The draft was the most fun. You had the predictable choices go first in the beginning rounds…but I decided to be ridiculous. Or was I? I didn’t understand the logic of picking random players from different teams. So what if they are the best players. I looked at the Buffalo Bills roster this year. The defense was looking great, the offense has impressive weapons with two starting running backs, and the quarterback (at the time) was supposed to be decent. So in my eyes, EJ Manuel is either going to pass it to his two top receivers, or to his 2 running backs….and if hes not passing it to them, they will be running the ball with those two running backs. Its almost double the points every play! Right!? The people I ran this by before the draft laughed at me…but nobody really told me “why” it wouldn’t work. The only drawback I saw was the bye week. My goal was to make the playoffs with this method, so sacrificing the bye week was something I was willing to do.
Of course I kept this a secret from everyone in the league accept my friend Pat who was pretty excited to see how this would work as well (although laughed at it as being ridiculous.) I had my draft board laid out, 6 overall pick, and determined to get all my players.
My first pick:
C.J. Spiller
I figured, out of all my players, he would be first to go if someone where to take a Bill.
My second round pick:
Sammy Watkins
He has gotten so much hype in the off season, I didn’t want to chance losing him/ I wasn’t really worried about losing Manuel at this point. I figured I could snag him in the 3rd round (like the Bills probably could have done…)
My third round pick:
EJ Manuel
My fourth round pick:
The Buffalo Defense
In the end I got everything I wanted:
EJ Manuel
Robert Woods
C.J. Spiller
Fred Jackson
Scott Chandler
Mike Williams
Buffalo Defense
Backups for bye week:
Ryan Fitzpatrick
Brian Hartline
Mark Ingram
Delaine Walker
DeAndre Hopkins
The Bye week will be tough to get through, my best shot at points is Fitzpatrick because he doesn’t have to win, he just needs to get me those garbage stats hes known for.
So how have I done? I’m 2-2. I should be 3-1. I lost the first week by only a few points because I forgot a player when setting my line up. I didn’t know “w/r/t” was basically an extra player to use. What was once a laughing stock during the draft…is now raising eyebrows. Nobody wants to lose to my team. Nobody.
