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Me too brother. I got him at 4.02 as my WR2 with Plax and a couple other receivers still on the board. We'll see.
12 teamer. I picked up Gonzo at the end of the 5th. I really didn't want a TE this early besides Watson, but Gonzo was available, 4 other TE's were already gone. 3 rounds later I picked up Watson. Hate taking another TE, but this was more of a defensive move. If Watson lights it up, and I had let him slide any further, I would be very pissed at myself. Plus after Week 3, Gonzo's bye, Watson might be nice trade bait.Bluestaples, I got Favre at 11.11. He was the QB I really wanted going into the draft, besides Warner. Warner went in the 7th. Noticed that everyone had a starting QB, and a few others had a backup, so I just waited. I picked up Farve at the last possible moment, because another QB run started right after my pick. It's tough waiting on a guy you really want, so there's nothing wrong with taking someone a little early.
With Martz at the helm, I'd be more scared if I were a KJ owner. "Okay, KJ, we need you stay in and block because we'll be passing alot this year..."
Detroit fans should get used to hearing "Kitna back to pass..."
That may be the understatement of the year
I look at Moss differently. I see his downside at 1000 yards and 8 TDs. His stats from last year. His upside is 1400+ yards and 14+ TDs. I will gladly take Moss over Holt and Johnson, and any other WR this year. Chad has never scored 10 TDs, and Holt might have once. That's just me though.
You're right, I was a pretty big moron for not just telling the rest of the league that they could go ahead and draft their teams, and then I'd go ahead and draft my team in late August. I see now that that's how I should have played it. Thank you for opening my eyes.That sound you hear is my eyes rolling.
By the way, was I also a moron for drafting that early when I got Thomas Jones and Mike Anderson in the 15th or later last year?
Yes you were!This begs the question of why any league would draft this early. It makes no sense given all that can happen.So, as I said before, you get what you deserve. Your whole league does.You're right, I was a pretty big moron for not just telling the rest of the league that they could go ahead and draft their teams, and then I'd go ahead and draft my team in late August. I see now that that's how I should have played it. Thank you for opening my eyes.That sound you hear is my eyes rolling.
Actually, that doesn't beg any question at all.Begging the question is a logical fallacy whereby one makes an arguement where the proposition to be proven is assumed implicitly or explicitly in one of the premises. I believe you meant to say that it RAISES the question of why any league would draft that early- which is a horse of an entirely different color. A tip: In the future, if you want to question someone else's intelligence, it's best not to do so in a post filled with mistakes. It tends to undermine your authority.In answer to the question that was RAISED (not "begged")... the reason so many leagues draft early is one of simple logistics. I am in 5 leagues this season. Some of the people in those 5 leagues are in 6, 7, or even 8 other leagues of their own. Trying to coordinate to hold all 5 of those drafts live involves dealing with the schedules of several hundred different fantasy football players once all is said and done- all of whom have their own work schedules, vacation schedules, and draft schedules. Often, it's quite simply not feasible to have every single draft within 3 weeks of the beginning of the season.One solution is to resort to snail drafts, which most of my leagues use, but the downside to that is it frequently takes an entire month to complete a draft in large leagues or leagues with deep rosters, and it can really bog down if someone is on vacation or something. As a result, you still need to start the draft many weeks before the kickoff of the season.There's nothing inherently "stupid" about early drafts, however. They present a much higher degree of risk, it's true... but they also present a much higher reward. All players operate under the same rules, so the draft is still perfectly fair to all involved parties- it's just a question of managing risk. Plus, I love having a really early draft because I can use it as a great tuneup, as a motivator to finish up my projections and rankings and tierings, as a tool to understand what the popular opinion is regarding a lot of players, and as a nice practice for my more important leagues. I feel like I never perform at an optimal level in my first draft of the season, so it's nice to have one early on to remind me to let the draft come to me and that value presents itself in all rounds and to give me some practice letting players fall as long as I can before I grab them, etc.Then again, what would I know? I'm just a moron who happens to play in leagues populated entirely by other morons.Yes you were!This begs the question of why any league would draft this early. It makes no sense given all that can happen.So, as I said before, you get what you deserve. Your whole league does.You're right, I was a pretty big moron for not just telling the rest of the league that they could go ahead and draft their teams, and then I'd go ahead and draft my team in late August. I see now that that's how I should have played it. Thank you for opening my eyes.That sound you hear is my eyes rolling.
