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Relax. It's a slow draft and we're actually doing quite well. We're on a quicker pace so far than the other 3 drafts through this point.
Will be interesting to see how BPA works out. I think if you hold to this strategy you will end up with zero running backs and a boatload of WRs!
I may be overly high on Harvin, but I see him back to 2011 type of production. Carroll almost seemed to force him the ball last year in the NO playoff game. I see at top ten producer at a wr18 ADP. Even if I'm off base on the total points he amasses, he post enough huge games to be very valuable in a best ball league.
No doubt Carroll did before Harvin for knocked out the game. Could be a situation where when on the field he produces like top 10. I want to see it.
I know the clock was off but this weekend was brutal. 5 picks in 2 days blows.
I think you would with Davis but I would not count on it for Anderson.
Bowe seemed like a value where you got him. I passed on him for Cooks which was probably a mistake, but he's burned me too many times over the last several years.Team 1
1.7 E.Lacy- Really wanted Calvin or Forte but they went the two picks in front of me. Happy with Lacy who will be a workhorse on a great offense.
2.10 M.Ball- With Moreno out of the picture, Ball becomes a 3-down back on the leagues best offense. At this pick the decision was between Ball & Foster who went the next pick. Chose youth over aging vet.
3.7 W.Welker- With two RBs locked up it was time to go WR. Would have preferred AJ who went a few picks before me or Garcon who went two picks ahead, but I'm ok with this reception machine for my #1. Automatic concern is having two of my top three players on the same bye, but its an early enough bye week (4) that hopefully one of the many teams remaining will score lower.
4.10 RGIII- My general philosophy is to wait on QBs, but no WR or TE jumped out at me. Going back up the round, none of the other 6 teams had drafted a QB yet (as opposed to 8 of the 9 teams behind me) and I was scared their would be a run leaving me with garbage. I went with RG over M.Ryan because of the max-player scoring. In a normal league where I would have to submit a lineup, I probably take Ryan.
5.7 Z.Ertz- Was looking at WR position again and again no one stood out against the others. There were a few WRs I would be happy with as my #2, so I drafted Ertz. He definitely takes over for Celek in Philly's go-go-go offense which should translate to some nice points.
6.10 R.Wilson- Well that backfired. All the WRs I had on my list went before it got back to me. Would have taken 6 of the 7 WRs that went before this pick (couldn't take E.Sanders as it would have been the third player with bye week 4). Went back and forth between my 2nd QB and R.Wayne. Decided to take QB for a few reasons, most importantly being RGIII injury protection. With four of the six teams before my pick again, not yet having a QB, I was hoping to start a mini QB run while adding valuable depth to my team.
7.7 S.Ridley- Strategy successful. Of the 12 picks between my 6th & 7th, I was thrilled to see that half went QB. I was less than thrilled that of the other half, one of the teams took Reggie Wayne. LOVE getting Ridley in the 7th round of a 16 team draft although having only one WR (who isn't even his team's #1) at this point is getting a bit ridiculous.
8.10 D.Bowe- I truly believe this teams chance on success hinges on this pick....and this scares me bad. This guy should be so much better than he is, but glimpses of what he can do (stat line in the playoff loss: 8-150-1 ) helped me cross my fingers and make this selection. Hopefully in his 2nd year with Andy Reid & Alex Smith, Bowe finds a way to produce #1 WR numbers.
9.7 J.Matthews- Hate the word, but using it anyway. 'Upside' pick here. Great landing spot for this rookie on a great offense. I figure between he and Ertz, a good number of targets should get thrown at them.
10.10 B.Hartline- Meh...always a bit underrated. I see no reason why he can't continue a solid if less than spectacular stat line. Better in max-scoring leagues than a traditional league. We are in the pick range of about 150 though.
11.7 M.Prater- First to jump on a kicker, yay me. haha. I know we are talking about the kicker position but I actually want to explain why I took this pick. Prater missed top billing at K by only 8 points despite having less FG attempts than every other K down to #24. Denver probably wont match their insane 75 TDs which should get Prater many more attempts and he had the highest FG completion percentage (of anyone not named Shayne Graham who went 2 for 2). This should translate to a sh*tlod of points. And he has an early bye week to boot! Boot...see what I did there.
12.10 M.Floyd- Love this pick, this late. If he returns 100% healthy (which reports indicate he should), could be a big boost to the position I am most lacking.
13.7 T.West- Only thing standing in the way of #1 RB duty is Ben Tate. Larger walls have been scaled! Even as #2 RB, West should see a bunch of carries in what projects to be a very run heavy Cleveland offense this year.
Team so far through 13 of 18 rounds:
QB- RGIII, R.Wilson
RB- E.Lacy, M.Ball, S.Ridley, T.West
WR- W.Welker, D.Bowe, J.Matthews, B.Hartline, M.Floyd
TE- Z.Ertz
K- M.Prater
D-
BNB you are on top of it as always. I don't remember SSL being like this last year maybe it's my crap memory...
People are not playing with the same etiquette or rules.
I don't remember either. Adding mfl has speeded up the drafts and hopefully keeps us from having to enter the teams after the fact. Not totally sure since I renewed the league, but hopefully it didn't get tagged as a pay league. The other issue was that we were losing volunteers to maintain draft threads.
This league's drafting trends buried me too. RBs, QBs, and PKs went crazy early. I'm stuck with one QB and backup RBs for both of my RB positions.So here are my thoughts on my team in progress. Received the #1 pick, which is great....for one pick...then I hate it. Never been a big fan of picking at the turn, particularly in larger leagues. Find that I overthink and either reach on players or get killed by runs. Got a little of both here I think. Being a newbie, I was tracking the other SSD drafts and looking for trends and got killed by this last league going completely on a different track from the other leagues. Oh well...what can you do but hope for the best at this point and some luck (which I will definitely need!).
1.1 J Charles - Fairly easy pick in my mind in a PPR league. Some consideration of Graham with the TE bonus or McCoy, but felt good about Jamal.
2.16 V Davis - Wanted to ensure a solid #1 option TE which I believe Davis is (despite more mouths to feed in SF). In retrospect, might have gone Cameron, but generally pleased with the pick.
3.1 R Bush - Wanted another solid pass catching RB and Bush should fit the bill. Would have likely gone QB/WR here in retrospect after seeing how the draft has gone. Know that Bell will steal some production but Bush can have some big weeks in best ball
4.16 - TY Hilton - Decent young WR who did well last year even with all the focus on him after Wayne went down. Even with Wayne and Nicks in the mix, think he will have a number of big games this year.
5.1 - Michael Floyd - Continuously improving player who might be ready for the step up to WR1 this year...with some luck. First big mistake here...calculated risk that a decent QB would wrap around to me at 6.16. Based on other 3 leagues, 14-17 QBs went in first 6 rounds. We had 19 go which left me in the lurch for QBs
6.16 - Pierre Thomas - Slight reach here but knew that he would not make it back around to me in the 8th. Could have great PPR production in NO with Sproles and Moore out of the mix.
7.1 - Carson Palmer - Ugh...my QB1...sad...here is hoping for many Palmer to Floyd connections!
8.16 - Alex Smith - Another unsexy QB pick, but hopefully he'll have one of those amazing contract years looking for a big payday.
9.1 - Woodhead - Planned to go WR here and probably should have, but Woodhead offers up plenty of PPR opportunity with the "ever durable" Matthews as primary competition. Donald Brown could steal some time which makes me nervous, but not bad for a 9th round RB
10.16 - Fleener - Not a bad TE2 option...3rd year breakout? Not holding my breath but hopeful
11.1 - Rams - Should be a solid #1 D with a great pass rush. Little bit of reach, but feared a D run in rounds 11 and 12 with 6 Ds off the board already (vs 1-2 in the other SSLs)
12.16 - Marqise Lee - Need to fill the gap at WR desperately. Not a huge fan but has a lot of potential and a complimentary bye week to the rest of my team
13.1 - Harry Douglas - Proved he can be solid last year and word is they will use more 3WR with Gonzo gone. Was a PPR demon at times last year.
14.16 - B LaFell - The hopes and prayers continue at WR with this former highly touted WR. Perhaps he can hit it off with Brady and fulfull the potential that has yet to be fulfilled with Newton.
15.1 - B Walsh - Once again..SSL4 proves to be the anomoly with 15 kickers off the board in the first 14 rounds (vs 5, 9 and 11 in the other leagues). Walsh should have the job assured in Min, but not loving the outdoor conditions. Really wanted Tucker at the prior turn, but Crippler snagged him first one pick before me.
16.16 - ?
17.1 - ?
18.16 - ?
Team so far through 15 of 18 rounds:
QB- Palmer (4), A Smith (6) - Not exciting but hopefully solid, steady production between the two of them.
RB- Charles (6), Bush (9), Thomas (6), Woodhead (10) - Great PPR group. Need big weeks from my WR to make up for the rest of my across the board mediocrity. Week 6 could be an issue with byes.
WR- Floyd (4), Hilton (10), Douglas (9), LaFell (10), Lee (11) - Not sexy at all, but some solid production likely with some upside. Really not happy with this crew though.
TE- V Davis (8), Fleener (10) - Should be a decent duo
K- Walsh (10) - Solid leg and hopefully better offense. Bad weather might not be an issue as I'll probably be out prior to the Minneapolis snows coming
D- Rams (4) - Solid D
Overall had fun and good learning experience for this type of draft, but will likely be continuing my learning experience in SSL4 next year...maybe 3 if I'm lucky. Hopefully, just being too hard on myself
Jeaton's 3rd QB didn't really have any affect, except taking another starter from someone. Only Bridgewater was taken in the next 3+ rounds. It may have started in the 6th round with tex1 taking Colin and then went full bore with raylove doubling up both his teams. Romo was the only QB rostered on the 5 teams after me...I thought QBs would continue to fly off the board so I double dipped early with Big Ben.
Really odd draft. Didn't really know wtf was going on or going to happen. NEVER seen a draft with so many teams with 1 PK and even more odd with 5 and maybe 6 teams with only 1 DST...heck busman2 only has 1 of each. Maybe those with 2 teams decided to try some odd strategies? I'd be curious to know if those with 2 teams try to "benefit" one of their teams or had any plans/thoughts/strategies to cooperate with 1 another or just try different things. I didn't...I just went by the book with each team.
I know you tried to zig not zag at times but it didn't work. By the time one or more of your RBs gets called on to carry the load, it won't matter...you'll be gone. I had higher hopes for Sproles upon signing but I'm really starting to cool on him. Pierce will benefit from any Rice suspension (and that may help keep you alive a couple weeks) but he looked horrible last year. Can JStew even stay on the field? RBs and QBs...oof....double oof.
I think you got most of it correct. I love the Rivers pick and feel like big value. Not that big on Bortles and feel Fitzpatrick would have been better pick overall other than the bye week thing and because of value, he probably ends up on my team. I like him over lots of guys that got taken instead.
Every time I came up with a plan, someone derailed it. Thought about the Vick/Geno combo. Part of the problem was that I had it in my mind I would take a QB combo so I wanted to get a solid kicker with a good bye week first. The drug QBs sure lasted longer in the other leagues. I saw that Jeaton had the same issue so I was going to jump him that round for Henne.
:finger: for sniping my picks.
