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I ended up going:

Addai

C. Johnson

Portis

A. Johnson

A Peterson

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[flooredyas]

I got the 4th pick in my draft last night so I figured my decision would be made for me.That is until Addai went at @3.I'm second guessing myself today but I went with Gore over LJ.I just figured LJ might take a couple of weeks in the beginning of the year to get back into playing shape.We'll see.

Interesting. Just finished a draft out of the 5 hole. 12 teams-.5 PPR-flexBrees went at 2 and Alex at 4. I was facing LJ or Gore very unexpectedly, as I had been thinking Parker all along (Rookie keeper). Well, I went Gore. Guess you can say I drank the koolaide about all the negatives surrounding LJ this preseason. Have no qualms either, as I would have taken him at #3 if that was where I was drafting from. This league being a rookie keeper, I had Maroney at 2.8 (Addai kept as well) . AP went right before me in the 3rd and couldn't pass up Harrison at 3.5. Here begins the quandry. Next picks-Ahman had week 10 bye, same as Maroney. He will be my flex. (Don't get carried away, he was the BEST RB left in the 4th round. I mean even Brandon Jackson was gone by then.) Followed that up with Javon who of course would duplicate Marvin's week 6 bye. Kitna-week 6. Took Rex Grossman at 15.5 vs. Minn. to cover Kitna bye week. Cutler and Roth were avail. earlier, but also had week 6 bye so I waited backup QB out. Added Braylon, Bennett and Jacoby Jones to cover byes. I'm one who took Gore over LJ.

 

[JimboJim]

12 Team re-draft; good owners...

I got Addai at 1.6

Steve Smith in the 2nd

3rd I took Peterson and was lucky to get Edge in the 4th.

RBs are really deep this year; wait if you can...

I'm not an Addai fan, but the offense is too good to pass on.

 

[Anonymous Internet User]

in omega league, just finished draft at 5 spot. (0.5ppr RB, 1ppr WR/TE, bonuses for 100+yd rush/rec or 300+yd pass) ... here is what i wound up with thru 10)

1.05 Joseph Addai

2.07 Maurice Jones-Drew

3.05 Anquan Boldin

4.07 Drew Brees

5.05 Jamal Lewis

6.07 Laveranues Coles

7.05 Kellen Winslow

8.07 Matt Hasselbeck (kind of regret this pick, could have had Isaac Bruce, Donte Stallworth, or Kevin Curtis)

9.05 New England Patriots DEF

10.07 Wes Welker (a reach, but I think he'll put up great WR3 numbers. the new Deion Branch.)

etc etc

 

[BigTex]

Looks like Addai is the way to go here. Some good thoughts in this thread.

Thanks

 

[hotdogcollars]

Interesting. Just finished a draft out of the 5 hole. 12 teams-.5 PPR-flexBrees went at 2 and Alex at 4. I was facing LJ or Gore very unexpectedly, as I had been thinking Parker all along (Rookie keeper). Well, I went Gore. Guess you can say I drank the koolaide about all the negatives surrounding LJ this preseason. Have no qualms either, as I would have taken him at #3 if that was where I was drafting from. This league being a rookie keeper, I had Maroney at 2.8 (Addai kept as well) . AP went right before me in the 3rd and couldn't pass up Harrison at 3.5. Here begins the quandry. Next picks-Ahman had week 10 bye, same as Maroney. He will be my flex. (Don't get carried away, he was the BEST RB left in the 4th round. I mean even Brandon Jackson was gone by then.) Followed that up with Javon who of course would duplicate Marvin's week 6 bye. Kitna-week 6. Took Rex Grossman at 15.5 vs. Minn. to cover Kitna bye week. Cutler and Roth were avail. earlier, but also had week 6 bye so I waited backup QB out. Added Braylon, Bennett and Jacoby Jones to cover byes. I'm one who took Gore over LJ.

two thoughts: 1, this has to be the winner for the "2007 worst use of punctuation" award here at FBG. And 2, am i the only one who was confused right off the bat with "brees went at 2, and alex at 4)? Alex who? Brees at 2? This has to be a fishing trip. Anyway, i am starting to get a bit concerned that Addai might not even be there at 5.

 

[redman]

Everyone who is posting your draft here, please indicate where Portis went. A draft strategy that includes Portis makes a lot of sense to someone picking at 1.05 in a serpentine draft.

 

[Anonymous Internet User]

Everyone who is posting your draft here, please indicate where Portis went. A draft strategy that includes Portis makes a lot of sense to someone picking at 1.05 in a serpentine draft.

he went 3.01 in my draft.if i had LT, i'd do the same. you can absorb lots of risk having LT on your team.

 

[redman]

Everyone who is posting your draft here, please indicate where Portis went. A draft strategy that includes Portis makes a lot of sense to someone picking at 1.05 in a serpentine draft.

he went 3.01 in my draft.if i had LT, i'd do the same. you can absorb lots of risk having LT on your team.

That's actually a pretty good draft strategy. I hadn't thought about the 1.01 getting him. If Portis is anywhere near as healthy as he was in 2005, that's a championship right there.

 

[BigTex]

Everyone who is posting your draft here, please indicate where Portis went. A draft strategy that includes Portis makes a lot of sense to someone picking at 1.05 in a serpentine draft.

he went 3.01 in my draft.if i had LT, i'd do the same. you can absorb lots of risk having LT on your team.

That's actually a pretty good draft strategy. I hadn't thought about the 1.01 getting him. If Portis is anywhere near as healthy as he was in 2005, that's a championship right there.

What's the word in Washington on him? Will he be ready for the season opener.

 

[redman]

Everyone who is posting your draft here, please indicate where Portis went. A draft strategy that includes Portis makes a lot of sense to someone picking at 1.05 in a serpentine draft.

he went 3.01 in my draft.if i had LT, i'd do the same. you can absorb lots of risk having LT on your team.

That's actually a pretty good draft strategy. I hadn't thought about the 1.01 getting him. If Portis is anywhere near as healthy as he was in 2005, that's a championship right there.

What's the word in Washington on him? Will he be ready for the season opener.

Everyone is saying "Yes", and he's returning to full practice this week and may play on Saturday. Most 'Skins fans like me aren't all that concerned about the knee tendonitis and figure it's been overblown just to have a pretext for keeping him out of the preseason games.

 

[hotdogcollars]

no link (do your own search), but there is a post int he Pool about John Clayton's take on a # of players. Portis is one and the news from Clayton is not flattering. According to Clayton (paraphrasing) portis is WAY out of shape, injury prone, and not really motivated anymore.

Then again, with LT, its hard to argue taking a flier on a previous stub RB, but i will try anyway. In most leagues, there will still be a # of solid WR1s and all but the top 1 or 2 QBs at the 2-3 turn. Make the right picks at those spots and get stud Triplets, and you walk right into the trophy.

 

[Crusaderfan]

6 hours until the draft and I still haven't decided on my pick at 5. I've got concerns over all of the likely suspects. I had pretty much decided on Alexander then I download the lastest VBD sheet this morning and he is ranked RB11 per my scoring system.

Believe it or not - Parker is RB4, Addai is RB5 and Gore at RB6. I also have the option to drop back a spot when it is my turn to pick. The problem with that is where ever you end up drafting in round 1 is your slot through the entire draft. This definately helps in round 2 but hurts in 3, 5, etc.. May not be worth it.

Am I the only one that is leary of Addai at 5? Maybe it stems from - I had Edge his last two seasons at Indy and I don't know how many times he ran the ball until they got inside the 5 then Manning would throw for a TD. Seemed like that happened way too often. I like Parker but I have him in the other league I play in and I hate to have all my eggs in one basket.

Anyway, there are a lot of good points made in this post regardless of who I decide on but unless my gut feeling changes - I don't see me picking Addai at 5.

 

[ScoobyDoo]

The biggest problem with this pick is all the choices. Chances are one of the lot Addai, Paker, Gore, Alexander is going to bust or perform under value. It happens every year. You have to pick the right one. Cases can be made for all of them, and all of them have negatives attached.

I think Addai may be the most exciting pick of the bunch and Parker may be the safest. Your mileage will vary.

I have the 5th pick.

 

[Christo]

6 hours until the draft and I still haven't decided on my pick at 5. I've got concerns over all of the likely suspects. I had pretty much decided on Alexander then I download the lastest VBD sheet this morning and he is ranked RB11 per my scoring system.

Believe it or not - Parker is RB4, Addai is RB5 and Gore at RB6. I also have the option to drop back a spot when it is my turn to pick. The problem with that is where ever you end up drafting in round 1 is your slot through the entire draft. This definately helps in round 2 but hurts in 3, 5, etc.. May not be worth it.

Am I the only one that is leary of Addai at 5? Maybe it stems from - I had Edge his last two seasons at Indy and I don't know how many times he ran the ball until they got inside the 5 then Manning would throw for a TD. Seemed like that happened way too often. I like Parker but I have him in the other league I play in and I hate to have all my eggs in one basket.

Anyway, there are a lot of good points made in this post regardless of who I decide on but unless my gut feeling changes - I don't see me picking Addai at 5.

This is one of the reasons I don't like to know my draft sport going into a draft.

 

[Pocket Joker]

I had the 5, and spent little time deciding between Addai and Gore. I think Addai could be a steal, and when all is said and done should have been the #3 pick...

 

[redman]

Am I the only one that is leary of Addai at 5? Maybe it stems from - I had Edge his last two seasons at Indy and I don't know how many times he ran the ball until they got inside the 5 then Manning would throw for a TD. Seemed like that happened way too often.

I guess I'm a little lost on this one. In Edge's last two years in Indy (04-05), he scored 9 and 14 total TD's. The 9 TD year was the same year that Manning passed for 49 TD's, but OTOH Edge had 2000 total yards. The next year he managed about 1850 total yards to go with the 14 TD's. In raw performance scoring terms (non-PPR) he ranked 6th among RB's and he ranked 5th the following year; in PPR leagues he was probably higher. Last year Addai and Rhodes combined for over 1700 rushing yards and around 2300 total yards, and 13 TD's. Where is the part that I'm supposed to be disgusted with, especially after Rhodes departed Indy as a FA?

 

[Crusaderfan]

Am I the only one that is leary of Addai at 5? Maybe it stems from - I had Edge his last two seasons at Indy and I don't know how many times he ran the ball until they got inside the 5 then Manning would throw for a TD. Seemed like that happened way too often.

I guess I'm a little lost on this one. In Edge's last two years in Indy (04-05), he scored 9 and 14 total TD's. The 9 TD year was the same year that Manning passed for 49 TD's, but OTOH Edge had 2000 total yards. The next year he managed about 1850 total yards to go with the 14 TD's. In raw performance scoring terms (non-PPR) he ranked 6th among RB's and he ranked 5th the following year; in PPR leagues he was probably higher. Last year Addai and Rhodes combined for over 1700 rushing yards and around 2300 total yards, and 13 TD's. Where is the part that I'm supposed to be disgusted with, especially after Rhodes departed Indy as a FA?

Good points concerning Edge. I think the 9 TD year was the one that stuck in my mind. Combining the Addai and Rhodes numbers looks very impressive until you combine the touches required to obtain those stats. I believe that it comes in just under 500 touches. Am I suposed to believe that Addai can handle that workload?

 

[redman]

Am I the only one that is leary of Addai at 5? Maybe it stems from - I had Edge his last two seasons at Indy and I don't know how many times he ran the ball until they got inside the 5 then Manning would throw for a TD. Seemed like that happened way too often.

I guess I'm a little lost on this one. In Edge's last two years in Indy (04-05), he scored 9 and 14 total TD's. The 9 TD year was the same year that Manning passed for 49 TD's, but OTOH Edge had 2000 total yards. The next year he managed about 1850 total yards to go with the 14 TD's. In raw performance scoring terms (non-PPR) he ranked 6th among RB's and he ranked 5th the following year; in PPR leagues he was probably higher. Last year Addai and Rhodes combined for over 1700 rushing yards and around 2300 total yards, and 13 TD's.

Where is the part that I'm supposed to be disgusted with, especially after Rhodes departed Indy as a FA?

Good points concerning Edge. I think the 9 TD year was the one that stuck in my mind. Combining the Addai and Rhodes numbers looks very impressive until you combine the touches required to obtain those stats. I believe that it comes in just under 500 touches. Am I suposed to believe that Addai can handle that workload?

Not at all, but given the lack of a proven backup RB I think you could certainly assume that Addai gets 400-450 touches this year.

 

[w3junky]

Hasn't the norm been for winning Super Bowl teams to always suffer from injuries and bad play the next season?

 

[Crusaderfan]

Hasn't the norm been for winning Super Bowl teams to always suffer from injuries and bad play the next season?

Actually I think the Super Bowl loser is the jinxed team - if I remember right.

 

[watsonrm]

PPR. 4pts TDs for QBs.

My top 5 board on DD shows up as:

LT

SJax

Bush

Chad Johnson

Steve Smith

Westbrook

... 4 more WRs...

Parker

Addai

Johnson

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Despite what it says about Bush being #3 on my board, I know he will be there for #5. Parker ends up #11 on the board according to DD.

Thoughts? I'm so conflicted. The thing is, I think Bush at #3 is all downside.

 

[Evilgrin 72]

Just finished my high-stakes draft from the 5 spot (no one would trade up) - start 1 QB 2 RB 3 WR/TE 1 K 1 D. 1 pt/50 yards passing, 1 pt/20 yards rushing and receiving for RBs 1 pt/15 yards receiving for WR/TE, no decimal scoring.

1.5 Shaun Alexander

2.8 Steve Smith

3.5 Reggie Wayne

4.8 Donald Driver

5.5 Cadillac Williams

6.8 Tatum Bell

7.5 Kevin Jones

8.8 Tony Romo

9.5 B. Roethlisberger

10.8 Fred Taylor

11.5 Terry Glenn

12.8 CAROLINA D

13.5 Ronald Curry

14.8 Josh Brown

15.5 MINNESOTA

16.8 S. Suisham

In retrospect, I might not have gone with the Detroit backfield in rounds 6 & 7, but WRs had flown off the board and I had 3 good ones already, so I wanted to make sure I had a viable RB2. Any thoughts, praise, criticism, questions?

 

[hotdogcollars]

ok, just about everyone should have drafted by now. So, #5 guys, lets see your results...

 

[dillpickle]

12-team re-draft. Two rookie owners made for a lot of late-round values. No ppr, start 1 RB, 2 WR, 2 Flex, 1 QB, 1 DEF, 1 K. 3RR draft.

1-5: Gore (LT2, LJ, SJax, Peyton were top four)

2-8: Maroney

3-8: Houshmandzadeh

4-8: T. Owens (no idea why he was around this long)

4-5: Brandon Jacobs

6-8: Chi Def

7-5: Braylon Edwards

8-8: K. Winslow Jr

9-5: Brandon Jackson

10-8: Jay Cutler (first QB, yikes)

11-5: Greg Jennings

12-8: Heath Miller

13-5: Jake Delhomme

14-8: Matt Schaub

15-05: Ted Ginn

16-8: Adrian Peterson CHI

17-5: Car DEF

18-8: Neil Rackers

So, starting lineup: Cutler, Gore, Maroney, Jacobs, Owens, Housh, Winslow, BEARS. Not bad for the 5-spot.

 

[avoiding injuries]

2 12 teamers from the 5 spot (Some picks may be out of order)

LJ

Ronnie "You're killing me" Brown

Larry Fitz

TJ Housh

A Johnson

J Noorwood

Hasselbeck

Cooley

L White

M Turner

M Schaub

D HEnderson

K Curtis

J Hanson

P Holmes

2nd League

SA

Ronnie "How could I be so dumb again?" Brown

Wayne

Colston

H Ward

J Norwood

J Kitna

V Davis

M Leinart

M Turner

DJ Hacket

B Marshall

G Olsen

MIN DST

M Schaub

SF DST

J Jones

J Hanson

WSH DST

 

[fatkid]

12 team league, with a heavy RB tendency.

1. Addai

2. Manning (Traded up in second and down in third)

3. Fitzgerald

4. Jamal Lewis

5. Santana Moss (Randy went 1 spot ahead of me)

6. LaMont Jordan

7. Vernon Davis (2nd TE taken, 3 other TE went before I picked again)

8. Kevin Jones

9. Donte Stallworth

10. Witten

11. Leftwich (prior to news)

12. DeDe Dorsey

13. Jason Campbell

14. Derrick Mason

15. Packers

16. Gostkowski

17. Troy Williamson

18. Chris Henry (Cin)

If I hadn't traded up for Manning, I would have taken Portis in the second