tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23140411.post7877747256419445575..comments2024-03-28T21:41:57.264-05:00Comments on Pacifist Viking: Fantasy: Why I drafted Peyton Manning at #6 (and why you should take him in the first round, too)Pacifist Vikinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16630996018868040440noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23140411.post-39816912849257367572007-09-05T18:50:00.000-05:002007-09-05T18:50:00.000-05:00I drafted Peyton with the 10th pick out of an 11 t...I drafted Peyton with the 10th pick out of an 11 team league. For the same reasons you did--Peyton was my first pick last year (#6 as well) and he was consistent and scored very well. He also had a career year that helped him shake a serious monkey off his back, and I managed to draft Brian Westbrook too...<BR/><BR/>With a late pick in a deep league, Peyton is a solid 1st round pick.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23140411.post-76623619332031975162007-08-26T23:57:00.000-05:002007-08-26T23:57:00.000-05:00I should add I'm completely jaded about fantasy fo...I should add I'm completely jaded about fantasy football QBs. When I've tried to get great QBs expensive/early, I've been burned BAD (Kurt Warner 2002, Daunte Culpepper 2005). When I've prioritized RBs and WRs and tried to get by with a late-round QB, I've usually stumbled around at the position all year long. <BR/><BR/>So I'm trying to get the surest bet, particularly in a league that gives 4 points per passing TD.Pacifist Vikinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16630996018868040440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23140411.post-26786019549109652172007-08-26T23:26:00.000-05:002007-08-26T23:26:00.000-05:00By the way, folks, this blog is not intended to be...By the way, folks, this blog is not intended to be a sounding post for me to talk about my own fantasy team(s). I know that would be boring. When I talk about fantasy football, I'm trying to write about ideas that have a wider interest to other fantasy football enthusiasts. If I use examples from my own fantasy team(s), it's only to try illustrate some of the larger fantasy football ideas I'm interested in exploring occasionally at this blog.Pacifist Vikinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16630996018868040440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23140411.post-52747001798699929392007-08-26T23:23:00.000-05:002007-08-26T23:23:00.000-05:00It's a risk, I know. But in a 14 team league, if ...It's a risk, I know. But in a 14 team league, if you don't get one of the sure thing elite RBs, you might have to take risks to get a championship. And it is possible an 8th round RB will be as productive (or more) than some of those first round RBs.<BR/><BR/>Certainly I know I'm bucking conventional wisdom here; standard fantasy strategy dictates taking RBs early. In a deep league, with a middle-of-the-round pick, I decided to try something different rather than being like everybody else that took a RB (literally, everybody else).<BR/><BR/>It is a strategy that could land me in last place, and it's a strategy that requires luck (or smarts?) later in the draft to work. I'm happier than I'd have been taking Frank Gore at that spot (who I would have taken), but of course it could be badly wrong.Pacifist Vikinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16630996018868040440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23140411.post-11209377104136186622007-08-26T23:11:00.000-05:002007-08-26T23:11:00.000-05:00Yeah, Peyton is safe, but his numbers wont be astr...Yeah, Peyton is safe, but his numbers wont be astronomically better than a QB drafted 8 rounds later. They'll be better, but the difference won't compare to the difference between a 1st round RB and a 9th round RB. That's why you gotta take RBs, even if the position is a crapshoot. My first 3 picks were RBs, and while it's entirely possible one (or, God forbid, all) of them will have a down year, I'm prepared for it. Peyton will keep you ahead of the teams that have disappointing picks, but the league winners will ultimately be the ones with stud RBs. Good luck though man, I enjoyed the post.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10546102420242091255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23140411.post-28641882514374218912007-08-26T19:51:00.000-05:002007-08-26T19:51:00.000-05:00FIRE CHILDRESS NOW!!!!!!!!OUR OFFENSE SUCKS!!!!!!!...FIRE CHILDRESS NOW!!!!!!!!<BR/>OUR OFFENSE SUCKS!!!!!!!<BR/>FIRE CHILDRESS NOW!!!!!!!!<BR/>OUR OFFENSE SUCKS!!!!!!!<BR/>FIRE CHILDRESS NOW!!!!!!!!<BR/>OUR OFFENSE SUCKS!!!!!!!<BR/>FIRE CHILDRESS NOW!!!!!!!!<BR/>OUR OFFENSE SUCKS!!!!!!!<BR/>FIRE CHILDRESS NOW!!!!!!!!<BR/>OUR OFFENSE SUCKS!!!!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23140411.post-62745015414315511872007-08-26T18:04:00.000-05:002007-08-26T18:04:00.000-05:00If I had a top-three pick, I would have taken eith...If I had a top-three pick, I would have taken either Tomlinson, Jackson, or Addai. You're mostly right: the problem starts with the RBs that aren't obvious top picks. It's then that rather than taking a chance on a RB I'm not confident in just because I "have to" have a RB, that I'd rather go to the top player at another important position.<BR/><BR/>Paul Charchian of Fanball has advocated something like this with his "Do the Opposite" theory. While everybody is going on a run for RBs in the first few rounds, you have a chance to get yourself the top QB and one or two of the top WRs.Pacifist Vikinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16630996018868040440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23140411.post-86069745489565179292007-08-26T13:43:00.000-05:002007-08-26T13:43:00.000-05:00I think it makes sense in some situations to take ...I think it makes sense in some situations to take Peyton at #6. His numbers and health are always so solid that he's more valuable than everybody who isn't a top 5 back. The problem is after about the top three you can't predict who the top backs will be, it is a crapshoot. Peyton at least gives you guarunteed stats and you win that position pretty much every week, while then you can go running back the next three picks to make yourself feel better. I understand your thinking, or at least I believe I do.Mevshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13758948812088905146noreply@blogger.com