Windy City Gridiron
It’s Saturday and the Bears report to camp in just a few days. That means next week we are going to be pivoting to a lot of training camp coverage, which means we should wrap up our Dynasty Fantasy Football series this weekend. We have four teams left, so let’s dive in.
Adam Hess is the next roster we are going to assess. Adam has been a part of this league for several years, and his team has struggled over the last few years. Let’s see why he isn’t stacking wins and what he can do to improve.
Here’s the roster:
Let’s break it down, and let’s start with the QB room, where Adam has the best QB room in the league. The problem is, we only start one QB; this is not a Superflex. Adam, trade a quarterback! You’ll never get the value you want out of trading a QB, but Adam arguably has 3 QB1s on the roster, and two of them are on the bench every week. Pick a QB1 (he’ll pick Caleb), trade Stafford to a win-now team, and downgrade Lawrence to a QB2-level QB and maybe pick up an extra pick or another player in the process.
At RB, he starts with Jeanty, which is a great spot. I know Jeanty didn’t have the best rookie season, but even with that, he still compiled a pretty strong point total, and he should only improve. This league starts 2 RBs, and there isn’t a viable 2nd starter unless Coleman grabs the bull by the horns in Denver. You can absolutely start Sampson, Dobbins, or maybe even Allgeier in a pinch, but you can’t rely on any of them as an RB2 for a season.
The WR room has a lot of guys that are “pretty good.” I feel like this is one of those groups where you try to choose your lineup based on matchups and you inevitably fail to start someone every week that has a strong week. Unless McLaurin finds the magic again this year, this is a roster loaded with WR2s and WR3s that can score a decent number, but there just aren’t any big-time scorers here at an important position.
Now we get to the TE room, where again, we argue for the best TE room in the league. Adam has 4 startable TEs; unfortunately, we only start 1 to 2 TEs per week in this league. Make a trade, Adam! There are a lot of teams that have subpar TE rooms, and Adam has at least two to trade. Theo Johnson as your TE5 is also crazy. With the extra talent at TE and QB, you have to wonder why this team isn’t making more trades.
Let’s move over to the defense, where Adam has arguably the DT1 in the league in terms of fantasy in Jeffery Simmons. You only have to start 1 DT, but you can start more than that, and Adam used to have Madubuike as a dynamic...
