Dondante
Footballguy
He went for almost as much as Ray Rice in my auction league. No thanks. I know he has great PPR upside, but that's just too expensive for a complete unknown.
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What was your biggest regret/mistake from your drafts? (2 Viewers)
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Billy Bats
Footballguy
TartanLion
Footballguy
Ended up going Jimmy first which was fine. Went TE/WR/RB/WR/WR/RB. I don't mind that so much as I am stacked with Dez, Jordy, Patterson and Jimmy but I really wish I had taken Ellington over Spiller in the third round.
Crusaderfan
Footballguy
Went with Foster over Murray and Lynch in round 2 because my VBD sheet had him significantly higher - high enough to sway me. My gut said Murray and I usually go with my gut over any draft tools. This time I didn't and right now I have some regrets. We will see - could be my best move of the draft.
Craig_MiamiFL
Footballguy
I'd much rather have Fitz in PPR but Floyd should be in store for another 1k year and possibility of increased TD's and likely WR2 season.I've got my doubts. Arians makes stars out of possession receivers a lot more often.Billy Bats said:loser said:Pretty sure he'll be ok with that "mistake" at the end of the year.
I think Fitz is gonna be a PPR monster this year with 2 legitimate outside options in John Brown and Floyd. I expect the offense to continue to get better. Offense was decidedly better 2nd half last year as they got more comfortable with it.
Rick James
Footballguy
Never thought I'd say this, but I think taking Aaron Rodgers at 4.10 in my FFPC draft was a mistake. If I had known Brady would drop to the 9th, Cutler 10th, Russell Wilson 11th, Romo 12th...I probably would have passed over Rodgers in the 4th round.
I don't know...this is my first time doing the FFPC...you've got to take Rodgers at 4.10 right?
On top of that- Cam Newton was there at my 11.03 pick and I took him too.
I don't know...this is my first time doing the FFPC...you've got to take Rodgers at 4.10 right?
On top of that- Cam Newton was there at my 11.03 pick and I took him too.
Yenrub
Footballguy
The Gronk injury scared me away as well. I passed on him at the 3.01 in a 12 team league. Grabbed Vincent Jackson instead.
Picked up Ertz and Kelce much later
Uwe Blab
Footballguy
I always hate when my main money league drafts early (mid-August) and first. Inevitably, my outlook on certain players change with other drafts and the more I think about players.
Panicked a little and took a QB earlier than I like to in Foles (who I liked a lot more back then) when Michael Floyd was still on the board. Could have had a combo of Wilson or Cutler or Romo with Michael Floyd. Like that much, much better than Foles and Watkins (again a player who I thought much more highly about back then). Probably won't even start Watkins this first week over Greg f-ing Jennings. :X
Hate drafting that league first...always regret something.
Panicked a little and took a QB earlier than I like to in Foles (who I liked a lot more back then) when Michael Floyd was still on the board. Could have had a combo of Wilson or Cutler or Romo with Michael Floyd. Like that much, much better than Foles and Watkins (again a player who I thought much more highly about back then). Probably won't even start Watkins this first week over Greg f-ing Jennings. :X
Hate drafting that league first...always regret something.
DirtyCashDylan
Footballguy
I reached for Devonta Freeman at 6.08 as my RB4. SJax went in round 8.
I still fully believe in his situation but I should've waited. Jordan Cameron went the very next pic and here I am starting Ladarius Green.
Part of the reason I reached for him was I was tied to the ATL backfield last year and another reason was the Hardknocks factor and that everyone knew about him. Now I kinda feel like an idiot.
I still fully believe in his situation but I should've waited. Jordan Cameron went the very next pic and here I am starting Ladarius Green.
Part of the reason I reached for him was I was tied to the ATL backfield last year and another reason was the Hardknocks factor and that everyone knew about him. Now I kinda feel like an idiot.
Raiderfan32904
Footballguy
One minor regret. didn't realize until after the draft that ALL my RB's are the same bye week. 
Rick James
Footballguy
i drafted Dion Lewis. CLE cut him the other day.
cloppbeast
Footballguy
Statorama
Footballguy
My mistakes were all QB related, and cost me at RB
Overpaid for Stafford (and Dez) in an auction league and it cost me big on RB's. Got Leveon Bell and a canvas bag filled with SJax types. Ugly. Only have to start 1 RB, but still.
My 2 QB league snake draft I did get McCoy, but overdrafted Stafford and waited too long to get my #3 QB (Bortles) so I'll be made or broken by the Stafford / Kaep duo. Again, my 2nd RB is a mixed bag of MJD/Gerhart/Woodhead/Sproles (PPR). Not good.
In my brothers league I overdrafted Brees, went WR heavy, gambled on Gronk, and ended up with Bush/Tate/SJax and a couple of other warm bodies at RB. It's a Chicago heavy league so I may be able to dish Cutler for a RB if he starts hot.
In each league I ended up with the same lottery tickets at RB (Knile Davis for example) so it could all work out in the end.
Overpaid for Stafford (and Dez) in an auction league and it cost me big on RB's. Got Leveon Bell and a canvas bag filled with SJax types. Ugly. Only have to start 1 RB, but still.
My 2 QB league snake draft I did get McCoy, but overdrafted Stafford and waited too long to get my #3 QB (Bortles) so I'll be made or broken by the Stafford / Kaep duo. Again, my 2nd RB is a mixed bag of MJD/Gerhart/Woodhead/Sproles (PPR). Not good.
In my brothers league I overdrafted Brees, went WR heavy, gambled on Gronk, and ended up with Bush/Tate/SJax and a couple of other warm bodies at RB. It's a Chicago heavy league so I may be able to dish Cutler for a RB if he starts hot.
In each league I ended up with the same lottery tickets at RB (Knile Davis for example) so it could all work out in the end.
NREC34
Footballguy
End of round 5/beginning round 6 (only a 10 teamer/2 picks due to snake) I was wanting RB/WR. I was looking at Spiller or Vereen and I took Spiller. Thinking back I'm thinking Vereen might blow up this year, especially in PPR. Next pick I took Reggie Wayne. According to Yahoo that was a reach but it the highest WR left on my board.
I drafted for him. I thought I did a pretty good job too. He had the 7th slot in a 10 team.And you drafted for another owner? Or just input his picks for him?Yes couple thousand totalI hate to be that guy, but not enough not to. Is this a money league?So every year I'm typically commish and wind up drafting for no shows(insert excuse why they can't call in here)
OR
I have to put up the stickers on the draft board for those that call in. This takes away my focus during the draft which sucks.
So, this year I decide to not be commish and my best buddy can't call in because he's getting on a flight. So he begs me to draft for him the day of the draft. Fing Turd. He's #7 and I'm #5.
Also, this year I'm entering picks for everyone on my iPad as we go on my draft tool, so that complicated it more.
Next year I'm flying solo and screw everyone else.No more regrets!
Manning, Rivers, Bush, Spiller, CJ1K, A. Williams, Dez, Patterso, Hilton, Bowe, J.Thomas, Graham, 49ers & Bears
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FUBAR
Footballguy
1. Did too many drafts this off-season and now managing the teams is painstaking. It's already killed much of my excitement for the season to start.
2. Got caught bidding up EJ Manuel in a 32 team auction when I could have had Jake Locker (my original target) for much less.
3. Reached for Nick Foles in a survivor.
2. Got caught bidding up EJ Manuel in a 32 team auction when I could have had Jake Locker (my original target) for much less.
3. Reached for Nick Foles in a survivor.
SameSongNDance
Footballguy
Waited until after the dress rehearsal to do a majority of my drafts. By then the hype on my sleepers was already spinning out of control and I lost some value.
Omniscient Deity
Footballguy
In my redrafts, I regret not getting a stud QB + stud TE in every draft(this has always served me well), but I did manage to get it done in most drafts. Also regret not drafting guys like Patterson, Gronk, Hunter, Cooks, Benjamin etc in my early redrafts who's value was likely to go up during pre-season and could be flipped or even kept.
I always regret leaving an auction with more than a few bucks still left even with a decent team, it's pretty depressing to look at what potential upgrades I missed on(had 10+ left in one league where quality bench/flex guys were available very cheap late, I didn't see it coming and could have landed a better starter somewhere).
I always regret leaving an auction with more than a few bucks still left even with a decent team, it's pretty depressing to look at what potential upgrades I missed on(had 10+ left in one league where quality bench/flex guys were available very cheap late, I didn't see it coming and could have landed a better starter somewhere).
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cloppbeast
Footballguy
Right before I pulled the trigger, my league-mates took many of the steals I waited to get in the 10+ rounds. Next time I'll just stick to my rankings rather than using player's adp as a justification for waiting one round or two.
Had Sammy Watkins auto-picked when I would have definitely taken Emmanuel Sanders. Should have had 3 in my pre-draft list rather than 2.
Had Sammy Watkins auto-picked when I would have definitely taken Emmanuel Sanders. Should have had 3 in my pre-draft list rather than 2.
Johnny Rock
Footballguy
I took JAX WR Allen Hurns with my last pick in a 10 Team non-ppr. I regret it a bit now as there are tons of WR's on the WW, but I just have a feeling about him. I've skipped on my gut instinct before and it hurts when you're fighting for a guy you initially targeted on the WW once he blows up because you drafted some safe low ceiling JAG. If Hurns doesn't pan out there are options. But how long do you wait with the Dobson's, Thompkins's, James Jones's, Latimer's out there?
My ego of picking the one-in-a-thousand WR overrides logic.
My ego of picking the one-in-a-thousand WR overrides logic.
Raiderfan32904
Footballguy
you left Latimer out there? To get the Jags temporary WR3? Go back and get him!
Craig_MiamiFL
Footballguy
Hurns could do well.
I'd much prefer to take my chances on Dobson. (Possibly Latimer as well) It'll probably take Dobson few weeks to do much & round into form, so you could probably just see what Hurns does Week 1
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Sabertooth
Footballguy
I wish I had Roddy White on a few rosters.
Alberta Clipper
Footballguy
too much Crown Royal
1st 5 rounds in a 12 PPR RTS money league, 11th pick: Green, Brown, Allen, Morris, Rice. Hard to get excited about the RBs right now but we will see, hope RG3 gets his head on straight. We were looking for Vereen but he went prior to our 3rd pick. I dont know what we would have done differently, RBs went fast early, didnt care much for the RB options at the 1/2 turn-Really wanted Dez and Julio or Marshall but that didnt workout either
cloppbeast
Footballguy
I identified Roddy as a value before drafting season, but still failed to get him on any of my teams. His ADP didn't fall too far for a 33 yo receiver coming off a bad year.
greedygoat
Footballguy
Sabertooth
Footballguy
This is what I found as well. I just tend to think he's going to pick up a lot of the slack from losing Gonzo. I could see 90+ catches.cloppbeast said:
Angry Beavers
Footballguy
Passed on Gronk thinking he would make it back to me..... with only two picks between my pick and my next pick... little did I know that I would have been right, until Brady went right before me ( and I took Keenan Allen) and the owner said give me Gostkowski and Gronkowski thus locking up the Polish Patriots category ( Weird scoring rules make kickers at least somewhat important.. don't ask?!)
Super King
Footballguy
Getting too drunk on Labor Day and passing out 30 minutes before my draft.
Now that all 5 of my money drafts are completed, the answer is obvious to me - I spent too much effort going after across-the-board value and not nearly enough going after specific players I wanted to target.
I think (and have said here and elsewhere) that Gronk's and Harvin's injury concerns are overblown and that they're in line for monster seasons. I think a specific handful of young guys like Hunter, Wheaton, Clay and J. Reed are good bets to massively outperform their ADP. Yet the only one of these guys I drafted more than twice was Gronk.
Occasionally that's because someone else reached for them, but in general I could have had them almost everywhere by just committing a round earlier or $3-4 higher. Not only would it have left me feeling better about my teams, it would have made watching Red Zone a lot easier from a fantasy perspective, too.
I think (and have said here and elsewhere) that Gronk's and Harvin's injury concerns are overblown and that they're in line for monster seasons. I think a specific handful of young guys like Hunter, Wheaton, Clay and J. Reed are good bets to massively outperform their ADP. Yet the only one of these guys I drafted more than twice was Gronk.
Occasionally that's because someone else reached for them, but in general I could have had them almost everywhere by just committing a round earlier or $3-4 higher. Not only would it have left me feeling better about my teams, it would have made watching Red Zone a lot easier from a fantasy perspective, too.
Omniscient Deity
Footballguy
Not drafting Harvin in more leagues, even with the injury-risk he's looking like a great value.
VaTerp
Footballguy
I targeted Harvin all off-season then in my auction I let him go for $10 bucks. $10 friggin bucks in a PPR league. By comparison I later spent $14 for Brandin Cooks.
I didn't bid on Harvin because I was making my first pick in a snack draft on my other laptop. As commish of my auction league I seriously considered undoing the Harvin pick and having people re-bid but I decided against it. I blame the beer for my slow response time but I am going to regret not getting Percy all year.
My other regret in my auction league was not going up to $5 for Jeremy Hill. I was in good cap shape at that point in the draft so I'm not sure what I was holding money for. I should have just taken him as I think he may have the best season of all the rookie RBs. To make it worse I think for the first time ever I left the auction still having money left. Terrible.
My snake was a 14 teamer and I decided to take Mathews in the 3rd as my flex after going Peterson-Foster in the first two rounds. I then went Rudolph in the 5th leaving my WR corps extremely weak. Not sure my exact regret but I probably could have done something different so I'm not looking at starting Justin Hunter every week.
I didn't bid on Harvin because I was making my first pick in a snack draft on my other laptop. As commish of my auction league I seriously considered undoing the Harvin pick and having people re-bid but I decided against it. I blame the beer for my slow response time but I am going to regret not getting Percy all year.
My other regret in my auction league was not going up to $5 for Jeremy Hill. I was in good cap shape at that point in the draft so I'm not sure what I was holding money for. I should have just taken him as I think he may have the best season of all the rookie RBs. To make it worse I think for the first time ever I left the auction still having money left. Terrible.
My snake was a 14 teamer and I decided to take Mathews in the 3rd as my flex after going Peterson-Foster in the first two rounds. I then went Rudolph in the 5th leaving my WR corps extremely weak. Not sure my exact regret but I probably could have done something different so I'm not looking at starting Justin Hunter every week.
whiskey7
Footballguy
Believing the hype... Andre Ellington =(
Zero RB =(
Rookie WRs
Zero RB =(
Rookie WRs
How is it that you even came down to any NE WR not named Edelman, Latimer, or any Jax receivers in a 10 team league?Hurns could do well.
I'd much prefer to take my chances on Dobson. (Possibly Latimer as well) It'll probably take Dobson few weeks to do much & round into form, so you could probably just see what Hurns does Week 1
whitem0nkey
Footballguy
I drafted Dalton as my #2 because I had AJ green. and then I realized he has the same bye week as my starter R Wilson.
every year I don't pay attention to bye except for QBs, I just got exited to have the green dalton combo and forgot to check.
every year I don't pay attention to bye except for QBs, I just got exited to have the green dalton combo and forgot to check.
wlwiles
Footballguy
Took Gronk in the 5th round of a 10 team league, but waited too long to get a backup as insurance. Was targeting Ertz or Reed, and they went in consecutive picks right before me in the 11th. Ended up with Kelce, so I have a shot at some production if Gronk goes down, but I don't feel great about it...
wlwiles
Footballguy
I'm going to assume you mean Eli and not Peyton, otherwise how in the hell do you get Peyton, Dez, and Graham in a 10 team league?I drafted for him. I thought I did a pretty good job too. He had the 7th slot in a 10 team.And you drafted for another owner? Or just input his picks for him?Yes couple thousand totalI hate to be that guy, but not enough not to. Is this a money league?So every year I'm typically commish and wind up drafting for no shows(insert excuse why they can't call in here)
OR
I have to put up the stickers on the draft board for those that call in. This takes away my focus during the draft which sucks.
So, this year I decide to not be commish and my best buddy can't call in because he's getting on a flight. So he begs me to draft for him the day of the draft. Fing Turd. He's #7 and I'm #5.
Also, this year I'm entering picks for everyone on my iPad as we go on my draft tool, so that complicated it more.
Next year I'm flying solo and screw everyone else.
Manning, Rivers, Bush, Spiller, CJ1K, A. Williams, Dez, Patterso, Hilton, Bowe, J.Thomas, Graham, 49ers & Bears
salmonstud
Footballguy
Didn't trade up into the 8th round to take Cooks in a PPR redraft league. Acquired him in several leagues but not this one.
All this Cooks love... can we wait at least half a season before proclaiming him the next great rookie WR? There are a lot of mouths to feed and days where they'll focus on Cooks/Graham while Colston gets 2 TDs.
He's obviously not a bust but it would still surprise me if he finishes over 1000 yards.
salmonstud
Footballguy
creeps1313
Footballguy
Wasting a 3rd round pick on a RB...never again! My 9th round RB(Moreno) and my 10th round(West) will both be starting this week over Regina Bush.
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