Official 12th Draft Pick Strategy Thread (1 Viewer)

[jvdesigns2002]

In a standard league (4pts passing td) start 2RB/3WR no flex.

I think there is a lot of value moving up to 1.02 from 1.12. I would prefer staying at 1.02 which is where I have drafted from. You have several "good" strategy options to choose from since you already have one of the best RBs in the league on your team.

Imo, drafting from the 12th slot (or basically the bottom 1/4) has gotten alot harder and I think it will continue to be the case for standard scoring leagues. This is mostly a result of a NFL league wide move to more RBBC, special packages, the 2-3TE passing explosion. the 3-5 WR sets, goaline RBs A way to offset this is to move to ppr or add a flex position.

Here is an email I sent out to the owners last season:

"On a follow up I looked up the results from FFL 2006 to present and compared the top 5 scoring teams for each year w/their draft positions. I only went thru weeks 1-13 due to us having changed playoff formats and some guys not filling in lineups who missed the playoffs. I think overall points scored may be a better measure of team [SIZE=7.5pt]strength[/SIZE] than if you made the playoffs that year.

Over these 7 years if you drafted:
In positions 1-4 you had a 50% chance to be in the top 5 in scoring

In positions 9-12 you had a 15% chance to be the top 5 in scoring
In this league the last 3 years (2010-2012) though the numbers are really bad for drafting late(9-12) at 6% or 1 in 15. "

Although I find this to be really cool information--and I think it's awesome that you spent the time to kinda map out these patterns and probabilities-- I don't think that the cross section of data that you have can directly coorelate that having a later drafting position basically means that you are doomed. It's just too small of a sample size--and you're probably looking at results that are generated from the same 10-12 owners year after year (albeit their draft positions vary year to year). I've only been playing fantasy football for like 4 years now--and I play in 3-5 leagues a year-- I probably get a top 3 pick maybe 10-15 percent of the time. In the roughly 15 fantasy leagues that I have played in--I've won 5 of them--and the highest draft position that I've ever had on a championship winning team is 6th. Also--drafts are soo unexpecting--for example--my league went from a 12 team league to an 8 team league this year. I got the 6 pick--and I ended up with Doug Martin (who according to most drafts should be maybe a 3rd pick-non-ppr), With my 2nd pick--11th overall--I got cj spiller--which is not a guy that most teams with my draft position can get in the 2nd round--and even with those two guys on my team from the 6 position--I think I maybe have a 50% chance to make the playoffs. I think the point is that the draft position alone doesn't make or break anybody--it's how well thought out their strategy is during the draft to maximize their teams potential. With that being said--I still think that your numbers are crazy interesting.

 

[Bobcat10]

That data also just analyzes full drafts from one spot. I definitely think the majority of people that have #2 won't just trade their draft for the #12 draft. This year just has a little different feeling to it. I think the debate more lies within examples like this:

1.02, 2.11, 3.02, 4.11

versus

1.12, 2.01, 2.11, 3.02

With the players in the mix at the end of the 1st round, plus the uncertainty this year at 1.02 thanks to Foster and no other clear cut option, I think this is an interesting debate (and possibly a slight hijak so I apologize ahead of time).

 

[death of the cool]

had the 12th pick in a half point ppr starting 1 RB 2 WR 1 Flex

1-M.Forte

2-A.Morris

3-V.Cruz

4-M.Colston

5-D.Sproles - crazy value

6-A.Luck

7-James Jones

8-J.Cameron

9-J.Gordon

10-E.Sanders

11-Mike Floyd

12-Patriots

13-P.Dawson

14-R.Helu

Overall, we nearly mocked it perfectly through 6 rounds....Sproles fell and I have no idea why. We intended to take one of the Witten, Gonzo, Davis trio at the 5/6 turn, but they went in the 4th. I think this is about the best that you can expect out of the 12th slot if you have a decent league.

 

[kutta]

had the 12th pick in a half point ppr starting 1 RB 2 WR 1 Flex

1-M.Forte

2-A.Morris

3-V.Cruz

4-M.Colston

5-D.Sproles - crazy value

6-A.Luck

7-James Jones

8-J.Cameron

9-J.Gordon

10-E.Sanders

11-Mike Floyd

12-Patriots

13-P.Dawson

14-R.Helu

Overall, we nearly mocked it perfectly through 6 rounds....Sproles fell and I have no idea why. We intended to take one of the Witten, Gonzo, Davis trio at the 5/6 turn, but they went in the 4th. I think this is about the best that you can expect out of the 12th slot if you have a decent league.

That's not bad. i might have gone for Dez or Green instead of Morris and came back in the third with a RB instead of Cruz or Colston. But I think your team looks pretty good.

 

[nihsumi]

Like the team a lot in a ppr. I think getting Cruz this late was nice. Do u like Luck over others or were already 10+ QBs off the board at this point? Just seems alittle early for him unless you wanted to make sure he was on your team.

 

[flapgreen]

bump

 

[Ilov80s]

Best strategy off you draw pick 12 is to quit and find a new league.

 

[elbowrm]

1 PPR, 2rb, wr, 1 te, 2 w/r/t. Wasn't planning on WR/WR, but 10 rb's went in first rd.

Dez

Green

Gore

Miller

Vereen

Gronk

Romo

Vincent Brown

Michael Floyd

Blackmon

Joique Bell

Gates

K Hunter

ravens

Marlon Brown

Prater

 

[Annyong]

1-Forte

2-MJD

3-R White

4-A Johnson

5-T Smith

6-Stafford

7-R Wilson

8-Vereen

9-V Brown

10-Woodhead

11-Moreno

12-Thompkins

13-B Myers

14-Dwyer

 

[The_Fonz]

Pretty happy with this draft.

1. Arlfred Morris

2. Calvin Johnson

3. Frank Gore

4. Vincent jackson

5. Tony Gonzalez

6. Ben Roethlisberger

7. Hakkem Nicks

8. Andre Brown

9. Pats D

10. Greg Jennings

11. Vick Ballard

12. Denarius Moore

13. Blair Walsh

14. Phillip Rivers

15. Martellus Bennett

16. Reuben Randle

 

[dickey moe]

Best strategy off you draw pick 12 is to quit and find a new league.

With Forte frequently falling to 1.12, I think this spot will be well-positioned in most PPR drafts.

 

[nihsumi]

After watching a few of the Bears pre-season games. I would probably consider CJ2k at the turn over Forte. From watching their games it seems Bush is being put in once they cross into the redzone a lot. In a ppr I still might consider CJ here as well. This is just my .02 on it.

 

[steveski]

Not doing backflips over my draft last night, but I think I'll do alright:

1. (12) Matt Forte RB

2. (13) Chris Johnson RB

3. (36) Vincent Jackson WR

4. (37) Darren Sproles RB

5. (60) Robert Griffin III QB

6. (61) Giovani Bernard RB

7. (84) Stevie Johnson WR

8. (85) T.Y. Hilton WR

9. (108) Jared Cook TE

10. (109) Chris Givens WR

11. (132) Andy Dalton QB

12. (133) Joique Bell RB

13. (156) Christine Michael RB

14. (157) Green Bay DEF

15. (180) Randy Bullock K

If I expected Sproles to be there at the 3/4 turn I would have grabbed Green or Dez instead of CJ in the 2nd and then gone RB/RB in the 3/4.

 

[Voodoo Rage]

I've done two 12 teamer drafts this year one from the 11 and one from the 12 (both PPR). I really think in a ppr especially, the smart play is to attack those wide receivers. Depending on the competitiveness of your league, you can really snag some decent RB values later in the draft as a lot of those guys sit on their laurels with their 2 stud running backs. In my first league I was able to build a RB roster of Sproles, Ridley, Vereen, and DeAngelo Williams and in my 2nd league (considerably less competitive I admit) I was able to do even better with DeMarco Murray, McFadden, Bradshaw, Vereen, and DeAngelo Williams (better in that I also was able to snag Victor Cruz as a 3 and Tom Brady as my QB).

 

[The_Fonz]

Not doing backflips over my draft last night, but I think I'll do alright:

1. (12) Matt Forte RB

2. (13) Chris Johnson RB

3. (36) Vincent Jackson WR

4. (37) Darren Sproles RB

5. (60) Robert Griffin III QB

6. (61) Giovani Bernard RB

7. (84) Stevie Johnson WR

8. (85) T.Y. Hilton WR

9. (108) Jared Cook TE

10. (109) Chris Givens WR

11. (132) Andy Dalton QB

12. (133) Joique Bell RB

13. (156) Christine Michael RB

14. (157) Green Bay DEF

15. (180) Randy Bullock K

If I expected Sproles to be there at the 3/4 turn I would have grabbed Green or Dez instead of CJ in the 2nd and then gone RB/RB in the 3/4.

If Bernard pans out I think you have a decent squad. Sproles went in the 6th in my league....I was kind of surprised at that. As a guy who had Wayne last year, if I could have gotten Hilton I would have grabbed him. He will be a stud this year I think.

 

[Demian]

1 PPR drafting 1.12. Spiller fell some how (yea I know, pretty competitive league too). Decided to pass on WR since it's deep and I think it worked out. I'm happy with the team.

Stafford

Luck

CJ Spiller

CJ2K

Bryce Brown

Welker

Cruz

Tavon Austin

Britt

Greg Olsen

Eifert

 

[Texasmouth]

12 team PPR redraft (1 QB-2RB-2WR-1TE-1K-1DEF)

Here is what I ended up with going WR-WR at 1.12.

AJ Green

Dez

David Wilson

Darren McFadden

D. Richardson

Romo

A Brown

J. Cook

Britt

That is the meat of it....more depth and bench guys but that is the basic.

10 RB went off the board before me with Megatron being the only WR.

I wasnt sold on grabbing 2 2nd tier RB and then 2 2nd tier WR the next round. I think I still ended up with two 2nd tier RB with Wilson and McFadden. I am also really high on Richardson as a RB2 in a PPR.

 

[flapgreen]

Draft tonight. Leaning Aj and Marshall. rb rb 3/4. I see dropoff between 2/3 wr and 15h bigger than drop between 10ish rb and 20th

 

[flapgreen]

12 team PPR redraft (1 QB-2RB-2WR-1TE-1K-1DEF)

Here is what I ended up with going WR-WR at 1.12.

AJ Green

Dez

David Wilson

Darren McFadden

D. Richardson

Romo

A Brown

J. Cook

Britt

That is the meat of it....more depth and bench guys but that is the basic.

10 RB went off the board before me with Megatron being the only WR.

I wasnt sold on grabbing 2 2nd tier RB and then 2 2nd tier WR the next round. I think I still ended up with two 2nd tier RB with Wilson and McFadden. I am also really high on Richardson as a RB2 in a PPR.

Yep. My thoughts as well. PPR. Hope Sproles drops

 

[RandyDB]

12 Tm Start 1QB 2RB 3REC 1K 1D/ST

01.12 Matt Forte

02.01 A.J. Green

03.12 Roddy White

04.01 Lamar Miller

05.12 Torrey Smith

06.01 Matt Ryan

07.12 Darren Sproles

08.01 Cecil Shorts

09.12 Ronnie Hillman

10.01 Brian Hartline

11.12 Daniel Thomas

12.01 Cincinnati

13.12 Randy Bullock

14.01 Jonathan Stewart

15.12 Christian Ponder

 

[flapgreen]

Alright I can't even post the results of my first 2 picks in here. Was invited in a league that has been together for a few years and thought they knew what they were doing.

 

[stbugs]

I didn't love my draft out of the 12 spot yesterday, more because there were at least 5 or 6 picks where the guy I really wanted went 1 or 2 picks right before I thought I would be able to select them. It is tough to compare as it is a two keeper league, so Spiller, Morris, Martin and Richardson were gone. That said, I was shocked that 4 WRs (Julio and AJ Green were also kept) went in the first 11 picks. I honestly thought I would easily have my pick of Bryant, Thomas and Marshall. I ended up going Brees (he won me the league last year) and Chris Johnson even though I had Sproles and Morris as keepers. I was still able to get Bowe, Wayne and Nelson as my starting WRs, so I think even if you are thinking WR-WR and they go, you can stick with trying to solidy the RBs and have plenty of time to solidify your WRs.

I almost regret going early with Brees, but in our 1 pt per 20 yards and 6 points per passing TD have made the top couple QBs a lot more valuable than some of the projections look. For example, in the DD, they had Brees projected for just over 400 points even though he has topped 500 the past two years. I see potential regression, but even when he had low 30 TDs, he went over 400 points. If you have high scoring QB rules, grabbing Brees (or whoever is your top ranked QB) and a solid RB is not a bad pairing at all.

 

[James Daulton]

Through round 12 right now of my non-ppr, 6 pts all TD league, start 1 QB, 2RB, 2WR, 1TE, 1Flex RB/WR/TE. I reached for a couple of guys but overall I don't hate it so far:

Morris, Alfred WAS RB 1.12

Johnson, Chris TEN RB 2.01

Newton, Cam CAR QB 3.12

Miller, Lamar MIA RB 4.01

Gonzalez, Tony ATL TE 5.12

Smith, Torrey BAL WR 6.01

Williams, DeAngelo CAR RB 7.12

Britt, Kenny TEN WR 8.01

Tate, Golden SEA WR 9.12

Vick, Michael PHI QB 10.01

Leshoure, Mikel DET RB 11.12

James, LaMichael SFO RB 12.01

 

[32 Counter Pass]

He is either in a league full of guppies or dreaming. Speak of which, I have the 12 pick in a HS ppr league and praying for a combo of Dez and Marshall with my 1st two picks.

 

[Buckna]

Drafted from the 12 last night. PPR start 1-2-3-1 no flex:

AJ Green

Forte

Bowe

David Wilson

RG3

Gonzo

Ingram

Gordon

Blackmon

BJGE

Hopkins

Patterson

Etc...

The tier 1 RB's were all gone including Calvin, no one fell in the first round. Really wish I had passed on Forte and gone with Dez or Marshall or Graham. Only 4 or 5 RB's went after Forte in the 2nd & 3rd, there was crazy RB value left at the 3-4 turn. I had my pick of MJD, McFadden, Miller, Wilson and quite a few more. There was a run of WR's & QB's in the 2nd & 3rd and Bowe was the only one I really liked left. Not a fan of Cruz in redraft but he was there or Colston who I considered. Would much rather had 2 stud WR's and followed up with 2 RB's in hindsight. RG3 at the 5/6 was a gift IMO but I should have passed on Gonzo for a 3rd RB. Only 1 TE went after Gonzo before my next set of picks (Graham, Gronk, Witten & VD were already gone before Gonzo) but very few RB's were left available that weren't backups. Even a lot of the time share guys & rookies were gone. There is crazy WR depth late: Gordon, Blackmon, Hopkins & Patterson. I think I can easily find a very good WR3 out of that group.

 

[stbugs]

Drafted from the 12 last night. PPR start 1-2-3-1 no flex:

AJ Green

Forte

Bowe

David Wilson

RG3

Gonzo

Ingram

Gordon

Blackmon

BJGE

Hopkins

Patterson

Etc...

The tier 1 RB's were all gone including Calvin, no one fell in the first round. Really wish I had passed on Forte and gone with Dez or Marshall or Graham. Only 4 or 5 RB's went after Forte in the 2nd & 3rd, there was crazy RB value left at the 3-4 turn. I had my pick of MJD, McFadden, Miller, Wilson and quite a few more. There was a run of WR's & QB's in the 2nd & 3rd and Bowe was the only one I really liked left. Not a fan of Cruz in redraft but he was there or Colston who I considered. Would much rather had 2 stud WR's and followed up with 2 RB's in hindsight. RG3 at the 5/6 was a gift IMO but I should have passed on Gonzo for a 3rd RB. Only 1 TE went after Gonzo before my next set of picks (Graham, Gronk, Witten & VD were already gone before Gonzo) but very few RB's were left available that weren't backups. Even a lot of the time share guys & rookies were gone. There is crazy WR depth late: Gordon, Blackmon, Hopkins & Patterson. I think I can easily find a very good WR3 out of that group.

I like your team a lot. You just need to find a WR to start for weeks 1 and 2. Was Lance Moore available late? I love him this year. He is ranked (PPR) WR41 by FBGs and I got him at 9.12 (two keeper, so probably late 10th for pure redraft). He finished #21 last year in 15 games, #33 in 2011 in 14 games, #24 in 2010 (16) and #15 in 2008 (16). In 2009, he was hurt and missed too many games to be ranked. Anyway, his absolute worst year with Brees was #33 in 2011, i.e. a startable WR3. All other years, including last year, he was a WR2. For where he is getting drafted, he is a great WR4 IMHO, bye week and in your case a suspension filler.

 

[nihsumi]

I wound up with the 8th pick but I felt the guy drafting from the 12th pick did well here is his draft:

non-ppr, start 2WR/RB, 1 flex, 6pts passing tds:

Dez, Brees

ReggieWayne, VernonDavis,

DRich, Gio,

LeVon, JoshGordon,

I personally like DRich and Gio from what I have seen in preseason and think that when LeVon and Gordon are back this will be a competitive team.

 

[Buckna]

Drafted from the 12 last night. PPR start 1-2-3-1 no flex:

AJ Green

Forte

Bowe

David Wilson

RG3

Gonzo

Ingram

Gordon

Blackmon

BJGE

Hopkins

Patterson

Etc...

The tier 1 RB's were all gone including Calvin, no one fell in the first round. Really wish I had passed on Forte and gone with Dez or Marshall or Graham. Only 4 or 5 RB's went after Forte in the 2nd & 3rd, there was crazy RB value left at the 3-4 turn. I had my pick of MJD, McFadden, Miller, Wilson and quite a few more. There was a run of WR's & QB's in the 2nd & 3rd and Bowe was the only one I really liked left. Not a fan of Cruz in redraft but he was there or Colston who I considered. Would much rather had 2 stud WR's and followed up with 2 RB's in hindsight. RG3 at the 5/6 was a gift IMO but I should have passed on Gonzo for a 3rd RB. Only 1 TE went after Gonzo before my next set of picks (Graham, Gronk, Witten & VD were already gone before Gonzo) but very few RB's were left available that weren't backups. Even a lot of the time share guys & rookies were gone. There is crazy WR depth late: Gordon, Blackmon, Hopkins & Patterson. I think I can easily find a very good WR3 out of that group.

I like your team a lot. You just need to find a WR to start for weeks 1 and 2. Was Lance Moore available late? I love him this year. He is ranked (PPR) WR41 by FBGs and I got him at 9.12 (two keeper, so probably late 10th for pure redraft). He finished #21 last year in 15 games, #33 in 2011 in 14 games, #24 in 2010 (16) and #15 in 2008 (16). In 2009, he was hurt and missed too many games to be ranked. Anyway, his absolute worst year with Brees was #33 in 2011, i.e. a startable WR3. All other years, including last year, he was a WR2. For where he is getting drafted, he is a great WR4 IMHO, bye week and in your case a suspension filler.

Moore went 8.12, I took Gordon at 8.1. Now that you mention it that might have been a better (safer) pick than Gordon especially since I'm not 100% on Bowe. I like Andy Reid coming to that offense but have very little faith in Alex Smith. I much would have preferred something like Green + Dez + Wilson + Mathews (or MJD or Miller or McFadden) than what I ended up with. Also would have likely made me take a 3rd RB a little earlier too instead of taking Gonzo. Ingram & BJGE is not exactly very solid depth but I've got WR's to hopefully trade.

 

[stbugs]

Drafted from the 12 last night. PPR start 1-2-3-1 no flex:

AJ Green

Forte

Bowe

David Wilson

RG3

Gonzo

Ingram

Gordon

Blackmon

BJGE

Hopkins

Patterson

Etc...

The tier 1 RB's were all gone including Calvin, no one fell in the first round. Really wish I had passed on Forte and gone with Dez or Marshall or Graham. Only 4 or 5 RB's went after Forte in the 2nd & 3rd, there was crazy RB value left at the 3-4 turn. I had my pick of MJD, McFadden, Miller, Wilson and quite a few more. There was a run of WR's & QB's in the 2nd & 3rd and Bowe was the only one I really liked left. Not a fan of Cruz in redraft but he was there or Colston who I considered. Would much rather had 2 stud WR's and followed up with 2 RB's in hindsight. RG3 at the 5/6 was a gift IMO but I should have passed on Gonzo for a 3rd RB. Only 1 TE went after Gonzo before my next set of picks (Graham, Gronk, Witten & VD were already gone before Gonzo) but very few RB's were left available that weren't backups. Even a lot of the time share guys & rookies were gone. There is crazy WR depth late: Gordon, Blackmon, Hopkins & Patterson. I think I can easily find a very good WR3 out of that group.

I like your team a lot. You just need to find a WR to start for weeks 1 and 2. Was Lance Moore available late? I love him this year. He is ranked (PPR) WR41 by FBGs and I got him at 9.12 (two keeper, so probably late 10th for pure redraft). He finished #21 last year in 15 games, #33 in 2011 in 14 games, #24 in 2010 (16) and #15 in 2008 (16). In 2009, he was hurt and missed too many games to be ranked. Anyway, his absolute worst year with Brees was #33 in 2011, i.e. a startable WR3. All other years, including last year, he was a WR2. For where he is getting drafted, he is a great WR4 IMHO, bye week and in your case a suspension filler.

Moore went 8.12, I took Gordon at 8.1. Now that you mention it that might have been a better (safer) pick than Gordon especially since I'm not 100% on Bowe. I like Andy Reid coming to that offense but have very little faith in Alex Smith. I much would have preferred something like Green + Dez + Wilson + Mathews (or MJD or Miller or McFadden) than what I ended up with. Also would have likely made me take a 3rd RB a little earlier too instead of taking Gonzo. Ingram & BJGE is not exactly very solid depth but I've got WR's to hopefully trade.

I think I would have gone Gordon as well, maybe Moore instead of Ingram. I know some are high on him, but I think Thomas is a much better option later.

Also, in PPR, I really like Forte this year, so I think Bowe+Forte is better than Dez+Matthews. It may not end up that way because I like Dez too, but while Dez+Matthews may have some huge weeks, I think Forte+Bowe will be consistently better and shouldn't have the stinkers that Matthews could have that loses you a week. I am not totally in on Smith, but with Reid and without Cassel, Bowe should be a lot better. I had Bowe in 2010 when Cassel wasn't awful (helped having a running game with Charles working) and Bowe was awesome. The last two years with Charles gone and not quite 100%, the QB'ing got so bad it was ridiculous. Bowe was a WR2 when healthy even with the atrocious QB play. I watched Alex Smith in a few playoff games and he showed upside that the KC QBs never even showed glimpses of the past couple years. KC was getting blown out (#4 worst point differential in 2011 and #1 in 2012), yet even in garbage time they still couldn't even manage over 3000 passing yards. Cassel led the team both years with under 1800 yards passing each year. Mark Sanchez was a lot better.

 

[Mr E]

Just drafted 08/25. 0.5 PPR 12 Team Keeper.

From the 12 spot.

1.12 Matt Forte, Chi RB
2.01 Chris Johnson, Ten RB
3.12 Darren McFadden, Oak RB
4.01 Rob Gronkowski*, NE TE
5.12 T.Y. Hilton, Ind WR
6.01 Shane Vereen, NE RB
7.12 Greg Jennings, Min WR
8.01 Kenbrell Thompkins, NE WR
9.12 Chris Givens, StL WR
10.01 Jordan Cameron, Cle TE
11.12 Josh Freeman, TB QB
12.01 Knowshon Moreno, Den RB
13.12 Carson Palmer, Ari QB
14.01 Ravens D/ST D/ST
15.12 EJ Manuel, Buf QB
16.01 Vincent Brown, SD WR ** Keeper
17.12 Sebastian Janikowski, Oak K
18.01 Christine Michael, Sea RB

Waiting on a QB, I got greedy thinking Vick would fall to 9th. He went in 8th.

 

[Gravity]

For those of you still drafting, here's how mine went from the 12 spot: (12 team ppr: 1/2/2/1/1)

1.12 Forte - Love his PPR potential in the new CHI Offense

2.1 Bryant - was strongly considering Graham here until I saw Gronk seems to be ok and decided to try and get Gronk later

3.12 Murray - was the best remaining RB so I pounced.

4.1 Gronk - this was the big decision. I figured he'd never get back to me and I wanted the advantage he gives me. I almost went Bowe.

5.12 Hakeem Nicks. Don't love it but he'll be a decent WR2. WR is definitely deeper than RB.

6.1 Chris Ivory. Last of the startable RB's. If he somehow remains healthy I'll have a huge advantage

7.12 Lance Moore - Blah.

If Gronk is healthy I am very happy here. Out of the 12 hole I still grabbed 2 startable rb's with upside, A top 3 wr, and an X-Factor in Gronk. All the while landing Romo at QB

 

[stbugs]

For those of you still drafting, here's how mine went from the 12 spot: (12 team ppr: 1/2/2/1/1)

1.12 Forte - Love his PPR potential in the new CHI Offense

2.1 Bryant - was strongly considering Graham here until I saw Gronk seems to be ok and decided to try and get Gronk later

3.12 Murray - was the best remaining RB so I pounced.

4.1 Gronk - this was the big decision. I figured he'd never get back to me and I wanted the advantage he gives me. I almost went Bowe.

5.12 Hakeem Nicks. Don't love it but he'll be a decent WR2. WR is definitely deeper than RB.

6.1 Chris Ivory. Last of the startable RB's. If he somehow remains healthy I'll have a huge advantage

7.12 Lance Moore - Blah.

If Gronk is healthy I am very happy here. Out of the 12 hole I still grabbed 2 startable rb's with upside, A top 3 wr, and an X-Factor in Gronk. All the while landing Romo at QB

With Romo, I like the team a lot. I am pretty high on Romo. I only got him in 1 of 3 leagues, but he should be solid. Don't sleep on Moore, when healthy, he has put up WR2 numbers pretty consistently. I think he was #21 last year in my PPR league and I drafted him in the 10th last year. I got Moore in one league at 9.12 as my WR4, which I love. The other 2 leagues, he went in the 7th, so I never had a chance. One league I got Miles Austin at 6.4 and Moore went before my next pick, but no way I would take Moore with Austin available. The last league he went after I went Kaep at 5.12 6.12 and Bernard at 6.1 7.1 (messed up the turn, I picked 1st in this league), so again no way I would take Moore as my WR3 in a start 2 WR when those two were still there to start as my QB and Flex.

 

[skezskoz]

12 team, 0.5 PPR, 1QB/2RB/2WR/Flex/TD/K. Mixed bag, some guys who know what they're doing, some who dont. I was the 11th person to take a QB (Kaep in the 6th), but I had to take Wilson when he dropped to the 8th round.

1.12 Trent Richardson, Cle RB

2.01 Matt Forte, Chi RB
3.12 Andre Johnson, Hou WR

4.01 Vincent Jackson, TB WR
5.12 Ryan Mathews, SD RB
6.01 Colin Kaepernick, SF QB
7.12 Chris Ivory, NYJ RB

8.01 Russell Wilson, Sea QB
9.12 Vincent Brown, SD WR

10.01 Chris Givens, Stl WR
11.12 Ben Tate, Hou RB
12.01 DeAndre Hopkins, Hou WR
13.12 Dwayne Allen, Ind TE

14.01 Tampa Bay D/ST D/ST
15.12 Garrett Hartley, NO K

 

[dickey moe]

For those of you still drafting, here's how mine went from the 12 spot: (12 team ppr: 1/2/2/1/1)

1.12 Forte - Love his PPR potential in the new CHI Offense

2.1 Bryant - was strongly considering Graham here until I saw Gronk seems to be ok and decided to try and get Gronk later

3.12 Murray - was the best remaining RB so I pounced.

4.1 Gronk - this was the big decision. I figured he'd never get back to me and I wanted the advantage he gives me. I almost went Bowe.

5.12 Hakeem Nicks. Don't love it but he'll be a decent WR2. WR is definitely deeper than RB.

6.1 Chris Ivory. Last of the startable RB's. If he somehow remains healthy I'll have a huge advantage

7.12 Lance Moore - Blah.

If Gronk is healthy I am very happy here. Out of the 12 hole I still grabbed 2 startable rb's with upside, A top 3 wr, and an X-Factor in Gronk. All the while landing Romo at QB

This is a Keep 2 draft from the 1.12 spot in a 12 team PPR league (I kept Spiller and Rice):

1.12 Spiller, C.J. RB

2.01 Rice, Ray RB

3.12 White, Roddy WR

4.01Gronkowski, Rob TE

5.12 Newton, Cam QB

6.01 Vereen, Shane RB

7.12 Austin, Miles WR

8.01 Finley, Jermichael TE

9.12 Brown, Vincent WR

10.01 Floyd, Michael WR

11.12 Rodgers, Jacquizz RB

12.01 Pierce, Bernard RB

13.12 Dalton, Andy QB

14.01 Redman, Isaac RB

15.12 Washington, Nate WR

16.01 Streater, Rod WR

17.12 Pead, Isaiah RB

18.01 Kerley, Jeremy WR

19.12 KForbath, Kai K

20.01 Giants, New York D/ST

I also couldn't pass up Gronk at 4.01. For some reason Cam fell to the end of the 5th, which I love in this league (4 pt passing TDs, 6 pt rushing TDs). My starting WRs are kinda weak, but I hope I can make up for it with RB and TE strength.

 

[Wadsworth]

I went upside-down from the 12 spot in a standard dynasty start up and ended up with AJ/Dez and then Cam/RG3. My RBs are a project, but value wise I love who I got.

 

[andyz]

I had 12th pick (14 teamer) and landed team below. Unless everyone listens to all the podcasts you inevitably get people who take Brees and Rodgers in Round 1 (not saying that is bad) so you get stud RBs. Foster fell b/c people were worried about his injury and playing time.

QB: Colin Kaepernick

RB: Arian Foster, Stevan Ridley, Chris Ivory, Ben Tate, Kendall Hunter

WR: Andre Johnson, Jordy Nelson, Miles Austin, Greg Jennings, Golden Tate, Rueben Randle

TE: Brandon Pettigrew

PK: Dan Bailey

TD: Green Bay Packers

The only downside is QB then gets think early so you need to be able to adjust unless you want Ponder as your starter. I went in thinking I could get value in round 6 for QB but people were snatching backup qbs early so I panicked and took Kaep in the 5th. So my mission is to try and trade Randle for a backup QB