just reposting in hopes that WW goes off the rails again and this time takes my prop bet cause he wussed out last year

So I'm stuck bois. Draft is this Sunday 9/3. I'm in an 12 team auction keeper league. Keep 3 players, up to 3 years.

Standard scoring (NON-PPR), 6pt throwing TDs. Starting 1 QB, 2 RB, 2 WR, 1 FLEX (RB,WR,TE), 1 TE, 1 DEF, 1 K.

I have kept Jameis Winston, Amari Cooper, and Michael Thomas. These keepers do not cost anything against me and everyone starts with a $200 budget. That being said, players go for alot more than they normally do (based on cheat sheets). Le'veon Bell is the best player available this year and he will be going for $120, maybe even $130.

RBs are super thin this year. Here is a list of the best RBs that are available.
Bell, Gurley, Lamar Miller, Lynch, Gore, Hyde, Jstew, Gillislee, CJ Anderson and so on from there. All rookie RBs are available too.

So TL;DR...But, idt if I should get Bell for say $120, then have to get his handcuff and only have say $50-60 left for the rest of the draft. Or, do what I was thinking and go for Gurley, Dalvin Cook, and Kareem Hunt (or whoever goes cheap). Then fill in the rest of my roster. There are ALOT of WRs available, so people will be spending on them and I have two good starters every week, so I'm not too worried about getting one or two WR3/Flex from the WR core.

Part of me wants Bell for the future too (plus I'm a Steelers fan), but part of me wants more players for the amount I'd spend on him. HELP!!

I'd go for bell, you don't need much after that for a great team.

if you can keep bell for $0 for 3 years, that seems like a slam dunk.

plus, with those 3 keepers, youd be able to field a good team this year too

Yea I think I'd go up to ~$170 for him, but assume that won't be necessary

go for bell, you are set at wr and you can get the other rb spot filled by a rookie for cheap

Yeah that makes alot of sense. I felt like if i didnt take them there, they wouldnt make it back to me. I was also thinking that since our league is pretty trade trade happy, i can probably ship some of my young talent to a team thats out of it to bring someone strong into in receiver core if needed.

Not asking for rating, just thought I'd follow up with how the strategy turned out post-draft.

QB Cam
RB DJ, Bell, Jacquizz, Sims, Burkhead, Dion, Chris Thompson, Smallwood, DeAndre Washington
WR Maclin, Snead, Moncrief, Decker, Hogan, JMatt, John Brown
TE Fleener

Need some help on how to adjust value for a new (to me) league. I'm really only familiar with PPR.

It's a 12 team PPR league, passing TDs are worth 6 points, and the Flex position you can start a 2nd QB in, so I assume it's essentially a 2QB league. Rosters otherwise are 3 WR, 2 RB, 1 TE.

I have the 4th pick. Are QBs more valuable in this kind of league, where it might make sense taking one (I assume first three picks will be Johnson, Bell, A. Brown) right at the jump, or is a WR the play? Thanks.

a 2 qb league with passing TDs for 6 I would take aaron rodgers at 4

12 team standard (non-PPR) league (expect that passing is 20 yards a point), three keepers.

Would you rather keep Crowell or Rodgers. Other two keepers are WRs (Cooks and Hilton). Most likely only one QB will be kept (Brady). Have the 6th pick in the first round, so might be able to grab Mixon or Cook with my first pick.

So the question is Julio or Rodgers at 1.04... I do agree that the top 3 should be as you listed, all ahead of Rodgers. I honestly think the choice is close (wouldn't be close if you couldn't start 4 WRs or non-PPR) - I don't hate either of the two choices here. I probably lean Rodgers though.

I'd take Rodgers by far. if there was an additional 'standard' flex spot where you are plausibly starting 2 QBs and 4 WRs then there's some Julio consideration.

No, just the one flex spot that can take a QB.

Thanks all for the feedback. I was leaning Rodgers as well, but wasn't certain. There's a lot of Patriot fans in the league, so some chance Brady actually goes top 3 and one of Bell/Johnson/A. Brown fall to me but I'm not banking on it.

I'm as anti early qb in general as anyone, but the answer to both of these questions is ARod imo.

ARod won't be there at 4 I'd say. If you don't go QB round 1 then the next 2 picks need to be QB and you'll be liking at Kirk cousins if you're lucky.

Another edition of THIS OR THAT. You know the drill, quote and bold the guy you like in PPR. Some interesting decisions coming up


Julio or OBJ

Melvin Gordon or AJ Green

Gronk or Ajayi

Demarco or Gurley

Kareen Hunt or Fournette

Zeke or Kareem Hunt

Lynch or Hyde

Mixon or CJ Anderson

Julio
AJ
Ajayi
Murray
Hunt
Hunt
Hyde
Mixon

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Another one.

niether again but probably anderson

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10 team PPR, couple questions going in since I haven't done any drafts this year...

1. Drafting 2nd, so I'll have 19th coming back around. Is it crazy to go Zeke here and try to patch together RBs for the remaining weeks?

2. Our league is also 6 pt passing TDs. I'll have 22nd coming back around - can I take Rodgers/Brady here or does that too often give me a subpar set of WR?

1. I've seen Zeke go in this spot. As currently expected with the 6 game suspension - I would rather take another RB. If you take Zeke, look to grab McFadden or your 3rd RB earlier than usual. He may also play through the appeal, but I don't know when you find that out. He would be a massive steal if you think he gets to play the whole season somehow.


2. WR is really deep. If you really want Rodgers/Brady, you would have to do it here, and it's ok. Plenty of Wrs get target through the rest of the draft.

I think the less teams in the league, the earlier you can comfortably draft Zeke because replacement level gets higher.