Ray_T

yeah. Corum likely has the most value to whoever owns Kyren Williams. (at least in redraft)

fair enough. though some of those guys are on such good auction friendly dollar values its likely damn near impossible to get the owner to trade them. I know I wouldnt.

Rachaad white doesnt suck. but I think his running ability is average at best. 3.6 YPC isnt blowing anybody away. But hes a far better receiver than everyone (myself included) thought he would be and he put up decent points on the ground because of volume. in PPR you gotta love that 64 catch season. thats top 5. with that kind of receiving stats his run game doesnt need to be great for him to be a good fantasy producer. in reality hes a better fantasy player than he is an actual player, but that happens sometimes. that said, I would take Willams ahead of him any day. I dont deny williams is ranked higher than he should be but he should still be able to out produce White for fantasy purposes.

depends on the league. but yeah, I'd say 80% of the time this is the way it shakes out. but sometimes the guy says make an offer because they dont really know what they want from you and they are hoping you'll offer something they like.

I also like London. where I end up ranking him will likely depend on whether Cousins misses time at the start of the year. as he is another player who produced 900 yards with terrible QB play, I have to think hes good for over 1000 if Cousins can stay healthy. possibly more. i.t can be tough to evaluate a player who had such bad QB play up to this point. easy to under or over estimate where to take him.

I think thats pretty close to where I will likely rank him too (give or take a slot)

a lot of people poo poo Tyrod, but hes actually a decent QB. he might have still remained a starter if he didnt have health and durability issues. Not a high end starter mind you, but still better than what they had last year in the wake of the Rodgers injury

Kelce is a player who, at this point people are paying for the name. at his best he was as good as a WR1. when I had him on my team he gave me a 5-7 point advantage every week (sometimes more). but hes not that player anymore. stats were good last year, but when watching him play, hes just not the same. I think they peppered him with targets because there wasnt enough good alternatives. but hes another year older and the team has more options this year. I personally am avoiding him at his ADP now. There are better options. Laporta being one of them

without a doubt. dude was ballin and he didnt even have a starting calibre QB tossing him the ball. the numbers have to improve for 2 big reasons: 1) when the offense can sustain drives all the offensive numbers improve and TD's improve as well 2) Rodgers is 10x the QB of anyone who tossed him the football last year. accuracy is far better too. he should be able to produce as a top 10 (probably top 5) Wr. the only question is whether Rodgers can remain healthy for a full season. Hes probably fine but at this age coming off a major injury it is not a given anymore. this offense should not even remotely resemble the gong show they had as an offense last year. it will be fun to watch I suspect.

then the girls could post pictures of the football players and do pretend makeovers with a computer and everyone will giggle and think its great.

a lot of players who have tons of stuff going on off the field seem to have trouble keeping it together on the field. Even if no suspension happens, I'd be very careful about paying for Rice. I suspect Brown may end up being a bigger player in this offense than a lot of people think

Well, Carr also likes to throw to his checkdown receiver. so I do think he continues to catch balls unless a better option exists on the team. I dont think I touch the guy in standard leagues, but in PPR he still has reasonable value if you get him at the right price. Full Disclosure: I dont know that I'm wanting to take a chance on him myself, but I dont blame someone for grabbing the guy if he can get him at the price of an RB2. In PPR thats pretty solid value even if his game slips some.

that's the thing isnt it. when a RB is highly productive and has those metrics you speak of, its really hard to show him the bench. Lots of time when you have a young player, they may produce as a backup so you ramp up their playing time and the metrics fall off a bit. but Kyren has good metrics and they ran the hell out of him. you dont bench that. you may ease up on the playing time by getting a Quality backup. but this is done to avoid injury. and a third round pick does not usually replace a starter in year 1. At least not a productive starter. Year 2 or 3 he might but that would be as kyren Williams is getting closer to signing a big money contract that the team doesnt want to pay. the only way this kid gets 50% of the carries is if Kyren Williams gets hurt or is ineffective. I dont think he will be ineffective and given last season I could see them giving him a reasonable leash if he is. Williams wont drop below 60% of the carries unless he gets hurt or isnt playing well. you can take that to the bank. but you wont see Williams getting much more than 65% of the rush attempts anymore even if hes lighting it on fire. Corum was drafted to ease that burden(and he will)

for me hes a late round (or late auction) lotto ticket. he may pan out but probably wont. not without an injury to Rhamandre. if you own Rhamandre, I'd say hes a good late round handcuff who can step in and produce in the event of an injury.

I wouldnt go that far. Kyren is still the starter, and Corum has to develop more of his game before hes ready to displace him. but he will take some touches away from him and thats why I dont draft him at his ADP. I dont think that is being taken into account. to be clear this isnt a criticism of Corum. but hes likely next years guy. (or possibly the year after if Kyren puts up another huge year)

4.1 yards per carry last year in limited use. similar to his one good year. but all that being said, when they gave Rhamandre that contract that's like telling Antonio to take a seat. you dont pay a player that type of cash and then not play him. Gibson is the clear number 2.

I would be very surprised if you got him. most ADP lists I see have him going in the top 3 rounds. top 2 in standard leagues

you could be right. but that defense was designed with a Belicheck scheme in mind. lots of guys from his defenses leave to other teams and dont perform as well in a different scheme. while I dont think the defense will be terrible, I dont think they will be as good as they were last year. only exception is if the offense increases their performance and can stop the defense from spending 65% of the game on the field. in that scenario the Defense may improve its measurable numbers simply by not being on the field.

too many people will look at what he did last year and draft accordingly. those in the know may avoid paying top dollar for him but the rest wont. good value is relative. I think his adp rises some but not enough to make him what you would call good value.

makes sense. I guess in the sense of this, London likely has more long term value than Waddle. There is a chance Waddle may out perform him this year(especially if Cousins misses some time) That said, the difference shouldnt be large.....and if it happens, this may be the last year it happens. in keeping with long term value, London is the guy I would keep.

I am surprised the cost to Keep London is so high. I think London presents higher upside but also more risk if cousins cannot play. hes also still not a fully proven commodity but I do think his numbers will take a big jump now that he has a starting calibre pro QB tossing him the ball. what makes me cringe is that you have to pay more to keep him than Waddle. that doesnt entirely make sense to me. either way.... its mostly a matter of preference. I do think that if cousins and London both play the whole year, London should outperform Waddle. but factoring in the risks, this is a tough call as there is still a chance Cousins may not play week 1 (though I still think he probably plays). But London has way more upside now and could possibly break into the top 10 if things fall right. Something that wont likely happen with Waddle. I probably would swing for the fences and keep London. but most people would likely tell you to stick with Waddle. London does cost more but not by a lot. and Waddle is not entirely without Risk. a year ago lots of people were avoiding Tua because they felt he was one concussion away from being out of the league. that risk still exists. but the recency bias has people likely ignoring that.

ok I'd rather keep Goff at $4 than Singletary at $3. anytime you can get a starter at qb at this price you should take it. Not that I'm huge on Goff but you throw him back you are unlikely to get him back that cheap at auction after the season he just had. but I do understand keeping singletary as he is penciled in to be a starter. so thats not a dealbreaker for me either. I have no issues with you keeping CMC. he produced last year, and hes not a guy you let go of unless your team is not going to be competitive. mostly its just a matter of preferences. you have a reasonably good pool of potential keepers. not worried about you filling out your WR on your roster. the depth at WR is pretty good now. you can fill it up with 1 and 2 dollar players who will be just fine at WR3.

depends on the league. this may actually be a know your league thing. if everyone and their dog maxes out RB's you may be hard pressed to get someone better for cheaper. I dont mind keeping him at $3. but at the same time I also dont know what other choices he had. he also has AJ brown and Waddle too. AJ at $17 is likely a good deal too. referring to this, just getting clarification. total budget is $200? if that is the case, you are in good shape. if total budget is $100 its a tougher sell. I guess you can get a QB on the cheap(it an be done but your options are limited) and a couple cheapie WR and be fine. (WR3's are a dime a dozen and if you spend wisely you can fill out the rest of your roster with $1 and $2 and $3 players. Realistically the only position you really need to spend money on likely is QB. your WR are good enough and your RB are top notch (assuming good health) I might want to look for a decent WR 3/4 in case of injury as CMC hasnt always been healthy.

this is a solid RB room I know everyone loves WR but there are always good wr available for reasonable dollars. ideally you pay for one good WR and get the others later in the auction when the money has run low for a lot of people. you likely can work with what you got at RB. its just a matter of filling out the rest of the roster if you are at that point. some would argue to spend on WR and go cheap on QB. that strategy can work too but it largely depends on the rules and the scoring and how many roster spots you start at WR.