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Which players are on most of Ian's teams?

I’ve finished another draft. That’s six leagues I’m in now. And the same names are tending to show up.

Julian Edelman, Randall Cobb, Roddy White. These are guys you’ll tend to get if you use my player list. They’re all on five of my six teams.

Next in line are Brandin Cooks, Lamar Miller, Markus Wheaton, Stephen Gostkowski and Tom Brady. They’re all on two thirds of my teams.

It’s that corps of players that will tend to dictate whether I win any championships this year. If those guys get hurt or underachieve, then I start sliding to mediocre. If they hit it big, I could be bagging multiple titles.

PLAYERS ON MULTIPLE IAN TEAMS
PosPlayerNo
WRJulian Edelman5
WRRandall Cobb5
WRRoddy White5
WRBrandin Cooks4
RBLamar Miller4
WRMarkus Wheaton4
PKStephen Gostkowski4
QBTom Brady4
RBBrandon Bolden3
RBChris Polk3
WRDeAndre Hopkins3
TEKyle Rudolph3
STNew Orleans Saints3
QBAndy Dalton2
RBBryce Brown2
STDenver Broncos2
RBJames Starks2
TEJared Cook2
RBKhiry Robinson2
RBKnowshon Moreno2
RBMark Ingram2
QBMatt Ryan2
RBPierre Thomas2
RBRay Rice2
RBShane Vereen2
PKSteven Hauschka2

Here’s my most recent team, from the Fanex National League draft. The National League, I’m embarrassed to say, is the Second Division of that competition (it’s a 24-team competition separated into two tiers). Over the last 10 years, I’ve won more games and scored more points than anyone in that league, but I had a mediocre season last year, finishing 7th out of 12 teams in scoring and with just a 5-9 record. So I got relegated down to the National for the first time. Hopefully it will be a one-year stay.

Nothing too special to say about this team. Same kind of strategy I tend to employ in this format. You’ll see Edelman, White and Cooks at wide receiver. I went with Jimmy Graham in the first round, so not quite as strong at wide receiver as one of my typical teams.

I took three quarterbacks (rather than the preferred two) because I find myself being drawn to the upside potential of Ryan Tannehill and Carson Palmer as backups. Roster moves are allowed in this league, so no need to carry backups at TE, PK or Defense. Used those spots instead of handcuff-type running backs instead. I have nine running backs. Two “starters” (Bernard-Richardson), hopefully another decent starter (or two) out of the New Orleans pair (Ingram-Robinson) and five backups who are an injury away from being contributers (Starks, Bradshaw, Polk, Draughn, McKinnon).

FANEX NATIONAL LEAGUE
PickPosPlayer
7.11QBTom Brady
14.02QBCarson Palmer
12.02QBRyan Tannehill
2.02RBGiovani Bernard
6.02RBTrent Richardson
9.11RBMark Ingram
10.02RBKhiry Robinson
13.11RBJames Starks
16.02RBAhmad Bradshaw
17.11RBChris Polk
19.11RBShaun Draughn
20.02RBJerick McKinnon
3.11WRJulian Edelman
4.02WRRoddy White
5.11WRBrandin Cooks
8.02WRRiley Cooper
11.11WRMarkus Wheaton
1.11TEJimmy Graham
15.11PKSteven Hauschka
18.02STNew England Patriots

—Ian Allan

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