That was quite a draft.
Couple dudes got way too lit & their drafts suffered for it.
I felt like I had my best draft, maybe ever. At least I stuck to my plan & trusted my rankings. I stayed flexible & went 9 rounds without a defensive player - and still have a defense that’ll compete, and at lower risk since I drafted them later.
Never imagined I’d be picking 1st, and felt like solid value fell to me most rounds. Enough that I could afford a risk at TE to really go for the upside.
Starting CMC -> Ridley -> Mixon -> DJ Moore -> Pitts -> Henderson -> Higgins -> JaWilliams -> Stafford was just about perfect per my plan. I knew if I took TE early something needed to give & I love Stafford’s value this year. He may not be top 5, but I think he’ll put up some top 5 weeks. Tua may well stream some weeks for me. Love the upside there, too. And crazy depth at WR & RB as well. There was a mid-draft run on IDP, and at one point I was choosing between Mooney, Gallup & Hardman as a WR4, and got them all as WR4-5-6.
The only weird result is the pairings. I didn’t really target players so much as BPA; and I inadvertently ended up with 4 pairs of teammates. Which gives me 4 weeks with tricky BYEs.
- Stafford + Henderson
- CMC + DJ Moore
- Ridley + Pitts
- Mixon + Higgins
Theoretically I should have a share of most of the Rams TDs, A good chunk of the Falcons TDs, a good chunk of the Bengals TDs & a good chunk of the Panthers TDs. I kinda don’t mind how it ended up. The only place I attempted to avoid it was passing on Chase at an ok value.
But a very fun draft day & I’m happy with the results of my months of efforts to try and figure this stupid game out.
Posted the full team in the “that dog’ll hunt!” topic.
I may change my mind on how this team is and how my draft was several times during the season as the FF gods smite me, but at the moment I’m content. I was able to hang with my oldest friends, (a few others stopped by just for a beer and a look at the draft board). talk some trash, eat & drink way too much, & finish the night on a good note with this update.
May all of your upcoming drafts bring you this much joy.
ps - the FBG draft buddy tool rated it an A+, best in the league. Next best was an A-, and everyone else got B’s & C’s. A lot of managers got too cute this year. Team 12 went 6 rounds without a RB. The result isn’t pretty. At the break he was disappointed that everyone kept grabbing his zero RB targets. It’s a hard strategy at the turns with 22 picks in between. Incidentally, he got the A-. Crazy.