Fantasy Football - Give me your Top 10 Players this year

[HAWKEYESTATE4ever]

Two RBs is not enough. The key here is looking not only at this year but also further down the road. Moss will be available in the 2nd round even in a keeper league. You are going to have these guys kept in almost any league:

Johnson (13th round- Crazy, I know)
AP (6th round)
MJD (2nd round)
Frank Gore (1st round)
Michael Turner (10th round)
Ray Rice (4th round)
Andre Johnson (5th round)
Steven Jackson (1st round)

It will make no difference if those teams picked them in the 1st round or 15th round, they will not drop those players so they will not be available to you regardless if you draft 1st overall of last in the round.

I like Moss but in the end do you really want to give up a 4th round pick for a top 15 WR or last round picks for top 15 RBs (all 3 of them?). RBs win leagues, WRs win weeks. The only thing consistant about WR points is the inconsistancy. Plus the bye weeks work out great for those 3 RBs as they don't overlap and they are fairly early in the season.

Williams, Mendenhall and Greene are all 1st or 2nd round draft picks regardless of position in any mock draft. Why give an opponent any of those players? You keep all 3 and give up basically nothing for any of them. You add WRs and a QB in the first 4 rounds, then work on best available regardless of position from 5th on. Most of your opponents are giving up 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th round picks to keep their players.

Depending on where you start your drafting order, you will more than likely pick no worse than 5th overall and probably top 3.

Moss a "top 15 WR?" He is a top 2-3 WR. RB is much deeper than WR too. And for the record, the guys you mentioned are being "kept" in the rounds that I boldfaced next to your list.

 

[hawkeye12345]

Moss had two games last year that saved his season and both were against the worst pass D's - Tenn and Jacksonville. In those games he caught 3 TDs per. He only had 5 games in which he broke 100 yards receiving - 3 at the beginning of the season and 2 games right after his bye week...the dude is old (for WRs) and plays in the cold. Wes Welker is back from injury too. Moss is going to get some catches and he will catch some TDs but not fantasy leading stats.

The top 45 WRs generally score 140 points per year (1000 yards plus 6 td's). the top 10 WRs usually score 200 pts max. That's 5 pts per week difference between the top and the 45th best WR.

The top RB will score +/- 300 pts and the top 10 will score in the 250 - 300 range. The #45 rated RB will avg. in the 80s for total points in a season. That's 13 +/- pts per week between the top and the 45th guy.

I'm using the 45th guy as a comparison because in normal 12 team leagues, most teams are going to carry a minimum of 3 RBs and 4 WRs. That's 36 RBs gone and 48 WRs gone.

RBs win championships, WRs win weeks.

You can argue with me if you want, that's up to you. I didn't make up the #'s, you can check them you for yourself with your own points systems.

 

[HAWKEYESTATE4ever]

Moss had two games last year that saved his season and both were against the worst pass D's - Tenn and Jacksonville. In those games he caught 3 TDs per. He only had 5 games in which he broke 100 yards receiving - 3 at the beginning of the season and 2 games right after his bye week...the dude is old (for WRs) and plays in the cold. Wes Welker is back from injury too. Moss is going to get some catches and he will catch some TDs but not fantasy leading stats.

The top 45 WRs generally score 140 points per year (1000 yards plus 6 td's). the top 10 WRs usually score 200 pts max. That's 5 pts per week difference between the top and the 45th best WR.

The top RB will score +/- 300 pts and the top 10 will score in the 250 - 300 range. The #45 rated RB will avg. in the 80s for total points in a season. That's 13 +/- pts per week between the top and the 45th guy.

I'm using the 45th guy as a comparison because in normal 12 team leagues, most teams are going to carry a minimum of 3 RBs and 4 WRs. That's 36 RBs gone and 48 WRs gone.

RBs win championships, WRs win weeks.

You can argue with me if you want, that's up to you. I didn't make up the #'s, you can check them you for yourself with your own points systems.

Nice post. I get what you are saying, but I am not sure how confident I am in Williams. Stewart put up same numbers as him last year, and they are a 50-50 touches team with those two. Plus if I keep 3 RBS of that caliber I am arguing with myself on which two to start each week. That always sucks. I am shopping Williams and Thomas for early picks. It would be nice if I could deal one or both of them, and get some higher 1st rd picks. I have also offered Wayne up in deals.