I woudn't be scared of Lesean McCoy at all. He is going to be a monster. I think though, with people taking gambles on the last rounds of picks, drafting backup QB's like Johnny Manziel, it may pay to take a flyer on someone with as much upside as Sproles. I didn't know if he is actually being drafted at all though, my draft is Saturday.

He was drafted in my league, but we use return yards as well, so he's always been a hot name that got overlooked.

Killing time at work before I head to the golf course.

Dr. KnOiTaLL;1647670 wrote:Had my draft over the weekend. Pretty happy with the way it turned out. Unconventional draft style, so I'll post the round and pick in the round. Standard scoring league with passing TD's counting for 6 points and individual defensive players. QB, RB, RB, WR, WR, WR, TE, K, DEF, D, D, D, 6 BENCH

1(5). Lacy
2(12). Jeffery
3(7). V. Jackson
4(2). L Bell
5(9). Gerhart
6(4). Ryan
7(11). Derrick Johnson (IDP)
8(6). R Randle
9(1). B Wagner (IDP)
10(8). Jordan Reed
11(3). P Worrilow (IDP)
12(10). Josh Gordon
13(5). G Jennings
14(12). M Ingram
15(7). A Dobson
16(2). D Freeman
17(9). J Tucker
18(4). CLE D

Thoughts? Pretty pleased with it overall!

Seems solid. Looks like you got hosed a bit on your 2nd round pick.

HighRoller74;1647740 wrote:Drafted my team Sunday Morning. 12 man PPR had 11th pick.

Rodgers
D. Martin
Zac Stacy
Fitz
Reggie Wayne
Golden Tate
Ben Tate
Martellus Bennett
Rams
Nugent

We start 3 WRs so that's my probable starting group.

Bench.

Matt Ryan
Bishop Sankey
Gates
Mike Evans
Kenny Stills
Terrence West
Mohammed Sanu

What say you?

I don't really like this team so it will probably be great. No elite WRs/RBs. Banking on a couple guys coming off of injuries to be key for you. I think I would like this team more if you would have went elite WR at 11 (Bryant, Marshall, Thomas, Green should have been there. Calvin probably gone) and then a tier 2 QB later...especially considering you have to start 3 WRs.

mucalum49;1647824 wrote:10 team PPR/return yards count, picked 7th. Judge away...

QB - Tom Brady
WR - Dez Bryant
WR - Keenan Allen
WR - Cordarrelle Patterson
RB - Montee Ball
RB - Reggie Bush
TE - Jordan Cameron
Flex - Golden Tate
Defense - Baltimore
Kicker - Mike Nugent (always pick him last for nostalgia)

Bench - Colin Kaepernick
Bench - Ben Tate
Bench - Pierre Thomas
Bench - Danny Woodhead
Bench - Riley Cooper
Bench - Allen Hurns (why not, stud in preseason)

I don't mind this team. I haven't played in a 10 team league in years so I don't know what 'good' really is in a 10 team league. In leagues with return yards, Patterson projects top 8 depending on how many points you get. Dez is top 4 easy. Montee Ball should be good PPR and if Allen continues where he was last year, your WRs will be sick.

Laley23;1647858 wrote:So, just finished my 14-teamer...non-PPR (QB, RB, RB, WR, WR, RB/WR, TE)

5	Eddie Lacy, GB RB
24	Giovani Bernard, Cin RB
33	Andre Johnson, Hou WR
52	T.Y. Hilton, Ind WR
61	Emmanuel Sanders, Den WR
80	Golden Tate, Det WR
89	Tony Romo, Dal QB
108	Carlos Hyde, SF RB
117	Josh Gordon, Cle WR
136	Devonta Freeman, Atl RB
145	Coby Fleener, Ind TE
164	Lance Dunbar, Dal RB
173	Malcom Floyd, SD WR
192	Johnny Manziel, Cle QB
201	Dan Bailey, Dal K
220	Colts D/ST D/ST

I would assume this is a top 3 team in a 14 team league. Romo is an absolute steal at 89. I would love to lol at some of the QBs drafted before him. Healthy, he could be top 4 fantasy QB this year.

lhslep134;1648227 wrote:I was not pleased in my draft. I didn't really have a choice but to take Brees in the 2nd and I really wanted to wait on a QB.


QB
(2)Drew Brees. Best available were: Doug Martin, Antonio Brown, Jordy Nelson

RB
(1) McCoy: keeper at 6
(5) Rashad Jennings
(8) Ben Tate
(9) Lamar Miller
(11) Carlos Hyde
(13) Devonta Freeman

WR
(3) Vincent Jackson
(4) Cordarrelle Patterson
(6) Mike Wallace
(10) Kelvin Benjamin
(12) Justin Hunter

TE
(7) Kyle Rudolph

I think you are fine. Playoff team for sure. Do you get return yards? Tate could easily take over for Jennings in your starting lineup but Jennings is going to be the work horse in New York. Shady will be excellent. Brees is awesome. I targeted Rudolph/Reed in all my leagues if Jimmy Graham didn't fall into my lap. I have never had Vincent Jackson but he is always so solid.

TBone14;1648656 wrote: I would assume this is a top 3 team in a 14 team league. Romo is an absolute steal at 89. I would love to lol at some of the QBs drafted before him. Healthy, he could be top 4 fantasy QB this year.

Nice work T-Bone.

As for my team, the QBs taken ahead of Romo were...

Peyton (7th)
Rodgers (8th)
Brees (14th)
Stafford (38th)
Luck (46th)
Foles (51st)
Wilson (56th)
Newton (58th)
RG3 (72nd)
Ryan (81st)
Kaepernick (86th)
Brady (87th)

So never played FF before, playing this year with some family just for fun. 10 teams, automated draft(we have some ladies playing who don't know much), and head to head scoring

My Roster:
QB: Peyton and Romo
WR: Calvin, Andre Johnson, Anquan Boldin, Edelman, DeAndre Hopkins
RB: Le'Veon Bell, CJ Spiller, MJD
K: Hauschka, Blair Walsh
TE: Witten, Garret Graham
DEF: Panthers

I will probably drop a K and pick up someone else.

12- team half-point PPR keeper league draft tonight. Can keep up to 3 players, limit to 1 per position. I kept Ryan, Julio Jones, and Zac Stacy all for $5 each. Rest of my draft looked like this:

QB: Matt Ryan (Keeper, $5)
WR: Julio Jones (Keeper, $5)
WR: Calvin Johnson ($56)
WR: Antonio Brown ($37)
RB: Zac Stacy (Keeper, $5)
RB: Toby Gerhart ($28)
TE: Jordan Cameron ($13)
Flex: Vincent Jackson ($28)
K: Blair Walsh ($1)
DL: Robert Quinn ($4)
LB: Derrick Johnson ($2)
CB: Barry Church ($3)
BN: Ridley ($7), J Matthews ($1), Woodhead ($1), Amendola ($1), Gordon ($1, keeper next year), P Peterson (accidental, $2)

Jesus that is a WR corps for the ages!

Dr. KnOiTaLL;1649234 wrote:12- team half-point PPR keeper league draft tonight. Can keep up to 3 players, limit to 1 per position. I kept Ryan, Julio Jones, and Zac Stacy all for $5 each. Rest of my draft looked like this:

QB: Matt Ryan (Keeper, $5)
WR: Julio Jones (Keeper, $5)
WR: Calvin Johnson ($56)
WR: Antonio Brown ($37)
RB: Zac Stacy (Keeper, $5)
RB: Toby Gerhart ($28)
TE: Jordan Cameron ($13)
Flex: Vincent Jackson ($28)
K: Blair Walsh ($1)
DL: Robert Quinn ($4)
LB: Derrick Johnson ($2)
CB: Barry Church ($3)
BN: Ridley ($7), J Matthews ($1), Woodhead ($1), Amendola ($1), Gordon ($1, keeper next year), P Peterson (accidental, $2)

So in your auction you get $200? How could anyone let you get they WR corps and why didn't whoever had Calvin keep him for $5?

jmog;1649270 wrote:So in your auction you get $200? How could anyone let you get they WR corps and why didn't whoever had Calvin keep him for $5?

The way keepers work are this: each year, a player drafted in the previous season and continually rostered can be kept at a 20% inflation rate or $5, whichever is greater. If a player was claimed off FAAB, same rules apply, 20% inflation of FAAB used or $5, whichever is greater. Calvin was drafted for $57 last year I believe, so his keeper value would've been $69. I claimed Julio, Ryan, and Stacy all off free agency without using any FAAB, so I get to keep them for $5. Winning!

As for them letting me get that WR corps. They were all pretty mad that I was still bidding on guys lol.

20 dollar buy in, 10 team league, and ppr.

Matt Ryan
Phillip Rivers
Julio Jones
Victor Cruz
Mike Wallace
LeSean McCoy
Arian Foster
Greg Olsen
Kendall Wright
Cincinnati
Justin Tucker

Steven Jackson
Dwayne Bowe
Dennis Pitta
Cecil Shorts
Andrew Hawkins
Lance Dunbar
Kansas City

Understood, I wouldn't have kept Megatron for that much either.

Have drafted for 2 leagues so far
12 team PPR salary cap keeper league, 1 QB, 2 RB, 3 WR, 1 TE
QB - Newton
QB - Rivers
RB- Shady
RB - Vereen
RB - Woodhead
RB - J Stew
WR - Nelson
WR - Torrey Smith
WR - Decker
WR - Kelvin Benjamin
WR - Wheaton
WR - Marvin Jones
TE - Julius Thomas

12 team standard scoring. 1 QB, 2 RB, 3 WR, FLEX, TE
QB - Peyton
QB - Dalton
RB - Shady
RB - Ellington
RB - Ray Rice
RB - Pierce
RB - Andre Williams
WR - Cruz
WR - Colston
WR - Torrey Smith
WR - Kendal Wright
WR - Britt
WR - Wheaton
TE - Pitta

12 team .5 ppr league. 6 pts for all TDs

Grade my squad

Peyton manning (keeper)
Antonio brown
Desean Jackson
Andre Ellington
Vereen
Jeremy maclin
Witten
Justin tucker


Bench
Arizona D
Rg3
Riley cooper
Terrence west
Tavon Austin
James jones
Dennis pitta
Dobson

Now, onto lineup questions...

Who do I start week 1 at QB?

M. Ryan (should be my regular starter) against New Orleans
J. Cutler against Buffalo

At WR2 (AJ Green is my WR1)

Keenan Allen (probable weekly starter) against Arizona
Michael Floyd against San Diego (they play each other)

In both cases, according to CBSSports.com (our league website) the guy that I drafted lower and is my "backup" is predicted to score a couple more points due to matchups this week.

Your thoughts?

QBs are 3 pts for TDs, -3 PTs for INTs
WRs are 0.5 ppr.

All positions get bonus points for long TDs (for QBs/WRs anything over 20 yards they get 2 pts bonus for every 10 yards...)
For instance, for a QB, a TD that is <20 yards is 3 pts, a TD of 21 yards is 5 pts, a TD of 31 yards is 7 pts...and so on.
Same for WRs, but starting at the normal 6 pts.

I am leaning toward Ryan and Floyd, because Allen will probably be covered by Peterson at ARI...

SportsAndLady;1649859 wrote:12 team .5 ppr league. 6 pts for all TDs

Grade my squad

Peyton manning (keeper)
Antonio brown
Desean Jackson
Andre Ellington
Vereen
Jeremy maclin
Witten
Justin tucker


Bench
Arizona D
Rg3
Riley cooper
Terrence west
Tavon Austin
James jones
Dennis pitta
Dobson

Don't like it. No bell-cow RB and while I like Vereen in a half-ppr it's as an RB3 not RB2

Brown's a beast but I'm staying away from Desean this year and Maclin is as injury prone a WR as they come.

If I came out of my draft with that team I'd give it a C-. But you can't win a league on draft night so as long as you handle your shit during the season you'll be fine.

jmog;1649921 wrote:Now, onto lineup questions...

Who do I start week 1 at QB?

M. Ryan (should be my regular starter) against New Orleans
J. Cutler against Buffalo

At WR2 (AJ Green is my WR1)

Keenan Allen (probable weekly starter) against Arizona
Michael Floyd against San Diego (they play each other)

In both cases, according to CBSSports.com (our league website) the guy that I drafted lower and is my "backup" is predicted to score a couple more points due to matchups this week.

Your thoughts?

QBs are 3 pts for TDs, -3 PTs for INTs
WRs are 0.5 ppr.

All positions get bonus points for long TDs (for QBs/WRs anything over 20 yards they get 2 pts bonus for every 10 yards...)
For instance, for a QB, a TD that is <20 yards is 3 pts, a TD of 21 yards is 5 pts, a TD of 31 yards is 7 pts...and so on.
Same for WRs, but starting at the normal 6 pts.

I am leaning toward Ryan and Floyd, because Allen will probably be covered by Peterson at ARI...

I think you will end up starting Cutler by mid-season, but I am not a fan of drafting a guy and then benching him early on. Id go with Ryan.

As for WR, I have Floyd way higher than others. I think he will be the #1 in Arizona numbers wise by end of the year. Id go with Floyd over Allen, and I dont see that changing throughout the year.

SportsAndLady;1649859 wrote:12 team .5 ppr league. 6 pts for all TDs

Grade my squad

Peyton manning (keeper)
Antonio brown
Desean Jackson
Andre Ellington
Vereen
Jeremy maclin
Witten
Justin tucker


Bench
Arizona D
Rg3
Riley cooper
Terrence west
Tavon Austin
James jones
Dennis pitta
Dobson

Ehh. You will win because some of your players will blow up on a given week, and inevitably they will do it on the same weeks. But, overall, not a fan. Not a very consistent group at any position outside of Manning. I love Vareen and Ellington, but as lhs said, as RB2 for Ellington and FLEX for Vareen. If it was a FULL PPR, I would bump them up and say you could survive. But at only half, their short catches just dont rack up the points.

If Jackson becomes the #1 and takes the Garcons catches, and Maclin can be relied on week to week, you can surprise. But, those are a lot of ifs to overcome.

12 team, .5 PPR (rest is traditional scoring). QB, WR, WR, WR, RB, RB, RB/WR, TE, DEF, K

I really didnt like this team after the draft, but Yahoo has me going 10-3 and in 2nd place lol.

1.	(1)	Jamaal Charles (KC - RB)
2.	(24)	Alshon Jeffery (Chi - WR)
3.	(25)	Zac Stacy (StL - RB)
4.	(48)	Cordarrelle Patterson (Min - WR)
5.	(49)	T.Y. Hilton (Ind - WR)
6.	(72)	Cam Newton (Car - QB)
7.	(73)	Emmanuel Sanders (Den - WR)
8.	(96)	Trent Richardson (Ind - RB)
9.	(97)	Dennis Pitta (Bal - TE)
10.	(120)	Devonta Freeman (Atl - RB)
11.	(121)	Andrew Hawkins (Cle - WR)
12.	(144)	Lance Dunbar (Dal - RB)
13.	(145)	Tyler Eifert (Cin - TE)
14.	(168)	Dan Bailey (Dal - K)
15.	(169)	Arizona (Ari - DEF)
16.	(192)	Isaiah Crowell (Cle - RB)

10 Team, PPR, Traditional Scoring. QB, WR, WR, RB, RB, RB/WR, TE, DEF, K

I liked this team, but I literally have no clue how to grade out a 10-team league. Everyone seems stacked.

1	Jamaal Charles, KC RB
20	Julio Jones, Atl WR
21	Alshon Jeffery, Chi WR
40	Shane Vereen, NE RB
41	Emmanuel Sanders, Den WR
60	Trent Richardson, Ind RB
61	Michael Floyd, Ari WR
80	Terrance Williams, Dal WR
81	Tony Romo, Dal QB
100	Kyle Rudolph, Min TE
101	Carlos Hyde, SF RB
120	Lance Dunbar, Dal RB
121	Devonta Freeman, Atl RB
140	Adam Vinatieri, Ind K
141	Cardinals D/ST D/ST
160	Johnny Manziel, Cle QB

10 team as well 1/2 PPR rest traditional:
QB: A. Rogers GB
A. Dalton Cin
RB: D. Martin TB
B. Tate Cle
R. Rice Bal (snagged 6th rd)
S. Ridley NE
WR: A. Jeffry Chi
L. Fitzgerald Ari
TY Hilton Ind
A. Bolden SF
D. Hopkins Hou
TE: V. Davis SF
M. Bennett Chi
D: NE, Bal
K: Novak SD, Freese Det

Laley23;1649928 wrote:Ehh. You will win because some of your players will blow up on a given week, and inevitably they will do it on the same weeks. But, overall, not a fan. Not a very consistent group at any position outside of Manning. I love Vareen and Ellington, but as lhs said, as RB2 for Ellington and FLEX for Vareen. If it was a FULL PPR, I would bump them up and say you could survive. But at only half, their short catches just dont rack up the points.

If Jackson becomes the #1 and takes the Garcons catches, and Maclin can be relied on week to week, you can surprise. But, those are a lot of ifs to overcome.

Doesn't get much more consistent in PPR then Antonio brown. But overall I do agree with you and lhs. I did not come out of this draft happy but I was picking 12th I didn't have much options at 12 and 13. I think Ellington can be a work horse as they said they want him touching the ball 25+ times a game.

I HATE desean and maclin though in my starting lineup. I am hoping I am able to replace one of them with cooper.

I'd probably agree with you guys on the C- grade.

This is the layout of my draft.
This is a keeper league which a QB, WR, or a RB can be kept in the round selected in the previous year, rookies can be kept for an additional year in the round they were originally drafted. 6 points per/td for a qb utilizing an optional RB/WR flex and 1 ppr.

1. Gio Bernard
2. Julio Jones
3. Michael Crabtree
4. Toby Gerhart
5. Tom Brady
6. Bishop Sankey
7. Emanuel Sanders
8. Maurice Jones-Drew
9. Kelvin Benjamin
10. Jason Witten
11. LeVeon Bell (Keeper)
12. Gostkowski
13. Marvin Jones
14. Bengals D
15. LeGarrett Blount
16. Eagles D
17. Phillip Rivers (Keeper)
18. Percy Harvin (Keeper)

SportsAndLady;1649940 wrote:Doesn't get much more consistent in PPR then Antonio brown. But overall I do agree with you and lhs. I did not come out of this draft happy but I was picking 12th I didn't have much options at 12 and 13. I think Ellington can be a work horse as they said they want him touching the ball 25+ times a game.

I HATE desean and maclin though in my starting lineup. I am hoping I am able to replace one of them with cooper.

I'd probably agree with you guys on the C- grade.

Damn 12th in a 12 teamer. That definitely tempers my opinion. You really can't win in that spot without hitting on some lottery picks.

Just drafted my dad's team in his big money league, 1st pick standard scoring. What do you guys think?

QB
Jay Cutler (6th) (QBs went really early)
RG3 (12th)

RB
AP (1st)
Alfred Morris (2nd)
Rashad Jennings (5th)
Ray Rice (7th)
Carlos Hyde (10th)

WR
Brandon Marshall (3rd)
Keenan Allen (4th)
Terrance Williams (8th)
Reggie Wayne (11th)
Markus Wheaton (13th)

TE
Zach Ertz (8th)
Travis Kelce (14th)

lhslep134;1649989 wrote:Damn 12th in a 12 teamer. That definitely tempers my opinion. You really can't win in that spot without hitting on some lottery picks.

Yeah lol it sucks

After the draft I started to think I should have kept shady, picked up Ellington and brown where I did, and get foles with my 4th.