NFL: 2024 Fantasy Football

[CYdTracked]

First two picks of my snake draft were Josh Allen & Taylor and then picked up Olave & Harrison at the end of round 3, start of round 4. Picked up Walker at the end of round 5 and then jumped on Purdy to start round 6. Everyone else went really heavy into RB/WR in the first few rounds, so I felt decent getting Walker at the end of round 5. Ekeler was a late round afterthought. Njoku was one of my last picks (which seemed like a decent value at that point).

Our league does a lot of trading, so I'm hoping to pick up a better WR and 3rd RB option, but I might have to sacrifice Purdy to do it (though I love having two top shelf QB's for matchups and byes).

In an 8 team league I guess I don't see the value of drafting Purdy in the 6th round unless you have to start 2 QB. Unless you have a ton of bench spots he's ranked in about that 10-15 QB range so betting there are decent streaming options out there for a bye week as your waiver wire is probably pretty flush compared to what would be out there in a 10 or 12 team league. Not even sure that Purdy is going to be an upgrade at QB for someone either unless someone gets hurt in that top 10 group. I probably would of passed on Allen in the 1st too and drafted the best WR or RB on the board. I get that QBs rack up points but the gap in points per game from 1-10 at QB vs WR or RB is much less so I guess if it was me I would want to nab a top WR in the 1st round then wait till somewhere in the 3-5 round and nab a QB then which still is probably going to be someone that is a better fantasy option than Purdy like Burrow, Stroud, or Richardson.

Not trying to be negative on your draft, every league is different so maybe you are justified in your strategy based on how scoring is and others tend to draft. In a live draft when you start to see runs on a certain position even I get a little panicked and probably reach for a guy a round sooner than I should in fear that I am going to be in trouble at a position when my next pick is up. Just something I have learned over the years as I used to be that guy that would get Mahomes or back when Aaron Rodgers was the top QB I'd use a 1st or 2nd round on a guy like that thinking he'll make up the points I am missing out by passing on a top WR or RB. What I have learned is that usually is not the case and you watch the guys that waited a few rounds load up on those 2 positions and kill it with a 2nd or 3rd tier QB that may not put up the huge weeks like Allen and Mahomes do but they are consistent nearly every week and isn't quite the point gap at QB as you'll get at other positions. WR and RB are usually what guys want to trade for too so if you draft well that extra guy on your bench is going to be worth more in a trade than your backup QB is.

 

[Gonzo]

Yeah. I listen to fantasy sports on XM and they've said several times over the years that something like 7 or 8 of the 12 players taken in the first round usually underperform or bust for where they were taken. Gotten to a point where if I am going to miss on a 1st rounder would rather be a WR than a RB as especially in a PPR league the WR spot you want to nab as many of the top guys you can get your hands on. That being said i may consider a RB in the 1st but it's gotta be someone too good to pass on a top end WR still on the board. Ideally i don't want to pick a RB until round 4 this year, maybe round 3 if i don't like whatever TE or WR are on the board.

I've been tuning those guys in less and less mainly because 99.9% of their draft analysis and talk focuses on snake drafts. Hardly anything about auction draft prep. Really irritating.

 

[CYdTracked]

I've been tuning those guys in less and less mainly because 99.9% of their draft analysis and talk focuses on snake drafts. Hardly anything about auction draft prep. Really irritating.

I find it useful as I am not in an auction draft so knowing where guys are going in a snake draft and where I might be able to snag a guy in the mid to late rounds that could be a steal is good info for me. Not sure how they can really do much analysis for an auction draft as there are so many different factors such as league size, budget, format, etc and even then guys are basically worth whatever top dollar someone in your league is willing to pay which can be way over value if you have "one of those guys" in your league that just has to have a certain player. That's that 1 variable you can't account for because you may think the most you'd pay for a guy is X amount and someone else will think paying $10 more than that is still good value. I tried to stay out of most bidding wars on the expensive guys if possible then make my moves in that 2nd and 3rd tier ranges when those guys have used up too much budget to big on guys you can afford to pay a little more for now if needed. We always seem to have at least 1 or 2 guys blow a good portion of their budget on 2 or 3 guys then when it came to those guys in a more reasonable price range probably half the league was not in the bidding because they either didn't want them or didn't have the budget left to bid on them.

 

[Cyclonepride]

In an 8 team league I guess I don't see the value of drafting Purdy in the 6th round unless you have to start 2 QB. Unless you have a ton of bench spots he's ranked in about that 10-15 QB range so betting there are decent streaming options out there for a bye week as your waiver wire is probably pretty flush compared to what would be out there in a 10 or 12 team league. Not even sure that Purdy is going to be an upgrade at QB for someone either unless someone gets hurt in that top 10 group. I probably would of passed on Allen in the 1st too and drafted the best WR or RB on the board. I get that QBs rack up points but the gap in points per game from 1-10 at QB vs WR or RB is much less so I guess if it was me I would want to nab a top WR in the 1st round then wait till somewhere in the 3-5 round and nab a QB then which still is probably going to be someone that is a better fantasy option than Purdy like Burrow, Stroud, or Richardson.

Not trying to be negative on your draft, every league is different so maybe you are justified in your strategy based on how scoring is and others tend to draft. In a live draft when you start to see runs on a certain position even I get a little panicked and probably reach for a guy a round sooner than I should in fear that I am going to be in trouble at a position when my next pick is up. Just something I have learned over the years as I used to be that guy that would get Mahomes or back when Aaron Rodgers was the top QB I'd use a 1st or 2nd round on a guy like that thinking he'll make up the points I am missing out by passing on a top WR or RB. What I have learned is that usually is not the case and you watch the guys that waited a few rounds load up on those 2 positions and kill it with a 2nd or 3rd tier QB that may not put up the huge weeks like Allen and Mahomes do but they are consistent nearly every week and isn't quite the point gap at QB as you'll get at other positions. WR and RB are usually what guys want to trade for too so if you draft well that extra guy on your bench is going to be worth more in a trade than your backup QB is.

No worries, I like to hear opinions. Purdy was really just a value pick for me at that point, as I wasn't too enamored with my other options. I'm not a great draft guy by any means, as I usually end up weak somewhere, but usually make some good trades to balance it.

 

[Clark]

In an 8 team league I guess I don't see the value of drafting Purdy in the 6th round unless you have to start 2 QB. Unless you have a ton of bench spots he's ranked in about that 10-15 QB range so betting there are decent streaming options out there for a bye week as your waiver wire is probably pretty flush compared to what would be out there in a 10 or 12 team league. Not even sure that Purdy is going to be an upgrade at QB for someone either unless someone gets hurt in that top 10 group. I probably would of passed on Allen in the 1st too and drafted the best WR or RB on the board. I get that QBs rack up points but the gap in points per game from 1-10 at QB vs WR or RB is much less so I guess if it was me I would want to nab a top WR in the 1st round then wait till somewhere in the 3-5 round and nab a QB then which still is probably going to be someone that is a better fantasy option than Purdy like Burrow, Stroud, or Richardson.

Not trying to be negative on your draft, every league is different so maybe you are justified in your strategy based on how scoring is and others tend to draft. In a live draft when you start to see runs on a certain position even I get a little panicked and probably reach for a guy a round sooner than I should in fear that I am going to be in trouble at a position when my next pick is up. Just something I have learned over the years as I used to be that guy that would get Mahomes or back when Aaron Rodgers was the top QB I'd use a 1st or 2nd round on a guy like that thinking he'll make up the points I am missing out by passing on a top WR or RB. What I have learned is that usually is not the case and you watch the guys that waited a few rounds load up on those 2 positions and kill it with a 2nd or 3rd tier QB that may not put up the huge weeks like Allen and Mahomes do but they are consistent nearly every week and isn't quite the point gap at QB as you'll get at other positions. WR and RB are usually what guys want to trade for too so if you draft well that extra guy on your bench is going to be worth more in a trade than your backup QB is.

Every league I play in either has 14 or more teams or requires two qb's so I can't use this strategy anymore but if you're in a league with one QB and 10 or less teams, wait to draft your qb unless you're in a league where everyone has this philosophy and you can pick up a sliding Josh Allen or Pat Mahomes.

Just using ESPN's rankings as a quick guide, QB's 10-22 are as follows (Love, Purdy, Daniels, Williams, Rodgers, Herbert, Cousins, Lawrence, Tua, Goff, Watson, Stafford, Geno

You should be able to stream qb's pretty effectively unless there are deep benches.

 

[Arkansas Cyclone]

I just like the strategy involved with an auction draft and the fact that you can get the exact team you want, or at least very close to it. Lot of fun figuring out pricing strategies and anticipating what other guys are doing. We're a 12-team league and our auction draft never took more than 2 hours. And yeah I'd hate a 2 QB starting roster, just one of the really dumb things to have emerged in fantasy IMO.

We maintained both a snake draft league and an auction league for many years but finally asked the managers 2 year ago which they preferred and auction was their preference by a landslide so we dropped the snake draft.

I'm with you, I like the idea of prepping the pricing strategies and also trying to manipulate others into spending their money. Most of our guys in our league are from the KC area and almost all of them will be converging on NW Arkansas on the 31st for our second annual draft party. It's an absolute blast, both from the party standpoint and from having everyone in the same room during the draft.

 

[Arkansas Cyclone]

I've been tuning those guys in less and less mainly because 99.9% of their draft analysis and talk focuses on snake drafts. Hardly anything about auction draft prep. Really irritating.

I actually found a couple of pods for auction. My favorite is only about 12 minutes long which makes it short and to the point. I don't always agree (that goes for most I've listened to) but they still have good perspective.

 

[drmwevr08]

First two picks of my snake draft were Josh Allen & Taylor and then picked up Olave & Harrison at the end of round 3, start of round 4. Picked up Walker at the end of round 5 and then jumped on Purdy to start round 6. Everyone else went really heavy into RB/WR in the first few rounds, so I felt decent getting Walker at the end of round 5. Ekeler was a late round afterthought. Njoku was one of my last picks (which seemed like a decent value at that point).

Our league does a lot of trading, so I'm hoping to pick up a better WR and 3rd RB option, but I might have to sacrifice Purdy to do it (though I love having two top shelf QB's for matchups and byes).

Isn't it a pain to try and guess matchups every week?

 

[BACyclone]

I've been tuning those guys in less and less mainly because 99.9% of their draft analysis and talk focuses on snake drafts. Hardly anything about auction draft prep. Really irritating.

I think it's hard for analysts to give useful prep for an auction draft as every auction can be a snowflake and heavily dependent upon the room and the behavior of the owners...whereas the variability of a snake draft is a little more predictable.

 

[CRcyclone6]

I've been tuning those guys in less and less mainly because 99.9% of their draft analysis and talk focuses on snake drafts. Hardly anything about auction draft prep. Really irritating.

They were talking about a 3rd rd reversal draft today around 1pm. Interesting. I had never heard of that before.

 

[CRcyclone6]

If you're interested in a different type of "snake" draft. This is a sheet we've used going on 30 yrs in our 12 team league.

 

[SouthJerseyCy]

Time for another year, we don't draft until 8/25 but trying to figure out my best keeper option in a 10 team full point PPR league. I have the 3rd pick in the 1st round but it is a snake draft so will be late 2nd round by the time it gets back to me. Here's the round pick it would cost me to keep if anyone has some thoughts

AJ Brown - 1st round. Not going to keep him when CMC and St Brown will be in the redraft pool since they were a keeper for someone last year. He's going late 1st round on average so chances are a better option will be there at pick 3 if someone doesn't user a keeper on some of the upper end WR and RB.
Puka Nacua - 2nd round
Deebo Samuel - 4th round
Rachaad White - 4th round
Tee Higgins - 6th round
Burrow - 7th round
Kittle - 7th round
Love - 8th round
Purdy - 9th round (yes I stashed 3 QB on my roster at the end of the year just in case there was keeper value)
Tyjae Spears - 11th round
Jerome Ford - 12th round


Right now I am probably not keeping a QB. can nab any of those 3 or a comparable QB in the rounds they are going in right now. Depending on who everyone keeps I could see Puka gone before I pick again in the 2nd round, my gut says keep Kittle as he was TE5 last year, LaPorta and Kelce are going 3rd round then everyone seems high on McBride and Kincaid going in the 5th round so 7th round almost seems like value for a guy that is currently being picked as the 8th TE. My other thoughts were Deebo or Higgins where WR is a premium in PPR and having a solid option to fall back on if I don't get one of the top guys I want earlier and can use a 3rd or 4th rounder on a RB or top TE instead. I'd like to go 2 WR in 1st and 2nd round then looks at RB or TE 3rd then back to stacking WR and another RB before looking at QB no earlier than round 7 hopefully. I just know that no way I am keeping Brown when I have the 3rd pick.

How in the hell did you have the foresight to pick Puka in the 2nd round last year?

 

[CYdTracked]

How in the hell did you have the foresight to pick Puka in the 2nd round last year?

I didn't that is what he is costing me for a pick this year because the way we do our keepers is that keeper turns into whatever round their current ADP is. I picked him up off waivers after week 1 last year and he turned into a huge steal for me which I needed as I bombed on several of my WR picks last year.

 

[SouthJerseyCy]

I didn't that is what he is costing me for a pick this year because the way we do our keepers is that keeper turns into whatever round their current ADP is. I picked him up off waivers after week 1 last year and he turned into a huge steal for me which I needed as I bombed on several of my WR picks last year.

Ahhh...I see. Every keeper league I've been in has been based on the prior year's pick, either same round or one above. ADP seems to kind of defeat a lot of the purpose of having it be a keeper league in my mind, but to each their own.

 

[CYdTracked]

Just finished my draft. Puka was my keeper and I am fine keeping him at that spot after how everything played out. 10 team PPR, how did I do? I wish I could of nabbed a better QB but overall I like my depth at WR and RB. Burrow went pick 1 of the 6th round which is the round when I was hoping to get him at. Not upset at Purdy and Herbert as my QB option but was hoping to nab a top 10 guy in the 6th. I am shocked Lamb was there at 4 as I wanted to take St Brown there. This is a keeper league, top 3 was CMC, Jefferson, Bijan with Hill and Hall already keepers at 5 and 6 so I had my pick of Lamb, St Brown, or Chase or AJ Brown.

1.	(4)	CeeDee Lamb (Dal - WR)
2.	(17)	Puka Nacua  (LAR - WR)
3.	(24)	Rachaad White (TB - RB)
4.	(37)	Joe Mixon (Hou - RB)
5.	(44)	Trey McBride (Ari - TE)
6.	(57)	Tee Higgins (Cin - WR)
7.	(64)	David Montgomery (Det - RB)
8.	(77)	Christian Kirk (Jax - WR)
9.	(84)	Brock Purdy (SF - QB)
10.	(97)	Zack Moss (Cin - RB)
11.	(104)	Jonathon Brooks (Car - RB)
12.	(117)	Ladd McConkey (LAC - WR)
13.	(124)	Gus Edwards (LAC - RB)
14.	(137)	Justin Herbert (LAC - QB)
15.	(144)	Detroit (Det - DEF)
16.	(157)	Evan McPherson (Cin - K)

 

[Gonzo]

Have my draft tomorrow, $200 auction draft for 12-team ppr league. Just finished a mock draft and ended up with this:

QB - Lamar Jackson $21
RB - De'Von Achane $38
RB - Rachaad White $21
WR - AJ Brown $61
WR - Stefon Diggs $15
TE - Mark Andrews $12
FL - George Kittle $11
K - Jake Moody $1
D - Miami $1
B - Najee Harris $7
B - Rome Odunze $4
B - Devin Singletary $2
B - Christian Watson $3
B - Trevor Lawrence $1
B - Cincinnati $1

Would be pretty happy if my real draft goes like this.

 

[Arkansas Cyclone]

Have my draft tomorrow, $200 auction draft for 12-team ppr league. Just finished a mock draft and ended up with this:

QB - Lamar Jackson $21
RB - De'Von Achane $38
RB - Rachaad White $21
WR - AJ Brown $61
WR - Stefon Diggs $15
TE - Mark Andrews $12
FL - George Kittle $11
K - Jake Moody $1
D - Miami $1
B - Najee Harris $7
B - Rome Odunze $4
B - Devin Singletary $2
B - Christian Watson $3
B - Trevor Lawrence $1
B - Cincinnati $1

Would be pretty happy if my real draft goes like this.

we finished our auction draft Saturday night and this was my outcome:

QB: Jalen Hurts $8
RB: Breece Hall $67
RB: David Montgomery: $12
WR: Puka Nacka: $42
WR: Drake London $29
TE: Kyle Pitts $5
Flex: Rome Odunze $7
K: Younghoe Koo $1
D: Buffalo $2
B: Jayden Daniels: $11
B: Xavier Worthy $6
B: Hollywood Brown $7
B: Chase Brown $2
B: Jaxon Smith-Njigba $1

 

[Gonzo]

we finished our auction draft Saturday night and this was my outcome:

QB: Jalen Hurts $8
RB: Breece Hall $67
RB: David Montgomery: $12
WR: Puka Nacka: $42
WR: Drake London $29
TE: Kyle Pitts $5
Flex: Rome Odunze $7
K: Younghoe Koo $1
D: Buffalo $2
B: Jayden Daniels: $11
B: Xavier Worthy $6
B: Hollywood Brown $7
B: Chase Brown $2
B: Jaxon Smith-Njigba $1

I'd be happy with that. How many teams? I like Odunze too, swing-for-the-fence rookie who could be a top-5 WR this time next year. Getting him for <$10 could turn out to be a legendary steal.

 

[Arkansas Cyclone]

I'd be happy with that. How many teams? I like Odunze too, swing-for-the-fence rookie who could be a top-5 WR this time next year. Getting him for <$10 could turn out to be a legendary steal.

We're in a 10 team league. I was happy to get Odunze. He's getting a lot of hype. I'm also happy to get Jayden Daniels. I've heard several NFL talking heads that are predicting him to be rookie of the year. Ya never know but fingers crossed.

 

[Clark]

Just finished my draft. Puka was my keeper and I am fine keeping him at that spot after how everything played out. 10 team PPR, how did I do? I wish I could of nabbed a better QB but overall I like my depth at WR and RB. Burrow went pick 1 of the 6th round which is the round when I was hoping to get him at. Not upset at Purdy and Herbert as my QB option but was hoping to nab a top 10 guy in the 6th. I am shocked Lamb was there at 4 as I wanted to take St Brown there. This is a keeper league, top 3 was CMC, Jefferson, Bijan with Hill and Hall already keepers at 5 and 6 so I had my pick of Lamb, St Brown, or Chase or AJ Brown.

1.	(4)	CeeDee Lamb (Dal - WR)
2.	(17)	Puka Nacua  (LAR - WR)
3.	(24)	Rachaad White (TB - RB)
4.	(37)	Joe Mixon (Hou - RB)
5.	(44)	Trey McBride (Ari - TE)
6.	(57)	Tee Higgins (Cin - WR)
7.	(64)	David Montgomery (Det - RB)
8.	(77)	Christian Kirk (Jax - WR)
9.	(84)	Brock Purdy (SF - QB)
10.	(97)	Zack Moss (Cin - RB)
11.	(104)	Jonathon Brooks (Car - RB)
12.	(117)	Ladd McConkey (LAC - WR)
13.	(124)	Gus Edwards (LAC - RB)
14.	(137)	Justin Herbert (LAC - QB)
15.	(144)	Detroit (Det - DEF)
16.	(157)	Evan McPherson (Cin - K)

I think I'd go high upside with one of the qb picks (Williams or Daniels in the range you drafted in otherwise Richardson) then get a consistent vet on a good offense for the other (Purdy, Goff, Tua)