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I know there's a FF forum, but not everyone checks it.

So who do you think are the consensus Top 3 FF players this season? Consider that we're talking a points per catch league.

Can Bell and Brown both be there, with AP? Do you go QB first? Has Jamal Charles fallen out of the Top 5?

What do you think?
 
Arguably, yes, both Brown and Bell can be considered top 3 for a PPR.
Also in the argument is Charles, Lacy, Bryant, and Thomas.
Wait wait wait on QBs. There's so much depth and the difference between QB 1 and QB 12 is minimal, whereas the differences between RBs and WRs 1 and 12 are drastic.
My top 3 are Bell, Lacy, Peterson.
 
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What about top 11? LOL I have the 11th pick in my 14 team league.
 
A 14 team league is brutal on RB's. I would force RB round 1 no matter what.
 
Yeah, that's kind of what I'm thinking. Thanks del and Buster. I usually go RB/WR with my first two picks when it's a 12 team league. I wonder if Jeremy Hill will still be around? Usually in our league at least a couple people will take QBs first.

I apologize for hijacking, Stoney!
 
thumbring said:
What about top 11? LOL I have the 11th pick in my 14 team league.
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With the 11th pick in a 14 team draft ( assuming it's snake ) I would agree with Del and Buster......up to a point.
It really depends on how the board falls to you.
Don't take a RB for the sake of taking a RB, whereas you end up bypassing a sure stud at another position.
If the 10 picks before you are all RBs, you need to grab Antonio.....or Dez or Julio. At that point you're getting the 11th best RB instead of the #1 WR.
Because at this point, on the comeback when you pick 6 picks later, you now may only have a difference between the 11th best RB and the 17th best RB, of which there really is no difference.
At your draft spot it's hard to know what the other 10 are going to do.
Be flexible and let the draft come to you.
There's going to be a surefire stud sitting there for you, most likely at WR.
Take him and then grab RBs with your next 2 - 3 picks.....unless Luck or Rodgers manages to find you in the 3rd or 4th ( highly unlikely ).
WR is absolutely way deeper than RB. I'm not saying that. But with your first round pick, just like in real life, you need to hit a HR or face setting your team back.
The odds are better with the #1/#2 WR than it is with the #10/#11 RB.
Bell, Lacy, Peterson, Charles, Lynch. That's it. That's the Stud Bell Cow list.
After that it's a whole bunch of question marks and uncertainty. Cases can be made for Forte, Anderson, Hill, and Murray ..... but they're the next tier down with a whole lot of others in the same tier.
 
I have the 6th pick in a 14-team league.
Antonio Brown, LeVeon Bell, Marshawn Lynch, DeMarco Murray, LeSean McCoy and CJ Anderson are likely my pool to choose from.
 
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Superman said:
I have the 6th pick in a 14-team league.
Antonio Brown, LeVeon Bell, Marshawn Lynch, DeMarco Murray, LeSean McCoy and CJ Anderson are likely my pool to choose from.
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I would think Bell would be gone. I don't know why, but something tells me McCoy is not going to do much. You watch - that's who I'll end up with at 11! Ha.
 
Superman said:
I have the 6th pick in a 14-team league.
Antonio Brown, LeVeon Bell, Marshawn Lynch, DeMarco Murray, LeSean McCoy and CJ Anderson are likely my pool to choose from.
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If Bell makes it to you at the 6th pick, and you lose your league, you are the worst fantasy player ever.
More brutal than the 5 owners before you who passed on him.
You ain't seeing Bell.
Brown maybe.
Lynch is a possibility.
McCoy and Murray might actually be there for you in the second round......lol
 
My keepers are luck, lamar miller (Foster got hurt traded a fifth) and m Bryant. I draft fourth all teams ahead of me need 2rbs so most likely left are C. Hyde,m. Ingram,latavious Murray at Rb or do I go wr cooper,goldenTate, Davante Adams , n Agholor ? 10 team keeper 1qb2rb3wr1te no flex no ppr. Or pull the trigger On rookie like TJ yeldon / Abdullah
 
CorpusDsteelers said:
My keepers are luck, lamar miller (Foster got hurt traded a fifth) and m Bryant. I draft fourth all teams ahead of me need 2rbs so most likely left are C. Hyde,m. Ingram,latavious Murray at Rb or do I go wr cooper,goldenTate, Davante Adams , n Agholor ? 10 team keeper 1qb2rb3wr1te no flex no ppr. Or pull the trigger On rookie like TJ yeldon / Abdullah
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In order :

Murray, Agholor, Cooper, Tate, Adams, Abdullah, Hyde, Ingram, Yeldon
 
deljzc said:
A 14 team league is brutal on RB's. I would force RB round 1 no matter what.
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I hear what you're saying, but how many RBs will out-score Antonio Brown week in and week out?
 
Steelerfreak said:
My League
1.(Me) Bell
2. (Bills fan) AB
3. (Steelers fan) Luck

PS Took Ben with 2.10
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That's a REACH for Ben. Unless you get points for QB improvisations or holding onto the ball for too long only to sandlot scramble and make something happen, you overpaid and handicapped yourself.
 
So I have the #2 pick in a 12 team league. I think I have to go Bell or Lacy, though I would really love to have AB. But seeing as my next pick is #23,
I'd be picking from scraps for RB, but I think I could still get a decent receiver at 23. At RB, I like Bell and Lacy above everyone else. If both are there I'll take Bell for his points per catch potential, but if he goes #1, I'll be happy with Lacy.
 
fedderone said:
Arguably, yes, both Brown and Bell can be considered top 3 for a PPR.
Also in the argument is Charles, Lacy, Bryant, and Thomas.
Wait wait wait on QBs. There's so much depth and the difference between QB 1 and QB 12 is minimal, whereas the differences between RBs and WRs 1 and 12 are drastic.
My top 3 are Bell, Lacy, Peterson.
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Depends on the league settings. Where QB's are credited with 6 points for a TD pass, plus yardage, then QB's are the biggest producers, by a huuuuuge margin.

Further, there are maybe 5 elite QB's, 10 other good QB's, and only 32 QB's start every Sunday. Meanwhile, 64 WR's start, and a #3 WR on a pass-happy team is likely to produce 800 yards and 7 TD's.
 
Steeltime said:
Depends on the league settings. Where QB's are credited with 6 points for a TD pass, plus yardage, then QB's are the biggest producers, by a huuuuuge margin.

Further, there are maybe 5 elite QB's, 10 other good QB's, and only 32 QB's start every Sunday. Meanwhile, 64 WR's start, and a #3 WR on a pass-happy team is likely to produce 800 yards and 7 TD's.
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Of course league settings matter.
ONLY in the case where you're required to start 2 QBs should QBs be considered in the first 2 rounds.
I play in a 12 team, PPR, where all TDs count 6, including passing.
QBs get 1 pt for every 25 yards passing. Minus 2 for INTs or lost fumbles.
Top player? Aaron Rodgers at 418 points. Number 12 QB? Philip Rivers 316 points. Difference of 102 points or 6 points/game.
RBs get 1 pt for every 10 yards rushing. 1 PPR. Minus 2 for fumbles lost.
Top player? Le'Veon Bell at 355 points. Number 12 RB? Joique Bell at 188 points. Difference of 167 points or 10 points/game.
WRs get 1 pt for every 10 yards receiving. 1 PPR. Minus 2 for fumbles lost.
Top player? Antonio Brown at 376 points. Number 12 WR? Mike Evans at 236 points. Difference of 140 points or 9 points/game.
Rodgers and Luck both went over 400 points and there were a total of 14 QBs over 300 points.
Le'Veon, DeMarco, and Forte went over 300 points....that's only 3.
Antonio, Demariyus, Jordy, and Dez went over 300......that's only 4.
Yes QBs in this scenario are the biggest producers by a wide margin when comparing to every other position. But that's the wrong comparison.
What produces more total points, and thus a better weekly average? Aaron Rodgers plus Joique Bell ( 606 ) or Le'Veon Bell plus Philip Rivers ( 671 )? Aaron Rodgers plus Mike Evans ( 654 ) or Antonio Brown plus Philip Rivers ( 692 )?
You need to look at VOR ( Value over Replacement ). The dropoff at the respective positions are vastly different. It's steep with RB and WR. It's only a slow fade at QB.
The league I mention are diehard football and fantasy players. Been playing for over 20 years now, back to when you scored without the aid of a computer.
The first QB typically goes off the board at the end of round 3, around picks 32 - 36. Luck was first in the above scenario at #33.
It's harder to find massive producers at WR and RB than it is at QB.......regardless of scoring format.
 
In short he said get two solid Rbs or solid Rb and wr first
Btw Foster won't be out 10 games more like 7-8 . Worth a draft spot if you have an IR.
When he cra back like always he will put up 15-20 points then trade
Him for a pick next season
 
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14 team PPR league and I have the #1 spot, drafting Tuesday after regular season dress rehearsal... who do I go with and any strong case to take Bell, doubling my rooting interest welcome? Feel like AP is a freak of nature with a chip on his shoulder and an O coordinator that gets most out of RB's, so I think he's the safer pick, but want to talk myself into Bell! The suspension sucks!
 
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