The Moz 69 Posted August 8, 2013 Mine was maybe Darrell Jackson (the original Djax) in 2001 - he almost single handily secured my very first FF title. Had a week 15 and 16 stretch with like 300 yards and 4 TD's. curious as to the all time unsung hero's of peoples fantasy teams Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Frozenbeernuts 1,652 Posted August 8, 2013 Jay cutler in 2008. He helped me win my first ever championship with 1 pads td, 300 yds, and 2 rush tds. It helped to fend off a huge day from brees and deangelo williams punching in 4 scores. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FlaHawker 24 Posted August 8, 2013 Marques Colston. Grab him as #2/3 WR and dominate. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FeelingMN 273 Posted August 8, 2013 Antonio Bryant had a monster stretch during the FF playoffs a few years back that helped me to the title. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
idiotec 31 Posted August 8, 2013 Curtis Martin in '04 rings a bell. Don't know why he was written off in a lot of the rankings, but it won me a Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mgs316 14 Posted August 8, 2013 Eric Moulds, 1998. Picked him up early due to bad injury bug. Titletown. Lineup at the end of the season was something like: Marino Edgar Bennett Robert Smith Moulds Tim Brown Bobby Engram That won my first title. FF is all luck. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
e-factor 13 Posted August 8, 2013 Priest Holmes in 2001. Grabbed him in around the 6th in 2001, first year in KC and he had 2000 total yards and 10 TDs. Huge part of my first FF championship. Guy was an absolute monster the next two years. 24 and 27 total TDs in 02 and 03. Then injuries and he was done. One of the best 3 year runs in FF history......... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Showboat 144 Posted August 8, 2013 Antonio Bryant is probably the most unsung hero listed so far, but I think I got that beat with Dolphins RB, Lamar Smith. In the 2000 season, I took a late round flyer on him and he somehow emerged as the 'phins feature back - I don't even remember who his competition was. Anyways, he had his 15 minutes of fame that season and I rode his 1300+ total yards 16+ total TDs (I had to look those stats up) to my first championship. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Voltaire 4,556 Posted August 9, 2013 The later years of Jerry Rice while in Oakland. He was old as dirt. Everybody expected that this would be the year he faded. He never faded. He was still a stud the day he retired. I think people were spooked by Irving Fryar's disappearing act from FF relevance the year after his last Pro Bowl because I'd get Rice mid-late 3rd round all those years, fatal attraction. He wasn't the Calvin Johnson-style #1 WR by a mile anymore but he never let me down. Another would be the Packer WR2 flavor of the year during the Favre-Freeman years. Over the course of a ~five year span, they never did find a WR2 they liked. Every year was a camp battle for the #2 job. Every year it seemed, it's be round 10/11 and I'd take the two top candidates back-to-back. Bill Schroeder and friends may have been sucky real life WRs but he and his Packer #2 counterparts were always providing solid WR3 value that you'd get for discount bin cheap. You could pull the same #2 WR trick with young Payton Manning in Indy until they drafted Reggie Wayne. Qadry Ismael we're actually talking about you. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Djgb13 2,338 Posted August 9, 2013 Dez Bryant, Tony Gonzales, and Alfred Morris last year. Helped me secure the title last year. Hoping to find great pickups like that this year Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mgs316 14 Posted August 9, 2013 Priest Holmes in 2001. Grabbed him in around the 6th in 2001, first year in KC and he had 2000 total yards and 10 TDs. Huge part of my first FF championship. Guy was an absolute monster the next two years. 24 and 27 total TDs in 02 and 03. Then injuries and he was done. One of the best 3 year runs in FF history......... I wouldn't call one of the greatest fantasy forces of all time unsung. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
smashmouths@blf 33 Posted August 9, 2013 David Boston was a freaking beast for me one year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
weepaws 2,457 Posted August 9, 2013 john taylor of the 49ers ...wow cant even recall what yr but i was so far behind in that weeks ff game ..and it was on a monday night game and taylor had two td rec of over 85 yards might have even been both over 90 but then the yards he had wow i won that night one guy left way behind ..now that was a great night of ff Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
browns16-0 30 Posted August 9, 2013 Domanick Davis (later changed his name to Domanick Williams). He had a 3 year career but averaged over 1,000 rush yards, 9+ tds, and 50+ receptions. He was a straight ppr beast on a really bad Texans team. I also remember Peerless Price having a phenomenal season for me one year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Showboat 144 Posted August 9, 2013 Domanick Davis (later changed his name to Domanick Williams). He had a 3 year career but averaged over 1,000 rush yards, 9+ tds, and 50+ receptions. He was a straight ppr beast on a really bad Texans team. I also remember Peerless Price having a phenomenal season for me one year. Yes. I hated DD because the Texans refused to go to a pass-happy offense even when they were getting blown out. It seems that every time I played against him, he would rack up yards and get 2 garbage-time TD runs in the 4th quarter (basically killing the clock for the opposing team). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TD Ryan2 314 Posted August 9, 2013 Billy Volek (QB) - sweet Jesus Volek came on strong the same year Larry Johnson took over for the injured Priest Holmes. Volek and LJ won me a title. Charlie Garner (RB) - can't remember the years, but Charlie was always a mid round RB that put up 2nd rounder stats. James Stewart (RB) - came in mid season for the injured Fred Taylor and carried me to a title. Scott Mitchell (QB) - 1995, 4300 yards and 36 TDs total. And it's hard not to include Brett Perriman (108rec, 1488yds, 9td) with Mitchell - everyone knew Herman Moore and Barry Sanders would be great, but nobody expected me to make out like a bandit drafting the "B" guys from that team in the mid rounds. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
posty 2,296 Posted August 9, 2013 Eric Metcalf and Terance Mathis in 1995... Love the run and shoot that year... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jls8421 3 Posted August 9, 2013 Unsung? Rod Smith WR Denver. Every year the guy slid in drafts and every year he put up numbers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
montana 89 Posted August 9, 2013 Unsung? Rod Smith WR Denver. Every year the guy slid in drafts and every year he put up numbers. Easy Ed McCaffrey too. I had EZ Eddie for years & he always did me solid Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tiggo25 4 Posted August 9, 2013 Won my first FFL championship in college picking up rookies Fred Barnett and Calvin Williams off of waivers from Philly. This was the time of news paper box scores and I think my second or third year playing. Standard scoring but lot's of bonus points for lenght of TDs. One of my buddies was a Philly fan told me about these guys and started showing me thier box score stats. Pretty amazing reception TDs considering the year. I think one had 9 or 10 and the other had just a one or 2 less tds. Big names were Randal Cunningham, Keith Byars, and Keith Jackson at that time. No one drafted these 2 rookies. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
smashmouths@blf 33 Posted August 10, 2013 Olandis Gary. Dude put up near Terrell Davis numbers. I remember picking him up and then dropping him later in the week for some scrub. I'm still kicking myself all these years later. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
smashmouths@blf 33 Posted August 10, 2013 Patrick Jeffers and Steve Beurlein of the Panthers in 1999. Arguably the best qb/wr duo in the last half of the season and especially in the playoffs. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Laurence Maroney's Nuts 2 Posted August 10, 2013 For one game... Seyi Ajirotutu Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
davidaja 3 Posted August 10, 2013 Patrick Jeffers and Steve Beurlein of the Panthers in 1999. Arguably the best qb/wr duo in the last half of the season and especially in the playo Along with these two, I would also list Wesley Walls. I had all three of these guys in '99, which was my very first year playing FF, and they pretty much won me the title. Beuerlein threw 36 td's and Wall and Jeffers had 12 each that year. The last game of that season, which was my league's Super Bowl, Beuerlein threw 5 td's, 2 each to Jeffers and Walls. Another player who didn't get a whole lot of fanfare was Cincy RB Rudi Johnson. Not a flashy player, but very solid and consistent with three straight seasons of double digit td's. Also, sort of in the same mold as Johnson, was Denver RB Mike Anderson. Helped a lot of teams out with 15 tds in '00. I believe he went back to FB for the next few years when Clinton Portis came along, and then returned to the RB position in '05 and scored 13 tds. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stonewall 647 Posted August 10, 2013 Red Grange...the Galloping Ghost Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mack 1 6 Posted August 10, 2013 Chris Cooley. Dude had 7 catches for 77 yards and 3 TDs in a week 15 game against Dallas, which propelled me to my first league title. I think the year was 2005 or 2006. Was always a solid, yet unsung fantasy tight end. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ralphster 274 Posted August 10, 2013 Napoleon Kaufman in 97 - got him late and he blew up. Helped propel me to my first FF title. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
edytwinky 1 Posted August 10, 2013 For a single game that had a lot riding on it that ill never forget. Arnez Battle Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
