I recommend drafting Tampa Bay Buccaneers RB Peyton Barber given his current fantasy football draft cost
And just like that we are into the final week of fantasy football drafts. As I posted over at the FF Today Forums this morning, announcing our latest Draft Buddy projections update, today I am going to sign up for some more online drafts.
Then, I will surely be kicking myself later with all of the time required for in-season management thanks to being in too many leagues! Ah, but I love to draft! Best ball?
Here are some notes, updates and random thoughts for your fantasy football draft before we get into real football starting in exactly one week!
Draft Buddy Projections Update
This morning we updated the FF Today projections, rankings, ADP and depth charts in Draft Buddy. Here are the projection highlights:
- Alshon Jeffery down
- Dallas Goedert up
- Sammy Watkins down
- Chris Hogan up
- Slight bumps for Bilal Powell, James White and Peyton Barber
- Slight bump down for Carson Wentz
A tip I mentioned on Twitter… if you have keepers and/or draft pick trades in Draft Buddy, on the action tab change both reset options to “no” before hitting Update Projections.
Thanks for supporting Draft Buddy, and good luck to everyone still drafting!
Recent Draft Results
Here are rosters from six of my drafts (yes, there are more) to help me pick out some trends to hopefully provide some insight for your remaining drafts.
Apparently I have zero luck getting a Top 6 pick this year. The Dirty Dozen was set by prior year finish, but three times picking 12th, two 8th and one 10th. C’mon man.
Quarterback
While I went with a top QB a couple times, I definitely lean more to the wait. There is a big group of players with similar expectations. Jared Goff and Derek Carr represent a great combination of low cost and upside in my opinion.
I was not even dreaming of drafting Jameis Winston at the start of the preseason, but he’s looked great and Bucs offense has numerous weapons. I wouldn’t normally hold a third QB but between Winston, who could perform as a Top 6 QB upon his return, over throwing another dart at a bench RB or WR, it feels worth the wait for a draft cost of next to nothing.
Running Back
These drafts are in order from most recent to oldest, left to right first row then second row. Note the last four drafts I took Kenyan Drake. He is getting a little more expensive now as people are seeing the opportunity available to him.
Clearly I was searching for value at RB from the Green Bay Packers and Indianapolis Colts backfields throughout draft season. I still think Ty Montgomery will be passable fantasy contributor (all of these drafts are PPR) but I am pretty much fading the three Packers backs now.
On the Colts, I will still take a shot on Jordan Wilkins because there are Nyheim Hines believers out there, keeping Wilkins cost pretty low.
Wide Receiver
At WR, wish I had a little less Demaryius Thomas, as he is sliding in drafts now, and wish I had more Cooper Kupp. He will be a sweet security blanket for Goff, and is used in the red zone.
I tried to make a point of grabbing Marquise Goodwin before the market caught up with him, but then you can see with the two most recent drafts I switched gears to the now cheaper Pierre Garcon. At the end of the day, I want a piece of the San Francisco 49ers passing game, and preferably (as with all picks) at a reasonable cost.
Tight End
Top TE hasn’t worked out from a value standpoint the last couple drafts, and I’ve become more interested in Indianapolis Colts Jack Doyle. I have a little apprehension about the potential slice of receptions going to Eric Ebron over Doyle.
Ricky Seals-Jones has a nice opportunity for himself and is really cheap. I’m in, obviously, but realizing how unreliable he very well could be, I opted for Ben Watson in my last draft over Seals-Jones. I may take a third TE in that league (still drafting), RSJ or rookie Dallas Goedert, to see how each start the season under my team control rather than taking a chance leaving them on waivers.
Draft Peyton Barber
In the interest of time I’ll post my tweets about drafting Peyton Barber.
Looks like my window on Kenyan Drake closing with Adam Gase quote. Got him in both of my @ScoutFantasy Online Champ. drafts. Next up…
— DraftBuddy.com (@DraftBuddy) August 30, 2018
… Peyton Barber. Looks like he will be heavily involved in what should be a pretty darn good offense. @FFCalculator ADP is early-7th round, 33rd RB off the board. Better pick than 10 RB getting drafted ahead of him. pic.twitter.com/IMZKytTeIZ
— DraftBuddy.com (@DraftBuddy) August 30, 2018
Now I said 10. Could be tough. Barber > Coleman, Thompson, J. Williams, Carson, Kerryon, Hyde, Ingram… Ajayi, Henry, Burkhead
— DraftBuddy.com (@DraftBuddy) August 30, 2018
Yikes, that is a lot of RB to name below Barber when I was originally throwing out an estimate of 10. Will definitely need to revisit this one later.
Good Luck Champ!
Two-time Fantasy Football World Champion and long-time Draft Buddy member, Darren Summer
Crazy I didn’t piece this together years go, but we have a pseudo-celebrity among our Draft Buddy members. Or maybe better to say A-level celebrity (in fantasy football circles). Darren Summer, who has used Draft Buddy for years and years, we’ve emailed back and forth pretty much every season, and I knew he played in the higher stakes leagues online and in Las Vegas.
Darren is the 2018 Scout Fantasy, Fantasy Football World Champion. And… he also won it in 2016! Two-time champ! Draft Buddy user. Awesome stuff Darren, and good luck again this year!
