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I would wager Colston wasn't drafted by any FF team....sans a very deep dynasty.
lol "slight"?
Im in a 14 team redraft, 20 rounds. A guy drafted him in the 19th. I am a big proponent of deep leagues for this reason - anyone can pick up a guy on the waiver wire, but let's see who can really draft.
He was drafted by a team in my WCOFF league. The guy said he had a friend in the Saints' organization who thought he was going to be huge. I didn't remember who he was talking about until after the guy blew up, and by then it was too late to get him in any other league. Ouch.
The only way RB/RB is a good option is if you pick the right ones. It's no guarantee.CJ will be fine anyway. Unless you think he's only going to catch 4TD's this year (what he's on pace for).go RB/RB....thank you very much...chad johnson......for this reminder.
I took Colston in the 15th rd of a 14 team redraft league. That day of our draft I saw Dree Brees on the NFL Network saying he loved his size in the red zone. It was my last pick so WTF??
It's good to be wrong because although I may have made a mistake by passing on Colston, I still ended up getting a huge steal at 5.04.
We'll see.
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I don't think Furrey had the job locked up at the season's start, all the rave was about Bradford as the #2 at the time.Also the problem with this is you're going to get caught chasing trends. Last year the opposite was true. The random #2's didn't really show up and the aging vets (guys like Jimmy Smith, Rod Smith, Eddie Kennison) all outplayed their draft spots by quite a bit. Next year who knows which way it's going to go, or maybe it will be a mix. Don't get caught always basing it on just the one prior year.
Then again, my Steve Smith + Torry Holt in the 2nd and 3rd is looking good based on who was left of the RBs. So I don't know if a lesson was learned, per se.The only way RB/RB is a good option is if you pick the right ones. It's no guarantee.CJ will be fine anyway. Unless you think he's only going to catch 4TD's this year (what he's on pace for).go RB/RB....thank you very much...chad johnson......for this reminder.
Hey now...L.Jordan did well this week. They played two of the top defenses in their first two games. I think the biggest lesson anyone could learn EVERY year...don't overreact. Players can't be expected to score 20pts every week. You have to be patient. Well, unless you're 0-4 after this week, then you should blow up your team and never play again.
Yea the Edge/Caddy owner in my league is really happy.go RB/RB....thank you very much...chad johnson......for this reminder.
This is an unusual year for this. Last year I snagged Samie Parker and thought I was golden with the WR2 in the KC offense.
Actually, funny story. I have a buddy who I draft with in a couple of leagues. One of these leagues is a keeper league where you keep 3 players, and they cost a pick equal to the round you drafted them in +2 (so a 10th round pick costs an 8th rounder to keep). Free agents essentially keep for free (the last pick you have in the draft). Anyway, because of the keeper rules, the league tends to get pretty crazy at the end of the draft and load up on very young "upside" type guys in the hopes of getting the next stud keeper, like Antonio Gates (who keeps for a 15th at the moment), or Larry Johnson (who keeps for a 20th), or Reggie Wayne (16th).Anyway, last year we're talking as the draft progresses, and every round starting at about the 12th we say "Wow, I can't believe Galloway is still available... but I just can't bring myself to draft him over (insert young guy with upside)" and grab someone else. Galloway winds up falling through the entire draft, and then has a HUGE season. This year, around the 12th round, we start saying "Wow, I can't believe Terry Glenn is still available... but I just can't bring myself to draft him over (insert young guy with upside)". Terry Glenn winds up falling through the entire draft, and is now looking like he's going to have a HUGE season.The moral? Next year, when I say "Wow, I can't believe ____________ is still available...", there are going to be no buts about it, I'm drafting him! No more shall I be blinded by young WRs with fast 40 times and high "upsides"!
I disagree. You can wait on RB just like you can wait on WR, you just can't wait as long. There are tons of value contributers in rounds 4-10 at RB. Jamal Lewis, Corey Dillon, Frank Gore, Thomas Jones, Deuce McAllister, Ahman Green, and Laurence Maroney were all taken in the 4th round or later.Edit: 33% of last year's top-12 RBs came from the 4th round or later. You had Warrick Dunn (4th), Larry Johnson (5th), Thomas Jones (6th), and Mike Anderson (7th). Not too shabby when you consider that 18 of the first 24 picks were RBs.
It's always useful to backtest hypotheses such as this.For example take a look at the top WR's after week 1 of last year in a PPR league:
Good plan.
Edit to add.........DOH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Bostonfred stealing my info? Nice Horn pick FRED.
1 Fitzgerald, Larry ARI WR 34.52 McCardell, Keenan SDC WR 33.33 Smith, Jimmy JAC WR 324 Smith, Steve CAR WR 27.85 Jackson, Frisman CLE WR 26.86 Moss, Randy OAK WR 247 Johnson, Keyshawn CAR WR 23.58 Branch, Deion NEP WR 22.99 Holt, Torry STL WR 22.510 Booker, Marty MIA WR 21.411 Crayton, Patrick DAL WR 20.912 Johnson, Chad CIN WR 19.213 Harrison, Marvin IND WR 18.914 Burress, Plaxico NYG WR 18.615 Jackson, Darrell SEA WR 18.516 Owens, Terrell DAL WR 18.217 Battle, Arnaz SFO WR 17.918 Mason, Derrick BAL WR 17.919 Randle El, Antwaan WAS WR 17.520 Smith, Rod DEN WR 1621 Engram, Bobby SEA WR 15.922 Lloyd, Brandon WAS WR 15.523 Jurevicius, Joe CLE WR 15.424 Stokley, Brandon IND WR 15.325 Bruce, Isaac STL WR 15.126 Chambers, Chris MIA WR 15.127 McDonald, Shaun STL WR 1528 Galloway, Joey TBB WR 14.729 Walter, Kevin HOU WR 14.730 Moss, Santana WAS WR 13.6
It's been 4 weeks, I bet Colston and Furrey will be afterthoughts by week 16. Jennings has staying power thought. I wouldn't come to any conclusions on young WRs after 4 weeks.
Furrey maybe, but I'll take that bet that Colston will be an afterthought. The guy's very impressive, rookie or not.
Don't forget Edgerrin James.I won't take any highly regarded RB's that play on teams with crappy OL's. Guys like Caddy, Ronnie Brown and Jordan were all ranked in the top 10 or so RB's. I got Jordan and Caddy at 10 & 11 and so far my season has been a nightmare. Looking back I shoulda went with a top WR instead of 2 RB's in that spot.Just my opinion
The point of the thread was how to identify people at the beginning of the season (pre-season or week 1), not how to identify people at week 4. By week 4, it's too late to trade for these types at bargain basement prices.
