T Rich could make or break your RB's. If Romo stays healthy your good at QB. WR's are the strength for sure,very nice depth.Thought I would do a real early one to see where values might be. Drafted from the 7 whole.
QB: Romo (10), Palmer (14)
RB: Doug Martin (3), T Rich (5), Pierce (7), Miller (8), Sims (13), McKinnon (16)
WR: Dez (1), Antonio Brown (2), Emmanuel Sanders (6), Jennings (11), Hawkins (12), Landry (17)
TE: Olsen (4), Walker (9), Garrett Graham (15), Ausberry (20)
K: Dawson (18)
D: CHI (19)
Took a bunch of changes considering the draft was well before training camp and hoping for the best.
Am assuming it was Bell that fell to you in the 3rd. Nice value. (Even better value if it was Nelson.) Pretty good team. No obvious weaknesses with a lot of upside possibilities.Aunt Jemima said:I was drinking and got a bit rb happy trying to fix my bench![]()
QB: Cam Newton, Colin Kaepernick
RB: Jamaal Charles, LeVeon Bell, Maurice Jones-Drew, Shonn Greene, Jeremy Hill, Jonathan Dwyer, David Wilson
WR: Jordy Nelson, Keenan Allen, Larry Fitzgerald, Jeremy Maclin, Hakeem Nicks
TE: Greg Olsen, Tyler Eifert, Jared Cook
PK: Phil Dawson
TD: St. Louis Rams, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
To be quite honest, not a fan of this team. I think you'll struggle at RB for sure, your QB's are decent, nothing special and the TE's are weak. Why are u drafting Olsen in rd 4? That screams of a panic reach. Should have passed on a TE there if he was the best available. Even with the 1.5 scoring, he's no better then a 6th/7th rd pick in my eyes. His ceiling just isn't that high. Even Walker in the 9th seems high to me, the guy caught 60 passes for 6 scores. Your WR depth after the top 2 is also questionable. Sanders to me is still on the WR3/WR4 radar. With Julius Thomas/Welker/Demaryius and even Latimer, I can foresee a whole lot of 3 for 29 yd type games. He'll have his moments as will every Denver WR, but again, this is a reach IMO.Thought I would do a real early one to see where values might be. Drafted from the 7 whole.
QB: Romo (10), Palmer (14)
RB: Doug Martin (3), T Rich (5), Pierce (7), Miller (8), Sims (13), McKinnon (16)
WR: Dez (1), Antonio Brown (2), Emmanuel Sanders (6), Jennings (11), Hawkins (12), Landry (17)
TE: Olsen (4), Walker (9), Garrett Graham (15), Ausberry (20)
K: Dawson (18)
D: CHI (19)
Took a bunch of changes considering the draft was well before training camp and hoping for the best.
Now this is a potent squad. Assuming Allen/Fitz fell to rd 5? That's nuts. Really strong everywhere outside of the TE's. They are OK. I think of Eifert/Cook, 1 should be at least serviceable. Don't love Olsen as stated above, but he's not a terrible option. Although if he was my #1 TE, I would have liked to pair him up with a better #2 TE. RB's are silly good. That Jeremy Hill pick could be gold. WR's look deeeeeep. Also like Kapernick over Cam this yr.Aunt Jemima said:I was drinking and got a bit rb happy trying to fix my bench![]()
QB: Cam Newton, Colin Kaepernick
RB: Jamaal Charles, LeVeon Bell, Maurice Jones-Drew, Shonn Greene, Jeremy Hill, Jonathan Dwyer, David Wilson
WR: Jordy Nelson, Keenan Allen, Larry Fitzgerald, Jeremy Maclin, Hakeem Nicks
TE: Greg Olsen, Tyler Eifert, Jared Cook
PK: Phil Dawson
TD: St. Louis Rams, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
You probably couldn't script a better first 5 picks though. You should be happy you got the 1st pick in this draft at least. Allen/Fitz at 4.12/5.1 in a PPR? That's mind boggling. Even Bell/Nelson at the 2/3 elbow is awesome value. Just hope for no injuries in the next 2 months and you're good. This is easily a playoff team.yes had 1st pick, Allen/Fitz were 4.12 and 5.1. I actually took Kaepernick in 8 as my starter and backed up with Newton in 10 since he was still there. TE's went early, hoping at least one is serviceable
I hate drafting 1 or 12 in these since there is so much potential to get screwed by a big run
Players sliding like crazy, off top of your head who were some of the shocking picks in round 1-2 /3-4Aunt Jemima said:I was drinking and got a bit rb happy trying to fix my bench![]()
QB: Cam Newton, Colin Kaepernick
RB: Jamaal Charles, LeVeon Bell, Maurice Jones-Drew, Shonn Greene, Jeremy Hill, Jonathan Dwyer, David Wilson
WR: Jordy Nelson, Keenan Allen, Larry Fitzgerald, Jeremy Maclin, Hakeem Nicks
TE: Greg Olsen, Tyler Eifert, Jared Cook
PK: Phil Dawson
TD: St. Louis Rams, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
It's not as bad as you think. Is it a great team? No. But I can see this at least being average to slightly above depending on your waiver additions.rustycolts said:Well I probably would have been better off just throwing my money in the street,but I love abuse so oh well.
from the 6 spot.
Drew Brees
P.Rivers
Lynch
Morris
Woodhead
Blount
Starks
Tolbert
Decker
Cooper
Boldin
Nicks
Woods
D.Moore
J. Graham
Witten
Clay
Gost
Hauschka
Steelers
My only saving grace is there are quite a few teams that look as bad as mine so maybe with a lot of luck....
Kendall in 7th twice?? I don't care how Locker is, no way he should fall that farDid a couple drafts this weekend.
From the 2 hole:
Rodgers(3)
Charles(1)/Gerhart(5)/Ingram(12)/Bradshaw(13)/Starks(14)/Greene(15)/Hillman(16)
Fitzgerald(4)/Hilton(6)/Wright(7)/Hopkins(10)/Hartline(11)/Gordon(17)
Gronk(2)/Bennett(8)/Clay(9)/M. Lewis(18)
Pit(19)
Gould(20)
I wasn't planning on going Rodgers at 3, but thought my best alternative was Andre Johnson and went Rodgers at the last minute. If I knew exactly how late some of the QBs were going to go, I probably would have gone a different direction but like only having to use 1 roster spot other than bye/injury.
Would like to have the Hartline pick back, probably worth it in terms of end-of-year scoring but not a lot of upside. Other than that relatively happy with this one.
From the 1 hole:
Brady(9)/Kaepernick(11)
Charles(1)/Lamar Miller(6)/MJD(8)/C.Sims(14)/Starks(15)/McKinnon(16)/Taliaferro(17)
Nelson(2)/Wright(7)/Shorts(10)/Boldin(12)/Stills(13)/Gordon(18)
Gronk(3)/Witten(4)/Olsen(5)
Pit(19)
Bryant(20)
I have had pretty good results with the 3 early TE strategy in prior years, and I thought Witten and Olsen were the highest scoring non-qbs left. The upshot is that since I and another guy took 3 early TEs (Cameron(3)/Reed(5)/Davis(6)), there ended up being 14 TEs off the board by 7.9 and 17 TEs off the board by 8.10. That pushed some nice value down that otherwise wouldn't have been there.
Assuming I am rolling 3 TEs every non-bye week so think I can do do well at RB2 and WR2 with a committee approach.
Both teams have a similar feel to me. I'm not overly optimistic about either but they seem at the very least to be competitive teams.Did a couple drafts this weekend.
From the 2 hole:
Rodgers(3)
Charles(1)/Gerhart(5)/Ingram(12)/Bradshaw(13)/Starks(14)/Greene(15)/Hillman(16)
Fitzgerald(4)/Hilton(6)/Wright(7)/Hopkins(10)/Hartline(11)/Gordon(17)
Gronk(2)/Bennett(8)/Clay(9)/M. Lewis(18)
Pit(19)
Gould(20)
I wasn't planning on going Rodgers at 3, but thought my best alternative was Andre Johnson and went Rodgers at the last minute. If I knew exactly how late some of the QBs were going to go, I probably would have gone a different direction but like only having to use 1 roster spot other than bye/injury.
Would like to have the Hartline pick back, probably worth it in terms of end-of-year scoring but not a lot of upside. Other than that relatively happy with this one.
From the 1 hole:
Brady(9)/Kaepernick(11)
Charles(1)/Lamar Miller(6)/MJD(8)/C.Sims(14)/Starks(15)/McKinnon(16)/Taliaferro(17)
Nelson(2)/Wright(7)/Shorts(10)/Boldin(12)/Stills(13)/Gordon(18)
Gronk(3)/Witten(4)/Olsen(5)
Pit(19)
Bryant(20)
I have had pretty good results with the 3 early TE strategy in prior years, and I thought Witten and Olsen were the highest scoring non-qbs left. The upshot is that since I and another guy took 3 early TEs (Cameron(3)/Reed(5)/Davis(6)), there ended up being 14 TEs off the board by 7.9 and 17 TEs off the board by 8.10. That pushed some nice value down that otherwise wouldn't have been there.
Assuming I am rolling 3 TEs every non-bye week so think I can do do well at RB2 and WR2 with a committee approach.
Thanks for the feedback, I think we have some differences in preferred team construction but the input is helpful.Both teams have a similar feel to me. I'm not overly optimistic about either but they seem at the very least to be competitive teams.Did a couple drafts this weekend.
From the 2 hole:
Rodgers(3)
Charles(1)/Gerhart(5)/Ingram(12)/Bradshaw(13)/Starks(14)/Greene(15)/Hillman(16)
Fitzgerald(4)/Hilton(6)/Wright(7)/Hopkins(10)/Hartline(11)/Gordon(17)
Gronk(2)/Bennett(8)/Clay(9)/M. Lewis(18)
Pit(19)
Gould(20)
I wasn't planning on going Rodgers at 3, but thought my best alternative was Andre Johnson and went Rodgers at the last minute. If I knew exactly how late some of the QBs were going to go, I probably would have gone a different direction but like only having to use 1 roster spot other than bye/injury.
Would like to have the Hartline pick back, probably worth it in terms of end-of-year scoring but not a lot of upside. Other than that relatively happy with this one.
From the 1 hole:
Brady(9)/Kaepernick(11)
Charles(1)/Lamar Miller(6)/MJD(8)/C.Sims(14)/Starks(15)/McKinnon(16)/Taliaferro(17)
Nelson(2)/Wright(7)/Shorts(10)/Boldin(12)/Stills(13)/Gordon(18)
Gronk(3)/Witten(4)/Olsen(5)
Pit(19)
Bryant(20)
I have had pretty good results with the 3 early TE strategy in prior years, and I thought Witten and Olsen were the highest scoring non-qbs left. The upshot is that since I and another guy took 3 early TEs (Cameron(3)/Reed(5)/Davis(6)), there ended up being 14 TEs off the board by 7.9 and 17 TEs off the board by 8.10. That pushed some nice value down that otherwise wouldn't have been there.
Assuming I am rolling 3 TEs every non-bye week so think I can do do well at RB2 and WR2 with a committee approach.
Team 1 - Don't love the Rodgers pick. Sure he's a top-3 QB but 4 pt passing td's, just don't love taking my QB this early. Of course I'm talking a typical Rodgers yr here, not a 2013 Peyton Manning. Andre J was the best WR available at 3.2? Any rb's there to pair with Charles? Looks like u made out with Gerhart lasting till 5.1, that's great value. After him though, your rb depth is very questionable. Your WR core also is less then desirable. But picking at the top, your chances at 1 of those elite WR's in the 2nd are slim. I don't know I'd still prefer to have a Cobb/Jeffery/Nelson type then have Fitz as my #2 and Wright my #3, take the QB later.. TE's are solid, Gronk obviously your X factor here. Looks like you're putting a lot of eggs in the Gronk basket...Im surprised he's even going in the 2nd in drafts at the moment..
Team 2 - Obviously banking on that TE production. I like this team better though. More balanced, the RB depth is the obvious concern. Any better backs available over that Olsen pick?? Miller/MJD both risky/sub-par options. And Kapernick in rd 11 is silly value. Not bad but I hink you'll be looking for rb's all year with this squad..
Team 1 - C+
Team 2 - B- (I had a similar rb-depleted team last year and it was frustrating to say the least - could be a Charles injury away from disaster)
He was this guy the last 2 yrs. Led the team in rec's and was Cam's 'go-to' guy if you will. Yet his #'s were nothing special. Newton will limit the upside of anyone he's throwing too. He's far to inconsistent, barely sniffing 60% comp percentage. We've been waiting for Olsen's 'breakout' season for 7 years now. He isn't a star TE. He's serviceable, but really, he's nothing special. Maybe in a different situation with a prime passer, he could be something more. But you have him rated 3rd? wow. He barely cracks my top 8. Graham/Gronk/Thomas/Witten/Davis/Reed/Cameron all are guys I'd for sure take over him.I couldn't disagree more with Gildz on Olsen but that's what makes fantasy football fun. I would rate Olsen third behind Graham and Julius Thomas. I'm expecting 80-85 receptions with 8 touchdowns this year based on the pecking order in Carolina and his rapport with Cam. Gronk is far too rich for me in the second round but hey if you want a guy for four games or whatever he ends up playing, all the best. I also love Sanders after round 5. Thomas will take all of the attention in Denver and Welker is on his last legs IMO. Of course, we will see what happens as I tend to take risks which sometimes pay off (grabbing Antonio Brown everywhere last year) and sometimes don't (Shorts was a bad pick last year).
Let's say he hits those exact averages this year, that # of fantasy points would have been good for WR19 or RB14 last year. Additionally, last year Olsen outscored Matthews despite his 285 carries and prior to signing Donald Brown. I guess we are looking at that same set of facts and coming to very different conclusions.Da Gildz said:Yea myself, I would have taken a chance on a rb/wr with higher upside over Olsen in the 5th. You say Matthews doesn't have that upside, which i agree with, but neither does Olsen. His last 2 yrs are virtually identical, averaging 71 rec / 830 yds and 5-6 td's. On a team where he was the 1st/2nd passing option? I know the 1.5 PPR makes those #'s look a lot better but still, paying a 5th rd price tag for that production who is essentially locked into your 2nd flex, not an ideal pick for me . I would have slept on TE after Gronk/Witten, grabbed a TE3 later on with some upside.
That 1st draft, I would have taken Ellington easily over Rodgers. He caught 39 passes in a limited role last year. His floor is probably low-end RB2. Heck, he was that last year even. His ceiling though is massive. Sub in Ellington and add any of those QB's taken in rd's 8+, that would have made your squad more formidable IMO.
Of the guys you mentioned, Jennings, Sankey and Floyd were still on the board. I considered Floyd, but utimately decided WR was deep enough and didn't see that much of a drop off.Well I agreed that Matthews is a very low-ceiling/low upside guy. I wouldn't have taken him over Olsen though, I would have found another player. I owned Matthews last yr. He was a pretty underwhelming option and barely found his way into my lineup. Also, im just not a fan of drafting a 3rd TE knowing full well he's locked into my flex. With no trading allowed, that plays a role here. You could very easily be sitting Olsen some weeks in favor of another WR for example. So to me, drafting a guy in the 5th rd who at best is your 2nd flex option just limits your flexibility. Just different philosophies I suppose. There had to be a high upside RB/WR in rd 5 to take there. Thats where I would have gone. Guys like Patterson/Floyd/Rashad Jennings, doubtful he was there/Sankey/Vereen. I'm assuming Cameron was off the board also right?
Looking to do 1 of my 3 drafts possibly, im curious where Patterson went? Now would be a good time to get some value on him, I think at least...
First off, Congrats! How far back were you entering the Championship rds? Weren't you like 300th+ ? That's insaneI have done a few drafts so far in my quest for back to back. Figured I would post the very first draft and see what you guys think.
Foles/E Manning
Peterson/Vereen/Rice/T Richardson/L Miller/L. Dunbar/S. Taylor
Cobb/Cruz/Colston/Dobson/Benjamin/Mathews
Clay/Graham/Finley
Let me know what you guys think..
Wow. So you dropped to the 4 seed to face him? Did you give up your automatic bid (2 seed) to the Champ rds by doing this?? Obviously, it didn't matter since u won that league but am I wrong in thinking that? If so that move was ballsy/genius. Did u own this team on your own also or do u work with a partner(s)?Thanks man...
I think I was around 350 to 400 but that was only 17 points from the leader I think.. That really isn't a very big difference to make up. Some of that was self induced as well though. That team scored over 190 for 7 at the end besides week 11 and 16. Week 11 I threw completely and that hurt my average but I wanted the matchup I got the first week of the playoffs. The 1 seed had his 2 best players on bye that week and I saw it as a much easier matchup in a week that had money on the line. So I started players on bye to ensure I scored low enough to drop in seeding.
TE's went very early and often and it wasn't a concern for me with the talent and team construction I got elsewhere. TE's have been going way too early for me this year so I think I will be weaker at TE in alot of these this year.. Just too much talent falling to not capitalize, I cannot draft a subpar TE early just to have one... Shoot Clay outscored most of the TEs going before him anyway, I think he will be serviceable again this year.
Overall I will have probably 18 again this year. I think that is a good number to manage with all my other league too. I had 12 of 18 in the big money bracket last year and will hope for about the same this year. Out of those 6 four of them were leagues that I drafted Gronk in the 3rd and he just killed me.
Welcome to the FFPC. You"ll enjoy it. As for this squad, you have some holes here.Excellent stuff there Coots.
My first time putting a team in this event. Drafted from the 2 spot:
qb - m stafford(7), t bridgewater(15)
rb - l bell(2), a ellington(3), t gerhart(5), j hill(11), t mason(13), k carey(18)
wr - c patterson(4), m wallace(6), m evans(9), d hopkins(10), j hunter(12), h douglas(17), r woods(19), marlon brown(20)
te - j graham(1), l toilolo(14)
def - sea(8)
k - gostkowski(16)
Went a little early on sea def and was hoping for more depth at TE behind graham, but i just didnt feel the value was there everytime i picked. i think this team has an excellent amount of upside. I did'nt really realize how young of a roster it was until now haha
I agree with most of your points. The team certainly has a chance to struggle, but if ellington and patterson hit this year this team could be very good. As good as mccoy and charles are, rb turnover at the top from year to year is staggeringly high. No rb is a lock to have a great year.Welcome to the FFPC. You"ll enjoy it. As for this squad, you have some holes here.Excellent stuff there Coots.
My first time putting a team in this event. Drafted from the 2 spot:
qb - m stafford(7), t bridgewater(15)
rb - l bell(2), a ellington(3), t gerhart(5), j hill(11), t mason(13), k carey(18)
wr - c patterson(4), m wallace(6), m evans(9), d hopkins(10), j hunter(12), h douglas(17), r woods(19), marlon brown(20)
te - j graham(1), l toilolo(14)
def - sea(8)
k - gostkowski(16)
Went a little early on sea def and was hoping for more depth at TE behind graham, but i just didnt feel the value was there everytime i picked. i think this team has an excellent amount of upside. I did'nt really realize how young of a roster it was until now haha
First off I love Graham but over Charles/McCoy? Not a fan. A pick later, I wouldn't mind it but I think those 2 backs are the elite of the elite. Bell is nice value at 2.11 and I also like Ellington but I would have passed on him at 3.2. What WR"s were there at that point? I really don't like waiting until end of rd 4 for my WR1 especially in this format. You're left with Patterson as your #1. He could be solid but he's really a WR3 on a good fantasy team. Your rb depth is great and that shouldn't be an issue at all. If there was trading allowed I'd like this team more.
Also nothing behind Graham was a mistake. As great as he is you need some insurance. At the very least, I'm drafting 3 TE's and maybe a 4th if the value is there. Drafting Seattle in the 8th is the major mistake here. There had to be a few 2nd tier TE's sitting there ripe for the taking.
Overall I think this squad could struggle. Need some surprises in that WR core and add the 1st decent TE that comes up on the wire. ASAP.
What draft slot?Just finished my 1st draft, would love to hear some thoughts:
QB: Cutler (11), Wilson (12)
RB: Bush (3), Sankey (4), Tate (7), Freeman (10), Sims (14) , Stepfan Taylor (17)
WR: Demaryius (1), Crabtree (5), D-Jax (6), Decker (8), Benjamin (15)
TE: Gronk (2), Ebron (9), Allen (13), Austin S-Jenkins (18)
D - NYG (16)
K - Crosby (19), Gould (20)
Overall pretty happy. The 1 pick I'd like back is Ebron. I was staring at Zach Ertz the rd before and thought he'd be there for me on the way back. Took Decker and Ertz sure enough goes the very next pick. Green also snatched up so i reached for Ebron. Allen in rd 13 could be the better TE even...Think this is a pretty strong all around, proven talent with some upside flyers mixed in.
Thoughts?
Mack I agree that you are super young.. That usually doesn't turn out too well. Other than QB/TE you have risk everywhere, sometimes you need to throw in those steady veterans just to solidify things up a bit.rmack27 said:Excellent stuff there Coots.
My first time putting a team in this event. Drafted from the 2 spot:
qb - m stafford(7), t bridgewater(15)
rb - l bell(2), a ellington(3), t gerhart(5), j hill(11), t mason(13), k carey(18)
wr - c patterson(4), m wallace(6), m evans(9), d hopkins(10), j hunter(12), h douglas(17), r woods(19), marlon brown(20)
te - j graham(1), l toilolo(14)
def - sea(8)
k - gostkowski(16)
Went a little early on sea def and was hoping for more depth at TE behind graham, but i just didnt feel the value was there everytime i picked. i think this team has an excellent amount of upside. I did'nt really realize how young of a roster it was until now haha
I think it is a really solid team. You will be in the top 4 for sure and then just have to take off from there. You need Gronk to be right to be an elite team though. I agree on Freeman but at about the time he may take over West might be doing the same for Tate. I still think the 7th round is good value for Tate.Just finished my 1st draft, would love to hear some thoughts:
QB: Cutler (11), Wilson (12)
RB: Bush (3), Sankey (4), Tate (7), Freeman (10), Sims (14) , Stepfan Taylor (17)
WR: Demaryius (1), Crabtree (5), D-Jax (6), Decker (8), Benjamin (15)
TE: Gronk (2), Ebron (9), Allen (13), Austin S-Jenkins (18)
D - NYG (16)
K - Crosby (19), Gould (20)
Overall pretty happy. The 1 pick I'd like back is Ebron. I was staring at Zach Ertz the rd before and thought he'd be there for me on the way back. Took Decker and Ertz sure enough goes the very next pick. Green also snatched up so i reached for Ebron. Allen in rd 13 could be the better TE even...Think this is a pretty strong all around, proven talent with some upside flyers mixed in.
Thoughts?
Sorry, drafted out of the 7 hole. It was a weird spot. First 6 picks went chalk. Was hoping a Grahaml/Calvin would fall to me. I passed on Lacy. No other back was worthy of picking 7 I thought. Maybe a Ball but it was clearly D-Thomas for me.
You're correct, I had no intention of taking Gronk in the 2nd. Nor did I think it was good value. But the owner @ 2.1 took Julius Thomas and I feared this league would go silly after TE's once Gronk was drafted. I wanted at least 1 of Gronk/Witten/Julius if I didn't get Graham. Julio was picked right before me in the 2nd, I was praying he'd pass on him but knew he wouldn't. After Gronk, the league went on a RB run and I was sweating. So I was wrong about that TE run. 7 rb's went in between my 2/3 picks, barely was able to sniff Bush there. The rb's taken directly after that Bush pick were Pierre/T-Rich, that should give you a good indication how fast they were flying. Things just fell into place for me here. I love the Freeman pick in rd 10, think he's the main back in ATL at some point this season..
Whatcha think? You have a good eye for these drafts...
The team is solid. I have the 7 pick in a draft next month so I know what you mean about it being a weird spot. Despite the crazy run on RBs you pulled good value. If Im waiting on a QB combo that is the combo I like. Im not a fan of the rookie TE's, but I don't know what was left at that point so they may have truly been the best option. If Gronk returns to Gronk you will be in the playoffs and anything can happen from there, if he plays 8 games then you may be in trouble.Just finished my 1st draft, would love to hear some thoughts:
QB: Cutler (11), Wilson (12)
RB: Bush (3), Sankey (4), Tate (7), Freeman (10), Sims (14) , Stepfan Taylor (17)
WR: Demaryius (1), Crabtree (5), D-Jax (6), Decker (8), Benjamin (15)
TE: Gronk (2), Ebron (9), Allen (13), Austin S-Jenkins (18)
D - NYG (16)
K - Crosby (19), Gould (20)
Overall pretty happy. The 1 pick I'd like back is Ebron. I was staring at Zach Ertz the rd before and thought he'd be there for me on the way back. Took Decker and Ertz sure enough goes the very next pick. Green also snatched up so i reached for Ebron. Allen in rd 13 could be the better TE even...Think this is a pretty strong all around, proven talent with some upside flyers mixed in.
Thoughts?
Thanks agree with everything u said here. Tate was a ho-hum pick there, I was looking at the Sjax's, Gores, MJD's at that spot but figure Tate at least has some youth on his side. With Pettine at the helm, they are going to run the ball a ton. Especially if/when Johnny Football takes over. I think Tate/West will be a rbbc , both having decent value, or at least flex appeal. I had my sights set on Freeman, so I probably should have nabbed SJax over Tate to insure that ATL rb spot. Maybe that's faulty thinking though. Gronk like u said needs to be Gronk for this squad to be special.I think it is a really solid team. You will be in the top 4 for sure and then just have to take off from there. You need Gronk to be right to be an elite team though. I agree on Freeman but at about the time he may take over West might be doing the same for Tate. I still think the 7th round is good value for Tate.Just finished my 1st draft, would love to hear some thoughts:
QB: Cutler (11), Wilson (12)
RB: Bush (3), Sankey (4), Tate (7), Freeman (10), Sims (14) , Stepfan Taylor (17)
WR: Demaryius (1), Crabtree (5), D-Jax (6), Decker (8), Benjamin (15)
TE: Gronk (2), Ebron (9), Allen (13), Austin S-Jenkins (18)
D - NYG (16)
K - Crosby (19), Gould (20)
Overall pretty happy. The 1 pick I'd like back is Ebron. I was staring at Zach Ertz the rd before and thought he'd be there for me on the way back. Took Decker and Ertz sure enough goes the very next pick. Green also snatched up so i reached for Ebron. Allen in rd 13 could be the better TE even...Think this is a pretty strong all around, proven talent with some upside flyers mixed in.
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These drafts are all so different. In that draft I posted above I got Trent Richardson at 7.7 and he goes in the 3rd in yours. I forgot to say my team was also from the 7 hole..