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#1 Overall Pick = the worst
Posted on 8/14/17 at 7:11 pm
Posted on 8/14/17 at 7:11 pm
Does anyone else feel that the #1 overall pick is the worst draft position?
My main league is a 12 man standard with a snake draft. There are no trading of draft picks (I proposed that this year but it was vetoed)and the draft order is determined by the preceding years final standings. Further, the winner of the previous season is not allowed to choose his preferred draft position. I won the league last year, so naturally I have the #1 pick.
This isn't the first time that I've had this spot in a league, but it always presents the same problem; how to maximize your roster while being essentially handcuffed. Yes, you get the "top player" which is negligible, arguably, as the top 5 are generally interchangeable. Then you have to wait 22 picks until your #2 pick, meaning essentially all top tier talent (and even #2 or #3 talent in a good league with no "stupid 1st/2nd rd picks") are gone. I feel that you have to start to reach with every pick after your #1 pick.
My main league is a 12 man standard with a snake draft. There are no trading of draft picks (I proposed that this year but it was vetoed)and the draft order is determined by the preceding years final standings. Further, the winner of the previous season is not allowed to choose his preferred draft position. I won the league last year, so naturally I have the #1 pick.
This isn't the first time that I've had this spot in a league, but it always presents the same problem; how to maximize your roster while being essentially handcuffed. Yes, you get the "top player" which is negligible, arguably, as the top 5 are generally interchangeable. Then you have to wait 22 picks until your #2 pick, meaning essentially all top tier talent (and even #2 or #3 talent in a good league with no "stupid 1st/2nd rd picks") are gone. I feel that you have to start to reach with every pick after your #1 pick.
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Posted on 8/14/17 at 7:24 pm to olegreg
its only the worst for tards that over think it.
there are 7-8 must have guys. Meaning no one is going to get 2 of them.
then from 8 until about 35 you're dealing with a similar tier of players.
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Then you have to wait 22 picks until your #2 pick, meaning essentially all top tier talent (and even #2 or #3 talent in a good league with no "stupid 1st/2nd rd picks") are gone. I feel that you have to start to reach with every pick after your #1 pick.
there are 7-8 must have guys. Meaning no one is going to get 2 of them.
then from 8 until about 35 you're dealing with a similar tier of players.
Posted on 8/14/17 at 7:46 pm to olegreg
quote:thats the most unnatural thing I've ever heard of.
I won the league last year, so naturally I have the #1 pick.
Posted on 8/14/17 at 7:50 pm to olegreg
Draft your Leveon Bell or David Johnson and be happy about it. You have to be able to hit on uncertain players players later in the draft in order to win a league regardless. Having the closest things to a sure thing elite player is nothing but an advantage.
Also, I have no idea why there would be rules against trading draft positions. It makes no sense in any way at all to me.
Also, I have no idea why there would be rules against trading draft positions. It makes no sense in any way at all to me.
This post was edited on 8/14/17 at 7:52 pm
Posted on 8/14/17 at 7:55 pm to olegreg
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the draft order is determined by the preceding years final standings. Further, the winner of the previous season is not allowed to choose his preferred draft position. I won the league last year, so naturally I have the #1 pick
Posted on 8/16/17 at 7:32 am to olegreg
The bigger the league, the less of an advantage the #1 pick becomes, but it's still an advantage.
I read before that in on an average team, your first 2 picks constitute about 25% of your scoring over the length of the season and your first 4 picks account for nearly 50%. That means 50% of your production comes from just 25-30% of your picks. This is what leads to the phrase - "you can't win your league in the first few rounds, but you certainly can lose it".
Good luck!
I read before that in on an average team, your first 2 picks constitute about 25% of your scoring over the length of the season and your first 4 picks account for nearly 50%. That means 50% of your production comes from just 25-30% of your picks. This is what leads to the phrase - "you can't win your league in the first few rounds, but you certainly can lose it".
Good luck!
Posted on 8/16/17 at 4:34 pm to olegreg
Yeah. Sucks to have the best player in the league and 3 of the top 25 players.
Posted on 8/17/17 at 2:39 pm to olegreg
assuming you could trade draft picks, what kind of trade would you propose?
We've never traded draft picks, but it's an option, and i'm determined to do so this year. I hate picking early as well, so if i get a top 2 pick, i'd like to ship it out.
I was thinking maybe my 1st and 7th round pick for someones 2nd and 4th. I really have no idea what would be reasonable.
We've never traded draft picks, but it's an option, and i'm determined to do so this year. I hate picking early as well, so if i get a top 2 pick, i'd like to ship it out.
I was thinking maybe my 1st and 7th round pick for someones 2nd and 4th. I really have no idea what would be reasonable.
Posted on 8/19/17 at 9:21 am to olegreg
When I choose my draft position I could go #6 or #12. I choose 12 and got Jordy and Michael Thomas. My next 2 picks in the 3rd and 4th were Lamar miller and marshawn
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