I sampled Osceola's last 50 winning teams from July 29 to when registration closed to see what his general strategy was. First off, almost 100% he went 3QB/6RB/7WR/2TE/2D for roster distribution. By luck of draw he drafted 1-3 19 times, 4-6 10 times, 6-9 16 times, and 10-12 5 times. Only once did he draft a RB with picks 1-6 (Gurley at 4). Following the general trend, he went RB after the top 5 ADP WR's were gone. I know the numbers don't jibe with Broadway's QB/TE distribution, but it seemed to work for him. His general trends by position were:
QB- Almost exclusively he drafted 2 QBs back to back in the 9-11 range going heavy with a combinations of Cousins (21x), Stafford (16),Bortles (15),and Ben (14). He picked up 3rd QB in the 13-15 range with the likes of Smith, Tannehill, Fitz, etc. Only 4 times did he digress from this strategy picking Cam twice in the 5th, Luck once at 6, and Wilson once at 7. No Rodgers, Brees, and only had Ryan once at 14.
RB- Somewhat interesting that once he had his first 2 RBs, he seemed to not invest in PPR types in the middle rounds. No Gio, Duke, Sims. Riddick twice, and Woodhead once. Filled out the position in late rounds with guys like Kelley (12x), T. West (22x) and Hightower (13x). In 27 of the 50 drafts he went with combos of Freeman/Coleman, Ingram/Hightower, Murray/Henry, and Bell/DWill. Of the 21 times he drafted later than 6, he hit gold with DJ or Zeke 17 times. Gurley and Miller once. No APs, or Charles.
WR - In the middle rounds when others were filling out RB spot he was filling out his WRs. Really heavy on T Benjamin (22x), Garcon (21x) and Rishard Matthews (19x). He seemed to really target these guys and didn't hesitate going a round or two early on them.
TE - Went with Gronk twice in 2nd, but almost exclusively went the Reed, Olsen, Walker, Fleener route in rounds 4-7, and picked up 2nd tight end late. Picked up Rudolph a whopping 27 out of 50 drafts in rounds 15-18.
DST - Never drafted one earlier than 15. Occasionally would do so then with Chief/Viking types, but did a lot of Eagle/Giant types at 17 or 18 and filled out last spot at 20.
So...conclusions? Nothing earth-shattering. He didn't reinvent the wheel or anything, but was extremely disciplined in roster construction. After 1st round he didn't lock himself into anything but just picking up best available. Just real solid and seemed to have guys that he targeted and didn't mind reaching a bit for, but also knew he didn't HAVE to have them.
As far as pertaining to 2017? I'm thinking the landscape will change somewhat in that the general public will swing back to not going WR crazy as much as this year, but the general roster construction, waiting on QBs, etc. will still be solid ways to approach draft.
If any of you would like the excel spreadsheet of the 50 drafts...PM me with your email and I'll get it to you.
Edit: Trivial, but he used a different team name almost every time. Just seemed to pick something out of the hat, or used a friend's name (male or female). Did use the name Mike H. twice.
