Ugh, got the 9th or 10th pick in every league this year! I don't generally care where I pick, but I hate picking in the same spot in every league because I end up with most of the same players in each of them...lack of variety defeats the purpose of being in more than one!
I got the #3 pick in a 10-team non-PPR. I am ok with the results, but disappointed that I waited one round too long at QB and TE. Had an opportunity to get Deshaun Watson but just missed. So that meant waiting like 7 more rounds. In hindsight, I wish I had waited longer on WR depth and gotten a better QB and TE. Oh well.
QB: Brady (Round 12)
RB: Barkley
RB: Ekeler
WR: Hopkins
WR: AJ Brown
TE: Fant (oof, but at least he has upside)
FLEX: Melvin Gordon
D/ST: Bears
K: Koo
BENCH:
Akers (RB)
Gallup (WR)
Fuller (WR)
Cohen (RB)
D. Samuel (WR)
Jones (QB, round 14 upside play)
Edmunds (RB)
How did you get Barkley at #3? Every draft and mock draft I've seen has been McCaffery 1, Barkley 2.
I think Barkley + Ekeler is strong. I lost Ekeler by 1 pick, the guy that picked right before me snatched him up. I was so bummed.
Brady in round 12 is solid. He has a lot of talent around him in TB. You never know!
One article I read was very high on Cohen in PPR leagues (I drafted him in a PPR league).
I'm a WFT fan so know there's some bias here but keep an eye on Logan Thomas in Washington. The ex-QB from VT is still learning the TE position but what I've read out of camp is that he could be a guy that get targeted in the red zone. Of course, with WFT everything is a question mark right now: very young roster, new coaching staff, no pre-season games, ???
Good luck!
Wow. I have 3 of your top four. Barley, Ekeker and Hopkins. I see the questionable label has been dropped off Hopkins this morning. I'm in the camp that Brady is going to have a very good season. He's got way better wide receivers at TB than he had in NE. TB may surprise this season.
I know me personally, I had Saquan as my 4th ranked rb (Kamara, Zeke, CMC, Saquan). I create my own tiers of draftable guys.Originally Posted by elvis14;1286252[B
5th pick 12 tm .5 ppr
QB: Ryan
RB: Kamara
RB: David Johnson
WR: Tyreek Hill
WR: Woods
TE: Hurst
Flex: Conner
Bench:
Hunt
Boyd
Diontae Johnson
Mattison
NKeal Harry
Lazard
Devonta Freeman
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Yeah, the guy picking second was a Cowboys fan, so he went with Zeke at #2. Needless to say, I was thrilled to get Barkley at 3. I'd have been happy with Zeke too, but Barkley should hopefully be a value there. Getting Ekeler felt good too, and getting Hopkins in round 3 should hopefully pay dividends by midseason. He's got a young QB and hasn't had much practice, so things could be rough early on.
Was pleased that Brady went in round 12. He's not a flashy pick and provides literally nothing on the ground. But with Arians as head coach and an unbelievable group of WR and TE to throw to for the first time in over a decade, it feels like he should be a solid option.
Really, it's just the "what could have beens" that I'm mulling over. I don't think I'm hurting at any position other than TE, and if you're going to be weak somewhere TE feels like the best spot to be weak. There are a few options on the waiver wire I'm keeping an eye on: Dissly/Olsen in Seattle, Thomas in Wsh, Herndon in NYJ, Graham leaving the TE dead zone in GB and going to an offense that wants to feature the TE in Chicago, Jarwin taking over in Dal, and a few others. Hopefully either Fant will take the next step this year or one of those waiver options will pop and I can address the TE situation that way.
10 team league, .5ppr. I had pick #4 and also traded into pick #8. Ended up with:
QB: Ben Roethlisberger
RB: Dalvin Cook
RB: Chris Carson
WR: Michael Thomas
WR: Juju Smith-Schuster
WR: DK Metcalf
TE: Hunter Henry
Flex: Jamison Crowder
D/ST: Broncos
K: Rodrigo Blankenship
Bench: Deebo Samuel, J.K. Dobbins, Jerry Jeudy, Alexander Mattison, Brandin Cooks, Boston Scott
Mattison is my handcuff in case Cook gets hurt. Scott in case Mile Sanders goes down. Worried about my RB depth. Will feel more comfortable with my WR situation once Deebo is healthy.
My trade to receive pick #8:
Sent:
Pick 17
Pick 24
Pick 37
Received:
Pick 8
Pick 28
Pick 93
One other thing that struck me this year - and wouldn't have been so problematic had I done any prep (our league decided at the last minute to play) - was just how few RBs have the job to themselves now and also just how deep the WR position appears to be. There were still solid WR3 options available in our league in rounds 12-13. Conversely, after about pick 25, the sure-fire starting RBs were gone. And that's despite two QBs, a TE, and about 8-10 WRs being taken in the top-25.
Yep, that is what I did last year. I've always been a fan of going heavy at RB in the first 5 rounds. This year I went RB/RB/WR/RB/RB. So, pretty close. I only sort of regret taking that last RB instead of a QB. Of course, had I done that, I'd have been left with more questionable 4th RB. So, I guess it was 6 of one, half-dozen of the other. And I potentially regret going WR (my fifth) in round 10 instead of TE, which left me with the unproven Fant at TE.
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