Its a Yahoo league, 10 teams. PPR with 6 points for all TD's. Also, receivers only receive 1 point for every 20 yards. As far as the lineup you can start 1 QB, 2 RB, any combination of 3 WR/TE's, a DST, and a K. So you don't have to have a dedicated TE, you can run 3 WR's instead, however keep in mind, receivers have PPR but only 1 point per 20 yards (instead of 10).
I won't know my draft position until 30 minutes before draft time.
I think my obvious value being standard scoring plus PPR (except WR with the 20 yard rule) would be a RB like MJD and/or Forte who grab lots of catches.
My problem is how to value WR's. I think guys like Welker, Marshall, and Wayne move up in rankings since they gets lots of receptions, but man, that 1 point per 20 yards is tough.
Actually I was just about to come on here and say make sure you *don't* forget about the TEs. An Antonio Gates, Tony Gonzalez or Jason Witten can often put up better numbers than the "standard" #2 WRs you might draft, especially when TDs are highly valued.
Also, what a lot of people will do is immediately downgrade the importance of the WRs, but don't make that mistake. There will only be a handful of WRs that will continue to score like RBs because of this and everyone else will get stuck with underperformers.
Think: a Randy Moss/Andre Johnson who might go 6/100 with maybe a TD is going to score 17 vs. the guy like Bernard Berrian who might go 3/80 and get 7 points. Obviously you can't use a top pick there but don't neglect the position just because the scoring is different. From a VBD perspective, high TD WRs just became a lot more valuable.
Wow, looks like an epic fail here for me. it was my shallow knowledge trying to help. I guess only look at top tier TEs. But the advice on WRs is spot on. The deep threats probably should take a drop, or guys like Berrian. Possesion WRs should definitely be looked at close.
Good points guys. I'm thinking guys like Welker, Marshall, Wayne, and Boldin have increased value. I guess I should be targeting high reception/TD guys as opposed to high yardage guys. Also I'm positive that Witten and Gates will get tons of looks (especially Witten).
On the RB side I will target the standard PPR backs. MJD, Forte, Jackson, Slaton, LT, Gore and guys like Westbrook, McFadden, Bush, Felix Jones (he will be lining up at slot some), and Ray Rice.
MascisMan wrote:Good points guys. I'm thinking guys like Welker, Marshall, Wayne, and Boldin have increased value. I guess I should be targeting high reception/TD guys as opposed to high yardage guys. Also I'm positive that Witten and Gates will get tons of looks (especially Witten).
On the RB side I will target the standard PPR backs. MJD, Forte, Jackson, Slaton, LT, Gore and guys like Westbrook, McFadden, Bush, Felix Jones (he will be lining up at slot some), and Ray Rice.
Well for what it sworth, in Denver with all the marshall Drama, Eddie Royal could actually see more catches than marshall. yes Marshall is a big guy with great hands, but on the Flipside, orton's "gunslinging" arm works well with short routes, and nobody runs those better than Royal, so he could be Welkerish and Marshall could be Mossish, at least in Denverland
I think unless you're grabbing Moss, Fitz, or Andre I wouldn't go near a WR till after the 5th or 6th round. I'd go RB/RB in that scoring format. Maybe RB/QB if Brady or Brees was available.
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by MascisMan » Tue Aug 18, 2009 8:23 pm 
