Auction Draft Strategy (1 Viewer)

[Grady Wilson]

I'm debating on going with this strategy although it might be risky. I'm in an auction league this weekend and I'm thinking about taking Mathews and Best as my RBs. I know they're rookies with risk involved, but I think they'll be two really solid backs for me that I can get rather cheap. Mathews maybe not so much, but we'll see. I'd rather pay a higher price for two top tier WRs like AJ, Moss, Austin, Wayne, CJ, etc. Is this too risky of a way to go or should I grab either Best or Mathews along with a more proven RB?

Thanks in advance...

 

[LawFitz]

I'm debating on going with this strategy although it might be risky. I'm in an auction league this weekend and I'm thinking about taking Mathews and Best as my RBs. I know they're rookies with risk involved, but I think they'll be two really solid backs for me that I can get rather cheap. Mathews maybe not so much, but we'll see. I'd rather pay a higher price for two top tier WRs like AJ, Moss, Austin, Wayne, CJ, etc. Is this too risky of a way to go or should I grab either Best or Mathews along with a more proven RB?Thanks in advance...

Expect to pay between 20-25% of your cap for Mathews and between 12-20% for Best.Prolly not the deals you were hoping for. That said, it may not be a bad strategy at all.

 

[tim_whatley]

I don't see the benefit, you will still be paying upper end 2nd Tier RB money for Matthews and upper 3rd for Best. If that is your goal, then fine, but broaden your options at each slot as there are likely to be RBs with equal value you can get at the same or perhapbs even lower prices if you don't lock in on just two guys.

 

[harryhood]

I don't see the benefit, you will still be paying upper end 2nd Tier RB money for Matthews and upper 3rd for Best. If that is your goal, then fine, but broaden your options at each slot as there are likely to be RBs with equal value you can get at the same or perhapbs even lower prices if you don't lock in on just two guys.

This.A matthews/Mike Bush(Barber,Foster, ect) combo can most likely be had at less of a total price than that Matthews/Best combo, and may put up similar numbers. If a guy has a hard on for Best in the auction and starts driving up his price, it is bad business to "get him at all costs". Let him go and move on to your next target.

 

[stugnut]

Speaking from experience, you do not want to go into an auction draft targeting specific people. Here is what can happen. As RB after RB come off the board, you are waiting for you guy to come up. He comes up and it turns out 1 or 2 other people feel the same way you do about him, and the bidding can quickly pass what he "should" go for. And you either have to overpay or go and get someone else. And if everyone else in that same "tier" is already gone, you might just be screwed.

I rank everyone into tiers and then put a dollar amount I'm willing to go up to for that tier. If any one of the players comes up I'm bidding on him.

I'd suggest you start thinking about how much money you want to allocate, both by position and starter. This is off of the top of my head for $200 league and 20 man roster:

QB: $10

RB1: $45

RB2: $25

WR1: $28

WR2: $15

TE: $2

Flex RB/WR/TE: $15

PK: $1

DEF: $1

That's $142 for 9 man starting roster, leaving $58 for 11 bench players. So,

QB2: $3

QB3: $2

RB3: $15

RB4: $6

RB5: $2

WR3: $14

WR4: $8

WR5: $5

WR6: $1

TE2: $1

Def2: $1

Then during the draft, if I get, say, my QB 1 for $8, I take those $2 and decide where to allocate them and then I bump up my RB 1 to $47.

It really comes down to your scoring rules. In my league I can start 3 RB's, so I'm likely to allocate more money to my RB's than my WR's (on a point per dollar value).

 

[Jeremy]

Agree with the others. Those players won't come cheap, especially after seeing them play well in the preseason. I do think it worth considering going cheap on RBs, though, and spending money on the other positions. Matt Waldman put out an article in one of the magazines explaining how to do that, and some RBs to target. That was for a draft, but you can easily implement it for an auction, too. Basically a quantity over quality approach. If you draft enough of them, you've got a pretty good chance of landing the next Ray Rice. Meanwhile, many of the top RBs last year, won't be again this year.

 

[Sammy B]

Speaking from experience, you do not want to go into an auction draft targeting specific people. Here is what can happen. As RB after RB come off the board, you are waiting for you guy to come up. He comes up and it turns out 1 or 2 other people feel the same way you do about him, and the bidding can quickly pass what he "should" go for. And you either have to overpay or go and get someone else. And if everyone else in that same "tier" is already gone, you might just be screwed.I rank everyone into tiers and then put a dollar amount I'm willing to go up to for that tier. If any one of the players comes up I'm bidding on him. I'd suggest you start thinking about how much money you want to allocate, both by position and starter. This is off of the top of my head for $200 league and 20 man roster:QB: $10RB1: $45RB2: $25WR1: $28WR2: $15TE: $2Flex RB/WR/TE: $15PK: $1DEF: $1That's $142 for 9 man starting roster, leaving $58 for 11 bench players. So,QB2: $3QB3: $2RB3: $15RB4: $6RB5: $2WR3: $14WR4: $8WR5: $5WR6: $1TE2: $1Def2: $1Then during the draft, if I get, say, my QB 1 for $8, I take those $2 and decide where to allocate them and then I bump up my RB 1 to $47.It really comes down to your scoring rules. In my league I can start 3 RB's, so I'm likely to allocate more money to my RB's than my WR's (on a point per dollar value).

 

[Grady Wilson]

Thanks for the input everyone. This helps me a lot. Just toying with a few different ideas this year. Been pretty lucky in the auctions in the past, but it changes from year to year.