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Let's talk about drafting from 7th spot (1 Viewer)
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turleyfan
Footballguy
Ok, my draft went down last night. And even though I think this thread has pretty much run its course (easy for me to say now that my draft is done), I thought I would go ahead and confirm several trends that held up.
12 team league, 1 QB / 2 RB / 2 WR / 1 Flex / 1 TE / 1 DST / 1 PK, 15 rounds. I would consider this group to be fairly astute on the whole, with a couple of weaker players.
FWP in Round One (could have had Travis Henry, Manning, Rudi, or Westbrook as well)
16 RB's had been taken by the time 2.06 rolled back around, so it was an easy choice to go WR (Chad) there
I thought that would start a WR run, so that I could consider another back in Round 3. It didn't. So while Portis was available at 3.07, I passed on him and took Fitzgerald instead. Gates went two picks later at 3.09. I just couldn't go that route.
And in the first shocker of the night, Portis was still there at 4.06, where I was happy to land him. All those early RB's meant that in rounds 3 and 4, people were picking up other positions. Only two backs (Jacobs and Cadillac) went off the board in round 3.
This meant everybody except me had a QB by the beginning of round 6, so I took Kitna in Round 7.My most important takeaway here was that the value was in WR's, and my full team (see below) reflects this. I anticipated this, based on what I read here. Thanks to everyone who has participated in this thread. Good luck to those of you with drafts still to come.
7 Willie Parker (RB PIT)
18 Chad Johnson (WR CIN)
31 Larry Fitzgerald (WR ARI)
42 Clinton Portis (RB WAS)
55 Jerious Norwood (RB ATL)
66 Santana Moss (WR WAS)
79 Jon Kitna (QB DET)
90 Brandon Jackson (RB GB)
103 Chris Cooley (TE WAS)
114 Isaac Bruce (WR STL)
127 DST Cowboys (DST DAL)
138 Greg Jennings (WR GB)
151 DST Panthers (DST CAR)
162 Jason Hanson (K DET)
175 Jason Campbell (QB WAS)
12 team league, 1 QB / 2 RB / 2 WR / 1 Flex / 1 TE / 1 DST / 1 PK, 15 rounds. I would consider this group to be fairly astute on the whole, with a couple of weaker players.
FWP in Round One (could have had Travis Henry, Manning, Rudi, or Westbrook as well)
16 RB's had been taken by the time 2.06 rolled back around, so it was an easy choice to go WR (Chad) there
I thought that would start a WR run, so that I could consider another back in Round 3. It didn't. So while Portis was available at 3.07, I passed on him and took Fitzgerald instead. Gates went two picks later at 3.09. I just couldn't go that route.
And in the first shocker of the night, Portis was still there at 4.06, where I was happy to land him. All those early RB's meant that in rounds 3 and 4, people were picking up other positions. Only two backs (Jacobs and Cadillac) went off the board in round 3.
This meant everybody except me had a QB by the beginning of round 6, so I took Kitna in Round 7.My most important takeaway here was that the value was in WR's, and my full team (see below) reflects this. I anticipated this, based on what I read here. Thanks to everyone who has participated in this thread. Good luck to those of you with drafts still to come.
7 Willie Parker (RB PIT)
18 Chad Johnson (WR CIN)
31 Larry Fitzgerald (WR ARI)
42 Clinton Portis (RB WAS)
55 Jerious Norwood (RB ATL)
66 Santana Moss (WR WAS)
79 Jon Kitna (QB DET)
90 Brandon Jackson (RB GB)
103 Chris Cooley (TE WAS)
114 Isaac Bruce (WR STL)
127 DST Cowboys (DST DAL)
138 Greg Jennings (WR GB)
151 DST Panthers (DST CAR)
162 Jason Hanson (K DET)
175 Jason Campbell (QB WAS)
swirvenirvin
Footballguy
That is sick that Portis fell that far
turleyfan
Footballguy
Here's the thing, though... I have read some threads here about people who claim to be getting him in the 5th and 6th rounds. As far as drafting from the 7th spot, I guess my point is that going RB WR WR turned out to be the right call, because the RB depth (in this case, Portis) in middle of the 4th round wasn't appreciably different from what was available at the end of round 2.
As you can see, my league was similar. By the time pick 2.06 came around, there was only one RB left in my top 4 tiers (Maurice Drew), but 4 WR's (out of 6) left in my top tier. And, QB's flew off the board late 2nd/early 3rd.The value was truly at WR this year. If Drew had been picked (and based off how the draft went, I think he should have) before my 2nd Rd. pick, I'd have gone WR in the 2nd. But, with Drew all alone in his tier, and most of the top WR's still available to me in the second round, I had a good feeling I'd get a very good WR in the 3rd, but have a bad RB2 in the 3rd if I passed on Drew.turleyfan said:
I just had my draft, and I had the 5th pick in a standard point system, 10 team league. I went w/ Alexander at 5 (top 4 were LT, SJax, LJ, Gore), and was really happy when Henry fell to me at 16. My next pick wasn't until 30 due to the fact that I traded my first 2 rounds, so I took Bulger (as the top 4 QB's were already gone) and Javon Walker at 31 overall (4.1) Was able to grab Heap as my TE, and Vincent Jackson, Lav. Coles, and Mark Clayton as my 4 WR's, Denver D, and Cadillac as my 3rd RB.
As for my thought process in taking Alexander at 5, I was simply a little nervous w/ Addai and his inexperience. Alexander should be healthy this year, and has proven that he can be a workhorse...Addai has yet to prove that. I am not a believer in taking a QB this early, so Manning wasn't even a consideration.
As for my thought process in taking Alexander at 5, I was simply a little nervous w/ Addai and his inexperience. Alexander should be healthy this year, and has proven that he can be a workhorse...Addai has yet to prove that. I am not a believer in taking a QB this early, so Manning wasn't even a consideration.
