Picking from the middle (1 Viewer)

[Deuce'sWild]

This is one of the most debated items I've seen this preseason, who to take in the middle rounds. If you're picking at #5 or #6, do you buck the trend and pick a WR first and then load up on RBs later, or do you take the stud RB early and find WR value later.

There seems to be a lot of RBs in RBBC this year, so getting a guy like Gore or Turner would prove valuable. However, there is also a lot of RB depth this year, with guys like De Will, Grant, Thomas, Moreno, and etc falling to the 2nd round and 3rd round, respectively....and guys like Portis, Jacobs, Foster, Hightower, etc that could be major contributors and can be drafted late.

Like to see some thought on this and see how the poll shakes out on who is doing what with this.

 

[shredhead]

This is one of the most debated items I've seen this preseason, who to take in the middle rounds. If you're picking at #5 or #6, do you buck the trend and pick a WR first and then load up on RBs later, or do you take the stud RB early and find WR value later.

There seems to be a lot of RBs in RBBC this year, so getting a guy like Gore or Turner would prove valuable. However, there is also a lot of RB depth this year, with guys like De Will, Grant, Thomas, Moreno, and etc sometimes falling to the 2nd round....and guys like Portis, Jacobs, Foster, Hightower, etc that could be major contributors and can be drafted late.

Like to see some thought on this and see how the poll shakes out on who is doing what with this.

This is one of the most debated items I've seen this preseason, who to take in the middle rounds. If you're picking at #5 or #6, do you buck the trend and pick a WR first and then load up on RBs later, or do you take the stud RB early and find WR value later.

There seems to be a lot of RBs in RBBC this year, so getting a guy like Gore or Turner would prove valuable. However, there is also a lot of RB depth this year, with guys like De Will, Grant, Thomas, Moreno, and etc sometimes falling to the 2nd round....and guys like Portis, Jacobs, Foster, Hightower, etc that could be major contributors and can be drafted late.

Like to see some thought on this and see how the poll shakes out on who is doing what with this.

 

[Deuce'sWild]

This is one of the most debated items I've seen this preseason, who to take in the middle rounds. If you're picking at #5 or #6, do you buck the trend and pick a WR first and then load up on RBs later, or do you take the stud RB early and find WR value later.

There seems to be a lot of RBs in RBBC this year, so getting a guy like Gore or Turner would prove valuable. However, there is also a lot of RB depth this year, with guys like De Will, Grant, Thomas, Moreno, and etc sometimes falling to the 2nd round....and guys like Portis, Jacobs, Foster, Hightower, etc that could be major contributors and can be drafted late.

Like to see some thought on this and see how the poll shakes out on who is doing what with this.

LOL. Didn't come thru the first time, it should be up now.

 

[shredhead]

This is one of the most debated items I've seen this preseason, who to take in the middle rounds. If you're picking at #5 or #6, do you buck the trend and pick a WR first and then load up on RBs later, or do you take the stud RB early and find WR value later.

There seems to be a lot of RBs in RBBC this year, so getting a guy like Gore or Turner would prove valuable. However, there is also a lot of RB depth this year, with guys like De Will, Grant, Thomas, Moreno, and etc sometimes falling to the 2nd round....and guys like Portis, Jacobs, Foster, Hightower, etc that could be major contributors and can be drafted late.

Like to see some thought on this and see how the poll shakes out on who is doing what with this.

LOL. Didn't come thru the first time, it should be up now.

LOL, it's there now. I voted Gore, I have the 5th pick in a somewhat old fashioned scoring system (non PPR, no flex, start 2RB, 2WR) RB's still have a lot more importance than WR's in this league in my opinion, so I'm going with the RB. Couldn't fault anyone for going with Turner either, or AJ in a more WR friendly scoring league. I am steering clear of SJax due to his lower TD totals of the last few years.

 

[rifkin]

Frank Gore is going to be a stud this year. They've rebuilt that OLine to be nasty and to run.

 

[Ghost Rider]

I wouldn't dream of taking Jackson in the middle of the first round. Yes, he is one of the best five RBs in the NFL in real terms, but as a fantasy guy, he doesn't score enough and he is too much of an injury risk to take in the middle of the first round.

 

[Nagle2998]

Frank Gore is going to be a stud this year. They've rebuilt that OLine to be nasty and to run.

This is my thought also and I think Smith, Crabtree and Davis will make the defenses much more honest then they have been for most of Gore's career. In a non or limited ppr I might even go Gore over Rice but Gore would be my 5th choice no matter what the scoring system. After Gore though I think the pick gets much harder and it would be determined by scoring system.

 

[two_dollars]

I'm picking 6th in PPR.

I am expecting CJ, ADP, MJD, and Rice to go top 4.

If the guy at 5 takes Gore I'll take AJ, if he takes AJ I'll take Gore.

 

[MongoL3]

I'm picking 6th in PPR. I am expecting CJ, ADP, MJD, and Rice to go top 4. If the guy at 5 takes Gore I'll take AJ, if he takes AJ I'll take Gore.

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[KingEl]

I'm picking 6th in PPR. I am expecting CJ, ADP, MJD, and Rice to go top 4. If the guy at 5 takes Gore I'll take AJ, if he takes AJ I'll take Gore.

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I'm in exact same position too.. My feeling is after Gore or AJ- from 7-10 in my ppr league- nearly all the owners may go WR/WR at the turn. Maybe 1 RB like Turner goes. At 15 I could be looking at a second tier WR, or I could go for a second RB and load up on WR's rnd 3-5 or so... Does this make sense, where a bunch of guys "zig" by going heavy WR, I go "zag" and RB heavy? I think a Gore,Jackson combo + 2 decent WR's might be as strong as 2 stud WR's and 2 midrange RB's... esp in the RBBC era-

 

[Hipple Long Ware & Peete]

Gore, but I could easily go AJ. Picking at 6 that decision will likely be made for me.

 

[two_dollars]

I'm picking 6th in PPR. I am expecting CJ, ADP, MJD, and Rice to go top 4. If the guy at 5 takes Gore I'll take AJ, if he takes AJ I'll take Gore.

This...

I'm in exact same position too.. My feeling is after Gore or AJ- from 7-10 in my ppr league- nearly all the owners may go WR/WR at the turn. Maybe 1 RB like Turner goes. At 15 I could be looking at a second tier WR, or I could go for a second RB and load up on WR's rnd 3-5 or so... Does this make sense, where a bunch of guys "zig" by going heavy WR, I go "zag" and RB heavy? I think a Gore,Jackson combo + 2 decent WR's might be as strong as 2 stud WR's and 2 midrange RB's... esp in the RBBC era-

Classic value based dynamic drafting situation. The correct answer is take the best RB that slipped or the #1 QB. You know the entire back of the draft is going to be scrapping for RB's on the 3/4, leave them one short or get Rodgers/Brees. They aren't going to be messing with many if any of the WR's at the 3.6 to 4.4 ADP, so you could still load on midrange WR's. They are almost doing you a favor and making your draft easier if they all go WR/WR.