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lhslep134

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Aug 27, 2013 12:34 AM
Had 4th pick/10

QB
Tom Brady (4th)
Matt Stafford (7th)

RB
Jamaal Charles (1st)
Steven Jackson (2nd)
David Wilson (5th)
Ben Tate (9th)
Danny Woodhead (13th)

WR
Larry Fitzgerald (3rd)
Steve Smith (6th)
Tavon Austin (8th)
Golden Tate (10th)
Justin Blackmon (12th)
Ryan Broyles (14th)....we didn't draft a kicker so we'll have to drop someone

TE
Jordan Cameron (11th)

Defense
Patriots (15th)
Aug 27, 2013 12:34am
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Aug 27, 2013 12:52 AM
Like your WRs, solid top 3 running backs, Brady is a beast and Cameron is a nice risk at TE. 12 team league I would love it, 10 team league I think you'll be good and will be a top 4-5 team but will need Wilson or Jackson to flourish to be a top 2 team. Wilson in the 5th was a really good pick to round out your RBs.
Aug 27, 2013 12:52am
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Aug 27, 2013 8:02 AM
Is it a 2 QB league? If not, im not really a fan of picking 2 QBs in first 7 rounds. QBs are very good, WR's look deep and if they stay healthy the RBs also look good. IMO your season depends on if Fitz is Fitz again and if Charles can stay healthy all year.
Aug 27, 2013 8:02am
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Aug 27, 2013 8:38 AM
I don't like any of your WRs, Sjax, or the fact you picked Stafford. I actually hate your team.
Aug 27, 2013 8:38am
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Aug 27, 2013 9:09 AM
Yeah I'm not understanding the Stafford pick unless you are afraid that Brady might not be as great as he normally is? (Which that's how I feel and would have selected someone different there and just got Stafford later).

I like your RBs don't like your WR's outside of Fitz and when you picked Blackmon. Nice pick on the Pats D they will be really nice to have for the first 2 weeks.

Is it standard 2 RB/WR, Flex, TE? Hopefully its not PPR.
Aug 27, 2013 9:09am
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Aug 27, 2013 10:04 AM
It's half PPR and Fitz started a run on WRs.

We (it's a league co-managed by my friend and I) figured that trading Stafford or Brady for a legitimate starter down the road was more likely than getting a valuable starter out of the available 7th round receivers or running backs (here is who was available):

James Jones
Desean
Mike Wallace
Jennings
Austin

available rbs at the time:
ryan mathews
daryl richardson
chris ivory
andre brown

again, with our starting lineup set, we went with trade bait. We can trade Brady now and feel just fine with Stafford as our QB.

When we make the trade mid-season I'll update this thread and you can get a better idea for why we did what we did.
Aug 27, 2013 10:04am
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Aug 27, 2013 10:06 AM
Raw Dawgin' it;1491815 wrote: Sjax
How can you not like S-Jax? especially over the following available backs: MJD, Chris Johnson, Stevan Ridley. Of all of those, only S-Jax has true top 10 potential with his ability to catch the ball out of the backfield and no other back to take away goal line opportunities.
Aug 27, 2013 10:06am
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Aug 27, 2013 10:08 AM
Rotinaj;1491807 wrote:, WR's look deep
Exactly, which is why we took Tavon Austin who we had ranked right ahead of the guys that we passed up on to take Stafford.
Aug 27, 2013 10:08am
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Aug 27, 2013 10:11 AM
I just don't think there will much value for QBs to trade for a good WR/RB. But I do understand your thinking. Just I would have gone with a WR/RB (James Jones or Mathews would have been my pick).

Hopefully you can get a good trade for either of those guys though because they both are easily starters.
Aug 27, 2013 10:11am
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Aug 27, 2013 10:35 AM
Iliketurtles;1491869 wrote:
Hopefully you can get a good trade for either of those guys though because they both are easily starters.
Not sure they're "easily" starters over Steve Smith but I agree with you that if we don't make a trade using a QB then it was a terrible pick
Aug 27, 2013 10:35am
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Aug 27, 2013 12:25 PM
Id make that trade a lot quicker than mid-season. Otherwise, you wasted a pick for half a year.

I also dont like S-Jax. I think I would have gone Chris Johnson or MJD there. Probably MJD. Only 27 and is in a contract year.

I dont mind the WRs, but I dont trust having any of those WRs week to week to produce. They are all going to be VERY inconsistent, imo.
Aug 27, 2013 12:25pm
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Aug 27, 2013 1:04 PM
I would of rather gotten MJD than Jackson. Who were the other WRs available when you took Fitzgerald? Brady in the 4th is good.

This is a middle of the road team at best in my opinion and I would be surprised if it made the playoffs.

You better hope a big time QB goes down and you can turn one of your QBs into a really good player.
Aug 27, 2013 1:04pm
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Aug 27, 2013 2:35 PM
TBone14;1491950 wrote:I would of rather gotten MJD than Jackson. Who were the other WRs available when you took Fitzgerald?
It was Fitz or Demaryius. If you doubt why I chose Fitz, read this (yes bleacher report blows but this is actually a useful article):

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1732964-breaking-down-the-carson-palmer-larry-fitzgerald-connection
Aug 27, 2013 2:35pm
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Aug 27, 2013 2:36 PM
Laley23;1491931 wrote: They are all going to be VERY inconsistent, imo.
See the link I just posted, because there's no way in hell, imo, that Fitz could ever possibly be deemed "very" inconsistent this year.
Aug 27, 2013 2:36pm
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Aug 27, 2013 4:13 PM
I still think he will be inconsistent. Maybe not "very" like the other guys, but I would rather D. Thomas.

I would expect monster weeks from Smith and Fitz and maybe even Austin and Tate and then weeks with like 3 catches for 40 yards. Fitz will probably be better, but his TDs will probably be very sporadic.

Thomas is going to be in an offense where he should approach 100 yards a game and have about 10 TDs throughout the year...and they probably wont come in huge bunches. Peyton spreads it around to whoever is open, so typically when he throws 4 TDs, its 3 different WRs getting them.
Aug 27, 2013 4:13pm
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Aug 27, 2013 4:25 PM
lhslep134;1491995 wrote:It was Fitz or Demaryius. If you doubt why I chose Fitz, read this (yes bleacher report blows but this is actually a useful article):

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1732964-breaking-down-the-carson-palmer-larry-fitzgerald-connection

I'd have gone D Thomas no question if those were the options. I think Fitz will be a lot better, but Thomas has a much better qb and because they have other weapons in Welker and Decker I don't think he can be double covered like Fitz. Fitz is a badass, no question about it, but I think Thomas will be more consistent and have better numbers. Other thing to consider is Fitz has to play San Fran and Seattle 4 times combined. Not sure where those matchups fall, but Thomas doesn't have near those defenses to contend with in his division.

Not trying to trash that pick as it could very well work out, I just would have went the opposite way.
Aug 27, 2013 4:25pm
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Aug 27, 2013 4:50 PM
Terry_Tate;1492027 wrote:
Not trying to trash that pick as it could very well work out, I just would have went the opposite way.
Ugh I agree. The Fitz pick was a byproduct of the co-management. My co-manager really wanted Lynch instead of Charles but since he acquiesced, I respected his dislike of DT over Fitz.
Aug 27, 2013 4:50pm
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Aug 27, 2013 4:56 PM
I think Fitz will get back to being a top 5 fantasy WR. Palmer will throw a lot of picks, but he'll also throw for a lot of yardage.
Aug 27, 2013 4:56pm
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Aug 27, 2013 5:28 PM
lhslep134;1492033 wrote:Ugh I agree. The Fitz pick was a byproduct of the co-management. My co-manager really wanted Lynch instead of Charles but since he acquiesced, I respected his dislike of DT over Fitz.

Gotcha. Yeah, co-management is a bitch. Is it a big money league or something?
Aug 27, 2013 5:28pm
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Aug 27, 2013 6:03 PM
lhslep134;1492033 wrote:Ugh I agree. The Fitz pick was a byproduct of the co-management. My co-manager really wanted Lynch instead of Charles but since he acquiesced, I respected his dislike of DT over Fitz.
I like that you went Charles over Lynch btw.

But I agree with everyone else DT over Fitz easily. I think Fitz will be great and probably good end up better than DT but Fitz could also end up outside the top 10 or even 15 if Palmer doesn't pan out while DT should no question end up top 10.

Also MJD > SJax and I might have taken CJ2K over him too but I like him to not suck dick this year. SJax isn't too terrible of a pick though I like him just not as much as MJD.
Aug 27, 2013 6:03pm
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Aug 27, 2013 6:23 PM
I think S-Jax can have a big year if he stays healthy. The passing attack should open up plenty of room for him to run. He hasn't been bad the last few seasons, being above 4/ypc in a terrible offense.
Aug 27, 2013 6:23pm
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Aug 27, 2013 7:12 PM
Terry_Tate;1492044 wrote:Gotcha. Yeah, co-management is a bitch. Is it a big money league or something?
Yeah pretty big money. He beat me in the finals last year so it's not like he's a pushover or anything, but he had some opinions that I strongly disagreed with.

Although, unlike turtles (and others), we were both higher on S-Jax than MJD or Chris Johnson.

That's why I love fantasy around draft time. We can all argue right now but we won't know who's right for like 15 weeks.
Aug 27, 2013 7:12pm
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Aug 27, 2013 8:14 PM
lhslep134;1492079 wrote:Yeah pretty big money. He beat me in the finals last year so it's not like he's a pushover or anything, but he had some opinions that I strongly disagreed with.

Although, unlike turtles (and others), we were both higher on S-Jax than MJD or Chris Johnson.

That's why I love fantasy around draft time. We can all argue right now but we won't know who's right for like 15 weeks.
Haha I completely agree with this.
Aug 27, 2013 8:14pm
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Aug 28, 2013 7:20 AM
lhslep134;1491866 wrote:How can you not like S-Jax? especially over the following available backs: MJD, Chris Johnson, Stevan Ridley. Of all of those, only S-Jax has true top 10 potential with his ability to catch the ball out of the backfield and no other back to take away goal line opportunities.
lol I'll take all of them over Sjax, enjoy him getting hurt and not scoring any touchdowns. Ridley will be better than Sjax, Chris Johnson has a better line now, and MJD still produces more than Sjax even on the Jags.
Aug 28, 2013 7:20am
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Aug 28, 2013 8:49 AM
Raw Dawgin' it;1492263 wrote:lol I'll take all of them over Sjax, enjoy him getting hurt and not scoring any touchdowns. Ridley will be better than Sjax, Chris Johnson has a better line now, and MJD still produces more than Sjax even on the Jags.
Sjax has missed a whole 2 games over the last 4 years and played on shitty team with a shitty line. Michael Turner was a fucking bum last year and scored 11 tds. Congrats on not having any idea what you're talking about.
Aug 28, 2013 8:49am