Team JWB (Part 2):
9.13 Burks, Treylon, WR, TEN - Drafted as WR56. Rookie who should start alongside new addition WR Woods, who is recovering from a torn ACL last November, and new TE Hooper. 10 of 14 Titans WR/TEs last season are gone,
vacating approximately 625 fantasy points. Burks should get a healthy share of those points. Playoff points are possible.
10.4 Jakobi Meyers, WR, NE - Drafted as WR58.
Finished last season as WR33, despite
scoring just 2 TDs on 83 receptions. Mac Jones should be improved, and I don't think Meyers' role is threatened by Parker or Thornton. Playoff points are possible. I see no reason to believe that Meyers cannot match or exceed his performance last season, which is great value here. Plus, I like to have a
NC State player on my team whenever possible.
I had planned on getting at least 1 RB at this turn, but once again I felt the value was stronger at WR. I usually devalue RBs in this format, and
I followed this same approach last season with mixed results -- I drafted Pollard in the 11th as the 47th RB drafted, and he finished as RB29, and I drafted Booker in the 17th as the 64th RB drafted, and he finished as RB38. But I missed on Coleman in the 13th and Justin Jackson in the 14th. Still, this RB strategy was not the reason
my team finished 15th last season, the issue was missing on too many of the other picks while waiting on RBs. Anyway, with 8 picks to go, my remaining picks were very simple: 4 RBs, 2 PKs, and 2 DSTs. I planned to go with the best 2 RBs at the next turn.
11.13 Kenneth Gainwell, RB, PHI - Drafted as RB46.
Finished last season as RB39 as a rookie. Howard led the team in red zone carries, he is gone... meanwhile,
Gainwell had 6 TDs on 19 opportunities (10 carries, 9 targets) in the red zone, so there is potential for more opportunities for him there. Playoff points seem likely. The Eagles just claimed Trey Sermon off waivers, so it is hard to predict how that might affect their RB committee or Gainwell in particular. I hope that doesn't undermine this pick.
12.4 Michael Carter, RB, NYJ - Drafted as RB47.
Finished last season as RB30 as a rookie. The team drafted RB Hall, which seems that it will push Carter to RB2, which could limit his potential. I'm sure that is why he slid to me in the 12th round.
The Jets upgraded the rest of the offense, which could create more opportunity to be split among the RBs. No playoff points here. Hoping for 100+ points.
I finally got on the board with 2 RBs, the last team to do so. I'm pretty happy with the pair I was able to get at this point in the draft. I anticipated a run on kickers before my next pick. With 4 off the board already, I expected to take at least one at the next turn, maybe both. I was considering finishing the draft with PK-PK, DST-DST, RB-RB in the last 3 turns, depending on who is available.
13.13 Matt Prater, PK, ARI - Drafted as PK13.
Finished last season as PK10. Not much to say other than that I wanted two PKs who would not be at risk for getting cut, and drafted the first one here. He plays in a dome, and playoff points are possible.
14.4 Nick Folk, PK, NE - Drafted as PK16.
Finished last season as PK3 in ppg and PK4 in total points. I suppose he was devalued a bit because of
uncertainty around the Pats offense, but it seems he will return good value on this draft position if he remains healthy. Playoff points are possible.
I have always wanted to avoid waiting until the end for PKs in this format, since 32 are drafted... inevitably, a few teams suffer from drafting a PK who gets cut, and that is hard to overcome in this format. Mission accomplished there. Now I just had to decide between RBs and DSTs at the next turn.
15.13 Chiefs, DST, KC - Drafted as DST17.
Finished last season as DST12. Playoff points seem likely, and I was seeking to maximize games at this draft position.
16.4 Titans, DST, TEN - Drafted as DST18.
Finished last season as DST6 in ppg and DST8 in total points. Playoff points seem likely, and, again, I was seeking to maximize games at this draft position.
I drafted my two defenses here to avoid getting stuck with bottom defenses and seemingly managed to get two solid values here. That left me needing two RBs at the next turn. I definitely wanted Gus Edwards as one of them but got sniped.
17.13 Darrel Williams, RB, ARI - Drafted as RB63.
Finished last season as RB23 in Kansas City. Now he is in Arizona behind Conner. Last season, Edmonds was the #2 behind Conner, and
he had 105 fantasy points. I'd be very happy with that here, but there is upside above that if Conner misses games, and he has missed 16 games in 5 seasons in his career to date. Playoff points are possible.
18.4 Zamir White, RB, LVR - Drafted as RB64. Rookie drafted by the new regime. Last season,
RBs other than Jacobs had ~140 fantasy points in this format.
The Raiders did not pick up Jacobs' 5th year option, and it seems possible they could phase him out this season if Jacobs doesn't play well or if the team falls out of playoff contention. Hoping for 100 points here.
The past 3 years, I drafted #14 (
2020, finished #4), #14 (
2021, finished #15), and now #13. Hoping for a result more like 2020 than 2021. Will be fun to watch it play out.
