Draft Strategy (1 Viewer)

[MikeApf]

The past couple years, it seems like a lot of people have preached the strategy of taking the best RBs on the board early -- often 1-2, then following up with WRs and waiting on a QB til later unless you could get Peyton Manning or someone like that. With a few exceptions, I have tried that strategy and have met with real good success.

I was wondering if with the current RBs out there, folks were still adhering to this strategy. I read an article in the dentist office the other day (pulled tooth...yikes) and the author made the argument that since more teams than ever are giving 2 RBs a lot of carries, throwing in the red zone, etc., that this strategy wasn't really the obvious choice any more. The author basically was saying, "everyone nowadays just picks RBs 1-2, waits on QBs, etc....so you have to do something different."

Wanted to check therefore to see what the thoughts on this board was on draft strategies. For the discussion, assume a pretty standard league: 10 teams, each starting 2 RB, 2 WR, 1 TE, 1 Flex, 1 DT, 1 K.

Thanks in advance for your insights. This site has a lot of shrewd players and I'm curious to see what you think...

M

 

[Fantasy Foosball]

The RB position was down last year due to alot of factors and I see alot of overreaction this year. WR's are being over valued IMO. RB is still a must for me in the first 2 rounds.

 

[BigSteelThrill]

RBs are the cats meow.

Now it depends on your league, your league-mates, your drafting ability, your tiers/ranking and your precognitive ability (adp/owners) to properly assess when you should take your RBs. If you get pick 6 (out of 12) and can team up Addai with someone like Lynch... its an incredibly strong starting position.

 

[Evilhomer3k]

RBs are the cats meow.Now it depends on your league, your league-mates, your drafting ability, your tiers/ranking and your precognitive ability (adp/owners) to properly assess when you should take your RBs. If you get pick 6 (out of 12) and can team up Addai with someone like Lynch... its an incredibly strong starting position.

It really does depend on your league. I virtually never go rb/rb in either of my two redraft leagues. In one, QB's are worth a ton (5pts/td, 1/20yds) and very few people go rb/rb so there is often great value in the middle rounds. Edge went in the 5th in that league while Brady,Romo, Manning, and Brees were all gone by the end of the third. In that league, I have had success with rb/qb or even qb/rb. The key is finding a guy that people are down on because those types of guys last forever in that league. My other league is a point per reception league where you start 3 wrs. I generally take at least 2 wr's in the first three rounds. I also believe that there is no value in chasing the crowd. I'd rather have Brady/TO or Brady/Moss than be stuck with rb 12/13. Of course most of my leagues don't require 2 starting running backs, either. That likely makes a difference. Most teams DO start 2 rbs, though.

 

[Nemesis Enforcer]

I would say that people aren't blindly plugging in rb-rb as an option to start their draft, especially with guys like Brady and Moss creeping into the top 10 this year. In years past our league typically started with a rb run with the typical Manning pick later in the first round and I see a different first round this year.

I would say the rbbc is clearly at play here, guys like Willie Parker, Brandon Jacobs, and Earnest Graham are going a little later than you probably would have seen in years past due to questions about their workload (or injury). Owners would rather wait on one of them and grab a stud wr or a Brees/Romo early on knowing that a solid rb should be available later.

But as others have said there are so many variables at play with league scoring systems, types of leagues, owner preferences etc.