I’m drafting 1.11 on Saturday
How did it go?
12 team PPR draft:
1.11 Cooper Kupp
2.2 Saquon Barkley
3.11 Jahmyr Gibbs
4.2 Justin Fields
5.11 Mike Williams
6.2 Christian Watson
7.11 Dalvin Cook
8.2 Brandin Cooks
9.11 Treylon Burks
10.2 Zach Charbonnet
12.2 Tyler Higbee
11.11 Nico Collins
13.11 Sam LaPorta
14.2 Kenneth Gainwell
15.11 Washington DST
Starters
QB - Justin Fields
RB - Saquon Barkley
RB - Jahmyr Gibbs
WR - Cooper Kupp
WR - Mike Williams
WR - Christian Watson
TE - Tyler Higbee
Flex - Dalvin Cook
Bench
RB Zach Charbonnet
RB Kenneth Gainwell
WR Brandin Cooks
WR Nico Collins
WR Treylon Burks
TE Sam LaPorta
I scrapped my plan to go RB/RB when Kupp somehow fell to me at 1.11. Loved the strong start with Barkley and Gibbs but I feel like the rest of my draft fell apart because I kept getting sniped and hitting dead zones where I hated all of the options available. Is this typical of drafting at the turn this year? Even with Kupp falling into my lap, it's so much harder to draft from the end of the order than the beginning. I look at the 1.1 guy's roster with envy who got to start off with Jefferson, Waddle, Josh Allen, JT and Hock.
Grabbed Justin Fields at 4.2 because seven QBs were already off the board by that point and I really don't like the options after the first couple of QB tiers this season. Was a crazy early QB run, but that can always happen in home leagues and you have to adapt if you're going to get your guys.
Burks was a round 9 panic pick because I was light on WRs and the other options around that dead zone were lacking. Was a case where I should have ignored my rankings and never draft an injured player who didn't excite me in the first place. Might waive him for a kicker before week one if the situation isn't looking good.
Enjoyed nabbing two TEs off of my short list of late round dart throws. I'll probably keep both for a couple of weeks of the season and dump one if the other steps up.
Was going to use the last pick on a RB lotto type and pick up a DST before the season started, but Wash plays Arizona week one, so I just grabbed them.
If a few picks broke differently, I might have loved this team. Right now, I think it's only above average. My fate will probably be decided by Gibbs hitting or busting, or Fields resuming or building upon his 2022 success, like anyone else who spends their early round picks to get them. I'm going to need Watson to take a step forward and some injury luck for Kupp and Mike Williams for a decent WR corps, and to hit on one WW RB pickup during the course of the season because my RB depth is leaner than I like. I mostly kept to my plan in my post earlier in this thread, but value is king and trumps any plans I could come up with before a draft.
Good luck to my fellow 11th pick bros in your drafts!