Roster Overview Part II

Time to look at last year's rosters for each team and make observations on what each team might be looking to do as far as their keeper situation. I'll be doing this in 4 installments of 3 teams apiece. Here's Part II, the last of the playoff teams.

Albert (Channel 4 News Team)

QB- Peyton Manning, Philip Rivers

WR- A.J. Green, Alshon Jeffrey, Steve Smith, Anquan Boldin, Donte Moncrief, Cordarrelle Patterson,

RB- Arian Foster, Frank Gore, Fred Jackson, C.J. Spiller, Kerwynn Williams

TE- Greg Olsen

Potential Keepers: Peyton Manning, A.J. Green, Alshon Jeffrey, Arian Foster

Overview: Albert had a very weird team, as his team was very veteran based, but surprisingly highly productive (especially Steve Smith and Anquan Boldin). A tiebreaker loss to Matt is what kept him out of his 4th trip to the Wane McGarity Bowl. Now here's the tricky part. Who exactly does Albert intend to keep. All viable keepers have question marks around them. Because it's now a 5 point per TD pass league, Peyton Manning is an option, though he slowed down at the end of last season and is in a new offense now, and also lost a key receiver in tight end Julius Thomas. Still, everytime we doubt Peyton, he proves us wrong, and there's still some gas left in that 39 year old tank. A.J. Green was disappointing, but he's still considered one of the best young receivers in the game. Alshon Jeffrey is the man now that Brandon Marshall is gone, will he live up to the hype that many had for him last season? Then there's the ultimate high risk, high reward player....Arian Foster. Look, when he's healthy, he's no doubt a BEAST in the fantasy game...he just seems so injury prone all the time. If Foster ever stays healthy for a FULL season, he'd be a contender for #1 RB for sure. We'll find out soon enough what Albert plans on doing. The decision will be tough, no doubt. 

Drew (Sons of The Harpy)

QB- Jay Cutler

WR- Demaryius Thomas, Golden Tate, Kelvin Benjamin, Julian Edelman

RB- Justin Forsett, Adrian Peterson, Rashad Jennings, Andre Ellington, Andre Williams, Doug Martin, Stefan Taylor

TE- Julius Thomas, Kyle Rudolph

Potential Keepers: Adrian Peterson, Demaryius Thomas

Overview: The smartest move Drew could do was hold on to AD, despite what happened last season. Now along with the trade for Demaryius Thomas trade, Drew's the only team where there's no need to guess or speculate who he's keeping, it's those two guys. He made a mild run last year by not giving up too much for RB depth (Forsett and Jennings) but he ran into Matt in the first round. If Peterson can regain his prime form, and Demaryius lives up to his elite status,  those two will be a DANGEROUS combo to build a team around and Drew's going to need that considering he lacks a 3rd round pick, though unlike the others, he didn't entirely gut his team for his run last year.

Alex (Winter Is Over)

QB- Drew Brees

WR- T.Y. Hilton, DeSean Jackson, Percy Harvin, Brandon LaFell, Eddie Royal, Kenny Stills

RB- Eddie Lacy, Marshawn Lynch, Ray Rice, Mark Ingram,LaGarrette Blount

TE- Rob Gronkowski, Delanie Walker

Potential Keepers: Drew Brees, Eddie Lacy, Marshawn Lynch, Rob Gronkowski

Overview: Alex really had a darkhorse of a team last season, and I really believed outside of Eugene, he had the best shot of dethroning Mayra.  He made a key trade for Eddie Lacy, and that along with a solid foundation of Gronk, Brees, Lacy, Lynch, T.Y. Hilton, and DeSean Jackson made this a very scary team to face. Unfortunately, he came up short and now he comes the tricky part. Finding who to keep. Because of his New Orleans roots, Brees seems to be a lock, and with QB's becoming a more valuable commodity this season, you can't really argue with that. The talent though is pretty deep, and you can bet the rest of us are chomping at the bit at Alex's leftover's. Does he go with the proven veteran Lynch who year after year keeps producing, or does he go for the younger Lacy? Or maybe by far the best tight end in the league today? Or does he do the unfathomable and drop Brees for a chance to keep 2 of those guys? It's a decision I don't envy Alex having to make, but still, he should end up with two very solid guys to build his sophomore team around.