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Drafting from the far turn: Rounds 1-6, 1/3 of the way through...
1.16/2.01: Leonard Fournette/Davante Adams: Pleasantly surprised to land both of these. Fournette is regarded by most as a top-10 RB in both PPR and non-PPR, and I have him at the top of a bucket outside the 'big 4', and consider one of the most likely to crack it. I'm not worried about the ankle. I think the offseason training regimen, and coming in leaner and more athletic helps in that regard. IMHO, no Team in the ASouth is as complete and efficient as the Jags, so winning the Division and extra games seems likely to me. As far as Adams goes, the Packers are going to the Super Bowl, and Adams is the unquestioned, unchallenged #1 WR for the best qb in the Conference, possibly the League, with a supporting cast juts strong enough to keep coverages honest, but not enough to subtract from his projected production. Capable of generating receptions, yardage and touchdowns, I think Adams is capable of 1st Round-worthy production, certainly in a 16-Teamer, and the extra games are icing on the cake.
3.16/4.01: Marvin Jones/Jordan Reed: Boy, that was a long wait! Cupboard a little barren of studs w/ extra game potential, but eagerly snatched Marvin J, who I'm grabbing everywhere I can as the WR2 most likely to perform as a #1. I agree with those who theorize that his production horizon is still curving upwards, and I like how he plays bigger than his measurables. I see Tate moving into more of a supportive role, and Golladay's year 2 maturation manifesting as a specialized role, both positively impacting Jones' role as the featured WR. Getting rid of Ebron was, IMHO addition by subtraction for the Lions pass offense. While I acknowledge his physical skills, he just wasn't that good. I think the potential he had to be an impact player muddied the waters somewhat, and his absence lends clarity to the offensive scheme. Little to no chance at extra games, but through 17 weeks, I'll accrue a boatload of stats...I'm likely not getting playoff games out of Jordan Reed, either. Hell, I may not get regular-season games out of him, but drafting from the corners does strange things to you. I'm close enough to that situation to like what I'm hearing about 2018, and I think it's a safe floor to project 12 games of Reed-esque production out of Reed. This League being TE-enhanced, with the ability to roster 3, he was clearly the break between tiers, and with 30 picks between 4.01 and 5.16, I felt compelled.
5.16/6.01: QB Falcons/Ben Watson: Another brutally long wait. Getting old already. Nobody wants to be on the wrong end of a run, especially when the no-man's land is 30 picks. Right or wrong, my spidey-sense was tingling about not having a qb 80 picks in, and not picking again until 112. Falcons offense suffered last year under the transition to Sark, but the fact that they stuck with him, and the info being generally positive both through camp and in the preseason, and the addition of Ridley leads me to believe Ryan is one of the better positive regression candidates for 2018. I think recency bias is affecting his ADP, and I think the 2018 Falcons are a Playoff Team. I think the Saints are, too, and I think athletic phenom ancient Ben Watson is set to reprise his previous role riffing with Brees in the short-to-intermediate game. A healthy Cam Meredith is a potential issue, but that's not certain yet, and I'm willing to gamble that familiarity wins out. WR deep enough to pass this round, RB in this League a world of it's own, and TE enhanced, I decided to take my chances and see what fell to me at the next turn...
QB Falcons/Fournette/DAdams/MJones/JReed/Watson ... I think at the very least, I'm holding my own from an (for me) uncomfortable draft position. We'll see what the next 6 picks yield...
1.16/2.01: Leonard Fournette/Davante Adams: Pleasantly surprised to land both of these. Fournette is regarded by most as a top-10 RB in both PPR and non-PPR, and I have him at the top of a bucket outside the 'big 4', and consider one of the most likely to crack it. I'm not worried about the ankle. I think the offseason training regimen, and coming in leaner and more athletic helps in that regard. IMHO, no Team in the ASouth is as complete and efficient as the Jags, so winning the Division and extra games seems likely to me. As far as Adams goes, the Packers are going to the Super Bowl, and Adams is the unquestioned, unchallenged #1 WR for the best qb in the Conference, possibly the League, with a supporting cast juts strong enough to keep coverages honest, but not enough to subtract from his projected production. Capable of generating receptions, yardage and touchdowns, I think Adams is capable of 1st Round-worthy production, certainly in a 16-Teamer, and the extra games are icing on the cake.
3.16/4.01: Marvin Jones/Jordan Reed: Boy, that was a long wait! Cupboard a little barren of studs w/ extra game potential, but eagerly snatched Marvin J, who I'm grabbing everywhere I can as the WR2 most likely to perform as a #1. I agree with those who theorize that his production horizon is still curving upwards, and I like how he plays bigger than his measurables. I see Tate moving into more of a supportive role, and Golladay's year 2 maturation manifesting as a specialized role, both positively impacting Jones' role as the featured WR. Getting rid of Ebron was, IMHO addition by subtraction for the Lions pass offense. While I acknowledge his physical skills, he just wasn't that good. I think the potential he had to be an impact player muddied the waters somewhat, and his absence lends clarity to the offensive scheme. Little to no chance at extra games, but through 17 weeks, I'll accrue a boatload of stats...I'm likely not getting playoff games out of Jordan Reed, either. Hell, I may not get regular-season games out of him, but drafting from the corners does strange things to you. I'm close enough to that situation to like what I'm hearing about 2018, and I think it's a safe floor to project 12 games of Reed-esque production out of Reed. This League being TE-enhanced, with the ability to roster 3, he was clearly the break between tiers, and with 30 picks between 4.01 and 5.16, I felt compelled.
5.16/6.01: QB Falcons/Ben Watson: Another brutally long wait. Getting old already. Nobody wants to be on the wrong end of a run, especially when the no-man's land is 30 picks. Right or wrong, my spidey-sense was tingling about not having a qb 80 picks in, and not picking again until 112. Falcons offense suffered last year under the transition to Sark, but the fact that they stuck with him, and the info being generally positive both through camp and in the preseason, and the addition of Ridley leads me to believe Ryan is one of the better positive regression candidates for 2018. I think recency bias is affecting his ADP, and I think the 2018 Falcons are a Playoff Team. I think the Saints are, too, and I think athletic phenom ancient Ben Watson is set to reprise his previous role riffing with Brees in the short-to-intermediate game. A healthy Cam Meredith is a potential issue, but that's not certain yet, and I'm willing to gamble that familiarity wins out. WR deep enough to pass this round, RB in this League a world of it's own, and TE enhanced, I decided to take my chances and see what fell to me at the next turn...
QB Falcons/Fournette/DAdams/MJones/JReed/Watson ... I think at the very least, I'm holding my own from an (for me) uncomfortable draft position. We'll see what the next 6 picks yield...
to me....expect yards and bunch of TD's.....feel good about my RB1 and RB2 so will be able to sit back here for a bit...I will probably take 3 TE's in all of these until the scoring changes...missed my boy Burton by one pick and that really hurt cause I think he goes nuts....Kittle should be big this year so I'm cool with that...
after further review...
....is that crazy...?....maybe