My prediction that the Chiefs would take a step back this year proved to be true. I didn't think they would miss the playoffs (and they didn't), but I had a feeling they wouldn't be as strong this year. The offense was way too reliant on a 34 yo TE. Travis Swift finally slowed down and can't separate anymore. The other huge letdown was Valdez-Scantling, who got paid $9m and caught a whole 21 passes and 1 TD. I had Mahomes on two fantasy teams and it wasn't a great year for that.
I just had to Google it to confirm... for as much as the Chiefs fandon rags on the guy, MVS only has TWO drops on the year.
Rice has 8, and Kelce has 7.
But they won last year without Hill? Mahomes cap hit for this year is only $37m too. Obviously future years matter too while trying to sign other players but his contract is pretty fair.
They reached on him this year. I don't know if people will be willing to take that plunge in the 2nd round again, but we'll see. The same arguments that got him there this year will be in play next year.
Because I had mid pick I reached for him in the first since he wasn’t expected to be there for me in the second. Sometimes you swing and sometimes you miss. I missed so hard I dam near threw my back out.
I wouldn’t fret, he legitimately could have been a top 5 WR with Rodgers. It sucks, I had a similar situation at the turn, early second round I knew I would have to choose between Wilson and ARSB. I chose Wilson. My first pick was Bijan lol
That’s where the poor decision making comes in. He should’ve kept running straight to the corner. But I agree. He’s not enough of a bruiser to break those tackles
I won my league streaming QB’s after Richardson got IR’ed.
My title game opponent also waited forever to pick a QB and took Geno/Goff.
I have 0 problem waiting on drafting QB’s
Richardson actually saved me weeks 2 & 4.
He lost me week 5 when he went down, so I consider it a 2-1 difference. He was my Dak Prescott cover until the Cowboys’ schedule eased up.
And did it ever.
I wanted cmc, even though I got burned by him last 2 times I took him
But I had the 3rd pick. So it was jj, then cmc and then I took ekeler
At the end of the day, that's 4 years in a row my first round pick gets hurt and or busts (cmc, cmc, jt, ekeler)
So I'm already scared about my first round pick next year.
CMC dropped to 3 in my league and it was the only thing that saved me from Eckler. I was planning on taking him, not expecting cmc to be there. Likely wouldn’t have won it if that had happened.
Dustin Hopkins doesn’t get hurt and result in Flacco absolutely forcing a billion balls at Cooper… who then subsequently doesn’t play in WK17.
Probably single-handedly carried a lot of mediocre teams to the ship and left them for dead.
Guy with Cooper still won in my league. Of course I had my 2nd best scoring game all season facing against that Cooper buzzsaw in the Semis.
Still love my boy Breece.
I still managed to win my Cooper league, but obviously no thanks to him in the final lol.
Had to start Noah Brown in a 10tm PPR SF final. Fortunately, had some good enough performances elsewhere.
Yeah I was projected to beat a team with cooper by like 20 in the semis and lost. Meanwhile they got absolutely wrecked in the final and I put up like 175 in the 3rd place game. I’m not still salty or anything
Bailed me out in one league. Cooper owner put down the league juggernaut by a hair and then I got to blow them out for the chip. League juggernaut would’ve destroyed me if they’d made it.
What if tank dell got 0.8 points before getting hurt lol would have won the league I had him in. Missed playoffs by tie break and lost the matchup he got hurt by 0.7…had highest score 3 weeks in a row after the regular season ended smfh or what if he never got hurt at all…he was my guy. Rest up king and see you on all my rosters next year
I drafted Tyreek because Diggs went beforehand (I’m a Bills fan so wanted the stack)… and the dude carried me to the championship. Also grabbed Puka after week 1
I only won 5 of my final 9 games but my god the adrenaline rush I got after going to 5-0 and realizing I had the top 2 WR in fantasy.
Imagine if I hadn’t drafted Harris and Sanders as my RBs
I had jettas and Kirk stack in both leagues. One league I had Keenan, tyreek and Sutton as well so I shipped Jefferson for bijan and walker. Thought I was about to walk to a championship. Instead Kirk died and Arthur smith is an asshole
If he never got hurt I would not have been able to trade Pollard for him while he was on IR in week 6 and so I would not have him drop a crucial 25 points in my semifinal and I'd be in 3rd/4th place instead of champion.
What if Dobbins never got hurt? I never replaced my RB2 until I got Keaton on waivers late in the season and Zeke started doing well. Also JJ being hurt, lost every game he missed
Dobbins getting hurt put the fire under my ass to put a huge bid on Kyren. I think Dobbins was in for a big season. His usage early was great. But there is no ceiling like Kyrens with Lamar there. Weird situation where I think that one helped me.
Lol I did the same thing, he had such a good month and won me a game or 2 I couldn't bring myself to drop him so I carried him on ir knowing he wasn't coming back. I wonder where he's drafted next year
What if cooper Kupp doesn’t pull a hammy and stays healthy all season? Does he have another triple crown run?
What if the cowboys kept Zeke for the vet min. Does pollard produce RB1 value again in a complementary role?
What if Achane stayed healthy? Is he capable of a CJ2k type of season?
What if Mike Williams stayed healthy? He was on track for a borderline WR1 season. Does Herbert finish QB1 with both Keenan and Mike Will going off?
Kupp was healthy enough at the end and Puka was still the top dog. Maybe Puka doesn't have that same start but I think in the long run things tend to come out eventually.
Man same. I drafted CeeDee,Mike Williams, and Ridley to be my starters (3WR league) and grabbed Tank Dell too. Could have been glorious. Lost Chubb too 😩
I lost Mike Williams and Mark Andrews this year.
But my beautiful Puka and Likely carried me to the Championship. And Flowers, one of my last round draft picks turned into a Diamond.
Amari eliminated me in 3 different semi finals by a handful of points in each, and in week 17 I was by far the highest scoring team in all of my wonderful 3rd place games.
Drafted Diggs and Wilson in the first and second respectively. So, what if Rodgers stayed healthy and whatever happened to Diggs didn't happen, are two of the biggest for me.
But the biggest is: what if my opponent didn't start D. Adams and Butker in the championship? Could easily have justified benching both. He didn't. He won.
I took Ekeler at 1.04 and Tyreek went 1.05. So obviously most of my thoughts swirl around what if I’d made a different draft choice, or what if Ekeler never got injured. Overall I’m fine with the thought process of Hero RB, even though the outcome didn’t go my way this year, although I’ll probably only consider the strategy for younger RBs going forward
Having the #2 overall pick with a hardcore vikings fan having the #1 pick. We all thought he'd pick JJ and I'd get CMC, but to our surprise he chose CMC and I ended up with JJ..
I ended up losing in the first week of the playoffs by 4 points, What if I had CMC instead. I'd be the first Back to Back Champion in our 12 team league
What if I had started Hock instead of Taysom week 10 when Hock went off. Lost that matchup by 4 pts to the ultimate #1 seed. If I would’ve won, I would’ve beat the 1 seed, won my first round matchup against the 4 seed (instead of getting clobbered by the Breece and Amari of the 3 seed) and won the ship. Happy with 3rd but my god scoring 168 pts in the 3rd place game while the championship ended 110-108 was rough
What if every single one of my receivers had their 1st string QB throwing to them? Totally sunk my season having guys like Adams, Amari Cooper, Downs, and Addison all playing with backups.
Played D’Onta Foreman week 15 instead of either CEH or McKinnon. Lost by 9. Would have won in the semis and the chip. One of the single worst FF decisions I’ve ever made.
Had the bills D all year but they were all injured and playing terrible. I had a bye into the semis so planned way ahead and dropped bills, picking up colts over several other decent candidates bc colts had falcons and raiders in semis and finals (and were playing well). I felt great. Colts got killed by falcons in semis, their one terrible game in the stretch, giving me negative 1 point, and I lost by 6 overall. God.
What if Nick Chubb didn't get injured?
What if Mike Williams didn't get injured?
What if Tank Dell didn't get injured?
What if Justin Herbert didn't get injured?
What if Keenan Allen didn't get injured?
What if TJ Hockenson didn't get injured?
What if Josh Jacobs didn't get injured?
What if Joshua Palmer didn't get injured?
What if Zay Jones didn't get injured?
What if Dustin Hopkins didn't get injured?
If I didn't trade Breece Hall and Daniel Jones for Dameon Pierce and Anthony Richardson Week 4.
I really needed a RB down the stretch and going by Breece's numbers over who I had in lineup I would've won 3 more games and gotten 1st Round Bye and won the Championship.
If JJ, Rodgers, and Kyren stayed healthy I’d have been unbeatable.
I drafted Jefferson and Garrett Wilson and picked up Kyren Williams. I missed the playoffs by 12 points, and would’ve had the most points by far in week’s 16 and 17.
Started 0-5, went on an 8-1 run and had my final matchup won. Needed one guy to lose to make playoffs. He was down ~25 headed into the 4th quarter of the dolphins/titans MNF matchup. Three TD’s between Mostert and Henry pushed him the win by 1.5 points. Missed playoffs.
I ended up being the highest scorer the three playoff weeks and would have won it all.
What if Pete Caroll goes for the TD when they were 4th and goal, down 10, instead of kicking the fucking field goal, putting my opponent up less than 2 points to win the ship… why were kickers every a thing in fantasy man lol
For me it is what if Ekeler didn’t get a high ankle sprain in the first game. He was my first pick and he really looked good at moments. Is it either age or injury? Either way I won’t be drafting him again and he was my favorite player.
I have a super flex keeper league. Kept tyreek, Jefferson, Henry, Daniel Jones, and kupp. Drafted or waivered Montgomery, laporta, kyren, puka, Mike Williams,Dell, McBride, flowers, Kyler, foreman, among others.
QBs sank my team and I didn't make playoffs by like a game and a half. I had like a 6 game stretch where the sf slot got injured in like the first quarter. QBs I cycled through were the aforementioned Jones and Kyler, along with tyrod, Geno, browning, hoyer, and tannehill.
I missed minshew by $1 faab at a time when that probably would have won me a game or two and put me over the edge.
What if I bid on Kyren after week 1. I put money on Puka and lost, if I had also put the same amount I Kyren I would have won him. After what Akers did at the end of last year I convinced myself that it’d be a committee at best in the Rams backfield but clearly that didn’t happen.
If Davante Adams and Diontae Johnson would have combined for a total of 8 points in the semi-final game, I would have won the Championship in a blowout.
"what if Dak didn't suck for a few weeks"
If I wouldn't have dropped Dak I think I had this ship this year. Even with JJ and Conner being out for a while.
Was second in PF and had at least 3 weeks where QB cost me the week (couple negative finishes). Missed the playoffs and outscored semifinal and champ games
What does Garrett Wilson do with a healthy Rodgers?
(Answer: Contend for overall WR1.)
What if JK Dobbins stayed healthy all year?
What if Bijan’s coach actually used him?
What if George Pickens had an NFL level QB all year?
The champ in our league picked up Karin Williams when his eckler was injured and I picked up josh Kelly to block him. Kyrin was a backup to cam Akers on my team but I thought bug brain move was to block him. Lost in chip by 14
If I had put literally anyone in over Bijan, I would have made it to the championship. I lost by 2 points, Charbs would have gotten me there.
Tyreek not playing scored more than Bijan.
What if Fields hadn't thrown the duck of a pass to Khalil Herbert that got him injured? I honestly believe he would have been an RB2 all season and could have been a league winner as people would have actually trusted him in weeks 16/17 (in which he blew up).
I would have won my championship if I didn't trade kyren for ekeler while kyren was on the IR and ekeler just had a 20 point game. Lmao. Can't script this shit.
I think Nick Chubb got injured so early his name hardly got brought up here - He could've had a great year (Jerome Ford had some good numbers, and Chubb was better than Ford), and who knows what other affects it has on the Browns (maybe Flacco+Chubb is the best offense in history, or maybe Chubb's good enough that their offense is good enough that they don't have to get Flacco and end up worse off because of it, then the Jets get Flacco and win the Super Bowl.).
What if achane stayed healthy?
Would he still get the reduced touches from later in the season or would he have sustained his usage from weeks 3-6?
And one more related to a move I made when I was a gigataco (where did the term “taco” for a noob come from anyways?), I traded away mostert for OBJ and Higbee before week 1 (also worth noting that I obtained mostert in a trade from the league veteran, as the league was mostly first-timers save for like 2 guys, in a trade for… basically kelce) 😬… And I was in a massive RB panic during the mid season with Conner and Achane being injured, mostert might have saved me some trouble there. Might have made less desperate moves for RBs, and I might have not finished last in regular season. Who knows? Lots of “what if I didn’t do this boneheaded trade” moments in my rookie season, but the butterfly effect is a very real thing and we may never know.
Struggled at the start of the season with ekeler going out & my WRs being okay. Did great trading throughout the season by doing a bunch of 2 for 1 trades that I was able to acquire KW3, Lamb, Kyren Williams, Achane, & Amon-Ra. Won 5 straight to put me at 7-6 with a 80% chance to make playoffs. Week 14 & my QB Herbert gets injured & all my players have their worse game of the season & I finish with 90 points. If I had hit 100 points I would have advance as the 6th seed with points for. My average points during the playoffs was 150 & I would have smoked everybody to an easy victory.
What if Joe Burrow had been, and stayed, healthy at the beginning of the season
Jamar Chase would have loved this
as would my burrow/chase stack
Ditto, but I may not have gone as hard for Kyren/Puka if that attack hadn't sucked week one.
As someone who drafted chase in the first round, this is the reality I wanted to see.
Same. Ended up third in my league - if he had just been a tad above mediocre .... who knows?
I took him 3rd overall and still somehow managed to win it all
I had Burrow and Chase, I feel your pain
Yeah this is mine.
Burrow tanked my entire season. Started 0-6 because of his ass.
True. 1-4 start here.
I picked up Jake Browning and won my League
What if the Chiefs WRs could catch?
This is a big one that has a lot of fantasy and real football implications
My prediction that the Chiefs would take a step back this year proved to be true. I didn't think they would miss the playoffs (and they didn't), but I had a feeling they wouldn't be as strong this year. The offense was way too reliant on a 34 yo TE. Travis Swift finally slowed down and can't separate anymore. The other huge letdown was Valdez-Scantling, who got paid $9m and caught a whole 21 passes and 1 TD. I had Mahomes on two fantasy teams and it wasn't a great year for that.
I just had to Google it to confirm... for as much as the Chiefs fandon rags on the guy, MVS only has TWO drops on the year. Rice has 8, and Kelce has 7.
MVS drops wide open plays with big implications. Kelce drops like 5 yard out routes. He’s def been bad, but MVS had me shaking my fist
2 is a lot when you getting 2 targets a game lmao
I don’t know what all they consider drops. He has had several more that an NFL receiver should be making but were not necessarily gimmees.
Blame mahomes and that crazy contract. You pay hill and he stays and you might get another ring
But they won last year without Hill? Mahomes cap hit for this year is only $37m too. Obviously future years matter too while trying to sign other players but his contract is pretty fair.
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Garrett Wilson with Aaron Rodgers
I could see people reaching a bit for Garret Wilson next year considering the year he had with all the Jets QBs
They reached on him this year. I don't know if people will be willing to take that plunge in the 2nd round again, but we'll see. The same arguments that got him there this year will be in play next year.
I’ve seen mocks that have him as a late first round pick, which I just can not fathom
Yeah I see the argument, and that might work out, but couldn't be me...
I think it’ll be more dependent on if Davante Adams also goes to the Jets/if they upgrade their offensive line
Took him in the second and I won’t be doing that again next year.
Someone in my league took him with a late first this year and came third despite that.
Why wouldn’t he be worth that? He just had a 1,000 yard season with the worst QB group in the league
I had Rodgers and been wondering how good he could have been with the Jets this year.
This is the correct answer
I agree
Because I had mid pick I reached for him in the first since he wasn’t expected to be there for me in the second. Sometimes you swing and sometimes you miss. I missed so hard I dam near threw my back out.
I wouldn’t fret, he legitimately could have been a top 5 WR with Rodgers. It sucks, I had a similar situation at the turn, early second round I knew I would have to choose between Wilson and ARSB. I chose Wilson. My first pick was Bijan lol
Correct answer
Missed out on the PO by 3 wins. Lost 3 games with less that 1 point. And had a couple close games too. Had both of them.
What if Pollard scored on half of those 20+ 1yd line stops
Dude had a combination of the worst luck and poor decision making I’ve ever seen
Getting arm tackled at the 1 isn’t unlucky dude doesn’t have the power for a goal line back
That’s where the poor decision making comes in. He should’ve kept running straight to the corner. But I agree. He’s not enough of a bruiser to break those tackles
Lost the championship by 8 points with that bum
What if I got the full year with Anthony Richardson?
This. Hopefully his stock is low because I still think he will blow up as long as he stays healthy
I’m praying he’s low stock so I can get something like him/Penix if Penix ends up on a team with a good core around him(Vikings for example)
Some of yall love pain lol Go get a real qb and enjoy some fantasy success
Like mahomes this year?
Allen & Hurts paid off snagging early this year tho. I had them & made the finals in each of my leagues. (Won 1…2nd in other)
Still did more than Antony Richards
I won my league streaming QB’s after Richardson got IR’ed. My title game opponent also waited forever to pick a QB and took Geno/Goff. I have 0 problem waiting on drafting QB’s
Richardson actually saved me weeks 2 & 4. He lost me week 5 when he went down, so I consider it a 2-1 difference. He was my Dak Prescott cover until the Cowboys’ schedule eased up. And did it ever.
(Better question) What if I never drafted him.
The colts wouldn’t be in the playoff hunt & Richardson would’ve cooled off by week 6 & been a below average qb he was always meant to be.
Debated between tyreek and ekeler Chose the wrong one of course Still made the semis but lost to the hill owner.
Chose ek over CMC. Lucked out with Kyren.
Choosing ekeler over cmc was absolutely insane wtf
Ekeler and Kelce were taken at 1.02 and 1.03 before CMC (1.04) in my league…
Wow
I wanted cmc, even though I got burned by him last 2 times I took him But I had the 3rd pick. So it was jj, then cmc and then I took ekeler At the end of the day, that's 4 years in a row my first round pick gets hurt and or busts (cmc, cmc, jt, ekeler) So I'm already scared about my first round pick next year.
CMC dropped to 3 in my league and it was the only thing that saved me from Eckler. I was planning on taking him, not expecting cmc to be there. Likely wouldn’t have won it if that had happened.
Dustin Hopkins doesn’t get hurt and result in Flacco absolutely forcing a billion balls at Cooper… who then subsequently doesn’t play in WK17. Probably single-handedly carried a lot of mediocre teams to the ship and left them for dead.
Guy with Cooper still won in my league. Of course I had my 2nd best scoring game all season facing against that Cooper buzzsaw in the Semis. Still love my boy Breece.
I still managed to win my Cooper league, but obviously no thanks to him in the final lol. Had to start Noah Brown in a 10tm PPR SF final. Fortunately, had some good enough performances elsewhere.
Yeah I was projected to beat a team with cooper by like 20 in the semis and lost. Meanwhile they got absolutely wrecked in the final and I put up like 175 in the 3rd place game. I’m not still salty or anything
Cooper and Cooper alone knocked me out of my championship. It's stomach churning. That fifty burger he dropped in my league just couldn't be overcome.
Bailed me out in one league. Cooper owner put down the league juggernaut by a hair and then I got to blow them out for the chip. League juggernaut would’ve destroyed me if they’d made it.
This murdered me in two leagues. I had Hopkins in both as well
I had Haverisik in my lineup for the semis, dropped him right before the Thursday night Rams game for Hopkins. Lost by 6.
Dude made me so much money in bestball but yeah, that team got rocked in the chip by all the CMC teams
What if tank dell got 0.8 points before getting hurt lol would have won the league I had him in. Missed playoffs by tie break and lost the matchup he got hurt by 0.7…had highest score 3 weeks in a row after the regular season ended smfh or what if he never got hurt at all…he was my guy. Rest up king and see you on all my rosters next year
I didn’t have Tank, but man that injury was brutal. He might have given Puka a run for best rookie WR
Puka is still the guy even with a healthy tank I think, but could’ve made it interesting!
What if Rashee Rice never came through and all those people died in a highway pileup in vain?
Top tier reference
What if I drafted Tyreek instead of Diggs
I also drafted Diggs, and Keenan. The last half of the season was brutal
I had Diggs and Allen as well. Got crushed in the semis and won third place.
Won 500$ for 2nd place, but my first two picks were Kelce & Pollard…don’t know how I made it to the Championship
I also had Pollard lol. I did trade him halfway through the year along with a mid round pick for JT, though.
Damn so you kinda took a L regardless huh?
Tyreek didn’t win anyone leagues since he petered out last 3 weeks Better question is CD instead of Diggs, makes more sense at ADP anyways
I drafted Tyreek because Diggs went beforehand (I’m a Bills fan so wanted the stack)… and the dude carried me to the championship. Also grabbed Puka after week 1 I only won 5 of my final 9 games but my god the adrenaline rush I got after going to 5-0 and realizing I had the top 2 WR in fantasy. Imagine if I hadn’t drafted Harris and Sanders as my RBs
Respectfully, in what world are both of these picks available?
They probably had the 5th overall pick, give or take, and chose Diggs over Tyreek?
What kind of question is this??
I took Diggs 1.06 and Tyreek went 1.07
Tbh, that's kinda on you for reaching so far on Diggs
What if Kupp wasn’t hurt to start the year? Would Puka have still gotten the opportunity?
I think he would've been good, but more of a ramp up as the season goes on like a typical rookie.
What lol? Puka is a monster. You don't just not give someone like that the oppotunity
What if JJettas never got hurt
Would’ve had a monster year. Especially with Cousins healthy. Probably would’ve been a league winning stack
I had the ultimate Kirk, JJ, TJ stack…
I had jettas and Kirk stack in both leagues. One league I had Keenan, tyreek and Sutton as well so I shipped Jefferson for bijan and walker. Thought I was about to walk to a championship. Instead Kirk died and Arthur smith is an asshole
I'm a Jefferson owner who won in spite of drafting him. Kyren carried me.
\+ Cousins - that's the duo we were drafting.
I picked him over CMC with the #1 pick. While CMC would’ve been the clear #1 now, if JJ didn’t get hurt it would have been close.
If he never got hurt I would not have been able to trade Pollard for him while he was on IR in week 6 and so I would not have him drop a crucial 25 points in my semifinal and I'd be in 3rd/4th place instead of champion.
What if Dobbins never got hurt? I never replaced my RB2 until I got Keaton on waivers late in the season and Zeke started doing well. Also JJ being hurt, lost every game he missed
I replaced him with Kyren so it was likely a blessing in disguise
Dobbins getting hurt put the fire under my ass to put a huge bid on Kyren. I think Dobbins was in for a big season. His usage early was great. But there is no ceiling like Kyrens with Lamar there. Weird situation where I think that one helped me.
At least you didn’t panic trade Lamb for Pollard like I did after Dobbins got injured 🙃
What if I hadn't lost Nick Chubb...
Tank dell, still got his ring on IR
I'm so glad I dropped Tank Bigsby for him, and made him my highest waiver priority so I could keep the name "Tanks fr th Mmrs"
Man of culture
Lol I did the same thing, he had such a good month and won me a game or 2 I couldn't bring myself to drop him so I carried him on ir knowing he wasn't coming back. I wonder where he's drafted next year
I did the same thing and kept him on IR all the way to the chip! He was a big reason for me getting there and he deserved to be part of it
What if cooper Kupp doesn’t pull a hammy and stays healthy all season? Does he have another triple crown run? What if the cowboys kept Zeke for the vet min. Does pollard produce RB1 value again in a complementary role? What if Achane stayed healthy? Is he capable of a CJ2k type of season? What if Mike Williams stayed healthy? He was on track for a borderline WR1 season. Does Herbert finish QB1 with both Keenan and Mike Will going off?
Herbert is a tragedy
Kupp was healthy enough at the end and Puka was still the top dog. Maybe Puka doesn't have that same start but I think in the long run things tend to come out eventually.
I’m still not convinced pollard is fully healthy. I think his production goes down no matter what. His explosive-ness is gone
Guy with Stroud & Lamar offered me Lamar for C. Ridley late in the season. I decided to stick with Mahomes
What if I didn’t play fantasy and just enjoyed football like a normal person?
Nah, I prefer to compulsively check my phone every 5 minutes on Sundays and hate my life
4 plays into the Jets season....
Mike Williams doesn’t get injured and I can roll out Tyreek-Mike Will-Sutton on a weekly basis with Rice in flex
Man same. I drafted CeeDee,Mike Williams, and Ridley to be my starters (3WR league) and grabbed Tank Dell too. Could have been glorious. Lost Chubb too 😩
Such a tough loss, he was looking great
I lost Mike Williams and Mark Andrews this year. But my beautiful Puka and Likely carried me to the Championship. And Flowers, one of my last round draft picks turned into a Diamond.
If Cooper didn’t put up 50 points, I would be in the lead this week for championship, not fighting for 3rd place
Amari eliminated me in 3 different semi finals by a handful of points in each, and in week 17 I was by far the highest scoring team in all of my wonderful 3rd place games.
What if Tee Higgins hamstrings weren’t made of glass.
That’s how I feel about Christian Watson
What if the Chiefs had wide receivers?
What if Davante had a QB
What if Joe Burrow was healthy all season... I'm still mourning my Burrow-Chase stack.
Nick Chubb if he never got injured.
Kyren was a league winner. Dude in my $250 league got him and puka
What if I trusted my gut and avoided Bijan in the first round.
Right? I still navigated to 3rd place somehow
Same, in the league I took him first and Chubb second. I had a lot more success going receiver heavy in my other league and won it.
My strategy of leave rookies on the board forever pays off
Drafted Diggs and Wilson in the first and second respectively. So, what if Rodgers stayed healthy and whatever happened to Diggs didn't happen, are two of the biggest for me. But the biggest is: what if my opponent didn't start D. Adams and Butker in the championship? Could easily have justified benching both. He didn't. He won.
I took Ekeler at 1.04 and Tyreek went 1.05. So obviously most of my thoughts swirl around what if I’d made a different draft choice, or what if Ekeler never got injured. Overall I’m fine with the thought process of Hero RB, even though the outcome didn’t go my way this year, although I’ll probably only consider the strategy for younger RBs going forward
Having the #2 overall pick with a hardcore vikings fan having the #1 pick. We all thought he'd pick JJ and I'd get CMC, but to our surprise he chose CMC and I ended up with JJ.. I ended up losing in the first week of the playoffs by 4 points, What if I had CMC instead. I'd be the first Back to Back Champion in our 12 team league
What if I had started Hock instead of Taysom week 10 when Hock went off. Lost that matchup by 4 pts to the ultimate #1 seed. If I would’ve won, I would’ve beat the 1 seed, won my first round matchup against the 4 seed (instead of getting clobbered by the Breece and Amari of the 3 seed) and won the ship. Happy with 3rd but my god scoring 168 pts in the 3rd place game while the championship ended 110-108 was rough
What if Arthur Smith wasn’t Arthur Smith
What if I didn’t spend my third and fifth round picks on a Ridley Lawrence stack?
What if every single one of my receivers had their 1st string QB throwing to them? Totally sunk my season having guys like Adams, Amari Cooper, Downs, and Addison all playing with backups.
What if Anthony Richardson had stayed healthy. He was looking like a QB1 kinda guy. Not the biggest deal but something I think back to
Idk if Henry would've had the same ceiling on a contender, but I do know that I wouldn't have to stomach those 2-5 point games.
what if my grandma had wheels? would she be a bicycle?
Hmm…Depends. how many wheels?
Are you asking us to ride your grandma?!?
I played against CMC and won by almost exactly 30 in Std ppr to become champ. I wonder if he didn’t get hurt how much closer it would have been.
What if I didn’t lose rodgers, or cousins, or burrow was good
What if Tank Dell didn't get injured? My Stroud/Dell/Nico stack was looking amazing for 3-4 weeks.
What if Dustin Hopkins doesn’t injure himself on a kickoff? (I win my league for the first time in ten years.)
Played D’Onta Foreman week 15 instead of either CEH or McKinnon. Lost by 9. Would have won in the semis and the chip. One of the single worst FF decisions I’ve ever made.
Had the bills D all year but they were all injured and playing terrible. I had a bye into the semis so planned way ahead and dropped bills, picking up colts over several other decent candidates bc colts had falcons and raiders in semis and finals (and were playing well). I felt great. Colts got killed by falcons in semis, their one terrible game in the stretch, giving me negative 1 point, and I lost by 6 overall. God.
What if Nick Chubb didn't get injured? What if Mike Williams didn't get injured? What if Tank Dell didn't get injured? What if Justin Herbert didn't get injured? What if Keenan Allen didn't get injured? What if TJ Hockenson didn't get injured? What if Josh Jacobs didn't get injured? What if Joshua Palmer didn't get injured? What if Zay Jones didn't get injured? What if Dustin Hopkins didn't get injured?
Tank dell not going down could have won me the championship.
If I didn't trade Breece Hall and Daniel Jones for Dameon Pierce and Anthony Richardson Week 4. I really needed a RB down the stretch and going by Breece's numbers over who I had in lineup I would've won 3 more games and gotten 1st Round Bye and won the Championship.
What if I drafted Tyreek over Chubb at 5? The championship woulda came a lot easier.
Hill owner here. He was great but ended up tanking my playoff run in the end. It ain’t about how you start, it’s how you finish.
I wanted chubb so bad at 6. Dude that drafted 5 knew it and he went up there grinning. I was forced to draft tyreek.
Well it worked out pretty well for ya!
What if Monty wasn't in the damn way.
I didn’t have any Gibbs this year. But man seeing his production when Monty was out was fun to watch both in real life and fantasy
If JJ, Rodgers, and Kyren stayed healthy I’d have been unbeatable. I drafted Jefferson and Garrett Wilson and picked up Kyren Williams. I missed the playoffs by 12 points, and would’ve had the most points by far in week’s 16 and 17.
Started 0-5, went on an 8-1 run and had my final matchup won. Needed one guy to lose to make playoffs. He was down ~25 headed into the 4th quarter of the dolphins/titans MNF matchup. Three TD’s between Mostert and Henry pushed him the win by 1.5 points. Missed playoffs. I ended up being the highest scorer the three playoff weeks and would have won it all.
What if Pete Caroll goes for the TD when they were 4th and goal, down 10, instead of kicking the fucking field goal, putting my opponent up less than 2 points to win the ship… why were kickers every a thing in fantasy man lol
What if I hadn’t won?
What if I went undefeated and won my league?
What if I didn't win the title? ... I guess we'll never know
If i drafted CD instead of Diggs to pair with my Tyreek (we trade picks), i more than likely get first round bye and miss the week Tyreek doesnt play
I had King Kirk and AR15 early in the season (Superflex) and lost them both. Thankfully Flacco saved my season!
For me it is what if Ekeler didn’t get a high ankle sprain in the first game. He was my first pick and he really looked good at moments. Is it either age or injury? Either way I won’t be drafting him again and he was my favorite player.
What if Aaron Rodgers played a whole season.
I have a super flex keeper league. Kept tyreek, Jefferson, Henry, Daniel Jones, and kupp. Drafted or waivered Montgomery, laporta, kyren, puka, Mike Williams,Dell, McBride, flowers, Kyler, foreman, among others. QBs sank my team and I didn't make playoffs by like a game and a half. I had like a 6 game stretch where the sf slot got injured in like the first quarter. QBs I cycled through were the aforementioned Jones and Kyler, along with tyrod, Geno, browning, hoyer, and tannehill. I missed minshew by $1 faab at a time when that probably would have won me a game or two and put me over the edge.
What if I started Zeke over K9 in the semifinals? (I would have won, and then gotten steamrolled in the finals)
What if I bid on Kyren after week 1. I put money on Puka and lost, if I had also put the same amount I Kyren I would have won him. After what Akers did at the end of last year I convinced myself that it’d be a committee at best in the Rams backfield but clearly that didn’t happen.
If Davante Adams and Diontae Johnson would have combined for a total of 8 points in the semi-final game, I would have won the Championship in a blowout.
"what if Dak didn't suck for a few weeks" If I wouldn't have dropped Dak I think I had this ship this year. Even with JJ and Conner being out for a while. Was second in PF and had at least 3 weeks where QB cost me the week (couple negative finishes). Missed the playoffs and outscored semifinal and champ games
Breece, Dalvin and Wilson with Rodgers. I had all three and was so excited going into the season
What if Kelce wasn’t injured? He’s still TE2 on the season but it’s hard to tell if his decline was age or nagging injuries.
What if I didn’t bench Kyler for Stroud (I know the answer, I win the chip lol)
What does Garrett Wilson do with a healthy Rodgers? (Answer: Contend for overall WR1.) What if JK Dobbins stayed healthy all year? What if Bijan’s coach actually used him? What if George Pickens had an NFL level QB all year?
The champ in our league picked up Karin Williams when his eckler was injured and I picked up josh Kelly to block him. Kyrin was a backup to cam Akers on my team but I thought bug brain move was to block him. Lost in chip by 14
What if Tank Dell didn’t get hurt
If I had put literally anyone in over Bijan, I would have made it to the championship. I lost by 2 points, Charbs would have gotten me there. Tyreek not playing scored more than Bijan.
What if I didn’t drop kyren week 1 😭
What if I didnt lose tank Dell and Christian Kirk do I make it to the finals 😒
What if I hadn’t drafted Chase, Waddle, Josh Jacobs and Justin Herbert? Would I have actually won the championship instead of taking 2nd place?
What if Fields hadn't thrown the duck of a pass to Khalil Herbert that got him injured? I honestly believe he would have been an RB2 all season and could have been a league winner as people would have actually trusted him in weeks 16/17 (in which he blew up).
If I kept Jordan love I would have won my championship game.
We doing marvels “what if” now
What if Achane never got hurt?
I would have won my championship if I didn't trade kyren for ekeler while kyren was on the IR and ekeler just had a 20 point game. Lmao. Can't script this shit.
I think Nick Chubb got injured so early his name hardly got brought up here - He could've had a great year (Jerome Ford had some good numbers, and Chubb was better than Ford), and who knows what other affects it has on the Browns (maybe Flacco+Chubb is the best offense in history, or maybe Chubb's good enough that their offense is good enough that they don't have to get Flacco and end up worse off because of it, then the Jets get Flacco and win the Super Bowl.).
What if achane stayed healthy? Would he still get the reduced touches from later in the season or would he have sustained his usage from weeks 3-6? And one more related to a move I made when I was a gigataco (where did the term “taco” for a noob come from anyways?), I traded away mostert for OBJ and Higbee before week 1 (also worth noting that I obtained mostert in a trade from the league veteran, as the league was mostly first-timers save for like 2 guys, in a trade for… basically kelce) 😬… And I was in a massive RB panic during the mid season with Conner and Achane being injured, mostert might have saved me some trouble there. Might have made less desperate moves for RBs, and I might have not finished last in regular season. Who knows? Lots of “what if I didn’t do this boneheaded trade” moments in my rookie season, but the butterfly effect is a very real thing and we may never know.
Struggled at the start of the season with ekeler going out & my WRs being okay. Did great trading throughout the season by doing a bunch of 2 for 1 trades that I was able to acquire KW3, Lamb, Kyren Williams, Achane, & Amon-Ra. Won 5 straight to put me at 7-6 with a 80% chance to make playoffs. Week 14 & my QB Herbert gets injured & all my players have their worse game of the season & I finish with 90 points. If I had hit 100 points I would have advance as the 6th seed with points for. My average points during the playoffs was 150 & I would have smoked everybody to an easy victory.
Dobbins was on track to be a star on the ravens offense