unclemercy 53 Posted September 2, 2006 edited, initially titled robbing them blind a draft strategy put into practice... 10th in a 12. anyway, please read on this is to add insight for anyone who might find themselves in similar situations... tenth pick, twelve team redraft, standard scoring with wr/te option. it ain't a rate my team or offer trade suggestion post... FUMBLIN GREENLEES listed order drafted PORTIS, CLINTON JOHNSON, CHAD DUNN, WARRICK WILLIAMS, ROY DILLON, COREY WALKER, JAVON TAYLOR, FRAGILE JONES, MATT GREEN, TRENT MCNAIR, AIR DUCKETT, SPARTY WATSON, BEN MIAMI DST GOSTKOWSKI, MEMPHIS so.... rb, wr, rb, wr, rb, wr, qb, qb, wr, te, dst, k, and all's lovely. fyi, steve greenlee was my team's fumblin tailback in school, aha... oh, man comment and criticize.... let's start a real discussion up in here 71197MOM, unclemercy SEE PREVIOUS REPLIES BELOW Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
unclemercy 53 Posted September 2, 2006 i realize it might be a lot to ask from some... still, stab Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jvizzini 0 Posted September 2, 2006 this is to add insight for anyone who might find themselves in similar situations... tenth pick, twelve team redraft, standard scoring with wr/te option. it ain't a rate my team or offer trade suggestion post...FUMBLIN GREENLEES listed order drafted PORTIS, CLINTON JOHNSON, CHAD DUNN, WARRICK WILLIAMS, ROY DILLON, COREY WALKER, JAVON GREEN, TRENT MCNAIR, AIR JONES, MATT DUCKETT, SPARTY WATSON, BEN MIAMI DST GOSTKOWSKI, MEMPHIS so.... rb, wr, rb, wr, rb, wr, qb, qb, wr, te, dst, k, and all's lovely. fyi, steve greenlee was my team's fumblin tailback in school, aha... oh, man comment and criticize.... let's start a real discussion up in here 71197MOM, unclemercy I like the strategey, especially this year when there are so many questions at RB.. I have seen others do the same strategy. You get a stud RB and a stud WR.. then a solid RB in Warrick Dunn. RB2's are especially deep this year so you still get a solid #2 after you draft the Top WR. Plus in alot of drafts that will start a run on WR's which increases your chances of getting a high quallity #2RB The RB RB standard should be up in the air this year. After the top 3 RB's what guarantees do you really have? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
unclemercy 53 Posted September 2, 2006 what drafts've you done... what spots and what did rounds one through four look like, i mean more position taken then otherwise peace, man second thoughts... maybe this post turns into that rather than the specific example i left. so, WHAT SPOT WHAT PLAYER POSITION AND QUICK LEAGUE OVERVIEW... hmm, rounds one thru what four, five, six? four at least. might turn out to be as helpful as anything else we'll leave or find here. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sponge Bob 0 Posted September 2, 2006 The team is pretty good with that strategy, but I am a firm believe in drafting needs and the best player available at the position. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
unclemercy 53 Posted September 2, 2006 you have examples of the difference that's made? even hypothetical.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Killer Elite 0 Posted September 2, 2006 I think you needed to be more flexable. As soon as you drafted Dillion automatically you needed Maroney with your 7th pick, which means you needed a QB with your 6th. I think its best to draft based on relitive value of players as opposed to sticking to drafting the best QB on the board for example. Lets say you get to your 7th pick and the guys in position 11 and 12 both already have a starting QB and there are 3 good ones left one the board? You know you will get 1 of the three, so at that point you draft another position and on the way back you grab your QB. Staying flexable will allow you to have a much better draft. Just start with a ridgid structure and change based on value. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sharkie22 0 Posted September 2, 2006 Without seeing the draft as it went it's impossible to critique what you did since there's no way to know who you could have had as other potential options. I did draft from the tenth spot in one of my leagues a week ago and I chose to take RB's in the third and fourth (C Taylor and Dunn) then took three receivers (Walker, Evans, Jones). I took my first QB (Bledsoe) in the eighth and the second one in the tenth (Plummer) while also taking my fourth back in the 9th and TE in the 11th, as you did. Hard to say what's better over all. It looks like the difference is you have Dillon and Roy Williams and I have C Taylor and Lee Evans. I just feel more comfortable believing I can trust my third back as much as a #2 in case anything should happen. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
unclemercy 53 Posted September 2, 2006 Round 1 1. S. Alexander 2high2try 2. L. Johnson Kraaty's Kru... 3. P. Manning fuckrusty 4. L. Tomlinson Team of the ... 5. T. Barber AsMaineGoes 6. R. Johnson Brunson's Bu... 7. E. James Warcraft 8. S. Jackson Boobies 9. R. Brown berserker 10. C. Portis fumbling gre... 11. L. Jordan Motown's Fin... 12. S. Smith Rusty's Pill... Round 2 1. L. Fitzgerald Rusty's Pill... 2. C. Williams Motown's Fin... 3. C. Johnson fumbling gre... 4. C. Palmer berserker 5. J. Jones Boobies 6. W. Parker Warcraft 7. W. McGahee Brunson's Bu... 8. T. Holt AsMaineGoes 9. D. McAllister Team of the ... 10. M. Harrison fuckrusty 11. T. Owens Kraaty's Kru... 12. A. Boldin 2high2try Round 3 1. E. Manning 2high2try 2. R. Moss Kraaty's Kru... 3. A. Gates fuckrusty 4. Sa. Moss Team of the ... 5. B. Westbrook AsMaineGoes 6. T. Brady Brunson's Bu... 7. H. Ward Warcraft 8. J. Delhomme Boobies 9. K. Jones berserker 10. W. Dunn fumbling gre... 11. C. Chambers Motown's Fin... 12. D. Davis Rusty's Pill... Round 4 1. R. Droughns Rusty's Pill... 2. R. Bush Motown's Fin... 3. Ro. Williams fumbling gre... 4. P. Burress berserker 5. R. Wayne Boobies 6. B. Roethlisberger Warcraft 7. D. Jackson Brunson's Bu... 8. M. Hasselbeck AsMaineGoes 9. D. McNabb Team of the ... 10. T. Bell fuckrusty 11. C. Taylor Kraaty's Kru... 12. T. Jones 2high2try Round 5 1. T. Houshmandzadeh 2high2try 2. M. Bulger Kraaty's Kru... 3. D. Foster fuckrusty 4. Chicago Team of the ... 5. J. Shockey AsMaineGoes 6. D. Driver Brunson's Bu... 7. T. Gonzalez Warcraft 8. Jacksonville Boobies 9. J. Galloway berserker 10. C. Dillon fumbling gre... 11. D. Bledsoe Motown's Fin... 12. A. Johnson Rusty's Pill... Round 6 1. D. Culpepper Rusty's Pill... 2. D. Mason Motown's Fin... 3. J. Walker fumbling gre... 4. Ro. Smith berserker 5. A. Crumpler Boobies 6. T. Glenn Warcraft 7. B. Edwards Brunson's Bu... 8. D. Branch AsMaineGoes 9. T. Heap Team of the ... 10. J. Horn fuckrusty 11. F. Gore Kraaty's Kru... 12. C. Cooley 2high2try Round 7 1. Pittsburgh 2high2try 2. D. Stallworth Kraaty's Kru... 3. N. Rackers fuckrusty 4. A. Vinatieri Team of the ... 5. New York AsMaineGoes 6. Carolina Brunson's Bu... 7. Baltimore Warcraft 8. J. Plummer Boobies 9. J. Addai berserker 10. F. Taylor fumbling gre... 11. L. Evans Motown's Fin... 12. M. Vanderjagt Rusty's Pill... Round 8 1. Indianapolis Rusty's Pill... 2. D. Williams Motown's Fin... 3. Ma. Jones fumbling gre... 4. K. Johnson berserker 5. M. Muhammad Boobies 6. K. McCardell Warcraft 7. J. Lewis Brunson's Bu... 8. J. Feely AsMaineGoes 9. N. Burleson Team of the ... 10. Seattle fuckrusty 11. K. Warner Kraaty's Kru... 12. Mi. Vick 2high2try Round 9 1. J. Elam 2high2try 2. Tampa Bay Kraaty's Kru... 3. D. Brees fuckrusty 4. Cincinnati Team of the ... 5. C. Benson AsMaineGoes 6. R. Brown Brunson's Bu... 7. L. Coles Warcraft 8. A. Bryant Boobies 9. D. Bennett berserker 10. T. Green fumbling gre... 11. Mi. Clayton Motown's Fin... 12. D. Rhodes Rusty's Pill... Round 10 1. J. Witten Rusty's Pill... 2. A. Green Motown's Fin... 3. S. McNair fumbling gre... 4. W. Lundy berserker 5. M. Bell Boobies 6. J. Hanson Warcraft 7. E. Kennison Brunson's Bu... 8. R. McMichael AsMaineGoes 9. S. Graham Team of the ... 10. N. Kaeding fuckrusty 11. A. Randle El Kraaty's Kru... 12. R. Dayne 2high2try Round 11 1. J. Jurevicius 2high2try 2. L. Maroney Kraaty's Kru... 3. C. Brown fuckrusty 4. L. White Team of the ... 5. B. Favre AsMaineGoes 6. C. Perry Brunson's Bu... 7. Denver Warcraft 8. J. Brown Boobies 9. A. Brooks berserker 10. T. Duckett fumbling gre... 11. J. Kasay Motown's Fin... 12. J. Porter Rusty's Pill... Round 12 1. B. Leftwich Rusty's Pill... 2. Atlanta Motown's Fin... 3. B. Watson fumbling gre... 4. New England berserker 5. C. Houston Boobies 6. M. Brunell Warcraft 7. K. Barlow Brunson's Bu... 8. I. Bruce AsMaineGoes 9. H. Miller Team of the ... 10. L. Smith fuckrusty 11. S. Janikowski Kraaty's Kru... 12. Da. Clark 2high2try Round 13 1. Washington 2high2try 2. Buffalo Kraaty's Kru... 3. K. Curtis fuckrusty 4. B. Lloyd Team of the ... 5. R. Longwell AsMaineGoes 6. B. Johnson Brunson's Bu... 7. L. Betts Warcraft 8. K. Winslow Boobies 9. J. Wilkins berserker 10. Miami fumbling gre... 11. D. Givens Motown's Fin... 12. D. Akers Rusty's Pill... Round 14 1. Dallas Rusty's Pill... 2. C. Pennington Motown's Fin... 3. S. Gostkowski fumbling gre... 4. J. Reed berserker 5. Detroit Boobies 6. L. Tynes Warcraft 7. C. Simms Brunson's Bu... 8. Philadelphia AsMaineGoes 9. D. Carr Team of the ... 10. Minnesota fuckrusty 11. A. Toomer Kraaty's Kru... 12. E. Moulds 2high2try who suggested cuffing dillon and maroney? maroney's on the wire, but i chose to cuff my one not my two/three... had dropped watson for maroney this morning... then switched it back Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Killer Elite 0 Posted September 2, 2006 You need Maroney. Get him if you can. Dillion will not play 16 games, and Maroney has stud potential Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Topes 0 Posted September 2, 2006 I am a Portis owner, and I handcuff him in a 14-team league (30-man rosters). If I had your team, I'd personally dump Duckett for Maroney or Norwood. Prefer Maroney, unless the knee turns out to be bad. Portis has the job, barring injury. Dillon and Dunn are simply placeholders, though Dunn has a less tenuous hold (until Norwood busts into a real game). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
unclemercy 53 Posted September 2, 2006 why handcuff a backup over cuffin a one? PORTIS DUNN DILLON & TAYLOR w/ DUCKETT who knows anything about maroney's leg? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
c_Weezie 3 Posted September 2, 2006 Great Draft . I too, have the 10th/12, and I have been planning on doing a similar strategy (w/ a couple of differences). I will prolly have one of these 2 RBs fall to me (LaMont or Rudi), then in the 2nd I plan on taking either CJ or Holt. But I am also targeting Dunn & Dillon in the 3rd/5th, but in the 6th I will be looking for Heap. But pretty similar to yours. Its good to see someone with the same idea as you, but put in action. Good Luck ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sharkie22 0 Posted September 2, 2006 Wow, ten QB's gone by the end of round 5 and an 11th to start round 6. You said it was standard scoring I think. Guys in your league take their QB's quite seriously. In all fairness, I'm at a loss in suggesting alternatives to how you drafted since I really don't see any particular combination of players you could have had that would make much, if any, improvement to your team. C Taylor was available in the fourth which I think is a slight improvement over Dillon. This would not have let you take R Williams but Walker and Jones would still be yours. Not much left as far as QB's so I have to say you got what was there. So, ultimately the only significant difference by taking a RB in the fourth instead of a receiver would be Taylor for Dillon and Evans instead of R Williams. Looks like a wash. If you had esp you could have grabbed Parker in round two then taken Chambers in three and Wayne in four and then returned to your draft as it happened with round 5. I think that would have made some difference. I'm surprised Wayne was still on the board in the fourth round. Well, good for you for being as determined you are and best of luck. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
