When to start drafting a Top Tier D/ST? (1 Viewer)

[Tom Skerritt]

Obviously this will depend your league's on scoring rules, but is there a general consensus?

Last year I was the first to take a D/ST with Seattle in the 4th round of a 14-team league. Ended up being a good move. Seattle was solid and consistent pretty much all year. Also, fairly valuable in my league. Scoring heirarchy for my league usually ends up looking like this:

1. QB - (top scoring QBs ~400 total pts, obvious outliers with Peyton and Brees)

2. RB/Flex/WR - (250 each)

3. D/ST (200)

4. K (170)

5. TE (160, not including Jimmy Graham... he ruins off the curve)

Is Seattle going to be drafted earlier based on their dominance from last year? If your D/ST position is valuable in your league, at what point do you reach?

 

[SacramentoBob]

1st overall pick isn't too early.

 

[Sarnoff]

November

 

[Tom Skerritt]

#### me! Sorry. PLEASE MOVE to SP!!!

 

[JB Breakfast Club]

think about it...when you draft a defense you get 11 players. That's better than 1.

First overall.

 

[Good Posting Judge]

I drafted the Seahawks in the first round last year. Also, related, my neighbor is Richard Sherman and he screamed at me for three months to take the Seahawks in the first round last year.

 

[mquinnjr]

After you lock up Camarillo.

Gotta get him into your lineup.

 

[Tom Skerritt]

1st overall pick isn't too early.

November

think about it...when you draft a defense you get 11 players. That's better than 1.

First overall.

After you lock up Camarillo.

Gotta get him into your lineup.

#### you! #### You! #### you! and #### you! Who's next?

 

[sbonomo]

Antonio gates then DEF....come on man!

 

[Tchula]

OK I will voice the serious answer. I never take one early, but no way I draft one before I have a qb, 3 wr,a te, and 3 rb so round 9. Even so I'd rather wait until at least round 12.

 

[IvanKaramazov]

I'm going to draft the Steelers defense in all of my leagues this year. Greg Lloyd is a beast!

 

[Battles]

Is Tatum Bell still on the board?

 

[17seconds]

I like taking Seattle early (round 8) in an MFL10

I'm not seeing them go before that so far

 

[eoMMan]

Take the Ravens defense. Ray Lewis is a killer player!

 

[Baloney Sandwich]

The correct answer is you should be playing IDP leagues

 

[ClownCausedChaos2]

I have the '85 Bears as thw top-rated defense on my FF site.

 

[Slapdash]

Antonio gates then DEF....come on man!

If you walk out of your first two rounds with Gates and Seattle D, you can go ahead and start spending the prize money.

 

[Politician Spock]

1st overall pick isn't too early.

November

think about it...when you draft a defense you get 11 players. That's better than 1.

First overall.

After you lock up Camarillo.

Gotta get him into your lineup.

#### you! #### You! #### you! and #### you! Who's next?

"Start drafting"?

Dare I ask how many rounds it takes to finish?

 

[The_Man]

OK I will voice the serious answer. I never take one early, but no way I draft one before I have a qb, 3 wr,a te, and 3 rb so round 9. Even so I'd rather wait until at least round 12.

Reported

 

[coyote5]

bump Finley

 

[TenTimes]

What round would you draft Peyton Manning? Grab Seattle's defense at least 4-6 rounds sooner, if not sooner. Did you see what they did to him in the Superbowl??

 

[NREC34]

I would say it varies year to year.

The correct answer last year was don't even take one and go grab KC off waivers.

 

[George Jefferson Airplane]

Try the OJ defense, that always seems to work.

 

[SacramentoBob]

think about it...when you draft a defense you get 11 players. That's better than 1.

First overall.

Like IOU. Really piling up today.

 

[Grace Under Pressure]

Probably early in September

 

[The Ref]

bump Finley

How did we make it to post 20?

 

[fantasycurse42]

I like every post in this thread... I'm down to 3 or 4 left for the day. IDK how to distribute.

 

[Captain Quinoa]

Is Seattle going to be drafted earlier based on their dominance from last year?

According to my magazine, yes.

 

[shadyridr]

Depends on the rest of your rooster

 

[roadkill1292]

OK I will voice the serious answer. I never take one early, but no way I draft one before I have a qb, 3 wr,a te, and 3 rb so round 9. Even so I'd rather wait until at least round 12.

Reported

 

[Clifford]

#### me! Sorry. PLEASE MOVE to SP!!!

Don't be sorry. These are by far the funniest threads in the FFA.

 

[joffer]

Is Tatum Bell still on the board?

Remember when "" actually got blocked in the SP? Good times

 

[roadkill1292]

#### me! Sorry. PLEASE MOVE to SP!!!

Don't be sorry. These are by far the funniest threads in the FFA.

Plus he's getting much better answers here than his corresponding SP thread is getting.

 

[joffer]

Is Tatum Bell still on the board?

Remember when actually got blocked in the SP? Good times

Holy #### it still is

 

[Clifford]

I say go rounds 1-15 and corner the market.

 

[East Coast Bias]

What did the Draft Dominator say?

 

[Jayrod]

Short term debt can be a useful tool for the small business, especially for one with inconsistent cash flow. However, it is a riskier way to do business and should never be used as a long term solution because the higher rates will eat up your margin.

 

[Sarnoff]

think about it...when you draft a defense you get 11 players. That's better than 1.

First overall.

Like IOU. Really piling up today.

For a small handling fee, I will rent or sell my excess Like capacity to posters in need

 

[SacramentoBob]

 

[Gawain]

Plunged in the battery-smoke
Right thro' the line they broke;
Cossack and Russian
Reel'd from the sabre stroke
Shatter'd and sunder'd.
Then they rode back, but not
Not the six hundred.

 

[mquinnjr]

What round would you draft Peyton Manning? Grab Seattle's defense at least 4-6 rounds sooner, if not sooner. Did you see what they did to him in the Superbowl??

This is the winner so far.

 

[jon_mx]

Defense wins Super Bowls.

 

[Insein]

Can you trade the guy who had them last year like 5 draft picks for them? Makes it easier.

 

[17seconds]

thread still in the FFA

mods don't give a fuuuuh

 

[TenTimes]

Better question is what do you trade away to move up to 1.01. You want to be starting the run on elite defenses.

What draft position did you draw?

 

[Freelove]

I just missed on SEA last year when they went 1.01. But I had 1.02 and took the Bears based on an ESPN cheat sheet. No regrets.

 

[SacramentoBob]

What round would you draft Peyton Manning? Grab Seattle's defense at least 4-6 rounds sooner, if not sooner. Did you see what they did to him in the Superbowl??

This is the winner so far.

 

[SacramentoBob]

think about it...when you draft a defense you get 11 players. That's better than 1.

First overall.

Like IOU. Really piling up today.

For a small handling fee, I will rent or sell my excess Like capacity to posters in need

The worst part is when I get caught up from the previous day, I have none for the current day. It's a vicious cycle.

 

[fantasycurse42]

Big fan of this thread.