2017 SSL2 Discussion Thread (1 Viewer)

[Mr. Irrelevant]

PLAYER


2016 YTD PTS


BYE


DRAFTED


Brady, Tom NEP QB


352.10


9


3.06 - QB3


Goff, Jared LAR QB


92.05


8


8.11 - QB26


Murray, Latavius MIN RB (Q)


210.20


9


9.06 - RB38


Riddick, Theo DET RB (Q)


161.80


7


7.06 - RB30


Thompson, Chris WAS RB


149.50


5


12.11 - RB54


Ware, Spencer KCC RB


199.80


10


5.06 - RB22


Beckham, Odell NYG WR


298.60


8


1.06 - WR3


Bryant, Dez DAL WR


184.10


6


2.11 - WR12


Doctson, Josh WAS WR


8.60


5


11.06 - WR64


Sanders, Emmanuel DEN WR


212.60


5


6.11 - WR37


Smith, Torrey PHI WR


64.70


10


15.06 - WR75


Wallace, Mike BAL WR


200.80


10


10.11 - WR58


Allen, Dwayne NEP TE


146.60


9


14.11 - TE31


Ertz, Zach PHI TE


261.60


10


4.11 - TE7


Everett, Gerald LAR TE


-


8


17.06 - TE33


Prater, Matt DET PK


124.00


7


13.06 - PK8


Bears, Chicago CHI Def


91.00


9


18.11 - Def31


Bills, Buffalo BUF Def


104.00


6


16.11 - Def21

QB: With absolutely no evidence to support it, I suspect that Brady wants 2017 to be his final year and that like General Sherman, he wants to burn the league to the ground on his way out the door. He's as close to a top-3 lock if healthy as there is in the league at any position. Goff is basically his polar opposite in every sense other than "Week 1 starting NFL QB". But hey! He doesn't have to play for Bozo the Clown Jeff Fisher any more. Every cloud has a silver lining.

RB: Ware is a JAG-ish starter, but Reid tends to lean on his veteran RBs, so if he remains competent he should hold off Hunt for a while at least. Murray is more a bet against Cook, whose bounce-it-outside style is gonna get him killed behind that Vikings OL. If there's still one market inefficiency in these survivors it's 3rd-down backs like Riddick and Thompson being consistently undervalued, especially because of their floor - no 1.8-point weeks from these guys, which matters a lot in survivor ... having said that, if I'd known the quality of WRs that were going to slip in this draft (Lockett and Maclin in the 10th?!) I might have rethought going so WR-heavy early. Decent enough group for 4 mid-round picks unless I catch the injury bug, but that's OK because NFL RBs rarely get hurt. 

WR: Love, love, love these guys. OBJ is a stud in his prime on a team with no running game to speak of. Dez may be just past his, but any skill decline will be offset by the likelihood the Cowboys open up the offense a bit in Year 2 of the Dak era. Manny Sanders (drafted WR37) has suffered through two years of God-awful QB play and still finished WR18 and WR20. Doctson is the definition of post-hype sleeper: a first-round talent returning from full-season injury on a team that just lost its top two WRs to FA. I landed him at WR64 and seriously doubt he'll go that cheap again any time this year. And for dessert, a pair of deep threats on teams that desperately need them who can score points in bunches. A couple of shared bye weeks here but they don't include my studs. Top of the pack or close to it, and should more than make up for the weekly hole I dig myself at RB.

TE: So, flying solo at PK, should I spend that 18th slot on a RB5 or a TE3? Despite investing a high pick at the position I went with the latter ... with 2PPR I'd rather be too deep here than not deep enough. Ertz won't win me immunities by himself, in fact with Jeffery in town he probably won't repeat last year's TE4 finish, but he obviously has Wentz's trust and should provide a nice weekly floor. Then my plan was actually to double up on Rams given McVay's propensity for leaning on his TEs, but when dpease unexpectedly sniped Higbee in the 14th I settled for Allen ... being even 80% of the Black Unicorn in NE should give him enough looks to outperform TE31. Everett being the very first draft pick of a new regime with a TE-friendly system overcame my usual distaste for rookies at the position.

ST: My typical bowl of 'meh'. A solo kicker on a decent offense with job security and two defenses with some talent and defensive-minded HCs who probably, hopefully, won't suck as badly as the prior year.

Overall this team ought to hold its own. Way above average at QB, way above average at WR, average or better at TE, and while I'm not enamored of the RB crew I cobbled together their situations and pass-catching abilities should keep me above water. Very little unproven youth so my ceiling might not be high enough to take home a title, but I figure I should still be in the mix past the halfway point. Good luck all. 

 

[Fiddles]

6.05 Kirk Cousins WAS QB12    5    
7.12 Tyrod Taylor BUF QB23    6

Waited awhile at QB and was happy to see a choice of Cousins or Newton still available. Cousins should still be solid with Pryor, Crowder, Reed etc. Top 5 QB last year with some expected regression so I could see him falling somewhere between QB 5-12.  No serious competition, so I expect Taylor to be the starter in BUF and liked him pretty significantly over the rest of the QB’s at 7.12 so felt a little lucky there. I could see him out producing QB23. Two pretty early byes so if I make it past week 6, I’ll be fully loaded at QB as teams dwindle. 
    
1.12 Devonta Freeman ATL RB5     5
10.05 Terrance West BAL RB41    10
11.12 Duke Johnson CLE RB50    9
14.05 Jeremy Hill CIN RB57    6    
16.05 Dion Lewis NEP RB61    9

After going RB in round one, the plan was to punt the RB2 position and focus elsewhere.  I might have gone a little Ray Guy with my strategy. Freeman should post a decent score most weeks and I made sure not to double up his bye week after waiting so long to fill out the position.  West should get the bulk of the work for at least 4 weeks along with Woodhead.  Then when Dixon returns, who knows, but I don’t think West just immediately becomes a non- factor. In kicking the tires on Duke, it doesn’t look his role will change, so still a decent play in this format. When it came to Hill, Mixon can’t handle all the work can he?  Bernard coming off injury, Burkhead gone.  I expect Hill to see some touches each week as the rookie is brought along. I just couldn’t let Lewis keep falling even though that backfield is a mess.  In retrospect, a little buyer’s remorse with that pick and I could have lived without him, as adding a 5th steered my draft in a direction I wasn’t planning on going.  I probably panicked a little and thought Lewis would somehow save this group.  Who knows, maybe hoody keeps him involved somehow. Probably should have went a different direction. Need Freeman to post a decent score each week and the other 4 to give me something other than a donut.    
    
2.05 T. Y. Hilton IND WR11    11
3.12 Tyreek Hill KCC WR21    10    
4.05 Corey Davis TEN WR25     8    
5.12 Julian Edelman NEP WR32    9    
12.05 Cole Beasley DAL WR67    6    
17.12 Eli Rogers PIT WR84    9

Hilton was a pretty easy pick at 2.05, maybe not much value, but should keep me in the mix at WR1.  My love for Hill continues, although I sniffed Pryor instead. I liked the upside of Davis over any other WR at 4.05 as I am a fan of this rookie’s game. Edelman making it back to 5.12 as WR32 seemed wayyyy to good to pass up.  Guess I’m not sold he loses as many touches to Cooks/Gronk as others seem to think. Think he is still PPR machine. Beasley continues to be massively overlooked in this format.  I just don’t get it. He was WR33 in this format last year and nothing has really changed.  Prescott likes him…..a lot. In the 17th round I wanted to add a 6th WR even though my top 5 didn’t share a bye.  Rogers should fill the slot in PIT and you can’t really complain about having the WR3 in PIT as your WR6. I invested pretty heavily in this group with 4 of my first 5 picks, so they need to carry me.  Got a mix of big play/speed guys and some steady PPR guys along with hopefully the top rookie WR this year who has a solid QB.  I will say that in this draft I really took a look at who the QB was for each of my guys and targeted solid QB/offenses. I also gave bye weeks a little more consideration than I have in the past. And lastly, while I invested heavily I feel I still got value.  Hilton finished WR4, got him at WR11. Edelman finished WR14, got him at WR32.  Beasley finished WR33, got him at WR67. Even Rogers finished WR63 and got him at WR84. 
    
8.05 O.J. Howard TBB TE17    11
9.12 Jared Cook OAK TE22    10

Waited pretty long here as well, but saw that in WSL1 there was still some meat on the bone in the mid rounds at TE.  Need Howard to live up to the hype and if Cook was going to leave Rodgers, Carr is not a bad landing spot, was happy he fell all the way to 9.12 and hoping he outplays TE22.  Nothing special here with this tandem, but should be ok.     
    
15.12 Graham Gano CAR PK22    11

Lewis pick dictated going solo here.  Dude was kicking on a broken foot last year, so expecting a little bit of a rebound. 
    
13.12 Kansas City Chiefs DST6    10
18.05 Detriot Lions DST30 7

Expect KC to be top 5, finished as DST1 last year.  Should still be a solid DST and hopefully Hill houses a few more this year.  Will snag whatever is left in round 18. Turned out to be Detroit which actually worked pretty well as they are my only week 7 bye.

Overall: Felt I got zero value anywhere but at WR.  Really don’t like this area of the draft. Overall I am kinda ####ting the bed in these leagues this year.  Will need to refocus for MBSL and the Anarchys. Good luck.  

not sure you drafted the wr3 in pit.  have to see how juju shakes out.

 

[Stinkin Ref]

not sure you drafted the wr3 in pit.  have to see how juju shakes out.

fair enough....from what I have seen AB, MB, and Eli were considered locks for the roster with DHB/Coates/Hunter/hamilton/etc fighting for spots....I guess my thinking as the WR3 is that Eli will be working the slot....guess I don't really see another threat to the slot on the roster and I don't know if that is a role JuJu fills or not.... ....guess I thought JuJu was more of an outside guy....

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Looking over my roster I realized that RG3 was selected instead of Kizer. Can I get that changed? Or is my team so bad I should just not worry about it?

Can I get RG3 switched out for Kizer?

 

[BassNBrew]

Can I get RG3 switched out for Kizer?

done

 

[Fiddles]

i have zeke and enunwa. stick a fork in me