Draft Strategy to use with early pick?

[aussieboy]

Aussieboy,

Would you still go with that strategy with a flex position where you could potentially start 3 rb each week?

No I wouldn't. I'd prob want to secure 2RBs within my first 3 picks. I'd still be inclined to take a stud WR also though. The thing with a flex is that everyone becomes hell bent on starting 3RBs, RBs thus go off the board very fast. Don't reach for a RB just so you can play one in your flex. If there is garbage left for you at RB when it comes time for you to pick go WR WR. That's the beauty of getting a top 3 pick this yr, you can gamble on your 2nd RB because LJ/SA/LT are dominant enough to cover for a subpar player.

Don't underestimate the power of having a couple of stud WRs. I was in a league with Terpfan last year and he rode Steve Smith and Santana Moss all the way to the championship, his rbs were Bell and Gore.

[bdt13]

What you consider "trash" at the Rb position come my late 2nd round pick?

I'm experimenting in a mock right now .. got LT in 1.03, then in 2.10 the top 3 RBs on the board were probably Lewis/Parker/Droughns ... In the spirit of experimentation I took Chad Johnson.

In 3.03 I was going to try for a WR again to see how far I could take this but the #1 and #2 guys had the same idea and BOTH drafted back to back WRs in 2/3, so I took Gates at 3.03, and got Bush at 4.10.

[deacon]

I think that would be a good strategy to go RB, WR because there are some values that can be had at RB later in the draft. If you are willing to take the chance then you can get Deshon Foster or Fred Taylor around the 5th round (as most mock drafts are showing) so getting a stud WR early may be to your benefit. Just make sure you handcuff Foster's and Taylor's backups and you will have a real bargin!

[Mercer Boy]

IMO for this year:

If there's a top 8 WR still available when it's your turn in round 2, you MUST take him. It's everyone else's job to keep the stud WR's away from the teams with the "Big 3." If you have a stud WR and a capable #2 back to go with your star RB after four rounds, you are going to be in very good shape.

If the WR's are gone, go with the most unquestioned RB starter left and move on from there.

Every draft is different though, so you just have to see what happens.

[aussieboy]

If there's a top 8 WR still available when it's your turn in round 2, you MUST take him. It's everyone else's job to keep the stud WR's away from the teams with the "Big 3."

This is an excellent point. I've been thinking the very same thing.

[Kilroy]

IMO for this year:

If there's a top 8 WR still available when it's your turn in round 2, you MUST take him. It's everyone else's job to keep the stud WR's away from the teams with the "Big 3." If you have a stud WR and a capable #2 back to go with your star RB after four rounds, you are going to be in very good shape.

If the WR's are gone, go with the most unquestioned RB starter left and move on from there.

Every draft is different though, so you just have to see what happens.

I'm drafting third in one league this year, and that's what I'm hoping for. (The opportunity to grab a Top Tier Wideout in the 2nd.) But as you said, all drafts are different, so I'll just have to see how it plays out.

[whodey#9]

If it was me I would go RB/WR/WR/RB/RB... but again that depends on who is left... It's prolly best just to wait and go with whatever player at the RB or WR position will score you the most points... as others have said having one of the big 3 (you will prolly end up with alexander) you can afford to take a risk at the RB position.... let us know how it turns out... good luck

[bdt13]

Thanks everyone for the advice

Now to throw a monkey wrench into this ... what if I have a flex position (WR/RB) where I could potentially start 3 RB?

I'm hearing wildly differing opinions on this ....

Do I throw the idea of grabbing a top WR in 2 out the window to concentrate on RBs instead? Do I not even worry about the flex and draft normally, hoping for the best?

[FFCoppola]

I'd be a lot more scared of letting the guy with LT get McGahee or Carnell Williams than Chad Johnson. RB/WR/WR is great, but it's a substitute for as good back if the rest of the draft did a good job and picked over the RB's, hard.

[bdt13]

So what I seem to be hearing is :

RB/WR is a good start. BUT if a RB drops by all means pick up that RB in the 2nd.

What would you consider a "drop" at 2.10? In most mocks I've done the best available at that point are Jamal, Droughs, Parker.

Are these guys 2RB picks or should I bypass them to take a Boldin, Harrison, TO, Johnson, etc etc if they're out there?