Maroon Bells

I can't believe there isn't more talk about Foreman. I picked him up for $0 on Saturday. He's the most talented back on a team frustrated by its largely ineffective backs, and he's due back week after next. Now, we are talking about an achilles, so it could be a few more weeks before he gets carries, but he could be a valuable player to own down the stretch, especially in 12-team or larger leagues.

This is actually an excellent topic, and can provide a huge advantage if you can find outliers in your website's rankings, especially in auction drafts. For example, NFL.com, CBS, and Yahoo might have player X at $12, while ESPN has him at $2. And, yes, there are a LOT of outliers like that. If your draft is on ESPN, that's a player that you can confidently bid $8 on. Your league thinks you overbid, while consensus says you got a bargain.

Don't think there's a more overrated player right now than C. McCaffrey.

Every year, I'm tempted to take a top TE and every year I end up waiting and taking the late round high upside guys. And every year I don't regret it. I got Jimmy Graham the year he broke out. Same with Jordan Reed. Same with Kelce, Same with Julius Thomas. One of these years, I expect my luck to run out. It might be this year because I don't see any flashing lights with these guys. I think the most undervalued is Kyle Rudolph. My best late round bets are Austin Hooper and Jack Doyle, but I don't think either is a superstar in the making. You could see that sort of talent in Graham, Kelce and Reed, for example. Like you, I'm intrigued by ASJ. He DOES have superstar talent. Was a beast in college. Just not sure if the timing is right for him. I'd like him a little more as a bench stash than a TE2. Today's preseason game will be a good indicator of what to expect.

Zay was simply awesome in the Senior Bowl, workouts and interviews. One of the most impressive players I've seen in a long time. He's going to be a stud. I'd go with him and/or Cooper Kupp.

Watson is the obvious answer. He looks really good. And if he were on any other team, he'd be the guy. Problem is, Tom Savage is a lot better than most people think. And considering the fact that the Texans win with defense, I don't see him getting replaced any time soon.

I think the best advice is to just know your league. And as someone said above, zig when the league is zagging. I have some pretty smart players in my league, and they all, myself included, think they're smarter than everyone else. And so we tend to avoid the expensive edge and target undervalued players that make us look smart. Problem is, we ALL know exactly who the "sleepers" and "undervalued" players are. Because of this, we end up in ridiculous bidding wars for those players we MUST HAVE, often paying far more than they're worth. Well guess what? Now, they're no longer undervalued. I've fallen for this too many times. Especially when you look at how many top tier players went at a bargain because too many owners use this strategy. This year, I've identified players I want, and I won't take a player I don't believe in, but I'm focused much more on playing the draft than targeting the undervalued. There are a lot of players who fit into that category this year: Stefon Diggs, Isaiah Crowell...Poster boy for it year is Marcus Mariota. Yeah, I love him. Think he's going to put up great numbers this year. But every mock auction I've done, he's gone for 2 or 3 times his "consensus" value. He's gone from undervalued to overvalued.

I think that's exactly why it can work. My 12-team league doesn't value QBs much either and so everyone waits to nominate them, often creating bidding wars in the middle of the draft and inflating prices. Every year, in my league, prices for all other position are roughly in line with consensus ADPs, except for QBs. I've been thinking the same thing as the OP: get those QBs nominated early forcing early commitments.

Play him. A stat correction is far more likely than Miller giving you -2 points.

Every year I wait on a TE and it rarely fails me. This year it was Eifert and Reed. Year before Kelce. Couple years before that it was Jimmy Graham. Next year I'll wait again and look for next year's version of Eifert, whoever that is. But it seems every year the best TE (other than Gronk) is drafted late.

Yep. I've been a believer for several years. Lacy, Bell, Anderson, Murray, Charles, Hill, McCoy vs. Ingram, Gurley, Ivory, Freeman, etc.

That's what I've heard. If you're a smart player you can win "most" of them. And if you enter enough....

I haven't missed a Viking game since 1989. 1. Diggs is for real. 2. Keeper players need to jump. 3. This season will be a mixed bag though. I do believe he's going to continue being the Vikings top scoring fantasy receiver. It's telling when you see the QB go to him on consecutive plays. That says something. It says Teddy trusts him. He sells routes well, he gets separation, and he catches the ball. Right now, he's the only receiver on the Vikings doing those things. However, the offense right now is just so inconstistent. The line is banged up, Teddy is struggling with protection and the Vikings will always be a run first team with AD in the backfield. So no, he's not Antonio Brown. Yet. He is, however, worth a waiver add. In fact, I think he's a high-upside WR3.

Good advice, dude. :-)

DROP Miller? God, no. The level to which some of you overreact is ridiculous. Bench him? Sure. He's hurt and he's got some tough matchups coming up, then a bye. But after that bye you're going to want him back.

Matt Jones or Michael Crabtree. Can probably only get one. Who would you take?

I wouldn't drop either one for the other. But if both were available I'd take Reed. I had that same option this week and chose Reed over ASJ. I think both are good options, especially as TE2s, but I give the slight edge to Reed due to better QB and DeSean Jackson out 4 weeks. Reed was the target of over a third of Cousins' passes in the game last week. That likely won't decrease much with DJ gone. Yes, he's injury prone. Worse yet, he's concussion prone. So he's no slam dunk. But he's been a freak/tease for the last several seasons. I figure he's more likely to put it all together and do it more conistently than ASJ, who's going to be competing for targets with VJax and Evans soon. JMO.

Depends on where you're weak. But I love those two TEs. I drafted ASJ but dropped him a day before the game. Thankfully, I dropped him for Eifert, who did just as well, and whose future is probably a bit brighter. With DeSean Jackson out and Mike Evans coming back, I think Reed may have more upside than ASJ. But if you have two spots, add them both.

Yes, I think that's true. However, Coleman is a dangerous threat to score every time he touches the ball. At the end of the year, he'll be the one you want to own IMO.

Don't discard your strategy. Target 3 straight backs in rounds 3-5. You'll be looking at guys like Miller, Jennings, Hyde, Stewart, Murray, Coleman and Abdullah. A couple of those guys will hit big. And with your strong receivers, that's all you'll need. Even if they don't you can always find backs on the waiver wire after the draft. A good third of the starting backs at the end of last year weren't even drafted in most drafts. CJ Anderson, Justin Forsett, Asiata, Blount, Stewart, etc.

The earlier the draft, the more advantage goes to smarter, better informed owners.

Yeah, no kidding. That post had me shaking my head.

I think CJ is a little underrated, but I'm not a big fan of any of the Viking receivers this year. I just see inconsistency. Peterson is going to be the focus of the offense and when he's not Bridgewater should distribute the ball pretty well, so you'll never know who's going to get the points: Rudolph, CJ, Wallace, Patterson or Wright. You could see a different high pointer every week.

I take Adrian Peterson first overall. I'm not a fan of Antonio Brown this season. Beware the yo-yo.

The Vikings will be a far, far better team in 2015 and 2016 with AD than they would have been with whatever draft pick(s) they could've gotten for him. That's the bottom line and why they chose not to trade him.