TFR: End of the Regular Season

TFR: End of the Regular Season

There may be a month left in the regular season of the NFL, but for most (if not all) fantasy football leagues, the regular season is done. Teams are either trying to figure out who to trust in the playoffs, or shaking their head in disbelief on where they went wrong this season.  We’ve been giving you advice on who to play, and who not to play all season, and hopefully it helped you. To end the year, we’re going to name Tap’s All-Value and All-Disappointment teams.

Here’s a bit of the criteria: For All-Value, we are not just looking at who scored the most points throughout the year. We are looking at how you likely had to acquire them: first round pick, late round pick, free agency. Additionally, we will try to determine if they were consistent enough to be in the lineup for their huge performances. For All-Disappointment, we’ll look at how they were acquired, and a lot of them will be early round picks. If someone got injured, they’re less likely to make this team, we’re looking for people that you would have been tempted to play every week of the season, only to get low scores.

If we miss anyone, let us know:

All-Value QB: Peyton Manning

This was the easiest of all the selections. Some may want Nick Foles here, but Foles’ best games were likely missed, as he wasn’t yet deemed a reliable option. For owners who had Manning, he was starting every week, and was acquired for the cost of somewhere around the 3-5 best QB. He’s been the best player at the position this year, and people who complain about some of his cold weather games are ignoring the fact they’re still in the race because his dominance early in the year.

All-Disappointment QB: Colin Kaepernick

Many owners picked up Kaerpernick hoping he would be a middle round value that would eventually take over the position with his rushing and passing threats.  He has ended up more of a matchup play this year, a letdown from the extreme upside.

All-Value RB: Knowshon Moreno

Very rarely do members from a running back by committee break out like Moreno did, but having Manning’s trust all season resulted in a majority of carries for Moreno, and for the first time in his career, he surpassed expectations.

All-Value RB: Zac Stacy

Stacy didn’t even play the first few weeks of the season, so many owners who drafted him probably cut him, making him one of the best free agent adds of the season. Since he took over the starting job, he’s been very productive, and gotten almost all the carries in St. Louis.

All-Disappointment RB: Ray Rice

Ray Rice was one of the safer options of the first round backs. Good production, decent team, tons of opportunities. He’s been awful this year, but teams likely kept starting him looking at his workload. He rewarded those players a few times with decent performances, but he has too many low totals.

All-Disappointment RB: Trent Richardson

Richardson was a late first rounder based on his workload and young talent. Many expected him to be the only offensive weapon on Cleveland before the trade. After the trade, players used the new team as an excuse that Trent would get better, but then he got benched. Excuses were made all season for Richardson, and he likely put up some bad numbers for a lot of teams.

All-Value WR: Josh Gordon

Due to his suspension and quarterback, Gordon was likely either a free agent, or final round pick in your
league. Since coming back from suspension, Gordon has easily been a top-5 WR, and has been reliable the whole time.

All-Value WR: Antonio Brown

Brown lived up to the hype a year late. Last year was supposed to be Brown’s breakout year, and he largely disappointed. That led to a massive undervaluing of him going into the draft this year. Owners who took a shot on Brown in the middle rounds, likely picked the best receiver out of his general peer group.

All-Disappointment WR: Roddy White

It started early and continued all season for White. A preseason injury that was dubbed as no big deal is still slightly bothering White, and he was used more as a decoy the whole season. With each event of the year, Julio Jones going down, White taking a few weeks off to rest, Steven Jackson coming back, White was supposed to get better, it just never seemed to come together for him.

All-Disappointment WR: Hakeem Nicks

Nicks still has zero touchdowns on the year. That’s all you really need to know.

All-Value TE: Julius Thomas

Despite the recent injury, Thomas gets the nod over Jordan Cameron, for continuing his early season performance down the stretch. Thomas has been able to get touchdowns in a large majority of weeks, and is the type of tight end that can be played in the starting lineup and not worried about for the rest of the season, there’s not too many of those players out there.

All-Disappointment TE: Brandon Myers

The middle group of the tight end position is hard to differentiate, but Myers was supposed to be a sleeper out of those players. As everyone knows, the Giants completely fell apart, and Myers had to stay on the line to block more than was expected. His good games were unpredictable, and he struggled more often than not.

All-Value Defense: Carolina Panthers

Some people still aren’t taking this defense seriously. They are dominant as a scoring defense, and have even returned some turnovers for scores. They are the most reliably predicatble unit in the league now.

All-Disappointment Defense: Chicago Bears

The opposite of reliable, many teams drafted the Bears, sometimes too early, expecting the same type of turnover numbers as previous years. This has not been the case, and the Bears have been torched by bad offenses. All combined, it’s not a good situation.

Let us know if we missed anyone, and good luck in the playoffs. If you have any lineup questions going into the tough weeks, you know how to get a hold of us.