Looks like the value train came to your door the 2nd draft.I thought I'd do a couple early drafts to see where they might come out and then will probably do another one in a few weeks:
Draft 1 : (1 slot)
QB: Stafford, Bradford
RB: AP, Reggie Bush, Goodson, Bryce Brown, Gillislee
WR: Cobb, Antonio Brown, Shorts, Vincent Brown, Broyles, Patterson, Edelman
TE: Gonzo, Rudolph, Kelce
K: Forbath, Tynes
D: Rams
Draft 2: (11 slot)
QB: Stafford, Bradford
RB: Forte, Ball, Stewart, Williams, Stacy, Gillislee
WR: Bryant, Cobb, Cruz, Alexander, Patterson
TE: Vernon Davis, Housler, Dickson, Kelce
K: Brown, Walsh
D: Rams
Anyone have any thoughts? Strategy was a little different based on starting position.
When you've got the ends of the draft, I think its hard to get great values. Think Draft 1 was solid (I was in it). Brown, Shorts and Rudolph are questions in my mind and I'm not loving the depth at RB.I thought I'd do a couple early drafts to see where they might come out and then will probably do another one in a few weeks:
Draft 1 : (1 slot)
QB: Stafford, Bradford
RB: AP, Reggie Bush, Goodson, Bryce Brown, Gillislee
WR: Cobb, Antonio Brown, Shorts, Vincent Brown, Broyles, Patterson, Edelman
TE: Gonzo, Rudolph, Kelce
K: Forbath, Tynes
D: Rams
Draft 2: (11 slot)
QB: Stafford, Bradford
RB: Forte, Ball, Stewart, Williams, Stacy, Gillislee
WR: Bryant, Cobb, Cruz, Alexander, Patterson
TE: Vernon Davis, Housler, Dickson, Kelce
K: Brown, Walsh
D: Rams
Anyone have any thoughts? Strategy was a little different based on starting position.
Nice draft7 slot
QB: RG III, Rivers
RB: Forte, Miller, Gore, FJax, Greene, Hunter
WR: Megatron, Nicks, Steve Smith, Mike Williams, D Moore
TE: Bennett, Gresham, Allen, Lewis
D: Steelers
K: Hartley, Hauschka
Not bad.I thought I'd do a couple early drafts to see where they might come out and then will probably do another one in a few weeks:
Draft 1 : (1 slot)
QB: Stafford, Bradford
RB: AP, Reggie Bush, Goodson, Bryce Brown, Gillislee
WR: Cobb, Antonio Brown, Shorts, Vincent Brown, Broyles, Patterson, Edelman
TE: Gonzo, Rudolph, Kelce
K: Forbath, Tynes
D: Rams
Draft 2: (11 slot)
QB: Stafford, Bradford
RB: Forte, Ball, Stewart, Williams, Stacy, Gillislee
WR: Bryant, Cobb, Cruz, Alexander, Patterson
TE: Vernon Davis, Housler, Dickson, Kelce
K: Brown, Walsh
D: Rams
Anyone have any thoughts? Strategy was a little different based on starting position.
It wasn't my draftNice draft Dez. Well done. I experimented in mine by taking a TE earlier but I think by waiting you get a much stronger RB/WR core.
That was everyones reaction didn't know if it was a mistake or not.Guy said that was what he intended.Probably the reason Rice fell to me at 10.I didn't expect that.
I think I was in your draft.What did you think of Dream Teams draft?Interesting to say the least.from 9
QB- Newton, Rivers
RB- Spiller, Miller, Hillman, Pead, DRobinson, Jennings
WR- Marshall, Cruz, Shorts, MAustin, Hopkins, Wheaton
TE- Pitta, Pettigrew, Lewis
D- Bears
K- Dawson
overall i'm satisfied, but my rb depth is bad.
What did Dream Team do?I think I was in your draft.What did you think of Dream Teams draft?Interesting to say the least.from 9
QB- Newton, Rivers
RB- Spiller, Miller, Hillman, Pead, DRobinson, Jennings
WR- Marshall, Cruz, Shorts, MAustin, Hopkins, Wheaton
TE- Pitta, Pettigrew, Lewis
D- Bears
K- Dawson
overall i'm satisfied, but my rb depth is bad.
drafted Brady with the 1.1 took 3 Ds and drafted 2 rbs that are still fa.A little different but I guess it could work.What did Dream Team do?I think I was in your draft.What did you think of Dream Teams draft?Interesting to say the least.from 9
QB- Newton, Rivers
RB- Spiller, Miller, Hillman, Pead, DRobinson, Jennings
WR- Marshall, Cruz, Shorts, MAustin, Hopkins, Wheaton
TE- Pitta, Pettigrew, Lewis
D- Bears
K- Dawson
overall i'm satisfied, but my rb depth is bad.
The draft analyzer has you rated 4th overall and 3rd for your starters .I'd say that was a pretty good job.Hopefully we will play each other twice this year.from 9
QB- Newton, Rivers
RB- Spiller, Miller, Hillman, Pead, DRobinson, Jennings
WR- Marshall, Cruz, Shorts, MAustin, Hopkins, Wheaton
TE- Pitta, Pettigrew, Lewis
D- Bears
K- Dawson
overall i'm satisfied, but my rb depth is bad.
This is a near perfect team from the 11 hole and clearly refutes those who think the 11th slot is a detriment. Of course when you optimize somewhere (in this case RBs...) you de-optimize somewhere (in this case WRs....). But at least you've got a couple possibilities (Rice and Hartline) of guys that might be decent values and used as bye-week fill ins. If S Smith is the weakest link of your starters you're in good shape. Congrats. I'd be interested in knowing what rounds you got these guys in. Am assuming the RBs went in the first three but it gets a little confusing after that. Looks like some strong talent dropped pretty far.From the 11 hole,comments and critics welcome
QB- T.Romo,Eli Manning
RB- M.Forte,D.Sproles,S.Ridley,T.Gerhart,K.Hunter,L.James
WR-V.Jackson,S.Smith,M.Floyd,S.Rice,B.Hartline,G.Tate
TE- J.Witten,T.Gonzalez,M.Bennett
PK- B.Walsh
D/ST- Bears,Rams
Saying this is a high risk team is an understatement. Yes, RGIII is risky, but you did the right thing in backing him up with a top flight #2. (It also might have made sense to pick Cousins up with your 20th pick.) I'd classify this team as a "PPR" risk. Cook will give you a dominant performance every three weeks or so and will be impossible to predict what week that will be. He's a big play guy who won't get a ton of targets. Same with Wilson. You'll probably get some explosive performances and some real duds mixed in. Marshall and Brown will get a lot of targets but V Jax has never been a high reception guy. So you're dependent on TDs, big plays, and some level of consistently from an inconsistent bunch. Not the kind of team I'd draft, but you acknowledged yourself what it is - a team that can finish anywhere between 1 - 12.From the 8 hole
Qb- RG3, Cutler
Rb- McCoy, Wilson, DeAngelo, Pierre, Forsett, J. Randle
Wr- Marshall, V-Jax, A. Brown, M. Austin, K Wright, J. Morgan, K. Allen
Te- Cook, Keller, Casey
K- Bullock
D/ST- Pats
Definitely not the safest of teams. Thin at RB. Overall not too happy with this team,but wanted to gamble on some high risk/reward guys. Next 1 I'll probably draft another Rb high and wait even longer at Qb.
first 10 in order were:This is a near perfect team from the 11 hole and clearly refutes those who think the 11th slot is a detriment. Of course when you optimize somewhere (in this case RBs...) you de-optimize somewhere (in this case WRs....). But at least you've got a couple possibilities (Rice and Hartline) of guys that might be decent values and used as bye-week fill ins. If S Smith is the weakest link of your starters you're in good shape. Congrats. I'd be interested in knowing what rounds you got these guys in. Am assuming the RBs went in the first three but it gets a little confusing after that. Looks like some strong talent dropped pretty far.From the 11 hole,comments and critics welcome
QB- T.Romo,Eli Manning
RB- M.Forte,D.Sproles,S.Ridley,T.Gerhart,K.Hunter,L.James
WR-V.Jackson,S.Smith,M.Floyd,S.Rice,B.Hartline,G.Tate
TE- J.Witten,T.Gonzalez,M.Bennett
PK- B.Walsh
D/ST- Bears,Rams
Thanks for the critique Jersey hopefully your right I'd be happy with a 3rd place finish as long as I make the playoffs.Sometimes 3rd isn't good enough thought.On my next team I am going to try to think a little more outside the box.Rusty, not a bad team. Thought it would have been ranked higher than 5th. If I had to summarize, it looks like a high floor, but not extremely high ceiling team. Solid, but conservative, and with a lot of depth. The analyzer must have been critical of your WRs, but at least you've got four solid ones. Am thinking it will finish higher than 5th, maybe 3rd or so, because you've got a lot of injury protection other teams probably don't have. If you do another draft you may want to consider taking a bunch of risks to balance against this cautious team.
Why couldn't I have been in that league!Brady went 1.1 that was a shocker.
I'm thinking Holmes and Lloyd may already be dead wood. I would have taken someone else, a rookie (Allen or Woods, etc...) or Avery, etc... instead of Holmes until we know if he'll be on the PUP to start the season. Perhaps the strength of this team will come down to whether Ball becomes a solid #1 RB for Denver or merely part of a permanent committee. The other challenge you may have is deciding who to start between Hopkins and Shorts on a week to week basis. I'm assuming you'll need to start one of them as your 2nd flex, while starting both TEs. Lastly, hope that Henne starts for Jax. If he does, Shorts should be fine. If it's Gabbert, good luck.Out of 8 spot:
RG3(rd6), Eli, EJ Manuel
Ray Rice(rd1), Gore(rd4), Montee Ball(rd5), BGE(rd10), FJax, Daniel Thomas
DemThomas(rd2), RoddyW(rd3), Cecil Shorts(rd7), DeAndre Hopkins, Santonio, BLloyd
Owen Daniels(rd8), AGates(rd9), JTamme
Hartley
Texans D
Feeling pretty good about the squad, which in July usually means that I will have at least half a dozen pieces of dead wood on my roster by Sept 1. Any thoughts?
Nice job.Out of 8 spot:
RG3(rd6), Eli, EJ Manuel
Ray Rice(rd1), Gore(rd4), Montee Ball(rd5), BGE(rd10), FJax, Daniel Thomas
DemThomas(rd2), RoddyW(rd3), Cecil Shorts(rd7), DeAndre Hopkins, Santonio, BLloyd
Owen Daniels(rd8), AGates(rd9), JTamme
Hartley
Texans D
Feeling pretty good about the squad, which in July usually means that I will have at least half a dozen pieces of dead wood on my roster by Sept 1. Any thoughts?
i never understand why people like this play. Its a complete idiotic move and already skews teams in that league to have a leg up. In the years i have been in this i have never had any bad drafters in my leagues. Can you tell i'm bitter, lol.Dez said:Why couldn't I have been in that league!Brady went 1.1 that was a shocker.
and look at more of the fantastic moves he made, 3 defs are you kidding me! Gurantee a team in this league is near top at end of year.drafted Brady with the 1.1 took 3 Ds and drafted 2 rbs that are still fa.A little different but I guess it could work.What did Dream Team do?I think I was in your draft.What did you think of Dream Teams draft?Interesting to say the least.from 9
QB- Newton, Rivers
RB- Spiller, Miller, Hillman, Pead, DRobinson, Jennings
WR- Marshall, Cruz, Shorts, MAustin, Hopkins, Wheaton
TE- Pitta, Pettigrew, Lewis
D- Bears
K- Dawson
overall i'm satisfied, but my rb depth is bad.
There are at least 4 if not 5 more very questionable picks involving players who are not even with a team yet or who may not even start this year due to injury.Needless to say in this league your odds of winning 1500 bucks are 1in 11 instead of 1 in 12and look at more of the fantastic moves he made, 3 defs are you kidding me! Gurantee a team in this league is near top at end of year.drafted Brady with the 1.1 took 3 Ds and drafted 2 rbs that are still fa.A little different but I guess it could work.What did Dream Team do?I think I was in your draft.What did you think of Dream Teams draft?Interesting to say the least.from 9
QB- Newton, Rivers
RB- Spiller, Miller, Hillman, Pead, DRobinson, Jennings
WR- Marshall, Cruz, Shorts, MAustin, Hopkins, Wheaton
TE- Pitta, Pettigrew, Lewis
D- Bears
K- Dawson
overall i'm satisfied, but my rb depth is bad.
It could be competitive.. The risk area/deficiency is with your 2nd RB. Rookies are often overvalued, so if Bell doesn't perform at a high level that could cause some problems. Like all teams, when you chose to optimize some positions (WR w/ Johnson, TEs, etc...) you're forced to de-optimize others. In this case you still ended up with a decent QB but have a risk going into the season with Bell. His performance will be the key for this team.Out of the 6 hole my 2nd FPC
Qb- Luck, Freeman
Rb- S-Jax, Bell, Bradshaw, Woodhead, Franklin, Joique Bell, Daniel Thomas
Wr- Calvin, Nicks, Gordon, Vincent Brown, Greg Little, AJ Jenkins
Te- Gronkowski, Pitta
D/ST- Patriots, Steelers
K- Bullock
I like this team better than my last. I think it should be quite competitive if Gronk doesn't miss 6+ weeks and I stay healthy.
That's crazy both fell so late. I almost took Sproles with the 14th pick overall.Thanks for the response Jersey and obviously I agree with you. I had the chance to take Sproles instead of Gronk at 3.6 and struggled on who to choose as they both have been going in the mid 2nd in all the FPC's I've seen. I figured I had a better chance winning the individual league taking Sproles but a better chance of going deep overall taking Gronk and hoping to get lucky at Rb2.
It could be competitive.. The risk area/deficiency is with your 2nd RB. Rookies are often overvalued, so if Bell doesn't perform at a high level that could cause some problems. Like all teams, when you chose to optimize some positions (WR w/ Johnson, TEs, etc...) you're forced to de-optimize others. In this case you still ended up with a decent QB but have a risk going into the season with Bell. His performance will be the key for this team.Out of the 6 hole my 2nd FPC
Qb- Luck, Freeman
Rb- S-Jax, Bell, Bradshaw, Woodhead, Franklin, Joique Bell, Daniel Thomas
Wr- Calvin, Nicks, Gordon, Vincent Brown, Greg Little, AJ Jenkins
Te- Gronkowski, Pitta
D/ST- Patriots, Steelers
K- Bullock
I like this team better than my last. I think it should be quite competitive if Gronk doesn't miss 6+ weeks and I stay healthy.
I know I've seen him go at 13 multiple times.That's crazy both fell so late. I almost took Sproles with the 14th pick overall.Thanks for the response Jersey and obviously I agree with you. I had the chance to take Sproles instead of Gronk at 3.6 and struggled on who to choose as they both have been going in the mid 2nd in all the FPC's I've seen. I figured I had a better chance winning the individual league taking Sproles but a better chance of going deep overall taking Gronk and hoping to get lucky at Rb2.
We both drafted from the 11 spot and have very similar teams.From the 11 hole,comments and critics welcome
QB- T.Romo,Eli Manning
RB- M.Forte,D.Sproles,S.Ridley,T.Gerhart,K.Hunter,L.James
WR-V.Jackson,S.Smith,M.Floyd,S.Rice,B.Hartline,G.Tate
TE- J.Witten,T.Gonzalez,M.Bennett
PK- B.Walsh
D/ST- Bears,Rams
We both drafted from the 11 spot and have very similar teams.From the 11 hole,comments and critics welcome
QB- T.Romo,Eli Manning
RB- M.Forte,D.Sproles,S.Ridley,T.Gerhart,K.Hunter,L.James
WR-V.Jackson,S.Smith,M.Floyd,S.Rice,B.Hartline,G.Tate
TE- J.Witten,T.Gonzalez,M.Bennett
PK- B.Walsh
D/ST- Bears,Rams
QB: Luck, Romo
RB: Lynch, Forte, Ivory, M. Bush, Forsett, Hunter
WR: Harvin, Cruz, S. Smith, L. Moore, J. Gordon, M. Sanu
TE: F. Davis, H. Miller, Eifert, Ertz
DEF: Bears
TheF'er, this is additional proof there's nothing to worry about drafting from the 11th slot. If anything, as i look at these teams, it could be a nice advantage if you know what you're doing. I see many complain about getting the scraps at the end of the first round but the first two picks should always be better than the first two picks of those picking early on. So you got Harvin and Cruz 3rd and 4th, and Ivory 5th?
I think I did well with the spot I was given, but it was certainly not ideal. There were some spots I liked better. For instance, the dude in the #1 spot grabbed Adrian Peterson, then Reggie Bush and Darren Sproles, then Danny Amendola. Then picked between Wayne, Jordy, and Nicks for his WR2. That's rediculous value.From the 11 hole,comments and critics welcome
QB- T.Romo,Eli Manning
RB- M.Forte,D.Sproles,S.Ridley,T.Gerhart,K.Hunter,L.James
WR-V.Jackson,S.Smith,M.Floyd,S.Rice,B.Hartline,G.Tate
TE- J.Witten,T.Gonzalez,M.Bennett
PK- B.Walsh
D/ST- Bears,Rams
We both drafted from the 11 spot and have very similar teams.
QB: Luck, Romo
RB: Lynch, Forte, Ivory, M. Bush, Forsett, Hunter
WR: Harvin, Cruz, S. Smith, L. Moore, J. Gordon, M. Sanu
TE: F. Davis, H. Miller, Eifert, Ertz
DEF: Bears
TheF'er, this is additional proof there's nothing to worry about drafting from the 11th slot. If anything, as i look at these teams, it could be a nice advantage if you know what you're doing. I see many complain about getting the scraps at the end of the first round but the first two picks should always be better than the first two picks of those picking early on. So you got Harvin and Cruz 3rd and 4th, and Ivory 5th?
Nice team. Good depth - 3 RBs, 4 WRs, 2 TEs. That's all you can ask for. Many would like to have the problem of having a lot of quality options so they don't know who to start. Many have a tough time fielding 10 decent starters. You have 12.Finished up a really tough draft and ended up with the following:
QB: RGIII, Russell Wilson
RB: Charles, Sproles, Leveon Bell, Goodson, Forsett, Joique Bell, Ryan Williams
WR: Fitz, Steve Johnson, Shorts, Vincent Brown, Jenkins, Thompkins
TE: Gonzo, Myers, Walker (wish I had the Walker pick back)
K: Zuerlein
D: Giants
Tried a different strategy for this draft. The 2 QBs are going to be a headache to pick on a weekly basis. I see it as a boom or bust team with a pretty high ceiling.
Nice solid team,potential starters are all solid,nice options to choose from for flex plays,choosing a QB starter each week will be the biggest problem but with those 2 that's not a bad issue to deal with. What draft slot did you draft from?Finished up a really tough draft and ended up with the following:
QB: RGIII, Russell Wilson
RB: Charles, Sproles, Leveon Bell, Goodson, Forsett, Joique Bell, Ryan Williams
WR: Fitz, Steve Johnson, Shorts, Vincent Brown, Jenkins, Thompkins
TE: Gonzo, Myers, Walker (wish I had the Walker pick back)
K: Zuerlein
D: Giants
Tried a different strategy for this draft. The 2 QBs are going to be a headache to pick on a weekly basis. I see it as a boom or bust team with a pretty high ceiling.