A lot like the mustache I’m attempting to grow, my fantasy play this year has been tolerable at best.
After losing in the championship round for my fantasy football league, I bounced back and obliterated my friend’s fantasy basketball league, going 15-3 and taking home the gold this week.
Now that I’m in the bottom cellar of my fantasy baseball league, I’ve decided to scrap any hope I have of becoming a baseball guru and start up a project that’s been conjuring up in my head for a while.
With that being said, most people during the pre-2000s weren’t given the opportunity to play fantasy sports with their favorite athletes and I’ve come up with the idea of creating an all-time draft board of players and where they would be taken if there was ESPN fantasy sports during the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s.
So without further ado, the following is the greatest lineups, in my opinion, in regards to every decade in NFL history.
Keep in mind, these are players that would score the most points for a fantasy teams during the regular season.
Current
:
QB: Peyton Manning, Denver Broncos
RB1: Adrian Peterson, Minnesota Vikings
RB2: Jamaal Charles, Kansas City Chiefs
WR1: Calvin Johnson, Detroit Lions
WR2: A.J. Green, Cincinnati Bengals
TE: Jimmy Graham, New Orleans Saints
Flex: LeSean McCoy, RB Philadelphia Eagles
D/ST: Seattle Seahawks
K: Stephen Gostowski, New England Patriots
2000s (2009-2000):
QB: Peyton Manning, Indianapolis Colts
RB1: LaDainian Tomlinson, San Diego Chargers
RB2: Clinton Portis, Washington Redskins
WR1: Randy Moss, Minnesota Vikings
WR2: Larry Fitzgerald, Arizona Cardinals
TE: Tony Gonzalez, Kansas City Chiefs
Flex: Marshall Faulk, St. Louis Rams
D/ST: Pittsburgh Steelers
K: David Akers, Philadelphia Eagles
1990s (1999-1990):
QB: John Elway, Denver Broncos
RB1: Emmitt Smith, Dallas Cowboys
RB2: Jerome Bettis, Pittsburgh Steelers
WR1: Michael Irvin, Dallas Cowboys
WR2: Isaac Bruce, St. Louis Rams
TE: Shannon Sharpe, Denver Broncos
Flex: Barry Sanders, Detroit Lions
D/ST: New York Giants
K: Gary Anderson, Pittsburgh Steelers
1980s (1989-1980):
QB: Dan Marino, Miami Dolphins
RB1: Walter Payton, Chicago Bears
RB2: Eric Dickerson, Los Angeles Rams
WR1: Henry Ellard, Los Angeles Rams
WR2: Steve Largent, Seattle Seahawks
TE: Kellen Winslow, San Diego Chargers
Flex: Earl Campbell, Houston Oilers
D/ST: Chicago Bears
K: Gary Anderson, Pittsburgh Steelers
1970s (1979-1970):
QB: Roger Staubach, Dallas Cowboys
RB1: O.J. Simpson, Buffalo Bills
RB2: Walter Payton, Chicago Bears
WR1: Cliff Branch, Oakland Raiders
WR2: Harold Jackson, Los Angeles Rams
TE: Dave Casper, Oakland Raiders
Flex: Larry Csonka, Miami Dolphins
D/ST: Pittsburgh Steelers
K: Tom Dempsey, Philadelphia Eagles
The Best of the Res (1960-1900)
:
QB: Johnny Unitas, Baltimore Colts
RB1: Jim Brown, Cleveland Browns
RB2: Leroy Kelly, Cleveland Browns
WR1: Gary Collins, Cleveland Browns
WR2: Charley Taylor, Washington Redskins
TE: John Mackey, Baltimore Colts
Flex: Gale Sayers, Chicago Bears
D/ST: Green Bay Packers
K: Jim Bakken, St. Louis Cardinals
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