Ray_T

legally they have no standing in terms of that, but guys want to get PAID now. its goofy.

agreed. he will have some good weeks. highly underrated player. I'm glad hes getting a chance to start. I do think he was the better QB but I saw one or two reports saying as a whole that offense has apparently not looked great in pre season. but I'm always skeptical about these reports that say this and then dont actually say what seems to be the problem. ie. line, QB play, WR not getting open etc. so it might have just been click bait

sounds about right. the interboard draft had numbers that were reasonably close. I think MHJ was a couple picks later but its close enough that we are likely within the margin of error given the small sample size of results. July mock Kupp went late third, but I've noticed his ADP has dropped since that time in all publications so 3.4 sounds pretty close to right.

well, thats the thing. if you have 3 or 4 players you value relatively equally to that player the holdout likely makes me pick the other guys instead (no holdout issue) so most of the time something like this means I take the guy a round later. and I do think a lot of people do that even if they dont specifically move the player down their board. so when you move a guy back a round on your draft board it could be the equivalence of the same. only difference is the way you explain it.

So I get those instructions from Roto? Clearly I'm going at the wrong time. I dont know what to do! help! Dr. Roto!

for sure. good insight

yeah when I saw his adp shortening up I figured that might throw a wrench into your plans. but 60% success rate on this is not bad

I've noticed Kupps ADP has shortened up in the last few weeks. can you still run this strategy? or has Kupps price gone up to the point where this plan wont work now?

wow, juicy. at QB, there are a lot of people who will be buying rookies. I've no doubt of that. You could probably buy a tandem of Aaron Rodgers and Kirk Cousins for a fraction of what some will pay for those rookies. they are both going late late late, and there is nothing wrong with either of these guys. I like Mixon and to some extent Naj now that warren is hurt. and these guys you will get at bargain prices. at TE its deeper than we have seen in years. Kittle is actually going cheap, and if Aiyuk leaves San fran he will get all the volume he can handle. at WR, hopkins, cooper are both going cheaper than they should. I also think Hollywood brown is well priced relative to what he will probably deliver. you can go cheap on all of these guys and then open the bank vault on one or two rookies you love. you will do well this year while also setting yourself up for next year. and if one of those rookies breaks out early you can consider it a nice bonus.

if this is Javonte Williams I highly recommend you buy at this price. in the interboard league where fftoday goes up against other boards such as draft sharks and football guys, I drafted Javonte at the end of round 7 (which was a half round earlier than they'd been drafting him in other pools) because I believe he will have a good year. Last year I told people to avoid him. he had an ACL injury where a second ligament was damaged too. I said this would set him back on the rehab. and it showed. he was not good last year. normal recovery for an ACL is 18 months +/- 3 months. while there are cases where it has happened quicker, thats rare and you shouldnt count on it. but when a second ligament is involved that increases recovery time 3-6 months.. I was reasonably sure he wouldnt be good last year and .... well, he wasnt. this year hes looked quicker in camp. word is that the burst is back. so I took a chance and drafted him as my RB3 in that league. I'd go so far as to say if hes on the board in the 10th round of any draft, you should be taking him all day long. bottom line, anywhere in RB3 territory is fair game for this guy. I have researched this and feel good about this recommendation.

most recent was Akers. he came back to play the next year in LA. then went to Minny and played a half year. hes just signed in Houston as a backup. and his comeback is likely better than what most RB's get.

sadly an Achilles that requires surgery has ended the career of many RB's. it sounds like the new surgical technique is a bit better so the recovery rate will be a bit higher than it was, but still I'd say his chances of a full recovery is 50-50 at best. I feel for the poor guy

coming back from a major injury. I'd bet against THAT. at least this year. (of course now that I said this watch him go off)

we would hope they would be better. draft picks sometimes take a while to come around. its not always plug and play. it also takes time for these guys to learn to play together. they literally reconstructed half the line. my guess (though that is only a guess) is the line looks a lot better in the second half than they do in the first half of the season. it may be tough sledding the first few games, so I'd look at getting a piece of the bengals run game 4 or 5 games into the season if they are underperforming at that point. you can buy low if that happens and in the second half you reap the benefits.