Posted August 7, 20241 yr Got the 1st pick in an 11-team PPR league (yeah I know odd number of players) Consensus 1.01 pick on most draft sites is RB Christian McCaffrey and understandably so. Is this truly the best pick for the 1.01 selection or can a better case be made for CeeDee Lamb, Breece Hall, etc... Personally I had CMC last year on my team, as the holder of the No. 2 overall pick, and made it to the league championship game. Leaning towards sticking with CMC knowing the injury risk/Madden curse/SB runner up hangover, etc. to avoid the possibility of getting too cute and having someone else benefit after passing on CMC. For context, I've had mixed results with having the #1 overall pick two previous seasons in that league. 1) Went contrarian in 2019 picking Alvin Kamara over Saquon Barkley (who got injured) and CMC (ended up being the top RB that year 😅). 2) Went with consensus pick Jonathan Taylor in 2022 who was as "safe" as it gets that year and he finished 33rd at the position after injuries 🤣.
August 7, 20241 yr I think McCaffrey's ceiling is that much higher than all the other RB's that you have to take him. There are a lot of good value RB's though that can be had at the turn of the 2nd/3rd round that if you think Lamb plus player X will total more than McCaffrey and say Drake London/Deebo
August 7, 20241 yr 14 minutes ago, mr_hunt said: cmc should be #1 in every format, imo. I did not do so in Team format
August 7, 20241 yr Author 4 hours ago, Mat said: I think McCaffrey's ceiling is that much higher than all the other RB's that you have to take him. There are a lot of good value RB's though that can be had at the turn of the 2nd/3rd round that if you think Lamb plus player X will total more than McCaffrey and say Drake London/Deebo Thanks. I would prefer to get my RB of choice in McCaffrey and then follow up with WR. Knowing my leaguemates theres a very good chance that a QB and TE will go off the board before I pick next at the 2nd/3rd round turn, which allows for some nice WR/RB options there. Last year ended up with McCaffrey/Garrett Wilson/Josh Allen with the top 3 picks sitting with the 2nd overall pick. Not so sure if going Allen early again is the best move now, especially with the overhaul at the WR position, the league going from 10 teams to 11 teams which will make the RB/WR depth shallower as the draft snakes back to me. I'm thinking come away by the end of Round 4 with 2 RBs and 2 WRs, and maybe go QB in Round 5 if an elite option is still available. 3 hours ago, Agent23 said: I did not do so in Team format Interesting, what did you elect to do instead?
August 7, 20241 yr 5 minutes ago, eaglesfan0075 said: Thanks. I would prefer to get my RB of choice in McCaffrey and then follow up with WR. Knowing my leaguemates theres a very good chance that a QB and TE will go off the board before I pick next at the 2nd/3rd round turn, which allows for some nice WR/RB options there. Last year ended up with McCaffrey/Garrett Wilson/Josh Allen with the top 3 picks sitting with the 2nd overall pick. Not so sure if going Allen early again is the best move now, especially with the overhaul at the WR position, the league going from 10 teams to 11 teams which will make the RB/WR depth shallower as the draft snakes back to me. I'm thinking come away by the end of Round 4 with 2 RBs and 2 WRs, and maybe go QB in Round 5 if an elite option is still available. Interesting, what did you elect to do instead? Took Philadelphia. Hurts > Purdy and AJ+DeVonta > Aiyuk/Deebo (B.A. likely to get traded... if hes gone before week 1 I wouldn't get him on my fantasy roster) CMC > Saquon but I'm hoping that ends up being a smaller margin. Kittle > Goedert but again hoping the margin isn't too significant. I also will enjoy rooting for Eagles players.
August 7, 20241 yr Author 2 hours ago, Agent23 said: Took Philadelphia. Hurts > Purdy and AJ+DeVonta > Aiyuk/Deebo (B.A. likely to get traded... if hes gone before week 1 I wouldn't get him on my fantasy roster) CMC > Saquon but I'm hoping that ends up being a smaller margin. Kittle > Goedert but again hoping the margin isn't too significant. I also will enjoy rooting for Eagles players. Makes sense. I've actually never played in that kind of format before, but it's an interesting concept, forces you to look at the whole roster holistically instead of zeroing in on a particular player's potential. I am the sole Eagles fan in this particular 11 team league and I am pretty sure if there's an Eagle that is near the top of the board a few selections before my pick that he'll be sniped 😄 so I just look for the best value. AJ Brown and Saquon Barkley will be off the board well before my next pick, potentially even Jalen Hurts depending on how QBs go this year. Sometimes I get lucky and can draft an Eagle at good value without reaching. In 2017 I landed Carson Wentz as my QB2, who easily overtook Jameis Winston as my QB1 that year, and was a big part of my championship run although most credit to goes to Todd Gurley who was an absolute force that year and a 2nd round steal. Ironically I had Jared Goff as my replacement QB after Wentz went down as I traded Jameis Winston away for WR depth. I can usually get Jake Elliott and/or Eagles defense at the end of the draft. I drafted Dallas Goedert before, but don't think I'd do that again unless it's as a backup TE assuming I have someone that is injury prone like George Kittle as my starter.
August 13, 20241 yr On 8/7/2024 at 11:07 AM, Mat said: There are a lot of good value RB's though that can be had at the turn of the 2nd/3rd round that if you think Lamb plus player X will total more than McCaffrey and say Drake London/Deebo This is good advice. I am thinking of drafting WR/WR in Rounds #1/#2 then taking a RB in Round 3. (Draft position is random 1 hour before draft. So I don't know my draft position and I assume CMC is gone unless I pick #1 overall.) To me, all of the RBs bunch together after CMC goes. So it doesn't matter which one I get. Where there are lots of good WR choices at the top of the draft I don't want to miss.
August 15, 20241 yr On 8/7/2024 at 1:13 AM, eaglesfan0075 said: Consensus 1.01 pick on most draft sites is RB Christian McCaffrey and understandably so. Is this truly the best pick for the 1.01 selection or can a better case be made for CeeDee Lamb, Breece Hall, etc... CMC is the #1 RB, no question. He is better than Hall, Robinson, etc. The question is, do you want to take a RB #1 and miss out on a top WR? Perhaps you want a CeeDee Lamb or Tyreek Hill instead. On 8/7/2024 at 1:13 AM, eaglesfan0075 said: Personally I had CMC last year on my team, as the holder of the No. 2 overall pick, and made it to the league championship game. This is why he is the consensus #1 ADP. On 8/7/2024 at 1:13 AM, eaglesfan0075 said: For context, I've had mixed results with having the #1 overall pick two previous seasons in that league. 1) Went contrarian in 2019 picking Alvin Kamara over Saquon Barkley (who got injured) and CMC (ended up being the top RB that year 😅). 2) Went with consensus pick Jonathan Taylor in 2022 who was as "safe" as it gets that year and he finished 33rd at the position after injuries 🤣. This is more of a knock on the #1 overall pick, than CMC personally. You can't miss when you pick first overall because it's a long way to your next pick at Round 2/3.
August 16, 20241 yr Author 23 hours ago, toolg said: CMC is the #1 RB, no question. He is better than Hall, Robinson, etc. The question is, do you want to take a RB #1 and miss out on a top WR? Perhaps you want a CeeDee Lamb or Tyreek Hill instead. This is why he is the consensus #1 ADP. This is more of a knock on the #1 overall pick, than CMC personally. You can't miss when you pick first overall because it's a long way to your next pick at Round 2/3. Yeah it's a fair point. I'm in a "slow draft" that's still ongoing. Ended up ultimately sticking with CMC with the 1st pick and focused on WR afterwards. Still waiting for the board to snake back to me for the Round 8/9 turn but this is what I ended up with after 7 picks: RBs: Christian McCaffrey, Joe Mixon, Najee Harris WRs: Davante Adams, Mike Evans, Michael Pittman TE: Evan Engram 9 QBs drafted with only one other team needing a QB, still can get one of Jordan Love, Brock Purdy, Jayden Daniels at the turn or even better wait until the 10/11 turn since it's a bit early for teams to start drafting backup QBs, should theoretically get the choice of at least 2 of those 3.
August 16, 20241 yr 8 minutes ago, eaglesfan0075 said: Yeah it's a fair point. I'm in a "slow draft" that's still ongoing. Ended up ultimately sticking with CMC with the 1st pick and focused on WR afterwards. Still waiting for the board to snake back to me for the Round 8/9 turn but this is what I ended up with after 7 picks: RBs: Christian McCaffrey, Joe Mixon, Najee Harris WRs: Davante Adams, Mike Evans, Michael Pittman TE: Evan Engram 9 QBs drafted with only one other team needing a QB, still can get one of Jordan Love, Brock Purdy, Jayden Daniels at the turn or even better wait until the 10/11 turn since it's a bit early for teams to start drafting backup QBs, should theoretically get the choice of at least 2 of those 3. My strategy with QBs is reach early for a stud, or wait and take the last one available. So now you wait. Grab a couple more position players before you settle on a QB. I wouldn't take Jayden Daniels as my #1. Rookie QBs are notorious slow starters and he's working with an offense that's very much a work in progress. But pair him with someone like Purdy or Love and that's a decent 1-2 combo. Someone I find who is always available is Trevor Lawrence. I know he was dreadful for a while last season, but he finished strong. He's somebody I'd take a chance with a late pick.
August 16, 20241 yr Author 1 hour ago, toolg said: My strategy with QBs is reach early for a stud, or wait and take the last one available. So now you wait. Grab a couple more position players before you settle on a QB. I wouldn't take Jayden Daniels as my #1. Rookie QBs are notorious slow starters and he's working with an offense that's very much a work in progress. But pair him with someone like Purdy or Love and that's a decent 1-2 combo. Someone I find who is always available is Trevor Lawrence. I know he was dreadful for a while last season, but he finished strong. He's somebody I'd take a chance with a late pick. I agree with you here. There is a risk of losing Daniels to the last remaining team that needs a QB if I go RB/WR here both picks and let the board snake all the way around back to me in Rnds 10/11. Looking at the historical draft trends of my league-mates, no one has drafted a QB in the 11th/12th frame over the last few years and usually everyone gets their 1st QB by Round 9/10 the latest. I was an exception in 2021 when I waited until Round 13 to get Tom Brady as my QB1. Thinking about getting Daniels here at the turn, picking the best WR/RB available and then anticipate either Love/Purdy gets picked by the other team. By the time the board circles back to me, I can take whichever of those two is left?
August 16, 20241 yr 2 hours ago, eaglesfan0075 said: I agree with you here. There is a risk of losing Daniels to the last remaining team that needs a QB if I go RB/WR here both picks and let the board snake all the way around back to me in Rnds 10/11. Looking at the historical draft trends of my league-mates, no one has drafted a QB in the 11th/12th frame over the last few years and usually everyone gets their 1st QB by Round 9/10 the latest. I was an exception in 2021 when I waited until Round 13 to get Tom Brady as my QB1. Thinking about getting Daniels here at the turn, picking the best WR/RB available and then anticipate either Love/Purdy gets picked by the other team. By the time the board circles back to me, I can take whichever of those two is left? Solid strategy. Getting 2 out of the 3 QBs is a good bet. Then you can swap them, QB by committee. Last year I ended up taking Anthony Richardson in the 14th round as my only QB drafted(!). After he got hurt I was scouring waivers for a QB each week, I still ended up in 3rd place, losing in the semis. Because my roster and bench was so strong I was a tough out week-to-week. I just didn't have the stud to push me over in the playoffs.
August 17, 20241 yr Author 1 hour ago, toolg said: Solid strategy. Getting 2 out of the 3 QBs is a good bet. Then you can swap them, QB by committee. Last year I ended up taking Anthony Richardson in the 14th round as my only QB drafted(!). After he got hurt I was scouring waivers for a QB each week, I still ended up in 3rd place, losing in the semis. Because my roster and bench was so strong I was a tough out week-to-week. I just didn't have the stud to push me over in the playoffs. Yeah it's tough, I've ended up in similar situations after going QB late, but it comes back to your earlier point that it's better to go very early or very late when it comes to drafting a QB. Last year I took Josh Allen in the 3rd and was able to make a championship run before getting upset in the finals. Can't say I've really had much success with drafting my QB in the middle rounds. Definitely prefer going later in most situations.
August 20, 20241 yr Author 12 hours ago, Agent23 said: You should let it ride on Caleb Williams Ended up taking Jordan Love in Round 9. Daniels went off the board one pick before me in Round 10, ended up electing to draft an additional RB/WR instead of reaching for the next tier. Well, now there's a run on backup QBs in my slow draft with Caleb Williams and Tua coming off the board in Round 11. Let's see who is still on the board by the time this draft snakes back to me in Round 12 😂
August 28, 20241 yr On 8/20/2024 at 12:41 AM, eaglesfan0075 said: Ended up taking Jordan Love in Round 9. fwiw My friends who are Packers fans are all-in on Jordan Love. They think he's the next-in-line Aaron Rodgers/Brett Favre. They love the offense. No real superstars but a lot of guys he can spread the ball around who can make plays. They think Love can elevate his game more this year. Does it translate to fantasy points?
September 1, 20241 yr On 8/28/2024 at 9:15 AM, toolg said: fwiw My friends who are Packers fans are all-in on Jordan Love. They think he's the next-in-line Aaron Rodgers/Brett Favre. They love the offense. No real superstars but a lot of guys he can spread the ball around who can make plays. They think Love can elevate his game more this year. Does it translate to fantasy points? Could be like the McNabb run pre-TO?
September 2, 20241 yr 4 hours ago, Agent23 said: Could be like the McNabb run pre-TO? IDK. McNabb scrambled a lot in his younger days. Good for fantasy points. Love doesn't seem to run so much.
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