Dtynasty League 2019 Season Preview

The Dtynasty League

2019 Season Preview

Repeat?

Straight Cash Homie will attempt to be the
first repeat champion in Dtynasty League

history but the challengers await...

ISSUE NO. 01

Letter from the Commisioner

Dear GM's,
It is with great pleasure that I welcome
you to the 4th annual season of the
Dtynasty League. 2016 seems like such a
long time ago & I could never have
envisioned our league being where it is
today. I must thank all of you for not
only participating but staying active and
committed, it's not easy! I'm really proud
of this league and everything we've
built. Three different champions in 3
seasons makes for great dialogue. I wish
all of you the best this season, here's to
another successful season for our
league.
TDL ain't nothing to fuck with!

2018 SEASON REVIEW

League Champion: Straight Cash Homie

Playoff Teams: 1) 6 Squad

2) Touchdown Breesus
3) Straight Cash Homie
4) Okay this team is EPIC

2018 Go big (or go home).

2018 was the season of growth. While some
teams made moves to contend, others we're
preparing for the future. Perhaps the biggest
moment of the season came at the last hour of
the trade deadline when a 3-Team deal was
executed by 6 Squad, Straight Cash Homie, &
DBOG. Players like Le'Veon Bell, Adam
Thielen, Mike Evans, & Nick Chubb were
dealt. Heading into the postseason, 6 Squad
was the heavy favorite at 13-1 but limping into
the playoffs. Touchdown Breesus led by the
dynamic duo of Tyreek Hill & Mike Thomas
bounced back from the last place finish in
2017. Straight Cash Homie finished the season
winning 4 of 5 to clinch a playoff spot and
was primed to contend after deadline moves.
Okay this team is EPIC made their first
appearance in the postseason led by
Superstar Alvin Kamara. In the end, Straight
Cash Homie emerged victorious posting their
highest point total of the season in the
championship and defeating 6 Squad (191-141)

PRE-SEASON GM's POLL

1. Which team will win the championship in 2019?

Winner: 6 Squad (4 votes)

Others Receiving Votes: (3) Touchdown Breesus, (2) Straight Cash Homie

2. Which team's GM makes the best trades?

Winner: DBOG (5 votes)

Others Receiving Votes: (3) Straight Cash Homie

3. Which team's GM is the best at drafting?

Winner: 6 Squad (5 votes)

4. Which team had a better roster than their
2018 record suggests? Winner: thank u, next (4 votes)

Others Receiving Votes: (3) DBOG

5. Which team had a worse roster than their
2018 record suggests?

Winner: Baker's Dozen (3 votes) A Gurley has No Name (3 votes)

6. Who will be the Dtynasty LEague MVP in 2019?

Winner: Pat Mahomes (4 votes)

Others Receiving Votes: (2) Saquon Barkley

7. Which team will finish last in 2019?

Winner: Seannyfootball (4 votes) The Little Spoons (4 votes)

STRAISGTHRTACIGAHSTHCHAOSMHIEHOMIE

2018 STRENGTHS:
8-6 (CHAMPION)
You should all expect the defending champs to be
HISTORY back in contention this season. This is a very well-
1 balanced roster boasting 2 potential Top-5 QB’s in
Deshaun Watson & Carson Wentz. Zeke is a huge
OVERALL RECORD part of this team’s success, this team will go as far
24-18 (.571) as he takes them. The WR room includes the best
WR in the league Antonio Brown and two WR’s in
PLAYOFF APPEARANCES Brandin Cooks and Tyler Lockett who consistently
produce.
2
weaknesses:
PLAYOFF RECORD
2-1 The easiest answer here is TE, we might still be
holding on to the potential of Evan Engram as long
as he remains in football purgatory. Antonio Brown
is now catching passes from Derek Carr, & running
routes designed by Jon Gruden which seems like a
significant downgrade. This season could be
entirely dependent on the two surgically repaired
ACL’s at QB, and that’s just Deshaun Watson.
Carson Wentz struggled last season in his return
from his own ACL tear, so it will be interesting to
see if he returns to his 2017 form.

potential breakout star:

Nick Chubb. We saw the flashes of stardom on
several occasions in 2018, the potential is there for
Chubb to be a Top-10 RB and if that
happens…….ya’ll n words in trouble.

6 SQUAD

2018 STRENGHTS:
13-1 (2ND PLACE)
6 Squad has reached the finals in 3 straight seasons,
HISTORY winning it all in 2017. This roster remains loaded with a
particular advantage at tight end with TE1 Travic Kelce
1 and a loaded room of receivers in their early/mid 20s that
are major contributors now and will be for the better part
OVERALL RECORD of the next decade. WR1 Mike Evans, WR2 Juju Smith,
33-9 (.785) WR3 Calvin Ridley and WR4 Anthony Miller are all deadly
and capable of 20 points any given week. RB1 Melvin
PLAYOFF APPEARANCES Gordon remains a top 3 fantasy option, so long as he
3 returns to team activities, and QB1 Russel Wilson is as
dynamic as ever. This team is built to win now and in the
PLAYOFF RECORD future.
4-2
weaknesses:

The running back room may be standing on a Ridgecrest-
esque fault line.The obvious -- If Melvin holds out, 6
Squad is looking like Woody and the gang in the
incinerator scene of Toy Story 3. Beyond that, Aaron
Jones will have to repeat his stellar 2018 season if this
team wants a chance at making it 4 straight chip
appearances. Furthermore, can Kenyan Drake get hit
touches back and return to being the game changing 3rd
down threat of 2017? The only guarantee for this group is
that nobody knows how it will unfold, for better or worse.

potential breakout star:

Rookies aren’t in the building yet, and while everyone
knows he had a good debut season in 2018, Calvin Ridley
might fuck around and take the league by storm in 2019.
He’s a crisp route runner and separates easily. I don’t see
him remaining the third best receiver on this roster for very
long.

BAKER'S DOZEN

2018 STRENGHTS:
8-6 (3RD PLACE)
Baker’s Dozen is going to wake up Week 1 feeling
HISTORY dangerous, and for good reason -- This starting 8 is nothing
short of elite. QB1 Baker Mayfield returns for his sophomore
OVERALL RECORD season with more weapons than a year ago. RB1 Alvin
19-23 (.452) Kamara is easily a top 3 fantasy option in 2019. Most
importantly, WR1 OBJ is free of Eli and the New York
PLAYOFF APPEARANCES Football Giants, a place where he set receiving records in
1 spite of his circumstances. There is a significant likelihood
that OBJ is just getting started, and with potential 15-20
PLAYOFF RECORD point contributors alongside him in WR2 Amari Cooper, WR3
0-1 Cooper Kupp, RB2 Phillip Lindsay and TE1 Zach Ertz, Baker’s
Dozen could be a problem in 2019.

WEAKNESSES:

Call ‘em Gru because that bitch top-heavy. Owner/GM of
Baker’s Dozen, Figgyazalea, put all his chips in last season
trading away his first three picks of the 2019 draft. Yucky.
Figgyazalea is, “...hoping to find a gem in the fourth round.”
A couple injuries could send Baker’s Dozen fishin’ for the
winter because they won’t be able to reload depth early in
the draft. Aside from injuries, the crux-piece for this team
will be the flex. If Cooper Kupp can stay healthy for the first
time in his football career, Baker’s Dozen will be a
formidable opponent. If not…..I think you know the rest.

POTENTIAL BREAKOUT STAR:

Darrel Williams. ‘Star’ is applied loosely here. Baker’s Dozen
has a bright line drawn separating contributors from
expendable pieces. However, with the fluid nature of the
Chiefs offense, Williams could see touches in a heartbeat with
an injury to starter Damien Williams and benefit from being
apart of that well-oiled machine.

TOUCHDOWN BREESUS

strengths:

All we really have to say here is Saquon Barkley, the
franchise cornerstone. Pencil him in the top 3 at his
position barring any injuries, and one of the most
consistent players in fantasy, he just gets the job done
every week. Follow that up with Michael Thomas,
Tyreek Hill (who beats more than just DB's) and a
plethora of draft capital this squad is trending up.

2018 weaknesses:
8-6 (3RD PLACE)
The biggest knock would be overall depth. The
HISTORY ceiling is the roof for the starters, but when injuries
and bye weeks start rolling in bench talent comes at
1 a premium.

potential breakout star:

OVERALL RECORD Jared Cook. This might sound odd at first but hear
20-22 (.476) me out. Drew Brees is his new QB and we have seen
TE’s flourish down in New Orleans, even no namers.
PLAYOFF APPEARANCES With the league heading toward a 2 TE roster this
2 could be huge for him.

PLAYOFF RECORD
2-1

A GURLEY HAS NO NAME

STRENGHTS:

A Gurley Has No Name has a high ceiling. While RB1 Todd
Gurley and RB2 Leonard Fournette have received nothing
but negative press recently, there exists a universe in
which both play to their potential and business is back to
usual. Along with 2018 breakout-star, RB3 James Connor,
reception god WR2 Jarvis Landry, and a healthy TE1
Hunter Henry is good enough to carry any team to the
playoffs.

2018 WEAKNESSES:
7-7 (5TH PLACE)
On the other side of the same coin, the odds are less than
HISTORY 1 in 14,000,605 that both can stay on the field for long and
Gurley returns to 2017/early 2018 form.
OVERALL RECORD
27-15 (.642) Insert Phillip Rivers geriatric joke.

PLAYOFF APPEARANCES The receiver room is shaky. Julian Edelman and Jarvis
2 Landry should be steady producers in 2019, but AJ Green
is out for at least a few games, if not closer to half the
PLAYOFF RECORD season. Not to mention, Larry Fitzgerald played out of his
1-2 mind in 2018 and one has to wonder how long he can keep
it up, considering he was declared washed 5 years ago by
most.

POTENTIAL BREAKOUT STAR:

Jarvis Landry could see a considerable jump in fantasy
production this season as the No 2. option in Cleveland.
OBJ will demand a lot of attention in 2019, which is stellar
news for Juice.

THE NICE GUICE

2018 strenghts:
6-8 (6TH PLACE)
Christian McCaffrey is a PPR machine and it should
HISTORY surprise no one if he ends up as RB1 at the
conclusion of this season. McCaff is only 23 years
OVERALL RECORD old, and more impressive than any on field feat has
16-26 (.380) bagged Olivia Culpo. Stefon Diggs at just 25 years
old is the best of the WR’s. This team is stockpiled
PLAYOFF APPEARANCES with promise in the form of young talent.
0
weaknesses:

The Nice Guice might be a year away from being a
year away. That says more about the teams at the
top than it says about this team. The team is just
incredibly young. This team will either need big
jumps from guys like Mike Williams, Courtland
Sutton, David Njoku and Derrius Guice or make
trades for some immediate impact vets.

potential breakout star:

Mike Williams. Of all the potential breakout stars this
could be my favorite. I’d expect a big enough jump
from Mike to be the perfect compliment to Stefon
Diggs for this roster.

THANK U, NEXT

2018 strengths:
6-8 (7TH PLACE)
The obvious here is the fantasy cheat code Patrick
HISTORY Mahomes, the scary thought is he’s still scratching
the surface of his potential. Moment of silence for
OVERALL RECORD our 2 league mates who once rostered this Fantasy
20-22 (.476) Unicorn. Davante Adams quietly put up the best
fantasy season of any WR in 2018. There’s a reason
PLAYOFF APPEARANCES this team not only received championship votes this
1 season but was also recognized as underachieving
last season. Also, George Kittle, OJ Howard and
PLAYOFF RECORD Mike Gesicki makes for the best TE room in the
0-1 league.

weaknesses:

This team desperately needs someone on this roster
or outside of it to pair with Davante Adams at WR.
We’ve seen flashes from Corey Davis but not
enough consistency. Dante Pettis could eventually
be that guy but it might be too much to ask in just
his 2nd season.

potential breakout star:

Marlon Mack. It is my prediction that Mack will finish
this season as a legitimate RB1 and Top-10 running
back in fantasy. He will be getting the most touches
behind the best OL in the NFL.

THE LITTLE SPOONS

2018 STRENGHTS:
6-8 (8TH PLACE)
Mr. Lara might be too busy arresting the bad guys to
HISTORY pay attention to his roster. Four players in his
projected starting lineup aren’t even in the league
OVERALL RECORD anymore. But on the bright side, he has one of the
22-20 (.523) best QB’s to ever play the game in Aaron Rodgers
and two WR’s that are poised to have big seasons in
Golladay and Boyd. David Johnson could be PPR
gold with Kyler at the helm.

weaknesses:

Weakness comes down to flat out roster construction
here. A lot of finesse will have to be shown out in the
Vegas heat on draft day. Four players have retired,
one is on IR and another is in a walking boot before
the season starts. That is a lot of holes to fill. (Pause)

PLAYOFF APPEARANCES potential breakout star:
1
Rashaad Penny. He has Chris Carson to compete
PLAYOFF RECORD with but Seattle loves to run and there should be
0-1 plenty of touches to go around. He showed glimpses
last season and coming into this season healthy
should help him.

THE ROSEN ONES

2018 strengths:
4-10 (9TH PLACE)
The best WR room in the league and it’s not
HISTORY particularly close. Nuk, Keenan Allen, Adam
Thielen, Robert Woods. The only unanimous award
OVERALL RECORD after 2018 was for this “Hand’s Team” and
*4-10 (.400) rightfully so. This team has added LVB to lead the
RB’s and I know we’re all eager to see just how
*ONE SEASON special he still is. Dalvin Cook has RB1 potential as
long as he’s on the field.
PLAYOFF APPEARANCES
0 weaknesses:

The one glaring weakness here is QB. If this team
had a threat at QB we would immediately place
them into contention. There are plenty of tradeable
pieces on this roster and it is no secret this GM will
be on the hunt for a QB.

potential breakout star:

Chris Herndon. It’s rare to see any effectiveness
from a rookie TE but Herndon managed to be
serviceable in his lone NFL season. He’s facing
suspension but upon return he will be the primary
target (other than the opponent) for Sam Darnold.

JACOBS THE JEWELER

STRENGTHS:

Last seasons biggest loser, SeannyFootball comes into
this season with some young studs at the QB position.
With Andrew Luck and Jared Goff at the helm he has
star power and depth, which only a few teams can
say. Julio Jones might mess around and have 3k
receiving yards, or so he says, and Joe Mixon is a star
in the making.

2018 WEAKNESSES:
4-10 (LAST PLACE)
The biggest shortcoming would be the RB position
HISTORY overall. As mentioned earlier Joe Mixon is on track to
be a top option, but injuries have seemed to be a
OVERALL RECORD common theme here. Damien Williams has yet to prove
17-25 (.404) he’s a workhorse back for a full season and we will
have to see how he adjusts to his new role. Kareem
Hunt could be a game changer for this team but is
suspended for 8 games and will have to compete with
Nick Chubb when he returns.

PLAYOFF APPEARANCES potential breakout star:
0
This squad has two breakout players that I would
RAN SUB-5 look out for. Chris Godwin and DJ Moore. Both young
40 YARD DASH WR have a great shot this season to make a name for
themselves, and seem to have all the pieces falling
into place to make it happen.

LEAGUE HISTORY

LEAGUE CHAMPION YEAR

Straight Cash Homie 2018
6 Squad 2017
Touchdown Breesus 2016

MOST POINTS (WEEK) WEEK - PTS

Touchdown Breesus (2018) 1 - 199.89
Two Gurleys One Kupp (2017) 11 - 189.87
Two Gurleys One Kupp (2016) 5 - 178.64

MOST POINTS (SEASON) TOTAL PTS

6 Squad (2018) 2193.12
1984.17
Two Gurleys One Kupp (2017) 1977.71

6 Squad (2017) 27 YEAR

GM OF THE YEAR 2018

Lorenzo Marquez YEAR

MVP 2018

Patrick Mahomes

40 WIN TOTALS

30

20

10

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