People out there still play non-PPR, amazing........U know, the model-T was a great automobile, and dinosaurs roamed the earth at one point as well. This is 2010 folks, non-PPR is outdated......Let's see, let's go over my draft strategy this year for my non-PPR league. 1st Rd - RB, 2nd Rd - RB, 3rd Rd, how bout a Wide Re....ahhh, forget it, let me get another RB.
The NFL is geared to be a passing league, sells tickets and scores points. It will never to return to a RB-dominated league. Non-PPR is 80ish like mullets and heavy-metal.
Just my sidebar diatribe moment.......Back to the discussion, V-Jax is waaaaaaaayyyyyy overrated!
Isn't doing a draft instead of an auction dinosaur-ish too?
In many respects, yes......But when you allow for trading draft picks, the difference in draft slot value is minimized......but more importanly, it is the PPR format that truly evens the playing field in serpentine style draft as WRs hold as much, and some view it as even more, value than RBs depending upon the number of PPR awarded, likewise to some degree with TEs (1.5 PPR leagues). A serpentine draft in non-PPR is heavily skewed in favor of the first few draft picks....But yeah, auction is certainly a "ground-zero everyone has equal opportunity" draft format......Just not as easily integrated into the fantasy fabric/culture as PPR has and continues to be.
It only makes since to do PPR when looking at the landscape of the league. There just aren't many tote-the-rock RBs around like only a few short years ago...Shaun Alex, LT, Marshall, Priest (and subsequently LJ), Rudi, Edge, Emmitt, Barry, Terrell Davis, Dillon, Ahman Green, Eddie George, etc. etc.....Man, look at that era, it was golden for non-PPR style leagues. Now, that's all kaput. Time for an out-and-out 100% cross-over, non-PPR is dead! If you're not playing PPR, you're not playing....