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the ol' draft strategy debate
« on: Aug 1st, 2006, 3:20pm » |
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This topic seems to kick up every year, and since I'm the one in a bit more of a dilemna this year, I'll be the one to start it.
The League: It's a 10 team league, and we each get 1 keeper. I know, why 1??? That decision was voted on and passed (I was in the minority). Each team has 1 keeper that serves as their 7th round pick. You can forego a keeper and pick anew at 7 if you like. We start QB, WR, WR, RB, RB, TE, WR/TE, WR/RB, K, D/ST. I will draft 9th in a serpentine draft, so my picks: 9,12,29,32,49,52,69,72, etc.
ScoringPretty standard, but 1 pt/ rec, so that heightens the WR value if you can get a 90+ catch guy.
My Keeper  LJ baby! Took him in the 10th last year to backup Priest. Rode that monster all the way to the Superbowl too! But lost in the title game 
The Aporia (that's for you Steg) 
Having LJ as my #1, and getting him in the 7th, can I afford to veer from RB at the #9?? As has been eluded to in several threads here, it gets very muddy for RBs past the top 3 or 4. If you believe LJ is worth almost 2 RBs, can one afford to go, say Steve Smith at 9, then a Torry Holt/Marvin Harrison type at 12? If I project correctly, that'll leave the pickings pretty thin when I come around again at 29 and 32. I'll probably end up with a Deshaun Foster, Chester Taylor type as my 2nd RB, and my 3rd will be pretty low level back like Chris Brown, or a hopeful like Gore or Maroney.
What do you think? I could easily be talked into taking the best RB at 9, probably Jordan, Caddy, Ronnie Brown or Edge will be there at 9, then take whoever is left at WR with 12. I should be guaranteed one of 4 WRs, as I can't see more than Steve Smith going in the 1st round. Say he does, that leaves Owens, Holt, Moss, CJ and Harrison left for me at 9. 2 of those might go at 10 & 11 if last years Chump goes that way, but that leaves a pretty top flight WR at 12.
Any discussion/thoughts welcome!
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Re: the ol' draft strategy debate
« Reply #1 on: Aug 1st, 2006, 5:03pm » |
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on Aug 1st, 2006, 3:20pm, captainpurple wrote:| The Aporia (that's for you Steg) |
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Nice,... you closet Aristotelian, you!  (I really do appreciate the allusions to philosophy, actually.  )
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As to the meat here,... there isn't any chance that Peyton Manning isN'T being protected, is there? That (corroborated by my pick in JYJ's league) would be my choice, I think (this is a 10-team league, so...). Otherwise,... NO,... based on your bead on things (and mine), I would NOT take a wide receiver, Steve Smith or otherwise, with that #9 pick. If Edge or Ronnie Brown, in that order (for me), are available, you take them, even Jordan or Caddy who you also mention. That's my take, at least. 
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Re: the ol' draft strategy debate
« Reply #3 on: Aug 2nd, 2006, 7:44am » |
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on Aug 1st, 2006, 5:27pm, Takamine305 wrote:
Who are they keeping......Taco Wallace?!?!?!? |
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good point! I forgot one insane rule of the league regarding the keeper. You're keeper can only be kept for 1 year, and must have been taken after the 4th round of the previous year (or an FA pickup that wasn't drafted at all). So Javon Walker taken in the 3rd last year is NOT eligible to be a keeper even though he was dropped and could've been picked up as an FA. LJ, as I stated earlier, was taken in the 10th, and is eligible to be my keeper.
Here's a list of keepers:
Eli Manning
Tatum Bell
Drew Bledsoe
Jeremy Shockey
Larry Fitzgerald
Larry Johnson
TJ Houshmandzadeh
Tom Brady
Carson Palmer
Anquan Boldin
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Re: the ol' draft strategy debate
« Reply #5 on: Aug 2nd, 2006, 8:59am » |
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on Aug 2nd, 2006, 8:24am, Takamine305 wrote:| ......we'll see though.....it IS minnesota!! |
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Easy there Tackling Dummy....
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Re: the ol' draft strategy debate
« Reply #8 on: Aug 2nd, 2006, 2:13pm » |
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on Aug 2nd, 2006, 9:37am, Philly wrote:Looking at that list of keepers, it seems that all the other owners are going to be scrambling for RBs early since only one other owner kept a RB (and he's not even a great #1 option, unlike yours).
So this puts you in great shape to go for a Peyton Manning or a Steve Smith... |
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Yeah, if it were to work the way I foresee, it'll be all RB in the 1st up to my pick, and the Champ (picking 10-11) has Palmer as a keeper, so I don't see him taking Peyton. If my  is working correctly, I could go Steve Smith at 9, and still get Peyton at 12. That gives me the top 3 players (arguably, of course) at the 3 big positions ;however, it also assures I'll have a significant drop off at RB, where I'll probably end up with a Low #2 or High #3 as my 2nd back.
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