What's with Peyton's O line? He got sacked on back to back plays today. I wouldn't be surprised if that's a career first for him. He has traditionally had one of the best pass protecting lines in the league, year in and year out. And CJ Anderson, who was a stud for the back half of last year, had 12 carries for 29 yds. That O line needs big improvement or Denver isn't going anywhere.
Always beware of RBs that look great the 2nd half of the season. Football wear and tear is a very real thing and getting to be fresh the 2nd half of the season after everyone else has been battling for 2 months really makes the game easier. I don't really see him as much better than Hillman and I'm not sure if he can stay healthy. He's a decent player but not the guy we saw last year.
I thought the OL played OK in pass protection. Tough to keep your QB safe when 9 guys are at the line because they're daring him to throw it more than 15 yards down the field. That's probably as much a function of Peyton's limitations right now as blocking, but I didn't watch a lot of the 1st half either.
the schedule is basically done every year.. so AFC East always plays 6 indivision... 4 against a certain AFC Division.. and 4 against a certain NFC Division -- it rotates in order what division plays who... so that 12 games, then other 3 games are against Conference foes that finished same place in the division that they did.. so all division winners play each other, all last place in division play each other, ect.. to promote parity I imagine. tougher teams get tougher schedules, weaker teams get weaker schedules.. so thats 3 games, so I guess there's only 1 game that's not predetermined...
Patsfan got a fantasy football question for you since you understand draft position value.
I had the 4th pick in my fantasy draft.
And in my honest opinion J Hill is the best back in the draft for our leagues scoring system.
But his ADP was way too low to pick him 4th.
Trading down was basically not an opinion so what do you do in that situation?
Do you reach way too high to grab the guy who you feel is BPA even if you would be picking him 7 to 10'spots higher then normal or do you take the guy that you feel is not going to be as good at his projected slot.
I know In later rounds ADPmis not as important. You can take a player a round or 3 higher later on but it kind of sucks take a guy with the 4th pick that normally goes 10 to 15.
I had the 4th pick in my fantasy draft.
And in my honest opinion J Hill is the best back in the draft for our leagues scoring system.
But his ADP was way too low to pick him 4th.
Trading down was basically not an opinion so what do you do in that situation?
Do you reach way too high to grab the guy who you feel is BPA even if you would be picking him 7 to 10'spots higher then normal or do you take the guy that you feel is not going to be as good at his projected slot.
I know In later rounds ADPmis not as important. You can take a player a round or 3 higher later on but it kind of sucks take a guy with the 4th pick that normally goes 10 to 15.
That's why I hate drafts compared to auction since everything is a more "slotted" and you can't really get who you want to get all the time.
I don't know the scoring format of this league but we'll just say you think he is 12th in ADP and you want him 4th. It really depends how high you are on him and your opinion of the guys that you are giving in to taking so to speak. Seems like in most situations you would atleast like 1 of the guys enough to bite the bullet and just take them.
I'd probably guess that like 8 or 9 times out of 10 that I would go with the rankings and take the chalky pick then maybe hope J Hill sucks the first few weeks and try to steal him. Or my guy goes off and J hill just does OK then deal like 4th pick for J hill + X or something.
So I'd probably puss out unless I was really, really bullish on this guy and thought the rest of the free world was out of their minds to have him ranked as the #7 RB instead of #1.
I think in the show "The League" they called this a Rankings Whore or something.
Lol . Yea I try not to be a ranking slave.
After the 3rd round I pretty much call my own shots but it sure is hard to take a guy 4th that normally goes 8 to 10 picks later.
I did not have my other options rated drastically lower then hill but I did have them rated slightly lower.
I have had this happen to me several times in the past and most of the time I regret taking a player strictly due to ADP.
Last year year I took the white running back from Jville even though I personally hated him just because by the time it was my turn to pick he had already dropped about 10 spots below his adp.
So I took him because I almost felt obligated not because I liked him.
That pick basically ruined my team .
I really love J Hill and his first game pretty much confirmed my thoughts .
Bell better be good that's all I got to say
After the 3rd round I pretty much call my own shots but it sure is hard to take a guy 4th that normally goes 8 to 10 picks later.
I did not have my other options rated drastically lower then hill but I did have them rated slightly lower.
I have had this happen to me several times in the past and most of the time I regret taking a player strictly due to ADP.
Last year year I took the white running back from Jville even though I personally hated him just because by the time it was my turn to pick he had already dropped about 10 spots below his adp.
So I took him because I almost felt obligated not because I liked him.
That pick basically ruined my team .
I really love J Hill and his first game pretty much confirmed my thoughts .
Bell better be good that's all I got to say
