T1B

What are your draft Dos and Don'ts for the first two rounds?

1. RB
2. RB

1. Peyton Manning
2. RB

1. RB
2. WR

According to last year's rankings, 16 of the top 20 point earners were running backs, one QB (P Manning #8 overall) and three WR's.

1. Alge Crumpler
2. Alge Crumpler

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Was Crumpler in your 1st 5 rounds, nevermind 1st 2 rounds, pre Vick dog fighting scandal?

In 2 leagues- 1 is an auction style and I am sure most of the guys who participate in the T1B league would agree that auctions completely blow away drafting.


The other league is still a draft league- I never take a TE with the first 3 picks.

A.C. Crut wrote:According to last year's rankings, 16 of the top 20 point earners were running backs, one QB (P Manning #8 overall) and three WR's.

BTW: According to history, half of the guys who were in the top 10 last year won't be there at the end of this year. So look at the guys around you. If the guy in front of you and the buy behind you don't have a first/second round bust on their hands, then most likely you do.

You have the first pick in your draft are you taking LT, Steven Jackson, Larry Johnson, Frank Gore, Shaun Alexander, Joseph Addai, Willie Parker, Peyton Manning, Brian Westbrook or Rudi Johnson?

Or, better yet, which 5 of last year's top 10 won't be there at the end of this year?

None of the above are on the cover of Madden so you're safe there.

Me, I'm coin-flipping between LT and Steven Jackson should I get the first pick.

Another scenario, you have a pick from 3 through 6, do you grab P Manning there?

UCant,

Crumpler was a little bit of JFFL humor. He was the apple of PISC's eye.

A.C. Crut wrote:You have the first pick in your draft are you taking LT, Steven Jackson, Larry Johnson, Frank Gore, Shaun Alexander, Joseph Addai, Willie Parker, Peyton Manning, Brian Westbrook or Rudi Johnson?

Or, better yet, which 5 of last year's top 10 won't be there at the end of this year?

None of the above are on the cover of Madden so you're safe there.

Me, I'm coin-flipping between LT and Steven Jackson should I get the first pick.

In my redraft serpentine draft league I'm picking 9th of 12. It's a funky scoring system that makes kick and punt returners extra valuable. So I'll be lying in wait for Maurice Jones-Drew. I would in no way recommend that for any normal scoring format, But with this fucked up format Drew is a legit top 3 back. I'm just hoping nobody else in the league remembers he was a kick returner last year.

Another scenario, you have a pick from 3 through 6, do you grab P Manning there?

Only if you're a retard. Let somebody else overpay for Manning. Meanwhile, take a blue chip RB. But if he's there in the top of the 2nd round, that's a different story.

A.C. Crut wrote:You have the first pick in your draft are you taking LT, Steven Jackson, Larry Johnson, Frank Gore, Shaun Alexander, Joseph Addai, Willie Parker, Peyton Manning, Brian Westbrook or Rudi Johnson?

Certainly not taking Rudi, Westbrook, Manning, Parker, Addai, Gore, Larry Johnson or Alexander with the first pick in the draft. LT has traditionally been the top pick but after the year Steven Jackson had it's a very hard pick between the 2. Reminds me when Faulk and E. James were at the top of their games and usually went 1-2.

Or, better yet, which 5 of last year's top 10 won't be there at the end of this year?

Good question. Westbrook may lose some carries to Tony Hunt in the red zone but he's going to get a ton of receptions with the loss of Stallworth.

None of the above are on the cover of Madden so you're safe there.

Vince Young is tempting fate by throwing punches with his throwing hand in practice. Idiot.

Me, I'm coin-flipping between LT and Steven Jackson should I get the first pick.

I would do the same.

Another scenario, you have a pick from 3 through 6, do you grab P Manning there?

No. Grab Bulger at the end of round 2 or beginning of Round 3.

BSmack wrote:UCant,

Crumpler was a little bit of JFFL humor. He was the apple of PISC's eye.

A.C. Crut wrote:You have the first pick in your draft are you taking LT, Steven Jackson, Larry Johnson, Frank Gore, Shaun Alexander, Joseph Addai, Willie Parker, Peyton Manning, Brian Westbrook or Rudi Johnson?

Or, better yet, which 5 of last year's top 10 won't be there at the end of this year?

None of the above are on the cover of Madden so you're safe there.

Me, I'm coin-flipping between LT and Steven Jackson should I get the first pick.

In my redraft serpentine draft league I'm picking 9th of 12. It's a funky scoring system that makes kick and punt returners extra valuable. So I'll be lying in wait for Maurice Jones-Drew. I would in no way recommend that for any normal scoring format, But with this fucked up format Drew is a legit top 3 back. I'm just hoping nobody else in the league remembers he was a kick returner last year.

Another scenario, you have a pick from 3 through 6, do you grab P Manning there?

Only if you're a retard. Let somebody else overpay for Manning. Meanwhile, take a blue chip RB. But if he's there in the top of the 2nd round, that's a different story.

I payed $51.00 for Manning last year and dude was worth every penny.

It depends on the league and the scoring system. In most leagues RB's are the most valuable. In others not so much. I won the JFFL last year with Thomas Jones as my featured back. Hell in the championship game I played Ron Dayne......AND FREAKING WON!!!! :D

Go Bucs Crut!

Neely8 wrote:I payed $51.00 for Manning last year and dude was worth every penny.

It depends on the league and the scoring system. In most leagues RB's are the most valuable. In others not so much. I won the JFFL last year with Thomas Jones as my featured back. Hell in the championship game I played Ron Dayne......AND FREAKING WON!!!! :D

Auction leagues are a whole different animal. In an auction draft, dollars are tools. And if you draft right, you can spend 1/4 of your cap on a great QB. Especially in a league that gives points for receptions.

But in a serpentine draft, drafting Manning in round 1 is a bad move unless he repeats his 2004 season. It is even more so this year since Brandon Stokley and Tarik Glenn are now gone. Not saying that Manning will tank. I'm just saying that the difference between Manning and the next tier of QBs will be less pronounced this year.

Ours isn't an auction league, just a standard FFL, fitty dollahs to join and all transactions are $2 each.

No keepers from prior season and draft postion is determined by drawing numbers out of a hat.

From last year's experience, my first in FF, and from research about this kind of a league, solid strategy is to draft RB RB in the first two rounds. Depending on my draft position and player availability, I'll adjust that strategy to grab a top tier QB.

Interesting you should mention Bulger over Manning, Palmer, Brees and Brady, each had better FF numbers last year than Bulger.

BucMonkey, word...Go Bucs! However, an aging QB and lack of depth at QB, plus the team's top OL free agent signing Pettigoult(sp) not getting any work in training camp so far due to injury and the team being $14M under the cap have me worried this is yet another 'mail it in season.'

I have the 5th pick in my FF draft, right now I'm leaning towards Addai assuming that LT, LJ, Stephen Jackson and Frank Gore will be taken.

If available I'll take Frank Gore but Shaun Alexander will be hard to pass up.

Who would you take at #5?