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I decided to post a review of my draft strategy in the HyperActive league Active conference similar to what EBF, HTF, and JAA did in their Hyper conference. The league setup is WCOFF scoring with 1 PPR for all players and we start 1 QB, 1 RB, 1 WR, 1 TE, 1 K, 1 D and 3 Flex (RB, WR, TE).
The first trade I made was prior to the draft and it was to acquire the 1.09 pick. I had drawn the 1.01 pick in the draft, which I planned to use on LT, and saw that Jeff Pasquino wanted to trade his 1.09 and made this deal with him:
Cstu trades: 2.12 (24),3.01 (25), & 7.01 (73)
Fly Igglz Fly trades: 1.09 (9), 4.11 (47), & 8.11 (95)
I felt this was a reasonable to give up since I didn’t like the RB’s who would be available at #24. I also liked the picks in the 40ish range (4th round) and it didn’t bother me much to move down from #25 to #47.
My next trade was one I really didn’t expect to make. After the trade for the 1.09, Hawkeyeskin came to me asking if I’d trade the 1.01. Being a big Chargers fan I almost said no, but thought I’d see what the offer I’d get. Here’s the deal we agreed to:
Hawkeyeskin trades: 2.09, 4.07, 4.09, 7.09 and 2007 1st round pick
Tenacious D (cstu) trades: 1.01; 6.12; 10.12; 11.01; 12.12
This was a risky trade but one that I thought had enough value to make it worthwhile. It was also the start of my acquiring of 2007 1st round picks. I had planned to takes Kevin Jones with the 2.09 I had just acquired but Peens made me an offer for it to move down:
Cstu trades: 2.09
Peens trades: 3.09; 11.09, 2007 1st
Next, I traded down again with Jeff Pasquino giving him the 3.09 from Peens:
cstu trades: 3.09
Jeff Pasquino trades: 5.02; 14.11; 2007 1st
At this point I thought I was done trading since I had picks that I liked. However, Nightshift made me an offer to trade down again for the 5.02 acquired from Jeff Pasquino:
Steel Insane (Nightshift) trades: 6.09; 2007 1st, Cstu trades: 5.02
I made one last trade down:
Cstu trades: 7.09; 11.09, WhoDat trades: 9.05; 12.08; 2007 1st
After all that, I eventually ended up with the 4.07, 4.09, 6.09 and four 2007 1st round picks for the 1.01. Even I’m not sure how I made out overall and much of it will depend on what I get in the draft next year.
Ok, time to start the draft:
1.09 - Steven Jackson, RB – I traded for this pick since there were 9 RB’s I liked and would have been happy with any of them. I was particularly happy to get Jackson since he’s the youngest non-rookie RB and a great fit in PPR.
(5 out of the next 7 picks here and the core of my draft)
(no 2nd and 3rd round picks)
4.07 - Thomas Jones – I really expected one or two of the top 5 rookie RB’s to be here so I had to go with the best RB available. His situation is ok for this year and that’s mostly what I need with the draft picks I have next year.
4.09 - Deuce McAllister – Another RB with a bad long-term situation, but I think he can hold off Bush well enough this year to put up solid stats. I’ll probably use Deuce or TJ on a matchup basis.
4.11 - Carson Palmer – this is a pick I’m still not sure about in hindsight, but I think he’ll come back 100% eventually and felt he was worth grabbing here since I didn’t pick again until round 6. This was very close to being Eli since I planned to take Eli, Shockey, and Burress, but Burress when right before me.
4.12 - Jeremy Shockey – I needed to grab a TE here and I had Shockey rated #2 behind Gates. He’s young with a good young QB and should be solid as long as he stays healthy.
5.01 - Lee Evans – I needed a WR and had a very hard time choosing Evans over Santana Moss, but I’m not a big fan of Moss and Evans seems like he’s just about to break out. This is one of those pick where you go with your gut and hope for the best, probably not the smart move but I didn’t feel right going the other way.
6.09 - Ben Roethlisberger – Having drafted Palmer, who might not be ready to start the season, I wanted to make sure I had a solid starter. I also like Ben’s upside considering how well he has done his first two years. The offense will always be limiting, but I think he’ll get more chances to throw and be good for around top 10 every year. Little downside to this guy.
(3 picks in a row here)
8.11 - Antonio Bryant – At this point I needed some WR’s and I like what Bryant has done with poor QB play. He was brought in to be the #1 WR and has the potential to put up good numbers if Smith gets it together.
8.12 - Troy Williamson – One of my guys and I thought this was a good place to grab him. He’s very talented and has a year of getting used to the NFL behind him. I liked him better than any of the rookies or the WR’s who were left.
9.01 - Chris Brown – Why not grab a 3rd RB who is expected to lose his job to a rookie? At this point, Brown was value at a position dwindling in talent. I realized that my RB’s will need an overhaul next year, so I decided to just go with a player who should be the starter to begin the season and hope for the best.
9.05 - Philip Rivers – this is the guy I wanted and I reached a little to get him. Rivers is in a great position to succeed and I think he’ll do well. A homer pick since I basically traded away LT and wanted a Charger on my team.
(no 10th and 11th round picks)
12.08 - Cedric Houston – I’ve liked Houston since watching him in the Senior Bowl last year. He’s in a great situation to take over for Martin and was worth a pick here.
13.01 - Mewelde Moore – I do think Chester Taylor will do well with the Vikings, but Moore is almost his twin and could do well if Taylor is injured. He’s also young and could be traded somewhere to be a starter.
14.11 - Isaac Bruce – I loved getting Bruce here since I think he has at least a couple good years left and he’s the first veteran WR on my team. He will be a weekly starter for me.
14.12 - Vincent Jackson – Homer pick and I think Jackson is in a great situation and has chemistry with Rivers.
15.01 - Carolina Panthers – I had the Panthers as the #1 defense in this league because the defense scoring is skewed towards INT’s (2 points for INTand 1 for sacks) and they have a great secondary.
16.12 - Brandon Marshall ® - Interesting pick for me since I wasn’t interested in drafting rookies, but at this spot I thought I’d take a chance. I almost took DD’s backup Vernand Morency, but since he is actually older than DD I just didn’t see him taking the job away from him.
17.01 - Ashley Lelie – Bit of a wild card pick hoping Lelie goes to another team and maybe figured out how to be a reliable WR. Probably a waste, but he’s experienced and has plenty of talent
18.12 - Reggie Williams – Another 1st round disappointment so far, but he’s still only 23 and 4 years younger than Wilford. These picks are sort of like throwing out a bunch of bait hoping to catch something.
19.01 - Travis Henry – Henry is sort of a joke these days but he’s still fairly young and even though he’s expected to be the 3rd string RB, anything can happen.
20.12 - Brandon Stokely – Like with Bruce, Stokely is a guy I was very happy to get. I don’t expect a lot as long as Harrison and Wayne are healthy, but there’s always that chance.
21.01 - William Green – only hoping for a trade here, preferably to the Broncos. He has talent, but he’ll either be traded and do something this year or be dropped from my team.
22.12 - Mike Hass ® - He’s a guy I like and is as sure-handed as it gets. Good friends with Reggie Bush who actually put in a good word for the Saints to draft him.
23.01 - Minnesota Vikings – I like their secondary and they seem to be an up and coming defense.
24.12 - Bubba Franks - I wanted a 2nd TE and was surprised he was still around. He's only 28 and if he can stay healthy he should be able to put up good numbers with Favre back and Walker traded.
25.01 - Mike Nugent - More of a pick for the future since at the top kickers were gone. He's got the leg so if the Jets offense picks up this year he can put up middle of the road fantasy and maybe an occasional 50 yarder.
The first trade I made was prior to the draft and it was to acquire the 1.09 pick. I had drawn the 1.01 pick in the draft, which I planned to use on LT, and saw that Jeff Pasquino wanted to trade his 1.09 and made this deal with him:
Cstu trades: 2.12 (24),3.01 (25), & 7.01 (73)
Fly Igglz Fly trades: 1.09 (9), 4.11 (47), & 8.11 (95)
I felt this was a reasonable to give up since I didn’t like the RB’s who would be available at #24. I also liked the picks in the 40ish range (4th round) and it didn’t bother me much to move down from #25 to #47.
My next trade was one I really didn’t expect to make. After the trade for the 1.09, Hawkeyeskin came to me asking if I’d trade the 1.01. Being a big Chargers fan I almost said no, but thought I’d see what the offer I’d get. Here’s the deal we agreed to:
Hawkeyeskin trades: 2.09, 4.07, 4.09, 7.09 and 2007 1st round pick
Tenacious D (cstu) trades: 1.01; 6.12; 10.12; 11.01; 12.12
This was a risky trade but one that I thought had enough value to make it worthwhile. It was also the start of my acquiring of 2007 1st round picks. I had planned to takes Kevin Jones with the 2.09 I had just acquired but Peens made me an offer for it to move down:
Cstu trades: 2.09
Peens trades: 3.09; 11.09, 2007 1st
Next, I traded down again with Jeff Pasquino giving him the 3.09 from Peens:
cstu trades: 3.09
Jeff Pasquino trades: 5.02; 14.11; 2007 1st
At this point I thought I was done trading since I had picks that I liked. However, Nightshift made me an offer to trade down again for the 5.02 acquired from Jeff Pasquino:
Steel Insane (Nightshift) trades: 6.09; 2007 1st, Cstu trades: 5.02
I made one last trade down:
Cstu trades: 7.09; 11.09, WhoDat trades: 9.05; 12.08; 2007 1st
After all that, I eventually ended up with the 4.07, 4.09, 6.09 and four 2007 1st round picks for the 1.01. Even I’m not sure how I made out overall and much of it will depend on what I get in the draft next year.
Ok, time to start the draft:
1.09 - Steven Jackson, RB – I traded for this pick since there were 9 RB’s I liked and would have been happy with any of them. I was particularly happy to get Jackson since he’s the youngest non-rookie RB and a great fit in PPR.
(5 out of the next 7 picks here and the core of my draft)
(no 2nd and 3rd round picks)
4.07 - Thomas Jones – I really expected one or two of the top 5 rookie RB’s to be here so I had to go with the best RB available. His situation is ok for this year and that’s mostly what I need with the draft picks I have next year.
4.09 - Deuce McAllister – Another RB with a bad long-term situation, but I think he can hold off Bush well enough this year to put up solid stats. I’ll probably use Deuce or TJ on a matchup basis.
4.11 - Carson Palmer – this is a pick I’m still not sure about in hindsight, but I think he’ll come back 100% eventually and felt he was worth grabbing here since I didn’t pick again until round 6. This was very close to being Eli since I planned to take Eli, Shockey, and Burress, but Burress when right before me.
4.12 - Jeremy Shockey – I needed to grab a TE here and I had Shockey rated #2 behind Gates. He’s young with a good young QB and should be solid as long as he stays healthy.
5.01 - Lee Evans – I needed a WR and had a very hard time choosing Evans over Santana Moss, but I’m not a big fan of Moss and Evans seems like he’s just about to break out. This is one of those pick where you go with your gut and hope for the best, probably not the smart move but I didn’t feel right going the other way.
6.09 - Ben Roethlisberger – Having drafted Palmer, who might not be ready to start the season, I wanted to make sure I had a solid starter. I also like Ben’s upside considering how well he has done his first two years. The offense will always be limiting, but I think he’ll get more chances to throw and be good for around top 10 every year. Little downside to this guy.
(3 picks in a row here)
8.11 - Antonio Bryant – At this point I needed some WR’s and I like what Bryant has done with poor QB play. He was brought in to be the #1 WR and has the potential to put up good numbers if Smith gets it together.
8.12 - Troy Williamson – One of my guys and I thought this was a good place to grab him. He’s very talented and has a year of getting used to the NFL behind him. I liked him better than any of the rookies or the WR’s who were left.
9.01 - Chris Brown – Why not grab a 3rd RB who is expected to lose his job to a rookie? At this point, Brown was value at a position dwindling in talent. I realized that my RB’s will need an overhaul next year, so I decided to just go with a player who should be the starter to begin the season and hope for the best.
9.05 - Philip Rivers – this is the guy I wanted and I reached a little to get him. Rivers is in a great position to succeed and I think he’ll do well. A homer pick since I basically traded away LT and wanted a Charger on my team.
(no 10th and 11th round picks)
12.08 - Cedric Houston – I’ve liked Houston since watching him in the Senior Bowl last year. He’s in a great situation to take over for Martin and was worth a pick here.
13.01 - Mewelde Moore – I do think Chester Taylor will do well with the Vikings, but Moore is almost his twin and could do well if Taylor is injured. He’s also young and could be traded somewhere to be a starter.
14.11 - Isaac Bruce – I loved getting Bruce here since I think he has at least a couple good years left and he’s the first veteran WR on my team. He will be a weekly starter for me.
14.12 - Vincent Jackson – Homer pick and I think Jackson is in a great situation and has chemistry with Rivers.
15.01 - Carolina Panthers – I had the Panthers as the #1 defense in this league because the defense scoring is skewed towards INT’s (2 points for INTand 1 for sacks) and they have a great secondary.
16.12 - Brandon Marshall ® - Interesting pick for me since I wasn’t interested in drafting rookies, but at this spot I thought I’d take a chance. I almost took DD’s backup Vernand Morency, but since he is actually older than DD I just didn’t see him taking the job away from him.
17.01 - Ashley Lelie – Bit of a wild card pick hoping Lelie goes to another team and maybe figured out how to be a reliable WR. Probably a waste, but he’s experienced and has plenty of talent
18.12 - Reggie Williams – Another 1st round disappointment so far, but he’s still only 23 and 4 years younger than Wilford. These picks are sort of like throwing out a bunch of bait hoping to catch something.
19.01 - Travis Henry – Henry is sort of a joke these days but he’s still fairly young and even though he’s expected to be the 3rd string RB, anything can happen.
20.12 - Brandon Stokely – Like with Bruce, Stokely is a guy I was very happy to get. I don’t expect a lot as long as Harrison and Wayne are healthy, but there’s always that chance.
21.01 - William Green – only hoping for a trade here, preferably to the Broncos. He has talent, but he’ll either be traded and do something this year or be dropped from my team.
22.12 - Mike Hass ® - He’s a guy I like and is as sure-handed as it gets. Good friends with Reggie Bush who actually put in a good word for the Saints to draft him.
23.01 - Minnesota Vikings – I like their secondary and they seem to be an up and coming defense.
24.12 - Bubba Franks - I wanted a 2nd TE and was surprised he was still around. He's only 28 and if he can stay healthy he should be able to put up good numbers with Favre back and Walker traded.
25.01 - Mike Nugent - More of a pick for the future since at the top kickers were gone. He's got the leg so if the Jets offense picks up this year he can put up middle of the road fantasy and maybe an occasional 50 yarder.
My team:
QB
4.11 - Carson Palmer
6.09 - Ben Roethlisberger
9.05 - Philip Rivers
RB
1.09 - Steven Jackson
4.07 - Thomas Jones
4.09 - Deuce McAllister
9.01 - Chris Brown
12.08 - Cedric Houston
13.01 - Mewelde Moore
19.01 - Travis Henry
21.01 - William Green
WR
5.01 - Lee Evans
8.11 - Antonio Bryant
8.12 - Troy Williamson
14.11 - Isaac Bruce
14.12 - Vincent Jackson
16.12 - Brandon Marshall ®
17.01 - Ashley Lelie
18.12 - Reggie Williams
20.12 - Brandon Stokely
22.12 - Mike Hass ®
TE
4.12 - Jeremy Shockey
24.12 - Bubba Franks
K
25.01 - Mike Nugent
D
15.01 - Carolina Panthers
23.01 - Minnesota Vikings
+5 extra 2007 1st round picks.
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