Year End Awards: Michael Wiley All Dud Team/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 affected the team that had them. From this point on since we have a flex position, I've decided to add a flex position on all the Year End Teams. Here's the Michael Wiley All Dud Team.

QB

Andrew Luck (Woe Is Me)

QB Rank: 27

Overall Rank: 165

1881 Passing Yards, 15 Passing TD's, 12 INT's, 1 2PT, 1 Fumble Lost, 196 Rushing Yards, 151.84 Fantasy Points

Acquired: 1st Round (4th Overall) by Ryan. Waived By Ryan. Picked up By Me. Waived by Me. Picked up By Kenny

 

Peyton Manning, Matt Ryan, and Aaron Rodgers also got consideration, but considering that all three of those QB's belonged to the three teams that placed and though Aaron Rodgers was a keeper he still kept Eugene afloat most of the season, and Matt Ryan and Peyton Manning weren't drafted nearly as high as Luck, who was the only QB actually drafted in the first 4 rounds. Ryan used his 4th overall pick to grab Luck and it basically sunk his season. Luck was mediocre pretty much all season before suffering a season ending kidney injury. With nothing to lose, Ryan dropped him. I picked him up when it was rumored he might be available to play week 15, but that was squashed quick so I dropped him. Kenny picked him up as an option to keep for who ever takes over his team next season, but with a 1st round price tag, I doubt that happens. Luck finished the season as the 27th highest ranked QB. From the Wane McGarity Stud Team to the Michael Wiley Dud team. Hopefully next year, he bounces back and doesn't have to make this team again.

WR

Dez Bryant (Woe Is Me)

WR Rank: 71

Overall Rank: 232

31 Receptions, 401 Receiving Yards, 3 Receiving TD's, 73.6 Fantasy Points

Acquired: 1st Round (1st Overall) by Kenny

 

Every single circumstance that could go against Dez, happened. Injury that took him out most of the season? Check. Star QB goes down? Check. Ineffective when he did play? Check. In his only game with Tony Romo week 1, Dez was mediocre and then when he did come back with the likes of Brandon Weeden, Matt Cassell, and Kellen Moore throwing him the ball, he was largely ignored and used as a decoy. Kenny had his choice of anybody at #1 overall. This was going to be the cornerstone of Kenny's championship caliber team. Instead, Dez was barely used and Kenny's championship caliber team fizzled quickly and this was the year Kenny finally said enough and decided to leave the league. He more than likely won't be kept at a 1st round price tag, but you have to assume if Romo can stay healthy, Dez won't be making this team again anytime soon.

WR

Randall Cobb (Kumamon Express)

WR Rank: 28

Overall Rank: 79

73 Receptions, 792 Receiving Yards, 6 Receiving TD's, 47 Rushing Yards, 162.40 Fantasy Points

Acquired: 2nd Round (22nd Overall) by Dad. Traded to Me for Brandin Cooks and Michael Floyd

 

Man did this asshole suck. He seriously single handedly torpedoed my season. After my 7-0 start, I thought I was "buying low" on him and "selling high" on Michael Floyd and Brandin Cooks. Boy was I DEAD WRONG. Probably the worst trade I've ever made in this league. Cobb had a nice 3 game start to the season, and then inexplicably just SUCKED. He only cleared more than 11 points two more times in the season. He had 6 TD's....3 of them were in ONE GAME and another was a lucky one when he recovered a fumble in the end zone. Floyd and Cooks were great. I traded away the 9th ranked WR in Cooks and threw in the 31st in Floyd for the 27th in Cobb. After I made the Cobb trade, I proceeded to lose 6 out of my last 8 matchups. The  cherry on top? He cost me 3rd place because of his shitty ass performance. He's not sniffing my team next year.

WR
Devante Adams (Light's Broken Bots)

WR Rank: 83

Overall Rank: 264
46 Receptions, 429 Receiving Yards, 1 Receiving TD, 1 2 PT Conversion, 73.9 Fantasy Points

Acquired: 3rd Round (34th Overall) By Kenny. Waived by Kenny. Picked up by Matt.

 

This was a terrible whiff by Kenny and just like that other Packer fuck Cobb, this Packer fuck torpedoed Kenny's playoff chances as well. Thought to have been ready to take the next step after Jordy Nelson's injury, Kenny bought into the hype and selected him 34th overall with one of 3 3rd round picks. COMPLETE...UTTER...FAILURE. This guy sucks at football....PERIOD. His route running sucks...and most importantly...HE  CAN'T CATCH FOOTBALLS. He's one of the worst receivers I've ever seen play. He had one TD all season.....ONE. For whatever reason, Kenny's decision to ride with him on Thanksgiving Night cost him his season and ultimately was the last straw that caused Kenny to quit. There were 82 receivers better than him..not players...82 RECEIVERS. Insane. 

RB

Marshawn Lynch (BigBadBob)

RB Rank: 54

Overall Rank: 197

417 Rushing Yards, 3 Rushing TD's, 13 Receptions, 80 Receiving Yards, 1 2 PT Conversion, 76.20 Fantasy Points

Acquired: 1st Round (3rd Overall) by Dad

 

My worry every year is that this is the season Marshawn Lynch finally goes to shit and every year he proves me wrong....until now. Finally, it looks like all those heavy workloads have caught up to Lynch as a combination of injuries and ineffectiveness derailed his season. Dad thought he got a steal at pick #3. He's lucky Lynch didn't hurt him even more, as Dad had Thomas Rawls to back him up and he looked 100 times better than Lynch did when healthy this season. Marshawn only played 7 games and out of those 4 he had 9.2 or less points, while two others he didn't even hit 12 points. I personally think Marshawn hangs em up, but if for some reason he doesn't, with the emergence of Thomas Rawls, he'll drop way down on draft boards next season.

RB

C.J. Anderson (Sons Of The Harpy)

RB Rank: 32

Overall Rank: 114

625 Rushing Yards, 4 Rushing TD's, 24 Receptions, 188 Receiving Yards, 1 Fumble Lost, 115.3 Fantasy Points

Acquired: 1st Round (6th Overall) by Me. Traded to Drew for Rishard Matthews

 

This guy did his best to fuck me over, and as predictable as can be, C.J. Anderson was a half year wonder (which I KNEW, but took him anyway) and he absolutely SUCKED MAJOR DICK the majority of the season. How I even started 7-0 with this prick on my roster is beyond me. He started the season off with 6 games in which he didn't score over 8.6 points (I stopped using him basically after week 3) and the couple of games he was good...NO ONE USED HIM BECAUSE HE SUCKS!! In 14 games he scored single digits 11 times (one of the double digit games was just this past week, WHEN DREW WAS ALREADY OUT SO IT DIDN'T MATTER). He ended up in a timeshare with Ronnie Hillman and was just never trustworthy all season. I traded him for a WR4/5 in Rishard Matthews...that's how bad he was. Never trust a Broncos RB....EVER

TE

Jimmy Graham (Winter Is Over)

TE Rank: 17

Overall Rank: 145

48 Receptions, 605 Receiving Yards, 2 Receiving TD's, 96.5 Fantasy Points

Acquired: 3rd Round (32nd Overall) By Alex

 

 Even though Graham had been a beast in New Orleans, this had red flags written all over it, when he was traded to a run first team like Seattle. He just never fit in. In the 11 games he played, he scored less than 10 points in 7 of them, 6 of those less than 6 points. He was rarely involved in the offense, but just like a lot of name brand players, Alex kept plugging him in because he's Jimmy Graham but he just never got it going. Then to top off things, he suffered a season ending injury. Alex taking him so early at #32 is one of the big reasons Alex didn't make the playoffs this season.

Flex

Eddie Lacy (RB) (Winter Is Over)

RB Rank: 27

Overall Rank: 93

724 Rushing Yards, 3 Rushing TD's, 18 Receptions, 181 Receiving Yards, 2 Receiving TD's, 2 Fumble Lost, 125.5 Points

Acquired: 1st Round Keeper (Alex)

 

A couple of things...I could probably make 3 or 4 teams with the number of disappointments this season. DeMarco Murray (2nd pick of draft, doesn't even start anymore, but Leland won the championship and survived without him), Alshon Jeffrey (really more injury based as he was great when he played), Andre Johnson (sucked beyond belief, heavy consideration, but was a late 3rd round pick), Justin Forsett (didn't live up the expectations and then got hurt, but still Lacy was a higher pick), Melvin Gordon (Knew he would suck and he DID suck, not one TD and he was taking as an early 3rd rounder), Jeremy Hill (TD's saved his ass, but he sucked), Demaryius Thomas (Lack of TD's hurt big time, so did lack of consistent QB) and the list goes on and on. Also what a terrible first round, 5 of the 8 players were first round picks. Eddie Lacy though was so highly thought of, he wasn't even available to draft..Alex kept him and at the time it was an absolute no brainer. Man did that fat fuck make everyone look VERY WRONG. He looked outta shape most of the season. He actually had 3 games where he scored less than a point including one where he scored -1! That's fucking beyond comprehension. Half the games he played he scored less than 10 points. He ended up splitting a ton of time with James Starks. He became very unreliable. His best game of the season was 3 weeks ago when Alex was already out of the playoffs. He was just super awful and with him as a constant starter, there was just no way Alex could overcome that in his quest to make the playoffs.

Michael Wiley Dud Of The Year

Eddie Lacy (Winter Is Over)

This was tough..as seriously most of this team deserved this award in their own way. Here's how I broke it down..although Luck, Dez, Jimmy Graham, and Marshawn were playing bad, injuries also greatly affected their seasons. I made the playoffs despite Randall Cobb and drafting C.J. Anderson and C.J. Anderson was so bad, it was easy to find a suitable replacement on both me and Drew's rosters. He was barely used all year. Devonte Adams was awful, but as a 3rd round pick (one of 3) he was survivable. Eddie Lacy? No excuses. He was a 1st round keeper and was the shittiest of the shit for a team that did not make the playoffs and Alex kept plugging him in for the most part hoping for the best. Well played Eddie Lacy...well played.