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Wrong. We ask people to keep it 100% on football and be excellent to each other. You were doing neither. Please drop it and don't derail this thread.
I think Gronk would be a good example. Any combo of age and injury history has to be accounted for when spending a pick on a highly rated player.
Thanks. That one is interesting as mid year I was hearing a lot of "Waiting on a QB is no longer a good strategy" talk. I've been thinking about this one.
Should be interesting to see where he ends up going in mocks next year (if he plays). I’ve been blessed with Kelce since he came in the league so never had to do much TE evaluation. Especially when it was such a down year (worst year ever for TEs? If you can quantify that) at the position. Have to think Ertz and Kelce all alone at the top.
Kelce and Ertz seem like a clear top 2, but in my book Kittle is right there in the tier with them.
I have a feeling Maholmes is going to be gone verrrry early in a lot of drafts next year. Which I can’t really blame them but it won’t be me.
Interesting...I agreed with you when he came out, but I really didn’t like the (lack of) ball skills he showed this year. I’d be more inclined to put Howard there than Njoku, and for me they are down in the next tier with guys like Henry, with Engram atop that tier.
He seems to be the guy there and he is really into the game. Plus he is someone you will pick up much cheaper than the big names. Good player for those who want to go cheaper at TE.
Living around Cleveland, but being an Eagles fan, I’ll admit I only really saw him on Redzone so my perception could very easily be inflated.
I don't know. I used my 10th to grab Jax only to drop them by midseason. Bi picked up Baltimore to only have them give me negative points two out of three weeks.
Was just coming into post this. There was no reason to bid 20% of my budget on Keke Coutee and Keelan Cole. Thankfully I saved the rest and was able to pick up Samuels and Jackson at the end because everybody else was doing the same thing.
I agree to a point. Spend up to 90% of your FAAB as early as you need to get an ascendant talent....but ALWAYS reserve 10% for Week 14 and beyond. Why 10% because it SUCKS to hit the playoffs and see someone get 3 valuable players for 3% combined and you are stuck with no ability to at least price enforce.
I agree but what generally works for me every year is finding a team with a top DVOA and figuring the turnovers will follow. They often do. I usually wait until Week 8 or 9 to truly select a defense. I don't think most fantasy guys use team DVOA to their advantage.
Thanks. Can you elaborate there? Good examples you see of this? Best way to way to predict who these will be?
Not sure I agree with the first one. I think it depends on your league's format. I only like to play in PPR leagues, and in those, an elite, pass-catching RB is absolutely the foundation for a winning team. But if guys like Gurley, Barkley, Kamara, McCaffrey, etc. aren't available, I would rather have an elite receiver than a RB who might be great on the ground, but is still one dimensional.
Best way to predict who they are is by knowing injury history and depth chart. If they’re any kind of reliable fantasy scorer and there’s no one at all behind them on the depth chart or if they get sent out even when they’re hurt with someone behind them on the depth chart, they can anchor a position.
Unless you drafted Jacksonville. Even if you get a good defense, you're still going to have bad match-ups that will require the occasional streamer. However, sometimes you'll get a game like the Rams vs KC where both defenses give up tons of points, but still unexpectedly had good weeks. More often than not, they won't.
Yeah, the feedback I've gotten in this thread has caused me to rethink my rethinking of the situation. My big mistake this year was owning Josh Gordon on the two teams I ran. That and just a bad Week 15 cost me. But I won the championship in the other, so I'm happy.
I wish team defenses, kickers and ppr would die, in that order.
Congrats on your year, but I'm giving you a like for your avatar. Duck Dodgers and the 24 1/2 Century!
To piggyback on this - don’t waste a lot of effort into finding a DL. There are several that are consistent year to year and if you wanna grab one of them, great (I have been targeting Cameron Jordan, JPP and Chandler Jones the last few years). You can just plug them in all year and be done with it. At the same time, you can find a worthy starter around week 3 or 4 that wasn’t drafted if you wanna just pick up your starter and backup late and they don’t happen to work out.
This is one thing I’ve noticed too. I’ve been burned so many times on my 1st round pick (I would say less than half, maybe even 33%, have come remotely close to 1st round performance) that I would say my pick nowadays are 90% floor and 10% ceiling. Save the risks for the rounds you can afford to swing and miss. Hell, even if you wanna swing away in the second. Just make sure you have that bellcow in the 1st.
Not sure where your perceived cut off is between those who are fading away and the young guys, but with the likes of Hill, Adams, AB, Juju, Diggs, Evans, OBJ, Boyd, Golladay - I think the talent is still there.
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Agree 100%.........just remember what Peyton Manning and Tom Brady did after their historic seasons. Pass on Mahomes in Round 2 next year.
