What is the perfect draft in my league? (1 Viewer)

[Mr. Fusion]

I love the perfect draft article. In years past, Mr. Dodds has advocated taking RBs early and this year advocates taking a WR in the 2nd round. Because this is based on a 12 team league that starts 3 WR it makes a lot of sense because the starting WRs go 36 deep. My main league is 10 teams and only starts 2 (and the consensus is to not change because we have 10 years of history and records). I know that there are other leagues out there of this size and scoring system.

So I ask you, the sharks, and Mr. Dodds - what is the perfect draft for this kind of league?

Please move this to assistant coach if necessary, but my aim is to create discussion and not ask for "help".

 

[kerpow]

I enjoyed the Perfect Draft article as well but am in the same predicament as you, in a 10 team league. How many RB's do you start? I think that is key here. Starting only 2 WR's theres certainly no need to take more than 1 WR in the first 3 picks. If you can grab one of the top 6 WR's (Moss, Wayne, TO, Edwards, Smith, Fitz) in the second round you should still be able to pick a WR 14-20 (Marshall, Holmes, Welker, Roy Williams, Bowe, Jennings) in the 4th or possibly 5th round

 

[eric rymer]

I enjoyed the Perfect Draft article as well but am in the same predicament as you, in a 10 team league. How many RB's do you start? I think that is key here. Starting only 2 WR's theres certainly no need to take more than 1 WR in the first 3 picks. If you can grab one of the top 6 WR's (Moss, Wayne, TO, Edwards, Smith, Fitz) in the second round you should still be able to pick a WR 14-20 (Marshall, Holmes, Welker, Roy Williams, Bowe, Jennings) in the 4th or possibly 5th round

Really need to know the starting requirements to give a good answer. I used to be a firm supporter of the 2 RB's first theory. Honestly with so many teams using some form of RBBC it varies depending on your draft position. Going WR in the 2nd is a pretty good idea. There aren't that many feature backs left. If I had picks 8-13 I would probably consider going RB/RB. If I was picking 1-7 I would probably go RB/WR, but again it depends on the specific starting requirements for you league.

 

[FUBAR]

I enjoyed the Perfect Draft article as well but am in the same predicament as you, in a 10 team league. How many RB's do you start? I think that is key here. Starting only 2 WR's theres certainly no need to take more than 1 WR in the first 3 picks. If you can grab one of the top 6 WR's (Moss, Wayne, TO, Edwards, Smith, Fitz) in the second round you should still be able to pick a WR 14-20 (Marshall, Holmes, Welker, Roy Williams, Bowe, Jennings) in the 4th or possibly 5th round

Really need to know the starting requirements to give a good answer. I used to be a firm supporter of the 2 RB's first theory. Honestly with so many teams using some form of RBBC it varies depending on your draft position. Going WR in the 2nd is a pretty good idea. There aren't that many feature backs left. If I had picks 8-13 I would probably consider going RB/RB. If I was picking 1-7 I would probably go RB/WR, but again it depends on the specific starting requirements for you league.

Am I the only one who thinks being flexible is more important than trying to get the "textbook perfect draft"? I go where the value takes me after doing enough research to get an idea of what will remain. But there's no way I'm pigeonholing myself to 2 RBs in the first 3 rounds, a WR in the 2nd, etc. I've done much better when I've had a general gameplan but maintained flexibility.

 

[Katism]

Dodds' article for a perfect draft for 10-team leagues really helped me win my league last year. It helped me change my thinking in my now 8-year old league w/ my friends. With only 10-teams, there's less risk there if your pick busts because of all the quality players available in every round. You can deviate from traditional drafting methods in 10-team leagues.

Last year, I had the 9th pick in a PPR league and went Westbrook (that won't happen again this year), then snaked back around and took Chad Johnson. When it snaked back around to me I took Roy Williams with pick 9 in the 3rd round, and in the 4th round (2nd pick) I took portis. By the time it went back to me in the 5th round was where I made my first mistake. I took Vince Young! 5 QBs were already off the board and the year before was when Mike Vick was a top-6 QB in our league and I bought into the rushing yardage/TD hype (Thanks Faleti!). Thankfully, Ben Roethelisberger was there 4 rounds later and that saved me.

I don't want to bore you with my whole draft but w/ the 10-team leagues, you can be riskier with your picks because the value goes even deeper. When you break it down, 2 less 16-player rosters = 32 more players on the board or whatever your roster requirements.

As for me, I'm interested to see what Dodds about the 10-team "perfect draft" because I am convinced that snagging 2 stud WR's with picks 2 and 3 are the way to go. Then you grab a stud TE (witten, gates, winslow, gonzalez) or RB2 depending on where you're drafting, then with your 5th and 6th rounders you go with an elite QB or you fill out your roster with more RBs.

But this all really depends on where you're drafting, and you have to be flexible to the trends that can go on in your draft. We've had the same group of people in my league for years now but there are a couple of owners who make the stupid picks every single year.

 

[eric rymer]

I enjoyed the Perfect Draft article as well but am in the same predicament as you, in a 10 team league. How many RB's do you start? I think that is key here. Starting only 2 WR's theres certainly no need to take more than 1 WR in the first 3 picks. If you can grab one of the top 6 WR's (Moss, Wayne, TO, Edwards, Smith, Fitz) in the second round you should still be able to pick a WR 14-20 (Marshall, Holmes, Welker, Roy Williams, Bowe, Jennings) in the 4th or possibly 5th round

Really need to know the starting requirements to give a good answer. I used to be a firm supporter of the 2 RB's first theory. Honestly with so many teams using some form of RBBC it varies depending on your draft position. Going WR in the 2nd is a pretty good idea. There aren't that many feature backs left. If I had picks 8-13 I would probably consider going RB/RB. If I was picking 1-7 I would probably go RB/WR, but again it depends on the specific starting requirements for you league.

Am I the only one who thinks being flexible is more important than trying to get the "textbook perfect draft"? I go where the value takes me after doing enough research to get an idea of what will remain. But there's no way I'm pigeonholing myself to 2 RBs in the first 3 rounds, a WR in the 2nd, etc. I've done much better when I've had a general gameplan but maintained flexibility.

You're not alone at all. I try to have a general plan on what might happen or a perfect scenario, but you're right, to be successful you got to be flexible. If a player happens to fall to you that represents a better value play, then you should take advantage of it. You can never predict with any real accuracy how some 'runs' will go, so while you can hope for the perfect draft, it doesn't always fall that way. I guess the true perfect draft is the one that wins you the title.

 

[northern exposure]

I enjoyed the Perfect Draft article as well but am in the same predicament as you, in a 10 team league. How many RB's do you start? I think that is key here. Starting only 2 WR's theres certainly no need to take more than 1 WR in the first 3 picks. If you can grab one of the top 6 WR's (Moss, Wayne, TO, Edwards, Smith, Fitz) in the second round you should still be able to pick a WR 14-20 (Marshall, Holmes, Welker, Roy Williams, Bowe, Jennings) in the 4th or possibly 5th round

Really need to know the starting requirements to give a good answer. I used to be a firm supporter of the 2 RB's first theory. Honestly with so many teams using some form of RBBC it varies depending on your draft position. Going WR in the 2nd is a pretty good idea. There aren't that many feature backs left. If I had picks 8-13 I would probably consider going RB/RB. If I was picking 1-7 I would probably go RB/WR, but again it depends on the specific starting requirements for you league.

Am I the only one who thinks being flexible is more important than trying to get the "textbook perfect draft"? I go where the value takes me after doing enough research to get an idea of what will remain. But there's no way I'm pigeonholing myself to 2 RBs in the first 3 rounds, a WR in the 2nd, etc. I've done much better when I've had a general gameplan but maintained flexibility.

I have to agree. If you have been playing with the same guys for years you can probably predict who they will take and plan accordingly. However, if you play with people you don't know as well, you have to be flexible and remember your league scoring settings when you make your picks. I don't suscribe to the one size fits all drafting strategy. I have seen many mocks that I thought would go RB/WR in rounds 1 and 2 only to watch them go RB/RB and get shut out.