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Just a consideration - you have 3 guys off week 10, and you chose to roster Isabella at $6. You do have the option of combining Isabella, Enunwa, and McLaurin = $16. Then use that to upgrade from Isabella to Fitz ($12), and spend the remaining $4 on a WR not off week 10. Or, you could upgrade to Kirk, leaving you $1 to upgrade from Singletary to Duke, etc. Just a few thoughts, good luck.
I respectfully disagree - there are no RB's $9 or less that will outscore Duke Johnson this year. Sure, there may be "better" RB's, but they won't have better stats. There are a few that have a chance, but require injury or holdout to capitalize. I do think Singletary will finish strong, even without a Gore injury.
Well, by disagreeing but not listing the player, you are certainly increasing your odds, aren't you?
Same schtick as last year - posting your submissions and engaged in meaningful discussions until 48 hours before contest deadline, then becoming cryptic, claiming you hold the golden ticket. No need for grade school head games. Either discuss why your player is worth it, or say nothing. Need I remind you who your "secret weapon" at TE was last year?
On the one hand, I don't want to encourage the spat. On the other hand I think a reminder of who said TE was would be entertaining.
Barber is like the B or C player on your scramble group who puts the tee shot safely in play so your A player can go for it.
all I'm doing is encouraging people to look past the shiney objects. These guys arent so "obvious" of picks as you would think. I hold no golden ticket, just a rb and wr who will score more than the groupthink rb and wr.
I'm playing with house money this year.Jacob Hollister. Allen isnt a receiver and Gronk had his share of injuries. Unfortunately Hollister got hurt for the majority of the season. I'd make that same call again if gronk were playing this year
First off, I am sorry to have called you out. We have agreed to disagree many times before. Over the last month, you have posted a few iterations, just like everyone else, and people respond to those iterations with advice. We have helped each other as a group with bye week conflicts, team makeup, etc. Many have chosen to not post their rosters at all, and that's fine. But to be one of the people who has given and received advice, only to clam up at the end, I thought was childish. As I said, it's not that you're keeping your final submission a secret - we will all do that. I simply had a flashback, because I remembered you did the same exact thing last year. If you think there is a value pick out there, either name that player and state your case, or keep it to yourself. When you say you are very high on someone and don't say who that player is, you come across as one of those guys who refuses to name their source after spewing crucial info.
For $8 last year, Peyton was worth it. He started crappy, but from week 6 to 16, he produced double digit points 6 times. Can't ask for much more from such a cheap player. But this year he went up to $13. For that kind of dough, I want more. Imagine the kind of upgrading you could do with $13? That would get you from Vance McDonald to Travis Kelce - from Ben Roethlisberger to Patrick Mahomes - from Philip Lindsay to Alvin Kamara. Barber's value last year was due to the large volume he received. Love or hate Rojo's chances - do you expect him to get only 30 touches this year?
Now we're cooking!
This is a good discussion.
Yeah, I'm feeling undermanned with 6 guys when one of them is Gordon who has about a 5% chance of making it through the season. Still trying to move money around to add another.
Historically teams with 6 or fewer WRs tend to survive worse than average, and teams with 7+ survive better than average. I always aim for at least 7 WRs, seems like the most obvious position to sacrifice a bit of quality in favor of quantity.
Actually I think its the case for why Ben Watson is a better value than Waller. LaCosse and Izzo will have near zero production when Ben comes back from suspension. And Watson is $7.
Your comments make sense, but I'm stuck in a trap.
Duke is certainly not a player I am high on for the small roster, 10-team redraft league I play in, nor is he in any RB1 discussion in future years. But this contest is all about production vs cost for this year only. For single digit dollars, I am hoping for about 6-8 usable games, and I think Duke can do that easily. Now, we have to define "usable game". To me, I want double digits. 10 points is usable, 15 is good, and 20+ is excellent. Last year's stud, CMC, had 4 usable games, 2 good games, and 9 excellent games. RB12 for the contest turned out to be Tarik Cohen, who put up 6 unusable games, 3 usable games, 3 good games, and 3 excellent games. RB24 was Austin Ekeler with 9 unusable games, 3 usable games, 1 good game, and 2 excellent games. I think Duke will fall somewhere in between last year's Cohen and Ekeler, but closer to Ekeler. As for the HOU RB carries, I am projecting about 380 total. Last year was 367, and the year before was 396, so 380 seems fair. If we give Hyde 200, and all the other RB's 30 combined (which is also fair), that leaves 150 for Duke. And is 50 catches pushing it? This is how I have come to my 200+ touch projection. The big question - will HOU be content with their RB corps all season, or will they add another?
Last year's contest offered 14 more WR's and the bottom guys were as low as $2. This year, the contest has 110 options, and the lowest is $4, so I expect the average owner to have 1 less WR this year. Of the top 20 finishers, 6 had 6, 5 had 7, 3 had 5, 3 had 8, 2 had 4, and 1 had 9. The winner had only 4, and the other 4WR team came in 7th. High risk/high reward.Stephen Holloway said:
In 2018 I'd agree. 2019 these players are much more expensive. using a "bulk wr" 2018 strategy for 2019 is not advised imo. See Winz' post above... I think 5 is the sweet spot this yearStephen Holloway said:
OK, you asked us to test your resolve, so let's throw some 2018 numbers at you...SeniorVBDStudent said:
When Kingman retired in 1986, it was Reggie, Willie Stargell, and Tony Perez. Ironically, all 3 are in the Hall
I am proud to say I have the bottom 5 rostered. Gordon and Duke are best values.Dr. Dan said:
focusing on the wrs...
gordon wont be a 1 in that offense. Fitz could but it was clear last year he has lost a step
Looks like Vegas has the over/under on Gordon at 9.5 games.
For me, it comes down to if Gordon can get more than 75/800/5. If that's the case then I'd probably take him, but I think there's a wr around there who could get those stats
I think Vegas would have gotten more action on the prop if they put it at over/under 12.5 games.
lol. I'm back to 4 wrs. I just dont think a bunch of $12 guys are going to cut it.I’m in.
Screw best ball. I picked 18 players, mostly kickers.
And I’m getting to week 2!
