jetsfan Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 You just picked the wrong ones. No kidding. If I draft Fitz and AJ this year, my odds of collapse should be about the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LayLow Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 Everyone and their mom is going to try to do this this season. How does that affect the rest of the draft? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fpuma Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 I am seriously considering doing this. I have the 10 pick in a 12 man league. I dont think i will have AJ/Fitz but may still go WR/WR. I have never done anythhing like this before. I have 1 teams this year both at the 10 spot so thinking i will do this on one of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LayLow Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 I am seriously considering doing this. I have the 10 pick in a 12 man league. I dont think i will have AJ/Fitz but may still go WR/WR. I have never done anythhing like this before. I have 1 teams this year both at the 10 spot so thinking i will do this on one of them. See...i think if it falls to you that going WR.WR is the best thing to do...do it. I am going to assume some guys are going to go WR/WR at all costs and end up with say...Calvin johnson/Roddy white which I would not want to bet my season on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avernus Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 Agreed. Take the players that will score the most points. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avernus Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 In the Huddle Ladder : Practice Squad division, out of 12-teams in the first two rounds, only 11 of the first 24 picks were WR. Only two teams went WR/WR. (And only two teams went RB/RB.) I think most people find it too risky and would rather go with a mix of positions. refer to the post above... I didn't care about position, I Muto'd my draft.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LayLow Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 In the Huddle Ladder : Practice Squad division, out of 12-teams in the first two rounds, only 11 of the first 24 picks were WR. Only two teams went WR/WR. (And only two teams went RB/RB.) I think most people find it too risky and would rather go with a mix of positions. Hopefully this remains true. we will see what my draft brings me...but if i can leave the first 3 rounds with LT Steve Smith Pierre Thomas I would be ok with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avernus Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 Hopefully this remains true. we will see what my draft brings me...but if i can leave the first 3 rounds with LT Steve Smith Pierre Thomas I would be ok with that. assuming you take LT around 5th or 6th in a 12 team draft, it would be extremely tough to see Smitty there in the 2nd.... that would be an amazing 1st 3 rounds... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LayLow Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 (edited) assuming you take LT around 5th or 6th in a 12 team draft, it would be extremely tough to see Smitty there in the 2nd.... that would be an amazing 1st 3 rounds... LT-Keeper then i get the 9th pick after 10 keepers are chosen. 10 team league:( Edited August 6, 2009 by LayLow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Country Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 assuming you take LT around 5th or 6th in a 12 team draft, it would be extremely tough to see Smitty there in the 2nd.... that would be an amazing 1st 3 rounds... I just got Smitty with the 6th pick of the 2nd round.... in a 16 team league. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avernus Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 You 3 RBs that could all potentially finish in the top 5. If that happens, I could play WR for your team. considering I followed the Muto Handbook for drafting, I'd say it's pretty much a lock... the only problem is I'm not in a $50,000 league Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avernus Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 I just got Smitty with the 6th pick of the 2nd round.... in a 16 team league. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avernus Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 LT-Keeper then i get the 9th pick after 10 keepers are chosen. 10 team league:( ahaah typical...I'm like 1-3 for that one... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delicious_bass Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 Any draft style will work fine if you get the right players. From The Legend comes fantasy gospel ^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avernus Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 From The Legend comes fantasy gospel ^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoob25 Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 Another way to look at the WR/WR/RB/RB debate is in how safe those picks are. In this year's Rotowire magazine Peter Schoenke has some great historical data about how elite WRs (WRs with an ADP that year in the top 15) have fared vs. similar RBs. A couple of the more memorable stats: of the 18 (I think) WRs who had an ADP of 15 or higher, not a single one has been a bust ("bust" being didn't finish the season in the top 24 at the position, meaning they would have been an every-week starter in a 12-team league); also, historically you would have been best served by taking WR/WR/RB/RB as opposed to WR/RB/WR/RB, WR/RB/RB/WR, RB/RB/WR/WR, and RB/WR/RB/WR. We had Pete on today's radio show to discuss this research as well as more discussion on the topic (podcast link is available on the Huddle main page; that topic is covered in the second segment of Hour 1), but the article is worth a look as well. 2V where is the article you are talking about? anyone? thanks.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keggerz Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 (edited) SOFA IDP Draft had 5 WRs go in the 1st round and I went WR/WR (Wayne/Smitty) from the 12 slot(and took another WR (Housh)with my 3rd before grabbing a RB (Bush). USA Today (1.7 AJ & 2.6 Jennings) and Fantasy Insights (1.3 Fitz & 2.10 RWhite) also went WR/WR to start the draft. I should note that this is a PPR league and we start 1QB, 2RB, 3WR, 1TE, 1K, 2DL, 3LB, 2DB Edited August 14, 2009 by keggerz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HowboutthemCowboys Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 I have 1 teams this year both at the 10 spot so thinking i will do this on one of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRUISER Posted August 15, 2009 Share Posted August 15, 2009 I'm thinking seriously about wr/wr since I have the 11th pick in a 12 team league and there is PPR for WR and TE only, not for RB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keggerz Posted August 15, 2009 Share Posted August 15, 2009 interesting thing in the draft I linked above...thru 4 rounds there are 5 teams with just ONE RB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j2v Posted August 15, 2009 Share Posted August 15, 2009 Another way to look at the WR/WR/RB/RB debate is in how safe those picks are. In this year's Rotowire magazine Peter Schoenke has some great historical data about how elite WRs (WRs with an ADP that year in the top 15) have fared vs. similar RBs. A couple of the more memorable stats: of the 18 (I think) WRs who had an ADP of 15 or higher, not a single one has been a bust ("bust" being didn't finish the season in the top 24 at the position, meaning they would have been an every-week starter in a 12-team league); also, historically you would have been best served by taking WR/WR/RB/RB as opposed to WR/RB/WR/RB, WR/RB/RB/WR, RB/RB/WR/WR, and RB/WR/RB/WR. We had Pete on today's radio show to discuss this research as well as more discussion on the topic (podcast link is available on the Huddle main page; that topic is covered in the second segment of Hour 1), but the article is worth a look as well. 2V where is the article you are talking about? anyone? thanks.... pages 8 and 9 of Rotowire Fantasy Football Guide 2009. ESPN.com also had an article with a similar approach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keggerz Posted August 15, 2009 Share Posted August 15, 2009 I also think one of the things that people need to look at is how large their starting rosters are....If you only start 2 RBs and are in an IDP league were you are starting a total of 15-19 players then you really are minimizing the value of the RB position...i think that is hard for people to come to grips with due to the RB hoarding mentality that fantasy footballers have had for so long....the other thing that imo cant be overlooked is the sheer number of injuries that are suffered in the NFL and my guess without doing any research on it is that the injury rate is much higher for RBs than it is for WRs and other positions...so if the odds are against you from that perspective and then add in the number of RBBC there is no reason to not think out side of the box and look at going WR WR for one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtdickens Posted September 6, 2009 Author Share Posted September 6, 2009 Finally sacked up and did the WR/WR in my main league. Very thin at RB and I need someone to go down this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pitbull739 Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 I did it tonight in a 14 team league out of the 13th spot. Landed A. and Cal. Johnson so I was pretty happy.....until I ended up with Ray Rice, Julius Jones, Benson and Shady McCoy as my RB stable. I guess it could be worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keggerz Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 I did it tonight in a 14 team league out of the 13th spot. Landed A. and Cal. Johnson so I was pretty happy.....until I ended up with Ray Rice, Julius Jones, Benson and Shady McCoy as my RB stable. I guess it could be worse. curious what your picks in rounds 3-6 looked like Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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