Thoughts on drafting 2 stud receivers from the same team? (1 Viewer)

[RJS113]

Say you are in the middle of a draft, and you have already taken Fitzgerald as your #1 receiver. Now you are about to take your 2nd WR, and the best two players available are Boldin and Holt. For arguments sake, let's say you have Bolden and Holt rated pretty much equal.

Would you prefer to take Boldin, and lock up both Cardinal WRs, or would you rather take Holt, so you don't have to rely on the Cardinals offense as much?

If you said you wouldn't take Boldin, would your answer be different if we were talking about a WR duo with a better QB situation (Moss/Welker, Chad/Housh)?

I know you always want to take the best player available, so this question only applies if both players are rated about the same.

I know as a Chad Johnson owner last year, I would of loved to have Houshmanzadeh as well.

 

[Jeff Tefertiller]

Doug Drinen did a study on this topic a while back and found two WRs from the same team actually offer more consistency than two independent WRs. The study is in the wannabee thread in the assistant coach forum if you want to look it up.

 

[The Man with the Plan]

If you have them as virtually equal then you might as well take Holt. That way you don't have to use a back-up for two guys during the bye week.

 

[Tom Servo]

If you have them as virtually equal then you might as well take Holt. That way you don't have to use a back-up for two guys during the bye week.

This (unfortunately) opens up the "would you tank one week to improve your chances of winning the other weeks" discussion.

 

[Sabertooth]

If you have them as virtually equal then you might as well take Holt. That way you don't have to use a back-up for two guys during the bye week.

This (unfortunately) opens up the "would you tank one week to improve your chances of winning the other weeks" discussion.

I would never tank and I am not in any leagues that only have 1 bench wideout. So I'd adjust accordingly. Say I have Fitz and Boldin as 1a and 1b, I'd just make sure that receivers 3 and 4 cover their bye week.

 

[Tanner9919]

Say you are in the middle of a draft, and you have already taken Fitzgerald as your #1 receiver. Now you are about to take your 2nd WR, and the best two players available are Boldin and Holt. For arguments sake, let's say you have Bolden and Holt rated pretty much equal. Would you prefer to take Boldin, and lock up both Cardinal WRs, or would you rather take Holt, so you don't have to rely on the Cardinals offense as much?If you said you wouldn't take Boldin, would your answer be different if we were talking about a WR duo with a better QB situation (Moss/Welker, Chad/Housh)?I know you always want to take the best player available, so this question only applies if both players are rated about the same. I know as a Chad Johnson owner last year, I would of loved to have Houshmanzadeh as well.

I'm not sure its such a good thing: years ago ( 1990), I had James Lofton, Andre Reed, Jim Kelly on my team..I thought I was a sure-bet to win it all.I finished .500 that season. I 'd rather have two WR's from diffent offenses, than two guys on the same team. Lets say you have Fitz + Boldin..what happens to your team when Az goes to Buffalo in late December, and they are forced to play in near-blizzard conditions?! Chances are , you won't win that game. It's probably best to spread out your players than it is to grab, say, T.o and Patrick Crayton...

 

[FUBAR]

Say you are in the middle of a draft, and you have already taken Fitzgerald as your #1 receiver. Now you are about to take your 2nd WR, and the best two players available are Boldin and Holt. For arguments sake, let's say you have Bolden and Holt rated pretty much equal.

Would you prefer to take Boldin, and lock up both Cardinal WRs, or would you rather take Holt, so you don't have to rely on the Cardinals offense as much?

If you said you wouldn't take Boldin, would your answer be different if we were talking about a WR duo with a better QB situation (Moss/Welker, Chad/Housh)?

I know you always want to take the best player available, so this question only applies if both players are rated about the same.

I know as a Chad Johnson owner last year, I would of loved to have Houshmanzadeh as well.

I'm not sure its such a good thing: years ago ( 1990), I had James Lofton, Andre Reed, Jim Kelly on my team..I thought I was a sure-bet to win it all.I finished .500 that season. I 'd rather have two WR's from diffent offenses, than two guys on the same team. Lets say you have Fitz + Boldin..what happens to your team when Az goes to Buffalo in late December, and they are forced to play in near-blizzard conditions?! Chances are , you won't win that game. It's probably best to spread out your players than it is to grab, say, T.o and Patrick Crayton...

They are playing in New England week 16. Assuming you have the players as equals, I'd go with the younger guy first. I don't mind having 2 WRs from the same team, but I won't actively seek it out.

Frankly, I trade enough that it's unlikely both WRs will be on my team in a couple years anyway.

 

[Andy Herron]

I would stear clear of this at all costs. As has been mentioned, you have bye weeks to hurdle, a potential weather factor to consider.

In addition, what if you lose their starting QB for any length of time. Bad matchups. It's the old "putting all of your eggs in one basket" thing.

I'm not buying the "Drinen study" (no offense, Doug). Better opportunity can be found with a little of this (one team) and a little of that (another team).

There would be very few exceptions. Very few. (The '99 Rams, the '04, '05 Colts. Both dome teams, by the way) High risk, high reward in any case.

 

[mozzy84]

I killed with moss and welker last year...that said if the qb has on off day you are pretty much screwed that week at your wr position.

 

[ThePittbully]

I would stear clear of this at all costs. As has been mentioned, you have bye weeks to hurdle, a potential weather factor to consider.In addition, what if you lose their starting QB for any length of time. Bad matchups. It's the old "putting all of your eggs in one basket" thing.I'm not buying the "Drinen study" (no offense, Doug). Better opportunity can be found with a little of this (one team) and a little of that (another team).There would be very few exceptions. Very few. (The '99 Rams, the '04, '05 Colts. Both dome teams, by the way) High risk, high reward in any case.

Last year in a redraft I ended up drafting Romo, Owens, Crayton, and Witten. It worked out pretty well. If the offense is high powered I dont see any reason why it would be a bad idea

 

[AnonymousBob]

Don't draft two wr's of a crappy team. I won't be snagging Porter/Williams as part of a Jaguars assault. But I'd have no issue with two elite wr's...you're going to get your points one way or the other.

 

[SSOG]

Don't draft two wr's of a crappy team. I won't be snagging Porter/Williams as part of a Jaguars assault. But I'd have no issue with two elite wr's...you're going to get your points one way or the other.

Don't COUNT ON two WRs of a crappy team. I wouldn't want to have to start both Porter and Williams, but I have no problem with grabbing them as my WR4 and WR5 under the assumption that it's very likely ONE of them will wind up startable as the season progresses.

 

[AnonymousBob]

Don't draft two wr's of a crappy team. I won't be snagging Porter/Williams as part of a Jaguars assault. But I'd have no issue with two elite wr's...you're going to get your points one way or the other.

Don't COUNT ON two WRs of a crappy team. I wouldn't want to have to start both Porter and Williams, but I have no problem with grabbing them as my WR4 and WR5 under the assumption that it's very likely ONE of them will wind up startable as the season progresses.

You're correct. I typed without expressing myself clearly. I've often grabbed a couple wr's from a decent team because I don't know who will get yards but I'm fairly certain SOMEBODY will.

 

[Peak]

I wouldn't mind it if they are from hi powered aerial offenses. Example from last season is that I had Edwards and Winslow on my roster. Not necessarily WR/WR, but still the top 2 targets from the same team. I think that is worthwhile to have, but on the other hand I wouldn't be drafting the top two targets in TENN this season.