Bronco Billy Posted May 21, 2007 Share Posted May 21, 2007 You are assuming you can't get both. That would be true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Country Posted May 21, 2007 Share Posted May 21, 2007 If there are were enough solid options for everyone, then yes, RB would be less important. But this year there are about 25 solid options, enough for only a few teams to get 3 of them. I disagree wholheartedly. There are maybe 4 or 5 truly solid options at RB, then a large group of about 10-12 that are all full of potential and a lot of risk, not really the type of RB I would consider a truly solid options. Decent option yes, but all of them gambles (not that every player isn't technically a gamble) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronco Billy Posted May 21, 2007 Share Posted May 21, 2007 Despending on your draft position, of course you can get both. Most people will be drafting a 2nd WR or a QB. If I were in a start 3 RB league and there were that many good starting RBs and the #3 RBs scored similarly to a # 10- #15 WR, I know for a fact that the guys I play with sure as hell wouldn't be drafting #2 WRs or QBs in those slots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i_am_the_swammi Posted May 21, 2007 Share Posted May 21, 2007 (edited) QBs who have thrown for 3200+ yds in a season since 2003: 2006 Drew Brees Peyton Manning Marc Bulger Jon Kitna Carson Palmer Brett Favre Tom Brady Ben Roethlisberger Philip Rivers Chad Pennington Eli Manning 2005 Tom Brady Trent Green Brett Favre Carson Palmer Eli Manning Kerry Collins Peyton Manning Drew Bledsoe Drew Brees Matt Hasselbeck Jake Delhomme Jake Plummer 2004 Daunte Culpepper Trent Green Peyton Manning Jake Plummer Brett Favre Marc Bulger Jake Delhomme Donovan McNabb Aaron Brooks Tom Brady Vinny Testaverde David Carr Kerry Collins Matt Hasselbeck 2003 Peyton Manning Trent Green Marc Bulger Matt Hasselbeck Brad Johnson Tom Brady Jon Kitna Aaron Brooks Daunte Culpepper Tommy Maddox Brett Favre Quincy Carter Jake Delhomme Donovan McNabb Steve McNair *************************************** QBs who have thrown for 32+ TDs in a season since 2003: 2006 2005 Carson Palmer 2004 Peyton Manning Daunte Culpepper 2003 Brett Favre Interesting list...I think your point was to show that a bunch of QBs routinely throw 3200 yards per season, which is true. But to my point, only TWO of them appear in everyone of those years...Manning and Brady. Palmer, McNabb and Bulger would certainly be there too, except for injuries in the years they missed making the list. So if you are in a QB heavy league, wouldn't it be wise to select a QB who routinely puts up huge numbers a few rounds early, rather than be a part of a crapshoot of QBs later? ANd if there was ever a year to do it, this is it, since you'll still get a solid #2 RB in the 3rd round. Edited May 21, 2007 by i_am_the_swammi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Country Posted May 21, 2007 Share Posted May 21, 2007 Interesting list...I think your point was to show that a bunch of QBs routinely throw 3200 yards per season, which is true. But to my point, only TWO of them appear in everyone of those years...Manning and Brady. Palmer, McNabb and Bulger would certainly be there too, except for injuries in the years they missed making the list. So if you are in a QB heavy league, wouldn't it be wise to select a QB who routinely puts up huge numbers a few rounds early, rather than be a part of a crapshoot of QBs later? ANd if there was ever a year to do it, this is it, since you'll still get a solid #2 RB in the 3rd round. Maybe I'm the only nuts one here, but IMO that list of all the RBs with potential is filled with very high risk guys, none of whom is close to a sure thing to be a solid #2 FF RB (well, a couple are, but if we are talking just the ones that will be there mid 2nd into the 3rd, we are talking some hugh risky players). Don't get me wrong, if Manning is there in the latter half of the 2nd, I'm thinking very hard about taking him, but I am not taking him with my first pick and likely not with an early 2nd rounder. Too much drop off in talent ot take him with the first pick, you will be scrambling at every other position as you fall behind the ball at RB, causing you to burn picks that could go to a top WR, etc. And if I have an early 2nd, it means I had a late 1st which means my #1 RB is not one of the elite few, so shoring up RB is of greater importance, and if I wait until the third to do that, I am waiting to get the bottom part of the group of RBs with potential. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Holliday Posted May 21, 2007 Share Posted May 21, 2007 Maybe I'm the only nuts one here, but IMO that list of all the RBs with potential is filled with very high risk guys, none of whom is close to a sure thing to be a solid #2 FF RB (well, a couple are, but if we are talking just the ones that will be there mid 2nd into the 3rd, we are talking some hugh risky players). Don't get me wrong, if Manning is there in the latter half of the 2nd, I'm thinking very hard about taking him, but I am not taking him with my first pick and likely not with an early 2nd rounder. Too much drop off in talent ot take him with the first pick, you will be scrambling at every other position as you fall behind the ball at RB, causing you to burn picks that could go to a top WR, etc. And if I have an early 2nd, it means I had a late 1st which means my #1 RB is not one of the elite few, so shoring up RB is of greater importance, and if I wait until the third to do that, I am waiting to get the bottom part of the group of RBs with potential. Agreed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grits and Shins Posted May 27, 2007 Share Posted May 27, 2007 Maybe I'm the only nuts one here, but IMO that list of all the RBs with potential is filled with very high risk guys, none of whom is close to a sure thing to be a solid #2 FF RB (well, a couple are, but if we are talking just the ones that will be there mid 2nd into the 3rd, we are talking some hugh risky players). Don't get me wrong, if Manning is there in the latter half of the 2nd, I'm thinking very hard about taking him, but I am not taking him with my first pick and likely not with an early 2nd rounder. Too much drop off in talent ot take him with the first pick, you will be scrambling at every other position as you fall behind the ball at RB, causing you to burn picks that could go to a top WR, etc. And if I have an early 2nd, it means I had a late 1st which means my #1 RB is not one of the elite few, so shoring up RB is of greater importance, and if I wait until the third to do that, I am waiting to get the bottom part of the group of RBs with potential. I agree. If somebody thinks there are 25 solid RBs out there then I will be very happy to let him live with the bottom of those "solid 25". So he can draft all the QBs, WRs, PKs, DFs he wants while I get some RBs from the top of that "solid 25". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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