Fantasy Football: How did I do?

[spleen1015]

My league's draft was last night. I just want to get some opinions from the minds around here and see how they think I did.

This is a 10 team league. Pretty much everyone in the league knows what they are doing for the most part. I had the 10th pick. Here's how the first round went coming to me.

1.1 Holmes
1.2 Tomlinson
1.3 Portis
1.4 A. Green
1.5 McAllister
1.6 Shaun Alexander
1.7 J. Lewis
1.8 E. James
1.9 Travis Henry

I'm a guy that firmly believes that you win at FF with 2 good RBs. At this same spot last year, I got Jamal Lewis and Fred Taylor. This year, I didn't feel like the RBs were there for me at 10. SO, I did what some might think is unthinkable and took Harrison and Moss, hoping that Marshall Falk would make it back to me. So, we have:

1.10 Marvin Harrison
2.1 Randy Moss

Things didn't happen they way I needed them to coming back to me.

2.2 Culpepper
2.3 Manning
2.4 Holt
2.5 Owens
2.6 Dillon
2.7 Barlow
2.8 Chad Johnson
2.9 Chris Brown
2.10 Fred Taylor - I was surprised to see him drop this far.
3.1 Hines Ward
3.2 McNabb
3.3 M. Faulk - Picked by my best friend who picked behind me in a draft Sat and I was able to dictate his draft. He didn't like it and knew I wanted Faulk when it got back to me.
3.4 Steve Smith
3.5 Coles
3.6 Santana Moss - Too early in my mind
3.7 T. Gonzalez
3.8 Rudi Johnson
3.9 Domanick Davis - After Faulk went, I wanted this guy.

At this point, I felt Stephen Davis was my best option. I know Foster is breathing down his neck and I was hoping to get him later, just in case.

3.10 Stephen Davis

This league has 1 RB, 2 WR and 1 RB/WR. Knowing I could start 3 WR, I took Derrick Mason at 4.1. He was my highest WR left at 7.

So, this year I am stuck going to the 1 RB 3 WR route. The good thing is I have Moss and Harrison. The bad thing is my 1 RB may not be worth a damn in a few weeks.

As the rounds passed, the RBs I wanted weren't falling to me. Here's how the rest of the draft went for me.

5.10 Trent Green
6.1 Jerry Porter
7.10 Alge Crumpler
8.1 Steven Jackson*
9.10 Lamar Gordon
10.1 Jason Elam - I usually save K for my last pick. Since I was changing up so much already this year and he was there at this spot, I took him.
11.10 Willis McGahee*
12.1 Tatum Bell*
13.10 David Carr
14.1 Daniel Graham
15.10 Josh McCown
16.1 Minnesota

* I know these guys are in the 2nd RB spot on their teams. I figure at least one of the 3 will get the ball when the guy infront of them gets hurt.

I didn't get Foster like I wanted. He was taken at 15.4. The more he dropped, the more I thought I could get him at 15.10. I probably should have taken him at 14.1 instead of Graham. At this point in the draft, only 5 TEs were taken, so I figured I would take another decent (as decent as TEs get) and hurt someone there.

Last year, I was the highest scoring team in this league by over 300 points. The problem was, I played everyone the week they scored their highest score of the year. I was losing games 128-122.

My strategy was totally switched up with the way the players fell to me this year. I'm hoping like crazy that Harrison/Moss make up for my lack of RBs.

After my 4th pick, I spent the rest of the night angry. :D

Let me know what you guys think.

[albionmoonlight]

I would have gone with Moss/Dillon or Moss/Taylor, but that's just me.

I think that it's cool that your team looks a little different. People take Fantasy Football too seriously. It's about winning, but it's also about having a little fun and shaking things up a little bit.

[QuikSand]

This league has 1 RB, 2 WR and 1 RB/WR.

This makes a HUGE difference in strategy -- most of the ridiculous value of RBs in fantasy football comes from the fact that each team is compelled to start two of them, makign it by far the shallowest position. With these rules, that's not nearly so true.

I'm not wild about starting with a WR-WR, but a lot of that is my 2-RB mentality, and my inherent fear that you'd end up with a stuiff as your 2nd RB. Since you can only use 1 RB, I think that's lessened a great deal.

[sachmo71]

You could have had Moss/Culpepper or Harrison/Manning combo, but I can't fault you for taking two stud receivers.

I like Green this year. And you got a steal on Davis, I think. Might save your bacon this year.

[spleen1015]

You could have had Moss/Culpepper or Harrison/Manning combo, but I can't fault you for taking two stud receivers.

I like Green this year. And you got a steal on Davis, I think. Might save your bacon this year.

Unless I'm picking in the top 4 and one of the top 2-3 QBs make it to me in the 2nd round, I won't pick a QB before the 4th round. The last few years, I have settled on Aaron Brooks in the 5th round or so and done fine. Last year was the first year in 4 that I didn't make the playoffs.

I was able to get Trent Green at 50. I think that was a good deal.

EDIT - When I started playing FF back in 1998, I thought QB/WR combos were a good idea, but I have thought less and less of them over the years. Manning/Harrison will probably be big time this year, but I don't take QBs early and I never considered those options. Thinking about it now, I know I should have.

[Maple Leafs]

This makes a HUGE difference in strategy -- most of the ridiculous value of RBs in fantasy football comes from the fact that each team is compelled to start two of them, makign it by far the shallowest position. With these rules, that's not nearly so true.Yes, but it doesn't make as big a difference as you'd think when you add in the flex position. Now teams don't need to use two RBs, but all the teams will still want to use one. Derick Mason is still unlikely to score as many points as a starting RB will.

[Ramzavail]

I think you did fine, alot better than the guy at the 10/11 slot in my 10 team league

9 RB's were taken, the same like yours, and the guy gets up and says you wanna f me, ill f you - takes Manning and Culpepper. We all laughed and vowed not to trade him a RB.

[sachmo71]

Live by the combo, die by the combo! :D

The problem is that you don't often get a combo like Manning/Harrison or Culpepper/Moss, because the value of both players is so high. A Brooks/Horn combo probably won't pay off as much as the other two, making it a worse deal. But still, a bad game by Indy or Minn kills your week.

Meh. You've still got a good team.

[QuikSand]

Derick Mason is still unlikely to score as many points as a starting RB will.

I agree -- but at least being able to start a productive WR in th flex spot is better than being forced to go with a part-timer or backup as a starting RB when most other teams have a starting RB there. That, in my opinion, is the real downside of being weak at RB.

All that said, I'd have preferred Randy Moss and Kevan Barlow on that corner.

[Yossarian]

I'd never have taken a kicker that high. So many kickers produce good numbers...