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[Payne]

FWIW, I know I might get bit by this but in 6pt passing TDs/ 20 yds= 1pt, the rusning QBs might struggle to keep up or be the advantage that many envision when they're ranking QBs for this format.

This scoring is very similar to Cool World.

2023 passing leaders in points scored per game:

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29.1 Allen
27.1 Prescott
26.2 (Cousins)
26.0 Lamar
26.0 Hurts
25.0 Purdy
25.0 Love
24.2 Stroud
23.6 Herbert
23.6 Mahomes
23.3 Goff
23.0 Murray

People out there relying on Jayden Daniels and one of the worst Offensive Lines in the NFL might be wishing they'd grabbed a pocket passer late.

Know the scoring system is Fantasy 101.

 

[Payne]

League 64 draft from the 7 spot. Everyone showed up on time and it was a very smooth draft. Draft Dominator sync spoiled me so. I dunno how I would ever draft without it now, will need to move my league to Sleeper next season. Thanks for the fantastic tool, Joe and crew.

QB Burrow 9.7, Caleb 11.7
RB Kamara 4.6, Swift 5.7, Singletary 8.6, Zack Moss 10.6, Gainwell 18.6, Miller NO 19.7
WR Jefferson 1.7, Olave 2.6, Dionte Johnson 6.6, B Thomas Jr 7.7, M Wilson AZ 13.7, Pearsall 15.7, Mims 16.6, Hyatt 17.7, Patrick 20.6
TE Kelce 3.7, Conklin 12.6
DST 49ers 14.6

Every mock I had done last week got me to ARSB, Olave, La Porta, Cook (BUF) or Jacobs, Swift in the first five rounds. QB's other than Mahommes went much later in the real draft today and many RB's were taken way earlier, so I ended up with Kamara as the RB1 instead. One team went RB-RB-RB in the first three rounds and two teams took two RBs each in the first three rounds.

My only concern with my team is my top two RB's have been not models of health, needed to get their backups and I failed at that. That Hyatt pick at 17.7 is the culprit, I had planned on taking Roschon and J Williams (NO) as the backups to my first two RB's and both were available at 17.7. I got too cute and figured I can get them the next two rounds, both went right before my next pick in the next two rounds. Taking Roschon at 17.7 would have landed me both, likely.

Targetted Musgrave and Shulz at 12.6, not fun to see both of them get crossed out at 12.3 and 12.5. This was generally a theme seeing as how most were probably using the DD. I found myself reaching one round early for most players when I see their names come up in the DD as next 10 picks or so.

Loaded up in the back half with a bunch of year 2 receivers, hoping one of them can be a starter in the second half of the year. Deep bench though, so not a huge deal if none of them pan out.

I am preaching it everywhere I can......RB's are moving up the board in REAL drafts. Be warned.

 

[Scoresman]

League 0062, 7 spot

I went into this knowing I wanted to go WR heavy with one solid RB pick in the first couple rounds. Pivoted a couple of times due to value dropping, but overall pretty happy.

Had 3 times where someone I wanted went right before my pick, which is never good.

QB: Mahomes, Mayfield - I feel like Mahomes will flirt with overall QB1 again this year, and for a pocket passer at 6 pts/TD that is a lot of points. He fell to me in Round 4.
RB: Henry, Najee, Swift, E Mitchell, Hill, Helaire - Wanted Kenneth Walker in the 4th but I couldn't pass up Mahomes there. Was happy to see Henry's handcuff still there for me way late. Not particularly high on Swift, but he was sitting there way past ADP.
WR: JJ, Collins, Amari Cooper, McConkey, Coleman, Doubs, Meyers, Downs, Hyatt - Somewhat happy with this group. I never had JJ fall to me at 7 in mocks. Not as many of my targets as I wanted, but also no avoids either.
TE: Freirmuth, Musgrave: Targeted Ferguson but someone took him incredibly early. I knew at that point I would be waiting.
D: Commanders: Based solely on Week 1-2 matchups.

 

[BassNBrew]

Not happy with my draft. Cmac team was on auto select.

1.12 Wilson (happy he fell)
2.1 Gibbs (glad to get a RB/WR start)
3.12 Aiyuk (targets Kelce and Cook were gone along with Allen and Mahommes)
4.1 Nabers (rookie fever)
5.12 Kittle (wanted Pitts badly here, wnet 3 picks earflier)
6.1 Aaron Jones (last good RB)
7.12 Burrow (Hurt last till 7.4)
8.1 Presscott (rookie move here. based on mocks and scoring I expected most teams to grab two by round 10. hoping to start the run)
9.12 Jameson Williams (consider this league won)
10.1 Ford (way behind at RB)
11.12 Dowdle (see above)
12.11 Chandler (handcuff because lack of waiver options in this league)
13.12 Pearsail (reach by me)
14.1 Likely (fnce swing)
15.12 Roman Wilson (way behind on WR now)
16.1 D. Robinson (good bye week fill)
17.12 Eagles D
18.1 KC C (only trash left on the board)
19.11 NO D (play Carolina in week one)
20.1 R. Johnson (most of the guys left on the draft board were projected for 0 points)

 

[Dreamer]

League 64 draft from the 7 spot. Everyone showed up on time and it was a very smooth draft. Draft Dominator sync spoiled me so. I dunno how I would ever draft without it now, will need to move my league to Sleeper next season. Thanks for the fantastic tool, Joe and crew.

QB Burrow 9.7, Caleb 11.7
RB Kamara 4.6, Swift 5.7, Singletary 8.6, Zack Moss 10.6, Gainwell 18.6, Miller NO 19.7
WR Jefferson 1.7, Olave 2.6, Dionte Johnson 6.6, B Thomas Jr 7.7, M Wilson AZ 13.7, Pearsall 15.7, Mims 16.6, Hyatt 17.7, Patrick 20.6
TE Kelce 3.7, Conklin 12.6
DST 49ers 14.6

Every mock I had done last week got me to ARSB, Olave, La Porta, Cook (BUF) or Jacobs, Swift in the first five rounds. QB's other than Mahommes went much later in the real draft today and many RB's were taken way earlier, so I ended up with Kamara as the RB1 instead. One team went RB-RB-RB in the first three rounds and two teams took two RBs each in the first three rounds.

My only concern with my team is my top two RB's have been not models of health, needed to get their backups and I failed at that. That Hyatt pick at 17.7 is the culprit, I had planned on taking Roschon and J Williams (NO) as the backups to my first two RB's and both were available at 17.7. I got too cute and figured I can get them the next two rounds, both went right before my next pick in the next two rounds. Taking Roschon at 17.7 would have landed me both, likely.

Targetted Musgrave and Shulz at 12.6, not fun to see both of them get crossed out at 12.3 and 12.5. This was generally a theme seeing as how most were probably using the DD. I found myself reaching one round early for most players when I see their names come up in the DD as next 10 picks or so.

Loaded up in the back half with a bunch of year 2 receivers, hoping one of them can be a starter in the second half of the year. Deep bench though, so not a huge deal if none of them pan out.

I feel like I had to make the same choices you did, nice work.

 

[nittanylion]

#1 Slot, Division 0029, Sunday Night, 8pm (6pm El Salvador time).

First of all, no issues with connectivity that I was moderately concerned about due to the weather. It's winter here (kind of a joke, it's the 'rainy season'), and torrential downpours at dusk and early evening, following hot, humid days are the norm, and true to form, we had a deluge during the draft...but the resort we're staying offered very high quality access and I had no issues (with that, at least)!

Also, pleasantly surprised in the chat just prior to the Draft, that at least one of my Leaguemates frequents the Shark Pool! Shout out to @davidwb !

1.01: CMC: not much to think about there. 10RB/13WR followed, with nothing spectacular falling back to me, but still pleased to find...
2.12/3.01: Mike Evans/Waddle - Puka was there, but I'm not a Puka guy (I think he and Cupp cannibalize each other), Puka, Cupp, Nico went right after my duo.
4.12/5.01: Andrews/Kincaid - After my Evans/Waddle (WR14/15) pair, another 12WR went off over the next 23 picks, but only 2TE. Somewhat normal for non-TE enhanced, but from a volume/TD perspective, I was pleased to zig a little and grab the #1 passing game targets in Baltimore/Buffalo. IMHO they were as good or better than any of the remaining WR. Also, as is my wont when drafting from the corners, I was trying to throw a curve down the Draft Board, if possible, to see what it might yield me on the way back.
6.12/7.01: Mostert/Dionte Johnson - with WR drying up, the resultant expected run 2nd tier RB commenced. I'm a big Mostert guy, and outside of Mixon, Conner and Montgomery, who went much earlier in these rounds, he was my next man up. Landed a 'poor man's #1' in Dionte, which I thought was a welcome and sweet prize as my WR3.
The way things were playing out, felt I had to accept potentially losing Dak through the next swing, as QB's had started to move, and he was my #1 wait-on-QB target, so I gambled...
8.12/9.01: Love/Sutton - ...and, lucky for me, it paid off, with Love! The added bonus of another 'poor-man's #1' in Sutton as my WR4, was a nice treat as well.
10.12/11.01: Doubs/Corum - luck really going my way, as I got my favorite flex-caliber target of Love, in Doubs, as my WR5. Mr. RB room had been quite neglected, and although I'm targeting him everywhere I can as a RB4 stash, Corum was too big of a prize (IMHO) to pass up at 11.01. A little ambitious out of the gates as my RB3, if my prediction about him comes to fruition, he could be my RB2 by season's end, as he displaces Kyren as the primary RB for the Rams. Allgeier was available here, and might have been the smarter pick, given my RB situation, but I coudn't resist, and at the turns, sometimes you go with your gut and do what you have to do.
12.12/13.01: Likely/McLaughlin - One of my favorite strategies this year when targeting and landing Andrews, is to try and land Likely as well, and find a waiver work-around for the Week 14 bye as the season progresses. Given Likely's ascention and play in Andrews' absence, I'm counting on that production out of my TE position all season long. Everyone who reads my posts regarding the Dolphins RB's knows I'm not an Achane guy. I drafted Mostert earlier as my preferred Dolphin RB, and similar to Andrews/Likely, when I select Mostert, I make an effort to land Jaylen Wright with the same intention. Well, I was kinda shocked when the #3 Drafter took Wright at 8.10 as his RB4. He went Hero with Henry in the 2nd, and was working out his RB2 plan with Swift/ZWhite in the 6th/7th, so I guess he was even higher on Wright than I am, although there were RB available that might have provided more immediate, less speculative returns.
Speaking of Achane, McLaughlin is my 'poor-man's alternative' that I have been advocating managers to select instead of investing such high capital in a player I personally am not in on. Very much a gamble on my part, but I'm very bullish on the Payton/Nix dynamic after watching it unfold in August. I'm not predicting for the Broncos to be world-beaters, but if Nix continues to deliver, Javonte, Jaleel and Sutton are going to get theirs, and IMHO, if Achane was built like McLaughlin, I'd be much more inclined to have faith in him delivering closer to ADP.
14.12/15.01: Demarcus Robinson/Jordan Mason - League-leading '11' personnel package, and undeniable rapport between Stafford/DmRob, another reason why I strongly feel Puka is not a safe investment in 2024. Got my preferred handcuff to CMC, and much later than I expected. Of course, he's not CMC, but it's largely the system as well, and I'm over Elijah Mitchell. Really like how this is working out.
16.12/17.01: Levis/DST Chiefs - had put QB2 on the back burner, hoping for some trickle-down, was very suprised to see Premium Subscribers take 2nd...and even 3rd QB's (?!?!?!), much earlier that I expected 'Sharks' ought to be doing, 6pt TDP, or not. That feels like unprepared drafters losing their way, to me. Of course, the flipside is, you have to move with the flow of the draft, and I neglected that to some degree. My original fallback plan was Geno Smith at the 16/17 turn, or the combo of Nix/Levis very late, but surprisingly, Nix went before Geno, and only Levis was left of that group for me. I'll work that out over the season. Couldn't find Saints, took Chiefs nursing big leads and forcing errors. Dropped for Saints, post-draft when I found them undrafted. Week 1 hosting Panthers.
18/19/20: JMcMIllan/Justice Hill/Tucker Kraft - Flashy rookie WR with injury upside, evolving versatile RB with clear role, injury upside/premium rushing offense, and emerging TE from Love arsenal.
Not my best effort, but one I'm not ashamed of, and can work with. High hopes!
Good luck to all!

Love, Levis
CMC, Mostert, Corum, McLaughlin, JMason, JHIll
Waddle, MiEvans, DioJohnson, Sutton, Doubs, DemRobinson, JMcMillen
Andrews, Kincaid, Likely, Kraft
Saints

 

[Dacomish]

0067 starting in about 20 minutes:

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I'm drafting from the 9 spot..

So the autodraft QB armegeddon (by the 1 seed taking 4 consecutive QBs with picks) caused a few of us to have to draft a QB early to ensure autodraft didn't pick every QB on the board. I always targeted Goff for a later pick, but having to take him earlier caused the domino effect.

QB - Goff, Lawrence (Hill also has QB eligibility on sleeper).
RB - Henry, R.White, A.Jones, C.Hubbard, Allgeier, Herbert, Jamaal Williams.
WR - AJB, Metcalf, K.Allen, Jameson Williams, Theilen, D.Robinson, Boyd
TE - Kittle, T.Hill, Okonkwo
Def - Seahawks

Overall I'm happy, just wish maybe there can be a positional limit on QB and Def for teams on autodraft in future. Should never be 4 consecutive QBs in an autodraft by same team.

 

[greenmountaingoat]

It seems pretty straightforward that the primary strategy in this league is to start the year with at least 4 "set it and forget it" WRs. Once seasonal RB attrition sets in, hope that those late RBs can be your hammer in the flex.

FWIW, TE in the flex seems like bad value to me because you're shaving a point or so of positional advantage vs ADP unless your guy really is going to blow up.

 

[Hot Sauce Guy]

FWIW, TE in the flex seems like bad value to me because you're shaving a point or so of positional advantage vs ADP unless your guy really is going to blow up.

totally agree.

 

[Anarchy99]

Who here remembers the infamous debacle known as the "staff QB squeeze" during the contest between FBG staffers and prominent message board posters from years ago? Not the brightest hour for the FBG contingent. I will elaborate if no one else wants to throw more shade at the staff.

 

[greenmountaingoat]

Who here remembers the infamous debacle known as the "staff QB squeeze" during the contest between FBG staffers and prominent message board posters from years ago? Not the brightest hour for the FBG contingent. I will elaborate if no one else wants to throw more shade at the staff.

Dish my man!

 

[Joey Wright]

0067 starting in about 20 minutes:

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I'm drafting from the 9 spot..

So the autodraft QB armegeddon (by the 1 seed taking 4 consecutive QBs with picks) caused a few of us to have to draft a QB early to ensure autodraft didn't pick every QB on the board. I always targeted Goff for a later pick, but having to take him earlier caused the domino effect.

QB - Goff, Lawrence (Hill also has QB eligibility on sleeper).
RB - Henry, R.White, A.Jones, C.Hubbard, Allgeier, Herbert, Jamaal Williams.
WR - AJB, Metcalf, K.Allen, Jameson Williams, Theilen, D.Robinson, Boyd
TE - Kittle, T.Hill, Okonkwo
Def - Seahawks

Overall I'm happy, just wish maybe there can be a positional limit on QB and Def for teams on autodraft in future. Should never be 4 consecutive QBs in an autodraft by same team.

Sounds like someone set a queue and loaded it up with QBs. I am going to go peek in on the draft board.

 

[Anarchy99]

Who here remembers the infamous debacle known as the "staff QB squeeze" during the contest between FBG staffers and prominent message board posters from years ago? Not the brightest hour for the FBG contingent. I will elaborate if no one else wants to throw more shade at the staff.

Dish my man!

Back when I was on staff, some of the commoners challenged us royals to compete against them. IIRC, there may have been several types of leagues, but the one I was in was a 12-team best ball league (6 staffers against a contingent of 6 message board posters). However, one of the site partners / owners instructed us that we were going to outsmart and outmaneuver the competition by drafting QB after QB. We were ordered to draft QB-QB-QB at a minimum in the early rounds in an attempt to "squeeze" out the message board crew from having any high scoring QBs on their rosters. By doing so, the message board crew loaded up on the highest scoring RB / WR. We watched helplessly as top scorers flew off the board while we were drafting our 3rd or 4th QBs. There were still a bunch of QBs out there . . . guys in camp battles, rookies, and backups that ended up starting after injuries to OUR GUYS. It was best ball, so each of our teams had a high scoring QB every week, but that was our only advantage. There were flex spots, so pretty much all the top end talent we passed on ended up scoring each week. We got absolutely crushed. It was embarrassing.

 

[greenmountaingoat]

Who here remembers the infamous debacle known as the "staff QB squeeze" during the contest between FBG staffers and prominent message board posters from years ago? Not the brightest hour for the FBG contingent. I will elaborate if no one else wants to throw more shade at the staff.

Dish my man!

Back when I was on staff, some of the commoners challenged us royals to compete against them. IIRC, there may have been several types of leagues, but the one I was in was a 12-team best ball league (6 staffers against a contingent of 6 message board posters). However, one of the site partners / owners instructed us that we were going to outsmart and outmaneuver the competition by drafting QB after QB. We were ordered to draft QB-QB-QB at a minimum in the early rounds in an attempt to "squeeze" out the message board crew from having any high scoring QBs on their rosters. By doing so, the message board crew loaded up on the highest scoring RB / WR. We watched helplessly as top scorers flew off the board while we were drafting our 3rd or 4th QBs. There were still a bunch of QBs out there . . . guys in camp battles, rookies, and backups that ended up starting after injuries to OUR GUYS. It was best ball, so each of our teams had a high scoring QB every week, but that was our only advantage. There were flex spots, so pretty much all the top end talent we passed on ended up scoring each week. We got absolutely crushed. It was embarrassing.

Oh yikes. Get out the bags!!!

The partner/owner sounds like a character out of a zany 80s comedy, like a 2 dimensional fictional villain.

 

[Anarchy99]

Who here remembers the infamous debacle known as the "staff QB squeeze" during the contest between FBG staffers and prominent message board posters from years ago? Not the brightest hour for the FBG contingent. I will elaborate if no one else wants to throw more shade at the staff.

Dish my man!

Back when I was on staff, some of the commoners challenged us royals to compete against them. IIRC, there may have been several types of leagues, but the one I was in was a 12-team best ball league (6 staffers against a contingent of 6 message board posters). However, one of the site partners / owners instructed us that we were going to outsmart and outmaneuver the competition by drafting QB after QB. We were ordered to draft QB-QB-QB at a minimum in the early rounds in an attempt to "squeeze" out the message board crew from having any high scoring QBs on their rosters. By doing so, the message board crew loaded up on the highest scoring RB / WR. We watched helplessly as top scorers flew off the board while we were drafting our 3rd or 4th QBs. There were still a bunch of QBs out there . . . guys in camp battles, rookies, and backups that ended up starting after injuries to OUR GUYS. It was best ball, so each of our teams had a high scoring QB every week, but that was our only advantage. There were flex spots, so pretty much all the top end talent we passed on ended up scoring each week. We got absolutely crushed. It was embarrassing.

Oh yikes. Get out the bags!!!

The partner/owner sounds like a character out of a zany 80s comedy, like a 2 dimensional fictional villain.

There's a reason why people say, "Don't drink and draft."

 

[Hot Sauce Guy]

Back when I was on staff, some of the commoners challenged us royals to compete against them. IIRC, there may have been several types of leagues, but the one I was in was a 12-team best ball league (6 staffers against a contingent of 6 message board posters). However, one of the site partners / owners instructed us that we were going to outsmart and outmaneuver the competition by drafting QB after QB. We were ordered to draft QB-QB-QB at a minimum in the early rounds in an attempt to "squeeze" out the message board crew from having any high scoring QBs on their rosters. By doing so, the message board crew loaded up on the highest scoring RB / WR. We watched helplessly as top scorers flew off the board while we were drafting our 3rd or 4th QBs. There were still a bunch of QBs out there . . . guys in camp battles, rookies, and backups that ended up starting after injuries to OUR GUYS. It was best ball, so each of our teams had a high scoring QB every week, but that was our only advantage. There were flex spots, so pretty much all the top end talent we passed on ended up scoring each week. We got absolutely crushed. It was embarrassing.

I can't believe you went along with that. I would have rebelled at such a predictably terrible idea. lol

 

[Hot Sauce Guy]

The partner/owner sounds like a character out of a zany 80s comedy, like a 2 dimensional fictional villain.

I'm picturing them twirling a waxed handlebar mustache, muttering "nyah, nyah!" to themselves as they carried out their dastardly scheme.

 

[Golden Gopher]

Division 11.... Drafting from the 5-spot on Saturday morning.

QB - Burrow (10.08), Purdy (12.08)
RB - D Henry (2.08), R White (4.08), B Robinson (8.08), Dowdle (11.05), E Mitchell (16.08), K Mitchell (18.08)
WR - T Hill (1.05), McLaurin (5.05), Pickens (6.08), Sutton (9.05), D Douglas (13.05), L McCaffrey (17.05)
TE - Kelce (3.05), Kittle (7.05), Gesicki (19.05), T Kraft (20.08)
DST - NYJ (14.08), DAL (15.05)

Man, I loved the first half of this draft. Didn't need Kittle, but felt he was good value in the 7th. Burrow in the 10th was a bonus. The last half? Sort of "meh" for me. Grabbed Dowdle because I only had 3 RB at that point. Was hoping to get Zeke as well, but he went just four picks later. And, I didn't feel like I got any super value players in the back half like I did in the front. One other issue... I think I have about seven Week 14 byes between my RB and WR, so that may be a problem. Should be interesting.

 

[Anarchy99]

I can't believe you went along with that. I would have rebelled at such a predictably terrible idea. lol

I was one of the new guys at the time, and I didn't think it would be advisable to tell the guy who signed my checks that his scatter-brained plan would be rejected by the likes of Rocky & Bullwinkle and Scooby-Doo.

 

[Joe Bryant]

Who here remembers the infamous debacle known as the "staff QB squeeze" during the contest between FBG staffers and prominent message board posters from years ago? Not the brightest hour for the FBG contingent. I will elaborate if no one else wants to throw more shade at the staff.

Dish my man!

Back when I was on staff, some of the commoners challenged us royals to compete against them. IIRC, there may have been several types of leagues, but the one I was in was a 12-team best ball league (6 staffers against a contingent of 6 message board posters). However, one of the site partners / owners instructed us that we were going to outsmart and outmaneuver the competition by drafting QB after QB. We were ordered to draft QB-QB-QB at a minimum in the early rounds in an attempt to "squeeze" out the message board crew from having any high scoring QBs on their rosters. By doing so, the message board crew loaded up on the highest scoring RB / WR. We watched helplessly as top scorers flew off the board while we were drafting our 3rd or 4th QBs. There were still a bunch of QBs out there . . . guys in camp battles, rookies, and backups that ended up starting after injuries to OUR GUYS. It was best ball, so each of our teams had a high scoring QB every week, but that was our only advantage. There were flex spots, so pretty much all the top end talent we passed on ended up scoring each week. We got absolutely crushed. It was embarrassing.

What are you talking about? Who are you saying said to do that?

 

[Anarchy99]

What are you talking about? Who told you to do that?

Dodds. He was our team captain, and that's what he said we were to do. Could have been 20+ years ago by now.

 

[Joe Bryant]

What are you talking about? Who told you to do that?

Dodds. He was our team captain, and that's what he said we were to do. Could have been 20+ years ago by now.

Ok. Sounds like not a good idea.

 

[Joe Bryant]

Let's drop that and get back to the thread's topic with the Footballguys Bowl. Thanks.

 

[Joe Bryant]

Anyone have a draft this evening?

 

[Hot Sauce Guy]

Anyone have a draft this evening?

Me! 5 PM.

1.06

 

[Atomic Punk]

Had my draft this morning. Started right on time and no issues except for my own issue (more on that later). 1.01 went Bijon, which was a little surprising. I was picking from the six slot …

QB - Murray, Herbert
RB - Henry, Connor, Stephenson, Robinson (Was), Hill (BAL), Mitchell (SF)
WR - Hill, Olave, Pickens, Thomas (JAX), McCaffrey, Legette, Thielen, Tucker
TE - LaPorta, Hill, Henry
D - Eagles

My big mistake was picking Thielen. It isn’t that I’m down on him, but I thought it was my turn (it wasn’t) and I’m smashing the screen to pick Shaheed. He goes the pick before me and since I’m still smashing the screen to pick, it takes the next player who got bumped up after Shaheed got taken. As you probably guessed, I’ve never been known as a patient man.

All in all, I like team and think it has a good chance to compete.

 

[TheWinz]

RB - Hill (BAL)
WR - Hill
TE - Hill

 

[Atomic Punk]

RB - Hill (BAL)
WR - Hill
TE - Hill

LOL, I hadn’t noticed that even after typing it.

 

[jabarony]

0073 this morning. My starter-worthy guys are currently very thin, but if my guys stay healthy and a starting RB or two have injuries, I like my chances. I'm counting on you, Dowdle!

QB - Mahomes (3)
RB - Kyren (2), Conner (6), Brooks (8), Benson (10), Dowdle (12), R. Davis (13), T. Sermon (16), D. Prince (19), Jamaal W. (20)
WR - Chase (1), Devonta (4), Hollywood (7), Watson (9), Pearsall (15)
TE - Kincaid (5), Likely (11)
Def - KC (16), CIN (18)

 

[Instinctive]

So from pick 10 in 0014, I went pretty "get my guys." I think if I were to do a few FBG home leagues and build a real fantasy football portfolio again I'd hew a lot closer to ADP more, but for a one-off, I wanted to make sure if I love a guy, I don't see him blow up elsewhere. Very boom/bust approach:

I had originally planned on a Saquon first pick based on mocks, then hitting WR super hard, grabbing guys like Aaron Jones or whomever else fell in the 5th and later, along with a QB when it felt like value (Love was my consistent target) and Jake Ferguson at TE, usually in the 6th or 7th. I always wanted to walk away with at least 2 of Rashee Rice, Christian Watson, George Pickens, Brian Thomas.

Well ARSB almost fell, and Saquon went a pick early. I had a hard unexpected decision between Chase and Wilson, but I have them almost dead even in points (I actually project Chase higher by 3 for the year) but don't love the holdout/in thing as a risk so went Wilson.

I was crushed when James Cook then ALSO went one pick before me. Was really surprised by some of the team starts, including the 9 slot going RB-RB-RB. I kind of hate his team when I look at it, but who knows. I was a little "uhhhh hmmmmmmm" and figured I would do the 3/4 turn with either: Mahomes and one of Mixon/Kamara/Walker/Pickens, or I could go Mixon and one of Kamara/Walker/Pickens, or I could go Mixon and see if Mahomes fell. I have those RBs all kinda close behind Mixon, but I have Mahomes and Allen above all others at QB. In a league where I am guessing playing the WW for streaming is going to be harder, I pulled the Mahomes trigger. Then Mixon fell anyway.

When it came back to me, I was between Pickens and Aaron Jones. Full PPR, 3 WR, 2 flex really pushed up some of the WRs in value in my rankings, and means there'll be some more serviceable RB2s we don't expect, so I went Pickens. When Engram went, i figured it was now or never for Ferguson, and he was at that point the only TE I wanted. So I grabbed him, losing out (I figured) on Rashee Rice.

I cannot believe how far Rice fell. I think, perhaps moreso than in other years, the early picks were a MASSIVE advantage for grabbing value. I've done a ton of mocks and I love all the guys falling to the end of the 4th, 6th rounds and such. I think I may regret having Pickens over Rice.

Somehow in 7/8 nobody else was excited to jump out at Brian Thomas, so I got him and Watson. I think both are massively undervalued and am very excited to have them.

Came back and hit RB hard, grabbing both LAC guys and Allgeier - I think at that point it's a very +EV bet to make that Allgeier gets more touches than everyone thinks, plus at this point in the draft, I'm hunting "one injury away" guys.

Palmer in the 12th vs McConkey in the 9th...maybe I'm insane but that feels a bit backwards to me. Good value depth pick and another "ok but what if he does get 130 targets?"

Then I went with a multi-defense strategy, something I would basically never do in my home leagues, but again assuming the WW will have too many trying to stream I think just getting a good D is undervalued. I was counting on Vidal being there in like the 16th, so was kind of annoyed when he was autodrafted in the 14th, and then Braelon Allen to the same team. 2 really good picks IMO and guys I had taregted in same range. Finished out with the Jets, who I think are a top 3 D with a pretty good SOS, and the Chargers, who i think could be really good and slept on and get LV/DEN four times.

I rounded out with Levis and SInnott as guys who again could surprise but with Mahomes I immediately punted all other QB2 plans. Then grabbed ATL for their week 1 matchup.

QB: Mahomes
RB: Mixon, GEdwards, Dobbins, Allgeier, Ty Chandler, Bucky Irving, Roschon Johnson
WR: GWilson, Kupp, Pickens, Thomas, Watson
TE: Ferguson
DEF: Jets/Chargers for season + Falcons for just week 1

 

[InDitkaWeTrust]

It seems pretty straightforward that the primary strategy in this league is to start the year with at least 4 "set it and forget it" WRs. Once seasonal RB attrition sets in, hope that those late RBs can be your hammer in the flex.

FWIW, TE in the flex seems like bad value to me because you're shaving a point or so of positional advantage vs ADP unless your guy really is going to blow up.

I think Hock is the exception here. He's going as a later round backup TE with TE 3-7 upside once he returns. He is excellent value at TE and a potential starter/flex for cheap.

 

[scottybo]

Anyone have a draft this evening?

 

[Joey Wright]

Anyone have a draft this evening?

I am still not in Footballguys Bowl. Not a joke. I've been saving myself for a late dropout to slide in. It'll be funny if I get iced out of this. Haha.

 

[Hot Sauce Guy]

Anyone have a draft this evening?

Are you in 0154 at 5:00 (~1 hour from now)?

 

[scottybo]

Anyone have a draft this evening?

Are you in 0154 at 5:00 (~1 hour from now)?

118.

 

[Hot Sauce Guy]

Anyone have a draft this evening?

Are you in 0154 at 5:00 (~1 hour from now)?

118.

Dang. What pick position?

 

[BassNBrew]

Anyone know why the FBG projections are expecting 300+ pts for the defenses but Sleeper projections are around 100 points?

 

[scottybo]

Anyone have a draft this evening?

Are you in 0154 at 5:00 (~1 hour from now)?

118.

Dang. What pick position?

2

 

[Hot Sauce Guy]

Anyone have a draft this evening?

Are you in 0154 at 5:00 (~1 hour from now)?

118.

Dang. What pick position?

2

Good luck! Mine’s about to start up.

 

[Gottabesweet]

League 93
Loved the sync on DD to sleeper. Was amazing. Will yahoo have this within a couple weeks? @Joe Bryant

QB - Goff, Daniel’s, Fields.
Not real happy here but we’ll see how Daniel’s progresses

RB- Cook, Kamara, Ekeler, R. Johnson, Bigsby, Laube- not real happy here either. Will depend on the receptions for these backs.

WR - Jefferson, London, Flowers, Godwin, JSN, Hollywood Brown, Legette, Iosivas

TE - Hockenson/Conklin

 

[scottybo]

Anyone have a draft this evening?

Are you in 0154 at 5:00 (~1 hour from now)?

118.

Dang. What pick position?

2

Good luck! Mine’s about to start up.

Same timing as mine. GL!

 

[greenmountaingoat]

Anyone have a draft this evening?

Are you in 0154 at 5:00 (~1 hour from now)?

118.

Dang. What pick position?

2

Good luck! Mine’s about to start up.

Post the link

 

[Hot Sauce Guy]

Team 8 with 3 RB, 3 QB, 2 TE and Sutton as his WR1 through 9 rounds.

 

[Hot Sauce Guy]

Anyone have a draft this evening?

Are you in 0154 at 5:00 (~1 hour from now)?

118.

Dang. What pick position?

2

Good luck! Mine’s about to start up.

Post the link

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[greenmountaingoat]

Is it just me or do most of you watch the board and shortlist who you like coming up. The idea that it takes more than 45 seconds to pick is sort of mind blowing.

Amazing values in 154

Flowers at 5.10

Bizarro drafter at 8 for sure. Through 12 rounds has 2 WRs (Sutton and Jamo) but yet:
2 Defenses
3 Quarterbacks
2 Tight ends
3 RBs

and THERE IT IS- Mooney as the WR3, Dotson as WR4.

 

[Hot Sauce Guy]

Is it just me or do most of you watch the board and shortlist who you like coming up. The idea that it takes more than 45 seconds to pick is sort of mind blowing.

Amazing values in 154

Flowers at 5.10

Bizarro drafter at 8 for sure. Through 12 rounds has 2 WRs (Sutton and Jamo) but yet:
2 Defenses
3 Quarterbacks
2 Tight ends
3 RBs

and THERE IT IS- Mooney as the WR3, Dotson as WR4.

Drives me insane. So long to pick. Sigh

 

[Hot Sauce Guy]

and THERE IT IS- Mooney as the WR3, Dotson as WR4

Also 2 defenses before 3rd and 4th WRs.

 

[Hot Sauce Guy]

Drafting in the middle is brutal. Runs start and 2 autopickers 11-12 just yoinking players I wanted.

Brian Thomas, Jamo, Nyet!

 

[Hot Sauce Guy]

Kinda like my build though.

 

[Hot Sauce Guy]

Flowers at 5.10

Very nearly took him but wanted a RB-TE 5-6