First auction ever in a 12-team PPR league. Starting rosters are somewhat strange. 1 QB, 2 WR, 1 RB, 1 Flex, 1 TE, Defense, Kicker. With only one RB to start in a PPR league, I decided to basically punt, after watching the first 4 rbs on the board go for over $65 I definitely think I made the right call.

Budget $200
1. (10) Julio Jones (Atl - WR) $67
2. (16) Russell Wilson (Sea - QB) $20
3. (37) Keenan Allen (SD - WR) $41
4. (43) Jarvis Landry (Mia - WR) $26
5. (92) Jimmy Graham (Sea - TE) $3
6. (96) Giovani Bernard (Cin - RB) $6
7. (101) Duke Johnson Jr. (Cle - RB) $9
8. (113) Torrey Smith (SF - WR) $2
9. (115) Devin Funchess (Car - WR) $8
10. (116) Danny Woodhead (SD - RB) $2
11. (117) Zach Ertz (Phi - TE) $3
12. (129) Bilal Powell (NYJ - RB) $3
13. (133) Tyrod Taylor (Buf - QB) $2
14. (140) Breshad Perriman (Bal - WR) $1
Unused $7

A couple of thoughts.

- I didn't really want the Rustler, but I was price enforcing and it's 4 point passing TDs, which I don't think anyone accounted for. But, I'll take it at $20. Rogers, Brees, Cam and Luck all went over $30.

- RBs are going to be a bit of a pain to figure out on a week by week basis, but I went in targeting Woodhead, Gio and Duke, hoping to get 2 of the 3. I got all three relatively easily, and I'm hoping to flip one with Landry for a higher end WR.

- WRs wanted Antonio and Julio badly, but the guy who got Antonio wouldn't give up. I ran him up to $74 but wasn't brave enough to hit him one more time. I think Julio and Keenan as WRs in full PPR is going to be strongest in the league, plus Landry in my flex every week should outweigh the fact that my RBs aren't strong.

- Wanted to get Julius Thomas at TE but he went for nearly $20, which was a severe WTF moment. Ended up with Graham who I don't have high hopes for, but it wasn't that long ago he was the best TE in football so he has some upside. Then Ertz who I think finished strong and should be in line for some target share in Philly.

- No kicker and defense because lol at that in auctions. I'm trying to make a 2 for 1 deal to upgrade somewhere instead of having to drop someone. But if Perriman doesn't make the field for season, he'll be an easy drop, probably along with Torrey Smith. Would anyone drop Tyrod instead? I feel like he's a strong back up and I might be able to move him if he starts hot.

Thoughts on if that strategy is suicidal? Or really anything else.

The team is very nice overall.

I would have tried to get better RBs. You have good WRs for sure. But in a league with one RB, most of your RBs have limited upside. But when you have 4 RBs, can only start 1, and have $7 leftover - I would have gone for it with a better back. I would try to upgrade there for sure. a 3-2 or 2-1 with a WR-Ertz/Graham-RB might work.

However - Woodhead at $2 is massive stealing, and he might be your best PPR back. If he can produce like last yr., thats a huge get.


Russell for $20 is fine, but again, would have rather spent the money on a another RB.

Perriman has no value right now.

Hold T. Smith to see how Chip uses him before you drop.

DO NOT drop Tyrod, you need a backup QB just in case, and he might actually return great value.


But v. nice first auction, no really bad buys.

your RBs are really weak... in a 12 team league with only 1 starter i think you need better especially if the rest of your roster isn't going to be great.

WR is very good but still could be better, TE below average... QB is good nothing special.

targeting players in an auction is not optimal. find the values... if people are paying too much for Brown and Julio let them

Thought as much with both Torrey Smith and not dropping Tyrod.

Not sure if this is standard or not in leagues, but the middle of the draft turned into a complete **** show for some of these guys. They were so busted for money that they stopped bidding. It's basically the reason I have $7 left over. I got Tyrod for $2 because two guys were out of cash like half way through the draft and were waiting for only the $1 players. After the guys who would go in I'd say the top 4 rounds in a snake draft, there was very little action in terms of bidding wars.

Like I said, not sure if that's common or uncommon. But that's the way it turned out. At the end having $7 left over, I was wishing I went to war a bit more for another high end WR.

How much did David Johnson go for? After you were out of the Brown running I'd have went pretty hard on him as in a ppr format he stands out.

Love getting Julio. Not nearly as high on Keenan Allen as most. Like the Wilson play in a 4pt td league. Not enough sure things on there for me though and you left money on the board so could have upgraded in a position.

David Johnson went for $60

Sometimes those kind of runs happen, and its usually with the best players. But if you notice that ALL the top players are flying off the board, and all are being overbid on, like you said, then try and get in there and a get a fair-priced player or 2, even it ifs high (but not over-priced). Usually, this means you'll miss the top 10 type guys, as those are the ones that get overbid.

Then you can grab all the other mid-range guys for really low prices since everyone has overbid already, and max out your team.



And thats the best advice for auctions.

I always make a list of players I'm targeting heavily. But that list comes from a much larger list of players I'm willing to draft. If a player from the former list gets out of hand in the bidding, I let it go.

There are many points in the draft when players will go for a bit lower than they should, and you can buy. All the extra money saved can go for when other players you want, or even if you want the elite talent, and you have the extra bucks to overbid.

There are also about 3-4 times during a draft, when a player will go for alot less than he should - like $5 or $10 savings on a $20-$25+ player. Sometimes a player will not get bid up, and you have to be ready to be there to get him, even if you didn't initially target him. This could be for many reasons - people already spent, are waiting to spend on someone else, are not overly excited about this player, etc. People just check out on that player and stop bidding, and all of a sudden, a great buy is there that shouldn't be.

Those are the players that can make an auction.

imho you never have a great auction draft when you leave $7 on the table. That's a lot. Funchess money + Duke money + Gio money + $7 is your elite RB, and then you pick three guys at $1.

That said there's some decent value in there too.

Also I don;t see the point in spending $3 on Ertz and $3 on Jimmy.

RBS went super early in the first/second round. By the time it was back to me, the best available RB was McCoy. I do not like McCoy this season, nor any of the 3rd tier RBS. I was adopting zero RB strategy and planned on drafting RBS 6th round unless I ran into someone like Miller in the second (obviously highly unlikely). The reason why I took Newton is because I believe he is the only QB with a gap between the other elite QBS, I like his offense this year. Most importantly I knew I could grab great WRS 3rd/4th round for PPR (I got exactly who I wanted with TY and Decker). So it was purely about taking best player overall available at this time.
If I had the original 2.24/3.25 pick I would had picked Ingram (only 2nd tier I like).

For RBS I took a risk in Gordon and Foster. Gore isn't great but he's a starter/ pretty much every down back and gives me some stability as long as he doesn't get hurt I'm hoping colts have blowout games and run the clock with him. Lewis I took simply because if he does come back in the middle-late season and my RBS are hurting I at least have someone.

My TES if Fleener goes off I have trade value and can hopefully get a RB2 for either Fleener or gates.
I know most won't agree with the cam pick but I have to say I
M very happy with it, because I was planning on zero RB anyway and got the receivers I was targeting for the 3rd/4th. I guess we'll see if it pans out.

Cam's edge is significantly reduced in 6pt passing TD leagues. I disagree with most of your reasoning but that's what makes Fantasy fun. You get to devise and implement you own strategy/ideas and see how it turns out. GL

Not really. Last year he had 35 TD passes and 10 rushing TDs. Only Brady with 36 TD passes had more and no one comes close to Cam's 45 total TD's. But that was last year who knows what happens this year? But if Cam stays at the top in TD passes he still has a TD edge on the rest of the field.

And the season before he want even in the top 10 in pass td. Chase last year all you want. The reality is probably somewhere in between but nowhere near 2nd round value in a 6pt passing td league

I had it messed up. 6 point RUSHING TD. 4 point pass. Typo.

Oh well then that certainly changes the argument. I'm still not taking Cam in the 2nd round but it's not a total spew to do so I guess

Not chasing anything? Just sayin. The year before he had the banged up ribs too I think. He is still maturing and improving and I would say he is the odds on favorite to lead all QBs in total TDs this year but like I also said. WHO KNOWS?

First draft today... think i did ok. made some mistakes but got some good values.

12 team ppr. 2rb/2wr/flex

QB: Rivers $3
RB: David Johnson $59, Forte $12, Arian Foster $9, Powell $5, James White $3, Hightower $1
WR: Hilton $30, ARob $51, Michael Floyd $9, Djax $10, Fuller $1,
TE: Eifert $2, Witten $2
K: Zona $1
D: Panthers $2

wug

2 other teams for reference

team 1:

QB: Cam $24, Cousins $3
RB: Gurley $61, Blount $6, Crowell $3,
WR: Antonio $69, Marvin Jones $9, Wheaton $2, Snead $4, Sanu $2, Corey Coleman $2, Dorsett $1
TE: Barnidge $5, Julius $4
K: Haushka $2
D: Raiders $1

team 2:

QB: Eli $7
RB: Woodhead $16, CJA $28, Jordan Howard $1, CJ2k $1, Draughn $1,
WR: Alshon $37, Maclin $16, OBJ $63, Bruce Ellington $1, Rishard Matthews $1, Mike Wallace $1, Treadwell $1
TE: Reed $24
K: Walsh $1
D: Texans $1

I like this team a lot. think its an effective use of zero rb.

I really love this team. At first I thought it was a 10 team league so for 12 teams this is exceptional. Great job

First draft of the year, haven't gone over much yet, thoughts?
10 team 2RB/3WR 0PPR $200 Budget

QB- Rivers ($2)
WR- Marshall ($40), Hilton ($22), Baldwin ($13), Michael Floyd ($2), Rishard Matthews ($1), Sanu ($1)
RB- Gurley ($51), Miller ($46), Foster ($8), Bernard ($3)
TE- Barnidge ($3), Bennett ($3)

decent?

Floyd for $2, damn

I drafted on Yahoo last night and want to post the results, but can't put into a Grid Style. So I won't. Here's a few highlights.

10 Team, PPR, 4/-1 for QBs, Start 3WRs + Flex

Home Leagues are Fun
3 Defenses in Round 8
2 Kickers + 3 Def in Round 9
The Godgers guy drafted 2 more QBs (Tyrod, Jameis)
The Cam team drafted Jay Cutler

WTFiest
3.1 Martellus Bennet
3.5 Larry Fitzgerald
5.5 Marshawn Lynch (yes, the retired RB)

Was a late fill in for an auction after a round of golf and drinking. PPR 2/2/flex. Standard everything else. Thought it was 3 WR until about 3/4 of the way through the auction. Oh well. $'s will be very close. It was live so don't remember perfectly. Thoughts?

Tyrod $1 / Jameis $1
Rawls $17/ B Powell $1/ Terrance West $1/ Vereen $6/ Spencer Ware$1/ Cmike $1
OBJ $54/ Dez $41/ D Thomas $18/ J Gordon $9
Gronk $41 / Cook $4

Looks great to me, especially if it's 12 teams.

That's how I expect a lot of my teams to turn out this year, with a better rb instead of Gronk usually, but same idea.

Yeah, Gronk didn't get nominated until after all the good and decent RB's. When I knew I wasn't getting one of them I went for him.

Just got offered J Charles and Phillip Dorsett for Dez. Kind of tempting. Would make his squad too strong though I think.

D Johnson/AP
Dez/Sammy/Baldwin/John Brown

I'm taking that deal, and don't care about his team.

You have a major hole right away having to start two backs, and you don't have a good 2nd one. Plus you own Ware - I'm easily accepting this.