WR/WR strategy results

Joined a yahoo pro league. Decided I would go WR/WR in the first two rounds. 10-team, non-ppr, QB, 3WR, 2RB, TE, K, DEF. Here were my results:

QB - Brady

WR- AJG, Dez, A. Johnson, D. Alexander, M. Floyd, R. Randle

RB - Bell, McFadden, Sproles, Mendenhall, B. Brown

TE - Pitta

DEF - MIN

K - P. Dawson

In hindsight, I think I should have gone WR/RB. TRich and Morris were still available in the second round when I chose Dez, and the 'sleeper' RBs went MUCH earlier than they had been going in mocks. Mostly because of one guy, who took just about all the 'sleeper' types. I'm happy with the team, but think it could have been a bit better. Also, I don't think the WR/TE strategy is a good one, especially in non-ppr. Good TEs can be had later on. What do you guys think?

You passed on TR for Dez? Dez is very good, but I don't think I could have done that. This is the reason I don't go into drafts with a set plan. You have to be willing to adapt if guys fall.

A little tougher in non ppr in my opinion

For a ten team league RB looks weak. Show whole results. Strategy for a WR, WR is to grab one of Wilsom or Miller in the 3rd or 4th rd.

Just saw that you passed on Rich in the 2nd for Dez. Why?

footballjunkie said:

Just saw that you passed on Rich in the 2nd for Dez. Why?

Strategy was WR/WR. I had done plenty of mock drafts on yahoo, and Miller and Wilson were going much later than the 3rd/4th. More like 6th/7th.

Ordinarily I would have taken Morris or Trich in the second with that pick, but the league wasn't for too many cookies and I wanted to stick with the WR/WR plan, partly so I could post results on here to show some real world results for Smitty and DC nation, since I'm sure people will be trying out these yahoo pro leagues. Also, I've been successful drafting this way in the past, since WR are pretty steady and RB are more fickle.

Overall, I'm happy with the results. Stud QB and 3 stud WR. 4 RB2s, with upside for a couple of them and a nice sleeper in Bryce Brown. Comparing my team to others, it looks pretty good. Here are the rosters:

The teams that took TRich/Morris are naturally a bit thin at WR. So I think the motivation behind this strategy holds pretty well.

Next draft I'll go WR/RB or (RB/WR) and see how that turns out.

BuckysGT said:

You passed on TR for Dez? Dez is very good, but I don't think I could have done that. This is the reason I don't go into drafts with a set plan. You have to be willing to adapt if guys fall.

I agree with this ^^ I think the best plan in any draft is BPA, so when guys fall you reap the rewards..... :D We put enough talent on our teams we can trade out the positional weaknesses if need be..... ;)

Iceman said:

BuckysGT said:

You passed on TR for Dez? Dez is very good, but I don't think I could have done that. This is the reason I don't go into drafts with a set plan. You have to be willing to adapt if guys fall.

I agree with this ^^ I think the best plan in any draft is BPA, so when guys fall you reap the rewards..... :D We put enough talent on our teams we can trade out the positional weaknesses if need be..... ;)

I tend to agree. The other side of this argument, though, is being familiar with how a draft is likely to go and using your knowledge of this to exploit these trends. Also, knowing how different positions tend to perform year after year is very important as well.

I think the instant reaction is to say 'How could you pass on TRich!!!???' But I'm not sure if that is the right reaction or not. TRich is dropping for a reason. He could be dealing with a very serious issue, and maybe it flares up again in camp and he goes on the PUP. Maybe not. But it's more evidence of how fickle the RB position is. Look at the guys who helped teams win last year...Doug Martin, Adrian Peterson, CJ Spiller...none of these guys were going early. So maybe this year it's my two RBs...Bell and McFadden, and then I've got stud wideouts already in tow.

Plans are a bad idea in drafts...This seemed more like a glorified mock draft to you though and an experiment. I get it.I think if you were taking this more serious you would have went T Rich. I could see Dez out scoring those 2 RBs though on PPR so I wouldnt worry too much.

hey I'll take it....Especially in a cookie league, it's tough to run experiments. Thanks for guinea pigging yourself for the sake of experimentation.

That said, I don't like the team in a 10 teamer. Luckily it's a redraft. Your Rbs are way too weak in that format. The Madness, the Hound, and RG3 all seemed to have pulled decent WR cores while landing top end RBs and decent qbs. Those guys will be tough to compete with

Hey guess what...this team is 6-2 and in second place. The strategy worked to perfection. Team MVPs - Knowshon and Phillip Rivers

footballjunkie said:

Just saw that you passed on Rich in the 2nd for Dez. Why?

Seemed ridiculous, didn't it? But the basis for the strategy is that WRs are more consistent than RBs. That certainly has played out this year.

Days of drafting a rb high are OVER. Those that continue will be left in the dust. This is a passing league and teams use 2-3 backs to accomplish the type of running game they want.

Nice job rick. Green and Dez are much better anchors than TR and Rice would've been

Hindsight is 20/20....but good job man. I lucked out in a couple of leagues like this too. Drafted too late to get the guys I liked (Miller, Wilson etc) and boy am I glad.

I am making the transition to a more WR heavy team in almost all my leagues. I think you could technically survive with RBs that catch the ball as your RB1, by that I mean later round talent like Sproles, Woodhead (this year) etc.

Moreno has been a steal for most as well

Xo102811 said:

Days of drafting a rb high are OVER. Those that continue will be left in the dust. This is a passing league and teams use 2-3 backs to accomplish the type of running game they want.

And those that drafted Forte and McCoy on the same team are probably first in their league.

wh0urdady said:

Xo102811 said:

Days of drafting a rb high are OVER. Those that continue will be left in the dust. This is a passing league and teams use 2-3 backs to accomplish the type of running game they want.

And those that drafted Forte and McCoy on the same team are probably first in their league.

very true

MrMarbles said:

Hindsight is 20/20....but good job man.

Thanks. Using hindsight is how we learn! That's why I'm posting...I'm not crowing, this was Smitty's strategy. It's the scientific method. Hypothesis, method, results...

wh0urdady said:

Xo102811 said:

And those that drafted Forte and McCoy on the same team are probably first in their league.

But it's a numbers game. Very few teams have both Forte and McCoy. If you went WR/WR, your choices were only really AJG, Calvin, Dez, Julio. Only one bad apple in that bunch (and he started off on fire), compared to lots of bad apples among the running backs. So you end up with a 75% success rate vs. about 50% or less.

I went AJGreen, Dez in 12th slot. 6-2 3rd in points. Its a great strategy @ the turn if your top rb's are gone.

it doesn't hurt that the Rbs taken in rd 3 and latter seem to have been the better FF producers this year either..

bddavidson said:

it doesn't hurt that the Rbs taken in rd 3 and latter seem to have been the better FF producers this year either..

This is the real reason this strategy worked even more this year than in years past. The one year I go RB/RB in most leagues this turns out like it did!

Went WR/WR in one league with Dez and Julio. I'm 5-3. 2nd overall right now but the last few loses are because I'm trying to work around Julio and Reggie Wayne's injuries. With the injuries it's decent but without them it would've been amazing.

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