QB
Peyton Manning(Channel 4 News Team)
QB Rank-1
Overall Rank-1
1st Selection to All Stud Team
5211 Passing Yards, 51 Passing TD's, 10 INT, 1 Rushing TD, 6 Fumble Lost, 385 Fantasy Points
Despite being on Albert's last place team, it's hard to overlook the historic season Peyton Manning had. Though Week 17 was irrelevant, Manning ended up breaking Drew Brees yardage record for a season, after breaking Tom Brady's Touchdown record the week before. He ended up with an absurd 55 TD passes. Manning was heads and above the best QB in fantasy football. He earns his first selection to the squad this year.
WR
Calvin Johnson (Not Even Lying)
WR Rank: 3
Overall Rank: 16
3rd Selection To The All Stud Team
84 Receptions, 1492 Receiving Yards, 12 Receiving TD's, 1 Fumble Lost, 254 Fantasy Points
The only player to be named to every All Stud Team, Calvin had another dominant season. Injuries might have slowed him down the last 4 weeks of the season, but he still finished as the 3rd highest scoring receiver. Almost 1500 yards receiving and 12 TD's, Kenny will have the luxury of keeping Calvin as long as he wants. Must be damn nice!
WR
Josh Gordon (Welcome 2 Goodburger)
WR Rank:1
Overall Rank: 13
1st Selection To All Stud Team
80 Receptions, 1564 Receiving Yards, 9 Receiving TD's, 88 Rushing Yards, 253 Fantasy Points
It looks Calvin might have some competition. Gordon was a flat out stud and stats wise was superior to Calvin. Gordon led the league in receiving yards despite being suspended the first 2 games of the season. Imagine if he had a QB that was actually worth a crap? Very intriguing indeed.
WR
Demaryius Thomas (Not Even Lying)
WR Rank: 2
Overall Rank: 15
1st Selection To All Stud Team
92 Receptions, 1430 Receiving Yards, 14 Receiving TD's, 266 Fantasy Points
Yeah all that talk of "too many mouths to feed" was pure nonsense. Thomas was JUST FINE with almost 1500 receiving yards and 14 TD's on the season. He's the 2nd highest ranked receiver of the season and combined with Calvin Johnson helped Kenny advance all the way to the finals. As long as Peyton Manning is his QB, Thomas will be a top 5 receiver for a very long time.
RB
LeSean McCoy (Danny's Little Giants)
RB Rank: 2
Overall Rank: 4
2nd Selection To All Stud Team
1607 Rushing Yards, 9 Rushing TD's, 52 Receptions, 539 Receiving Yards, 2 Receiving TD's, 1 Fumble Lost, 288 Fantasy Points
I had McCoy the last time I was in the Finals in 2011, which is the last time he made this team. This time though, he was even more valuable as he helped me secure my 1st Wane McGarity Bowl Championship. At draft time, taking McCoy at #4 as actually considering a bit of a gamble. Especially since favorites like Arian Foster and Doug Martin were still available. I had a gut feeling about McCoy bouncing back from an awful 2012 (I had him last season as well) and went against the grain and snatched him with that #4 pick. It paid off bigtime. McCoy shattered both rushing and yards from scrimmage franchise season record and also won his 1st Rushing Title. He had over 2100 total yards and 11 total touchdowns in a remarkable season. The awesome thing is, I get to see him do this all over again next season as he's a no brainer keeper for next year.
RB
Jamaal Charles (Dr. Light's Robots)
RB Rank: 1
Overall Rank: 2
1st Selection To All Stud Team
1287 Rushing Yards, 12 Rushing TD's, 70 Receptions, 693 Receiving Yards, 7 Receiving TD's, 2 Fumble Lost, 330 Fantasy Points
After 3 years of auto-drafting, Matt showed up for his first live draft and boy did he hit a home run with his first ever pick. Jamaal Charles was FINALLY given the full time job (including goal line work) and he proved why he is above and beyond the best current running back in the game today. 19 TD's, almost 2000 total yards, Charles can do it all. It's a shame Matt narrowly missed the playoffs, because that's when Charles had the best game of the season (unofficially the best game in the Wane McGarrity Bowl History) when he scored 5 TD's. At least Matt has an excellent building block to contend for the championship next season.
TE
Jimmy Graham (The Bad Robofies)
TE Rank: 1
Overall Rank: 10
1st Selection To All Stud Team
86 Receptions, 1215 Receiving Yards, 16 Receiving TD's, 254 Fantasy Points
There isn't a position where there is one guy who is just above and beyond better than anyone else at their position than Jimmy Graham and the Tight End Position. Hell, he produces like a WR #1 in a talent thin position. He ranked higher than all wide receivers and if you take QB's out of the equation, he's the 6th highest player ranked this season. You know how Dad was able to survive crappy running back play and mediocre QB play? Because Jimmy Graham was THAT damn good. 16 TD's, over 1200 receiving yards, anyone who doubted Graham was worth a 2nd round selection was dead wrong. Graham actually looks like a steal there. It's crazy this is his first selection to the All Stud Team. It definitely won't be his last.
Wane McGarity Stud Of The Year
LeSean McCoy (Danny's Little Giants)
Jamaal Charles was statistically better, but McCoy not only had an awesome season, but in the championship game, with everything on the line, he came through HUGE with an amazing 30 point performance. Had Matt made the playoffs, a better case could've been made for Charles, but when it absolutely counted McCoy was clutch as anyone could be. He's without a doubt this year's Stud Of The Year.
That will officially do it to wrap up the 2013 season! What a great season it was! I hope everyone had a great time and we'll see you sometime in the Summer of 2014!
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