to some degree yes i have. last few years i've just done straight auctions (much better format imo) but before I would slightly adjust to the draft. like you said it's really about how sharp of a league it is. why would i take a play in the 3rd round if i knew he'd be there in the fifth most of the time? since most of my leagues were on espn i used to mock there alot for that reason, despite the fact that at least 50% of the time the other people drafting are just lol terrible.

I think you need to a find a combo of the draft's rankings + knowing who you're playing with. Even with good players, you may realize who all the sleepers / big names are that they're going after, and you can possibly exploit that to get what you want.

Need to keep two in a 0.5ppr

Benjamin
Watkins
Spiller
Latavius Murray

Leaning towards Benjamin+Murray. Not sure how much hype I buy on spiller especially in a 0.5 ppr. Thoughts?

god over the years ive had more 'i-can-wait-another-round-to-get-this-guy-because-hes-way-down-on-the-sites-rankings' snipings than i can remember.

always leads to a greedy and/or stupid feeling afterwards.

any keeper limits? 2wr or 3wr?

Just made an interesting observation.

Mocked and got Brady in a good spot, and wanted to back him up without waiting too long. Rivers was the best available, so I took him. According to Yahoo DEF rankings, he faces Def #15, 16, 18, 20 in weeks 1-4 (Det, Cin, Minn, Cle).


Seems like great matchups for a replacement QB, I haven't looked further into the Pass Defenses of those teams though.


Edit: Pass Def according to last yr: 7, 8, 13, 20. Not the worst, and still have Rivers.

Wow, Eli faces super easy Defenses in Weeks 1-3, before getting Buffalo in week 4. Pair him with Brady if he's still on the board, and drop / replace him in Week 4.

haha yeah, it can definitely burn you. Just curious how others feel about the risk/reward scenario of it. I'm not doing any yahoo drafts as of right now, but i've got 3 ESPN and 1 NFL.com(god it wasn't my choice). the NFL.com league is the one i've posted about with super weird return yard scoring too. I know the projections of those return yards show up, but doesn't change the rankings of the actual players. THAT is the one i'm really debating on how fancy i should get while drafting.

2 wr + WRT flex

Keep 3 annually with no limits. Gronk is my first. I'm not so sure how much future value these guys have so I'm almost wondering if this is a straight redraft question

with no limit or penalty (losing the rd or anything) then id just take the 2 best players, who seem like benjamin and watkins.

In this setup with relatively clueless opponents I think the clear top 3 picks are Luck/ARod/L. Bell. It will be easier to get solid depth at RB so that Bell's suspension weeks won't affect you as much.

Also, I would be hesitant to avoid getting 2 qb's in the first 3 rounds. Noobs tend to overvalue QB, not undervalue, and given your 4th round pick won't be until the end of the round, the pickings may be starting to get slim by then. That being said I think you'll be able to have a much better read of the situation by the time your 2nd/3rd pick comes around so it would be better to decide what to do in the moment imo. If QB's are flying off the board make sure to lock a couple up early, if everyone is sticking to non-2qb ranking sheets or something, feel free to wait a little.


Absolutely. However as many have mentioned you have to be careful. The main time I use it is when I have the players involved ranked very close so it won't affect much if you end up getting sniped. An easy example for this year is I have Julio as WR1 in my rankings, but would never take him over Dez or Antonio given I think they are all very close and would never get Dez or Antonio in round 2, but Julio might fall to me there.

Also, Gore is a tough one for me to decide on, I've been kinda all over the place on his ranking personally. On the one hand Indy O, on the other 32 years old with a bunch of wear. Tough spot, but I've been leaning towards taking Lamar Miller over him lately...dumb?

I've usually tried to abuse rankings on Yahoo by taking a non-RB in the first where they're close to value, then stockpiling RBs later while WR/QB etc are flying off the board earlier than I think they should. Pretty much dependent on playing against idiots, entirely possible in YPLs

I'm not at home so i don't have my rankings immediately on me, but i think i've got them fairly similar. Lamar is under gore for me, but i don't think it's huge. Personal preference a lot there.

geno out...sigh.....back to the drawing board to find out who is going to lead my squad

In a 10 team .5 PPR QB/QB/RB/RB/WR/WR/Flex who should I be targeting in the first three rounds??

Don't know my pick yet but I'm gonna try and go QB/QB/WR or WR/wr/QB

Thoughts?

In a 2 qb 2 wr league I think you'd almost always go qb/qb/best available

Anyone wanna sort out the rookie WR tier of funchess, Forsett, strong? Maybe Coates too since pit doesn't have much else

I have them in order

Funchess
Dorsett
Strong

Coates

Overall they're all pretty close but I have Coates in a tier behind the others

edit: This is dynasty, hopefully you don't have to rely on any of them year 1

Drafting 10 of 10 in a redraft PPR league. 6 points all TDs.

1 QB, 2 RB, 2 WR, 1 Flex, 1 TE, K, Def, 7 Bench spots.


Here's the kicker: 4 RBs max per roster! (Was 12 team last year with this rule in place, and the rule remains even though there are fewer teams.)


I'm thinking about going WR/WR with my first 2 picks, as there will be more RBs available in later rounds than usual thanks to this rule. Thoughts?

I have Devin Smith , Tyler Lockett & Chris Conley in that general range, too.

Trying to flesh it all out, but pretty sure I have Coates 7th of those guys.

Also Perriman, but that might be irrational Perriman hate on the grounds he is balding & can't catch.

Oh yeah dynasty

Seems about right, I have dorsett over funchess just because of his team. Ability wise strong might be the best but that team is awful for wrs

I'd have smith and Lockett around the Coates tier tbh. And Perriman slightly above the above guys.

Individual talent trumps team situation in dynasty. Team situation changes. That said, I have Funchess over Dorsett because of team situation, but for the opposite reasons-- Funchess is practically locked in as the outside starter, where Dorsett projects to start the year as the WR4, maybe? I'm not totally sold on either of them, but I expect Funchess to be in line for significantly more targets.

Here's a snapshot of how I have that range of rookie WRs ranked:

Good point re: team changes

I guess I'd only argue that the path for dorsett seems a little more clear (Andre is 34, Hilton is in a contract year although I'd assume they sign him) and then he just has to beat out moncrief. Where strong is in the middle of Washington, shorts to be #2

Funchess situation as the 2 (3 behind Olsen really) is clear, I just don't see as many opportunities

I'm currently thinking for Dynasty purposes:

Cooper

KWhite
Parker
Agholor

DGB

Funchess
Dorsett
Perriman
DSmith
Strong
Lockett
Conley
Coates

My hot take is that White > Cooper but otherwise that's fairly close to my list. (You're higher on Conley than I am; he's a good prospect but has the worst possible QB for maximizing his deep speed.)