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Hot Sauce Guy

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Once the :wub:  of your drafting experience has worn off, looking with critical eyes, we all see things we wish we'd done differently. :sadbanana:

This is a judgement-free zone. Own your truth. What was your biggest redraft regret? 

 
I'll go first: 

With 2 RB on the roster, I picked Higgins at 7.01  and JaWill at 8.12  (IDP, so like a 4-5 turn pick). Later I was able to get all 3 of Mooney, Hardman & Gallup, any of whom should turn out to be a viable WR3. Higgins was a luxury WR,  and I could have had Mike Davis or Gaskin and waited on a WR3. 

I was going with BPA, and I regret not realizing RB was drying up. Now I have Henderson & JaWill as my RB3-4, and it would feel a lot deeper with Gaskin as a 5th RB. 

:sadbanana:

 
Didn't mean to, but ended up getting locked in pretty heavily with Dallas in Prescott, Lamb & Cooper. If Prescott goes down I have way too many eggs in that basket. 

Other than that, no ragrets, not even a vowel. ;)

 
foxco said:
Didn't mean to, but ended up getting locked in pretty heavily with Dallas in Prescott, Lamb & Cooper. If Prescott goes down I have way too many eggs in that basket. 

Other than that, no ragrets, not even a vowel. ;)
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I have a similar issue x4

Somehow by going BPA ended up with 4 pairs of teammates in my starting lineup. 

CMC/DJ Moore

Mixon/Higgins

Stafford/Henderson

Ridley/Pitts

Never had a lineup like that in all these years. I don't necessarily try to avoid doing it, but I've never experienced it so we'll see how it turns out. I love all 8 of those picks though (other than the small ragret about Higgins) so we'll see how it goes. 

 
Hot Sauce Guy said:
I'll go first: 

With 2 RB on the roster, I picked Higgins at 7.01  and JaWill at 8.12  (IDP, so like a 4-5 turn pick). Later I was able to get all 3 of Mooney, Hardman & Gallup, any of whom should turn out to be a viable WR3. Higgins was a luxury WR,  and I could have had Mike Davis or Gaskin and waited on a WR3. 

I was going with BPA, and I regret not realizing RB was drying up. Now I have Henderson & JaWill as my RB3-4, and it would feel a lot deeper with Gaskin as a 5th RB. 

:sadbanana:
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See the Mike Davis thread I bumped earlier. Davis has no competition and he's a 3 down back. He's getting no respect. 

 
SoBeDad said:
See the Mike Davis thread I bumped earlier. Davis has no competition and he's a 3 down back. He's getting no respect. 
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That's why I listed him as one of the 2 RBs I should have taken there, yeah. 

But you're not quite accurate. I actually (strongly) believe that Quadree Ollison is a superior RB in every way. More power, more fluid receiver, and doesn't have several seasons of ineptitude behind him like Davis does. 

Personally I think Davis is getting way too much respect. He's a JAG and didn't impress me much with the Panthers. All he really had going for him was opportunity.  He certainly didn't flash anything with my Niners, or any team since outside last year's magical run. 

So I don't ragret missing Davis much, but I shoulda taken Gaskin. 

 
Hot Sauce Guy said:
That's why I listed him as one of the 2 RBs I should have taken there, yeah. 

But you're not quite accurate. I actually (strongly) believe that Quadree Ollison is a superior RB in every way. More power, more fluid receiver, and doesn't have several seasons of ineptitude behind him like Davis does. 

Personally I think Davis is getting way too much respect. He's a JAG and didn't impress me much with the Panthers. All he really had going for him was opportunity.  He certainly didn't flash anything with my Niners, or any team since outside last year's magical run. 

So I don't ragret missing Davis much, but I shoulda taken Gaskin. 
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That makes me feel better since my regret is taking Hunt over Davis. We'll see in 2 weeks!

 
Did the math wrong on my # of players I needed to draft and thinking I could get 6 rb, 6 wr, 2 te, 2 qb, a kicker and defense (18 spots) the draft was only 16 rounds. Ended up shooting my load on wrs and rbs early so I couldn’t grab the late round fliers I wanted at either position 

 
TampaMike19 said:
It's 6 PT passing TD's, so that is part of the rationale :); Dak still scares me too 
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I waited until late for QB and paired up Stafford (9.01 IDP, so comparable to your 8.x) with Tua (way late) - we should do ok with Stafford. 

I know it’s been a minute, but the last time he had an offense half this good he was on pace for 5K yards & 38 TDs before he got hurt. 

 
Gatorman said:
Did the math wrong on my # of players I needed to draft and thinking I could get 6 rb, 6 wr, 2 te, 2 qb, a kicker and defense (18 spots) the draft was only 16 rounds. Ended up shooting my load on wrs and rbs early so I couldn’t grab the late round fliers I wanted at either position 
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Have done this in the past.  Every year since I’ve made a draft sheet with # of rounds so I don’t mess it up ever again. That’s a tough one. 
:cry:  
 

 
Did the speed of the draft lead to bad decisions? My draft with 16 teams gave us 3 minutes, which wasn't quite enough time on a couple of occasions. BTW, I don't regret at all taking the Bronco defense about 8 of 16 teams, as they play the NYG in week 1. Then the Jags and the Jets.

 
I'm already very worried about drafting Golladay in my biggest money league PPR best ball redraft...even though it was the early 7th round I have a feeling DeVonta Smith, Beckham, Boyd, even Shenault may have been a better pick...Giants just seem like a wreck to me...poor line, poor QB play....and Golladay still not practicing in full  :bag:

 
Went against my own draft board and consensus opinion, taking Melvin Gordon over Javonte and Sermon in the middle of round 5 in a 14-team league.   I punted on RB early and got stuck in comeback mode where I felt like the RB2 I drafted had to provide steady and reliable production right out of the gate.   The usual fears about coaches bringing rookies along slowly, tough love, the idea of riding a veteran lame duck like Gordon made me hesitate.   I also thought there was a report of him coming in a little lighter this season.   Regardless, I hate drafting that way.   I usually always choose the upside of the sparkly new toy with limitless upside.    I have no doubt that I take the rookie if I'm selecting my third back, or simply don't wuss out on my RB2 selection.

Also, annoyed with myself for burning a 7th on Singletary.   Complete hedge selection based on my Moss ownership in dynasty.   I'm sure I cemented both of their fates as guys you want nothing to do with in your starting lineup.   Breida will almost certainly be involved as a #3.  Dumb pick that early, even in a 14-team league.  Only lands with a Moss injury.

 
SoBeDad said:
Did the speed of the draft lead to bad decisions? My draft with 16 teams gave us 3 minutes, which wasn't quite enough time on a couple of occasions. BTW, I don't regret at all taking the Bronco defense about 8 of 16 teams, as they play the NYG in week 1. Then the Jags and the Jets.
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We got 2 mins. I'd say the beer & bourbon were more to blame for me. ;)  

 
sushinsky4tsar said:
Went against my own draft board and consensus opinion, taking Melvin Gordon over Javonte and Sermon in the middle of round 5 in a 14-team league.   I punted on RB early and got stuck in comeback mode where I felt like the RB2 I drafted had to provide steady and reliable production right out of the gate.   The usual fears about coaches bringing rookies along slowly, tough love, the idea of riding a veteran lame duck like Gordon made me hesitate.   I also thought there was a report of him coming in a little lighter this season.   Regardless, I hate drafting that way.   I usually always choose the upside of the sparkly new toy with limitless upside.    I have no doubt that I take the rookie if I'm selecting my third back, or simply don't wuss out on my RB2 selection.

Also, annoyed with myself for burning a 7th on Singletary.   Complete hedge selection based on my Moss ownership in dynasty.   I'm sure I cemented both of their fates as guys you want nothing to do with in your starting lineup.   Breida will almost certainly be involved as a #3.  Dumb pick that early, even in a 14-team league.  Only lands with a Moss injury.
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I wouldn’t regret either of those

 
joffer said:
I wouldn’t regret either of those
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Appreciate that.   We'll see.   I have had plenty of selections that I pounced on the moment I was on the clock that have bombed, along with others that made me woozy which turned out just fine.   It wouldn't be post-draft / pre-week 1 kickoff if I wasn't kicking myself over a few decisions. 

 
Only have one redraft this year and we haven’t drafted yet. I have several dynasty regrets already. But mostly those are to to injuries, which is out of our control. 

 
It's my family league so it doesn't quite matter (for instance, my aunt went for Russell Wilson with her first pick just like she does every year) but I wasn't paying attention and picked Justin Jefferson instead of AJ Brown.  Instant buyers remorse.

 
My first draft is tomorrow night so I'm sure I'll be back here afterward crying in my beer, but last year, after taking the attitude in all my mocks that there was no point in worrying about bye weeks, when I got to my first real draft I ended up drafting FIVE straight WRs with the same bye. It was absolutely uncanny.

It ended up not being that bad, especially once Covid scrambled the schedule (two of the WRs were Diontae and Hollywood Brown, who both had their bye weeks moved). But that moment toward the end of the draft when it dawned on me really sucked.

 
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I love Stafford and got sniped or way outbid in every draft. Hope it doesnt bite me. Just hard to spend a high round pick or a high $ amount on QB.

 
 I have some pre-draft regrets already................ ( we haven't even done our first draft yet)

In my biggest league, we do essentially a "draft lottery" and you can pick your draft slot.  Well I got my usual 8th pick :wall: and long story short I selected 11th.....which I don't mind. I can get 2 of "my guys" or start runs if I so choose.

The one interesting thing, is the guy I drew as the #1 pick, STAYED at #1. He even told me last week hes down on CMC, so he will get Cook.

But, the next guy, he drew 2nd, and instead of taking 2nd he immediately told me "write me down for slot 12".

 I still don't even know if I want to start WR-WR (we start 3WRs, standard no flex) or go RB-WR or WR-RB.  That draft is Thursday.

Then our first draft is tomorrow, a similar format but its a 10 teamer.   We have zero idea what slot we will receive, its all going to be done randomly on the computer 15 minutes prior to draft.

Who knows WTF I will do there too. :excited:

But you guys bring up a good point.   I have a bottle of Evan Williams downstairs. (Don't judge, I don't much care for it, I just happened to have to get 2 bottles)

Maybe I'll go fight with that bottle and be hungover tomorrow so I can have nothing but a draft full of regrets.    :lol:   Then I can spend all my time in this thread this year and not worry about strategy. 

 TZM 

 
Got sniped repeatedly at QB (including the guy who drafted Dak taking Hurts only three rounds later). Now it is basically the streaming life for me until Justin Fields takes over. I think I am going Lawrence week 1 against Houston. 

Was between McLaurin and ARob, went with McLaurin. Considering I had already taken Gibson, I am thinking I should have used that as the tie breaker in favor of Robinson. 

 
Ilov80s said:
Got sniped repeatedly at QB (including the guy who drafted Dak taking Hurts only three rounds later). Now it is basically the streaming life for me until Justin Fields takes over. I think I am going Lawrence week 1 against Houston. 

Was between McLaurin and ARob, went with McLaurin. Considering I had already taken Gibson, I am thinking I should have used that as the tie breaker in favor of Robinson. 
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Plenty to like about both players.   Aside from the bye week, I don't think the RB1-WR1 stack is such a bad deal.   It should help normalize your weekly points if you like the rest of your team.

 
Regrets, I've had a few
But then again, too few to mention
I did what I had to do
And saw it through without exemption
I planned each chartered course
Each careful step along the byway
But more, much more than this
I did it my way

 
Ilov80s said:
Got sniped repeatedly at QB (including the guy who drafted Dak taking Hurts only three rounds later). Now it is basically the streaming life for me until Justin Fields takes over. I think I am going Lawrence week 1 against Houston. 

Was between McLaurin and ARob, went with McLaurin. Considering I had already taken Gibson, I am thinking I should have used that as the tie breaker in favor of Robinson. 
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 If you consider yourself LOADED at other positions, then having to fall back on Trevor Lawrence might not be  bad at all.  There's a reason he's being touted as one of the best QB prospects in some time.

 (Loaded* at other positions is kind of team dependent, as most guys like certain players more/less than other managers)

I guess I'm just trying to say if you are happy with the rest of your team, you are in a good spot if you have one of the most highly touted prospects commandeering your ship this year.

Hell, with Etienne gone, and many so high on Shenault, a top 6 at QB for Lawrence wouldn't shock me.  (Not probable, but it wouldn't shock me either)

 
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TZMarkie said:
 If you consider yourself LOADED at other positions, then having to fall back on Trevor Lawrence might not be  bad at all.  There's a reason he's being touted as one of the best QB prospects in some time.

 (Loaded* at other positions is kind of team dependent, as most guys like certain players more/less than other managers)

I guess I'm just trying to say if you are happy with the rest of your team, you are in a good spot if you have one of the most highly touted prospects commandeering your ship this year.

Hell, with Etienne gone, and many so high on Shenault, a top 6 at QB for Lawrence wouldn't shock me.  (Not probable, but it wouldn't shock me either)
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True and having Viska, Chark and Jones isn’t a bad trio of WRs for a rookie QB. The D is bad so he should throw a lot. What I am really curious to see is his rushing. How much does he take off in the NFL? 

 
sushinsky4tsar said:
Plenty to like about both players.   Aside from the bye week, I don't think the RB1-WR1 stack is such a bad deal.   It should help normalize your weekly points if you like the rest of your team.
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It can normalize it but also it can limit your upside since they may go off in opposite weeks.  Plus a clunker game from WFT wipes 2 of my top 3 players out. Oh well, I still really like both players. 

 
Ilov80s said:
It can normalize it but also it can limit your upside since they may go off in opposite weeks.  Plus a clunker game from WFT wipes 2 of my top 3 players out. Oh well, I still really like both players. 
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Actually I think studies have shown having an RB/WR combo will be more consistent than say two pass catchers. They’re both poised for great level up seasons, you’re fine.

 
Hot Sauce Guy said:
That's why I listed him as one of the 2 RBs I should have taken there, yeah. 

But you're not quite accurate. I actually (strongly) believe that Quadree Ollison is a superior RB in every way. More power, more fluid receiver, and doesn't have several seasons of ineptitude behind him like Davis does. 

Personally I think Davis is getting way too much respect. He's a JAG and didn't impress me much with the Panthers. All he really had going for him was opportunity.  He certainly didn't flash anything with my Niners, or any team since outside last year's magical run. 

So I don't ragret missing Davis much, but I shoulda taken Gaskin. 
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Last I read, Ollison may not make the team.

 
TZMarkie said:
a top 6 at QB for Lawrence wouldn't shock me.  (Not probable, but it wouldn't shock me either)
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The top Rookie QBs in the last 5 seasons:

  • Dak Prescott QB6 2016
  • Baker Mayfield QB16 2018 (14 G, NFL record passing TDs by rookie)
  • Watson QB26 2017 (7G - QB1 PPG by 2.5 over Russ)
  • Kyler QB7 2019
  • Herbert QB10 2020
In 2012, RGIII, Luck and Russ all finished Top 11

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Would not shock me if 2 or 3 of the 4 first round QBs finished as QB1s.

 
Ilov80s said:
Got sniped repeatedly at QB (including the guy who drafted Dak taking Hurts only three rounds later). Now it is basically the streaming life for me until Justin Fields takes over. I think I am going Lawrence week 1 against Houston. 

Was between McLaurin and ARob, went with McLaurin. Considering I had already taken Gibson, I am thinking I should have used that as the tie breaker in favor of Robinson. 
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