In a 12 Team Redraft, is it crazy to go RB, RB, WR, RB?

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I'm so tempted to do this strategy no matter what my board looks like.... any rational thoughts or experienced comments re: this strategy???? -thanx

 

 

 

 

 

[jocstrap 8]

picks 4-10 Portis, FWP, Plaxico, kevin jones

picks 1-3 Alexander, suggs, big time #1 wr, dunn

picks 10-12 Rudi, Domanick Davis, DJax, barlow

 

It sure does depend on where you draft. So many good combinations do you really know?

[Let Da Big Dog Eat 40]

I think it's a very valid stategy. I use it but only if I see a viable 3rd RB. Last year is was Caddy and I ended up trading him and my BU FA pickup of a TE for Chad Johnson. Then Caddy went down. Tee Hee.

[marinerate 0]

I dunno, I usually don't like to draft RB's early. The only league I play in is a 12 team 2 keeper league. You can win with RB, WR, QB, TE, or even a good defense. The points are real balanced. Last year I kept McNabb and Moss. Picked up Lamont Jordan with second round pick and did not pick another RB until round 6. We are only allowed a 15 man roster, so there are always guys out there and RB's get injured a lot. I ended up drafting Stephen Davis late, picked up FWP, then when Ahman Green went down I picked up Davenport for 1 week then picked up Gado after he went down. I had 3 of the top defenses and finished with a league best record of 12 and 2. There are many ways to win in fantasy football, as long as the rules aren't slighted in favor of one position, so I tend to try to pick the best player available. By the way, this strategy only works in leagues that have a low roster number. That way people cannot stockpile backup RB's.

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I dunno, I usually don't like to draft RB's early. The only league I play in is a 12 team 2 keeper league. You can win with RB, WR, QB, TE, or even a good defense. The points are real balanced. Last year I kept McNabb and Moss. Picked up Lamont Jordan with second round pick and did not pick another RB until round 6. We are only allowed a 15 man roster, so there are always guys out there and RB's get injured a lot. I ended up drafting Stephen Davis late, picked up FWP, then when Ahman Green went down I picked up Davenport for 1 week then picked up Gado after he went down. I had 3 of the top defenses and finished with a league best record of 12 and 2. There are many ways to win in fantasy football, as long as the rules aren't slighted in favor of one position, so I tend to try to pick the best player available. By the way, this strategy only works in leagues that have a low roster number. That way people cannot stockpile backup RB's.

 

 

You were able to pick up PARKER, DAVENPORT & GADO ????,

 

No Offense Bro', but it sounds like a pretty non-competetive league

 

compared to the league I'm reffering to here in this thread.--Good Luck

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I dunno, I usually don't like to draft RB's early. The only league I play in is a 12 team 2 keeper league. You can win with RB, WR, QB, TE, or even a good defense. The points are real balanced. Last year I kept McNabb and Moss. Picked up Lamont Jordan with second round pick and did not pick another RB until round 6. We are only allowed a 15 man roster, so there are always guys out there and RB's get injured a lot. I ended up drafting Stephen Davis late, picked up FWP, then when Ahman Green went down I picked up Davenport for 1 week then picked up Gado after he went down. I had 3 of the top defenses and finished with a league best record of 12 and 2. There are many ways to win in fantasy football, as long as the rules aren't slighted in favor of one position, so I tend to try to pick the best player available. By the way, this strategy only works in leagues that have a low roster number. That way people cannot stockpile backup RB's.

 

 

I DON'T LIKE TO DRAFT RB'S EARLY Intruder alert! who are you? What are you smoking , please tell us your strategy. Are you taking an elite rb in the 3rd or 4th round ? UGhhhhhhhh

 

You mr Hipcheck are going to get crucified for saying that on this board.

[Nitsugua 0]

RB, RB, TE, RB is the way to go. I drafted at the #5 spot in a 12 man redraft. My first 4 picks were Edge, Lamont Jordan, Antonio Gates & Warrick Dunn.

[pollardposse 0]

The RB, RB, Best player (qb wr rb te), Best player has always worked for me.

Anyone not taking a RB with 2 of their top 4 picks is the surefire loser of the league.

 

We had a moron try this strategy in one of my leagues last year. He took Culpepper with the tenth pick and R. Moss right after. We all know how that turned out.

[bgard72 10]

I agree with the RB, RB, WR part. RB's are critical, so you get 2 early. Don't make the mistake I did last year (first round was D Culpepper, 2 was J Jones, 3 was S Jackson). Jones never put together a full season yet, and Jackson was a risk because of the Rams passing game). Go with PROVEN guys...I passed on Tiki in the second round, and knew I should have picked him. Passed on Dunn in the 3rd as well. I went with RB's that had question marks...2 of them! I finished 2nd to last in a 12 team year.

 

My 2 first rounds will be solid guys at RB.

 

3rd WR...I agree. A stud WR can break out and put up 20 to 30 points

 

I think the 4th round pick can and should vary, depending on who is still available. A QB, WR are my leading picks. These guys can put up big numbers as well.

[SoloMatisse 0]

I know enough to know that come draft day, youd better be flexible. You never know what twists and turns youll enounter with selections, so be willing to deviate from your initial approach. Committing yourself to taking a a WR in the 3rd round when someone like Peyton Manning is sitting on the board might be a mistake(for example, and not likely). But point being take who you perceive to be the best available even if it means taking Steve Smith and Terrell Owens back to back at the turn of the 1st/2nd round, and coming back to Corey Dillon and Dominic Rhodes(as examples) if that becomes the 'right thing' to do. Thats an unlikely scenario, but a 15TD potential guy is what he is, regardless of position. I think come draft day there will be a whole slew of sleeper RBs go guage risk on.

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I know enough to know that come draft day, youd better be flexible. You never know what twists and turns youll enounter with selections, so be willing to deviate from your initial approach. Committing yourself to taking a a WR in the 3rd round when someone like Peyton Manning is sitting on the board might be a mistake(for example, and not likely). But point being take who you perceive to be the best available even if it means taking Steve Smith and Terrell Owens back to back at the turn of the 1st/2nd round, and coming back to Corey Dillon and Dominic Rhodes(as examples) if that becomes the 'right thing' to do. Thats an unlikely scenario, but a 15TD potential guy is what he is, regardless of position. I think come draft day there will be a whole slew of sleeper RBs go guage risk on.

 

 

S.SMITH & T.OWENS at the first turn huh', (1/12 & 2/1(13))....

 

 

No offense, but I don't think you have the B*/LLS to do that....

 

 

maybe I'm wrong, but I think one of those WR's and like

 

R.Johnson/Cadillac is a better plan.

 

What do you guys think?

 

I DON'T LIKE TO DRAFT RB'S EARLY Intruder alert! who are you? What are you smoking , please tell us your strategy. Are you taking an elite rb in the 3rd or 4th round ? UGhhhhhhhh

 

You mr Hipcheck are going to get crucified for saying that on this board.

 

Check yourself JOCSTRAP' !!!! --- I didn't say that Sh*/t

 

 

 

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[unckeyherb 2]

you never know. I thought I had the best draft in my league last year, from the 6th spot I took,

Duece, Julius Jones, Tory Holt, DJax. Imagine my dominance around week 4-5 on. Its a crap shoot, but you try to make the best decisions you can. I 100% agree with RB, RB (anyone that strays from this makes it MUCH harder on themselves)- from there on it should be best value available. If you go in with tunnel vision planning on taking RB, RB, WR, RB, you may blindly pass over a really great value at RB.

 

Just remain flexible. Go in with a game plan, but DO NOT strictly adhere to it. It's amazing sometimes the quality of player that drops to the 3-4 rounds.

[Ilov80s 0]

If you don't get a 2 RBs out of the first 3 rounds, you better start praying...that being said last year in a league that starts 3 WRs some crazy SOB drafted Holt, Chad, Jordan, Steve Smith. He struggled to get a consistent #2 RB, but was always able to get a decent starter with all the RB injuries that happen. The Holt injury hurt him, but he finished pretty well.

 

3 stud WRs can make up a good team. 2 years ago down the stretch I was starting Harrison, Chad, and Bennett. They won me a lot of games with 2 average RBs.

[SoloMatisse 0]

Agreed. nine times out of 10 Im not taking TO and Steve Smith at the turn, but on any given day you never know. Where would an owner have been last year if at they turn they took any combo of McCallister, McGahee, Kevin Jones, Julius Jones, Dominic Davis, Ahman Green, Jamal Lewis, Tatum Bell, or Fred Taylor. Any of those 'turn' selections would have busted and let an owner down, as would have TO, but in the end choosing at the turn is a crapshoot. Youre looking for the most historically reliable #s you can find...regardless of position imo. TO was a gamble last year because of all the issues entering the season. Its not the same this year. This year he's looking for harmony. So, if I was sitting there at the end of round 1 faced with the choice of nabbing a RB from the above list or TO and Smith, you better know Im swelling up and getting ballsy.....and relying on knowledge to grap sleeper RBs.

[titan20 0]

I would never go into a draft with an exact plan. A good drafter adapts to have the draft is going and drafts accordingly. If somebody falls at a certain point someone needs to ake sure he doesn't drop too far. I like to call this a defensive pick. Drafting is all about tiers. If one person is left at a position in a tier and there are 8 players left in the highest tier at another position then you need to take best available.