Lots of discussion about picking from the dreaded #8 spot in 12 team PPR Leagues this year. If we get lucky,(even though 4pts/passing TD) it wouldn't be shocking to see Brees & Rogers go before we pick. I personally think it’s a bad move taking a QB in the 1st round. Assuming the "big 4" go as planned, & someone snags Andre Johnson, we are probably looking at Gore, Jackson, or Moss as having the best value at #8 (imo).
So, what about trying to trade down? If you could get the guy picking 7th (player A) or the guy picking 12th (player B) to give their 3rd & 4th round picks for your 1st & 12th, you’d end up trading overall picks #8 & #137 for either #36 & 37 or #31 & 42. Your first 6 picks if you trade with Player A then would be #17, 31, 32, 41, 42, & 56....with Player B they would be #17, 32, 36, 37, 41, &56. According to the ADP's I've been seeing, I am confident we could get a WR1 at #17. Then with 4 picks to burn between #31 & 42 you could likely end up with 3 or 4 of the following: McCoy, Best, Welker, S.Smith(s), Forte...In PPR you could justify one of those 4 picks being spent on a top-tier TE too. Then at #56, you could fill your Flex spot with Foster, Bradshaw, R.Bush, or whatever other RB/WR happens to fall there. I think you can still get a serviceable QB in round 6 or 7...then maybe Stafford in the 9th or 10th.
Starting lineup then might look something akin to:
QB: E.Manning (6th rd)/M.Stafford (10th rd)
RB: McCoy (3rd rd)
RB: Best (4th rd)
FL: Foster (5th rd)
WR: R.White or Marshall or Jennings (2nd rd)
WR: Welker or one of the Smiths (3rd rd)
TE: Finley (4th rd)
I'm interested in hearing what some of you veterans think of this. The main advantage I see would be not having to sacrifice at WR2 or RB2 to land a top TE - which I a committed to doing this year. Maybe I am overthinking this & we should go with Gore, Jackson, or Moss & just bite the bullet if we want a TE with 4th round pick. Thoughts?
So, what about trying to trade down? If you could get the guy picking 7th (player A) or the guy picking 12th (player B) to give their 3rd & 4th round picks for your 1st & 12th, you’d end up trading overall picks #8 & #137 for either #36 & 37 or #31 & 42. Your first 6 picks if you trade with Player A then would be #17, 31, 32, 41, 42, & 56....with Player B they would be #17, 32, 36, 37, 41, &56. According to the ADP's I've been seeing, I am confident we could get a WR1 at #17. Then with 4 picks to burn between #31 & 42 you could likely end up with 3 or 4 of the following: McCoy, Best, Welker, S.Smith(s), Forte...In PPR you could justify one of those 4 picks being spent on a top-tier TE too. Then at #56, you could fill your Flex spot with Foster, Bradshaw, R.Bush, or whatever other RB/WR happens to fall there. I think you can still get a serviceable QB in round 6 or 7...then maybe Stafford in the 9th or 10th.
Starting lineup then might look something akin to:
QB: E.Manning (6th rd)/M.Stafford (10th rd)
RB: McCoy (3rd rd)
RB: Best (4th rd)
FL: Foster (5th rd)
WR: R.White or Marshall or Jennings (2nd rd)
WR: Welker or one of the Smiths (3rd rd)
TE: Finley (4th rd)
I'm interested in hearing what some of you veterans think of this. The main advantage I see would be not having to sacrifice at WR2 or RB2 to land a top TE - which I a committed to doing this year. Maybe I am overthinking this & we should go with Gore, Jackson, or Moss & just bite the bullet if we want a TE with 4th round pick. Thoughts?
