A post-trade deadline draft review

    I had so me inspiration to create a post-deadline trade write up, and the best way to do that in my opinion would be a look back at the draft to see how the line-ups have evolved.

    I'm going to skip all of the inane shit that John writes about and get straight to the content. Here is a review of what transpired on the greatest day of the fantasy season. Take some time to review how the rosters have changed.

Aaron: He has a strong draft in hindsight, if we look past the fact that he took Gore on John's advice instead of Gurley. Thanks for that John (although we all know that if it wasn't for John he actually would have taken Watt first overall). If Arian Foster had remained healthy I might call his team a strong contender. Blount has been much more trustworthy to get points than Patriots running backs have historically been, and Robinson has exceeded all expectations. Aaron traded for Brady and back to John again and his team now looks as strong as it has all year.

Curtis: Curtis' team was handicapped right off the start due to keeping Russell Wilson as a first rounder. He caught a diamond in Bernard, whom I thought was a way overvalued pick at the time, but ultimately had an average draft, not helped by having his best player and by far best keeper in Keenan Allen get injured. Curtis next year will undoubtedly have a better team after next years draft if he has different keepers

Andrew: Andrew's team had some of the best keepers coming into the draft but was pinched in the power rankings immediately due to Benjamin's injury, followed by the Forte and Lynch injuries and made worse by having an undroppable/untradable Jimmy Graham being underutilized in Seattle. With new keepers next year he should be able to give a strong effort at draft time.

Mike: Mike's draft was frankly horrible. His team thankfully is completely different because after the draft had plenty of time to scout players to turn his team into a strong contender. A Charcandrick West injury and an inevitable Forte/Langford timeshare will severely hamper his chances at a championship. Joique Bell in the second? That is how bad his draft was.

Clarke: Why the fuck did I drop the Bronco's defense? I want to go back to week 1, not to get them back as much as ask myself why I dropped them before the first game.
    My team is barely recognizable and I'm not even going to try tracking the way in which my team has changed after multiple waiver adds and seven trades. After drafting for next year, seeing an opportunity to compete this year, and ultimately losing a couple close games (always due to having a low ranked player do well on my bench and having one of my studs play like shit) I blew up my team again to get Bell and John's third and fourth round picks next year. I didn't want to trade Olsen but how does one turn down an offer like that? I will arguably be in the best position to succeed going into the draft next year.

Travis: Travis' team looks like it should have been decent, but Morris sucked hard, and players that he didn't trade were mostly useless. He has amassed a plethora of top young players and will undoubtedly have a much better chance at contending next year.

Keith: Looking back at Keith's drafted team, it's hard not to notice that almost all of his picks were speculative/unproven players, and they have been utterly terrible. Added to that was Lacy playing like shit for most of the season, and it's not hard to see why his team was very nearly out of it. His team was saved by having arguably the best keepers in the league, and good waivers and trades. If Lacy keeps it up, I'm calling it now that Keith is my early choice for most points scored ROS.

John: His hard-on for Chip Kelly shrouded his draft, and now that he is past that temporary love affair, he has a good chance at a championship, due to having the best RB and WR in the game as keepers.

Steve: Steve threw a lot of speculative darts, much like Keith, but hit bulls eye on lots of them. He was able to get past losing Charles by replacing him with Yeldon, and his team has played awesome recently. His biggest failure was dropping Winston way too early, but that won't hurt his chances this year.

Shayne had good keepers, coupled with an average draft. Had he kept McFadden his team would be in much better shape to win a championship, but he is still a strong contender. The Hill/Murray trade hasn't worked out for either team so we can forgive both his and John on their respective expectations from their incoming players.

Stan: I told John after the draft that I thought that Stan had the best team. Things have changed since then. His team has been poisoned by poor play (C.J.) and injuries (Edelman, Hilton). His team has a chance this year, especially if Osweiller can get the ball to D. Thomas. Replace C.J. with Cooper at next years draft and his team is in great shape next year.

Dawson: Dawson's moves this year, much like mine, have been maddening to follow. He overpaid Mike for Calvin, but got a good return when he traded him to Keith. Cobb has been nowhere near as good as we thought he would be, and don't even get me started on Andrew Luck. His best player in Bell got injured, AJ has seen all of his touchdowns get siphoned off to Eifert, and Tannehill's break out season has been one to forget. His saving grace for now has been Devonta Freeman. As long as he and Coleman don't split carries in the future, and the players he got in return for Bell play to their potential, his team has a strong chance at championship.