Fantasy Football 2013

[ERCougar]

Not a thread yet, right?
Anyone drafting yet? Ours was last night. Here's what I ended up with (10 player league, so a shallow draft; 1 QB, 2RB, 2WR, 1 RB/WR, 1 TE, 1 K, 1 Def):
QB - P. Manning, Kaepernick
RB - AP, Le'Veon Bell, Vick Ballard, Johnathan Franklin
WR - Randall Cobb, Reggie Wayne, Tavon Austin, Kenny Britt
TE - Jimmy Graham
DEF - SF
K - none yet

We do this at a draft party and then after the GM enters in everything into the computer, he opens all the free agents to first come, first serve to fill out the last three spots on the roster. I usually don't draft QB2's very high or TE's/DEF's at all, but I thought Kaepernick fell way below where he should have, as did both Graham and the Niner defense. So, I'm thin at RB. I have no idea what to expect of Bell--any insights? Do I need to trade for a better RB2? Any other feedback?

Also--I want to get in on the Survivor League if anyone puts it together.

[Surfah]

Not a thread yet, right?
Anyone drafting yet? Ours was last night. Here's what I ended up with (10 player league, so a shallow draft; 1 QB, 2RB, 2WR, 1 RB/WR, 1 TE, 1 K, 1 Def):
QB - P. Manning, Kaepernick
RB - AP, Le'Veon Bell, Vick Ballard, Johnathan Franklin
WR - Randall Cobb, Reggie Wayne, Tavon Austin, Kenny Britt
TE - Jimmy Graham
DEF - SF
K - none yet

We do this at a draft party and then after the GM enters in everything into the computer, he opens all the free agents to first come, first serve to fill out the last three spots on the roster. I usually don't draft QB2's very high or TE's/DEF's at all, but I thought Kaepernick fell way below where he should have, as did both Graham and the Niner defense. So, I'm thin at RB. I have no idea what to expect of Bell--any insights? Do I need to trade for a better RB2? Any other feedback?

Also--I want to get in on the Survivor League if anyone puts it together.

I don't like your receivers. Isn't Cobb hurt right now too? Manning and AP? Sheesh. Bell will be splitting reps so I'd try and add another back. Is Daryl Richardson a FA? I like him. Jimmy Graham should have a monster year. Not a bad team at all. I'd upgrade RB and WR though.

[ERCougar]

I don't like your receivers. Isn't Cobb hurt right now too? Manning and AP? Sheesh. Bell will be splitting reps so I'd try and add another back. Is Daryl Richardson a FA? I like him. Jimmy Graham should have a monster year. Not a bad team at all. I'd upgrade RB and WR though.

I don't ever like receivers. It seems like there are only 1 or 2 a year that have consistently good weeks. I usually like to be much deeper at RB, a position that I think is much more predictable/consistent, but Manning fell to the end of the second round (I had the first pick), so I had to grab him, and I thought that Graham was the only TE worth drafting, I figured he'd be gone by the end of the fourth round, so I grabbed him with my first of the third round pick. That may have been too early, but like you, I like him. However, that's why my RB's are so thin. I'll have to check out Richardson when everything is entered in--I don't remember him being drafted, but I wasn't really watching for him.

[The_Douger]

Graham's average draft position has been in the low teens at one of the sites I follow, so I think you got a good deal there. WR is always a crapshoot. I think Bell will be the guy in Pitt when it's all said and done. If one of your RBs pans out really well, maybe you can make a trade for an upgrade at WR and a downgrade for a different back you can use as your backup.

[cougjunkie]

My buddies will be doing their survivor league again this year, Flystripper won it two years ago. Last year we had about $3000 in the pot, always a good time.

[Sizzle]

I'm in a tough spot with my keeper players. I get to keep two players in a league where passing TDs are worth 6 points, and you lose a round up from where you drafted the player last year, or round 10 if it is a Waiver wire player. My options to keep are:

Aaron Rodgers (lose 1st round pick)
Adrian Peterson (lose 1st round pick, or if I keep Rodgers too, my 2nd round pick)
Collin Kaepernick (lose 10th round pick)
Rob Gronkowski (lose 9th round pick)

I'm leaning away from Gronk (who was my keeper last year after drafting him in the 11th round in 2011) because of his injuries. In a league where passing TDs are worth 6 points, Rodgers is absolutely huge, so I'm not sure I want to give him up. If I can start my team off with the top QB and top RB, that's tough to pass up. But if Kaep plays like he did in the playoffs, that means I could add Kaep for the next few years well below his average draft position, and keep the best RB in football and be set.

Tough calls, but why keeper leagues are a hell of a lot of fun. If I could carry my whole team over from last year, I would do it in a heartbeat.

[ERCougar]

I'm in a tough spot with my keeper players. I get to keep two players in a league where passing TDs are worth 6 points, and you lose a round up from where you drafted the player last year, or round 10 if it is a Waiver wire player. My options to keep are:

Aaron Rodgers (lose 1st round pick)
Adrian Peterson (lose 1st round pick, or if I keep Rodgers too, my 2nd round pick)
Collin Kaepernick (lose 10th round pick)
Rob Gronkowski (lose 9th round pick)

I'm leaning away from Gronk (who was my keeper last year after drafting him in the 11th round in 2011) because of his injuries. In a league where passing TDs are worth 6 points, Rodgers is absolutely huge, so I'm not sure I want to give him up. If I can start my team off with the top QB and top RB, that's tough to pass up. But if Kaep plays like he did in the playoffs, that means I could add Kaep for the next few years well below his average draft position, and keep the best RB in football and be set.

Tough calls, but why keeper leagues are a hell of a lot of fun. If I could carry my whole team over from last year, I would do it in a heartbeat.

You'd be crazy to give up Rodgers and I don't see any way you pick up the equivalent of Kaep in the 10th round. I'd let Gronkowski go, depending on how big your league is.

EDIT: Oh wait--you have a limit of two you can keep? That's trickier. I think Kaep in the 10th round is the biggest steal, and his future value would give him the nod over Rodgers. So--AP and Kaep would be my votes.

I don't like the keeper leagues I've seen because you have to keep the same group of entries together. I like this kind of option where you can keep two from last year and give up draft picks for it. I'll have to suggest that for next year.

[The_Douger]

I'm in a tough spot with my keeper players. I get to keep two players in a league where passing TDs are worth 6 points, and you lose a round up from where you drafted the player last year, or round 10 if it is a Waiver wire player. My options to keep are:

Aaron Rodgers (lose 1st round pick)
Adrian Peterson (lose 1st round pick, or if I keep Rodgers too, my 2nd round pick)
Collin Kaepernick (lose 10th round pick)
Rob Gronkowski (lose 9th round pick)

I'm leaning away from Gronk (who was my keeper last year after drafting him in the 11th round in 2011) because of his injuries. In a league where passing TDs are worth 6 points, Rodgers is absolutely huge, so I'm not sure I want to give him up. If I can start my team off with the top QB and top RB, that's tough to pass up. But if Kaep plays like he did in the playoffs, that means I could add Kaep for the next few years well below his average draft position, and keep the best RB in football and be set.

Tough calls, but why keeper leagues are a hell of a lot of fun. If I could carry my whole team over from last year, I would do it in a heartbeat.

I think you've got to keep Rogers and Peterson, they're just too big of producers to let go. I mean, if you give back Peterson, you're basically gambling that you can get him again by drawing the #1 pick out. Are you going to get a QB better than Rogers in Round 2?

Keeping Peterson is a no brainer. Rogers you could consider giving back because if you drew out the 10th pick, you could get a great WR with the 11th pick and get a nice QB in the third round like Peyton Manning or Cam Newton.

I think your best bet is to give back Gronk. Kaep is nice to keep because of the position he's in, but they've had a lot of injuries to their skill plalyers and Gore is a year older.

[Sizzle]

You'd be crazy to give up Rodgers and I don't see any way you pick up the equivalent of Kaep in the 10th round. I'd let Gronkowski go, depending on how big your league is.

EDIT: Oh wait--you have a limit of two you can keep? That's trickier. I think Kaep in the 10th round is the biggest steal, and his future value would give him the nod over Rodgers. So--AP and Kaep would be my votes.

I don't like the keeper leagues I've seen because you have to keep the same group of entries together. I like this kind of option where you can keep two from last year and give up draft picks for it. I'll have to suggest that for next year.

Yes, we've had essentially the same group of guys play together since 2002, so for us, the Keeper league is a no brainer.

My scenario would be this:

Keep Kaep and Gronk, and my draft looks like:

1: (pick)
2: (pick)
3: (pick)
4: (pick)
5: (pick)
6: (pick)
7: (pick)
8: (pick)
9: Gronkowski
10: Kaep

Keep Rodgers and AP, and my draft looks like:

1: Rodgers
2: Peterson
3: (pick)
4: (pick)
5: (pick)
6: (pick)
7: (pick)
8: (pick)
9: (pick)
10: (pick)

Keep Kaep and AP, and my draft looks like:

1: Peterson
2: (pick)
3: (pick)
4: (pick)
5: (pick)
6: (pick)
7: (pick)
8: (pick)
9: (pick)
10: Kaep

I think I'm leaning towards the last scenario, though I can see arguments for any of the three. Kaep's value at 10 is easily the greatest, and his future value is extremely high. But Rodgers has been a top fantasy performer for years in our league, so he's tough to give up on from only a 8-game span of Kaep. I'm also afraid that being a Niners fan is clouding my judgement. It's just tough thinking that I may be passing up ultimately one or two of the highest producing players in the league in AP and Rodgers.

[ERCougar]

Yeah, that's tough. You could pretty much own the league with that second scenario--no one is going to match those first two picks. And again, next year, and the year after, and the year after...etc. Hmm, maybe future value of Kaep isn't all that important.

[Sizzle]

Yeah, that's tough. You could pretty much own the league with that second scenario--no one is going to match those first two picks. And again, next year, and the year after, and the year after...etc. Hmm, maybe future value of Kaep isn't all that important.

My team last year was almost unstoppable. Rodgers, Peterson, Gronkowski, Randall Cobb, Marques Colston, Hakeem Nicks, Michael Crabtree, Antonio Brown were all studs. My weakness was my second RB was Stevan Ridley, who wasn't bad, but not a strong enough #2. Somehow I didn't win my league (damn matchups in the playoffs and injuries) but if I could roll my team over again this year, I would do it in a heartbeat.

[cougjunkie]

Take off the niner colored glasses. You are not getting a player of Rodgers caliber in the first round if you give him up. Basically the first overall pick is actually pick #20. You have a chance to have Rodgers and AP a top 3 QB and the clear cut #1 RB. It is pretty easy to fill in the rest of your roster after that.

[Surfah]

Take off the niner colored glasses. You are not getting a player of Rodgers caliber in the first round if you give him up. Basically the first overall pick is actually pick #20. You have a chance to have Rodgers and AP a top 3 QB and the clear cut #1 RB. It is pretty easy to fill in the rest of your roster after that.

Exactly.

[Flystripper]

My buddies will be doing their survivor league again this year, Flystripper won it two years ago. Last year we had about $3000 in the pot, always a good time.

I am in again!

[Surfah]

I am in again!

Me too.