Fantasy Football Draft Strategy

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Ok guys, so its almost that time. I think im a pretty good fantasy football player, god knows I do way more research and studying than my wife would like, however I am still very interested in hearing opinions and others strategies as well. I will always end up doing what I think is best, but I do enjoy the insight and I just love talking fantasy football. With that said, Id like to open up some discussions here and get some second opinions on things.

 

My league is having its live draft on August 20th, its a 12 man PPR league. TD passes are worth six points, there is one flex and its W/R/T. We did a draft lottery, basically we put everyones names in a hat, drew the first name and whoever it was got to pick their draft spot. My name got pulled like 4th, and I chose 12. I picked 12 for a few reasons. First and foremost, I wanted my pick of 2 elite players back to back. Secondly, it also assures me of owning the #1 waiver priority to start the season. Here is what I am thinking.

 

I am not taking a RB at all with either of those first two picks. The cream of the crop will be long off the board and if I am certainly not going to take a risky RB over an elite WR. Currently, I am almost 100% sure Jimmy Graham is going to make it to pick 12. I plan on taking Jimmy Graham and one of Demaryius/Dez/AJ Green to kick off my first two picks. My question to you is if you knew that Graham and one of those WRs are going to be on the board at your two picks, do you take that combo?

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For comparisons sake, here is my draft strategy this year (WR heavy) against a team who took 3 RBs to start the draft.. The round in which they were taken will be noted next to the player. My team is the first listed. The mock was 12 team PPR.

 

QB: Nick Foles (8) / Tony Romo (8)

RB: Shane Vereen (4) / Demarco Murray (1)

RB: Pierre Thomas (5) / Gio Bernard (2)

WR: AJ Green (1) / Larry Fitgerald (4)

WR: Brandon Marshall (2) / Torrey Smith (6)

TE: Jordan Cameron (6) / Ladarius Green (9)

FLEX: Pierre Garcon (3) / Doug Martin (3)

K: Stephen Gostkowski (13) / NONE

D: Philadelphia (14) / Kansas City (14)

 

BN: Darren Sproles (7) / Terrence Williams (7)

BN: Darren McFadden (9) / Frank Gore (5)

BN: Khiry Robinson (10) / Russel Wilson (10)

BN: Kenny Stills (11) / Justin Hunter (11)

BN: Charles Clay(12) / Eric Ebron (12)

 

They took Legerete Blount in the 13th and skipped a kicker for some reason. My thought on Philadelphia is they have a nice home match up against Jacksonville in week 1 and I like those odds. I stream defenses anyways, so that or Pittsburgh is looking pretty nice for me with the last pick of the draft. I wanted to draft Tannehill with that 12th pick, but looking at my team I need a TE replacement week 4 and I have some time to need a QB replacement so I opted to cover that now and pick up a QB down the line.