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The league is 1 QB, 2 RB, 2 WR, 1 TE, 1 Def, 1 K, and 1 flex. Here's my draft
1 - Aaron Rodgers (number 1 overall pick )
2 - Greg Jennings
3 - Adrian Peterson
4 - Percy Harvin
5 - Reggie Bush
6 - Willis McGahee
7 - Brandon Pettigrew
8 - Kenny Britt
9 - New York Giants D
10 - Jason Hanson (all the other Kickers were going fast)
11 - Ben Tate
12 - Titus Young
13 - Ryan Fitzpatrick
14 - Ryan Williams
15 - Kellen Winslow

So, What do y'all think

To be blunt and honest?

Your running backs are atrocious and your WR's and TE's aren't good enough where I'll give you a pass in your grade.

Without knowing your scoring format Rodgers is an awful pick at #1 overall as well and I say that while in general loving him in real life and liking him to loving him depending on format and scoring settings in fantasy.

I'll give you a D and you basically get this simply by having Rodgers and Jennings even though you took them at picks you shouldn't have.

vincecarter4pres wrote:To be blunt and honest?

Your running backs are atrocious and your WR's and TE's aren't good enough where I'll give you a pass in your grade.

Without knowing your scoring format Rodgers is an awful pick at #1 overall as well and I say that while in general loving him in real life and liking him to loving him depending on format and scoring settings in fantasy.

I'll give you a D and you basically get this simply by having Rodgers and Jennings even though you took them at picks you shouldn't have.

I have to disagree about Rodgers, I'm in a custom league where Rodgers had over 500 fantasy pts last season which was the most by far, I was leaning toward Foster number 1 overall but Rodgers was the MVP of the league last season

rodgers had 400 pts last year, him in the first rd is fine

but the rest of that looks very questionable? you might need to trade rodgers to get some solid players at other positions

But what do you guys think of Peterson in the 3rd round, he's suppose to be ready for week 1 and if he's his old self then that's the steal of the draft

Knowing your scoring settings for QB's now, I'd raise your grade to a C, again basically resting on Rodgers and Jennings.

I don't hate taking AP if he falls, but truthfully, there are likely better choices no matter where you draft him cause he just doesn't fall enough to have proper value.

That's a major injury he's coming off, the chances he's his old self is very slim this year.

ACL's usually take a full year to even 18 months to recover from 100% and this guy also tore his MCL and meniscus, so even if he's back as an almost every down back getting 20 something touches a game, I don't see him being his regular self.

So if you're just getting a solid yet unspectacular back, who they're likely to limit by giving some of his touches to Gerhart in something closer to a committee then we have ever seen with him, then there are much better upside picks to me in that 24 to 35 range where he seems to be going without the enormous risk.

There especially had to be better backs out there with your league settings cause 3 or 4 QB's that usually last into the 40's at earliest likely peeled off the board in the 20's.

My team, 12 team PPR 18 Rounds. Traded my 2nd and 3rd rounders for #2 over all and #74.

2 Arian Foster, Hou RB
11 Matthew Stafford, Det QB
38 Mike Wallace, Pit WR
59 Eric Decker, Den WR
62 Stevan Ridley, NE RB
74 Robert Meachem, SD WR
83 C.J. Spiller, Buf RB
86 Tony Gonzalez, Atl TE
107 Justin Blackmon, Jac WR
110 Daniel Thomas, Mia RB
131 Jared Cook, Ten TE
134 Andrew Luck, Ind QB
155 Steelers D/ST D/ST
158 David Akers, SF K
179 Leonard Hankerson, Wsh WR
182 Jason Snelling, Atl RB
203 LaMichael James, SF RB
206 Martellus Bennett, NYG TE

vincecarter4pres wrote:Knowing your scoring settings for QB's now, I'd raise your grade to a C, again basically resting on Rodgers and Jennings.

I don't hate taking AP if he falls, but truthfully, there are likely better choices no matter where you draft him cause he just doesn't fall enough to have proper value.

That's a major injury he's coming off, the chances he's his old self is very slim this year.

ACL's usually take a full year to even 18 months to recover from 100% and this guy also tore his MCL and meniscus, so even if he's back as an almost every down back getting 20 something touches a game, I don't see him being his regular self.

So if you're just getting a solid yet unspectacular back, who they're likely to limit by giving some of his touches to Gerhart in something closer to a committee then we have ever seen with him, then there are much better upside picks to me in that 24 to 35 range where he seems to be going without the enormous risk.

There especially had to be better backs out there with your league settings cause 3 or 4 QB's that usually last into the 40's at earliest likely peeled off the board in the 20's.

I get what your saying but honestly the other RBs had their risks because of injuries, the other 2 RBs that I looked at with the pick were Fred Jackson and Jamaal Charles both RBs who had season ending injuries last season, and AP has higher upside than both of them, the fact of the matter is that if there's even a slight chance that Peterson gets back to himself or close to it and there is then I needed to take the gamble on him in the 3rd round. But I did just trade Jennings for Steve Smith swapping #1 WRs with another player in my league

You traded Jennings for Steve Smith?

vincecarter4pres wrote:You traded Jennings for Steve Smith?

Yes, Jennings will have alot of competition in GB with Jordy, Finley, and to some extent James Jones and Donald Driver where as Smith is the undisputed number 1 WR of Cam Newton's and will get even more looks now that the Panthers are trying to make Cam into more of a pocket passer

I dont like the Jennings for Steve Smith trade at all

That's a terrible trade.

Also, how has no one called out the fact that both of these posted drafts involved kickers taken before the final round? I don't even keep one on my roster until week 1 so as to hold one more position player until I have to fill the slot.

Good point on the kicker and I don't like that Jennings trade much either.

Don't mind seeing him dealt, but why for Steve Smith? Why not for a RB even?

And on AP, I'm starting to flip flop. I'm falling victim to camp beat writer speak lol and am starting to really like him in the 2nd to 3rd round.

AP is a freak, if anyone was to comeback nearly the same off such a horrific injury in such a short period of time, it would be him haha.

Then again, if he was stone healthy I don't know if I like him as much as I usually do with their average-ish line instead of the real good one they used to have and Ponder signal calling.

Jennings has serious competition with Jordy, Finley, and even James Jones, plus the Packers want to run the ball more than in the past which is why they signed Benson. Meanwhile Steve Smith is Newton's only legit weapon and the only player Newton throws to; and the Panthers are saying that they'll try to make Cam into more of a pocket passer so that means even more looks for Smith. I've done my research on this

Nothing you're saying is groundbreaking or a secret, so if your research was correct why is Jennings going 2 to 3 rounds higher?

I'm not saying you're definitely going to wind up wrong or that ADP automatically equates to who will perform, but even if you believed the conclusions you came up with the value you got was just awful if that was a straight up trade.

And now AP is not allowed to make lateral cuts and no one can touch him.

LOL, like I said, for a day there I fell for the hype.

The bottom line is he's coming off an incredibly severe injury and even if he does heal better then most, they're going to handle him with kid gloves including into probably like week 3 or 4, maybe even 5.

ATL Boy wrote:But what do you guys think of Peterson in the 3rd round, he's suppose to be ready for week 1 and if he's his old self then that's the steal of the draft

"if" the key word by all accounts he is not.

If you traded for Steve Smith straight up why didnt you just draft him and not Jennings?

Who you guys liking more in a PPR this year? Cruz or Wallace?

ChronicKerr wrote:Who you guys liking more in a PPR this year? Cruz or Wallace?

I like Cruz