Fantasy Football - Draft Discussion Only

[billsfan714]

56 minutes ago, SoonerBillsFan said:

At RB.... Brown from Cinci this week or Jones from the Vikes?  What do you guys like?

Brown

[holla83]

I'm in an 8 team league. We drafted yesterday. We do individual defensive players. You start a DL, a LB, and a DB. We've had this same league for 20 years. I had the 5th pick.

 

QB - Baker Mayfield

RB - Josh Jacobs

RB - Alvin Kamara

WR - Justin Jefferson 

WR - Aman-Ra St. Brown

TE - Mark Andrews

K - Brandon Aubrey

DL - TJ Watt

LB - Zaire Franklin 

DB - Kerby Joseph 

 

Bench - Ladd McConkey, DK Metcalf, Tony Pollard, Evan Engram, Dak Prescott, Jonathan Greenard, Robert Spillane, Nick Cross

 

I took Jefferson and St. Brown with my first 2 picks

[PastaJoe]

12 team league I started in 1991, now my son runs it. Still have 3 original members. The rest are my son’s friends. Pre-internet I had to manually calculate scores based on USA Today box scores. We now use Sleeper.
 

I drafted 9th. .5 PPR. Teams were allowed to keep up to 2 players by giving up the pick 2 rounds higher than they were drafted last year.

 

QB - Joe Burrow

RB - Josh Jacobs

RB - James Cook

W/T - Trey McBride

W/T - Jaxon Smith-Njigba 7th rd keeper

W/T - Travis Kelce

Flex - RB Chuba Hubbard 8th rd keeper

D - Denver

 

Bench

RB - Kaleb Johnson

W/T - Keon Coleman

W/T - Pat Freiermuth

QB - Brock Purdy

RB - Kareem Hunt

[Thrivefourfive]

Redraft 12 teamer 1Ppr, that dates back to 1997. I’ve won it three times since 2016, and last year my 10 season playoff run ended. Our league went Chase, Bijan, Barkley, Gibbs, Jefferson (me). I picked JJ over Lamb because Dallas will be a disaster, but I was seriously considering Collins. Went AJ Brown on the way back and then all hell broke loose with Hampton and Harvey as my two RBs.

 

Mahomes

Jefferson

Brown

Hampton

Harvey

McLaurin

Kincaid/Strange

kicker

Houston

Aaron Jones

Kendre Miller

Zay Flowers

Jerome Ford

Stevenson

Jayden Reed

Jayden Higgins

Juston Fields

Tre Harris

 

 

[SDS]

Has anyone ever heard of a fantasy football manager receiving an F for a draft grade? I’m just curious if anyone has ever seen this in the wild.

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

Just wrapped up My second draft and got a solid D grade from ESPN! 
 

is this team really that bad? I went RB heavy and waited late for QB. 
 

QB: Love (Lawrence)

RB: Henry (Montgomery)

RB: J Taylor (Braelin Allen)

WR: McClaurin (Jennings) 

WR: Ridley (Diggs)

WR: Kupp

Flex: Henderson 

TE: Loveland (hunter Henry)

Def: Jets (GB)

K: Gay 

[unbillievable]

1 hour ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said:

Just wrapped up My second draft and got a solid D grade from ESPN! 
 

is this team really that bad? I went RB heavy and waited late for QB. 
 

QB: Love (Lawrence)

RB: Henry (Montgomery)

RB: J Taylor (Braelin Allen)

WR: McClaurin (Jennings) 

WR: Ridley (Diggs)

WR: Kupp

Flex: Henderson 

TE: Loveland (hunter Henry)

Def: Jets (GB)

K: Gay 

 

Taylor is solid. I see him being a feature in that IND team.

Henry and McClaurin can hit that cliff at any time. Maybe solid. Provides consistent points.  

Ridley, Diggs, and Kupp are jumping off that cliff right now. hopeful for bounce back, may surprise. 

Henderson and Loveland are unknowns and unreliable. 

Love and Lawrence are weekly rotations. 

Montgomery and Jennings are useful for a bye. 

Ridley, H Henry, Allen will be FA cut/pickups for the season. In case of injury only. 

 

I would agree that its solid D. You're going to need a breakout season from a rookie,  or comeback players like Kupp and Diggs to hit. Henry and Taylor will keep you competitive weekly. I see a team that will fight for a playoff spot. 

 

 

Edited September 2 by unbillievable

[unbillievable]

3 hours ago, Thrivefourfive said:

Redraft 12 teamer 1Ppr, that dates back to 1997. I’ve won it three times since 2016, and last year my 10 season playoff run ended. Our league went Chase, Bijan, Barkley, Gibbs, Jefferson (me). I picked JJ over Lamb because Dallas will be a disaster, but I was seriously considering Collins. Went AJ Brown on the way back and then all hell broke loose with Hampton and Harvey as my two RBs.

 

Mahomes

Jefferson

Brown

Hampton

Harvey

McLaurin

Kincaid/Strange

kicker

Houston

Aaron Jones

Kendre Miller

Zay Flowers

Jerome Ford

Stevenson

Jayden Reed

Jayden Higgins

Juston Fields

Tre Harris

 

 

 

Trying for a home run with those rookie RBs. High risk/reward there. 

Ford/Stevenson/Jones/Reed/ are hit or miss, hard to predict when to use those guys. solid bye week subs. 

Higgins/Harris/Miller are just shots in the dark. You like to play the Powerball?

 

You're going to be competitive with those wide receivers alone. This is the type of roster that scares Top teams. You can have one of those guys go nuts and steal a win any given week. 

Edited September 2 by unbillievable

[BillsFanForever19]

12 Team League, picking 12th. Don't love it, don't hate it - it's just whatever:

 

QB:

Jordan Love - Green Bay Packers

 

RB:

Derrick Henry - Baltimore Ravens

Treyveon Henderson - NE Patriots

Breece Hall - New York Jets

Trey Benson - Arizona Cardinals

 

WR:

Nico Collins - Houston Texans 

George Wilson - New York Jets

Jerry Jeudy - Cleveland Browns

Travis Hunter - Jacksonville Jaguars

Rome Odunze - Chicago Bears

Marquise Brown - Kansas City Chiefs

Xavier Legette - Carolina Panthers

 

TE:

Dallas Goedert - Philadelphia Eagles

 

K:

Matt Gay - Washington Commanders

 

D/ST:

Buffalo Bills

[unbillievable]

7 hours ago, holla83 said:

I'm in an 8 team league. We drafted yesterday. We do individual defensive players. You start a DL, a LB, and a DB. We've had this same league for 20 years. I had the 5th pick.

 

QB - Baker Mayfield

RB - Josh Jacobs

RB - Alvin Kamara

WR - Justin Jefferson 

WR - Aman-Ra St. Brown

TE - Mark Andrews

K - Brandon Aubrey

DL - TJ Watt

LB - Zaire Franklin 

DB - Kerby Joseph 

 

Bench - Ladd McConkey, DK Metcalf, Tony Pollard, Evan Engram, Dak Prescott, Jonathan Greenard, Robert Spillane, Nick Cross

 

I took Jefferson and St. Brown with my first 2 picks

 

I have a feeling that taking Travis Hunter to fill a DB spot will be this year's championship move. I wish I had thought of it before I drafted. Need to do it by round 5. 

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

7 hours ago, unbillievable said:

 

Taylor is solid. I see him being a feature in that IND team.

Henry and McClaurin can hit that cliff at any time. Maybe solid. Provides consistent points.  

Ridley, Diggs, and Kupp are jumping off that cliff right now. hopeful for bounce back, may surprise. 

Henderson and Loveland are unknowns and unreliable. 

Love and Lawrence are weekly rotations. 

Montgomery and Jennings are useful for a bye. 

Ridley, H Henry, Allen will be FA cut/pickups for the season. In case of injury only. 

 

I would agree that its solid D. You're going to need a breakout season from a rookie,  or comeback players like Kupp and Diggs to hit. Henry and Taylor will keep you competitive weekly. I see a team that will fight for a playoff spot. 

 

 

Thanks for taking the time for the feedback! This all makes sense.
 

I do think my drafting flaws tend to be either putting too much faith in rookies,

or hanging onto fading vets due to name recognition.

 

[eball]

My first of two drafts tonight…this one is a 12-team, full PPR, superflex league with one keeper.  I’m drafting 10th, which sucks, but my keeper is Jayden Daniels and he counts as my 2nd round pick (#15) so I’ve got that going for me.  Will probably go best WR at #10.

 

[Cray51]

14 team league, I picked 8th.  I loved my first 3 picks, but I think I had a poor middle of the draft:

 

QB: Burrow

RB1: McCaffrey

WR1: Ridley

WR2: Pittman Jr.

Flex1: Cook

Flex2: Swift

TE: Loveland

Def: Eagles (Bills backup)

K: Reichard

 

Bench:

Addison

Coleman

Goff

Hunt

Judkins

Burden

Bills D

 

Tried to load up on RBs and Burrow started a string of 5 straight QBs off the board so really happy I took him when I did.  Middle rounds is where I started focusing on WRs, I'm not convinced Ridley and Pittman can do much, although I took Addison late as a stash and play after his suspension.  Hopefully Coleman elevates, and I have Judkins as some trade bait if he signs and plays well in the Browns system.

[Stretch]

9 hours ago, SDS said:

Has anyone ever heard of a fantasy football manager receiving an F for a draft grade? I’m just curious if anyone has ever seen this in the wild.

It has happened in two of my Yahoo drafts this year, they received Fs with an 0-14 W-L record prediction.  One of them took Mahomes in round 3 and Kelce in round 4.

[Pete]

57 minutes ago, Stretch said:

It has happened in two of my Yahoo drafts this year, they received Fs with an 0-14 W-L record prediction.  One of them took Mahomes in round 3 and Kelce in round 4.

I received a D- grade and an 0-14 projection for this team lol

 

Jared Goff Det - QB

Brian Thomas Jr. Jax - WR

Terry McLaurin Was - WR

Derrick Henry Bal - RB

Bucky Irving TB - RB

Dalton Kincaid Buf - TE

TreVeyon Henderson NE - RB

 

Bench

Jameson Williams Det - WR

Jacory Croskey-Merritt  Was - RB

Keon ColemanBuf - WR

Drake Maye NE - QB

Rashid Shaheed NO - WR

Ray Davis Buf - RB 

[947]

I'm in a Chicago-based league where I'm the only Bills fan. Bills players don't usually go as high as they would in a Buffalo draft, but were still sniped from me this year. I did get Ray Davis in the 14th.

 

I was able to get Josh Palmer in the 17th round & a couple guys didn't even know he was on the Bills.

[jahnyc]

I have my draft tomorrow night and I am picking 4th.  Standard scoring (no PPR).  I will draft a RB in the first round.  If the choice is between Henry and Jacobs, who would you pick?  

 

A little worried that Henry will not be in for 3rd down passing plays and may lose some carries in general to other backs for the Ravens.  If Gibbs is available, I would pick him before Henry and Jacobs.  If Bijan Robinson is available, I would think about taking him (I know that he is generally ranked higher than Gibbs, Henry and Jacobs), but the Falcons' offense scares me a bit with a second year QB.

[MJS]

3 hours ago, Pete said:

I received a D- grade and an 0-14 projection for this team lol

 

Jared Goff Det - QB

Brian Thomas Jr. Jax - WR

Terry McLaurin Was - WR

Derrick Henry Bal - RB

Bucky Irving TB - RB

Dalton Kincaid Buf - TE

TreVeyon Henderson NE - RB

 

Bench

Jameson Williams Det - WR

Jacory Croskey-Merritt  Was - RB

Keon ColemanBuf - WR

Drake Maye NE - QB

Rashid Shaheed NO - WR

Ray Davis Buf - RB 

Your Bills fandom got the better of you, haha.

[zow2]

I'm in four leagues but for the one I really care about I'll list the week 1 roster below.  In this 10 player (PPR) league, QB's are very important as they rack up a lot of points.   Allen and Lamar went by the 2nd round.

 

QB - Joe Burrow

RB- Jahmyr Gibbs

RB- TreVeyon Henderson

WR- Ladd McConkey

WR- Terry McLaurin

TE- Tyler Warren

Flex- Jameson Williams

Flex- Austin Ekeler

DST- Vikings

K- Cam Little

 

Bench

Chris Olave- WR

Keon Coleman- WR

Trey Benson- RB

Braelon Allen- RB

Rashod Bateman- WR

Tua Tagovailoa- QB

[holla83]

15 hours ago, unbillievable said:

 

I have a feeling that taking Travis Hunter to fill a DB spot will be this year's championship move. I wish I had thought of it before I drafted. Need to do it by round 5. 

I wish I'd thought of it too. He went in the 4th in our draft.