Team Summary:
Anyone that knows Jake, knows that he’s been working at Papa Johns since the beginning of his sophomore year of college and I find it truly disgusting that he’s NEVER named his team after something Papa Johns related. I mean seriously the place is a meme gold mine. Papa’s in the house? Bo’s in the house? BIGG tip?? Sodi pop? Or maybe even something about Papa John’s racist comments??? Nah he went with something stupid instead. ugh… Other than the team names, Jake’s fantasy career started when he looked like a giant retard drafting Lamar Miller in the first round. I distinctly remember being confused about that pick and it clearly didn’t work out when his team went on to finish a league worst 4-9. Since then, Jake has been a titan of the fantasy football industry. He finished 10-3 with a the top overall seed in 2016, and was greatly benefited by the division system when he secured the #2 seed in 2017 with a record of only 6-7. He’s never made it to the title game, but back to back playoff appearances and back to back byes have made him one of the premiere teams in the league with a record of 20-19, and a 16-9 record over the last two seasons. Jake and Scott are the only two players in the DFFL to win their division in back to back seasons, and also the only two with multiple division titles. Jake has also been able to average over 100 ppg in back to back seasons. In 2015 however, Jake averaged a hilarious 79.4 ppg.
Looking Ahead:
This season, Jake’s squad will be known as “Scary Terry” which is a reference to the amazing Brooklyn 99. He began his attack with Leonard Fournette and New York Giants stud WR Odell Beckham Jr. who just signed a huge contract just a couple of days ago. Fournette is returning as one of the top rookies of 2017 and OBJ is coming off a serious ankle injury, but should be able to bounce back to his elite status. Those two were selected back to back at pick eleven and twelve. Many picks later, Jake selected Amari Cooper and Derrick Henry filling out both WR and RB positions. In the fourth and fifth rounds, Jake followed the suit of filling out starting positions and grabbed Delanie Walker and Russell Wilson.
This team is very well balanced. Jake was smart and didn’t go too heavy at a certain position because of the large gap between his picks. Amari Cooper and Odell Beckham should be a very solid group of WRs. Many predict this to be a make or break year for Cooper and he is a popular breakout candidate. Fournette will be in line for a spaceship load of touches in a depleted Jacksonville offense and Derrick Henry should take the lead reigns in Tennessee. Russell Wilson is a tremendous QB who should put up great numbers, and Delanie Walker is a very consistent TE barring an injury. My biggest issue with this team however is still the running backs. Both are talented, but both are not used very much in the passing game. The Jacksonville offense should be very predictable and it could lead to a lot of inefficiency for Fournette. Tennessee picked up Dion Lewis in the offseason who will likely take up most, if not all of the time on passing downs. Jake will need his RB’s to carry the ball 20 times per game with a lot of goal line chances to get substantial production. Those RB’s will be the X factors. If those two aren’t efficient, Jake will not be able to keep up in many games
Best Draft Pick: Amari Coooper
I just have a good feeling about this guy
Worst Draft Pick: Leonard Fournette
I don’t see him finishing above McCaffrey and Dalvin Cook barring an injury in a PPR league. Both RB’s were available.
Sleeper: Tyler Eifert
Okay I swear I’m not a total homer, but this guy is an absolute unit when healthy, he’s just never healthy, which is why he’s a sleeper.
Draft Grade: B+
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