Chaka's League Uno Draft Post Mortem:
CeeDee - No brainer. My number one overall player and someone I did not expect to fall to four. No shade, that's just how I saw it. I was upset the draft did not start with CeeDee, Chase & Bijan going 1, 2, 3 because, hand to God, I would have taken Jeanty. And my team name was going to be The Jeantynauts complete with a logo of The Juggernaut in a #2 Raiders uni.
J.Taylor - Not thrilling but I did view him as the BPA and I didn't think he, or Kyren would come back to me.
Kyren - With Allen and Lamar off the board this was pretty much a no brainer to me. He's not flashy but he's a 300+ touch RBs with 15 TD upside. Smash pick.
Chuba - My first gut check. I thought I was going to go WR here but I saw the next few as interchangeable (DJ, Sutton & McLaurin) and I was gambling that Jameson would make it back to me.
Jamo - CHA CHING!!! Couldn't be happier...#### was he just suspended again???
Jeudy - I spent a lot of time looking at his stats with various QBs last year and, with Jameis gone, Jeudy's downside is ugly. But, I do think he was BPA at this point.
T.Tracy - This was a real pivot point and it changed my entire draft. I was strongly leaning towards Nix, and I may live to regret not drafting him. But, I read enough news in the Tracy & Skataboo threads to convince me that Tracy's hold on the job is secure, he will have a lot of runway and should see 250+ touches. In the moment that felt like more value than going QB.
Olave -
@DA RAIDERS , sniped me on Mark Andrews, which had reverberating impact on the rest of my draft. And seeing Travis Etienne fall here made me really question my gamble on Tracy. So, Olave is, technically, the BPA by a good margin at this point. Hate his team, hate his QBs, hate his injury history but, I didn't see another player with a higher ceiling at this point.
Kyle Pitts - Seeing only two TEs come off the board between this and my next pick hurt. Apparently Pitts's star has fallen far enough that he may have made it back to me. I gambled that Dak or Goff would make it back to me instead. I didn't expect
@Houston turmOiler to take a second QB this early. That being said, I needed a TE and there were a bunch of 50-ish catch, 550 yard-ish guys on the board. Pitts is also one of those guys and I still, possibly foolishly, view his ceiling as the highest among them.
Caleb & JJ - In retrospect, I should have take JJ McCarthy here because I would have been more disappointed to lose out on him than Caleb. But I got both and I'm reasonably okay with that. But, on paper I have the worst QB room in League Uno. I honestly believe any QB in O'Connell's system will throw for 4,000+ yards and 30 TDs so JJ is safe floor option, IMO, with great upside. Caleb is a huge gamble, I have questioned his mental toughness multiple times but, his physical tools are upper tier, he has great skill position players around him and I love Ben Johnson as his coach (another question mark). I expect a slow start out of the gate and for things to turn around in a big way around week six.
Corum - Seems like a good upside insurance policy for Kyren.
Bateman - After
@DA RAIDERS sniped QJ the round before (I still would have taken Corum and I bet QJ would make it back to me here). I strongly considered hedging my QB bet again with Jordan Love here but that would have been foolish, IMO. I think taking Bateman was the right move. He isn't a high volume guy, has a lot of trouble staying on the field and is a better fantasy bet in Best Ball formats but, he's a big play guy with a great deep ball QB who isn't afraid to put up 50/50 balls to him.
Rico - I'm pretty confident he is the right insurance policy for Chuba.
D.Thornton - Another misplayed gamble. I was hoping the Texans Defense would make it back to me. That was foolish and I should have seen how unlikely that possibility was. But if you do a real deep level analysis of this pick...
GO RAIDERS!!!
Richardson - Gotta admit, I was just shocked he fell this far. Has he fallen so far that he would he have gone undrafted? This guy was a consensus top 5 fantasy QB last year and there may not be a player in the league with more upside. Dude just can't stay on the field... or throw the ball... Whatever, 16th round pick.
Mayer - He'll probably be a roster churn casualty at some point. But 1)
GO RAIDERS!!! and 2) I really love all the reports I have seen about him this off season. He's a really talented guy and is apparently locked in. I could see one of those weird low volume/high TD seasons
like 37 receptions and 9 TDs.
GO RAIDERS!!! After I missed out on the Texans I knew I would be streaming D's. I like the Raiders week one matchup so... y'know.