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Finley plus Jennings (1 Viewer)
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Someone on staff did an analysis and concluded that if you owned the #1 WR and TE in a good offense it's actually a very good hedge to get good production from at least 1 of them every week. Of course, I'm pretty sure that study used Gates and V-Jax as the centerpiece of the analysis.
leave a whisper
Footballguy
in my last online draft i took both as well.
.... im feeling good about the fact that on 90% of the weeks ill be getting 60-75% of the receiving production from Green Bay.
.... im feeling good about the fact that on 90% of the weeks ill be getting 60-75% of the receiving production from Green Bay.
owen21
Footballguy
that's a good point....
Cyclones
Footballguy
I've got both of those guys plus Rodgers in one of my leagues. Outside the bye week I feel pretty good about it.
kylechoffman
Footballguy
I drafted Austin and landed witten in the 7th round. Not thrilled about that but cant complain. So like the Jennings/ Finley situation or Wayne/ Clark or Roddy/Gonzo, anyone with those pairs should be fine week to week.
Not that that is a terrible strategy, but you can't throw that out a blanket statement. You not only have to look at the overall offensive production through the air, but also what percentage the TE and #1 WR get compared to the rest of the team. A team like Dallas and Indy are different than SD, because the Chargers don't spread it out as much as the two aforementioned teams. Now, I don't have the exact numbers, but while someone may want to jump on the Dallas-train, I would think you would be just as well off (if you wanted to follow said strategy) if you used Roddy White and Tony G from ATL...maybe less through the air overall, but those two in ATL will get the lion's share.kylechoffman said:
cr8f
Footballguy
They don't take catches off each other. If they are open they'll get the ball. Jennings is a deep threat and Finley a good 3rd down and red zone threat.This is like Wayne and Dallas Clark. There ARE enough passes to go around.Play the players that score the most points.
JamesTheScot
Footballguy
Faulty logic. If Finley and Jennings are going to cannibalize each other, it decreases their value whether you drafted both, just one, or neither. In other words, is Finley going to score more or less for you in week 4 based on whether or not you also drafted Jennings? Of course not. Finley is going to get what he gets and Jennings will get what he gets and it has nothing to do with whether you have one or both on your roster. If there's a cannibalization issue, it means you have overvalued them and you shouldn't have taken them as high. So your draft strategy shoudn't be to target or avoid same team combos, it should be to properly evaluate the cannibalization effect on their scoring potential, then rank them accordingly and then draft them accordingly. So it's a rankings concern, not a draft strategy concern. If you have over-rated them, you messed up whether you took both or only one of them. You might have messed up twice as much if you took both, but again, you messed up in your rankings, not in your draft strategy.
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The Real Hipster Doofus
Footballguy
I had targeted Jennings at the late 2nd/early 3rd range and Finley in the 4th in a recent redraft. Jennings was gone but I got Finley. Later on in the draft I took Driver as my WR3. I would have gladly taken and started Jennings, Finley and Driver. That offense is going to go off this year, I want as many players as I can get off of it.
I don't like having multiple players from the same team. It leads to too many boom or bust games. What if the Packers are facing a tough defense and Rodgers throws for zero TD's? You lower your risk of having a really bad day from both of those players by having the players come from different teams.
Resident A
Footballguy
I'd say GB is a lock to be one of the top-3 teams in points scored. Having 2 players on that team is never a bad thing.
the spanker
Footballguy
Someone drafted both of these guys in my league and it doesn't matter to me. Those two alone won't bring you a championship.
Ilov80s
Footballguy
Obviously. No 2 players are ever going to win a title by themselves, it takes a full team. Last year, a guy in my league had Chris Johnson and Ray Rice and didn't even make the playoffs! Those guys were amazing, but he was so depleted everywhere else that he struggled.
