Rachaad was one of my favorite bench stashes last year...felt great unleashing him in week ~11 or whenever Fournette was out...but he didn't do a whole lot with the opportunity...and that offense is going to be worse this year...and if Rachaad gets traded to somewhere better I think we've learned he's just not as talented as we thought...think you gotta go with MW or Lockett...I think I'd choose MW.

As of today, where are we taking JT and Jacobs? Third round?

Agree with this, I like the idea of Rachaad white, but the eye test on him wasnt great last year. Baker likes dumping off which is great, but i get the feeling rachaad is a pure volume play as opposed to talent

Ridley being away from football for as long as he has is a thing. Pretty crowded passing offence. Easy enough fade for me. As for Bijan, I'm very much on the hype train, only requires Ridder to be remotely competent and I don't see how he doesn't have a top 5 season. Barkley I think needs a lot more things to go right. 350 touches last season considering he's already had at least one major injury also scares me. Upside is similar but there's a lot more downside which is what I don't want when drafting a running back in the first round

For best ball, I noticed that people seem to draft 2-3 QBs and TEs. Is there a rule of thumb when doing this?

When drafting only two players at one position, there is a risk that if QB/TE #1 is injured during QB/TE #2's bye week, or vice versa, then you risk getting a zero score for that week.

So should you always be taking three QBs/TEs? Or is that wasting your pick?

Had a home lg .5ppr 10 tm snake draft from the 3 spot. I hate Snake Drafts, as i can never tell at the end how strong my tm is (mostly try to play auction)
QB/2RB/2WR/TE/2Flex/K/DST

How's the team look (Pick RD)

QB - Hurts (3)
RB - Pollard (2)
RB - James Cook (8)
WR - Chase (1)
WR - Deebo (4)
TE - Waller (7)
Flex - Nuk (5)
Flex - Big Mike (6)
K - Butker (15)
DST - Commanders (16)
Bench RBs - Charbonnet (10), Warren (11), Perine (12)
Bench Wrs - Diontae (9), Bateman (13), Mims (14)

Didn't love taking QB early 3rd, but felt like i had no shot at stud TE or stud QB unless i took one there and it felt too early for Andrews. Didn't think Lamar would make it back to me (he wouldn't have)

The best answer is it depends. It's about draft capital and ceiling. Taking a 3rd QB/TE should only be a thought if the first two aren't great.

If I take an elite QB like Allen, Hurts, Mahomes, I'm only taking 2. I'll rarely ever use anyone other than Mahomes, so why bother? Also, if Mahomes goes down, I'm screwed and that team is dead, so it doesn't matter how many weaker QBs I have.

Similar things can be said about TE, but it matters less, since they score fewer points than QBs. If you take Kelce, take one more TE and load up on other players at other positions.

Ok thanks. Ya that makes alot of sense. If the injuries to those studs hit you, that team is done anyway so no use treading water with the extra scrub TE or QB.

There are Rahaad trade rumors?

I don't think so, I think the point being made is that he's just not that great a RB and he only has value on account of volume through the rest of the Tampa room not being good either

Yeah don't think he showed much running prowess last year when he had his shot. I like him this year at his price because he had some pretty high target games when he was the starter so should be a decent ppr floor back.

Guys flying up draft boards last few days: Ridley, KAllen, Waller, Watson, London

Guys that seem to be dropping: Stevenson, Hall, Jeudy

I think for sharp drafts, drafting as if WR going early and often is probably the right play, Obviously every draft has its own life, but feels like leaning wr when you have a rb/wr decision is probably the highest EV play today

Looks good. .5ppr I probably grab one more rb instead of WR in case the James Cook experiment doesnt go as planned. You have good optionality at rb, but i think vulnerable at the spot early in the year. Regular ppr I love this draft (deebo the only one i dont like at drafted spot)

More valuable combo in 1/2 PPR?

Chubb + Devonta Smith

Davonte Adams + Rhamondre

Am I the only guy here who has Burrow > Herbert? Why does everyone prefer Herbert? Is it the Burrow injury?

I have Burrow > Herbert by a decent amount, but I do like the Chargers offense a lot so I could see scenarios where Herbert outscores him

As much as one might like the Chargers offense, how can you not like the Bengals more? Better receivers and better o-line, imo (although I agree this is debatable). Only knock on Burrow is whatever happened to his leg last month.

I agree that’s why I said I have burrow over Herbert by a decent amount.

chubb/devonta for me

So I guess it's just you and me.

Any of you Herbert > Burrow bros want to chime in?

I think you are overstating how many people choose herbert over burrow. My drafts have been 75% burrow first

Probably.

Burrow/Fields/Herbert was in a post upthread and I guess I was surprised at how many leaned Herbert.

For me that is clearly
1. Burrow
2. Herbert
3. Fields

I'm not saying it's not close. It is close, but I think it is clear.

Stop with your logic.

You should know by now through our dynasty leagues that it's the hope that gets me

It's definitely close but I'm Burrow for sure and especially in dynasty

I mean this has to be Burrow>Herbert>>>>>Fields.

Like you can flip the 1st two but don't feal Fields should be close to be compared to the other 2