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WSL1 - Draft thread (1 Viewer)
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Captain Hook
Footballguy
Really?Do you hide under a rock during the season?BassNBrew said:
Never watch games on Sundays?
Not play in anything but six team FF leagues?
Douglas was a player that was on most people's list AND should have been at this stage of the draft - amazing to have YOU say you have never heard of him.
Steel Dillo
Footballguy
15.02 Selvin Young, RB - DEN
Someone has to win that job.
PMing HTF
Someone has to win that job.
PMing HTF
Hear-the-Footsteps
Footballguy
15.03: DST - Jacksonville Jaguars
Will PM next guy.
Will PM next guy.
Hear-the-Footsteps
Footballguy
QB: E.Manning, J.Delhomme
RB: M.Turner, E.Graham, L.McClain, K.Faulk
WR: TJ.Houshmanzadeh, J.Cotchery, M.Muhammad, B.Engram, M.Harrison
TE: A.Gates
DST: TampaBay, Carolina, Jacksonville
RB: M.Turner, E.Graham, L.McClain, K.Faulk
WR: TJ.Houshmanzadeh, J.Cotchery, M.Muhammad, B.Engram, M.Harrison
TE: A.Gates
DST: TampaBay, Carolina, Jacksonville
LHUCKS
Footballguy
You're going to get murdered at RB...but are strong elsewhere.
Jeff Pasquino
Footballguy
So that means he'll likely be Top 4.QB is a bigger issue than RB, and he still needs a 2nd TE.Never understood the fascination with >2 Defenses.
I was considering it, but Watson looked to attractive. It can be a pretty big scoring position in this league. He's also just sent everyone scrambling for D's which mean the value left on the board won't drop much between now has his next pick.
Jeff Pasquino
Footballguy
I understand some of the reasoning (2 extra draft spots in WSL, high volatility in the scoring, etc.) but promoting more value at your next pick shouldn't be the motivation.IMHO after Round 14 or 15, most everyone is either picking D or K and 2-4 sleepers. Odds are that you can find that many regardless of what you try and force out of the rest of the drafters.Also a player in Round 15 is much more likely to be there in Round 20 as they could be more under the radar.
Lots of folks say that the DST is not much affected by injuries and you always score. However, the scoring with DSTs is veryt random week to week and with two you can buffer the lows. Adding a third further buffers the lows and in a 16-teamer prevents one team from having two.
First point is a good one, but never really believed in playing the prevent thing. Makes one team weaker, but that only works for possibly one week, and limits options at the end. Could help you survive longer, but esp with DEF and K doesn't really help the score as much as hitting a RB/WR sleeper.Anyway, back to the picks:
15.09 TE Donald Lee, Green Bay Packers
Well it's fun to watch everyone in full scramble mode.
Norseman
Footballguy
If he has anything left in the tank, it will be a great pick. Now that Gruden is gone he may get an opportunity. The risk/reward seems to be about right here.
Pimpin Ain't Easy
Footballguy
15.10 Randy McMichael, TE
Captain Hook
Footballguy
15.11 Oakland Raiders DST
PMing ACP
PMing ACP
AhrnCityPahnder
Yinz-o-riffic
15.12 Washington Redskins D/ST
pm'ing twilight
pm'ing twilight
Hear-the-Footsteps
Footballguy
No fascination with it at all. In fact, I don't think I've EVER gone with 3 DSTs. But I am not loving my RB group. And I could have taken some guy that would probably do nothing and rarely every be used for me (or if that RB is used, then it is for a small amount of pts anyway). Or I could go the safer route - the definite points. Who knows if it will work, but I figured it was worth a try. Plus, check out the run on DST2s that it started now that people realize at least one person will be without two DSTs.
Hear-the-Footsteps
Footballguy
I've learned in these survivor leagues that there are many ways to skin a cat.This past season, I came in 3rd place in PDSL2 with a RB group of Portis and little after him (Bradshaw, K.Jones, J.Lewis, and KolbySmith).WSL1 this past season - same thing - 3rd place with: Turner, L.Johnson, K.Jones, and the wrong A.Peterson. Sure that's 1 very good RB and 1 that was okay (Larry Johnson wasn't even okay to be honest. He didn't rank in the top 25 among RBs and he missed a few games). KJ and Peterson didn't add much at all.I think I made a weak category a good one for me with 3 DSTs. I didn't have a top DST like Baltimore, Pitt, etc. So I took 3 that could all be around average or a little better than average.We'll see - hard to tell, especially not knowing byes. That could always be a killer.
bicycle_seat_sniffer
Smells like chicken
ravs - Cleveland D
bicycle_seat_sniffer
Smells like chicken
Seattle Seahawks - D
bicycle_seat_sniffer
Smells like chicken
Vinatieri, Adam - IND
AhrnCityPahnder
Yinz-o-riffic
16.05 -- WR Michael Clayton
pming next
pming next
Steel Dillo
Footballguy
I was hoping he'd slide back to me.
Captain Hook
Footballguy
16.06 Rob "my" Bironas, K, TEN
PMing PAE
PMing PAE
Pimpin Ain't Easy
Footballguy
16.7 ST Louis DEF
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bicycle_seat_sniffer
Smells like chicken
SOD!
I know that you are being sarcastic, but I really do like their schedule next year. Who knows, maybe the new coaching staff can turn them around next year! I also feel a little heartless taking the last defense. Even before HTF took his third, I was planning to take three. I do think that it adds benefit with so much unknown at this point of the year.The discussion yesterday concerned leaving a team or two short by one. Having to go all year with none will be quite the challenge. Sorry SD, it wasn't personal.
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bicycle_seat_sniffer
Smells like chicken
Wow Dillo has 0 D's and they are all gone!
Steel Dillo
Footballguy
Tell me about it. I've been doing survivor drafts here for the last 3 years and I've never seen a D run like this on the craptastic Ds this early. Oh well, that just means I don't have to worry about bye weeks for the defense.
If I end up lasting longer than HTF & Razrback, I think it would be poetic justice for them taking 3 each.
bicycle_seat_sniffer
Smells like chicken
take 3 kickers that will show emTell me about it. I've been doing survivor drafts here for the last 3 years and I've never seen a D run like this on the craptastic Ds this early. Oh well, that just means I don't have to worry about bye weeks for the defense.
Steel Dillo
Footballguy
I was actually thinking about taking nothing but kickers for the rest of my picks.take 3 kickers that will show emTell me about it. I've been doing survivor drafts here for the last 3 years and I've never seen a D run like this on the craptastic Ds this early. Oh well, that just means I don't have to worry about bye weeks for the defense.
Hear-the-Footsteps
Footballguy
You also have to keep in mind two things:1) A lot less known when drafting the WSLs than the others. Where guys will end up? Who will start? Who was drafted where? Who has gotten injured? Etc. With so many things unknown, having some definite points on the board is nice. With 3 DSTs - you get that.
2) Also, I believe all the others are 18 rounds and this is the only survivor league that is 20 rounds, so it adds a little flexibility in that regard as well.
Hear-the-Footsteps
Footballguy
Maybe you will, maybe you won't. Who knows? Bye weeks will have a lot to do with it.But I did just come in 3rd place among 16 teams in each of WSL1, MBSL2, PDSL2, and Anarchy1. (Only bad league was SSL2...9th place.) So I do have some idea of what I am doing. So there!!Tell me about it. I've been doing survivor drafts here for the last 3 years and I've never seen a D run like this on the craptastic Ds this early. Oh well, that just means I don't have to worry about bye weeks for the defense.
Tangent aside though, you could easily do well or be eliminated early. Depends on how things fall for you. Take Brady for instance. If he is back on time and puts up a Brady-esque year - for where you got him, that would be insane for you. If he has issues with his recovery and isn't back on time, or comes back but not at full strength - you are running with Flacco only to go along with no points from a DST ever.I think at your last pick (15.02) you had to have known there was a good chance no DSTs would be left by your next pick (16.15). When picking 2nd in the round, there will be 28 picks before it is back at you. With 0 DSTs on your roster and more than half of them gone at that point - I don't see how you didn't pull the trigger on one. (But that's just me.)Anyway, it will be fun to see how it all plays out. But it is definitely ON! 
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Jeff Pasquino
Footballguy
You guys make it sound like bye weeks aren't predictable.Hear-the-Footsteps said:
Pimpin Ain't Easy
Footballguy
So when is Philly's Bye week this year then?
