I had 4 QBs targetted for my draft (1 Viewer)

[Deuce'sWild]

I went into this years draft wanting to land 2 of 4 QBs for my team.

- Plummer

- Delhomme

- Bledsoe

- Brooks

Two of them have lost their jobs, and the other two have been miserable. I was sure at least two of these guys would be solid, based on their weapons and opportunity.

Boy was I wrong.

Never too early to look at next year. Who are the QBs you'll be targetting as later round picks who can produce good numbers. Obviously, I need some help.

 

[Doug B]

Never too early to look at next year. Who are the QBs you'll be targetting as later round picks who can produce good numbers. Obviously, I need some help.

If the Cardinals can improve their offensive line play even modestly, Matt Leinart is in an excellent situation to succeed.

 

[fsufan]

I think the draft QBs late has always been a draft strategy.

 

[packersfan]

I think the draft QBs late has always been a draft strategy.

I'm torn on this one. In recent years I have sided more and more with the belief that having your QB1 be someone you can count on week in and week out was the way to go. Getting someone like Brady who you rarely had to worry about, for example, was worth its weight in gold at the quarterback position in my opinion. He may not always go off but he played each week and his floor was typically more than enough production to satisfy what I was looking for in a worst-case scenario.But this year, I ended up snagging Brees very late and obviously he's panned out in a huge way. However, I think the chances of finding the No. 1 or No. 2 QB in fantasy with a late-round pick as I did this season isn't exactly the method one should take in terms of targeting the QB position. Brees, for example, was the 13th QB on my list of QBs who I felt comfortable with as my QB1 this season. He was the last guy on that list available in my draft and if he had been gone I would've held off on taking a QB at that point in the draft. Brees was there and as luck would have it, he's been outstanding (and yes I believe A LOT of that is pure luck). Assuming I don't keep Brees (or Rivers who is now my QB2), I will likely go into next year's draft looking to target my QB1 in the fourth or fifth round which is what I had done the previous two years. Even though I hit big with Brees late this year I'm not sure banking on that is the way to go. I like the peace of mind of having a QB1 who I don't have to worry about and typically the best way to do that is to grab one of the top QBs.

 

[thayman]

I think the draft QBs late has always been a draft strategy.

I'm torn on this one. In recent years I have sided more and more with the belief that having your QB1 be someone you can count on week in and week out was the way to go. Getting someone like Brady who you rarely had to worry about, for example, was worth its weight in gold at the quarterback position in my opinion. He may not always go off but he played each week and his floor was typically more than enough production to satisfy what I was looking for in a worst-case scenario.But this year, I ended up snagging Brees very late and obviously he's panned out in a huge way. However, I think the chances of finding the No. 1 or No. 2 QB in fantasy with a late-round pick as I did this season isn't exactly the method one should take in terms of targeting the QB position. Brees, for example, was the 13th QB on my list of QBs who I felt comfortable with as my QB1 this season. He was the last guy on that list available in my draft and if he had been gone I would've held off on taking a QB at that point in the draft. Brees was there and as luck would have it, he's been outstanding (and yes I believe A LOT of that is pure luck). Assuming I don't keep Brees (or Rivers who is now my QB2), I will likely go into next year's draft looking to target my QB1 in the fourth or fifth round which is what I had done the previous two years. Even though I hit big with Brees late this year I'm not sure banking on that is the way to go. I like the peace of mind of having a QB1 who I don't have to worry about and typically the best way to do that is to grab one of the top QBs.

I completely agree. I bought into the late QB pickup, unfortunatly I took Plummer over Brees. Next year I will go ahead and try and pick up the sure fire safe QB, and gamble with my WRs.

 

[fsufan]

I think the draft QBs late has always been a draft strategy.

I'm torn on this one. In recent years I have sided more and more with the belief that having your QB1 be someone you can count on week in and week out was the way to go. Getting someone like Brady who you rarely had to worry about, for example, was worth its weight in gold at the quarterback position in my opinion. He may not always go off but he played each week and his floor was typically more than enough production to satisfy what I was looking for in a worst-case scenario.But this year, I ended up snagging Brees very late and obviously he's panned out in a huge way. However, I think the chances of finding the No. 1 or No. 2 QB in fantasy with a late-round pick as I did this season isn't exactly the method one should take in terms of targeting the QB position. Brees, for example, was the 13th QB on my list of QBs who I felt comfortable with as my QB1 this season. He was the last guy on that list available in my draft and if he had been gone I would've held off on taking a QB at that point in the draft. Brees was there and as luck would have it, he's been outstanding (and yes I believe A LOT of that is pure luck). Assuming I don't keep Brees (or Rivers who is now my QB2), I will likely go into next year's draft looking to target my QB1 in the fourth or fifth round which is what I had done the previous two years. Even though I hit big with Brees late this year I'm not sure banking on that is the way to go. I like the peace of mind of having a QB1 who I don't have to worry about and typically the best way to do that is to grab one of the top QBs.

there are always going to be exceptions to the rule like Bress this year, Palmer last year. But I would rather draft a QB in the 2nd round I can count on week in week out like Palmer, Peyton. McNabb

 

[videoguy505]

I thought I could wait this year, but it didn't work out well. My 3 drafted QBBC members were Brooks, Brunell, and Plummer :X . All were "upside" guys mentioned here and elsewhere. Heavy WW work to keep afloat is required whenever any draft strategy goes bad--and the season is almost always salvageable if action is taken early.

 

[TheLastDispatch]

I'm with you. I was targeting Brooks and Culpepper.

Lucky for me I ended up grabbing Mcnabb who was silly value in something like the 8th round. Well, it was lucky till he got hurt anyway.

 

[Gargoylez]

I think the draft QBs late has always been a draft strategy.

Favre, Brees, McNabb, Kitna... All very Capable Fantasy starters. They werent drafted until 8-9th round.Its not a BS draft strategy if you have confidence in your forecasting. I took Favre 9th round. I took pennington 19th round. Favre could start and Pennington would be a nice fill if it came to that.It's the only way I have drafted over the past 3 years, and I have a accumulated record of 29-11.

 

[Tong Po]

I think the draft QBs late has always been a draft strategy.

I agree. In the league I made the playoffs in... 4 of the 6 playoff teams have one of the Top 6 QBs... and one of the 2 teams that doesn't... has Tomlinson.In a league I just missed the playoffs in... my only weak spot was QB... and that was because I waited until Round 10 to draft one. Won't make that mistake again.

 

[Mootej]

The key is to draft the value QB before the other guys. For some of the leagues, QB's drop off the board like flies in rounds 2-3. When you consider the dropoff from round 2 to 3 or 3 to 4, drafting a QB early is not a bad plan in these leagues.

I set up Draft Dominator with a custom ADP based on owner drafting tendencies over the last few years. It worked GREAT. I got solid QB's at the right time.

 

[cstu]

That's a lot of bad luck, but I'd still rather take a few QB's in the 8th+ rounds rather than waste an early pick on one.

The way I look at it is that there are 32 guys who have to start and about 20 that have a decent shot at being in the top 10. Since only 12 will be starting that gives you good odds in the later rounds of hitting a winner - at least compared to the RB's and WR's in the later rounds.

You just had some bad luck with the guys you chose this year, it happens.