08-02-2017, 10:43 AM
(08-02-2017, 05:00 AM)kevin Wrote: It has to be RB, because there are not many good ones. Some teams draft 5 or 6 RBs to over compensate...I say draft early, draft talent......I like the 2016 RB's of 1,000 yards. So my top RB is Elliott, then Howard, Murray, Ajayi......If I draft around first I can get Elliott, but who is left at pick 24 and 25 is rough. Howard and Ajayi often gone as well as Fournette . ....MY RB list is, Elliott, Howard, Murray, Ajayi, Bell, McCoy, Johnson, Blount, Freeman, Millar, Ingram, Gore and if I get 3 off this list, I'm done drafting RB's. If a run on RB's, I would look also at Gordan, Hyde, Crowell, Ware. .....I've decided to not draft rookies after all. Let the others draft rookies....If I get Elliott, Ingram and Blount, I'm happy.....If I get Howard, Ajayi and Blount, I'm happy.
Blount I try to get later...after 2 RB picks I go WR and TE....TY Hilton and a TE like Kelce or Olsen is a good start. Let the others take Jones, Beckham, Brown, Gronkowski. ..Not Me......2 Top RB's and then hopefully a TY Hilton and Kelce, Olsen or Graham at TE, because very few good TE's.....
Then I go WR 1,000 yards in 2016, of which there are many....I'm at picks 5 and 6 here. I want Blount about now and I like Larry Fitzgerald.
Picks 7 and 8....In need a QB and I like taking Rivers or Big Ben if Rivers gone...Looking to see if Brandin Cooks or Golden Tate or Demaryius Thomas or Mike Wallace, or DeSean Jackson or Kenny Britt still on boards.....
Picks 9 and 10....I like adding Big Ben to Rivers if possible but just noticed the flaw. Both have the same Bye Week 9.....Hopefully a good WR drops down that I mentioned, or maybe Tyrell Williams or Pierce Garcon hidden farther back, both 1,000 yarders in 2016....
11 and 12, I'm grabbing any 1,000 yard WR left and staring to line up my defense and kicker. I want Patriots Defense, but I'll take Giants D late if Patriots gone...or Seattle, Houston or Denver if there but probably gone.....I like Tucker at kicker but Bryant or Vinatieri or Santos not bad late picks....
Depending on who was on the board at 12...If a top WR still there, I grab him and go Defense and Kicker last 2 rounds....but if not much talent at 12, I go Defense and Kicker at 12 and 13....the Best Available Athlete On Board in last round 14.....Either way, I'm happy.
I end up getting my TOP 2 RB's.....A Top TE hopefully and a Top WR.....Then My WR's and Top QB's.....and my solid D and solid Kicker.....and this pretty much works almost every mock draft so far....Let the others draft the rookies or draft the injured players like Gronk in 2016....No, I won't get Rodgers or Brees or the WR's that go first 2 rounds as I go RB both rounds....but it really free's me up to then zero in on rest of my team. ...I was going to try to draft Fournette, Williams, Ross as First Round Rookies, but I can get proven Vets not looking Rookie.
I'm drafting RB first and second round....and then WR and TE third and fourth round if I can get a top TE like Kelce, Olsen or Graham. Otherwise I'll take 2 WR's in rounds 3 and 4. ....That's the start of my drafts.
Last Round Hint....Nobody seems to ever draft Brandon LaFell or Marvin Jones and either would be a last round steal as a great bench depth. Just an idea how deep the WR pool is, and why short RB pool needs picked quick and fast. Plus people over draft RB, taking bench stiffs not worth drafting, and that opens up more WR's and many good QB's......I recommend 2 TOP RB's and a good Bench RB is better than drafting 5 or 6 stiffs later at RB. Quality, not Quantity.
Elliot is gonna be suspended if there is any justice in the NFL.
I cant name any one RB I think is gonna go nuts this season as most are committee's
So I go with a WR I can root for. QBs can always be grabbed in the later rounds with most guys putting up similar yardage
