General Fantasy Sports Discussion

[tonyjaymz03]

I'm sure there is a far more clever title to be had...

Anyway, with football coming up, I figured we'd start a thread for our fantasy talk, that way it isn't clogging up the main football threads.

I have the number 1 overall pick in my money league, 12 team ppr(.5 point) otherwise ESPN standard league. I've narrowed the list down to Vick, ADP, and Rice. Vick is very risk/reward, ADP is the safe choice, and Rice ebcause I think he has a lot of upside this year, plus I think there is a lot of QB value this year(Josh Freeman, in particular.) So...I'm conflicted.


For shits and giggles, this is ESPN's projected top ten picks:
1)Adrian Peterson
2)Arian Foster
3)Chris Johnson
4)Jammal Charles
5)Maurice Jones-Drew
6)Ray Rice
7)Aaron Rodgers
8)Lesean McCoy
9)Andre Johnson
10)Mike Vick

 

[Edwin]

Eh on Vick. You can probably get Brady or Brees or Rivers when the draft comes back around to you. I have a hard time picking anything but an RB at number 1.

 

[Brooklyn Zoo]

Should I trade Aaron Rodgers for Drew Brees and Ben Jarvis-Green-Ellis-Island-Ice-Tea?

 

[Kageho]

Brees is still going to be Brees, and Law Firm is still the #1 in NE's RBBC (an RB #2 if you've got 2 RB positions).

It depends on if a RB would help you. If Law Firm helps you, make the trade. If this is just for the sake of making a trade, then don't do it.

 

[tonyjaymz03]

I'd do it, Brees and Rodgers kind of equal out, and BJGE should get the lion's share of NE's RBBC carries

 

[Vitamin X]

if it's a keeper league, no way but standard format, yeah.

 

[Brooklyn Zoo]

This is tough. I don't really NEED another RB (I have Ryan Matthews, Shonn Greene, Daniel Thomas, and Brandon Jacobs). I think The first two will have great years, and Thomas will get the most carries. I only need two backs. I rate Rodgers higher than Brees, but it is close. Thanks for the responses.

EDIT: I don't think it's a keeper league.

 

[Vitamin X]

Don't be so sure about Matthews and Greene, or Jacobs. Thomas is a rookie as well, and rookies missed out on a lot of training because of the holdout, so I'd be really wary of all of them in all non-keeper league formats. How many RB slots do you have?

 

[Brooklyn Zoo]

2 RB slots and one WR/RB spot.

 

[still fly]

Matthews isn't having a great camp so far. He will probably share a lot of carries with Mike Tolbert. Id sell high on him.

 

[BX]

Are we doing a TSM league? If not, you guys have any leagues I can join?

 

[MFer]

Well, my TRTSM team is looking stellar so far:

Johnny Knox: Inexplicably not starting over Devin Hester or Roy Williams
Emmanuel Sanders: Still injured (to be fair, I knew that when I drafted him, but he needs to get his ass back on the field soon before he finds himself a couple slots lower on the depth chart)
Ryan Williams: Carted off the field tonight with an apparent serious knee injury.
Rex Grossman: Was only gonna be a bye week fill-in anyways, but it's kinda annoying to see him losing a battle with John Beck.
Tashard Choice: For some reason, he never seems to get any run in Dallas.

Just waiting on the annual Kellen Winslow injury and the career-ending concussion for Austin Collie now.

 

[fazzle]

I just did my first draft of the fantasy season, a 10 team(fuckin hate 10 team leagues) PPR league with a ridiculously deep bench. Starters are QB, RB, RB, WR, WR, WR/RB, TE, K and DEF, and there's EIGHT bench spots. My team:

QBs: Freeman and Fitzpatrick
WRs: Megatron, Austin, Maclin (now with 98% less aids!), Boldin, Sims-Walker, Mike Thomas and Plax
RBs: McCoy, Hillis, Fred Jackson, Bush and Hightower
TE: Owen Daniels
K: Josh Brown
DEF: SD

My main concern is QBs. Probably gonna have to trade away one of my receivers to get a better backup.

 

[tonyjaymz03]

Drop Fitzy and get COLT DA'BOLT~

I'm trying to decided between ADP and Foster for number 1 overall in a 12 team ppr league. Ugh, hate this spot.

 

[fazzle]

In a PPR league I would go with Foster there, but I hate drafting 1st as well. I like drafting near the top, but not #1.

 

[Brooklyn Zoo]

I don't even know if I'd go RB there. I don't trust RBs anymore.

 

[tonyjaymz03]

Had the draft tonight, here's what I got in a 12 team ppr league, with myself having numero uno pick

qb:Josh Freeman, Colt McCoy
rb: Adrian Peterson, Matt Forte, CJ Spiller, Roy Helu, Shane Vereen
wr: Hakeem Nicks, Mike Williams(TB), Kenny Britt, Danny Amendola, Jordy Nelson, Torrey Smith
te:Kellen Winslow
d/st:raiders
k:who the fuck cares?

I may be a bit week at rb, but i love my wrs.

 

[BX]

My IDP league...

QB: Tony Romo
RB: Arian Foster
RB: Mark Ingram
WR: Greg Jennings
WR: Sidney Rice
TE: Jason Witten
W/T: Kevin Boss
W/R/T: Tim Hightower
W/R/T: Derrick Mason
D: Clay Matthews
D: Jerod Mayo
D: Tamba Hali
D: LaMarr Woodley
DB: Earl Thomas
DB: Bryant McFadden
DL: Carlos Dunlap
DL: Raheem Brock

Bench: DE Robert Mathis
Bench: QB Matt Cassel
Bench: TE Aaron Hernandez
Bench: WR Louis Murphy
Bench: Le'Ron McClain

K: Dan Carpenter

 

[Edwin]

I like that team, even though it's quite questionable at the receivers. A lot hinges on your IDP scoring, too; if it emphasizes sacks, Matthews and Hali are a very nice pair. If it's only, say, 2 points for sacks compared to 1 point for tackles, rush OLBs take a big hit and will probably finish outside the top 30-35 LBs.

 

[BX]

6 points per sack.

 

[Edwin]

Yeah, then that team is pretty awesome.

 

[Kageho]

Ringo, that's a pretty good team. How large is the league?

 

[BX]

14 teams

 

[Kageho]

That's a pretty damn nice in a 14 team league.

 

[Edwin]

I've got a question mark in my 14-team keeper. The short of it is that we can deal from our rosters for the previous year before declaring our keepers, and I have enough sweet dudes to trade some and move up in picks a bit. A guy who needs another keeper is willing to swap first and second rounds picks if I give him Steven Jackson. This'd move me to 1.03 and 2.11, whereas right now I've got 1.14/2.01. 1.03 gets me Bradshaw, Hillis, Wallace, or Vincent Jackson guaranteed, but I also like the idea of getting two more players in the first 15 picks.

Guaranteed winner, or two back-to-back?

 

[fazzle]

I assume you already tried the counter-offer of just trading first round picks?

 

[Edwin]

That was actually my initial offer. His was the counter. I'm meh on it.

 

[BX]

I'd stick with the 1.14 and 2.01 picks.

 

[Vitamin X]

I would too.

 

[Edwin]

I ended up making a different trade that moved my 4th round pick up about 30 spots, so life again moves on happily.