White Elephant Rounds 5 and 6 (1 Viewer)

[radballs]

Couple questions for clarification:

1. After Shockey was stolen from me, there was really no incentive for me to make my replacement pick until just before the end of the turn, correct? In other words, if I had waited until now to make my Heap steal now after LHUCKS, I'd only have to be hoping to get by one more pick right?

2. Now at this point, I can wait for the turn to be made and then can make a pick from any of those round 6 players for my 5.2 pick replacement, right?

3. If I don't make a replacement pick, do I make two picks at the 6.13 or am I just out that 5.2 pick?

Thanks for any help. By the way, I hope I'm not on the clock but I want to get this right before I make any additional mistakes regarding the timing of when I make my picks.

1: That isn't necessarily true. Generally, there will only be one or two "safe" spots to steal any individual player. IN the case of Heap, there never would have been a safe spot, assuming LHUCKS had stolen him from Jeff. There's several different scenarios for steals that we've already seen in this draft. Right before your next pick is always "safe", but doesn't always give the best round value. Some of the strategy for normal drafts also still applys. IE: Stealing Heap was fairly safe for LHUCKS because Rudy already had a high ranked tight end, and was unlikely to spend another high draft pick on the position. 2: You can re-pick, or re-steal at any time, but all the steal rules still apply, and you are down to one steal. Choose carefully where to exercise it, because after that, you'll be at everyone else's mercy.

3: Yes, you could choose to wait until your next turn (the 6th rounder) and pick two straight. The first you choose would then be unstealable. OR...if you want to conserve that last steal, then pick from the player pool ASAP every time. If someone steals the player, then at least they burned a steal. Also, if they stole him, chances are you wouldn't have gotten him at your next pick anyway. EG: I re-picked Reggie Brown at a spot where I could not protect him from being stolen. BUT...looking around at players in the ADP area, I didn't see anybody that I would have wanted to use a steal on. If Brown gets stolen from me, I made someone use a steal on a player they may have drafted from the pool had I not already done so.

This draft is much more then player rankings/your perception of player calue VS. their ADP. It's just as much (or more) about draft strategy, and outwitting your fellow competitors.

I think I was forgetting about just picking from the available player pool. I was just assuming to steal when stolen from. Okay, I'm getting it now. Thanks renesauz.

 

[radballs]

Replacement pick for 5.02, Alge Crumpler, TE, Atlanta

 

[Fullback Fro]

If this happens again I think we should be able to burn another steal if you want to steal back a player that you originally picked if it passes the steal test.

 

[LHUCKS]

If this happens again I think we should be able to burn another steal if you want to steal back a player that you originally picked if it passes the steal test.

You can't steal back a player because it doesn't pass the steal test...or am I missing something?Or are you saying we should change the steal rules so that you can steal back your own player?

 

[LHUCKS]

Just so everyone knows...I'm dominating the draft.

 

[renesauz]

Just so everyone knows...I'm dominating the draft.

I think you need to look closer.

 

[Fullback Fro]

If this happens again I think we should be able to burn another steal if you want to steal back a player that you originally picked if it passes the steal test.

You can't steal back a player because it doesn't pass the steal test...or am I missing something?Or are you saying we should change the steal rules so that you can steal back your own player?

ding ding ding

 

[Blue-Kun]

6.03 Steal Alge Crumpler

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

WR Jerrico Cotchery

 

[radballs]

Replacement pick for 5.02, Jason Witten, TE, Dallas

 

[renesauz]

6.03 Steal Alge Crumpler

 

[OldMilwaukee]

Replacement pick 5.10 Marshawn Lynch

Next pick 6.05 Jon Kitna

 

[renesauz]

Someone pointed out that RB count was off...fixed it. I'll double check the rest tonight when I can concentrate a little better.

 

[Reaper]

6.06 Pictus Cat TOM BRADY

per PM

 

[Pickle Rody]

6.07 STEAL Alge Crumpler, ATL, TE7 STEAL

PM'd Fro

 

[Fullback Fro]

Matt Hasselbeck

 

[Reaper]

6.09 Fred Taylor

 

[Blue-Kun]

6.07 STEAL Alge Crumpler, ATL, TE7 STEAL

Thanks for the pm. Replacement pick for 6.03 L.J. Smith

 

[Pictus Cat]

Hey,

I may be losing computer access for about a week. Can we stop the draft for 8 days starting Sat. Yeah, right.

or

I'll use my cell to moniter and PM guys before and after me my picksl.

Hopefully that's not too bothersome.

Just PM me when it's my pick.

 

[Duckboy]

5.05 STEAL WR Reggie Brown

6.10 WR Terry Glenn

 

[Jeff Pasquino]

6.07 STEAL Alge Crumpler, ATL, TE7 STEAL

PM'd Fro

:( I steal Crumpler.

 

[Fiddles]

6.12 Ladell Betts

 

[radballs]

6.13 Jerious Norwood, RB, Atlanta

PMing next

 

[renesauz]

5.01 STEAL Kitna

6.14 Draft Greg Jennings

7.01 Draft Derrick Mason

 

[Pictus Cat]

7 8

and a 9 and a 10

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