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Dumbest picks you've seen in your drafts this year (1 Viewer)

one of my main local draft yesterday, where you can keep up to two players. One owner decides to keep Dalton for a 10th round pick because it is good value... he puts Spiller back into the pool instead of keeping him as a 12th round pick (!?!) AND ---wait for it--- took him with his 1.03 pick!

 
I was able to get jimmy graham in the mid third round of a ten team draft, mostly because Seattle homers had already picked lynch, Wilson and Seattle d by the 3rd round (I live in Seattle, but Sea defense at 3.01??? I just felt myself getting richer. Was able to grab Jamaal Charles matt forte and jimmy graham! (Lynch went number four overall which is not a huge reach but the other picks were.)

 
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BobbyLayne said:
In a 16 teamer somebody took E.J. Manuel as his QB1. Two rounds later he took Vick (not a bad idea, but it gets better). A few rounds later he decides he decides to handcuff him with Foles. When somebody informs him he now has 3 QBs with the same bye week, he burns his next pick on Geno Smith. This is a start one QB league, and seeing a guy grab four lousy ones in seven rounds was a like Leroy Nieman touching up the Sistine Chapel. Instant classic, I was laughing so hard tears streaming.
What a doofus. It would be something if he won the league though, wouldn't it?

 
Not being the every year champs like the rest of you guys. I work a bunch and haven't been able to keep up with injuries.

Dumbest pick in my league was mine. Dennis Pitta as my #1 TE, which I was quickly informed by my owners "he's out for the year". Yeah me.

 
Run It Up said:
shadyridr said:
jurb26 said:
shadyridr said:
Another guy took:

DeMarco Murray, McFadden, & Mathews in back to back to back rounds
Depending on the rounds, this might not be bad at all.
2, 3, 4
Who'd he take in the first? This might be the winner.
How in the heck is this terrible ? I wouldn't have done it but it's not crazy.
You do realize their injury history, right?

 
Dez said:
Grady Wilson said:
I had my last draft tonight. Local league with some guys that really didn't have a clue. There were three idiotic picks tonight.

1. One dude took Rodgers in the 3rd round and then took Brady in the 5th.

2. #1 was bad, but not as bad as someone taking..... Willis McGahee as his 2nd RB.

3. Someone took Welker as their #1 WR and Decker as their #2.

Sad to say, but I'm not making any of this up.
I can top that

1 dude took Peyton in the 4th, Brady in 5th then took RG3 in the 7th and called them "value" picks. In the FFPC no trade league.

So then I get in another draft and Peyton falls to me in the 6th and I think wow I got to take this....no other QBs go until 9th round....Brady, Newton, ect all go in 9th...like really ?

I just got punked.
Wow, that is horrible. A no trade league? Oof.

 
Run It Up said:
shadyridr said:
jurb26 said:
shadyridr said:
Another guy took:

DeMarco Murray, McFadden, & Mathews in back to back to back rounds
Depending on the rounds, this might not be bad at all.
2, 3, 4
Who'd he take in the first? This might be the winner.
How in the heck is this terrible ? I wouldn't have done it but it's not crazy.
You do realize their injury history, right?
He probably hopes 2 of the 3 survive.

 
tpuffer51 said:
In one of my drafts we had a guy take Steven Jackson 1st overall.... Said he thinks he is going to "break out" this year...
Was it that one FBG staffer in love with Jackson?

 
Dr. Octopus said:
Chaka said:
The dumbest thing I have seen is leagues where picking Aaron Rodgers before Eddie Lacy is considered a bad move.
I don't think this applies in any league.
Happens all the time.

Aaron Rodgers in the 4th, Brady in the 6th Tony Romo in the 9th etc. That is insanity.
not really.
Yup. Completely but I don't expect you to see that, crazy people are rarely capable of self diagnosis.

 
Mine is more of a cumulative effect of bad picks more than one bad pick. A team in our league wound up with -

Vick (at least only a backup behind Kaepernick)

MJD and McFadden (with backups of Greene and Mendenhall)

Gates, Britt and Amendola (TE/WR are the same)

and the average age of IDP on this team was pretty close to 40. This league has been together 21 years and it was the worst draft I have ever seen - the individual players were not horrible, but the cumulative risk was ridiculous.

 
12-team league, scoring does not favor QBs (4 pts per TD, 1 pt per 25 yards), start 1 QB. The guy with the 1st pick took Foster in the 1st, and then Cam Newton and RGIII at the 2/3 turn. Then he took Eli in the 9th. He took two RBs (Foster & Montee Ball) in the first 16 rounds (18 round draft).

In another draft, same scoring, a guy ended up with 3 QBs, all with the same bye week. Oh wait: that was me. Vick, Wilson, Manuel. Hey, at least trading is allowed. And the bye week in question is week 12. Still...

 
Adam Harstad said:
Someone took E.J. Manuel with pick #3 in a 10-team dynasty rookie draft I just did. Typical 1-QB league. If E.J. Manuel is the next Newton, Luck, Griffin, Kaepernick, or Wilson, then when we look back on it we probably won't think anything of it... but if he really wanted Manuel, he easily could have traded back quite some way.

His other QBs are Vick, Freeman, Bradford, Weeden, and Locker. Bad, but not so bad that Manuel is much (if any) of an upgrade.
If there's a draft worthy of doing something like that it's this one. Still really stupid not to trade back.

 
QuizGuy66 said:
Donnybrook said:
Grady Wilson said:
I had my last draft tonight. Local league with some guys that really didn't have a clue. There were three idiotic picks tonight.

1. One dude took Rodgers in the 3rd round and then took Brady in the 5th.

2. #1 was bad, but not as bad as someone taking..... Willis McGahee as his 2nd RB.

3. Someone took Welker as their #1 WR and Decker as their #2.

Sad to say, but I'm not making any of this up.
I guess I need an explanation why drafting Rogers and Brady is considered idiotic. Are trades outlawed in your leagues?
Very hard to get fair value for these guys in a trade - seldom does it work out the way the hoarder wants.-QG
Like most of these supposed bad picks it would all depend on your points per position , starting requirements etc. It not far feched that a person could get more in return than they initially invested especially if some lost their starter to injury. So IMO, it makes it a risky pick but definitely not a idiotic pick.
 
Guy picked Jeremy Maclin 2 weekends ago in our home league. When we laughed he asked if he had died or something. Not sure what he was thinking because he is in about 6 leagues.

Back in early 90s guy took Mike Cofer the kicker in second round. His reasoning was he scored most points the year before. Guy only played that 1 year in fantasy football but we still razz him this time of year.

 
The McGahee pick reminds me of a guy a number of years back who took Terell Davis in the 2nd round a week after he retired.

This year not many. Guy took Mendenhall in the 5th ahead of Bernard, Sproles, Murray, MAtthews, DMC, Ball, Bradshaw, Dwill, Bell, etc. Not too bad but a bit of a reach.

Another guy in my 2QB league had 4th pick. With options like Brady and Ryan on the board (Rodgers, Brees, Manning all gone) he took Kaepernick. Ballsy but could pay off if Kaep lives up to the hype. I wouldn't have done it.
I can top that. We had a guy pick Fred Lane AFTER HE DIED !!

 
Not worst this year, but the worst I've ever seen was 2000. This was the year the Titans were coming off their SB loss.

We had a new guy in our league who had never played FF, but I helped prep him and gave him a FBG's cheat sheet to use for the draft.

He got the #12 pick and at the 1/2 flip he took Ricky Williams (not bad) and the Titans D.

We tried to explain that in FF, defenses aren't worth a top 13 pick, but he held strong and drafted them with the explanation "Defenses win championships."

 
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$100 10 team league, start 1 QB, standard scoring (4 pt TDs, 1 pt per 25 yrds)-

Same team takes Rodgers THEN Brees at the 1/2 turn :excited: :excited: :excited: (Jamaal Charles fell to 2.2 in large part due to this)

Same draft, another team goes Torrey Smith @ 5.02 -- ahead of Gronk, Colston, Jordy Nelson, Lamar Miller, Nicks....

 
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Dynasty startup - Latavius Murray in 11th AFTER he is already on IR for year. Taken ahead of Pierce, Britt, Patterson, Eiffert, Finley, Wright, Floyd

- Dwyer in 13th AFTER being cut. Taken ahead of Hillman, J Hunter, Wheaton, Tannehill, Freeman, K. Allen, Randle

Holy Cow! I am getting upset all over again. I think I am getting hives....
How are those guys available in 11th round of a startup? Full dynasty, how many teams??

 
$100 10 team league, start 1 QB, standard scoring (4 pt TDs, 1 pt per 25 yrds)-

Same team takes Rodgers THEN Brees at the 1/2 turn :excited: :excited: :excited: (Jamaal Charles fell to 2.2 in large part due to this)

Same draft, another team goes Torrey Smith @ 5.02 -- ahead of Gronk, Colston, Jordy Nelson, Lamar Miller, Nicks....
Did i miss something with Smith? Wouldn't take him there but wouldn't be shocked if he did great

 
$100 10 team league, start 1 QB, standard scoring (4 pt TDs, 1 pt per 25 yrds)-

Same team takes Rodgers THEN Brees at the 1/2 turn :excited: :excited: :excited: (Jamaal Charles fell to 2.2 in large part due to this)

Same draft, another team goes Torrey Smith @ 5.02 -- ahead of Gronk, Colston, Jordy Nelson, Lamar Miller, Nicks....
Did i miss something with Smith? Wouldn't take him there but wouldn't be shocked if he did great
3 QBs with your first 7 picks is something to talk about not Torrey Smith in the 5th round.

 
$100 10 team league, start 1 QB, standard scoring (4 pt TDs, 1 pt per 25 yrds)-

Same team takes Rodgers THEN Brees at the 1/2 turn :excited: :excited: :excited: (Jamaal Charles fell to 2.2 in large part due to this)

Same draft, another team goes Torrey Smith @ 5.02 -- ahead of Gronk, Colston, Jordy Nelson, Lamar Miller, Nicks....
Did i miss something with Smith? Wouldn't take him there but wouldn't be shocked if he did great
Definitely not nearly as bad a pick as the other one described or most others on this board, but personally those other players I listed I wouldnt think twice about taking over T. Smith. Losing Pitta and Boldin greatly hurt Torrey imo.

 
$100 10 team league, start 1 QB, standard scoring (4 pt TDs, 1 pt per 25 yrds)-

Same team takes Rodgers THEN Brees at the 1/2 turn :excited: :excited: :excited: (Jamaal Charles fell to 2.2 in large part due to this)

Same draft, another team goes Torrey Smith @ 5.02 -- ahead of Gronk, Colston, Jordy Nelson, Lamar Miller, Nicks....
Did i miss something with Smith? Wouldn't take him there but wouldn't be shocked if he did great
3 QBs with your first 7 picks is something to talk about not Torrey Smith in the 5th round.
Same dude who took Smith drafted Brady and Luck in 4th and 6th rounds...

 
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Not being the every year champs like the rest of you guys. I work a bunch and haven't been able to keep up with injuries.

Dumbest pick in my league was mine. Dennis Pitta as my #1 TE, which I was quickly informed by my owners "he's out for the year". Yeah me.
Not trying to be a #### but in this day and age where you can log onto ESPN and print a cheat sheet minutes before a draft, how does one do this?

 
The McGahee pick reminds me of a guy a number of years back who took Terell Davis in the 2nd round a week after he retired.

This year not many. Guy took Mendenhall in the 5th ahead of Bernard, Sproles, Murray, MAtthews, DMC, Ball, Bradshaw, Dwill, Bell, etc. Not too bad but a bit of a reach.

Another guy in my 2QB league had 4th pick. With options like Brady and Ryan on the board (Rodgers, Brees, Manning all gone) he took Kaepernick. Ballsy but could pay off if Kaep lives up to the hype. I wouldn't have done it.
I can top that. We had a guy pick Fred Lane AFTER HE DIED !!
Well that's just... yea.

 
The McGahee pick reminds me of a guy a number of years back who took Terell Davis in the 2nd round a week after he retired.This year not many. Guy took Mendenhall in the 5th ahead of Bernard, Sproles, Murray, MAtthews, DMC, Ball, Bradshaw, Dwill, Bell, etc. Not too bad but a bit of a reach.Another guy in my 2QB league had 4th pick. With options like Brady and Ryan on the board (Rodgers, Brees, Manning all gone) he took Kaepernick. Ballsy but could pay off if Kaep lives up to the hype. I wouldn't have done it.
I can top that. We had a guy pick Fred Lane AFTER HE DIED !!
Well that's just... yea.
maybe he thought he was a sleeper
 
The McGahee pick reminds me of a guy a number of years back who took Terell Davis in the 2nd round a week after he retired.This year not many. Guy took Mendenhall in the 5th ahead of Bernard, Sproles, Murray, MAtthews, DMC, Ball, Bradshaw, Dwill, Bell, etc. Not too bad but a bit of a reach.Another guy in my 2QB league had 4th pick. With options like Brady and Ryan on the board (Rodgers, Brees, Manning all gone) he took Kaepernick. Ballsy but could pay off if Kaep lives up to the hype. I wouldn't have done it.
I can top that. We had a guy pick Fred Lane AFTER HE DIED !!
Well that's just... yea.
maybe he thought he was a sleeper
Turned out to be a flatliner.

 
I'm about ready to win this.

Draft 1 (12 teamer -6 pttd, start 1- keeper 2) - 20 years + New member 3 years ago

Brees kept

Round 3 - Colin Kaep

Round 4- RGIII

Round 5 - SF D

going into basically 7 with 1 wr and 1 rb

Draft 2 - and still chafing from Draft 1.(12 teamer -6 pttd, start 1)

Guy in our draft always drafts his backup qb in the first 5 rounds.

1.8 - Brees (which should have triggered a bad memory

comes back in 2 - Tom F'n Brady (with only Rodgers also gone)

I just don't know...

 
Listen to this:

Not sure if they were joking or highly medicated:

9th pick: Seattle D

12th pick: Russel Wilson

52nd pick Jay Cutler (RG3, Romo still on the board)

72nd pick 49ers D (no one else had a D yet, but they have 2)

another team:

37th pick Rishard Matthews (oops)

another team:

46th pick Blair Walsh

thanks to these picks I wound up with Doug Martin and CJ Spiller hahahaha

 
These threads often wind up differently once the cards are played at the end of the year. My favorite... some guy drafts three defenses and winds up winning the league. I typically draft three TE's and it's worked out well. Drafting a player on IR is dumb, but taking two top QB's isn't IMO in a 6 PPTD league. Sometimes the box isn't how it plays out... drafting different makes your team different... sometimes it works.

 
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Guy in my my league took Golden Tate in round 3, before guys like AJ Green, D. Thomas, Roddy White, Vincent Jackson, Andre Johnson, etc.

Craziest thing I've ever seen. He seemed shocked that we were shocked.

 
My friend's wife started a league this year only for women. None of them had ever played FF before (though most of their husbands have.) They couldn't decide how much money to put in- they debated $10, $50, $100, etc. Finally they settled on no money- they would all contribute for a trophy for the winner. (Frankly, I'm surprised they didn't decide to have a small trophy for every participant, so that nobody feels bad.)

Anyhow, my friend showed me the actual draft, which was rather hilarious. Tom Brady was the first pick, followed by Peyton Manning. Mark Sanchez was taken in the first round. One woman tried to take Troy Polamalu and apparently was very disappointed to learn that he did not play offense.

 
Last weekend in our home league one of our buddies who is fantastic at fantasy football drafted David Wilson with the 11th pick. He walked up with such confidence. When a few of our friends questioned him his response was that Andre Brown will be hurt by week three making Wilson a top 6 fantasy player in his mind. I don't know if he's brilliant for his prediction or stupid for not maximizing ADP. To his credit his second round selection was number 14 and if he believes there is a chance he won't get his player all the way until the end of round 3 then I can't blame him for getting his guy. Just a really odd scenario.

 
a guy picked Rob Bironas in the 7th round....in a 12 team 17 round draft. Then 3 rounds later takes Josh Brown, The 1st 2 kickers off the board. Then the same guy picked the Tampa Bay defense in the 8th round, and then the 12 round he picked the NY Jets defense.

You can never have enough mediocre defenses and kickers.

 
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Dynasty startup - Latavius Murray in 11th AFTER he is already on IR for year. Taken ahead of Pierce, Britt, Patterson, Eiffert, Finley, Wright, Floyd

- Dwyer in 13th AFTER being cut. Taken ahead of Hillman, J Hunter, Wheaton, Tannehill, Freeman, K. Allen, Randle

Holy Cow! I am getting upset all over again. I think I am getting hives....
How are those guys available in 11th round of a startup? Full dynasty, how many teams??
12 team full dynasty startup.

I drafted Eiffert 11, Patterson 12, Hillman 13, Freeman 14 with the flip in both rds.

 
The McGahee pick reminds me of a guy a number of years back who took Terell Davis in the 2nd round a week after he retired.

This year not many. Guy took Mendenhall in the 5th ahead of Bernard, Sproles, Murray, MAtthews, DMC, Ball, Bradshaw, Dwill, Bell, etc. Not too bad but a bit of a reach.

Another guy in my 2QB league had 4th pick. With options like Brady and Ryan on the board (Rodgers, Brees, Manning all gone) he took Kaepernick. Ballsy but could pay off if Kaep lives up to the hype. I wouldn't have done it.
I can top that. We had a guy pick Fred Lane AFTER HE DIED !!
Well that's just... yea.
If you draft a dead player, the league mgr should boot you mid-draft, let the computer auto-pick and find a replacement owner 5 mins after draft.

 
My friend's wife started a league this year only for women. None of them had ever played FF before (though most of their husbands have.) They couldn't decide how much money to put in- they debated $10, $50, $100, etc. Finally they settled on no money- they would all contribute for a trophy for the winner. (Frankly, I'm surprised they didn't decide to have a small trophy for every participant, so that nobody feels bad.)

Anyhow, my friend showed me the actual draft, which was rather hilarious. Tom Brady was the first pick, followed by Peyton Manning. Mark Sanchez was taken in the first round. One woman tried to take Troy Polamalu and apparently was very disappointed to learn that he did not play offense.
Wait...Sanchez is NOT a good value in the 1st? DAMMIT! I feel so stupid. My gut told me grab Kolb instead and I didn't listen. Bad owner!

 
Run It Up said:
shadyridr said:
jurb26 said:
shadyridr said:
Another guy took:

DeMarco Murray, McFadden, & Mathews in back to back to back rounds
Depending on the rounds, this might not be bad at all.
2, 3, 4
Who'd he take in the first? This might be the winner.
Forte
I don't understand the drafting 4 rb's in a row thing--but I have to say that i play in 5 leagues--and this is not a rare strategy this year. In most of the leagues I play in--demarco tends to go in the 2nd/3rd, mcfadden in the 3rd/4th and matthews probably in the 4-6th rounds--so although I wouldn't endorse this strategy-- I don't think it's completely out of this world idiotic.

 
My friend's wife started a league this year only for women. None of them had ever played FF before (though most of their husbands have.) They couldn't decide how much money to put in- they debated $10, $50, $100, etc. Finally they settled on no money- they would all contribute for a trophy for the winner. (Frankly, I'm surprised they didn't decide to have a small trophy for every participant, so that nobody feels bad.)

Anyhow, my friend showed me the actual draft, which was rather hilarious. Tom Brady was the first pick, followed by Peyton Manning. Mark Sanchez was taken in the first round. One woman tried to take Troy Polamalu and apparently was very disappointed to learn that he did not play offense.
Wait...Sanchez is NOT a good value in the 1st? DAMMIT! I feel so stupid. My gut told me grab Kolb instead and I didn't listen. Bad owner!
This all depends on what your definition of value is. A lot of women find Mark to be especially attractive. (Personally, I've never been able to figure this out.)

 
My friend's wife started a league this year only for women. None of them had ever played FF before (though most of their husbands have.) They couldn't decide how much money to put in- they debated $10, $50, $100, etc. Finally they settled on no money- they would all contribute for a trophy for the winner. (Frankly, I'm surprised they didn't decide to have a small trophy for every participant, so that nobody feels bad.)

Anyhow, my friend showed me the actual draft, which was rather hilarious. Tom Brady was the first pick, followed by Peyton Manning. Mark Sanchez was taken in the first round. One woman tried to take Troy Polamalu and apparently was very disappointed to learn that he did not play offense.
They were just drafting their hall pass.

 
Run It Up said:
shadyridr said:
jurb26 said:
shadyridr said:
Another guy took:

DeMarco Murray, McFadden, & Mathews in back to back to back rounds
Depending on the rounds, this might not be bad at all.
2, 3, 4
Who'd he take in the first? This might be the winner.
Forte
I don't understand the drafting 4 rb's in a row thing--but I have to say that i play in 5 leagues--and this is not a rare strategy this year. In most of the leagues I play in--demarco tends to go in the 2nd/3rd, mcfadden in the 3rd/4th and matthews probably in the 4-6th rounds--so although I wouldn't endorse this strategy-- I don't think it's completely out of this world idiotic.
A guy in my league simply cannot resist. RBs are like fly paper to him. Invariably he leaves himself weak elsewhere (often QB) but rather than making him live with his mistake, someone in the league will trade him a QB - often late enough in the year that he's been able to decide which RB(s) are expendable and make a run with a better QB.

 
Run It Up said:
shadyridr said:
jurb26 said:
shadyridr said:
Another guy took:

DeMarco Murray, McFadden, & Mathews in back to back to back rounds
Depending on the rounds, this might not be bad at all.
2, 3, 4
Who'd he take in the first? This might be the winner.
Forte
I don't understand the drafting 4 rb's in a row thing--but I have to say that i play in 5 leagues--and this is not a rare strategy this year. In most of the leagues I play in--demarco tends to go in the 2nd/3rd, mcfadden in the 3rd/4th and matthews probably in the 4-6th rounds--so although I wouldn't endorse this strategy-- I don't think it's completely out of this world idiotic.
A guy in my league simply cannot resist. RBs are like fly paper to him. Invariably he leaves himself weak elsewhere (often QB) but rather than making him live with his mistake, someone in the league will trade him a QB - often late enough in the year that he's been able to decide which RB(s) are expendable and make a run with a better QB.
:sharkmove:

They aren't just giving him a QB. RB3's and 4's >>> Low QB1's all day, esp at the end of the season.

 
Run It Up said:
shadyridr said:
jurb26 said:
shadyridr said:
Another guy took:

DeMarco Murray, McFadden, & Mathews in back to back to back rounds
Depending on the rounds, this might not be bad at all.
2, 3, 4
Who'd he take in the first? This might be the winner.
Forte
I don't understand the drafting 4 rb's in a row thing--but I have to say that i play in 5 leagues--and this is not a rare strategy this year. In most of the leagues I play in--demarco tends to go in the 2nd/3rd, mcfadden in the 3rd/4th and matthews probably in the 4-6th rounds--so although I wouldn't endorse this strategy-- I don't think it's completely out of this world idiotic.
A guy in my league simply cannot resist. RBs are like fly paper to him. Invariably he leaves himself weak elsewhere (often QB) but rather than making him live with his mistake, someone in the league will trade him a QB - often late enough in the year that he's been able to decide which RB(s) are expendable and make a run with a better QB.
So its a good strategy then?

 
Now I'm a huge Packer fan as is my entire league but check out this guys starting line-up....


QB: Aaron Rodgers
RB: Eddie Lacy
RB: Alfred Morris
WR: Jordy Nelson
WR: James Jones
RB/WR: Rashard Mendenhall
TE: Jermichael Finley


This is a 10 team 2 keeper league FWIW...I'm not even going to put the bench in but needless to say it's embarrassing ( Ace Sanders, Issac Redman, Santonio Holmes to name a few of his better players)...The best part about this team is the fact that he constantly ripped everyone else for drafting horribly.

 

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