Upside down drafting strategy, who's in this year? (1 Viewer)

[ponchsox]

Anyone employing this strategy this year (PPR)? Picks 4-7 seem like the prime spots. Go WR/WR/WR and then take RBs rounds 4-7.

I'm specifically targeting Keenan Allen in the 3rd so you can end up with something like ODB/Baldwin/Allen and then target someone like McCaffrey or Cook as your RB1 and go after the Woodheads and Powells beginning in round 5. What say the sharks?

 

[need2know]

Anyone employing this strategy this year (PPR)? Picks 4-7 seem like the prime spots. Go WR/WR/WR and then take RBs rounds 4-7.

I'm specifically targeting Keenan Allen in the 3rd so you can end up with something like ODB/Baldwin/Allen and then target someone like McCaffrey or Cook as your RB1 and go after the Woodheads and Powells beginning in round 5. What say the sharks?

Sure why not.  You can prob get a better wr than Keenan Allen in the third though.  See him going in the 4 or 5th. If you want to get a wr coming off injury go for Watkins. He's due 

 

[ponchsox]

Sure why not.  You can prob get a better wr than Keenan Allen in the third though.  See him going in the 4 or 5th. If you want to get a wr coming off injury go for Watkins. He's due 

Where do you rank Allen vs Pryor?

 

[need2know]

Where do you rank Allen vs Pryor?

I would rather have Allen.  Not really a Pryor fan.  Wouldn't reach for either.  Allens injury history scares the hell out of me

 

[flapgreen]

I'm just gonna pick whoever this year. Every type of strategy has failed me the last few years because all of my players always get hurt. Will update this thread and let you know who I pick this year so you can avoid. 

 

[ponchsox]

I'm just gonna pick whoever this year. Every type of strategy has failed me the last few years because all of my players always get hurt. Will update this thread and let you know who I pick this year so you can avoid. 

I'm all about mitigating risk in the first few rounds this year. Top WR have a better chance of finishing at the top of their position than RB. A lot of teams last year had stud WR and hit on Jordan Howard. It seems the lottery ticket RB than hits is the key to a championship. Ironically, both teams I had David Johnson on missed the playoffs. 

 

[need2know]

I'm just gonna pick whoever this year. Every type of strategy has failed me the last few years because all of my players always get hurt. Will update this thread and let you know who I pick this year so you can avoid. 

No ####.  I was riding high most of last season until the last month.  Aj green, Gordon and others go down.  Limp into playoffs as a 2 seed.  Lost first playoff game and third place game to finish 4th.  Only lost twice all year.  Injuries are so brutal.  I know cool story.

 

[Deamon]

Just did this in my draft.  It's a start  2rb + 3wr + flex PPR league.  From the 3 spot:

Brown
Dez
D. Thomas
Lynch

Will see how it works out.  Love the WR Corps so far.

 

[Gally]

I don't like going into a draft trying to force positions.  Take BPS when you are up regardless of positions.  If you don't like the Rb's coming back at round 2 then take the WR but don't have your mind already made up before you even see who falls.

 

[need2know]

Just did this in my draft.  It's a start  2rb + 3wr + flex PPR league.  From the 3 spot:

Brown
Dez
D. Thomas
Lynch

Will see how it works out.  Love the WR Corps so far.

Hell yeah.  Not buying Lynch this year though

 

[The General]

Best available for me in the first couple rounds but prefer to go WR/WR unless I have a very early pick or a RB falls to me. 

Have had lots of success with this but it's not uncommon anymore so people don't reach for suspect RB's as much and my main league scoring favors WR's a bit.

 

[Deamon]

Hell yeah.  Not buying Lynch this year though

Me neither at all.  He's going late 2nd though so getting him at 4.10 when I was desperate for a RB I think is worth the risk.  My #1 RB this year will likely be a waiver guy I blow my budget on.

 

[beerbuff]

I'm in but mostly because it fits in with when I'm picking (8 Spot) in a 2 player keeper league and that the WR's available to me in the first couple of rounds are head over heels better than the RB's that will be available. I have OBJ and Michael Thomas as keepers and we start 2 flex. My only dilemma is if I should go WR in the 2nd (Robinson/Cooks) or go with Gronk.

 

[need2know]

I'm in but mostly because it fits in with when I'm picking (8 Spot) in a 2 player keeper league and that the WR's available to me in the first couple of rounds are head over heels better than the RB's that will be available. I have OBJ and Michael Thomas as keepers and we start 2 flex. My only dilemma is if I should go WR in the 2nd (Robinson/Cooks) or go with Gronk.

Gronk all day

 

[FreeBaGeL]

A lot of teams last year had stud WR and hit on Jordan Howard. It seems the lottery ticket RB than hits is the key to a championship. Ironically, both teams I had David Johnson on missed the playoffs. 

This works the other way too though, with teams that drafted a stud RB like Johnson or Bell early and then hit on Michael Thomas or Davante Adams late.  So I guess the key takeaway is to draft studs early and also draft studs late .  Doesn't seem to matter which position they're at if you're getting a top player in the 15th round.

Oddly last year both RB and WR had the same number of top 10 finishers that were drafted outside of the first 10 rounds, and both finished in roughly the same spots (RB9 and RB10 were late round picks, as were WR7 and WR9).  The rest of the top 10 in both RB and WR are guys that were drafted relatively early, within at least the first 5 rounds.

 

[Cowboysfan8]

I'm in but mostly because it fits in with when I'm picking (8 Spot) in a 2 player keeper league and that the WR's available to me in the first couple of rounds are head over heels better than the RB's that will be available. I have OBJ and Michael Thomas as keepers and we start 2 flex. My only dilemma is if I should go WR in the 2nd (Robinson/Cooks) or go with Gronk.

You really think Gronk will be available to you in the 2nd of a 2 player keeper?

 

[beerbuff]

You really think Gronk will be available to you in the 2nd of a 2 player keeper?

Yes, there is a very good chance for a few reasons. One, being the bias of two of the owners against owning any patriots-and who the other keepers are-between my picks the owners have 4 RB's, 1 QB, 1 TE and just 2 WR's. 

 

[Long Ball Larry]

Yes, definitely like the crop of RBs in the later rounds better than the WRs and love Kelce in the 4th if you can get him.

Would go Johnson and Bell for sure to start, but much prefer the idea of filling out the middle/late rounds with the likes of Cook, Blount, Abdullah, Coleman, Woodhead, West, Gore, Martin, Rodgers, Perkins, Lacy, Joe Williams, Jamaal Williams, etc. and try to get one to hit or churn waivers.

 

[kutta]

Yes, there is a very good chance for a few reasons. One, being the bias of two of the owners against owning any patriots-and who the other keepers are-between my picks the owners have 4 RB's, 1 QB, 1 TE and just 2 WR's. 

I still say there's no way Gronk is available in the second. 

 

[Cowboysfan8]

I still say there's no way Gronk is available in the second. 

With 2 keepers per team, it doesn't make any sense to me either

 

[Dez]

Anyone employing this strategy this year (PPR)? Picks 4-7 seem like the prime spots. Go WR/WR/WR and then take RBs rounds 4-7.

I'm specifically targeting Keenan Allen in the 3rd so you can end up with something like ODB/Baldwin/Allen and then target someone like McCaffrey or Cook as your RB1 and go after the Woodheads and Powells beginning in round 5. What say the sharks?

I did an FFPC draft a month ago and didn't take a RB until round 10.  The ultimate zero RB strategy though it sure wasn't planned that way.  Have to believe in a high stakes league that has never happened before.  Should be interesting to see how this one turns out.

 

[Ilov80s]

If you don't have one of the top 3 spots, it's a very solid play. I really only think there are 9 RBs worth being taken in the first 2 rounds imo. 

 

[kyoun1e]

If you don't have one of the top 3 spots, it's a very solid play. I really only think there are 9 RBs worth being taken in the first 2 rounds imo. 

In my 12 team league I have the 10th pick and I'm seriously considering it.

With picks 10 and 15 in rounds 1 and 2 I could walk away with AJ Green and Jordy Nelson. Could then possibly grab a Ty Montgomery in round 4 to anchor my RB position in a PPR league. (I also only have to start 1 RB weekly).

On the flip side, it would be nice to lock down the RB position in round 1 with the likes of L. McCoy, M. Gordon, or D. Freeman, but the thought of drafting any of these guys makes me cringe. McCoy seems to break down / leave every game...Gordon with injuries and the Chargers shaky O-line...and Freeman always has Coleman lurking. A lot of flees here.

 

[need2know]

In my 12 team league I have the 10th pick and I'm seriously considering it.

With picks 10 and 15 in rounds 1 and 2 I could walk away with AJ Green and Jordy Nelson. Could then possibly grab a Ty Montgomery in round 4 to anchor my RB position in a PPR league. (I also only have to start 1 RB weekly).

On the flip side, it would be nice to lock down the RB position in round 1 with the likes of L. McCoy, M. Gordon, or D. Freeman, but the thought of drafting any of these guys makes me cringe. McCoy seems to break down / leave every game...Gordon with injuries and the Chargers shaky O-line...and Freeman always has Coleman lurking. A lot of flees here.

If you could get 2 of Jordy, aj green, Michael Thomas I would take that all day over any of the RBS back there except maybe lesean or Murray.  But it seems 2 high end wr is less risky than any RB there

 

[hoffman0001]

Is this where you draft a Kicker first round?   Kidding. I don't like to go into any draft with a plan because 90% of the time if goes out the window and you wasted time and effort. Know your players, and get the best value for your squad every round. 

 

[Long Ball Larry]

If you could get 2 of Jordy, aj green, Michael Thomas I would take that all day over any of the RBS back there except maybe lesean or Murray.  But it seems 2 high end wr is less risky than any RB there

This is what I keep doing when doing mocks on fantasypros with picks in the later part of the first round.  But it keeps hating my projected starters points, while loving my bench points.  Maybe that is good, since I'm not necessarily expecting to have two real starting rbs from the jump with the strategy but eventually work into 2 out of 6 "gambles".

 

[Long Ball Larry]

Is this where you draft a Kicker first round?   Kidding. I don't like to go into any draft with a plan because 90% of the time if goes out the window and you wasted time and effort. Know your players, and get the best value for your squad every round. 

I agree with what you are saying, but I think that you need to have a good idea of  what you want based on what you expect to happen.  Certainly you should not rule out really good value at any point based on a predetermined strategy.

 

[need2know]

I agree with what you are saying, but I think that you need to have a good idea of  what you want based on what you expect to happen.  Certainly you should not rule out really good value at any point based on a predetermined strategy.

Yes I generally like to know what position s and players I want to Target esp early.  If someone I really like falls than it's a decision time.  But it only helps to try to plan stuff out

 

[Cowboysfan8]

I did an FFPC draft a month ago and didn't take a RB until round 10.  The ultimate zero RB strategy though it sure wasn't planned that way.  Have to believe in a high stakes league that has never happened before.  Should be interesting to see how this one turns out.

Who are your rbs?

 

[DawnBTVS]

I usually attempt this in one of my leagues. I'm going in planning to pounce on any obvious value which arises but also being aware of where players (who I'd love to draft) are likely to be as well as backup values if they get taken earlier than expected. Mocks are great but there's nothing better than knowing your league scoring & league mates' drafting tendencies.

 

[Dez]

Who are your rbs?

White (NE) 

Kelley (Wash) 

Stewart (Car) 

Vereen (NYG) 

Conner (Pitt) 

Burkhead (NE) 

Oliver (LAC) 

Yeldon (Jax) 

 

[KarmaPolice]

If you could get 2 of Jordy, aj green, Michael Thomas I would take that all day over any of the RBS back there except maybe lesean or Murray.  But it seems 2 high end wr is less risky than any RB there

Seems this is the popular route this ywar again, and the mocjs I have been doing for my 9 slot have Nelson/Thomas gone by my 2nd pick.  Usually picking b/t Dez and Hilton or the next wave of rbs like Howard. 

 

[rickyg]

I'm just gonna pick whoever this year. Every type of strategy has failed me the last few years because all of my players always get hurt. Will update this thread and let you know who I pick this year so you can avoid. 

Man you had an entire offseason to lick those wounds, bro!  If you're this salty in beginning of August it's gonna a loooong season for you lol 

 

[Ilov80s]

In my 12 team league I have the 10th pick and I'm seriously considering it.

With picks 10 and 15 in rounds 1 and 2 I could walk away with AJ Green and Jordy Nelson. Could then possibly grab a Ty Montgomery in round 4 to anchor my RB position in a PPR league. (I also only have to start 1 RB weekly).

On the flip side, it would be nice to lock down the RB position in round 1 with the likes of L. McCoy, M. Gordon, or D. Freeman, but the thought of drafting any of these guys makes me cringe. McCoy seems to break down / leave every game...Gordon with injuries and the Chargers shaky O-line...and Freeman always has Coleman lurking. A lot of flees here.

I just mocked from 10th spot. I like how it has shaken out

AJG, Jordy, Kelce, Sammy Watkins, Gillislee, D. Cook, Decker, Gore, T. West, Macln, Cousins. 

 

[ponchsox]

I just mocked from 10th spot. I like how it has shaken out

AJG, Jordy, Kelce, Sammy Watkins, Gillislee, D. Cook, Decker, Gore, T. West, Macln, Cousins. 

Yeah, that's solid.

 

[ponchsox]

I really like my teams that I've been mock drafting this way, especially when I get Hyde in the 4th as my RB1.

 

[kutta]

I really like my teams that I've been mock drafting this way, especially when I get Hyde in the 4th as my RB1.

I'm drafting from the 12 hole and I'm hoping like heck to get Hyde at the 3/4 turn. That would make me very happy.

 

[Ilov80s]

Takin Hyde in the 3rd isn't really upside down 

 

[ponchsox]

Takin Hyde in the 3rd isn't really upside down 

4th not 3rd 

 

[Ilov80s]

4th not 3rd 

Sorry misread. Still seems a round early for a RB but I like Hyde in the 4th.