Quarterback Sneak
heading into our supplemental email draft -- starts this monday, runs seven rounds -- i have my strategy set. my team is in complete disarray and i have needs at every position. my two RBs (barber, dillon) are shaky and old. my WRs (horn, burress, lelie) were underachievers last year and while somewhat young, not scary enough for me. in short, i'm heading into the season with nothing. so what's the plan?
let's talk economics first. it's obvious that the best pick at any round or any time is the player that will bring the most value. even if you don't necessarily need him, you should take the best player available. i'm a big believer in this strategy. trades and waiver wire pickups can fill your holes, but you can never have enough emerging players. so the first thing you need to look for is value. the whole reason i traded away michael vick in the first place was that i don't believe in having a top flight quarterback. there are maybe three quarterbacks who are franchise quarterbacks, who are so good that they deserve to go in the first or second rounds. those three are arguably peyton manning, michael vick and daunte culpepper. in a ten team league that starts only one QB per week, it's easy to have a very good starting QB, even if you don't draft one until the late rounds.
a quick look at cnnsi's top QBs reveals that even if you got the ten best QB available, you would have drafted brett favre -- who led the NFL in touchdowns last year with 32, not bad eh? even if some teams double up on QBs early, you still have players like tom brady, aaron brooks, jeff garcia, rich gannon and joey harrington to choose from. the only way to get screwed with this strategy is if every team in your league starts to double up QB spots and you get left with some crap. last year, we tried to do this to somebody but it turned out that they still got a semi-decent QB. sure it's nice to have a bonafide star as your QB but i don't find trying to platoon QBs around. this can hurt you however because if you don't make the right call on a particular QB each week, you take a big hit on the scoreboard.
having said that, quality QBs are plentiful and i avoid filling that position until i absolutely have to.
let's talk economics first. it's obvious that the best pick at any round or any time is the player that will bring the most value. even if you don't necessarily need him, you should take the best player available. i'm a big believer in this strategy. trades and waiver wire pickups can fill your holes, but you can never have enough emerging players. so the first thing you need to look for is value. the whole reason i traded away michael vick in the first place was that i don't believe in having a top flight quarterback. there are maybe three quarterbacks who are franchise quarterbacks, who are so good that they deserve to go in the first or second rounds. those three are arguably peyton manning, michael vick and daunte culpepper. in a ten team league that starts only one QB per week, it's easy to have a very good starting QB, even if you don't draft one until the late rounds.
a quick look at cnnsi's top QBs reveals that even if you got the ten best QB available, you would have drafted brett favre -- who led the NFL in touchdowns last year with 32, not bad eh? even if some teams double up on QBs early, you still have players like tom brady, aaron brooks, jeff garcia, rich gannon and joey harrington to choose from. the only way to get screwed with this strategy is if every team in your league starts to double up QB spots and you get left with some crap. last year, we tried to do this to somebody but it turned out that they still got a semi-decent QB. sure it's nice to have a bonafide star as your QB but i don't find trying to platoon QBs around. this can hurt you however because if you don't make the right call on a particular QB each week, you take a big hit on the scoreboard.
having said that, quality QBs are plentiful and i avoid filling that position until i absolutely have to.
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