Huevos League Auction

Huevos League Auction

This article is part of our NFL Observations series.

We had our annual Huevos League Auction, commished by Ballys Sports' Brad Evans and filled with a lot of the Yahoo Sports crew. It's 14-team, half-point PPR, super-flex format with $200 budgets and large rosters: QB, 2-RB, 3-WR, 1-TE, 2-FLX, 1-QBFLX, 1-Defense, five bench spots. 

Here are the results: 

Del Don$Harmon $Loza $Williams $
Jalen Hurts$26 Antonio Gibson$41 Christian McCaffrey$55 Derrick Henry$44 
Nick Chubb$40 Lamar Jackson$30 Dalvin Cook$50 Ben Roethlisberger$12 
Alvin Kamara$39 Allen Robinson$28 Kyler Murray$30 Aaron Jones$38 
San Francisco$3 Sterling Shepard$4 Mark Andrews$11 Darren Waller$27 
Trey Lance$21 Brandon Aiyuk$22 Ryan Tannehill$17 Derek Carr$12 
T.J. Hockenson$16 Trey Sermon$15 Robert Woods$21 Pittsburgh$2 
Chris Carson$21 Zach Wilson$12 Elijah Moore$6 Sony Michel$8 
Jimmy Garoppolo$5 Chase Edmonds$8 Mohamed Sanu$1 Brandin Cooks$12 
Ronald Jones$8 Tyler Higbee$10 J.D. McKissic$1 Ja'Marr Chase$12 
Bryan Edwards$3 Michael Gallup$12 Albert Wilson$1 Deebo Samuel$12 
Darnell Mooney$6 Mike Williams$10 Rashaad Penny$2 Marquise Brown$5 
Mecole Hardman$8 Cole Beasley$1 Juwan Johnson$1 Michael Thomas$6 
Jared Cook$1 Tony Jones$2 Chicago$1 Nelson Agholor$2 
Tre'Quan Smith$1 Terrace Marshall$3 Breshad Perriman$1 Mike Gesicki$3 
Nico Collins$1 Carlos Hyde$1 Eric Ebron$1 Nyheim Hines$4 
Trent Sherfield$1 Amon-Ra St.$1 Malcolm Brown$1 Tevin Coleman$1 
Behrens $Schoenke $Evans $Liss $
Ezekiel Elliott$48 Davante Adams$40 James Robinson$31 Saquon Barkley$37 
Austin Ekeler$37 Tyreek Hill$37 David Montgomery$32 Patrick Mahomes$39 
Marquez Callaway$10 Kareem Hunt$14 Ryan Fitzpatrick$12 DeAndre Hopkins$33 
Josh Allen$34Trevor Lawrence$18 Justin Jefferson$32 DK Metcalf$35 
Denver$3Javonte Williams$17 Kirk Cousins$13 Miles Sanders$19 
Dallas Goedert$4 D'Andre Swift$15 Baltimore$2 New York$1 
Dak Prescott$30 Russell Wilson$27 Logan Thomas$10 Carson Wentz$10 
DJ Moore$19Irv Smith$8 Tee Higgins$17 DJ Chark$8 
Tyrod Taylor$5Jared Goff$6 JuJu Smith-Schuster$11 Gabriel Davis$2 
Curtis Samuel$4Indianapolis$1 Courtland Sutton$12 Devin Singletary$4 
Dyami Brown$1 Michael Carter$6 DeVonta Smith$9 Cam Newton$5 
Cole Kmet$1 T.Y. Hilton$3 Zack Moss$8 Chuba Hubbard$2 
Tyrell Williams$1 Jalen Reagor$3 Taysom Hill$2 Hunter Henry$1 
A.J. Green$1 Rondale Moore$2 Giovani Bernard$5 Zach Ertz$1 
Mark Ingram$1 David Johnson$2 James White$2 Kenneth Gainwell$1 
Salvon Ahmed$1Marlon Mack$1 Evan Engram$2 Van Jefferson$2 
Pesavento $Bell $Stopa $Beer $
Travis Kelce$31 Najee Harris$38 Los Angeles$3 Justin Fields$17 
CeeDee Lamb$28 Kyle Pitts$22 Stefon Diggs$35 Terry McLaurin$35 
Clyde Edwards-Helaire$29 Tom Brady$26 Calvin Ridley$34 Keenan Allen$28 
Baker Mayfield$15 New England$2 J.K. Dobbins$21 Adam Thielen$18 
Aaron Rodgers$23 Jerry Jeudy$18 Matt Ryan$11 Chris Godwin$20 
Diontae Johnson$23 Tua Tagovailoa$17 Amari Cooper$17 Darrell Henderson$14 
Myles Gaskin$14 Cooper Kupp$23 Odell Beckham$17 Melvin Gordon$8 
Raheem Mostert$11 Antonio Brown$12 Joe Burrow$17 Laviska Shenault$9 
Buffalo$1 Damien Harris$13 Chase Claypool$14 Will Fuller$6 
Henry Ruggs$4 Jarvis Landry$6 AJ Dillon$13 Robert Tonyan$5 
Marvin Jones$8 Jaylen Waddle$7 Noah Fant$4 Jonnu Smith$2 
DeVante Parker$4 Jakobi Meyers$9 Tony Pollard$4 James Conner$7 
Kenyan Drake$2 Rob Gronkowski$3 Blake Jarwin$2 Mac Jones$10 
Rashod Bateman$3 Hunter Renfrow$1 Marquez Valdes-Scantling$2 Jamaal Williams$8 
Rhamondre Stevenson$3 Andy Dalton$2 Darrel Williams$2 Gus Edwards$12 
Deshaun Watson$1 Devine Ozigbo$1 Emmanuel Sanders$3 Green Bay$1 
Schwab $Pianowski $    
Sam Darnold$9 A.J. Brown$35     
Joe Mixon$31 Tampa Bay$3     
Jonathan Taylor$42 Matthew Stafford$25     
Josh Jacobs$17 Mike Evans$22     
Washington$3 Justin Herbert$22     
George Kittle$19 Mike Davis$15     
Julio Jones$16 Tyler Boyd$12     
Daniel Jones$11 Tyler Lockett$26     
Robby Anderson$14 Corey Davis$11     
Kenny Golladay$10 Teddy Bridgewater$9     
Jameis Winston$9 Leonard Fournette$9     
Michael Pittman$15 Phillip Lindsay$5     
Kadarius Toney$1 Gerald Everett$2     
Russell Gage$1 Alexander Mattison$2     
Devontae Booker$1 Austin Hooper$1     
Quez Watkins$1 Ty Johnson$1     

I don't usually go into auctions with much of a plan other than to spend at least half my budget early on a few stars and then to wait as long as possible to have money left for the usual end-game bargains. 

I felt I executed pretty well, though the Patrick Mahomes buy for $39 was an accident. I hit the plus-one button at 36, and apparently two other people hit it just before I did, and next thing I knew I had him for $39. Not a huge deal to get a player you like at $37 for two dollars extra.

I often jump bid players to speed things along -- there's no point in going from $1 to $2 to $3 on someone we all know will go for more than $30, so I'll sometimes just push a guy up to $30 or $33 and see if it sticks. DeAndre Hopkins stuck at $33, something I'm happy with given the prices of the other receivers in his range. I went to the mat for DK Metcalf at $35 though -- he's my No. 3 overall receiver. 

The one somewhat rash move I made was getting Miles Sanders for $19. I thought the price was right at the time, and the quality of backs available were declining, but it's only half-PPR, and I could have used the money on other players at that point. I was happy with DJ Chark at $8, and I gambled on Cam Newton for $5, as I think he's still 50/50 to win the job. 

Roster By Position:

QB: Patrick Mahomes

RB: Saquon Barkley/Miles Sanders

WR: DK Metcalf/DeAndre Hopkins/DJ Chark

TE: Hunter Henry

QBFLX: Carson Wentz

FLEX: Devin Singletary/Gabriel Davis

BENCH: Cam Newton/Chuba Hubbard/Van Jefferson/Zach Ertz/Kenneth Gainwell

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Chris Liss
Chris Liss was RotoWire's Managing Editor and Host of RotoWire Fantasy Sports Today on Sirius XM radio from 2001-2022.
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