ChazChillington
Footballguy
I have the 12th pick in a 12 team half ppr league. I am losing sleep over who to keep for my team this year. I can keep Kamara in the 1st Round with the #12 overall pick or I can keep Conner at 6.1.
The knee jerk thought is Conner!!!! 1st/2nd round RB in the 6th round?!?!? No brainer, case closed. Hear me out.
I want to hear from y'all whether I am crazy to consider Kamara at 12th overall. I think Kamara is going to be the #1 RB this year. He lost his running buddy and Murray is nothing more than a veteran journeyman at this point. Looking at last years scoring there was a massive drop off between RB1 and 2 & 3, and a big drop off again below that. So getting a good crack at the #1 scorer in fantasy this year with the 12th pick seems like a decent swing for the fences. Factor in injury as well, Conner missed time in his only season as a starter in the NFL also consider he missed time the year prior recovering from cancer (probably shouldn't be weighted, but at least need to throw that out there) Kamara hasn't missed any games yet in 2 years and has been a stud both years.
Roster construction:
With Conner I could easily employ a no RB strategy in the 1st 4 rounds and ideally end up with a roster looking like (OBJ/Jones/Thomas/Hill, Diggs/J.Gordon/Moore) Round out my RB's with Conner + Carson/White/Duke Johnson/ Josh Jacobs or something else.
With Kamara I would be a bit more balanced if not heavy RB: Kamara+ Gurley/OBJ/Jones/Thomas, 2&3: Kerryon Johnson/Fournette,Diggs/Moore/J.Gordon 5&6: Carson/Boyd/Landry/Williams
My best judgement is I will be deeper and more balanced with Conner as my keeper, but I think I have a higher ceiling but more risk with Kamara.
The knee jerk thought is Conner!!!! 1st/2nd round RB in the 6th round?!?!? No brainer, case closed. Hear me out.
I want to hear from y'all whether I am crazy to consider Kamara at 12th overall. I think Kamara is going to be the #1 RB this year. He lost his running buddy and Murray is nothing more than a veteran journeyman at this point. Looking at last years scoring there was a massive drop off between RB1 and 2 & 3, and a big drop off again below that. So getting a good crack at the #1 scorer in fantasy this year with the 12th pick seems like a decent swing for the fences. Factor in injury as well, Conner missed time in his only season as a starter in the NFL also consider he missed time the year prior recovering from cancer (probably shouldn't be weighted, but at least need to throw that out there) Kamara hasn't missed any games yet in 2 years and has been a stud both years.
Roster construction:
With Conner I could easily employ a no RB strategy in the 1st 4 rounds and ideally end up with a roster looking like (OBJ/Jones/Thomas/Hill, Diggs/J.Gordon/Moore) Round out my RB's with Conner + Carson/White/Duke Johnson/ Josh Jacobs or something else.
With Kamara I would be a bit more balanced if not heavy RB: Kamara+ Gurley/OBJ/Jones/Thomas, 2&3: Kerryon Johnson/Fournette,Diggs/Moore/J.Gordon 5&6: Carson/Boyd/Landry/Williams
My best judgement is I will be deeper and more balanced with Conner as my keeper, but I think I have a higher ceiling but more risk with Kamara.