Drafting at #3 (1 Viewer)

[Edgefan]

Getting this thread back to the top tonight.

I drafted #3 tonight in a ten team league with PPR for TE only and went:

1st LT

2nd Steve Smith (had my choice of smith or CJ, hope I don't regret not going CJ)

3rd Gates (almost went RB here but with 1 pt per rec for TE I had to go gates)

4th Chester Taylor

 

[Sonny Lubick Blowup Doll]

Getting this thread back to the top tonight.I drafted #3 tonight in a ten team league with PPR for TE only and went:1st LT2nd Steve Smith (had my choice of smith or CJ, hope I don't regret not going CJ)3rd Gates (almost went RB here but with 1 pt per rec for TE I had to go gates)4th Chester Taylor

Man, I LOVE your first 3 picks there. Gates is a no-brainer with PPR, and at that spot. Taylor is a matter of choice. Who'd you take in the 5th, and thereafter?Can you give us an idea of how the draft went? Hell, post the results, if you could.

 

[Wingnut]

I traded down from #1 to #3 (not for the whole draft though....actually I gave my 1st, 3rd, and 5th rounders for his 1st, 2nd, and 4th rounders, so I didnt have a 3rd or 5th rounder but had two 2nd and 4th rounders). Five WRs were off the board before my 2nd round pick (CJ, Harrison, Holt, S Smith, R Moss).

12 team serpentine. 6pts for passing TDs. Start 1QB, 2RB, 3WR, 1TE, 1PK, 1DST. Strict roster restrictions (must draft 3QBs, 4RBs, 5WRs, 2TEs, 2K, 2DST, plus one extra player at any position in 19th round)

My first 7 picks

Tomlinson

Fitzgerald

Chambers

D Foster

Brady

McCallister

LJ Smith

Was surprised Foster was there at 4.10, and really couldnt believe I got McCallister at 6.12. I know I reached for LJ Smith but I was targeting him (Im thinking he could be a top 6 TE) and I think the Eagles homer in my league would have taken him before my next 2 picks..I could have waited and still got someone like Watson or Witten later, but I have to live with that one mistake. The plan was to grab Deangelo Williams there but I thought I could wait ONE MORE ROUND and get him at 8.12, but he was taken at 8.10. All I can do is hope Foster can stay healthy

Also, I usually wait alot longer to grab a QB but I didnt care for what else I was looking at with my 5th pick, and I didnt expect Brady to be there so I took him. When D Williams was snaked form me, I decided to make sure I had good QB depth for trade bait later, so I backed up Brady with Plummer and McNair.

Full roster:

QB: Brady, Plummer, McNair

RB: Tomlinson, Foster, McCallister, Lundy, M Turner

WR: Fitzgerald, Chambers, Branch, Lloyd, Baskett

TE: LJ Smith, Kinney

PK: Feely, Wilkins

DST: Washington, Atlanta

I rebounded nicely after that one mistake and should contend once again, as long as injuries dont kill me.

 

[avoiding injuries]

Out of the third spot today...12 team

LT

Holt- Westbrook and Harrison went after him

KJ- needed a 2nd rb and it was either him or C Taylor(hope I made the right choice) Wr run went next and C Taylor went to the 9th slot.

Droughns- Couldn't pass him up in the 4th

Joe Horn- needed a 2nd WR. D Foster, Gore, TJ, Glenn still around.

Addai- Wasn't much else around I thought was good value.

Bulger- middle of a qb run, he was the 8th off the board.

T Bell- Loaded up on RB's. TE's I wanted were gone and the WR's were a reach at this point.

Michael Clayton- Best WR available

D Bennett- needed another WR(start 3)

LJ Smith- I waited for a TE and I think it paid off.

Big Ben- Back up QB

Greg Jennings

Ravens D

The rest were backups and handcuffs. 20 rd mostly shark draft.

 

[Mozeta]

Out of the third spot today...12 teamLTHolt- Westbrook and Harrison went after himKJ- needed a 2nd rb and it was either him or C Taylor(hope I made the right choice) Wr run went next and C Taylor went to the 9th slot.Droughns- Couldn't pass him up in the 4thJoe Horn- needed a 2nd WR. D Foster, Gore, TJ, Glenn still around.Addai- Wasn't much else around I thought was good value.Bulger- middle of a qb run, he was the 8th off the board.T Bell- Loaded up on RB's. TE's I wanted were gone and the WR's were a reach at this point.Michael Clayton- Best WR availableD Bennett- needed another WR(start 3)LJ Smith- I waited for a TE and I think it paid off.Big Ben- Back up QBGreg JenningsRavens DThe rest were backups and handcuffs. 20 rd mostly shark draft.

Where did Gates go? Did you consider him?

 

[avoiding injuries]

Out of the third spot today...12 teamLTHolt- Westbrook and Harrison went after himKJ- needed a 2nd rb and it was either him or C Taylor(hope I made the right choice) Wr run went next and C Taylor went to the 9th slot.Droughns- Couldn't pass him up in the 4thJoe Horn- needed a 2nd WR. D Foster, Gore, TJ, Glenn still around.Addai- Wasn't much else around I thought was good value.Bulger- middle of a qb run, he was the 8th off the board.T Bell- Loaded up on RB's. TE's I wanted were gone and the WR's were a reach at this point.Michael Clayton- Best WR availableD Bennett- needed another WR(start 3)LJ Smith- I waited for a TE and I think it paid off.Big Ben- Back up QBGreg JenningsRavens DThe rest were backups and handcuffs. 20 rd mostly shark draft.

Where did Gates go? Did you consider him?

Gates was around for my 3rd rd pick and he was in my sights. B/c I went WR in the 2nd(Holt), I needed a RB. He went late 3rd(great value).

 

[E-A-G-L-E-S]

Drafted Friday night 12 team ppr where catches TE=2, WR=1.5, RB=1, start1 QB, 2RB,2WR,1TE, 1Flex,D,K

LT

Holt

Wayne

Chester Taylor

Roy Williams

Mike Bell

Alge Crumpler

Addai

Matt Jones

Favre

Chris Simms

Antonio Bryant (was pissed Ben Watson went pick right before me here, was hoping to grab him)

Philip Rivers

Tony Sheffler (TE)

Michael Turner

Bengals

Vikings

Stover

Michael Koenen (K)

I could have had Gates in the 3rd, went w/ Wayne who I think will be huge this year, Gates went w/ the next pick after Wayne

LOVE my WRs, alot of potential behind LT, top 5 TE. QB should get job done

my defense,eh

 

[Hammerage]

Did the 3 spot this AM:

1. LT

2. Willie Parker

3. Holt

4. McNabb

5. Gore

6. Evans

7. Horn

8. Watson

9. McNair

10. Benson

11. Troupe

12. Bengals

13. Kasay

14. Lions

 

[KGB]

i got called in as a sub. about 5 guppies. drew the 3rd pick. only start 2 wrs.

1 alexander

2 W Parker

3 M Harrison

4 R Wayne (burress, djax, and ward, chambers were taken this round)

5 L Maroney

6 Thom Jones

7 Plummer

8 Ben Watson

9 muhammed

10 Antonio Bryant

11 A Brooks

12 Jerious Norwood

13 cowboys (fbg has them ranked low but I like em)

14 M Morris

15 Stephen Gostkowski (K NE)

 

[Sister Havana]

In my one live draft league, I got the third pick. 12 team league, 20 rounds. We start 1 QB/2 RB/2 WR/ 1RB or WR flex/ 1 TE/1 K/3 IDPs. Here's my team:

1. (3) S. Alexander RB

2. (22) M. Harrison WR

3. (27) A. Gates TE

4. (46) Sa. Moss WR

5. (51) T. Green QB

6. (70) D. Foster RB

7. (75) J. Lewis RB

8. (94) E. Kennison WR

9. (99) K. Warner QB

10. (118) S. Graham K

11. (123) Ma. Jones WR

12. (142) T. Duckett RB

13. (147) A. Ogunleye DL

14. (166) R. Barber DB

15. (171) I. Bruce WR

16. (190) L. Tynes K

17. (195) B. Franks TE

18. (214) T. Suggs DL

19. (219) M. Lewis DB

20. (238) M. Boulware DB

 

[Sweetness_34]

I went RB, WR, WR last night and I like my team. But my league overvalues Qbs (last night, Peyton went 1.04, Palmer went 1.11, Brady went 2.01, Hasselback went 3.01 etc) so I got very good RB value despite going Rb, Wr, Wr. Also, I only went 2 WRs, because it is a PPR league and I had Moss and TO fall to me, so I could not turn them down.

Qbs: Drew Bledsoe, Steve McNair

Rbs: LT, Jamal Lewis, Deshaun Foster, Thomas Jones, Wali Lundy

WRs: Randy Moss, TO, Derrick Mason

TEs: KWII, Ben Troupe

DEF: Jax, NE

K: Mike Koenen

Starting: 1 Qb, 2 RB, 2 WR, 1 RB/WR, 1 TE, 1 DEF, 1 K

 

[Joe Sixpack]

In our league we draw for position in the odd rounds and the even rounds serpentine off of them. So I had 1.3 and 2.10, but had to wait for 3.09 and 4.04 to draft my second pair.

1.03 LT, no brainer

2.10 FWP. Randy Moss was available, but I went with Parker here. Reggie Bush went at 3.03.

3.09 Wayne. 10 WRs were off the board already, I was quite surprised Wayne fell that far.

4.04 Kevin Jones. I was going to go WR here if Palmer went (he did at 4.02) but couldn't pass us the value.

5.9 Plaxico Burress. Housh, Driver, Mason were all gone by then- Burress is not a red zone monster but great value 20 spots past his ADP.

6.04 Mike Vick- I regret this reach. I sweated the fact that I had to wait 20 picks to go again, 9 QBs already gone- QB running TDs count double in my league. Could have had Lee Evans/Galloway/Darrell Jackson and still got Warner in the 8th.

7.12 Heap. Sloughed off WR again (start 3) to get great value.

8.01 Michael Clayton. Wanted Rod Smith but he went at 7.11

9.03 Addai - Benson, Williamson, Bledsoe, and Moroney all went right after.

10.10 Favre. In Packer country- and I'm a Bears fan.

11.10 Watson- couldn't pass him up.

12. 03 Colts defense- another stupid pick

13.11 Turner- at this point my chances for decent WR depth were shot, wanted the cuff.

14.02 Elam, another stupid pick.

15.08 Kevin Curtis- great value, might be a gem if Bruce or Holt miss time- he has the talent.

16.05 Travis Taylor. Desperate for WR depth now- he might be serviceable

17.09 Verron Haynes to cuff my Parker pick. Booker and Engram available on the wire along with Jenkins and Gabriel.

The moral of the story- mid level WRs may not present great value but you have to draft one before the tier is depleted.

 

[Deuce'sWild]

I went RB, WR, WR last night and I like my team. But my league overvalues Qbs (last night, Peyton went 1.04, Palmer went 1.11, Brady went 2.01, Hasselback went 3.01 etc) so I got very good RB value despite going Rb, Wr, Wr. Also, I only went 2 WRs, because it is a PPR league and I had Moss and TO fall to me, so I could not turn them down.Qbs: Drew Bledsoe, Steve McNairRbs: LT, Jamal Lewis, Deshaun Foster, Thomas Jones, Wali LundyWRs: Randy Moss, TO, Derrick MasonTEs: KWII, Ben TroupeDEF: Jax, NEK: Mike KoenenStarting: 1 Qb, 2 RB, 2 WR, 1 RB/WR, 1 TE, 1 DEF, 1 K

Wow, I like that team a lot. Is this a shark league? I'm thinking of doing this same strategy, but didn't think I'd be able to land those type of RBs.

 

[Optimizer]

I also went RB, WR, WR last night because Sharks grabbed all decent RB's including McGahee and FWP, so I went WR/WR at the 2/3 turn.

I think I got decent RB's to go with my stud WRs and LT. What do you guys think?

QB: Bulger, Brooks, McNair

RB: LT, C.Taylor, J.Lewis, Droughns, Maroney, C.Brown, Barlow, MoLewis

WR: C.Johnson, R.Moss, Evans, Ma.Clayton

TE: Crumpler

DEF: TB

K: Wilkins

Start: 1 Qb, 2 RB, 2 WR, 2 RB/WR, 1 TE, 1 DEF, 1 K

 

[Doogie]

Drafted out of the #3 spot earlier this week.

QB

M Hasselbeck

RB

S Alexander

T Jones

C Benson

M Morris

WR

T Holt

L Fitzgerald

T Glenn

S Parker

T Williamson

B Lloyd

TE

B Watson

K

N Rackers

D

Panthers

Start 1QB, 1RB, 3WR, 1TE, 1RB/WR, 1K, 1D

 

[bjabrad]

Got the 3 hole last night in 10 team QB, 2RB, 2WR, RB/WR, TE, PK, D redraft league last night.

1.03 Larry Johnson (unbelieveable but any of the top 4 I can live with)

2.08 Larry Fitzgerald (passd on Holt, Owens, Palmer, Moss, Gates and Boldin)

3.03 Westbrook (obvious RB pick (passed on Moss, Droughns, Gates, Chambers, Gates, Dunn and Boldin)

4.08 DeShaun Foster (passed on S. Moss, Wayne, Shockey, Galloway, TJ, Julius, Javon, Driver)

5.03 Matt Hasselbeck maybe should have gone WR2 and waited to see if he's still there at #6 (passed on Galloway, TJ, Julius, Javon, Driver, McNabb and Culpepper)

6.08 Darrell Jackson (reached again but really wanted the guy) passed on Glenn, Heap, Gonzo, T Jones

7.03 Todd Heap (I screw up like I did on pickes 5 & 6 and still get a great TE)

8.08 PIT (defenses flying off the board (passed on Kennison, Ahman Green, Rhodes, Lundy, etc...)

9.03 Kennison (living right to still get him here)

10.08 Wally Lundy

11.03 Chris Brown

12.08 LenDale White (I have a hard time believing in Travis Henry over Brown or White)

13.03 Eric Moulds (Andre Johnson sucks and I think Moulds will be the go to guy)

14.08 Jeff Reed (last pick PK and draft over)

Post Draft Overview: I screwed up a few time in rounds 5 and 6 and ended up losing points on a solid WR2 with DJax and Kennison where I could have had Galloway, Javon or Driver. All in all the sharks in my league turned into guppies this year with a ton of rookie moves (Kurt Warner went in the 5th???, Bush went ahead of Holt or Moss???). One guy had to let Yahoo autodraft for him and it took Domanick Davis at 4.10 which is complete crap since this info has been known for two days and Yahoo should be called out for this if they're trying to put themselves out there as a good fantasy service. Totally unacceptable and now there is very little recourse since the draft has run it's course. I'll probably give this guy access for first the first waiver pickup to try to make it up.

 

[Mystery Achiever]

Here's another ten teamer,from today, for anyone still drafting (No PPR)

Green (8), Vick (10)

LT (1), C Taylor (3), Foster (4), Rhodes (7)

Holt(2), Driver(5),Mason(6),Coles(9)

Watson(11), Cooley (12)

Stover(15), Tynes(16)

Ravens(13), Dolphins (14)