kittenmittens
Footballguy
I'm seeing UTH and some others including the player profiler guys advocating for only drafting RBs in your rookie draft. The thinking is that rookies gain value right away when they play, and you will know right away if they are not going to break out.
IMO this is a really, really bad philosophy... Unless your league is a very shallow dynasty league, this does not make sense. The only way I would ever even think about this is in a format like FFPC where you don't have deep 25+ roster spots, and even then I don't like it.
I laughed all the way to the bank in one of my leagues where an owner had a lot of picks and obviously adopted this philosophy. He took David Montgomery in front of Miles Sanders too..
He took Darrel Henderson a pick before AJ Brown.
He took Justice Hill two picks before Deebo Samuel and three licks before Marquise Brown.
He took Ryquel Armstead one pick in front of Diontae Johnson.
He took Bryce Love right in front of Terry McLaurin.
Somebody else took Damien Harris in front of Deebo and Marquise Brown.
That is an absolutely catastrophic draft, and it's because you tried to take a certain position instead of best player available.
Who has higher value right now, Harry or Darrel Henderson? It's not even close.... WRs may not always break out instantly, but they do hold their value for a lot longer. Parris Campbell is also much more valued than Henderson and their range was closer. AJ Brown is going for more in my dynasty startup auctions than either Jacobs or Sanders, so I don't even think you can say RBs have more value of they do break out.
I didn't look back any further yet, but best player available should be your philosophy. Don't be getting cute with this crap, unless you're in my league.
IMO this is a really, really bad philosophy... Unless your league is a very shallow dynasty league, this does not make sense. The only way I would ever even think about this is in a format like FFPC where you don't have deep 25+ roster spots, and even then I don't like it.
I laughed all the way to the bank in one of my leagues where an owner had a lot of picks and obviously adopted this philosophy. He took David Montgomery in front of Miles Sanders too..
He took Darrel Henderson a pick before AJ Brown.
He took Justice Hill two picks before Deebo Samuel and three licks before Marquise Brown.
He took Ryquel Armstead one pick in front of Diontae Johnson.
He took Bryce Love right in front of Terry McLaurin.
Somebody else took Damien Harris in front of Deebo and Marquise Brown.
That is an absolutely catastrophic draft, and it's because you tried to take a certain position instead of best player available.
Who has higher value right now, Harry or Darrel Henderson? It's not even close.... WRs may not always break out instantly, but they do hold their value for a lot longer. Parris Campbell is also much more valued than Henderson and their range was closer. AJ Brown is going for more in my dynasty startup auctions than either Jacobs or Sanders, so I don't even think you can say RBs have more value of they do break out.
I didn't look back any further yet, but best player available should be your philosophy. Don't be getting cute with this crap, unless you're in my league.