RB's and WR's on the same team (1 Viewer)

[The Little Man on the Boat]

Would you be willing to be have a top WR with a top RB like Holt/Jackson, Jordan/Moss, etc?

If you have a top RB, and then the next best player according to your rankings is a WR and on the same team as your RB, do you take him or go with the next best WR, even though you think it is a drop off?

 

[my man otis]

answer is it doesn't matter, and there are a lot of threads and a few articles on this site about it.

 

[Vintage_Football]

what he said.

 

[jon_mx]

Would you be willing to be have a top WR with a top RB like Holt/Jackson, Jordan/Moss, etc?If you have a top RB, and then the next best player according to your rankings is a WR and on the same team as your RB, do you take him or go with the next best WR, even though you think it is a drop off?

I had Manning and Harrison last year. It worked out really well until the Colts wrapped up home field advantage and stop playing my studs. I made the playoffs with the highest scoring team, but made a quick exit.

 

[Avery]

Screw ESPN's fantasy rules.

I'm starting a list and the first two to come to mind are:

1. If there's no collusion, don't veto the trade.

2. Your best theoretical lineup consists of starting your players that will score the most points ... even if they all play for the same team.

 

[The Little Man on the Boat]

Would you be willing to be have a top WR with a top RB like Holt/Jackson, Jordan/Moss, etc?If you have a top RB, and then the next best player according to your rankings is a WR and on the same team as your RB, do you take him or go with the next best WR, even though you think it is a drop off?

I had Manning and Harrison last year. It worked out really well until the Colts wrapped up home field advantage and stop playing my studs. I made the playoffs with the highest scoring team, but made a quick exit.

I wouldn't mind having a QB/WR combo. They don't steal production from each other. I worry more about RB's and WR's competing for the same points where only one or the other can have the points.

 

[JerryG]

Personally, in general I would only do it if my tiering indicated that there was no clear alternate. If there were alternatives, I'd pick somebody else. Otherwise it is an ulcer waiting to happen.

And even then, I'd prefer it in high powered offenses. Say Rudi/CJ for example.

 

[The Little Man on the Boat]

I have the option of Holt with SJax or draft Harrison instead.

 

[a_f13nd]

I wouldn't worry about it either way. I wouldn't go out of my way to make it happen, but if it does, it's not a bad thing. Holt/Jackson is probably good, as was Harrison/Edge last year. Better if the team won't wrap it up with 2 games to go, but through the season it shouldn't make any difference.

If the game is a shootout, having the WR and RB will both rock. If it's a close, grind it out game, the RB will get a lot of work. And if the team is behind, having the WR will be good.

There's some sense to the notion of not putting all eggs in the same basket, but I think your goal is to pick the best player with each spot. If you are really uncomfortable pairing Holt with Jackson, pick Holt and trade him down for someone else, because you can probably do a little better than 1-1 for it.

I saw people picking Edge and then worrying about taking Fitz because of this, and I've seen people not take Fitz and Boldin even though there were clear tierings differences (in their tiers--as they said it). This doesn't make sense to me.

 

[Keys Myaths]

It doesn't matter.

Harrison isn't going to score less or more points because you have Manning on your team.

 

[flying8balls]

I would look for other options.

I cant stand seeing my wr and rb inside the 10 yard line and knowing only one will score.

And if neither score, I dont even want to go down that road again.

dont do it.

QB/wr is ok.

wr/wr or wr/rb is not ok.

 

[Keys Myaths]

I would look for other options.I cant stand seeing my wr and rb inside the 10 yard line and knowing only one will score.And if neither score, I dont even want to go down that road again.dont do it.QB/wr is ok.wr/wr or wr/rb is not ok.

Then you're losing value, plain and simple.Any time you say you'll "never" do something in FF, you're shutting yourself off from possibly scoring more points. If that's how you want to play, and you want to "save" yourself from that heartache, fine. But realize what you're doing at the same time.

 

[flying8balls]

sometimes vbd can blind common sense.

 

[a_f13nd]

I would look for other options.I cant stand seeing my wr and rb inside the 10 yard line and knowing only one will score.And if neither score, I dont even want to go down that road again.dont do it.QB/wr is ok.wr/wr or wr/rb is not ok.

Then you're losing value, plain and simple.Any time you say you'll "never" do something in FF, you're shutting yourself off from possibly scoring more points. If that's how you want to play, and you want to "save" yourself from that heartache, fine. But realize what you're doing at the same time.

Agreed. I wouldn't sweat having two studs from a team likely to produce multiple stud-level performances in most games.I also like the double dip QB-TE or QB-WR, but I don't go out of my way to do it. Going out of your way to do something can also ruin value. But last year, Big Ben to Heath Miller was cute.In the same way, at some point you take T.O. because it's a value move. My point to take T.O. is beyond when most people will take him.

 

[flying8balls]

So I guess last year using vbd drafting and you ended up with

Manning, Wayne, James, Vandy, and the Indy D only because when it was your pick

these guys represented the best "GUESS" value. I guess you should have a pretty good team week in week out.

 

[KCC]

I would look for other options.I cant stand seeing my wr and rb inside the 10 yard line and knowing only one will score.And if neither score, I dont even want to go down that road again.dont do it.QB/wr is ok.wr/wr or wr/rb is not ok.

Then you're losing value, plain and simple.Any time you say you'll "never" do something in FF, you're shutting yourself off from possibly scoring more points. If that's how you want to play, and you want to "save" yourself from that heartache, fine. But realize what you're doing at the same time.

 

[a_f13nd]

So I guess last year using vbd drafting and you ended up withManning, Wayne, James, Vandy, and the Indy D only because when it was your pickthese guys represented the best "GUESS" value. I guess you should have a pretty good team week in week out.

I guess that's a sarcastic jab. I don't think that team would have been horrible, honestly, because Edge and Harrison were both excellent. The Indy D was top-5. Vandy was as good a kicker as any. I don't think you could also get Manning and Wayne, but if you somehow did your team wouldn't be doomed after 4 picks. Would it win the FF Super Bowl? No, because those guys sat. It takes some forethought to draft excellent players who have good matchups--that they will actually play--in the final two-three weeks.

 

[seahawk 17]

I have Jackson/Holt in my two money leagues. But Davis came in, so from what I read on the board I'm ####ed.

 

[a_f13nd]

I have Jackson/Holt in my two money leagues. But Davis came in, so from what I read on the board I'm ####ed.

He'll def cut into TD total, but not yardage. What's your league setup?

 

[seahawk 17]

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[Vintage_Football]

I think that this topic does carry "some" debate. You should normally take the best options available to you when you get the chance to draft, but you also need to look at your bye weeks. If you draft an Edgerrin James and then want to draft a Fitzgerald or Boldin, you need to know thats now 2 players on same bye week. You might force yourself into drafting someone else you didn't really want over a guy on a totally different team cause he's got the same bye as ARI. So, if you have to take a Holt over Boldin, or a Wayne or Harrison over Moss, then you should to avoid too many on same bye week.