Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Year End Awards: Michael Wiley All Dud Team and Dud of The Year

Busts, Disappointments, Duds, they all mean the same thing in the world of fantasy football, and it's always inevitable that for some reason or another, players just don't live up to their wildly high expectations. For those who drafted them, it's a near death blow that can cripple your franchise for the season. Here's a look at the Dudliest of the Duds. I took into consideration, the player, the reason, the relative draft position, and how it effected the team that had them. Here's the Michael Wiley All Dud Team.

QB-Eli Manning (Poseidon Angry)
QB Rank: 14
Overall Rank: 31
Acquired: Drafted 6th Round (59th overall); Traded to me along with Victor Cruz and Fred Davis for Matt Ryan, Jordy Nelson, and Andrew Hawkins
Giants need answers and help to make the playoffs
 How's this for irony? Last year, Eli made the all Draft Day Steal team as an 11th round pick finished as the 6th best QB of the season. This year....BRUTAL. He SANK MY SEASON. I believed I played him in 3 games where he didn't throw a TD pass. He regressed big time, and as the 8th QB taken (ahead of brother Peyton, RGIII, Andrew Luck, and others) there was no excuse with that offense that he should have finished outside the top 10. I traded away Matt Ryan for him thinking there wasn't much separation between the two. BOY WAS I WRONG. Michael Vick was a candidate here too but honestly, his stats look better in fantasy than in real life.

WR-Larry Fitzgerald (Hoosier Daddy)
WR Rank: 43
Overall Rank: 119
Acquired: Drafted 2nd Round (11th Overall)
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The ultimate it's not the player but the situation kind of bust. Fitzgerald is an amazing talent, but good lord he plays with the WORST group of quarterbacks I've ever seen. He was the 2nd receiver taken in the draft as Ryan thought his talent would be able to override the horrible shit he dealt with. NOPE. Guys who finished with more points? Brian Hartline, Danario Alexander, Josh Gordon,hell Fitzgerald wasn't even the best receiver ON HIS OWN TEAM. It was ANDRE ROBERTS! The thing is, Ryan felt the need to keep plugging him week after week cause well it's Larry Fitzgerald! It never worked. I'm one of those who doesn't feel sorry for Fitzgerald, he signed a fat ass contract to stick around with the Cards, he knew the QB situation. It's just a shame all that talent is going to waste.

WR-Hakeem Nicks (Dr. Wily's Robots)
WR Rank: 54
Overall Rank: 157
Acquired: Drafted 4th Round (38th overall)
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When Chris Givens and Greg Little are ranked higher than you, you know you've had a shit season. Was he ever really healthy all season? Probably not, but when he was out there, outside of a couple of games, he did nothing of note. Matt's backup, Tampa Bay's Mike Williams, ended up being a way better receiver to use. The constant will he or won't he play question that had to be answered every week was very frustrating for Matt.  Definitely wasn't worth the trouble of a fourth round pick.

WR-Victor Cruz (Poseidon Angry)
WR Rank: 13
Overall Rank: 48
Acquired: Drafted in the 3rd Round (22nd Overall) by Leland. Traded to Me along with Eli Manning and Fred Davis for Matt Ryan, Jordy Nelson, and Andrew Hawkins
Giants Falcons Football 
Hear me out, before you look at the 1000+ Yards and 10 TD's. Victor Cruz is OVERRATED. BIG TIME. He was the 3rd receiver taken, and the 22nd overall player taken, yet he finished outside the top 10. He had a couple of insane games, which is why his stats look good. Look at weeks 8-16. 5 games under 40 yards (5!!! For an "elite receiver")  and only 2 touchdowns in that span. Another reason I fucking sucked, because he was a piece of shit when it mattered. He is NOT ELITE...PERIOD. 

RB-Darren McFadden (Chardee MacDennis)
RB Rank: 28
Overall Rank: 107
Acquired: Drafted in the 1st Round (6th overall)
Raiders look to use bye week to fix problems 
Drew hit a BIG TIME home run with Adrian Peterson in the 3rd round. But he paid the price in the 1st round by taking Darren McFadden. Even when he was healthy he was horrible. He seemed not to understand the Raiders offense and then of course he inevitably got hurt. If Drew pairs Peterson with ANY other RB, he might have made the playoffs, but wasting a 1st rd pick on McFadden helped seal Drew's fate.

RB-Ryan Mathews (Bigger Balls)
RB Rank: 30
Overall Rank: 127
Acquired: Drafted in 2nd Round (16th overall)
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I will NEVER understand why fantasy experts everywhere keep sucking this guy's cock. HE FUCKING SUCKS. I should know, three years ago, I DRAFTED HIM 8TH OVERALL AS A ROOKIE. He was a shitty bust then, he's a shitty bust now, and he'll be a shitty bust FOREVER. Yet, fantasy experts REFUSE to acknowledge his shittiness and he'll probably be pimped again as a "bounce back candidate". He loses carries to RONNIE BROWN AND JACKIE BATTLE. Gimmie a break. You know how many TD's he scored this year? 1. Yes, 1. And of course he's brittle as fuck. He started the year hurt, and ended the year hurt. He's a joke period, and this place on this team is well deserved.

TE-Antonio Gates (Poseidon Angry)
 TE Rank:12
Overall Rank: 101
Acquired: 4th round (48th overall)
TE Graham says Gates' success paved way for him
Like I said, you have to look at everything around the player on why he makes this team. Was Vernon Davis worse? Yup, big time, but the depth on Matt's team covered it. Same with Jermichael Finley, he sucked big time, way worse than Gates, but Dad trucked along and both Matt and Dad made the playoffs. Antonio Gates was A BIG REASON I lost week after week. Supposedly he looked "great" in the preseason and was healthy as ever, but once on the field, he was slow, old and shitty. He had one memorable Denver game and that's it. The stupid thing about it was I kept having FAITH, he would sort it out and be elite. I even stupidly had both Gates and Gonzalez on my team and traded away GONZALEZ out of the two! He fucked me when I played him, fucked me when I didn't. He's beyond done,and has LITTLE TO NO UPSIDE next season.

It's no coincidence I own 3 of the 7 on this list. I was 9th for a reason ya know.


Michael Wiley Dud of The Year
Darren McFadden
Raiders look to use bye week to fix problems
At the end of the day, though my guys were bad, Cruz was the highest pick in the 3rd round. Ryan still not only made the playoffs but got a fucking bye WITH Fitz on his team the whole year, and Ryan Mathews was close to getting this as Mayra finished dead last, but when you're one of the main reasons that a team with Adrian F'N Peterson DOES NOT make the playoffs, you're basically a shoe in for this award.

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