Keeper decision (1 Viewer)

[bluewhite15]

I'm in a 12 team auction league, 200 dollar budget, 0.5 ppr.  We can have one keeper, and my two choices are between Hunt at $29 and David Johnson at $71.  I originally was leaning towards Hunt at $29, but the more i think about it, the more I like Johnson at $71.  I don't think Hunt is a viable RB1, but $29 is more than I would want to spend at the RB2 position.  With Johnson, I feel like I can take a lower ranked RB for the RB2 position and focus on getting two good wide receivers.  Would love to hear people's opinion.

 

[Ajsmith732]

I've never done an auction draft so feel free to completely ignore my advice lol.

I guess what I'd want to know is how much do you anticipate people like Gurley, Zeke, DJ, etc. going for this year? Is $71 a pretty significant discount to what you think DJ would go for this year? I legitimately have no clue what the answer to those questions are but that's what I'd be thinking about (and you probably already are too). 

$29 feels like a pretty dang good deal on Hunt. I understand your reservations on him, and I feel like his 2018 season will look more like the second half of his 2017 season than his first half, but IMO he's still a solid RB1. I understand you may not love him as your RB1, but as someone with zero auction experience, I feel like thats a good deal. 

 

[beerbuff]

I'd go Hunt.

 

[Gawain]

I've never done an auction draft so feel free to completely ignore my advice lol.

I guess what I'd want to know is how much do you anticipate people like Gurley, Zeke, DJ, etc. going for this year? Is $71 a pretty significant discount to what you think DJ would go for this year? I legitimately have no clue what the answer to those questions are but that's what I'd be thinking about (and you probably already are too). 

$29 feels like a pretty dang good deal on Hunt. I understand your reservations on him, and I feel like his 2018 season will look more like the second half of his 2017 season than his first half, but IMO he's still a solid RB1. I understand you may not love him as your RB1, but as someone with zero auction experience, I feel like thats a good deal. 

I think your total cost will be less keeping Hunt and rebuying DJ than keeping DJ and rebuying Hunt. I think DJ should go for less than $71 and I know that Hunt will go for more than $29.

 

[bluewhite15]

I think your total cost will be less keeping Hunt and rebuying DJ than keeping DJ and rebuying Hunt. I think DJ should go for less than $71 and I know that Hunt will go for more than $29.

Yeah, at the end of the day i elected to keep hunt for this very reason.  I can probably get someone like Zeke or Barkley for cheaper than 71, but Hunt at 29 is too good a value to pass up, even though i'm not sold on him after how he played in the second half of last year.