Taking a QB in the 1st Rd. Draft Strategy League Challenge

[ElwayIsGod]

First year I took a QB first round...sadly it was Tom Brady. Granted a injury ended his season, the whole thing soured my whole season.

I will never draft a QB early again....same goes for TE. As stated there is value at these positions in later rounds. I'd rather wait. In one league I took Cutler in like the 9th or 10th....I'm 4-0.

Yea, im 4-0 too. Yeah i took Cutler too in the 11th. Best pick of the draft.

[biju]

The postseason has begun and as one might have suspected when Brady went down, it was tough for PB to make the playoffs. To his credit however, he managed to stay in the hunt until the very last week of the regular season. If he wins his week 13 matchup he makes the playoffs.

Any final thoughts on the discussion here? Or are we simply saying it's too difficult to determine whether the strategy has merit because of what happened to Brady?

[dream_017]

The postseason has begun and as one might have suspected when Brady went down, it was tough for PB to make the playoffs. To his credit however, he managed to stay in the hunt until the very last week of the regular season. If he wins his week 13 matchup he makes the playoffs.

Any final thoughts on the discussion here? Or are we simply saying it's too difficult to determine whether the strategy has merit because of what happened to Brady?

You mean this discussion?

[Matthias]

Any final thoughts on the discussion here? Or are we simply saying it's too difficult to determine whether the strategy has merit because of what happened to Brady?

Steven Jackson and Larry Johnson busting out doesn't mean you should always avoid a RB in the first round. Tom Brady having a season-ending injury in Week 1 doesn't mean you should always avoid a QB in the first round. To do that is to do the following:

Someone comes up to you and says, "Heads or tails? If you're right I'll give you $100."
You: "Tails."
He flips. Heads.
You: "Whew, I'm never calling tails again, that's for sure!"

It's all probability scenarios; one observation point does not create a thesis.

Edit: Actually, one of my favorite quotes, one of Mark Twain's, applies in this situation;

We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it - and stop there; lest we be like the cat that sits down on a hot stove lid. She will never sit on a hot stove lid again - and that is well; but also she will never sit down on a cold one anymore.

[biju]

The postseason has begun and as one might have suspected when Brady went down, it was tough for PB to make the playoffs. To his credit however, he managed to stay in the hunt until the very last week of the regular season. If he wins his week 13 matchup he makes the playoffs.

Any final thoughts on the discussion here? Or are we simply saying it's too difficult to determine whether the strategy has merit because of what happened to Brady?

You mean this discussion?

Oops. I didn't see that thread. Must have been because of the title and I was expected this thread to be bumped with all of the good quotables.

[A Fleshner Fantasy]

First year I took a QB first round...sadly it was Tom Brady. Granted a injury ended his season, the whole thing soured my whole season.

I will never draft a QB early again....same goes for TE. As stated there is value at these positions in later rounds. I'd rather wait. In one league I took Cutler in like the 9th or 10th....I'm 4-0.

I'm not sure that your logic makes sense. Of course picking Brady was very costly, but had he stayed healthy, who knows? Your team may have been very good. IMO, most years Brady is a safer pick than some of the other people that go mid first round. He's not any more likely to get injured than a RB (in fact he's probably less likely to do so) and 1st round RB lose playing time unexpectedly far more often than 1st round QBs. Short of an injury, Brady was the starter for the whole year. Guys like Addai, on the other hand, could lose carries to backups like Rhodes, even if they do remain the starter. So unless you're arguing that you should have had the foresight to know that Brady would get injured, why exactly was it a bad pick?