Interesting Live Fantasy Draft in Progress
 

You guys getting ready for your drafts should check this out.

All the people playing in this league help run Draftsharks.com and are pretty good at picking players.

http://football2.myfantasyleague.com...11635&O=17

Re: Interesting Live Fantasy Draft in Progress
 

Pretty standard so far, except for the Culpepper/Dillon picks, which were atrocious. But most people could use this as a sample draft.

Note how taste-dependent early rounds are. I'd have taken Deuce McA much lower (he's a boom or bust runner and I shy from them), but it's a very defensible pick. Others would have taken Rudi Johnson higher, Kevin Jones lower, etc. None of these are mistakes, showing two things:
a) how important mid to late picks are
b) how much luck is involved in this standard FF format.

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Agreed, I am waiting to see the 6-10 rounds more than anything, because that is where you can catch lighting in a bottle.

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Agreed, I am waiting to see the 6-10 rounds more than anything, because that is where you can catch lighting in a bottle.

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Looks like we could be waiting a while on these.

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Cadilac went earlier than I've seen in most drafts.

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I think that's because of how many teams went RB-RB. The thing is, that's very predictable, making it really really stupid to have taken Culpepper at pick 1.12.

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Surprisingly, I think sporting news is having the best draft.

McGahee, Jamal Lewis, Donovan McNabb, Darrell Jackson w/ first 4 picks is super solid.

Fantasy Insights?
 

Dou you guys think that since they didn't go with a RB in their first two picks they are just going to give up on the position?

What would the best strategy be from here (After 4 rounds)? Draft Larry Johnson and or Davenport and hope someone gets hurt? Take Bettis? Just keep picking who they think will be the highest scorer regardless of position?

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Dou you guys think that since they didn't go with a RB in their first two picks they are just going to give up on the position?

What would the best strategy be from here (After 4 rounds)? Draft Larry Johnson and or Davenport and hope someone gets hurt? Take Bettis? Just keep picking who they think will be the highest scorer regardless of position?

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The problem is that you're only starting 3 WRs. The 4th WR doesn't help you.

Occasionally, you'll see a fantasy expert claim that the best style is the one that ignores the standard one -- in other words, if everyone is going RB-RB, you go QB-WR (Peyton/Moss or something like that). But it just doesn't work, because at the end of the draft, they have two good RBs, two 70-700-7 WRs, and a 2800-20 QB. You, on the other hand, are starting absolute junk at RB.

This year is no different, but if I were somehow in that situation, I'd go with TJ Duckett and Larry Johnson. Both are going to get a good number of carries, on good offenses, are behind/alongside guys with a high injury probability.

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seems like it goes against conventional wisdom that the perennial winner doesn't draft a RB until their 4th pick