Upper Class Trash

I do a lot of cheap leagues($10 to $20) until after the preseason, then I do my larger drafts. I usually end up with a ton of draftmaster leagues at RTsports, but mostly to find out the true ADP of players prior to the competitive leagues beginning. Nothing sucks worse than joining a high dollar pay league and seeing your RB1 go down in the preseason, which is why I wait. We are all draftaholics, so the cheap leagues keep me busy until the real fun begins.

Thank you! I've likely played with some of you in leagues before as I've been using this name since the early 90's. lol

Winston is a solid run blocker, so Mendy should get a slight bump. That being said, Mendenhall is being overyhped lately. He's not a receiving threat and Bruce Arians doesn't throw to his RB's anyway. In a PPR, he's an 8 point a game guy and I see people taking him as their RB2 in leagues where you must start two. That is crazy to me. I would only use him as a bye-week fill-in type of player and then only against a weak defensive front. He lacks burst, top-tend speed and any shiftiness. He played against Cleveland and Cincy when both were near the bottom of the league against the rush, and he didn't put up "good" numbers then. He is a blue collar worker coming off an injury. In one of my MFL Leagues, he went in the 5th round. I actually laughed.

I looked up the stats from Trestman's former teams. I hate posting this here as it gives away some, what I think, is decent strategy... Trestman has always been behind a top 5 offense. His QB's have always had their best seasons with him as the OC and his WR's & TE's have performed near the top of the league. I don't expect Cutler to be a top 10 guy by any means, but I think he is so undervalued right now and people are going to regret passing on him as an incredibly high QB2. Detroit has no Secondary and their Linebackers are weak. Green Bay lacks leadership on defense and will give up points through the air. Minnesota is an underrated defense, but will also give up points through the air. Just my $.02 Cutler = Low end QB1 or incredibly high QB2. I see him finishing around 12th to 14th. Forte = I like him more than most with an improved line, Trestman, and more offensive weapons. Solid RB1 in PPR Formats at a RB2 price. Marshall = He is what we thought he was. Solid WR1 Jeffery = I think he's going to be a worthy WR3 this season. His hands and size make him a definite red zone threat and Trestman will do whatever it takes to relieve pressure from Marshall. Bennett = This is my only question mark. Bennett is one of the top 3 blocking TE's in football and I don't know how Trestman will use him. Either way, he is a massive upgrade for the Bears, but more-so for Matt Forte. Kosar and Slaughter had their career best years under Trestman. His return to the NFL saw the 49'ers break all kinds of offensive records and lead the league in scoring, pass attempts and pass yards. In his one season with the Cardinals, Plummer had his best season and they made the playoffs. Take away the Kurt Warner years there and it was the best offense the Cardinals had in their history. In 2002, he was promoted to the OC of the Raiders. Gannon won the MVP and the Raiders led the league in offensive yards, passing, and scoring. You can read it all here; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Trestman#NFL He is a true offensive mastermind and he firmly believes in using his RB as a WR more than a rusher. In each of his stops, his WR's have led the league in receptions, yards and his offense has never finished a season outside the top ten. That's pretty incredible. I know he's older and hasn't been in the league in a while, but the league today is better suited for him than ever. It's hard to imagine the Bears are going to be an offensive juggernaut, but be ready, it's going to happen.

I have seen Spiller go 1.01 in a $100 entry fee redraft. I've never seen him fall lower than 1.07 in a pay league. 2nd round? Ha!!

I have seen Sproles and Bush go in the early second round of PPR Redrafts. I've never seen either of them last longer than the end of round 2. Murray is going late 2nd and very early 3rd. Ignore the ADP you see on the websites. When you draft, it's a different story. ADP is horribly skewed this time of year from "mock" drafts, which mean absolutely nothing.

I just got him at the 3.06. I didn't want to draft him, but how can you pass that up? Players tend to step up in a contract season and the gamble in the 3rd isn't going to kill your team if he only plays in 10 games. I play in a lot of leagues and have avoided him like the plague every season. This year, I just get the "feeling" he may finally do something. It would not shock me if he ends up with 1,100 yards rushing and another 400 + yards receiving. On the flip side, he looked slower last season, or like some of his burst was missing.... That could be from the offensive scheme changing or it could be from all the nicks and dings he's had. Either way, in Round 3, I'll take my shot with him every time he is available this year.

Only pay leagues. Free leagues tend to die after the first few weeks of the season and the men are separated from the boys. lol Thanks for the advice. I will check out the other forum.