1. Our QB, Peyton Manning, was successful throughout the season because he was our
top scoring player almost every week and 5/10 weeks and one of those weeks was a
bye for him he scored a higher amount then the projected points. Out of all of those
weeks he came close to the projected points except for only one week. At one point
Peyton Manning was one the highest scoring players in all of fantasy. He was very
successful week by week and that is the one of the reasons he was kept in
throughout our whole fantasy season.
Our Kicker, Greg Zuerlein, was unsuccessful throughout our fantasy season because
he really did not contribute that much to our teams total points scored. Out of the 10
weeks one including a bye our kicker had, six weeks he did not even come close to
the projected points given to him. Only three weeks did he meet the projected points
or beat them. Even with this the highest amount he contributed to the team was 10
points other weeks he only had like one, two, or three points contributed.
Our Defense, the Denver Broncos, was successful throughout our fantasy season
because they did contribute a lot to our team’s total points. They beat the projected
points almost every week except for four weeks. For a defense it is almost
impossible to project what would happen because based on the game anything can
happen. This is really good for a defense and for one week to get twenty points is
something that you don’t see a defense do a lot.
Jared Cook, tight end for the St. Louis Rams, did not live up to his expectations for
the fantasy league. For each week of fantasy, the actual points he scored were never
equal to or higher than the points he was expected to score, except for the first and
ninth week. In each of those two weeks he more than doubled what the projected
points were. However, in every other week he did not generate the points that were
projected. By the stats, Cook was not as successful as he could have been.
Player Summaries: Darren McFadden (RB), Maurice Jones-Drew (RB)
The two starting running backs for our team were Darren McFadden and Maurice
Jones-Drew. While both of these running backs are known to perform at high levels,
this season their stats were not quite up to par. Both running backs had
unsuccessful seasons. Darren McFadden and Maurice Jones-Drew both had only two
successful weeks where they scored more points than they were projected to. The
average of both running backs actual points scored were way less than they were
projected to. Darren McFadden barely scored over half of what he was projected to,
and Maurice Jones-Drew scored a little over a third of what he was projected to
score. Not only did these players not meet their own projections, but they also could
not outperform the opposing running backs. Each player was outperformed by the
opposing running backs by at least double. The running backs throughout the
course of the season turned out to be a major weakness for this fantasy team.

2. Throughout the season, the wide receivers on our fantasy football team were fairly
consistent. For the most part, the receivers remained close to their projected scores.
Wide receivers one and two, Demaryius Thomas and Andre Johnson carried most of
the weight for the wide receivers while wide receiver three, Mike Wallace, usually
remained a little below his projected score. For most weeks of the season, all of the
wide receivers were a bit under their projected scores week to week. However, our
wide receivers, especially Demaryius Thomas and Andre Johnson outscored their
opponents more than they themselves were outscored. In general, the wide
receivers pulled their own weight for the season, but were not huge factors in
winning or losing with the exception of a few big games throughout the season.