2014 Analysis:

This strategy produced very interesting results, as my first team that consisted of Demaryius Thomas and Wes Welker who were able to mainly stay healthy through most of the season, did not make the playoffs. My teams that had Julio Jones and Roddy White and Randall Cobb and James Jones did make the playoffs, even though I didn’t start or have those players on my roster spots. I found success through those leagues by playing the waiver wire hard and making trades, so the validity of this strategy is still in question. You can find out the moves I made to make these teams a success here.

Team 1-  7-6 (Did Not Make Playoffs)

Team 2- 10-3 (Made Playoffs) 2nd Place Finish

Roster From Final Game:

Drew Brees

Zac Stacy

Edwin Baker

Danny Amendola

Vincent Jackson

Marcedes Lewis

Larry Fitzgerald

Panthers

Mason Crosby

Team 3- 9-4 (Made Playoffs) 3rd Place Finish

Roster From Final Game:

Nick Foles

Reggie Bush

Fred Jackson

Erick Decker

Keenan Allen

Delanie Walker

Rueben Randle

Lions

Steven Hauschka

*Original Post Behind Strategy*

After I ran projections last year of what it would be like to own both Julio Jones and Roddy White, I discovered from just owning both of them ,you could expect anywhere between 25-35 combined points each game. For two of your wide receivers, that isn’t too shabby. I originally wanted to grab Julio Jones and Roddy White this year to test out the strategy, but the only way I could have had Julio was if I used a first round pick on him, which I did not want to do for my first draft. The draft did unfold however in a way that would allow me to have Demaryius Thomas and Wes Welker. This is somewhat a more talented version of handcuffing a star running backs backup. Hell, if Thomas and Welker can get me a combined 20 points each week, I have enough talent in guys like Spiller and Bush that I could be pretty dominate.  The one thing I liked about this strategy was that it did allow me to get my wide receiver choices out of the way early, which allowed me to grab some guys like Gronk in the fifth where I may normally be trying to add another receiver if I went running back running back.  I took Thomas in the second and Welker in the third, which allowed me to grab Bush as my other starting running back which I was happy with.

Here are my starters:

QB

Russell Wilson, Sea QB

RB

C.J. Spiller, Buf RB

RB

Reggie Bush, Det RB

WR

Demaryius Thomas, Den WR

WR

Wes Welker, Den WR  P

TE

Brandon Pettigrew, Det TE

FLEX

Rashard Mendenhall, Ari RB  Q

D/ST

Ravens D/ST D/ST

K

Steven Hauschka, Sea K

QB	Andrew Luck, Ind QB
RB	Adrian Peterson, Min RB
RB	David Wilson, NYG RB
WR	Randall Cobb, GB WR
WR	James Jones, GB WR
TE	Jordan Cameron, Cle TE  P
FLEX	Reggie Bush, Det RB
D/ST	Packers D/ST D/ST
K	Mike Nugent, Cin K
BENCH				WK 1			2012 SEASON					WEEK 1
SLOT	PLAYER, TEAM POS	ACTION		OPP	STATUS ET		PRK	PTS	AVG	LAST		PROJ	OPRK	%ST	%OWN	+/-
Bench	Montee Ball, Den RB
Bench	T.Y. Hilton, Ind WR
Bench	Ben Tate, Hou RB
Bench	Josh Gordon, Cle WR  SSPD
Bench	Golden Tate, Sea WR
Bench	Kenbrell Thompkins, NE WR
Bench	Justin Blackmon, Jac WR  SSPD

Julio Jones and Roddy White

QB	Andrew Luck, Ind QB
RB	Adrian Peterson, Min RB
RB	Reggie Bush, Det RB
WR	Julio Jones, Atl WR
WR	Roddy White, Atl WR  Q
TE	Zach Sudfeld, NE TE
FLEX	Giovani Bernard, Cin RB
D/ST	Bengals D/ST D/ST
K	Steven Hauschka, Sea K
BENCH				WK 1			2012 SEASON					WEEK 1
SLOT	PLAYER, TEAM POS	ACTION		OPP	STATUS ET		PRK	PTS	AVG	LAST		PROJ	OPRK	%ST	%OWN	+/-
Bench	Rashard Mendenhall, Ari RB  P
Bench	Fred Jackson, Buf RB
Bench	Rueben Randle, NYG WR
Bench	Bilal Powell, NYJ RB
Bench	Kenbrell Thompkins, NE WR
Bench	Rob Gronkowski, NE TE  D
Bench	Santana Moss, Wsh WR

After the killer performance of Thomas and Welker on Thursday, I am very interested in seeing how these other two teams do. The most interesting thing I have seen is that while other people are picking up wide receivers in the fourth and fifth rounds, I am able to get Reggie Bush and Gronk as my back to back picks. Of course next year draft positions are going to be entirely different, but for right now I like how my picks are playing out.