sure, you want your keeper tight ends to be a little later in the draft, but in three years with the Colby, Kelce earned one 2nd-team All-Robio award and two 1st-team All-Robio awards. This season he scored 2,674, which would have been good enough to give him a third-team All-Robio award at receiver.
#46 ROBIO – Chris Hogan WR-NE | POSITION RANK: #69 Think about how it all went wrong. Yes, trading the guy one pick below began the downfall, but I panic early in the season because I had zero receivers. Hogan will end up being just a footnote in the Patrick Mahomes saga, as he was included in my trade with Colby. Eventually, Colby would send him back to where he belong…the free agent pool.
#47 DON – Tyreek Hill WR-KC (Keeper) | POSITION RANK: #1 Talk about falling into your lap. Don traded away Dalvin Cook, a running back who struggled to stay healthy all season long, for the top wide receiver in the best offense in football…and can keep him again next year.
#48 MARC – Michael Crabtree WR-BAL | POSITION RANK: #49 Amazing sometimes the difference between picks. With pick #47, Don gets the top receiver in football. With pick #48, Marc does not.
ROUND 5
#49 MARC – Ben Roethlisberger QB-PIT | POSITION RANK: #4 Big Ben has been in a quarterback since 2004. He’s been a pretty good one most of the time, maybe even elite. Yet, he has two more career rape accusations than All-Robio awards. In case you’ve lost count, Roethlisberger has zero All-Robio awards. That’s a bit stunning. Christ, Steve Beuerlein has one. This year, Ben finished fourth, which is his career best finish among all quarterbacks.
#50 DON – Golden Tate WR-DET | POSITION RANK: #23 With the Lions offense being hamstring by the fact that they are the Lions offense, Tate never really kicked into high gear in 2018. Through a month, he did have two 100-yard games and three scores, but after that, no 100-yard games and only one touchdown. He lived on Don’s bench.
#51 ROBIO – Trey Burton TE-CHI | POSITION RANK: #10 I pegged him as a sleeper, but he never woke up. Burton barely cracked the top-10. He did start for me most of the year, but that says more about how bad my team was.
#52 COLBY – Marvin Jones WR-DET | POSITION RANK: #44 The second Lions receiver to go in the fifth round and this one did worse than the first one. He broke 70 yards receiving just once, before getting knocked to the IR in week 11.
#53 RICH B -Corey Davis WR-TEN | POSITION RANK: #21 Projected to be a potential stud receiver, Davis did improve upon his rookie season. He had over 500 more yards and six more scores. Of course, that rookie year was pretty bad, as he had just 375 yards and no touchdowns. Either this guy hits 1,000 next season or he stops being drafted this early.
#54 GRIFF – Greg Olsen TE-CAR | POSITION RANK: #18 Injury once again derailed Griff’s chances early. Not only did he lose Freeman, but Coomer lost Olsen in week one. The Panthers tight end did come back for a bit, but by then, Griff had cut him and he was living on Calderon’s bench.
#55 ROB M – Julian Edelman WR-NE | POSITION RANK: #35 Nothing better than a guy winning Super Bowl MVP, the same season he was suspended for taking performing enhancement drugs. Am I right or am I right? Anyhow, coming off his suspension, Edelman was slow to regain his step, but by week eight, he was a solid start, breaking 200 in five of Rob’s last six games. Put it this way, if he played a full regular season and kept up that kind of production, he would have finished as the 12th best receiver, just ahead of Keenan Allen.
#56 RICH C – Mark Ingram RB-NO | POSITION RANK: #34 I guess round five is where we draft the suspended players. After serving a four-game suspension, Ingram returned in week five with a solid 266. Yet, outside of a pair of 300-point games in weeks 10-11, he was mostly the guy stealing touches away from Kamara.
#57 ERIC – Delanie Walker TE-TEN | POSITION RANK: #83 Well, that ended quickly. The Titans old man tight end caught four balls for 52 yards in the first half of the first game of the season, got hurt and his season was over.
#58 JEFF – Marshawn Lynch RB-OAK | POSITION RANK: #46 At his age Lynch was a reach at best and when he was healthy he was okay, averaging 225 through four games. Yet, by week six he was gone for the year.
#59 BOB – Rex Burkhead RB-NE | POSITION RANK: #81 The first Patriot running back taken proved to be the wrong Patriot back taken. Burkhead played just three games before injuries knocked him out for ten weeks.
#60 MATT – Jamaal Williams RB-GB | POSITION RANK: #59 The first Packer running back taken proved to be the wrong Packer back taken. After scurrying around for 108 yards in his two starts, once Aaron Jones returned, Williams was a handcuff only.
ROUND 6
#61 MATT – Peyton Barber RB-TB | POSITION RANK: #28 In one of the strangest fantasy seasons ever…Barber was named the starter in Tampa, kept his starting job all season despite the fact he averaged just 3.7 yards per carry and would never even come close to sniffing 1,000 yards, but if it wasn’t for Matt’s trade with me, Barber would have been starting for Neatock at the end of the year.
#62 BOB – Chris Carson RB-SEA | POSITION RANK: #24 Like Barber above, Carson was named the starter in the preseason, but was not projected to keep that spot for long. Yet, outside of a couple games where he was hurt, Carson remained the starter. Of course, Bob ended up shipping him to Griff in the Michael Thomas trade. Oddly enough, Carson was one of the best backs in football during the fantasy playoffs, averaging 247 points per game those weeks. Too bad for Coomer, his season was already over.
#63 JEFF – Kenyan Drake RB-MIA (Keeper) | POSITION RANK: #22 After a strong finish to 2017, Drake looked great (as a keeper in 2018, but outside some decent receiving numbers (477 receiving yards and five receiving touchdowns), he was a terrible fantasy running back. Despite averaging 4.5 yards per carry, he only got 120 carries and backed up Frank Gore down the stretch. Yes, Frank Gore, who was a backup running back for the 2001 Miami Hurricanes/National Champs.
#64 ERIC – Chris Thompson RB-WAS (Keeper) | POSITION RANK: #65 Once again, injuries jumped up and bit Thompson on the ass. He had just 43 carries on the entire season, missing six games.
#65 RICH C – Derrick Henry RB-TEN (Keeper) | POSITION RANK: #36 Derrick Henry put together a Ron Dayne, circa 2006 season this year. He did absolutely nothing all season long, but then in the fantasy playoffs, became one of the best backs in football with 716 fantasy points in our quarterfinals, 464 in our semifinals and 244 in our finals. Of course, he was just a free agent when he broke out and the Matt picked him up and sat him on his bench.
#66 ROB M – Marlon Mack RB-IND | POSITION RANK: #27 After getting just 22 carries through five weeks (he missed three due to injury), it was a bit surprising to see him still on Masterson’s roster, yet the he busted out back-to-back 400-point fantasy games and Rob was suddenly willing to trade McCaffrey. His 1,011 total yards and ten scores were career highs, but I’d be shocked if the Colts don’t bring another back in next year.
#67 GRIFF – Pierre Garcon WR-SF | POSITION RANK: #93 Did you know that Garcon has had only two career 1,000-yard seasons? This season was not one of them.
#68 RICH B – Jay Ajayi RB-PHI (Keeper) | POSITION RANK: #71 Four different running backs were kept in this round. It’s an important keeper, because if you can get a starting running back in round six, you’re golden. Unfortunately, all four were busts. At least Ajayi has an excuse. he tore his ACL in week five, although it’s not like he was lighting the world on fire before that.
#69 COLBY – Kirk Cousins QB-MIN | POSITION RANK: #13 The greatest pick ever. Why? Because it landed him Patrick Mahomes. Yet, oddly enough, it was Kirk Cousins, who was the starting quarterback for the 2018 champion…Matt Neatock.
#70 ROBIO – Alshon Jeffery WR-PHI | POSITION RANK: #51 Like half my roster, he did almost nothing for me, but as soon as he was traded to Matt, became an elite, championship-caliber wide receiver. His contribution…he scored 320 fantasy points in Neatock’s semifinals upset over Pattini.
#71 DON – Dion Lewis RB-TEN | POSITION RANK: #30 When your the lightening in the “thunder & lightening” backfield, it’s hard to scary people off when your Titans offense is only capable of light showers.
#72 MARC – Sammy Watkins WR-KC | POSITION RANK: #43 A shift to Kansas City couldn’t do anything about Watkins inability to stay healthy and stay on the field. He lived on Marc’s bench in 2018.
ROUND 7
#73 MARC – JuJu Smith-Schuster WR-PIT (Keeper) | POSITION RANK: #10 Great teams are made by great decisions before the season started. I thought Marc should have kept a running back in category two. To the surprise of no one, I was wrong. Smith-Schuster looked like the best wide receiver in Pittsburgh for most of the season.
#74 DON – Kyle Rudolph TE-MIN | POSITION RANK: #14 Rudolph was never a good tight end option this season, yet when Don cut him during his bye, he might have cost him a shot at the title. Don’s tight end spot became a black hole. In the semifinals where he lost to Calderon by just 76 points, his starting tight end scored only 28 fantasy points.
#75 ROBIO – Josh Gordon WR-NE (Keeper) | POSITION RANK: #33 What a fucking tool. I’m talking about me, not Josh Gordon. He clearly suffers from a horrible disease called addiction. Me, I’m just a moron for keeping him and actually starting him for most of the season.
#76 COLBY – Robby Anderson WR-NYJ | POSITION RANK: #66 After a sexy end to the 2017 season, Anderson was a popular sleeper pick. But once again, this sleeping beauty napped until December, failing to catch five balls in a game until week 15. Colby cut him in week three.
#77 RICH B – Emmanuel Sanders WR-DEN | POSITION RANK: #15 This actually turned out to be a solid pick. Sanders was a high-end WR2 all season long, taking over the lead receiver role in Denver. He had 71 catches and 868 yards by week thirteen, only get held down by four touchdowns on the season.
#78 GRIFF – Rashaad Penny RB-SEA | POSITION RANK: #51 Don’t blame Griff for this pick. Instead, what the fuck was Seattle thinking? They drafted a running back that was projected to be a late second, early third-round pick in the first round and then barely played him. Griff eventually cut him in week nine, after it was clear he wasn’t even Chris Carson’s handcuff.
#79 ROB M – Robert Woods WR-LAR (Keeper) | POSITION RANK: #11 After 781 yards and three touchdowns (in 12 games) in 2017, Woods did not look like the kind of keeper you brought home to mamma. Yet, with the Rams offense clicking, he proved to be a weekly must-start, finishing with a career high 1,219 yards.
#80 RICH C – David Njoku TE-CLE | POSITION RANK: #13 He was better in 2018 than he was in 2017, but we need to see more or he’s just a black Kyle Rudolph.
#81 ERIC – Will Fuller WR-HOU | POSITION RANK: #50 Last year, Fuller started his career with two 100-yard games and then couldn’t stay healthy. In 2018, he started his season with two 100-yard games, but after a third in week eight, kissed his season goodbye with a ACL injury.
#82 JEFF – Sony Michel RB-NE | POSITION RANK: #29 We’ll have to take a wait-and-see approach with Michel. There is no doubt, when given the ball, he can do good things. The six times he was given at least 18 touches, he produced over 100 yards five times, scoring six times. Unfortunately, the Pats backfield remained crowded as ever.
#83 BOB – Marquise Goodwin WR-SF (Keeper) | POSITION RANK: #67 After a breakout 2017 season, Goodwin was a popular sleeper pick (or in this case, keeper). Yet, injuries to him and his quarterback crushed his season. He was gone off Bob’s roster by week four.
#84 MATT – Zach Ertz TE-PHI (Keeper) | POSITION RANK: #2 A three-year keeper, Ertz was a big reason for Matt’s postseason success the past two years. A year after earning a third-team All-Robio award, Ertz earned a second-team award. Next season, he won’t be around in the 7th round.
ROUND 8
#85 MATT – Nelson Agholor WR-PHI | POSITION RANK: #53 It wouldn’t be a season of Neatock without him having at least three Eagles on his opening day roster.
#86 BOB – Jamison Crowder WR-WAS | POSITION RANK: #110 He played in only four games, before injuries cost him most of the rest of the season.
#87 JEFF – Matthew Stafford QB-DET | POSITION RANK: #22 Let’s be honest, this is the pick that probably cost Jeff a playoff shot. Quarterback was a sore spot all season. Eventually Greenblatt would get his hands on Philip Rivers but he had to give up Beckham to get him. Instead, he should have drafted here the guy taken two picks later. If he did that, the quarterback spot is not a problem.
#88 ERIC – Ronald Jones RB-TB | POSITION RANK: #86 The opportunity was there. Peyton Barber was not a good starting running back. Yet, the star USC running back was never able to come close to stealing the spot. He had just 23 carries for 44 yards, averaging a fucking awful 1.9 yards per carry.
#89 RICH C – Andrew Luck QB-IND | POSITION RANK: #6 After a slow first three weeks of the season, Luck ended up being one of the best quarterbacks in all of fantasy land. He scored over 300 in 10 of Rich’s final 12 games, helping to lead him back to his fourth career title game.
#90 ROB M – Jordan Reed TE-WAS | POSITION RANK: #8 For once, he sort of stayed healthy, but with the quarterback spot one more broken leg from starting me at quarterback, there was only so much Reed could do. He never reached 80 yards in a game, scoring just twice all season.
#91 GRIFF – Jaguars DST-JAC | POSITION RANK: #8 Easily projected to once again be the league’s best defense, the Jaguars defense was about ass effective as Griff’s first marriage.
#92 RICH B – Jimmy Garoppolo QB-SF | POSITION RANK: #37 He failed to last three games and the next great quarterback would need to wait one more year.
#93 COLBY – Kenny Stills WR-MIA | POSITION RANK: #61 Historical footnote…this is what I wanted in the Patrick Mahomes trade. That worked out well. I cut him in week seven.
#94 ROBIO – Aaron Jones RB-GB | POSITION RANK: #18 About the only thing I did right in 2018. Too bad his head coach never realized what he had. In that offense, he should easily be a top-eight running back.
#96 MARC – Eric Ebron TE-IND | POSITION RANK: #4 Another solid pick by Pattini. Doyle was projected to be the star tight end in Indy, but thanks to his early season injuries, Ebron jumped him and had his best season ever, thanks to a stunning 13 touchdowns, tops among all tight ends.
ROUND 9
#97 MARC – Tarik Cohen RB-CHI | POSITION RANK: #14 So much for Jordan Howard, as Cohen has become the top back in Chicago. Of course, he’s not going to do it on the ground (he had one 50+ yard game rushing), but instead in the air. On the season, Cohen had 71 catches for 725 yards, giving him 1,169 total yards.
#98 DON – Jordy Nelson WR-OAK | POSITION RANK: #58 After doing nothing all season, Nelson looked competent down the stretch, with four 75+ yard games post-week 13. However, we have to believe if he keeps playing, those numbers will continue to dip. Somehow, Don kept a spot on his roster for this guy all season.
#99 ROBIO – Patrick Mahomes QB-KC | POSITION RANK: #1 His 426 points per game is the fifth most ever scored by a player in a single season. Too bad I didn’t recognize the greatness. I shipped him to Colby after just one week and one team went on to score the most points in league history and one missed the playoffs. Guess which one did which.
#100 COLBY – Isaiah Crowell RB-NYJ | POSITION RANK: #19 Yeah, I was as surprise as the next guy to learn that Crowell finished among the top-10 in fantasy running backs. He sure didn’t seem that good. Of course, 25% his stats came in week five, when he scored 522 points against Denver. Two weeks after that game, he was shipped to Bob as a secondary piece and lived on Castrone’s bench.
#101 RICH B – Randall Cobb WR-GB | POSITION RANK: #101 Is it any surprise that bad teams have their bench littered with useless players? After a 9-142-1 game in week one, Cobb did absolutely nothing. He missed a ton of games and when he did play, he was barely involved in the Packers passing game, yet Burrier kept a home on his pine for Cobb all season long.
#102 GRIFF – Sterling Shepard WR-NYG | POSITION RANK: #32 His stats ticked back up in season three, but it doesn’t appear Shepard is ever going to be a fantasy worthy back. He sat on Griff’s bench all season long.
#103 ROB M – Adrian Peterson RB-WAS | POSITION RANK: #12 Was Purple Jesus even the Redskins yet when we drafted? I can’t remember. Anyhow, Peterson proved to be a solid filler back, capable of putting up decent numbers against the right foe. He rushed for over 1,000 yards for the first time since 2015, thanks to 250 carries on the season.
#104 RICH C – Matt Ryan QB-ATL | POSITION RANK: #7 Another great find by Calderon. Ryan actually started most of the season, before Luck got hot and Ryan cooled down the stretch. Still, on the season, Ryan nearly threw for 5,000 yards and had 35 touchdowns to just seven interceptions.
#105 ERIC – Calvin Ridley WR-ATL | POSITION RANK: #22 The rookie out of Alabama proved to be quite a find, as Ridley finished the year as a low-end WR2. At times this season, because he could find the end zone and Julio Jones couldn’t, he was the better option in Atlanta. Of course, Eric had both and was a rare bird this season, starting two wide receivers from the same team. I can recall that happening only one other time (Colby, when he started two Bears’ receivers).
#106 JEFF – Kelvin Benjamin WR-BUF | POSITION RANK: #81 Three other Chargers receivers were better options (all three had already been taken). Jeff cut him in week two for Will Dissly.
#107 BOB – Chris Godwin WR-TB | POSITION RANK: #25 He opened the season with three straight games with a touchdown and managed a pair of 100-yard games, but he’s just not consistent enough in Tampa to earn a starting spot. He lived on Bob’s bench.
#108 MATT – Vikings DST-MIN | POSITION RANK: #4 A good spot to get the 4th best defense. The Vikings produced 50 sacks on the season, forcing 20 turnovers and scoring three times.
ROUND 10
#109 MATT – Jared Goff QB-LAR | POSITION RANK: #5 Forget the Super Bowl, Goff was a great find for Matt this season late in category two. Oddly enough, because Neatock also had Carson Wentz, he had to make a decision at quarterback weekly and more often than not, he guessed wrong. Oddly enough, it was Kirk Cousins who led him to his championship; the same Cousins I received in the Mahomes trade.
#110 BOB – Philip Rivers QB-LAC | POSITION RANK: #8 He had a fine season, but his sole purpose was to help Bob land Odell Beckham, which he did in week ten.
#111 JEFF – Chargers DST-LAC | POSITION RANK: #10 The third defense taken ended up backing up the Texans, who Jeff picked up in week five.
#112 ERIC – Devin Funchess WR-CAR | POSITION RANK: #46 He proved to not even be Cam Newton’s fifth favorite target.
#113 RICH C – Nick Chubb RB-CLE | POSITION RANK: #16 With a crowded backfield in Cleveland, it was unclear how Chubb would breakthrough, but when Hyde was shipped off in, Chubb became one of the better backs in football. He finished the season with eight 200-point fantasy games, including a stunning 538 in week ten. If you take his rushing totals for the games he was a starter and added it up for a full year, he would have rushed for 1,317 yards.
#114 ROB M – Keelan Cole WR-JAC | POSITION RANK: #79 He had one 100-yard game, last four weeks and enjoyed the rest of the season as a free agent.
#115 GRIFF – Devontae Booker RB-DEN | POSITION RANK: #66 Just imagine how different Griff’s season could have been if he grabbed Phillip Lindsay here as Royce Freeman’s handcuff.
#116 RICH B – Duke Johnson RB-CLE | POSITION RANK: #41 He was cut in week two, picked up by Colby in week three and never sniffed the starting lineup. He had career lows in rushing attempts, yards, receptions and receiving yards.
#117 COLBY – Rams DST-LAR (Keeper) | POSITION RANK: #9 In reality, finishing 9th is a bit underwhelming. They only had 41 sacks and struggled to stop the run. However, 31 forced turnovers certainly kept them in the top-10.
#118 ROBIO – Dak Prescott QB-DAL | POSITION RANK: #15 I drafted him as insurance in case Mahomes didn’t pan out. Silly me. I cut him in week two in my desperate search for a wide receiver.
#120 MARC – C.J. Anderson RB-CAR | POSITION RANK: #80 Cut by the Panthers, Anderson was forgotten about until he sub in for an injured Gurley and scored 384 fantasy points in what would be our championship game. Of course, he was just a free agent back in our league by then.
ROUND 11
#121 MARC – Mike Gesicki TE-MIA | POSITION RANK: #57 the not ready for prime time tight end was targeted just 32 times. Fortunately Marc had no need for him.
#122 DON – DJ Moore WR-CAR | POSITION RANK: #28 The rookie wideout took a little while to get going, but was arguable the best rookie pair of hands by season’s end. He had a 258-point effort in week eight, followed by 374 against the Lions in week 11.
#123 ROBIO – Jordan Wilkins RB-IND | POSITION RANK: #64 There was an opportunity to be the starting back in Indy, but Wilkins was unable to take advantage of it and eventually sat behind Mack.
#124 COLBY – Matt Breida RB-SF | POSITION RANK: #17 Always take your handcuffs. It’s a lesson as old as time. Yet, few follow through. Fortunately Colby did. With McKinnon out for the year, Breida looked like a absolute steal when he produced a 378-point game and a 234-point game in weeks two and three. Yet, he was never able to be a consistent point getter. It would be seven more weeks before he would break 200 points a third time, as he battled nagging injuries throughout the season.
#125 RICH B – Corey Clement RB-PHI | POSITION RANK: #48 With Jay Ajayi out for the season, the Eagles went committee, making Clement worthless. Burrier gave up on him in week nine.
#126 GRIFF – Michael Thomas WR-NO (Keeper) | POSITION RANK: #7 After finishing 17th and 12th in receiving his first two seasons, Thomas looked like he was ready to make that jump to elite status. That’s about what happened, as Thomas finished 2018 as the 7th best receiver. However, desperate for a running back, Griff shipped him to Bob in week seven. Oddly enough, his numbers dipped with the four-time champion. He had just one 100-yard game with the Sweethearts.
#127 ROB M – Bilal Powell RB-NYJ | POSITION RANK: #55 He lived life as Crowell’s backup, before joining the IR in week eight. Good times.
#128 RICH C – Ravens DST-BAL | POSITION RANK: #2 The Ravens D dominated in week one with 299 fantasy points. Then they scored -11 the following week. That’s all Calderon wanted to see. He cut them. Three weeks later, I picked them up and enjoyed the second best defense in football.
#129 ERIC – Courtland Sutton WR-DEN | POSITION RANK: #45 A 4-catch, 85 yards and touchdown performance against the Bengals in week thirteen was the highlight of the season. Perhaps he’s the best wideout option in Denver next year. Of course, that might not mean much.
#130 JEFF – Jack Doyle TE-IND | POSITION RANK: #32 A projected sleeper, he struggled to stay healthy and relented his top TE spot to Ebron. Jeff cut him in week four. Masterson had him for a couple weeks, but then eventually sent him packing.
#131 BOB – Dez Bryant WR-FA | POSITION RANK: N/A Yeah, that didn’t workout.
#132 MATT – Frank Gore RB-MIA| POSITION RANK: #33 He was actually the starter in Miami down the stretch, but that meant little. Worse yet, Matt actually was started Gore. If he didn’t pull off his trade with me, he would have rode Gore to a non-playoff season.
ROUND 12
#133 MATT – Doug Martin RB-OAK | POSITION RANK: #44 By the time he became the starter, he was on Bob’s squad. He was always fine, never great. By the time he had his first 100-yard game, Bob’s season was already over.
#134 BOB – Michael Gallup WR-DAL | POSITION RANK: #75 It took him 13 weeks to catch more than three balls in a game. Bob gave up on him in week six.
#135 JEFF – Anthony Miller WR-CHI | POSITION RANK: #52 Cut in week one, Jeff added him back in week 11. He finished with jut 423 yards on the season, 29% of that came in one game.
#136 ERIC – Kalen Ballage RB-MIA | POSITION RANK: #111 Through 14 weeks, Ballage had 8 carries for 11 yards. Then in week 15 he got 123 yards on 12 carries. Go figure.
#137 RICH C – Kenny Golladay WR-DET | POSITION RANK: #18 Despite being the “third” receiver on the Lions, Golladay was the most productive, breaking 1,000 yards on the season.
#138 ROB M – Broncos DST-DEN | POSITION RANK: #16 They gave up 219 yards rushing to Isaiah Crowell. Nothing else needs to be said.
#139 GRIFF – DeSean Jackson WR-TB | POSITION RANK: #20 He still averaged 18.9 yards per catch, which is pretty amazing for a 32-year-old man, but with only 41 receptions, DeSean should never be near your starting lineup.
#140 RICH B – Ty Montgomery RB-GB | POSITION RANK: #60 One fumble and he was shipped out of Green Bay.
#141 COLBY – Nyheim Hines RB-IND | POSITION RANK: #39 He was better than Jordan Wilkins. That’s about all that can be said about him. Cut in week five, brought back in week 12 to sit on the bench.
#142 ROBIO – Texans DST-HOU | POSITION RANK: #3 After averaging just 71 points per contest, they were let go for the Ravens, but like so many players who left Robio’s team, the Texans were solid post-Rob, averaging 173 points per game.
#143 DON – James White RB-NE | POSITION RANK: #11 Once again relying on receptions, White cracked the top-12 among all backs, ending the season with 87 receptions for 751 yards and seven scores. In total, he finished with 1,176 yards and 12 scores. He ended up being a midseason starter for Don and a solid backup come playoff time.
#144 MARC – Steelers DST-PIT | POSITION RANK: #7 After a little hit-and-miss to open the season (1-point in week two, 15 in week four), the Steelers D hit a nice grove, averaging 179 in their next six. However, down the stretch, they failed to break 108 in Marc’s final five games.
ROUND 13
#146 DON – Alvin Kamara RB-NO (Keeper) | POSITION RANK: #5 The Kamara trade in 2017 was a big reason Don returned to the playoffs in 2018, but he was certainly better without Ingram. In the season’s first month, Kamara averaged 406 points per game (a league best). Over the next three weeks, his numbers dipped with Ingram back (187 PPG). However, e regrouped in his next three, averaging 337, before averaging 200 in Don’s final four.
#147 ROBIO – O.J. Howard TE-TB (Keeper) | POSITION RANK: #6 Honestly, I have no idea how he finished among the top six. He never got 100 yards receiving in a game, he was shutout once and didn’t even play in the final two games of the regular season. By then, he was sitting on Griff’s bench.
#148 COLBY – Tevin Coleman RB-ATL (Keeper) | POSITION RANK: #21 Let’s call this what it is…a massive waste of a situation. The opportunity was perfect for Coleman. Devonta Freeman was knocked out in week one and missed almost the rest of the season, thus he was the primary back in a offense that would never face a 8-man front. Yet, outside of one 432-point effort in week nine, Coleman was a average back at best. He only got 167 carries and despite being known as a solid receiver, caught just two balls per game on the season.
#149 RICH B – Mike Williams WR-LAC | POSITION RANK: #38 Thanks to touchdowns, Williams remains a massive hit-or-miss receiver. Yeah, he caught 10 touchdowns on the season, but only 43 balls total, meaning nearly 1 and 4 catches were for a score.
#150 GRIFF – Cameron Brate TE-TB | POSITION RANK: #25 Looks like this was the season Brate finally fell behind O.J. Howard. He never caught more than three balls in a game and never sniffed 50 yards in any contest.
#151 ROB M – Jimmy Graham TE-GB (Keeper) | POSITION RANK: #9 How does a target like Jimmy Graham only catch two touchdowns on the season with Aaron Rodgers at quarterback? Masterson started him all season and probably wished he wasn’t.
#152 RICH C – Adam Thielen WR-MIN (Keeper) | POSITION RANK: #2 For eight weeks, there was nothing finer. Thielen opened the season with eight straight 100-yard games and he scored a touchdown in seven of his first nine contests. Yet, in his final eight, he was awful, averaging just 56 yards per game, with just two touchdowns after week nine. He still earned a first-team All-Robio, but come playoff time, he was a liability.
#153 ERIC – Stephen Gostkowski K-NE | POSITION RANK: #9 Once again, Eric takes the first kicker and once again it’s Gostkowski. However, this season it didn’t payoff. He made just 27 field goals on the year.
#154 JEFF – Austin Ekeler RB-LAC | POSITION RANK: #25 A worthy handcuff that actually performed well when forced to step into duty.
#155 BOB – Saints DST-NO | POSITION RANK: #12 For a good nine weeks, the Saints D was pretty shitty, but down the stretch, they were one of the best. From week 10 through our semifinals, they averaged 207 points per game.
#156 MATT – James Conner RB-PIT | POSITION RANK: #6 This, it turns out, proved to be the pick that handed Matt his second title. With Bell holding out, it’s a bit of a surprise no jumped on this early (including Matt), but without this pick, Matt probably wins 2 games all season. Through nine weeks, Conner was the second best back in fantasy, averaging 332 points per game. Yet, most importantly, Neatock was able to ship Conner and others off for half of my team. Of course, Conner would get hurt just three weeks later, while Matt’s new pieces lead Neatock back to the promise land. Knowing my luck, the Steelers will end up drafting a new running back and Conner will be worthless.
ROUND 14
#157 MATT – Carson Wentz QB-PHI (Keeper) | POSITION RANK: #17 He came back, but never looked the same, proving once again it takes a year to recover from a ACL injury. He got a few spot starts for Matt, but never the right starts. He was eventually part of the Robio trade.
#158 BOB – Deshaun Watson QB-HOU (Keeper) | POSITION RANK: #11 I have to say, Watson was a disappointment in 2018. As a rookie, the dude was nearly averaging 500 per contest. However, this season, he struggled with consistency, taking too many sacks and failing to score enough touchdowns. Like Wentz above though, I’d like to see what he does with one year post-ACL under his belt.
#159 JEFF – Justin Tucker K-BAL | POSITION RANK: #4 He missed four field goals, which seems like a lot for Tucker, plus his first career extra point miss, but he still crashed the top-four thanks to 39 attempted field goals.
#160 ERIC – Lions DST-DET | POSITION RANK: #22 Like so many former Patriots assistant coaches, Matt Patricia bombed in his first year in Detroit. Eric at least realized it quickly and dumped them in week two (Marc picked them up in week 7).
#161 RICH C – Derrius Guice RB-WAS | POSITION RANK: N/A Sit and wait until next season.
#162 ROB M – Greg Zuerlein K-LAR | POSITION RANK: #17 Injuries cost him four games and might have something to do with his four missed field goals. It’s pretty amazing we consider four missed field goals by this guy to be a bad year. In his fist four seasons in the league, he missed 26 field goals, but just 14 in his last four.
#163 GRIFF – Tyler Lockett WR-SEA | POSITION RANK: #17 Thanks to a offense that abandoned the pass, Locket was the hot potato no one wanted. Griff cut him before the season started. Masterson picked him up in week two and kept him around for eight weeks before cutting him. Colby ended up taking him and starting him down the stretch. In total, he finished with 965 yards and 10 scores and could be a solid category three keeper in 2019.
#164 RICH B – Josh Doctson WR-WAS (Keeper) | POSITION RANK: #71 How bad did things get for Burrier, the lowest scoring team in the league? He actually had to start Doctson down the stretch, despite the fact, he finished outside the top-70 among all receivers, despite only missing one game due to injury.
#165 COLBY – John Brown WR-BAL | POSITION RANK: #29 For a hot minute, Brown looked like a steal. He scored 244 in week two, 298 in week four and 328 in week seven. However, the rest of the way he was junk, averaging just 42 fantasy points per game after week eight.
#166 ROBIO – Robbie Gould K-SF | POSITION RANK: #8 He actually made 33 of his 34 field goal attempts, but when he hit his bye, I dumped him for someone younger and sexier and no bothered to pick him up.
#167 DON – Matt Bryant K-ATL | POSITION RANK: #18 He got hurt in week six, missed three games, was cut by Don and no one cared about him. He did make all but one of his 21 field goals.
#168 MARC – Jake Elliott K-PHI | POSITION RANK: #23 Last year he was nearly an All-Robio kicker. This season he only made 26 field goals and missed three extra points.
ROUND 15
#169 MARC – Tyler Eifert TE-CIN | POSITION RANK: #39 He lasted four games before being knocked out for the season. Since his rookie campaign in 2013, Eifert has missed 52 out of 80 possible games.
#170 DON – LeGarrette Blount RB-DET | POSITION RANK: #47 His four carries for negative three years in week one set the tone for Blount. He finished with 418 yards and two scores, yet oddly enough, sat on Don’s bench until week fourteen.
#171 ROBIO – Latavius Murray RB-MIN | POSITION RANK: #31 He actually did some good things for me when Cook was out injured, scoring 376, 286 and 250 in weeks 6-8. However, with Cook playing, Murray was just a backup.
#172 COLBY – Wil Lutz K-NO | POSITION RANK: #2 While you wish he kicked more field goals, he did make 28 of his 30 attempts and added 52 extra points, making him a “don’t cut on his bye-week” kicker.
#173 RICH B – Packers DST-GB | POSITION RANK: #18 They only forced seven interceptions on the season. That’s probably not going to cut it. Despite their flaws, Rich still had them as his starter most of the season.
#174 GRIFF – Marcus Mariota QB-TEN | POSITION RANK: #25 Can we go ahead and call this guy a bust yet? The guy had 11 touchdown passes on the season. Patrick Mahomes had that in two weeks. The fact that the Titans offensive coordinator somehow landed a head coach job after this shit is the most “white privilege” thing I’ve ever seen.
#175 ROB M – Derek Carr QB-OAK | POSITION RANK: #21 Just 19 touchdown passes in 16 starts. This family sucks at quarterbacking.
#176 RICH C – Chris Boswell K-PIT | POSITION RANK: #25 He made just 13 field goals on the season. Ouch.
#177 ERIC – Jordan Howard RB-CHI (Keeper) | POSITION RANK: #26 Two years ago he average 5.1 yards per carry and finished second behind Elliot for the rushing title. After a season that saw him average 3.7 yards pr carry and play second fiddle to Cohen, at best he’s probably a 10th round handcuff in the 2019 draft.
#178 JEFF – Blake Bortles QB-JAC | POSITION RANK: #20 His season total: 13 touchdowns, 11 interceptions. Thank you, next.
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