There is a part of me that loves the idea of Mixon, and part of me thats very concerned about his oline...there are definitely going to be folks that have been somewhat burnt by him last few years...he's a guy i think that could slip a few spots

Oh yeah, Mixon is in the RB10-RB15 range for both and he has RB5 upside. That oline is certainly a concern, but the volume should hopefully negate some of that.

There is definitely some Mixon angst from prior years. I'm hoping to get at least 1 share.

Not to get political, but is there a list floating around of all the anti-vaccine players?

With the quarantine rules in effect for non-vaxxed guys, seems like you're running the risk of punting a matchup if you've trotting out the Lamar Jacksons and Cole Beasleys of the world

I'm in a 3 keeper league where you can keep a player for 3 years and we had a ton of random Barkley for Zeke trades at the deadline last year to reset their clocks (pretty sure I posted about it).

So I had the following potential keepers (all would be 1st year kept except Ekeler for me, and this is a league that is really heavy on QB scoring with 6 pptd and bonus for 300 and 400 yards):
Ekeler
Mixon
Akers
Josh Allen
Allen Robinson

I was really down on Akers (pre-injury OBV) and was leaning towards Ekeler/Mixon/Allen due to scoring even though that woulda been horrible based on ADP but offered a guy Akers/Robinson for Kelce (he legit doesn't have a 2nd keeper better than any of the 5 I have). He said no and mentioned Allen instead of Robinson and I said fine and he said no and then I offered Mixon/Akers and he didn't understand it or something and instead took AJ Brown/Jefferson for Kelce.

Such a missed opportunity to have Kelce/Ekeler/Allen as my keepers. Oh well.

That’s tough, but I don’t think Akers/X was ever going to get it done. There is a legit chance Akers is never a starter again, and even if you reset the 3 years, you’re wasting 1, maybe 2, just waiting on him to maybe get close to where he was.

Jefferson/AJB seems pretty good. Haha.

I’d probably roll Allen/Ekeler/Mixon instead of ARob, and that’s not a knock on ARob, just how I feel about both Mixon and Ekeler having top 10 potential.

Those trades were all pre Akers injury.

Also, I felt really silly going Akers/Ekeler/Mixon pre-injury because this is a 1RB/1WR/3 Flex league and having that many RBs in PPR seems wrong.

Ahh, my bad, I missed that. I guess that makes sense lol. Yeah, I was pretty down on Akers too pre-injury and wasn’t really planning to take him unless it was sick value, but the opportunity for him was there.

I probably still would have gone Allen/Mixon/Ekeler pre-injury given the QB scoring advantage, especially with that starting lineup.

Best ball low stakes ($50-$100) interest thread below - we have 6 so far:

https://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/1...hread-1793010/

Would be fun to do like 5x $10 and overall points or record win. Something like that.

Probably wouldn't want to look at a draft board again after that.

Oh yup, your strategy changes slightly if the payout is top-heavy and your volume is high. I had a few summers where I plugged away 20-30 best ball drafts; I probably don’t have the capacity for that this year, just want to wet my beak a little.

Yoooooooo fellas, whats up! Good to see all the regulars here.


Let's discuss: Myles Gaskin - anything else think he's a nice value at RB21?

not really, i doubt he stays healthy enough, he doesn't seem like the sort of player that will get enough touches and there's a fair chance that brown just outplays him early enough

I like him this year as well. I have him slightly ahead of the sanders/jacobs/henderson group

Local keeper league and It’s .5ppr. My keepers are Waller (15th round) and Mclaurin (16) and I’m deciding between J Rob and Claypool for a last round (17) keeper. Leaning J Rob but still undecided.

I also have the 1st pick. A lot of RBs are off the board but I think I have it narrowed down to the top ones I could be choosing from. Chubb, Zeke, Mixon and Najee.

Who would be your 3rd keeper?

Who would you draft at 1? Is Chubb the obvious choice?

I wouldn’t even consider JRob over Claypool. Any other higher round options?

I think Chubb vs. Najee is reasonably close, but I’d gamble it up and take the rook given his upside in the passing game.

No other options unless you think Mostert in the 3rd or Conner in the 7th are options. My team was terrible last year

Do we think Chubb keeps up the same TD pace as last year? He averaged a TD a game and only had 3 games where he didn’t score. I just feel gross taking him around some other backs in PPR given his lack of receiving. It’s closer in .5 PPR and he’s definitely a beast in standard.

I’m pretty high on Zeke and Mixon this year, but it feels like I’m in the minority. I don’t understand why everyone seems to be down on Zeke.

Yeah, Claypool seems to be the best of all of those options. He definitely has the highest upside, even without considering round value of the keeper format.

Yeah on second thought Zeke is more valid of a choice than Chubb since neither of those guys will pretty much ever be worth keeping at the cost of a first round pick (so age/wear is much less relevant). That makes me lean more towards Najee since he’s the most likely by far of that group to reach that level, even if his floor is much lower than Zeke or Chubb. If his other keepers were top tier, then I would be more likely to go with Zeke.

LOLions

That's a fun chart. Thanks for sharing.

- Gage too low.

- Julio too high.

- I agree with him on Aiyuk and don't really plan to target him or Deebo.

- Odell too high.

- Golladay too high.

- I'm interested to see Tua and how the Mia receivers shake out. No clue what to do with them.

- I don't plan to touch any Balt WRs. Probably not touching LV or NE, either.

- Definitey lolLions, but someone has to catch the ball. He's not a WR, but I do like Jamaal Williams at ADP this year. Him and Swift will probably both touch it 15+ times a game, because, well, you see the WR chart haha. All Lions players will have a low floor due to lack of TDs, but if I'm taking one of the receivers late, it's St. Brown. Willing to gamble on someone who hasn't played in the NFL rather than the **** we've seen from Perriman and Williams.

Do you guys like Woods or Kupp more? Or do you view them pretty equally?

I have woods higher, same tier though

How are you guys dealing with these offenses that feel like they have too many weapons for all of the players ADP's to be supported?

DJ/Claypool/JUJU/Harris

Chase/Higgins/Boyd/Mixon

Evans/Godwin/Brown

Julio/Brown/Henry

I really like some of these players, but struggling a bit with the concept of not enough targets to go around

That's kind of how I feel. Seems like both guys will be fed, as they are clearly the top 2 options on offense. I expect the Rams to be pass heavy. I don't have a ton of faith in Henderson or any of the other backs. I guess they could try to bring in a washed up vet FA like Bell or something, but even so, I think it'll be Woods, Kupp, and then everyone else. Both going to see 140+ targets if they stay healthy.