Started By
Message

Travis Kelce - Your Fantasy Football Unicorn

Posted on 8/21/23 at 12:48 pm
Posted by longhorn22
Nicholls St. Fan
Member since Jan 2007
42392 posts
Posted on 8/21/23 at 12:48 pm
I know he continues to get hype and guys who talk fantasy continue to pump him up more and more, but the numbers don't lie. Puts up WR1 numbers and can easily be a weekly advantage when matched up against every other team in your league.


*Disclaimer, yes you can frick things up if you continue down a path that doesn't surround Kelce with some great talent, but to be able to possibly get 4-Wide production from your lineup its worth it.

In most leagues you can stack Kelce/Mahomes and build from there. Not a bad idea. FYI

This post was edited on 8/21/23 at 12:49 pm
Posted by lovethetigers7
Member since Jul 2019
541 posts
Posted on 8/21/23 at 3:29 pm to
Did a mock the other day at pick 7 and took him. Ended up with a decent team around him

Ended up with:

Lamar
A. Jones
A. Mattison
A St Brown
Mike Williams
Kelce
Pickens

In a PPR setting that's not a bad looking team at all
Posted by longhorn22
Nicholls St. Fan
Member since Jan 2007
42392 posts
Posted on 8/21/23 at 3:37 pm to
Thats beautiful.

Posted by kciDAtaE
Member since Apr 2017
16525 posts
Posted on 8/22/23 at 9:37 pm to
I’d rather stack Lamar with Andrews and have my 1st rd pick back.
Posted by LSUtiger89
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2007
3881 posts
Posted on 8/22/23 at 10:33 pm to
I agree. I just don’t like my teams with the value you have to pay to get Kelce and/or mahomes.
Posted by jkylejohnson
Alexandria
Member since Dec 2016
14134 posts
Posted on 8/23/23 at 11:27 am to
I’m all in on kelce in the early/mid first but I’m not going qb first to have the “stack” . Way too much value on the board be grabbing a qb in round 2 or even 3
Posted by BhamTigah
Lurker since Jan 2003
Member since Jan 2007
15269 posts
Posted on 8/23/23 at 2:58 pm to
Why is everyone suddenly into stacking? I get it in best ball, which is probably when it became a hot concept, but for regular fantasy football, just take the best player at the position. If I end up with a natural stack, that's fine but I'm not going out of my way for it.
Posted by kciDAtaE
Member since Apr 2017
16525 posts
Posted on 8/23/23 at 9:31 pm to
It’s been around since FF started. It’s not new.

It has tremendous upside. And with so many people now relying on what the experts say, most drafts will look the same unless you roll the dice.

My QBs were Kyler and Dak last year. Stacked Hollywood and Lamb. Every week I had a punchers chance to flip the score on 1 or two plays.
Posted by BhamTigah
Lurker since Jan 2003
Member since Jan 2007
15269 posts
Posted on 8/23/23 at 9:40 pm to
quote:

It’s been around since FF started. It’s not new.


Of course it has, but no one thought about it and no one called it stacking. Hell, my first fantasy team had Joe Montana, Jerry Rice, and John Taylor. I guess I had the double stack.

Sure you can have huge weeks, but you also get shite weeks. If you play in a league that pays for a weekly high score, great. Otherwise you have better than a punchers chance if you pick the best player and don't worry whether you can stack him or not.
Posted by kciDAtaE
Member since Apr 2017
16525 posts
Posted on 8/23/23 at 10:09 pm to
What I’m saying is way more people have a printout from “experts” or pay for software compared to when you had to rank Montana vs Elway.

Most drafts will play out the same. So if you have a strong feeling about a player, there is a strategy to double down on your feeling.

If you think D. Watson will exceed his ADP, why not grab Cooper or E.Moore and virtually assure a playoff spot if you’re right? If Watson shines, he has to throw to someone.

Would you rather a 60% chance a RB finishes top 24 or a 10% he finishes #1? If you like a balanced lineup, avoid the stack. If you like boom or bust, go after the stack.

quote:

but no one thought about it


And that’s not true at all. You might not have. But others have been for a long time.
This post was edited on 8/23/23 at 10:11 pm
Posted by DeathValley85
Member since May 2011
17603 posts
Posted on 8/23/23 at 10:14 pm to
quote:

It has tremendous upside.


I don’t think the data supports this. Stacking is fun though.
Posted by kciDAtaE
Member since Apr 2017
16525 posts
Posted on 8/23/23 at 10:16 pm to
It definitely does. But also has tremendous downside.

Example…last year you draft Aj Brown as your #1 wr bc you like his skill set. A few rds later you need a QB and you have Kyler and Russell Wilson ahead of Hurts on your rankings but they are close.

You say to yourself, well I like AJ and he is my #1. So for him to do well, Hurts needs to perform. Let’s role the dice and bump up Hurts a few spots…that decision is a League championship.
This post was edited on 8/23/23 at 10:26 pm
Posted by longhorn22
Nicholls St. Fan
Member since Jan 2007
42392 posts
Posted on 8/24/23 at 2:14 pm to
Posted by holdem Tiger
Member since Oct 2007
1105 posts
Posted on 8/24/23 at 4:40 pm to
It’s a bad idea to go for top QB and TE.

One or neither can work.
first pageprev pagePage 1 of 1Next pagelast page
refresh

Back to top
logoFollow TigerDroppings for LSU Football News
Follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram to get the latest updates on LSU Football and Recruiting.

FacebookTwitterInstagram