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FFPC Scoring and lineups (1.5 pts/rec for TEs)
I've kind of dismissed the idea of taking Jason Witten. He just didn't seem like good value in the 3rd round. Maybe its because he just isn't a sexy pick. In mock drafts I have continuously been taking WRs like Roddy White, Randall Cobb, and Vincent Jackson in the 3rd round and grabbing a TE like Finley or Cook in the 7th.
As an experiment I took Witten in the 3rd round of a mock and then grabbed Miles Austin in the 7th. I'm thinking this might be the better play. In the past 5 years Witten has caught 81, 94, 94, 79, and 110 balls. That's an average of 92 catches. At his career avg of 11.1 ypc thats 1021 yards. Recent news stated that Witten will be targeted more often in the red zone this year. But either way, lets give him his career avg of 1 td every 18 catches and that works out to 5. 92/1021/5 = 270.1 fantasy points. He may be boring, but he gets the job done.
I have Finley projected at 64/806/5 = 206.6 fantasy points. That works out to 63.5 fantasy points or 4 ppg less than Witten. I just can't see the difference in a WR from round 3 to round 7 being that big. I have White, Cobb and VJax projected at 259.2, 257.9, 254.2 while I have Austin at 226.6. Thats a difference of roughly 30.5 fantays points or 1.9 pgg.
Am I missing out on Witten just because he isn't a sexy pick? At what point in a FFPC draft would you consider taking him?
I've kind of dismissed the idea of taking Jason Witten. He just didn't seem like good value in the 3rd round. Maybe its because he just isn't a sexy pick. In mock drafts I have continuously been taking WRs like Roddy White, Randall Cobb, and Vincent Jackson in the 3rd round and grabbing a TE like Finley or Cook in the 7th.
As an experiment I took Witten in the 3rd round of a mock and then grabbed Miles Austin in the 7th. I'm thinking this might be the better play. In the past 5 years Witten has caught 81, 94, 94, 79, and 110 balls. That's an average of 92 catches. At his career avg of 11.1 ypc thats 1021 yards. Recent news stated that Witten will be targeted more often in the red zone this year. But either way, lets give him his career avg of 1 td every 18 catches and that works out to 5. 92/1021/5 = 270.1 fantasy points. He may be boring, but he gets the job done.
I have Finley projected at 64/806/5 = 206.6 fantasy points. That works out to 63.5 fantasy points or 4 ppg less than Witten. I just can't see the difference in a WR from round 3 to round 7 being that big. I have White, Cobb and VJax projected at 259.2, 257.9, 254.2 while I have Austin at 226.6. Thats a difference of roughly 30.5 fantays points or 1.9 pgg.
Am I missing out on Witten just because he isn't a sexy pick? At what point in a FFPC draft would you consider taking him?