The Legend wrote:SortaCreative wrote:So, how valuable are rookies in Fantasy?
Cos, I have some rookies that are ranked highly on lists and articles but... yeah. I need points not potential.
Rookies are hard to gauge. Like you said, you don't get to keep your guys past this year, so long-term potential doesn't mean much. Some rookies break out right away, some don't. It largely depends on the situation they are coming into. Will they get full starter opportunity? Are they coming into a position with good talent around them (re: quarterback)?
That's what makes fantasy so challenging and fun.
Gurley and Coleman are both talented running backs, that if they stay healthy could be big time contibutors. Coleman's in a bit more crowded of a backfield, so Gurley is the more sure-fire bet. Your biggest problem is that both of those guys are injured right now and might miss games early in the regular season. Gurley has an ACL problem and Coleman has a pulled hamstring, both are tricky injuries for runners.
As far as I can tell, Gurley seems better than Tre Mason and would likely start if he's healthy. I can't speak to the quality of the Rams in general but as far as those two go, I think i'd keep Gurley around. That's my reading of it atleast, this is probably the third season i'll have watched properly
Which means i'm looking to maybe drop or trade away Coleman and trade Kaepernick (because he and Luck are on bye week 10).
The Legend wrote:@SortaCreative
I've gotta say you've got one of the best auto-drafted teams I've ever seen. You are a little thin at RB, but our league is a little more emphasis on the passing game anyhow. Your biggest challenge will be health at RB and TE so you have good matchup options, but you could be pretty dangerous this year.
Yeah - it's partly by design and partly just pure luck and Yahoo (i'd say a 20/80 split in favour of Yahoo
). So last year I made the mistake of going for players that I knew and opting to draft one or two big names rather than a nice spread with a few outlying stars. This year when I looked people up and made myself a list I had quite a wide variety of decent players. Luckily for me in the draft I was able to pick up Luck/Kaepernick and a nice selection of wide receivers. I think the mistake I made was that my auto pick list wasn't nearly long enough so it reverted back to the Yahoo list and I ended up with few options at RB and TE. And also two defensive teams.
So if someone's looking for a decent QB hit me up.
