Re: 2019 DobberHockey Fantasy Football League Tier I: Season 9
I'll give a quick writeup on my picks. I was drafting 14th overall so I was last in the 1st round, and had B2B picks every time. Not something I like to do, especially starting that far down the draft list.
It seems the past could seasons, I am scrambling for RBs so this year I said screw it and went with as many as I could get early on.
14th/15th overall, respectfully - Took my top ranked player first in Michael Thomas. Didnt want a WR here, but he was my top ranked at the time. Honestly, my next couple ranked player were more WRs, but no way was I going to wait to pick up a RB through two full rounds so I reached further down than I wanted to and took my highest ranked RB, Todd Gurley. I did NOT want to draft Gurley, but I was looking even further down for another decent one. I really hoped Mixon or Cook (who went directly before my 1st pick) would make it to me but no such luck. Here's hoping his knee holds up.
With the 14th pick in round 3, and the 1st pick in round 4, I said screw it and took two more RBs, skipping over a couple WRs again. To be fair, my next three ranked players after the WRs were Phillip Lindsay and Marlon Mack so I wouldnt call either guy a reach for me. I was happy with these two picks at this point in the draft.
With the 14th pick in the 5th round and the 1st pick in the 6th round, I took my top ranked WR in Corey Davis and had to jump in on the TE run and grab someone decent before they were all gone, so I grabbed my highest ranked TE in David Njoku. I wasnt really excited about Davis but he was the highest ranked WR on my list so I went with him. Same for Njoku. I reached for him compared to where I had him ranked, but TEs were going left right and center so I didnt want to miss out. Not overly happy with either of these picks but we'll see.
With the 14th pick in the 7th round (98th overall at this point) and the 99th overall pick, I grabbed another RB in Shady McCoy. I actually think he is still a solid RB and being reunited with Andy Reid could be an interesting thing to see this year. I liked getting him here although I assume a couple were wondering what I was doing there. With the 1st pick in the 8th round, I grabbed my handcuff for Gurley in Darrell Henderson Jr. I had him ranked pretty high and didnt know if he'd get back to me so I wanted to get that handcuff. Meh, he's ranked close to this spot so I didnt reach too far for him.
With the 14th pick in the 9th round, I grabbed the next highest ranked WR on my list, Geronimo Allison. I wont lie, I know nothing about him but he seems to be having a solid pre-season and is expected to surprise a few this year. Here's hoping the guy I used for my rankings knows what he's talking about. With the 1st pick in the 15th round, I grabbed my staring QB in Drew Brees. I was happy to see him still there at this point. There was a bit of a QB rush a few round prior to this but I knew there would be some quality if I held off. I was quite happy to get Brees this late. Probably the best pick of my draft IMO but we will see.
With the 14th pick in the 11th round (154th overall) and the 1st pick in the 12th round, I started filling my bench and grabbed a couple WRs. They were the highest ones I had ranked so I went with John Brown and Muhammed Sanu. I wasnt really excited about these two, although I do think Buffalo will surprise a few this year and Brown is arguably their top WR so someone has to catch some balls there.
With the 14th pick in the 13th round, and 1st in the 14th round, I grabbed my backup TE in rookie TJ Hockenson. I looked at him and Fant and decided to go with a QB that I trust more in Stafford compared to Flacco. I also grabbed my Defense here in Cleveland. I had Minny queued up be he went a couple picks before I could get them.
With the last pick of the draft, I grabbed my kicker, Chris Boswell from Pittsburgh. Who cares.
All in all, Yahoo liked my draft but I felt like most of the draft I was drafting out of position. I tried not to worry about filling open positions as much as I wanted to get some decent RBs. Thus I took five in the first eight rounds. Here's hoping this idea works for me.
10 Team, Points Only, Cash League
25 Man Roster (no position), top 20 point getters count at end of month
Keep 20/25 at seasons end, Cut 5 to FA for redrafting
Goalie points W=2pt L=-1pt SHO=2pt
Stamkos, Tavares, Eichel, Mercer, JRobertson, RThomas, Kucherov, Nugent-Hopkins, Tuch, KConnor, Necas, Point, Konecny, SJarvis, Cozenz, Morrissey, Bouchard, Josi, Novak, Tolvanen, Peterka, SBennett
G- Vasilevskiy, Sorokin, Oettinger
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