12 team league, I had 7th pick. Pretty satisfied with how this one came out, stil more leagues I need to draft for. QB - Matt Schaub WR - Vincent Jackson WR - Santonio Holmes RB - LeSean McCoy RB - LeGarrette Blount TE - Vernon Davis W/R/T - Tim Hightower K - Jay Feely DEF - Chicago BENCH: Kenny Britt Daniel Thomas A.J. Green Ryan Fitzpatrick Ronnie Brown Jacoby Ford
Oh man, my bench is such hot garbage. The biggest problem is that I was distracted from Rd 9 on. Since both of my picks were at the turn, I lined up my list and then would just be sure to come back before my pick. Each time, Mack took the guy I was primarily targeting. This is the problem with playing with Mack. He's great at drafting. Rd 9/10 turn, I was hoping for Jimmy Graham. Mack took him 4 spots earlier in the 9th. Rd 11/12 turn, wanted Mike Sims-Walker and Willis McGahee. MSW went 6 spots before me, Mack took McGahee. Rd 13/14 turn, wanted either Jared Cook or the Lions D. Mack took Cook. Lions D went the next pick. So, I ended up just quickly grabbing guys who could become useful, only to realize that I ended up with a shitload of handcuffs...and only one was mine. I'll end up making a lot of moves, like I always do. I'll hang on to Murray and Carter for sure, and likely Helu. They could be valuable late. I love my WRs, though. If Collie can stay healthy, I'm probably running a 2 RB system anyway. Even if he can't, I think Moore has a good chance to be the leading receiver in NO this year. I like the roster. Greene seems like he went pretty high, though. I really, really hope that move pays off. You very well could have 2 Top 10 receivers by the end of the season and a 3rd just outside. Very competitive roster.
Updated my WR corps again, dropped Danario Alexander for Jacoby Ford...who was dropped by another team in my league. I'll be happy w that
OK....had my draft in a 12 team league. Kept J Charles as my keeper for a 9th round pick Chris Johnson fell to me with the 8th pick, was amazed by that. QB's: Bradford and Orton RB's: Charles, C Johnson, Daniel Thomas, Marion Barber, Jonathon stewart WR's: Calvin Johnson, Desean Jackson, Wes welker, Percy Harvin, eric Decker TE's: Tony Gonzalez, Moeaki K: Feely D Chargers We play a flex at WR/TE. I feel solid but that could be the cheese in my colon. Thoughts??
Nice team. Great starters and upside on the bench. Eric Decker is the only question mark, but if you see upside there, then go ahead. Likely your last pick anyway.
Had my third draft last night, 10 man money league, I had 7th pick. I went into a different strategy in this draft, not relying on elite qbs and solidifying my WRs and RB spots. Though I had 7th pick, I traded my 1st and 3rd for the 1st overall and a 2nd 15th round pick. Here's my turnout. QB: Matt Stafford, Kyle Orton RB: Arian Foster, Felix Jones, BenJarvus Green-Ellis WR: Roddy White, Dwayne Bowe, Austin Collie, Plaxico Burress, Mike Sims-Walker, Jordy Nelson TE: Mercedes Lewis, Jermaine Gresham K: Nate Kaeding DEF: Detroit Draft order 1. Arian Foster 2. Roddy White 3.(4) Dwayne Bowe 4. Felix Jones 5. Matt Stafford 6. Austin Collie 7. Mercedes Lewis 8. BenJarvus Green-Ellis 9. Mike Sims-Walker 10. Plaice Burress 11. Lions def 12. Kyle Orton 13. Jermaine Gresham 14. Nate Kaeding 15. Jordy Nelson Obv I did sacrifice at TE and I'm heavily relying on Stafford to have a good year and stay healthy
I was thinking about that this morning. Unfortunately I can't so a waiver pick in this league til Tuesday. Texans fans are going for Ben Tate but I was also advised Derrick Ward.
10 team draft - 15 rounds: ( 2nd overall pick) 1) Andre Johnson WR 2) Hakeem Nicks WR 3) Rashad Mendenhall RB 4) Dallas Clark TE 5) Beanie Wells RB 6) Ben Rothlisberger QB 7) Sidney Rice WR 8) Lee Evans WR 9) Sam Bradford QB 10) James Starks RB 11) Julio Jones WR (Rookie) 12) Brandon Jacobs RB - steal IMO 13) Dustin Keller TE 14) Jay Feeley K 15) New Orleans D....not many good defenses remaining and the Jets were off the board in round 7. Will probably cut before the season and go week to week depending on the opponent.. Good draft? Opinions?
James Starks is not a rookie. Been in the league for 2 years, received his first game action last year, and played in the Super Bowl. Do you live under a rock? Sidney Rice and Lee Evans are terrible value in the 7th and 8th round. Jacobs, Mendenhall, and Bradford are good picks, but what was the reasoning behind taking Andre Johnson 2nd overall?
I was surprised by that also. You could've easily picked up an elite RB and still come away with a great WR corps at the expense of Andre Johnson Could you imagine AP/Arian Foster and Mendenhall as your RBs? That'd be disgusting
That's a typo....I meant the rookie for Jones....didn't realize I typed it twice. This is my third year in my league and I've won both previous times ( my playmates hate me ) with different approaches... my first year I took AP in the first round and pretty much drafted an OK team around him like Rothesberger, Vernon Davis, Holmes etc. but really built well through the waiver wire with guys like Sidney Rice who was a rookie, and Donald Driver. But my RBS are what won it for me in '09 between AP, Addai with his goaline TDs (and some great numbers by Rothlesberger). Last year I took Rogers with my first pick, stole Roddy White in the third round but got guys like Mike Williams and Manningham off the waiver wire which made my WR core almost unstoppable. This year I was torn between Rodgers, AP, and Johnson. AP will put up good numbers but I think he may get more dinged up than usual behind that OL in Minnesota. I figured I could get Brees in the third round and missed by one selection. I think Johnson has at least one more solid fantasy year. I just like stacking up on WRs and envisioned Brees throwing to Johnson, Nicks, and Clark. The TEs were dissapearing faster this year and I think Clark is going to have a nice comeback season. Now I have two pretty solid QBs with the above mentioned three targets plus Mendanhall. I disagree with Rice, I think he's going to have a comeback year and I expect big things from Wells....you may be right about Evans. Overall, I dont expect too much action through the waiver wire barring injuries as with the last two years I was very active with the free agents... By the way the guy who selected Brees right before my pick also took Rodgers with his first pick. It's a one QB league.....that's alot of points on the bench every week. He's going to ask alot in a trade...maybe too much.
Here's 1 of my 3 teams. 12 team PPR..standard scoring QB: Aaron Rodgers - Keep RB: Adrian Peterson - Keep RB: Ray Rice - Keep RB/WR: Felix Jones WR: Brandon Lloyd WR: Anquan Boldin TE: Rob Gronkowski K: Feely D: Packers B: C.J. Spiller B: Matt Stafford B: Mike Sims-Walker B: Jacoby Ford B: Ricky Williams B: Steve Breaston B: Chiefs B: Todd Heap
Auction draft, 6 pts per TD all positions. QB: Rodgers RB: Peterson RB: Spiller WR: Bowe WR: Lloyd W/R: Britt TE: Gates Q/W/R/T: Cutler BENCH WR Evans WR Moore RB M Bush RB J Harrison RB Sproles RB Ward QB Newton Don't love my team, but if I get a 2nd RB whom I trust (don't have any faith in anyone I have to start week 1), then I'm still going to freak every week. Peterson and Rodgers on one team is always a plus.
10 team league, had the 10th pick, starting positions: QB, 2 RB's, 2 WR's, 1 TE, 1 WR/RB flex, 1 K, 1 DEF. Round 1: Andre Johnson WR (Starter) Round 2: Aaron Rodgers QB (Starter) Round 3: Matt Forte RB (Starter) Round 4: Steven Jackson RB (Starter) Round 5: Peyton Hillis RB (Starter) Round 6: Mike Williams WR Tampa (Starter) Round 7: Santonio Holmes WR Round 8: Jimmy Graham TE (Starter) Round 9: Ryan Mathews RB Round 10: Pittsburgh DEF (Starter) Round 11: Ryan Grant RB Round 12: Tony Gonzalez TE Round 13: Nate Kaeding K (Starter) Round 14: AJ Green WR Round 15: Joe Flacco QB Round 16: Giants Defense What yall think, I was thrilled with the draft after I was finished, feel like I got a great team.
12 team league, I had 8th pick. Standard scoring, no ppr (unfortunately, I'm loaded at WR) QB - Rivers WR - Andre Johnson WR - Larry Fitzgerald WR - Vincent Jackson RB - Jahvid Best RB - Mike Tolbert TE - Jared Cook W/R - Malcolm Floyd DEF - Dallas BENCH: LT AJ Green Delone Carter Green-Ellis Sproles Cutler Moeaki Definitely worried about my lack of depth at RB, but the way the board fell I just didn't see early value at the position. Gonna need to hope some of my 2nd/3rd tier RBs catch fire, and be active on the waiver wire. Think I could potentially have the top 3 scoring WRs in the league this year... maybe the top scoring QB too. Should be an interesting year.
I've done so many drafts in the past few days. All leagues done finally. This is probably my favorite outcome, and thankfully it's for my most important league. 12 team, 0.5 PPR, 6 points all touchdowns, drafted at the 10th spot. QB - Ben Roethlisberger WR - Andre Johnson WR - Jeremy Maclin RB - Ray Rice RB - Frank Gore TE - Antonio Gates W/R/T - Beanie Wells K - Mason Crosby DEF - Miami BENCH: WR - Santana Moss WR - Davone Bess WR - Lance Moore RB - Ricky Williams RB - Ryan Grant QB - Ryan Fitzpatrick There was an insane run on QBs in the first two rounds, letting me grab Rice in the first, and Andre Johnson in the second. Stoked.
Jetskees: With those WRs I wouldn't be too worried about the RBs...wow! How did those three last long enough...the cards fell just right for you. My advice is to pay extra attention to Week 1 particulary the rookies who jump out of nowhere (there's always one every year) and jump on it before anybody else does.... although Best is a pretty decent player. You may want to take a flyer on TE Boss out in Oakland. He may be a decent back up TE option....
12 team standard. How's it looking? Had the 8th pick btw. QB: Romo RB: McCoy RB: Felix Jones RB/WR: Ryan Mathews WR: Calvin Johnson WR: Reggie Wayne TE: Zach Miller D/ST: Cowboys K: Janikowski BENCH: AJ Green BENCH: CJ Spiller BENCH: Steve Smith (Carolina) BENCH: Mike Sims Walker BENCH: Roy Helu BENCH: Jared Cook BENCH: Jason Campbell
