SportsDraftDaily $200,000 Championship

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One not enough, Steve? Jerk.

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One not enough, Steve? Jerk.

He bought insurance

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Over the past two weeks, there have been some players putting up some great games. Can Newton has strung together 3 straight great games moving him to 3rd overall at the QB position. Adrian Peterson has been a beast for over the last 7 weeks. Both players’ success has pushed their salary to the top at their positions and in most weeks their scores would give you an edge to win SportsDraftDaily’s $200,000 Tournament. Unfortunately two players have got it “right” in the last two weeks which has allowed them to post plus scores. This week’s winner PLaurell (171.46) hit on every roster slot which gave him the 2nd highest winning score on the year.

Heading into Monday night game, PLaurell was in 8th place with Aaron Hernandez left. All of the top 7 teams had no players left. PLaurell was trailing 1st place by 14.22 points. In a tournament only giving a half per reception, a score over 14 probably meant probably Hernandez needed to score a TD. When Hernandez scored a 7 yard TD with 9:27 left in the first quarter, second place team Hotlanta wasn’t feeling good about his chances. For PLaurell, it was a perfect start to the game and the tough part of the equation was out of the way. Two minute into the 2nd quarter, Hernandez had 4 catches for 29 yards and 1 TD. Big Mo (Momentum) was on the side of PLaurell this week and it only took Hernandez two more minutes to score the deciding points.

With just over 11 minutes left in the 2nd quarter, Hernandez was left uncovered at the line scrimmage as the Texans were late coming out of the huddle. A quick snap by Brady and a completion to Hernandez for a 4 yard TD delivered the winning points for the week. The only fear for PLaurell was the wave of teams that owned Brady and possibly some of the Houston Texans as this game was set up to be wide open over the last two and half quarters. Kamakazi was able to work his way to 3rd overall with Brady, but Danny Woodhead’s fumble cost Brady a chance at his 5th TD which would have made the last 14 minutes of the game very interesting.

After Lloyd scored on the fumble recovery, the Texans came out and ran the ball three times which told Belichick that they were conceding the game. Both teams insert the backup QB in the 2nd half of the 4th quarter which sealed the victory for PLaurell.

1st – PLaurell (171.46)

QB – Eli Manning (22.06)

RB – Trent Richardson (17.60)

RB – Marshawn Lynch (30.80)

WR – Victor Cruz (22.10)

WR – Mike Wallace (26.70)

TE – Aaron Hernandez (21.80)

Flex – Pierre Garcon (17.40)

K – Graham Gano (13.00)

PLaurell had success with two players that have been dogs over the last few weeks (Manning and Wallace). Wallace was the backend WR that delivered the difference maker score. This team had 15 TD’s this week. Pierre Garcon was a value at $6300 this week. Aaron Hernandez had a TD edge over the field at TE.

2nd – Hotlanta (163.88)

QB – Cam Newton (37.08)

RB – DeMarco Murray (15.50)

RB – Marshawn Lynch (30.80)

WR – Steve Smith (14.40)

WR – Roddy White (22.20)

TE – Greg Olsen (14.40)

Flex – Pierre Garcon (17.40)

K – Kai Forbath (13.00)

Hotlanta went with a Carolina stack, but he needed another TD plus a few more yards. He lost this week because Wallace outscored Smith by 12.30 points which was the result of Wallace’s 2nd TD with 6 minutes left in the game (7.6 points on that play).

3rd – Kamakazi (158.74)

QB – Tom Brady (32.44)

RB – Alex Green (7.10)

RB – Doug Martin (20.70)

WR – Reggie Wayne (14.90)

WR – Victor Cruz (22.10)

TE – Aaron Hernandez (21.80)

Flex – Mike Wallace (26.70)

K – Kai Forbath (13.00)

Kamakazi was on the right track this week as he also owned Cruz, Hernandez, and Wallace. He went bottom tier at one of his RB spots, but it was the combination for Martin and Wayne which left him short of the finish line. Without having Lynch, he had a tough overcoming his weakness at the RB position. Week 14 was one of the highest scoring weeks at the RB position.

This week we had 1002 entries in SportsDraftDaily’s $200,000 Championship which is the highest total of the season. There are two more weeks to qualify for the championship round. In week 16, we will have our last $100 Quarter Pole tournament so there are 3 open seats left. With the season long games winding down, there is no better way to keep some juice in the game than daily fantasy football. Here’s a link to our rules:

http://sportsdraftdaily.com/how-to-play ... mpionship/

[CC's Desperados]

Week 15 was a lower scoring week in SportsDraftDaily’s $200,000 Championship. Obummer outdueled Obummer 146.66 – 136.08. Obummer was keying off of three players – Beanie Wells (24.70), Julio Jones (24.20), and Michael Crabtree (26.20). He used these three players plus a top player from RB and WR. The better team had Adrian Peterson (27.20). His second place team had Calvin Jonson (17.10). His only mistake of the week was choosing his kicker – Greg Zuerlein (2.00) and Ryan Succop (0.00).

Heading into the Sunday night game, Optimus had a 14.14 point lead over Obummer with Michael Crabtree left. At the time, Optimus was in 1st place and 2nd place. At half time, Optimus was feeling ok about his chances. Crabtree had 3 catches for 32 yards (4.70 points). As long as the Patriots kept Crabtree out of the End Zone, Optimus has a very good chance of winning. With the 49ers having a big lead, there should have been a lot of running the ball a lot in the 2nd half of the game by San Fran. The Patriots turned the ball over on back to back possessions and the 2nd turnover was deadly for Optimus as Kaepernick hit Crabtree for a 27 yard TD pass on the 1st play (9.20 point play) which gave Obummer the lead and the victory.

Crabtree was a great play by Obummer and he finished with 7 catches for 107 yards and 2 TD’s. Obummer’s finish was set up by a late 31 yard TD run by Beanie Wells. Wells was the backend difference maker at RB as he scored 3 TD’s.

1st – Obummer (146.66)

QB – Ben Roethlisberger (19.76)

RB – Adrian Peterson (27.20)

RB – Beanie Wells (24.70)

WR –Julio Jones (24.20)

WR – Mike Wallace (11.50)
TE – Antonio Gates (11.10)

Flex – Michael Crabtree (26.20)

K – Greg Zuerlein (2.00)

With the win Obummer will compete in SportsDraftDaily’s Championship round where he will have a chance to win $100,000. He also picks up $500 for finishing in 2nd place.

2nd – Obummer (136.08)

QB – Drew Brees (29.38)

RB – Alex Green (5.10)

RB – Beanie Wells (24.70)

WR –Julio Jones (24.20)

WR – Calvin Johnson (17.10)
TE – Jimmy Graham (9.40)

Flex – Michael Crabtree (26.20)

K – Ryan Succop (0.00)

This team was hurt by the low score by Green and the zero by his kicker. Brees just missed a 5th TD to Graham late in the 4th quarter which would have put this team in 1st place.

3rd – Optimus (134.60)

QB – Russell Wilson (39.40)

RB – Trent Richardson (16.70)

RB – Marshawn Lynch (19.20)

WR – Randall Cobb (14.50)

WR – Mike Wallace (11.50)
TE – Jared Cook (0.00)

Flex – Eric Decker (23.30)

K – Jay Feely (10.00)

Optimus had a great combo of Russell Wilson and Marshawn Lynch as he won every time the Seahawks scored a TD. He also made a great call by playing Eric Decker. His big mistake happened at TE. He played Jared Cook who last injured the previous week and he was placed on the IR before this week’s game. I’m not sure of the options below Cook so his whole team could have been different if he changed to a different TE.

Our entries took a step back in week 15 as we had about 660 teams in this week’s tournament. Week 16 will be the last chance to qualify for SportsDraftDaily’s $200,000 Championship. We will have the $10 tournament plus we will be running our 4th $100 Quarter Pole tournament. I expect the $100 tournament to sell out early so don’t wait until Sunday to enter. Here’s a link to the rules:

http://sportsdraftdaily.com/how-to-play ... mpionship/