What should be my drafting strategy ?

preeti222

Hello friends,
I am looking forward for my first fantasy football league this year.I am so excited.But the problem is that I have no idea about drafting strategies.
Looking for suggestions.

Spongey1975

Everyone is different so i'd suggest doing a lot of mock drafts and try out different strategies. You'll find one that suits

El Horseboxo

Once i find out my draft position i run through loads of draft scenarios for possible players available that I have researched and want. If they are available for my picks i'll take them in order of how i ranked them. Last year i went RB first as the pool wasn't that deep. WR was very deep last year and was my least concern. Either QB or RB first is most peoples approach. I'd only really go QB first if there was an elite QB on the board and i thought i'd still get a strong RB on my next pick.

preeti222

Spongey1975 wrote: »

Everyone is different so i'd suggest doing a lot of mock drafts and try out different strategies. You'll find one that suits

Ok. Is it ok to go with projections? Is going for favorite players can be good strategy ?

El Horseboxo wrote: »

Once i find out my draft position i run through loads of draft scenarios for possible players available that I have researched and want. If they are available for my picks i'll take them in order of how i ranked them. Last year i went RB first as the pool wasn't that deep. WR was very deep last year and was my least concern. Either QB or RB first is most peoples approach. I'd only really go QB first if there was an elite QB on the board and i thought i'd still get a strong RB on my next pick.

This sounds something easy. Might be helpful.

keithdelahunty

For years RB always taken first but shift in last 2 years towards QB in early rounds. Check your league scoring structure, as this will effect ur picks. Also a lot of leagues allow for automated draft picks if you do not attend draft live, do not do this as you end up with unbalanced team and have to use waivers to fix, always attend draft night live.

preeti222

keithdelahunty wrote: »

For years RB always taken first but shift in last 2 years towards QB in early rounds. Check your league scoring structure, as this will effect ur picks. Also a lot of leagues allow for automated draft picks if you do not attend draft live, do not do this as you end up with unbalanced team and have to use waivers to fix, always attend draft night live.

alright. and what was the reason behind selecting QBs first and then RBs ?
and what is automated draft ?

radharc

Automated draft means the computer will pick your team for you, best to avoid this as drafting is one of the best parts of fantasy football!

QBs are the highest scorers on the team but imo better to draft a RB early as the pool of elite RBs is much shallower than QBs

preeti222

radharc wrote: »

Automated draft means the computer will pick your team for you, best to avoid this as drafting is one of the best parts of fantasy football!

QBs are the highest scorers on the team but imo better to draft a RB early as the pool of elite RBs is much shallower than QBs

OK. Then automated drafts must be horrible.
and Is that the only reason to pick RBs earlier than QBs ? and what will be the role of scoring system in drafts ?

Guffy

Well the scoring system will affect the value of each position. For example if a qb receives 6 points per td rather than 4 they position becomes more valuable. It can be seen most thoug in a ppr(points per reception) league where players who get a lot of targets become far more valuable than big play players and hence get drafted higher.

Also you wana check how many players from each position starts, ie is it a 2 qb league, is there a flex spot and what positions can start in the flex.

The way I would advise a rookie to start, strategy wise (depending on position) would be rb, wr, rb, wr/qb/wr obviously you will have to adjust depending on how you draft goes but try this out. In a few mocks.

The reason for leaving qb's late is that the drop off from the top qb's to the second tier is not as great as the drop in running backs. I would be a lot happier last year with foster and Ryan (4th round) than Rodgers and Johnson (maybe a bit extreme)

preeti222

gufc21 wrote: »

Also you wana check how many players from each position starts, ie is it a 2 qb league, is there a flex spot and what positions can start in the flex.

The way I would advise a rookie to start, strategy wise (depending on position) would be rb, wr, rb, wr/qb/wr obviously you will have to adjust depending on how you draft goes but try this out. In a few mocks.

Yes I will try do as many mock drafts as possible. and I will definitely try to follow the strategy you have suggested here. It will definitely help me to come out with good strategy and will boost my confidence(which I need most right now).

niall1811

I always found drafting Rb first was good, the elite RB's go quick and if your stuck with 2 backups in your team you'll find some difficulty racking up points, QB's you can pick up a good one still in the second round. I never was drawn to the superstar WR in the high rounds, i found it was better to get the workhorse WR (Welker, Boldin) for example. Alot of people overlook TE too, they can be great for points as QB's love that big target in the endzone so while you may not get alot of points off yards i find they get you alot of TD's. A good defence i try to pick up around round 5, you dont wanna be stuck with the chiefs D for example Apart from that dont automated draft, the draft is the highlight of the year and if your on this league the GM's always find a convenient time for everyone to draft. Best of luck man, and whatever you do, research your rookies, some of those explode out of nowhere and rack up great points!

Guffy

Do not sick up a d in round 5, my suggestion anyway. Obviously it depends on the league but the d is only slightly more valuable than a kicker. Seahawks, cards(early season) and one or two more went undrafted in a lot of leagues last year. You could reach for an unreal d in maybe the 4th last round but I wouldn't go any higher whatsoever. In saying that you should keep an eye on how many are on auto draft, especially in mocks and see how early they pick up a d if you want an elite but round 5 way to early.

Guffy

Do not sick up a d in round 5, my suggestion anyway. Obviously it depends on the league but the d is only slightly more valuable than a kicker. Seahawks, cards(early season) and one or two more went undrafted in a lot of leagues last year. You could reach for an unreal d in maybe the 4th last round but I wouldn't go any higher whatsoever. In saying that you should keep an eye on how many are on auto draft, especially in mocks and see how early they pick up a d if you want an elite but round 5 way to early.

Masked Man

Don't blindly follow rules that say "do or don't do x in round y".

FastFullBack

Any decent links to fully explain how the draft works? How many players each team will have on their roster etc? Or does that depend on the league setup?

poldebruin

FastFullBack wrote: »

Any decent links to fully explain how the draft works? How many players each team will have on their roster etc? Or does that depend on the league setup?

It depends on the league you play in, and who runs it....NFL, ESPN, Yahoo.
The boards.ie leagues all conform to the same rules, which includes the no of each position that make up a team and the points awarded that makes up scoring (6 or 4 pts for a thrown td). Of course, you can carry 4 qb's if you like, but can only start one on any given gameweek. I believe the current rules can bee found in the FF charter/rules that is stickied on this forum.

To fully understand the draft, it is well worth your while running through a couple of mock drafts, the only way to understand it fully imo.

For me, I like to print out player lists, hard copy and highlight the players I would ideally like...then work back from that, second options, third and so on. I'll also highlight some sleepers that have the potential for breakout years rookies that may be hanging around late in the draft with high upside. If these don't work out there are normally adequate replacements for the first few weeks on the waiver wire (pool of undrafted players)

I never draft a Def or K. Traditionally RB's fly off the board early, but with the move to a more passing game, there is an argument for picking a top tier QB and even the best WR. I like to have my stud RB's set, as a good QB can usually be found much later...rounds 4-7. Each draft is different, and like any free market, there can be runs and panics.....a run on QBs when you have to wait 30 picks for your next pick can leave some slim pickings!!

I do tend to avoid Broncos division rival players, a definite weakness, but I hate having to rely on players scoring tds when it impacts the Broncos negatively. I don't advise this as a good strategy, just that it makes it more enjoyable for me personally, and you may want to consider it.

I don't aim for players from my favourite team however, and it makes every gameweek more interesting when your players have involvment in multiple games.

*disclaimer, I have finished midtable for the last 2 years in Division 4!!

fisgon

To keep it simple, as you don't want to have to be thinking about too much if it's your first draft.....

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use your second last pick for a defence, and your last for a kicker. Otherwise, apart from your QB and TE, stock up on strong RBs and WRs, with some fliers near the end that you might want to take a chance on.

Where you want to take your QB and TE is up to you, but I would suggest QB anywhere from Rd 2 to Rd 7, and TE anywhere from Rd.3 (maybe Gronk or Graham) to Rd 10.

(Oh yeah, a few years back a friend of mine who hardly watches football played in a league I was in, and won it. His first league. He promptly retired from FF )

D Hayes

I took part in my first draft recently. Find this to be a very good draft strategy guide:

http://www.thefantasyfix.com/2013/08/2013-fantasy-football-flow-charts-for-10-team-yahoo-2-qb-ppr/

BKWDR

I had no idea about the Draft system but I have read up the charts on nfl.com on the rankings of players, i'd have a fair idea about what QB or WR i wanted but in researching i'd probably need to focus on RB more.

Best thing i did was actually carry out a few mock drafts on the nfl site, get used to how the system will go and would be handy to find out what pick you start off as and that would be a help to find out what you should be looking at first as the fellas say. Have an idea of who you want and a back up (a couple back ups even) and as soon as the draft loads up you have a few minutes to find those players and add to your Q and in the order you want them so that would make it easier. You will get caught out as the more popular players get taken but thats why it helps to have the back ups

padraig_f

Yeah, do mock-drafts, the more practice the better. The time in a live draft is relatively short to make each pick, so it helps a lot to have practiced making the various decisions beforehand.

Some other tips...
- If starting out, don't stray too far down the standard ranked list, this will stop you making any major mistakes.
- Fill your starters first before adding bench players (with the exception of K and DEF starters, add at least your RB & WR subs before K/DEF starters).
- When selecting bench-players, watch bye-week clashes with your starters (main use for bench-players will be filling in for bye-weeks, so for example, when picking a WR bench-player, check his bye-week doesn't clash with any of your starting WRs).

And my most important tip:
- It's supposed to be fun. It's hard to get a winning team no matter how much you prepare, so if in doubt, go for the pick you'll most enjoy rooting for (i.e. a team you support or a player you like).

In the past, I've picked players off teams I didn't like, trying to win, and it's just no fun rooting for them.

So my advice would be to make small reaches for teams/players you like, and also small reaches to avoid teams/players you dislike. It's hard to win in a 16-team league whatever you do, but you'll have more fun rooting for your team that way.

BKWDR

padraig_f wrote: »

Yeah, do mock-drafts, the more practice the better. The time in a live draft is relatively short to make each pick, so it helps a lot to have practiced making the various decisions beforehand.

Some other tips...
- If starting out, don't stray too far down the standard ranked list, this will stop you making any major mistakes.
- Fill your starters first before adding bench players (with the exception of K and DEF starters, add at least your RB & WR subs before K/DEF starters).
- When selecting bench-players, watch bye-week clashes with your starters (main use for bench-players will be filling in for bye-weeks, so for example, when picking a WR bench-player, check his bye-week doesn't clash with any of your starting WRs).

And my most important tip:
- It's supposed to be fun. It's hard to get a winning team no matter how much you prepare, so if in doubt, go for the pick you'll most enjoy rooting for (i.e. a team you support or a player you like).

In the past, I've picked players off teams I didn't like, trying to win, and it's just no fun rooting for them.

So my advice would be to make small reaches for teams/players you like, and also small reaches to avoid teams/players you dislike. It's hard to win in a 16-team league whatever you do, but you'll have more fun rooting for your team that way.

Solid advice in fairness and it is supposed to be a bit of craic at the end of the day...

Guffy

Does anyone know where to do a mock for 16 team leagues?

BKWDR

Mock draft just completed , thoughts?

Mostly wanted to know had i made the right choices in the right round?



Ps. How serious / secretive should people be about how / who they want to draft???

smackbunnybaby

BKWDR wrote: »

Mock draft just completed , thoughts?

Mostly wanted to know had i made the right choices in the right round?



Ps. How serious / secretive should people be about how / who they want to draft???

When in the draft itself, there is a chat function. For your own benefit and more importantly the other people in the draft, try not to discuss players still available or telling people who you want or are targetting. It's ok to chat about previous picks that are gone.

BKWDR

I realise my screen grab didn't post...dang!

Question.... What about injured players etc. Do you Google the players before or during the craft?

smackbunnybaby

BKWDR wrote: »

I realise my screen grab didn't post...dang!

Question.... What about injured players etc. Do you Google the players before or during the craft?

Ideally you know who is injured and who isn't before doing the draft.

Sometimes they have an icon against them, like a plaster, or if they are suspended for a few games they might have some sort of red circle icon.

Being honest, you will be watching a lot of stuff during a draft, so wont have time to be googling players and if they have injuries.

My advice is too print out the list of top 300 players and put marks against the known injured and suspended players. Mark regaular players off as they are drafted by you or others.

kennyb3

Guys i'd really appreciate some advice - finally starting an NFL fanatsy team after couple of years properly following the game. It's a bit overwhelming trying to consume so much info so quickly. 4 points for a passing TD, 6 points for rushing and 6 for receiving if that helps.

In a 14 team league and draft is sunday night.

I'm down to pick at;

12, 15, 40, 44, 68, 72 etc etc

Anyway just looking for some general advice on how to draft given these picks.

At 12 will all the best running backs be gone, so should I draft a top end receiver instead? Then a running back at 15. I know running backs are key, that's all about all i know.

any thoughts on how people would draft based on the above (no trades possible).

I was thinking WR, RB, RB, QB, WR or TE, then fill out the rest. That reasonable?

So a Calvin Johnson/AJ Green, followed by someone like Matt forte, a back up RB (no clue here), then the best of the QB's left on the board.

Also just noticed it's a 1 QB, 2 RB league, 6 bench players

kennyb3

Also would going for a Klye Rudolph/Jimmy Graham at 40 or 44 be too high?

matthew8

kennyb3 wrote: »

Also would going for a Klye Rudolph/Jimmy Graham at 40 or 44 be too high?

Jimmy Graham is 10 times the fantasy player than Rudolph. That would be a steal for Graham but a horrible reach for Rudolph, who didn't reach 500 yards last year, and repeating his TDs is unlikely.

Guffy

kennyb3 wrote: »

Guys i'd really appreciate some advice - finally starting an NFL fanatsy team after couple of years properly following the game. It's a bit overwhelming trying to consume so much info so quickly. 4 points for a passing TD, 6 points for rushing and 6 for receiving if that helps.

In a 14 team league and draft is sunday night.

I'm down to pick at;

12, 15, 40, 44, 68, 72 etc etc

Anyway just looking for some general advice on how to draft given these picks.

At 12 will all the best running backs be gone, so should I draft a top end receiver instead? Then a running back at 15. I know running backs are key, that's all about all i know.

any thoughts on how people would draft based on the above (no trades possible).

I was thinking WR, RB, RB, QB, WR or TE, then fill out the rest. That reasonable?

So a Calvin Johnson/AJ Green, followed by someone like Matt forte, a back up RB (no clue here), then the best of the QB's left on the board.

Also just noticed it's a 1 QB, 2 RB league, 6 bench players

standard advice would be rb wr or rb rb. wr is deep but running back is not. Just try to think of the running backs who would be left to you at 40 or 44. If you went rb, rb you could come out with two of say, for exmple, morris, forte, jackson MJD or Ridley with say vince Jackson or amendola as your number 1 wr.

if you went WR first your looking at bryant or AJ greene with Ridley or MJD and maybe Bernard? or god help you darren mcfadden as your no. 2.

Graham would have to be picked up in the second round, if you are not willing to spend a second round pick on him, I wouldn't especially not an early one, You could grb cameron or gates in the 7th or Witten in the 5/6 round.

these are average pick positions every draft is different.


With a late 1st early 2nd and no pick till end of 3rd I'd def go rb, rb, wr but that's just me.

BKWDR

gufc21 wrote: »

standard advice would be rb wr or rb rb. wr is deep but running back is not. Just try to think of the running backs who would be left to you at 40 or 44. If you went rb, rb you could come out with two of say, for exmple, morris, forte, jackson MJD or Ridley with say vince Jackson or amendola as your number 1 wr.

if you went WR first your looking at bryant or AJ greene with Ridley or MJD and maybe Bernard? or god help you darren mcfadden as your no. 2.

Graham would have to be picked up in the second round, if you are not willing to spend a second round pick on him, I wouldn't especially not an early one, You could grb cameron or gates in the 7th or Witten in the 5/6 round.

these are average pick positions every draft is different.


With a late 1st early 2nd and no pick till end of 3rd I'd def go rb, rb, wr but that's just me.

But wouldn't you want to sus out where the draft is going? As in if you went for WR too early would you miss out on a top level QB?

What would earn more points, a qb or wr?

This is all asked as a complete newbie rather than challenging your opinion!

kennyb3

@ gufc21 - appreciate your help, and seems to make sense.

poldebruin

It also depends on how the draft has gone before you make your first pick. If there is a run on top tier QBs or WRs you might find a great value RB has dropped to you which would be hard to pass up..... or you might consider that you will need to join and take a WR or QB to ensure you don't get stuck waiting 25 players between your 2nd and 3rd pick.

Personally I always think it's good to go RB, RB, WR in the first 3 rounds and after that you know you won't go too far wrong. It's a nice feeling to have 2 featured RBs in your team. You can always find good quality starting QB on the board between rounds 4 and 6.

Guffy

BKWDR wrote: »

But wouldn't you want to sus out where the draft is going? As in if you went for WR too early would you miss out on a top level QB?

What would earn more points, a qb or wr?

This is all asked as a complete newbie rather than challenging your opinion!

Its not the difference in points between the diff positions but rather withing the position. Ya there will be a big diff between say Rodgers picked up in the 1st round and
Stephan Jackson in the second but the difference between Rodgers in the 1st and say luck in the 5th would be nowhere near as big as say McCoy in the first and and Ben Jarvis green elis in the 4.

Ya you should always watch what's going on but there are a lot of good qb's. There was a run on qb's in my 16 team draft this week. I waited till 5th and got Stafford. Will he be that much worse than Rodgers that I should of taken Rodgers or brees in the first round?

Remember a lot of players are drafted for name recognition. The likes of rg3 Brady etc are going early. It will allow you to get decent value later on.

padraig_f

Picking 12th isn't a great spot, but you've got one real advantage in that you know your draft position in advance, so you can practice drafting from that position.

How to practice....bookmark an ADP list like this one:
http://fantasyfootballcalculator.com/adp.php

[note that this is an average draft position list, not a ranking list]

Assume the draft goes according to the ADP list (which it will, on average).

So for your first-round pick, you're picking 12th, assume everything before 12th on the list is gone.

At 12th, you almost certainly want to pick an RB. I like Forte here, you have Chris Johnson as well.

Next pick I think will be 17th (you said 15th, but since you were 3rd-last in round 1, I think the second round pick will be 14+3 = 17th).

I actually think you want to go WR/Jimmy Graham for the second round pick, as opposed to RB. Here's why: look at position 17 on the list, look at the colours above that (colours on the link indicate player-position). 14 of the first 16 picks have been RBs, so the stud RBs have really gone at this point, but you can still get a stud WR/TE (Jimmy Graham is the only stud TE this year).

I think you're better having stud RB, stud WR/TE, as opposed to stud RB, 2nd tier RB. Also look at the colours below position 17, a lot of people go for non-RBs with their second-round pick, so the drop-off from round 2 to 3 is not that great for RBs.

For the second round pick then, I'd go AJ Greene/Brandon Marshall/Jimmy Graham.

The exception to this: if one of the stud RBs (say top 10) falls to the second round, you can go RB, RB, but if it goes according to the ADP list, I prefer RB, WR/Jimmy Graham.

If you do go RB, WR, just make sure you get your 2nd RB by the 4th round at the latest.


Here's an example of how I'd play it from 12th:

12. Matt Forte RB1
17. Brandon Marshall WR1
40. Marques Colston WR2
45. Ryan Matthews RB2
68. Steve Smith WR3
73. Andrew Luck QB1
96. Mike Williams WR4
101. Jacquizz Rodgers RB3
124. Owen Daniels TE1
129. Martellus Bennett TE2
152. Joe Flacco QB2
157. Cardinals DEF.

I've gone for backup WR4 and RB3 before starting TEs, because I'm picking starting TE at the 7th round, and by that point, I prefer the guys further down.


That's just one example. I'd say practice different strategies with the ADP list, e.g.
- What happens if you pick Jimmy Graham in the 2nd round?
- What happens if you go RB, RB in the first two rounds?

Practice with each, and see which team you like best. Have your favourite team as a general strategy, but be prepared to be a bit flexible in the live draft, as I said, if you were planning RB, WR, but a stud RB fell to the 2nd round, be prepared to change to RB, RB.

For bench players, WR and RB are first priority, just because you have more of these positions to cover for bye weeks.

kennyb3

Okay having tried a mock draft - my next question is the general make up of the bench.

One back up QB, one TE, one RB (or maybe 2?), and 3 WR's?

What use is the W/R position?

Guffy

i wouldn't carry a te on bench. just stock up on wr's and rb's with upside, with a shot of making the starting position or bye week replacements (and a qb to match your starters bye week). TE's at this stage are all the same and you can pick one up for the bye week replacement.

the w/r position is just a position where you can play either a wr or a rb. I try to go for a rb if i can get a decent one averaging 10 a game, but each to there own here.

kennyb3

Thanks I did a mock draft last night and went 11 of 12 and off memory ended up with this

R1 Matt Forte
R2 AJ Green
R3 Marques Colston
R4 Matt Ryan
R5 Demarco murray
R6 Jordy Nelson
R7 Martelleus Bennett
R8 Brandon Myers
R9 Bernard Pierce
R10 Josh Brown
R11 Baltimore Ravens

edit: I got Eli Manning as my 2nd QB in there somewhere


Cant remember the rest. I know it depends who is on the board at the time but any glaring errors there?

I think I should have taken Myers before Bennett. Owen Daniels was also available.

I think i did okay but not sure the other players drafting were great - some were drafting kickers and defences before their benches so that prob made it a bit easier.

I realise I'm struggling on 2nd and 3rd string running backs - i'm not hugely familiar with these.

Would people consider Matt Forte a tier one RB? I realise now ehen i draft the top 5-8 will definitely be gone

kennyb3

gufc21 wrote: »

i wouldn't carry a te on bench. just stock up on wr's and rb's with upside, with a shot of making the starting position or bye week replacements (and a qb to match your starters bye week). TE's at this stage are all the same and you can pick one up for the bye week replacement.

the w/r position is just a position where you can play either a wr or a rb. I try to go for a rb if i can get a decent one averaging 10 a game, but each to there own here.

So after drafting a couple of safe wr's would you then look for upside ones? In the draft I did emmanuel Sanders was still there to near the end, but i had 2/3 safe receivers - so i was thinking i should go for a robert woods/marcus Wheaton type?

Guffy

Hey Kenny. This is an example of my draft in a 16 team league. Not saying its perfect but just gives you an idea of what I was thinking.


I had planned to go rb rb but there were a couplene wr's taken in the first round (Johnson was 2nd overall). There was then a rush on qb's in the 3rd had a look at who needed a qb after me so had to pull the trigger.

No draft is rigid. Practice. Watch what's going on around you. And be aware of other team needs. Especially at 13, 14, 15, 16.

R1-5 Doug MartinTB-RB
R2-Randall Cobb GB-WR
R3-37 DeMarco Murray DAL-RB
R4-60 Matthew Stafford DET-QB
R5-69 Giovani Bernard CIN-RB
R6-92 Mike Williams TB-WR
R7-101 Brandon Myers NYG-TE (auto pick

R8-124 Alshon JefferyCHI-WR
R9-133 Vincent Brown SD-WR
R10-156 Joseph Randle DAL-RB
R11-165 Kenbrell Thompkins NE-WR
R12-188 Rueben Randle NYG-WR
R13-197 Phil Dawson SF-K
R14-220 LaMichael James SF-RB
R15-229 EJ Manuel BUF-QB

I didn't pick a d. My targets got taken by guys who wanted two :-o gona try play the matchups every week. Week 1 Kansas v jags eventually a solid one will hit waivers. I made a couple of tweeks to this post draft and an pretty happy with it for a 16 team although I prob won't be drafting Cobb and Murray in another league.

kennyb3

Thanks for the help guys, it was tough in the later rounds with it being a 14 team league. So here's what i ended up with and some thoughts;

12 - Trent Richardson
17 - Dez Bryant
40 - Cam Newton
45 - tony Gonzalez
68 - Wes Welker
73 - Ahmad Bradshaw
96 - Chicago Bears
101 - Sidney Rice
124 - Phil Dawson
129 - Andy Dalton
157 - Jacoby Jones
180 - Quinton Patton
185 - Brandon Lafell
208 - Markus Wheaton

There was one major f'uck up - my keyboard stalled and it autoselected Tony Gonzalez for me - that really pee'd me off. I was trying to get Markus colston but he went the pick ahead and it just jammed. Think i pegged it back a bit after that.

I didn't plan to draft Cam Newton so high and going back I wouldn't put there was a bit of a run on QB's and I paniced a bit to be honest.

How does that look. Should i get trying to trade?

Follow the Plan

How do you find out the scoring system please lads?

Found it, League/settings.

Guffy

kennyb3 wrote: »

Thanks for the help guys, it was tough in the later rounds with it being a 14 team league. So here's what i ended up with and some thoughts;

12 - Trent Richardson
17 - Dez Bryant
40 - Cam Newton
45 - tony Gonzalez
68 - Wes Welker
73 - Ahmad Bradshaw
96 - Chicago Bears
101 - Sidney Rice
124 - Phil Dawson
129 - Andy Dalton
157 - Jacoby Jones
180 - Quinton Patton
185 - Brandon Lafell
208 - Markus Wheaton

There was one major f'uck up - my keyboard stalled and it autoselected Tony Gonzalez for me - that really pee'd me off. I was trying to get Markus colston but he went the pick ahead and it just jammed. Think i pegged it back a bit after that.

I didn't plan to draft Cam Newton so high and going back I wouldn't put there was a bit of a run on QB's and I paniced a bit to be honest.

How does that look. Should i get trying to trade?

Are you happy with it?

keithdelahunty

Trent Richardson & Dez Bryant both should go in top 15 so you did well to get both with pick #12 & 17. I wouldn't worry about Newton at 40, that is about his spot, I reckon and remember last 2 years its becoming more and more a QB league

kennyb3

gufc21 wrote: »

Are you happy with it?

Happyish - didn't want a TE that early but i got good value in the Bears defence and Andy Dalton, and i think patton could be a massive sleeper. But i feel one top qulaity receiver short. I was going to take Reggie Wayne instead of Gonzalez after Colston got drafted a spot above.

I'll also need Bradshaw to start off well and hold off vick ballard

BKWDR

My Boards FF Draft last night, lasted over 2 hours the whole Draft. Think i messed up my BYE Weeks with WR. Left it too late to draft some rookies that i wanted. I picked second QB early as my hand was forced with RG3 and panicked about the injur...


Thoughts?