Fantasy Football Headset 2020; What I’d Do (Bakersfield in May)

[12 team league, 25 man rosters, 5 taxi spots, start 1QB, 2RB, 3WR, 1TE, 2Flex, 1DST, 1K]

The worst thing for your team is not knowing where you stand. If you know what your team is then you can pick a direction and manage your team. In fact a problem with players is not knowing what direction they’re going and jumping back and forth often times moving no where. But if your team is up and down then how to manage accordingly?

Some questionable trades haven’t helped this team but the problem has been some of the core players being up and down for one reason or another and not all having the same time line. Derrick Henry, Tarik Cohen, Cooper Kupp, O. J. Howard, Kyle Rudolph; all players that have dealt with injuries, inconsistent play and have been slated for bigger roles in the starting line up.

The RB position has gotten a boost the last two rookie drafts with Miles Sanders and Cam Akers the first round picks. Joining Henry and Austin Ekeler is a solid top four, especially for new lineups where all four can start. The problem is the only other RBs on the roster are Malcolm Brown and Nyheim Hines. Cohen and Duke Johnson were traded during the draft to get Tee Higgins, and while neither are going to be the key to a championship, there was flex appeal there just for some depth.

At WR Kupp and Stefon Diggs are the top options with Mecole Hardman, Sanu (cut by the Patriots), DeSean Jackson, Higgins, Paris Campbell and Miles Boykin. Sanu getting cut really hurt because there’s a whole lot of finger crossing the rest of the way. Jackson had some flashes but was mostly hurt, where is Hardman in the Chiefs’ rotation, can Campbell deliver this season? There’s a lot of speed and potentially big weeks, but it looks like boom or bust options.

Howard is penciled in as the starting TE and behind him David Njoku and Rudolph. Thaddeus Moss and Dalton Keane were drafted rookies but don’t seem to offer much hope for this season. We’ll see how things play out in ‘Tompa Bay’ but of course Gronk is the starter. Njoku lost his job to Hooper, not to mention all the weapons in Cleveland so the best hope may be Rudolph. As he’s aged he has become less of a consistent starting option, and now has Irv Smith behind him, but with Diggs traded there’s some more targets to go around.

This is a team that has chosen to load up on the QB position but a few are head scratchers. Derek Carr, Baker Mayfield and Dwayne Haskins are solid enough to play match ups and of course there’s youth at the position. However, Nick Foles and P.J. Walker are also on the team. Foles made sense to have when there was a QB battle in Chicago, and maybe he’ll play but is he going to change life? Walker shouldn’t be rostered with Bridgewater in Carolina and the Panthers suspected to target a QB in the 2021 draft.

This team likely sits right in the middle of the league that will be fighting to get in to the playoffs. However, with Sanders banged up, depending on how that lingers, it could be quite the challenge to get in to the playoffs. If some of those WR find some consistent production that would help the team stay competitive each week.

For the take over there’s not a whole lot to do with this team. There aren’t a ton of vets that could bring in assets. The RB position has a solid four, two good WR with some interesting depth there but the TE position is weak and there just isn’t enough depth. With every pick for 2021 you can certainly try and get another proven WR but I don’t think you do anything drastic. This team is just trying to build its way to contention and 2020 doesn’t look like the year.