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Did one last mock draft after I pretty much finalized my strategy and personal targets, and I think I happy with my strategy if it ends up with something like this in my real draft tonight 1) Jimmy Graham 2) AJ Green 3) Le'Veon Bell 4) Keenan Allen 5) Joique Bell 6) Torrey Smith 7) Jeremy Maclin 8) Nick Foles 9) Ryan Matthews 10) Golden Tate 11) LeGarrette Blount 12) Jay Culter 13) Ben Tate 14) Bengals 15) Kicker Between Graham/Green/Allen I have basically a TE/WR1-2, a true WR1 and borderline WR1-2. I like Joique as an RB2, and I also got Ben Tate at a bargain for being Cleveland's bell cow. I probably reached for Foles by a round or two, but I felt pretty confident in what I had already. I also got my RB1 handcuff. I hope my real draft goes this well
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Aug 18, 2014 23:13
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Leperflesh posted:Which team are you? Oops, knew I forgot something. I am Chikan Style.
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I had 2 16 team drafts this weekend and here are the teams (both yahoo): Team 1: 1PPR, 6 TD, -2 INT (picked 11th)  Team 2: EVerything standard scoring, 3WRs, 2RBs, 1Flx  I feel both are pretty solid, but both will probably require some smart waiver moves.
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Mocked as 4th pick in 14 team PPR, no flex 1) RB - Matt Forte 2) WR - Antonio Brown 3) RB - Rashad Jennings 4) WR - Torrey Smith 5) QB - Robert Griffin III 6) RB - Carlos Hyde 7) RB - Terrance West 8) WR - Justin Hunter 9) RB - Jeremy Hill 10) WR - Kelvin Benjamin 11) WR - Jordan Matthews 12) TE - Richard Rodgers 13) QB - Joe Flacco 14) DEF - Philadelphia 15) K - Greg Zuerlein Waited too long for a TE, hoped one would fall in the 7th-9th but no one did so I just moved on and went for a sleeper. Lots of risk here, but if it hits, this team would be pretty drat solid I think.
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Aug 19, 2014 00:43
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Kloaked00 posted:Did one last mock draft after I pretty much finalized my strategy and personal targets, and I think I happy with my strategy if it ends up with something like this in my real draft tonight I like this team. Torrey Smith as a flex is exactly where I'd be comfortable having him.
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Just did my work money league. I was 9th out of 10. I'm very happy with my draft. Any input? It's ESPN standard with .25 PPR, snake. 1 Eddie Lacy, GB RB 2 Aaron Rodgers, GB QB 3 Montee Ball, Den RB 4 Jordy Nelson, GB WR 5 Alfred Morris, Wsh RB 6 Ben Tate, Cle RB 7 Cordarrelle Patterson, Min WR 8 Terrance Williams, Dal WR 9 Toby Gerhart, Jac RB 10 Jordan Reed, Wsh TE 11 Ben Roethlisberger, Pit QB 12 Cecil Shorts, Jac WR 13 Kenny Stills, NO WR 14 Delanie Walker, Ten TE 15 Adam Vinatieri, Ind K 16 Bengals D/ST D/ST edit: Delanie was because we were drinking at the bar and I had to have a Titan.
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Aug 19, 2014 01:27
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Lacy 9th overall? Gerhart in the 9th? You should win this league hands down. Your WR2 is your only weakness, really. I'd drop Big Ben for another high upside WR lottery ticket. It's only a 10 person league, you'll find a replacement QB for Rodgers' bye the week of easily.
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I did have one thing helping me with Lacy. We had a strict rule that if you didn't make it to the draft your first pick was Rex Grossman no matter what. Sexy Rexy 6th overall. I do need a WR2 for sure.
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Aug 19, 2014 01:51
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Suave Fedora posted:O sweet babby Jesus may this mock be a sign of things to come You'd have to be drafting with a special brand of stupid for this to work out in reality. Thomas in the early 2nd is not unreasonable but also not super likely. Brown that late in the 3rd is ridiculous. Brees lasting until the end of the 5th?  . Gore at the end of the 7th? Nope.
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Wow, that went pretty drat well QB/2RB/3WR/TE/Flx/DST/K 1) Jimmy Graham 2) DeMarco Murray 3) Le'Veon Bell 4) Antonio Brown 5) Andre Johnson 6) Toby Gerhart 7) Pierre Garcon 8) Nick Foles 9) Terrance Williams 10) Andre Ellington 11) Mike Wallace 12) Tom Brady 13) Jordan Reed 14) Josh Gordon 15) Buffalo 16) Steven Hauschka I feel like I got some really good bargains here: Antonio Brown in the 4th, AJ80 in the 5th, Ellington in the 10th, Brady in the 12th, and Reed in the 13th. Choosing a flex each week is going to be hard between Gerhart, Ellington, Wallace or Reed. I don't have any super breakout players at RB/WR, but a solid corp with depth (and hopefully consistency). Decided to take a flyer on Gordon because why the hell not. But overall I'm pretty drat happy, and I definitely have some trade bait. Kloaked00 fucked around with this message at 03:21 on Aug 19, 2014 |
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I am completely new to fantasy football. I could use all the help I can get. My draft is already completed. It was offline but we use Yahooo. The league is 12 teams, standard scoring, and no PPR. I was sixth in the snake draft. We use 1QB, 2RB, 2WR, 1TE, 1FLX, 1DST, 1K Round 1: Calvin Johnson Round 2: Andrew Luck Round 3: Brandon Marshall Round 4: Andre Ellington Round 5: Toby Gerhart Round 6: Jason Witten Round 7: Matt Ryan Round 8: Joique Bell Round 9: Matt Prater Round 10: Lamar Miller Round 11: Eric Decker Round 12: DEF - Carolina Round 13: Delanie Walker Round 14: Shayne Graham I should mention that the draft was also a cook out and lots of drink were involve. I took two kickers because I had forgotten I'd already drafted one earlier. One guy took seven, SEVEN, receivers. I have no idea if my draft was any good or not. Yahoo seems to love it giving me an A+ with their automatic grading. I would like some impartial humans to offer me advice. I say impartial because guys in the league have been offering me RB's since I'm weak at that position for Brandon Marshall. At least that's what they tell me. It's an all family league but I think I still need impartial advice. However, the one offer I'm torn about is Gio Bernard for Marshall straight up. imphaster fucked around with this message at 14:26 on Aug 19, 2014 |
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Aug 19, 2014 03:05
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imphaster posted:I am completely new to fantasy football. I could use all the help I can get. I was about to chide you for Luck in the second but holy gently caress Brandon Marshall dropped to the third round you got a deal and a half there. You definitely don't want to trade Marshall for Gio, Decker's not good enough to be a WR2 and having Marshall/Megatron gives you a huuuuuuuuge leg up on your (probably real bad) competition. Plus, between Ellington, Gerhart and Bell, your RB squad is pretty good. You'll probably want to watch the waiver wire for a good lottery WR, because your bench is literally just Decker. If Kelvin Benjamin didn't get drafted, I'd look for him, but I'm sure other people have some ideas for good WRs to pick. And you can drop Shayne Graham because there's never a reason to have more than one kicker, unless you're one of those sick fucks who plays in a 2K league. Edit: actually, given that Witten's bye week isn't until 11, I'd drop Walker and Graham, and pick up a couple rookies to stash on your bench in case they get good. Benjamin is my first choice, but Mike Evans and Jordan Matthews are also good calls, and if those three are gone, look at Allen Robinson, Odell Beckham or Marquise Lee. Yoshifan823 fucked around with this message at 03:35 on Aug 19, 2014 |
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Daedra posted:Just did my work money league. I was 9th out of 10. I'm very happy with my draft. Any input? It's ESPN standard with .25 PPR, snake. dont be ashamed for drafting delanie. he is going to have a great year this year
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10 team league draft PPR today and well not the best position for drafting for me but I think it went OK. I tried to snag some good RBs then WRs as they became available and sacrificed a higher QB due to my faith in Foles who I grabbed extremely late. I banked on a stronger bench to have some options down the road. QB: Nick Foles RB: Eddie Lacy RB: DeMarco Murray WR: Jordy Nelson WR: Vincent Jackson TE: Jordan Cameron Flex: Pierre Garcon Kicker: Justin Tucker Defense: Patriots Bench: RB Shane Vereen Bench: WR Torrey Smith Bench: RB Lamar Miller Bench: WR: Jeremy Maclin Bench: RB: Stevan Ridley Bench: RB Jeremy Hill
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Deer_fire posted:You'd have to be drafting with a special brand of stupid for this to work out in reality. Thomas in the early 2nd is not unreasonable but also not super likely. Brown that late in the 3rd is ridiculous. Brees lasting until the end of the 5th? I couldn't tell you why but this particular simulator went nearly-full retard on me, and I had the "Expert" settings on. It was definitely one of the more lopsided mocks I've done; I had to post it. I'll do another one now and it should come back down to earth some.
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imphaster posted:I am completely new to fantasy football. I could use all the help I can get. You did very well for a first time, and next year you will probably smash them with what you learn this year. This is your starting lineup: QB: Luck RB1: Ellington RB2: Gerhart WR1: Megatron WR2: Marshall flex: Joique TE: Witten D/ST: Panthers K: Prater BE: Matt Ryan BE: Miller BE: Decker BE: Walker Drop Graham and pick up a better prospect TE. Eifert, Clay, Kelce, Reed, Ladarius Green Next year wait on drafting a QB so you can get solid RBs and WRs. In 1ppr your team would be pretty unstoppable but in 0ppr your RBs leave a little to be desired.
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Deer_fire posted:You'd have to be drafting with a special brand of stupid for this to work out in reality. Thomas in the early 2nd is not unreasonable but also not super likely. Brown that late in the 3rd is ridiculous. Brees lasting until the end of the 5th? It didn't get less retarded; my mocked starting seven: 1.8 - Eddie Lacy, GB 2.3 - Demaryius Thomas, Den 3.8 - Antonio Brown, Pit 4.3 - Randall Cobb, GB 5.8 - Aaron Rodgers, GB 6.3 - Jordan Cameron, Cle 7.8 - Chris Johnson, NYJ
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Yoshifan823 posted:I was about to chide you for Luck in the second but holy gently caress Brandon Marshall dropped to the third round you got a deal and a half there. It's a 1K league, I just forgot to list that. I felt I had to pick up Luck. QB's were going fast. Before the draft snaked back to me Brees, Brady, Manning, and Rodgers were gone. The first two round consisted of QB's and RB's being taken with the occasionally WR thrown in there. I will look at picking up those rookies. Thanks for the advice. Suave Fedora posted:
Dropping Graham is the first thing I'm going to do. I just don't see the need to have a backup kicker. You think I should add a TE? I feel like I should add more depth at WR. Thanks for the inputs so far. Much appreciated.
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imphaster posted:You think I should add a TE? I feel like I should add more depth at WR. My faith in Witten is considerably restrained. He is at the age (32) at where TEs suffer the biggest drop-offs versus any other position. He does benefit from Miles Austin being gone and is the favored dump-off safety valve for Romo, but then again Miles Austin wasn't really contributing the last two years and being the dump-off valve means he's among the last to get looked at. Terrence Williams is going to be MUCH more utilized than Miles Austin was in the DAL passing game. If I draft Witten this season, it will be while holding my nose and would certainly be followed up by a young TE flier.
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I wouldn't draft Witten when you can have Pitta like five rounds later, who will probably perform better.
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imphaster posted:I felt I had to pick up Luck. QB's were going fast. Before the draft snaked back to me Brees, Brady, Manning, and Rodgers were gone. The first two round consisted of QB's and RB's being taken with the occasionally WR thrown in there. that Brady was taken in the 1st or 2nd. Also, you didn't have to take Luck that early. The tier down from Brees/Manning/Rodgers is pretty much jumbled. In no particular order, Luck/Ryan/Romo/Stafford/Cutler/RG3/Newton/probably others I'm forgetting are all probably about equally likely to end up as QB4-5 by the end of the year.
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Here's the initial draft I just did this weekend for my new dynasty league. It's exactly the second actual FF draft I've ever done; mostly happy with how it turned out. I picked 8th in an 8 man, no rookies. 1. Eddie Lacy 2. Jimmy Graham 3. Giovanni Bernard 4. Andrew Luck 5. Pierre Garcon 6. Michael Floyd 7. Josh Gordon 8. Shane Vereen 9. Jeremy Maclin 10. Carolina D is the relevant portion. I took a flyer on Gordon out of hope, Luck I feel like I might have taken a bit early, but a few quarterbacks were already off the table and I had him rated as my #1 choice for dynasty anyhow. Wish I'd gotten some better WRs, but I'll try to shore that up in the rookie draft for sure, and could be pretty okay if I get lucky with Gordon. Thoughts?
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Yeah your WRs are pretty poo poo for this season. In a dynasty league I'd argue Gordon is worth that 7th. He definitely won't play the full season and may not even play any of this season but he's a great talent.
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Deer_fire posted:Yeah your WRs are pretty poo poo for this season. In a dynasty league I'd argue Gordon is worth that 7th. He definitely won't play the full season and may not even play any of this season but he's a great talent. Why I gotta keep linking this article?
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Aug 19, 2014 19:22
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That's cool but a random article on a site I haven't heard about until now isn't exactly some the type of evidence I'd be holding onto. I'd still bet on him being suspended. I hope I'm wrong because 1) he's a great player and fun to watch 2) the process that he went through while pissing hot is a loving sham and 3) who gives a gently caress it's just weed. But this is also the league where a fertility drug gets you 4 games and beating a woman unconscious gets you 2 so I don't have much faith
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Franks Happy Place posted:Why I gotta keep linking this article? This guy is smart but his entire theory rests on the premise that Gordon will bring a lawsuit if the ruling is against him. That's certainly possible, and obviously what a lawyer would encourage, but it's not a certainty. It might be the case that Gordon would rather capitulate and try to make amends rather than double-down on being not-guilty. We'll just have to wait and see, but it's very very reasonable for most people to avoid drafting him until quite late, if at all, on the basis that he might not play. You are correct that it's not certain he'll miss part or all of the season, though.
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imphaster posted:It's a 1K league, I just forgot to list that. Normally I advocate trades during preseason but I like your team a lot. Weak on RBs but not so much that it'll kill you. Do not trade Brandon Marshall or Megatron- at least to start. You won't have to. That combo is gonna get you far.
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Leperflesh posted:You are correct that it's not certain he'll miss part or all of the season, though. That's really all I'm trying to point out. There are multiple scenarios here where Gordon plays 16 games (he files for an injunction based on Ohio law and the StarCaps precedent, probably gets it granted) , 12 games (this delay is due to a settlement being worked on), 8 games (ditto), or zero games (ruling goes against him and he doesn't ask for a TRO for some insane reason). For an 11th round pick, that's a bet I am more than willing to make.
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Aug 19, 2014 19:48
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Jokes on you, Gordon will win the appeal and play every game but all the weed he smoked made him really slow and hungry all the time and how can he catch a football if he's waiting for the dominos guy to show up
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Fight Club Sandwich posted:Jokes on you, Gordon will win the appeal and play every game but all the weed he smoked made him really slow and hungry all the time and how can he catch a football if he's waiting for the dominos guy to show up Jokes on YOU, JFF coats his gloves in illegal stick 'um that is BBQ sauce-based, Gordon has the greatest season in the history of the NFL and celebrates all his TDs by licking the ball clean. 
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My theory is that he smokes so much  that he's reaches a point in the space-time continuum where everything is going slower than the speed of light so that's why he was so good last year
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old dog child posted:My theory is that he smokes so much I smoke a fuckload of weed and it mostly means that when fast and noisy things happen I stand there blinking and chilling like a Hindu cow, if you asked me to high-point a ball I would probably just stare at it as it flew into Revis' open arms. 
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Kloaked00 posted:Wow, that went pretty drat well I don't think you need two QBs, but otherwise your draft is very good. You'll never have to worry about receiving (and your flex since you have good depth) and your RBs are more than adequate. I'd try to pawn Brady off on someone who has weak QBs. Maybe like Brady+Gerhart for a better RB2 or Brady+Reed+Gerhart for a RB1. Reed is great, but you have Graham and one TE slot so it's something to consider. Bet you could pick up Travis Kelce to replace him, too. I think you could find someone who'd bite. I have no idea how you got Ellington so cheap, but that is a serious steal. Good for you (jerk). e: I'm suggesting those specific trades because those guys are your most redundant and it's likely there are a few teams that have awful QB/TE combos. 3 DONG HORSE fucked around with this message at 21:23 on Aug 19, 2014 |
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May all my drafts go like this one, inshallah. 1.2Jamaal Charles, KC 2.11Doug Martin, TB 3.2Alshon Jeffery, Chi 4.11Torrey Smith, Bal 5.2Jordan Cameron, Cle 6.11Nick Foles, Phi 7.2Bernard Pierce, Bal 8.11Reggie Wayne, Ind 9.2Jeremy Hill, Cin 10.11Justin Hunter, Ten 11.2Tony Romo, Dal 12.11Jonathan Grimes, Hou 13.2Jordan Matthews, Phi 14.11Jonathan Stewart, Car 15.2J.J. Watt, Hou 16.11Dwayne Allen, Ind 17.2Jadeveon Clowney, Hou 18.11Robert Woods, Buf I'm starting to lean going RB/RB/WR/WR, I find that you can grab plenty of WRs late if you go RB/RB/RB, but then you end up scrambling for a TE and a QB who both tend to cluster around the same time. By going RB/RB/WR/WR you can come back around for Pierce and Hill, and I think there's a really damned good chance one of those two ends up as a solid RB2 at some point.
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old dog child posted:I don't think you need two QBs, but otherwise your draft is very good. You'll never have to worry about receiving (and your flex since you have good depth) and your RBs are more than adequate. I'd try to pawn Brady off on someone who has weak QBs. Maybe like Brady+Gerhart for a better RB2 or Brady+Reed+Gerhart for a RB1. Reed is great, but you have Graham and one TE slot so it's something to consider. Bet you could pick up Travis Kelce to replace him, too. I think you could find someone who'd bite. I have no idea how you got Ellington so cheap, but that is a serious steal. Good for you (jerk). Yeah, I definitely didn't need to pick up Brady or Reed but the value of getting them in the 12th and 13th respectively was too good to pass up. I got them specifically to trade. I like those trade ideas too, much appreciated
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Kloaked00 posted:Yeah, I definitely didn't need to pick up Brady or Reed but the value of getting them in the 12th and 13th respectively was too good to pass up. I got them specifically to trade. I like those trade ideas too, much appreciated Drafting guys with the sole intention of trading them never works out the way you think it will, unfortunately. Here's my draft tonight that I did while in class, on my phone. 10 teams, 2 RB, 2 WR, 1 TE, 1 Flex, 0 PPR, return yards are 15 yds/pt QB: Cutler RB: McCoy, Ellington WR: Brown, White TE: Ertz Flex: Welker K: Bailey DEF: Denver (autodrafted, phone died) Bench WR: Hilton, Decker, Benjamin RB: CJ0K, D. Williams TE: Pitta So, being on my phone at the outer limits of wifi, was pretty challenging. At the turn of round 10/11, I had both Ertz and Pitta queued up, but went to take Steven Jackson first. Instead, the app hadn't updated, so Jackson wasn't actually available, and it took Ertz automatically somehow and then Pitta immediately afterward. I got sniped hard on QBs, as Ryan, RG3, Foles, and Romo all went directly ahead of me in some kind of secondary QB rush in the 8th round. So far I think priority is to look into a good week 1 defense, and figure out what I want to do with Ertz/Pitta, though I may wait that out since I already have them, and see who looks better once the season starts.
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Just did my first real draft of the season. It's a 10 team standard scoring, 3 wr no flex league. It's also the smallest league I've played in in 3 or 4 years, so I'm having a tough time evaluating it. Here's my team: 1. (3) Adrian Peterson (Min - RB) 2. (18) Jordy Nelson (GB - WR) 3. (23) Zac Stacy (StL - RB) 4. (38) Roddy White (Atl - WR) 5. (43) Cordarrelle Patterson (Min - WR) 6. (58) Rashad Jennings (NYG - RB) 7. (63) Matt Ryan (Atl - QB) 8. (78) Terrance Williams (Dal - WR) 9. (83) Jordan Reed (Was - TE) 10. (98) Carlos Hyde (SF - RB) 11. (103) Justin Hunter (Ten - WR) 12. (118) Jeremy Hill (Cin - RB) 13. (123) Tampa Bay (TB - DEF) 14. (138) Jordan Matthews (Phi - WR) 15. (143) Ladarius Green (SD - TE) Does anyone have any ideas on where I need improvement?
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Combo posted:Drafting guys with the sole intention of trading them never works out the way you think it will, unfortunately. Not bad at all for phone drafting. I'd sit on Pitta/Ertz too to see who floats to the top.
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Axl Rose posted:Just did my first real draft of the season. It's a 10 team standard scoring, 3 wr no flex league. It's also the smallest league I've played in in 3 or 4 years, so I'm having a tough time evaluating it. Here's my team: TE may be unsettled for you. Reed has the skillset to excel and is in a friendly offense, but he carries more risk than just about any other TE aside from Gronk as he is one concussion away from runny egg brains. Hold onto L. Green as long as you can afford to. Otherwise a solid draft top to bottom. I like Stacy in std scoring.
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