Draft strategy in a league where you start 3WR, 2RB and don't have a flex. (1 Viewer)

[SameSongNDance]

12 team, full PPR, start 1QB, 3WR, 2RB, 1TE, 1K, 1DST.

There's a pretty heavy premium on WRs. Let's say you have an early round pick, do you prioritize Brown/OBJ/Julio over DJ/Bell? Let's say you have a mid-late first round pick, do you prioritize Nelson/Thomas over McCoy/Gordon/Freeman? How does it generally effect ADP.

 

[-OZ-]

12 team, full PPR, start 1QB, 3WR, 2RB, 1TE, 1K, 1DST.

There's a pretty heavy premium on WRs. Let's say you have an early round pick, do you prioritize Brown/OBJ/Julio over DJ/Bell? Let's say you have a mid-late first round pick, do you prioritize Nelson/Thomas over McCoy/Gordon/Freeman? How does it generally effect ADP.

Really disagree with that statement. Imo there's a higher premium on RB than WR.

 

[SameSongNDance]

Really disagree with that statement. Imo there's a higher premium on RB than WR.

Why?

Edit: I'm not talking about from a general standpoint, where there are less RBs guaranteed touches. I'm saying there's a premium on WRs in comparison to your normal start 2WR, 2RB, flex league. I don't understand how my league's format could make RBs more valuable.

 

[Ilov80s]

12 team, full PPR, start 1QB, 3WR, 2RB, 1TE, 1K, 1DST.

There's a pretty heavy premium on WRs. Let's say you have an early round pick, do you prioritize Brown/OBJ/Julio over DJ/Bell? Let's say you have a mid-late first round pick, do you prioritize Nelson/Thomas over McCoy/Gordon/Freeman? How does it generally effect ADP.

DJ/Bell are top picks in all formats. 

 

[-OZ-]

Why?

Edit: I'm not talking about from a general standpoint, where there are less RBs guaranteed touches. I'm saying there's a premium on WRs in comparison to your normal start 2WR, 2RB, flex league. I don't understand how my league's format could make RBs more valuable.

We must have different experiences of "normal". To my recollection, I have never played in that format. 

Eta: other than the fbg contest.

But if that's what you're using as baseline, IMO the values don't really change until the backs/receivers after the first round or two.

 

[SameSongNDance]

We must have different experiences of "normal". To my recollection, I have never played in that format.

I mean I play in a couple of different leagues with different formats but yeah, 2WR, 2RB, flex has usually been the standard for me. 

 

[jtd13]

My oldest dynasty league has this 2RB/3WR/0F format. It probably varies by league, but people tend to pay up for RBs in that particular league.

I don't think it should change much compared to 2/2/1 in most leagues. I guess the demand for RB2/3 type players would be a bit lower in general since fewer teams will be drafting a 3rd RB as a starter in the earlier rounds. It is still easier to find 36 starting WRs than 24 starting RBs, so the advantage of having a top guy is still more valuable at RB for me.

 

[jon_mx]

It really depends on where the dropoffs occur.  If there are 40 productive WR and only 20 productive RB (let's define productive as average 10 points a week), then I could see RB still having a bit of a premium over a WR.  But if there are 25 productive WR and 25 productive RB, then that formats puts a premium on getting good WR as there are not enough of them to fill the slots.  The reality is a 3WR/2RB league kind of equalizes the premium between the two positions as getting three productive WR is about as hard as getting two productive RB.  

 

[Deamon]

Is this PPR or Standard?

As for the difference, just bump WR's a little bit since it's start 3 and no flex.  No mega strategy differences, just bump WRs and make sure you grab a couple early.  Even with the bump, Bell/DJ are still top 2 no matter what though.  Julio/ODB/Brown are still the next three off the board.  Maybe jump Evans/Jordy ahead of the Mccoy/Gordon/Freeman group if you feel like it but no biggie if you don't.

If you get a top 2 pick that format, I love going RB WR WR WR to start the draft this year.  Can start with a DJ/Baldwin/D. Thomas/Crabtree start and then grab some RB/QB/TE after that.  $$.

 

[zftcg]

I play in a 16-team, standard scoring league where we start 2 RB/2WR/1TE and a WR/TE flex, so it's basically a 3WR league. I've been in it for four years, and I've found it consistently hard to get good WRs. Obviously the 16 teams has a lot to do with that, I do think part of that is that I wasn't adapting my strategy from what I was doing in my long-time league (2RB/2WR/1flex). I've found numerous weeks where I was debating between two good options as my RB2 while starting a total scrub as my WR3.

So this year I'm trying some different strategies in my mocks to ensure my WRs are stronger. I'll still try to get a stud RB in Round 1 or 2, but I'll worry less about my RB2, figuring there's a good chance I'll end up cycling through that position a few times over the course of the season.

My working theory is that while it is true there are more quality WRs, they also tend to deliver less predictable results, so there is value in having guys who can produce for you consistently.

Will it work? I'll come back here in December and let you know!