Katie Flower has been a tremendous contributor to UTH in a short amount of time between editing posts, writing articles, and even spending eight hours during the first two nights of the 2015 NFL Draft discussing dynasty on the UTH Hangouts (Round 1, Rounds 2-3). She is relatively new to dynasty, but jumped in with two feet – joining many leagues in the past year. This post outlines an orphan team she took over in October 2014, revamping it – UTH Style – in less than a year.
Take over on 10/25/14 |
| Peyton Manning, Den QB |
| Eli Manning, NYG QB |
| Ben Tate, Pit RB |
| Steven Jackson, Atl RB |
| Pierre Thomas, NO RB |
| Fred Jackson, Buf RB |
| Danny Woodhead, SD RB |
| Darren McFadden, Dal RB |
| Donald Brown, SD RB |
| James Starks, GB RB |
| C.J. Anderson, Den RB |
| Larry Fitzgerald, Ari WR |
| DeSean Jackson, Wsh WR |
| T.Y. Hilton, Ind WR |
| Wes Welker, Den WR |
| Cecil Shorts III, Hou WR |
| Anquan Boldin, SF WR |
| Dwayne Bowe, Cle WR |
| Jimmy Graham, Sea TE |
| Julius Thomas, Jac TE |
| Justin Tucker, Bal K |
| Brandon Spikes, Buf LB |
| Tyvon Branch, KC S |
| Chris Long, StL DE |
| Kevin Minter, Ari LB |
| Brad Jones, Phi LB |
| Mike Mitchell, Pit S |
| Stevie Brown, NYG S |
| Kyle Williams, Buf DT |
| Damontre Moore, NYG DE |
The rookie draft was 10 rounds and it was an expansion year. After trades-rookie draft-waivers and more trades, here is the team today:
| Std Scoring, 12 Tm, 1QB, 2RB, 2WR, 1TE, 1FLEX, 3DL, 3LB, 3DB |
| Bridgewater, Teddy MIN QB |
| Foles, Nick STL QB |
| Rivers, Philip SDC QB |
| Davis, Mike SFO RB (R) |
| Gordon, Melvin SDC RB (R) |
| Ingram, Mark NOS RB |
| McKinnon, Jerick MIN RB |
| Riddick, Theo DET RB |
| Vereen, Shane NEP RB |
| Yeldon, T.J. JAC RB (R) |
| Zenner, Zach DET RB (R) |
| Allen, Keenan SDC WR |
| Cobb, Randall GBP WR |
| Decker, Eric NYJ WR |
| Dorsett, Phillip IND WR (R) |
| Edelman, Julian NEP WR |
| Funchess, Devin CAR WR (R) |
| Hardy, Justin ATL WR (R) |
| Hopkins, DeAndre HOU WR |
| Matthews, Jordan PHI WR |
| Robinson, Allen JAX WR |
| Stills, Kenny MIA WR |
| Bennett, Martellus CHI TE |
| Cameron, Jordan MIA TE |
| Seferian-Jenkins, Austin TBB TE |
| Walker, Delanie TEN TE |
| Liuget, Corey SDC DE |
| Long, Chris STL DE |
| Moore, Damontre NYG DE |
| Ninkovich, Rob NEP DE |
| Collins, Jamie NEP LB |
| Greenway, Chad MIN LB |
| Hightower, Dont’a NEP LB |
| Hitchens, Anthony DAL LB |
| Houston, Justin KCC LB |
| Jenkins, Jelani MIA LB |
| Jones, Christian CHI LB |
| Kendricks, Eric MIN LB (R) |
| Waynes, Trae MIN CB (R) |
| Branch, Tyvon KCC S |
| Ward, T.J. DEN S |
Key Moves
First trade made hours into taking over the team, I found a Peyton Manning lover that was weak at QB and traded:
Peyton Manning, Anquan Boldin, C.J. Anderson, Donald Brown
FOR
Keenan Allen, Allen Robinson, Jerick McKinnon, Isaiah Crowell plus 2015 1st (that ended up 1.07), 2016 1st
After quite a series of trades I was looking square in the face of earning the 1.01. Gurley had just torn his ACL and as much as I love him, I knew there would be question marks on whether he was still worthy of the 1.01 come rookie draft time. The team that was looking like 1.03 or at worst 1.04 offered me Jordan Mathews, ASJ, his 2015 1st (ended up the 1.04) and his 2015 4th (4.04) for my 2015 1st (which did end up the 1.01) and it was too much to pass up so I accepted.
Seven months after taking over the team, Katie has just two players, Chris Long and Tyvon Branch, remaining from October 2014.
