GEDL Rookie Draft 2017

[Jimi Hendrix]

owner of the App Mountaineers here. Quite pleased with my results so far. I've so far drafted at the 1.05, 1.11, 2.04, 3.02 and 3.06. Originally I had the 1.02. Traded that for 1.05 / 1.11/ 3.10/ the 2nd pick of the 5th, 6th, 7th, and Jamaal Charles. So, i was thrilled when Cook fell to 5 since he was my original selection for the 1.02. Njoku at 1.11 was exactly what I thought I could get . In round 2, I was slated at 2.02 but was able to trade down to the 2.04 and acquire the 3.06. With the 2.04 I selected Carlos Henderson whom I would have taken with the 2.02 . With the 3.02 the first QB comes off the board when I selected Watson , and with the 3.06 that was acquired in the 2nd round trade I selected Isaiah Ford, one the best route runners in this years draft .....got 3.10 coming up soon.

[Jimi Hendrix]

Just added Trubiskey with the 3.10. That's a double dip on the rookie qbs but with Dalton and Big Ben as my vets I'm hoping that at least one of the 2 has a decent career.

[ConnSKINS26]

Whew big trade in the middle of the draft:

Team 1: Torrey Smith, 2x 2018 1sts (mid-late?)
Team 2: Martavis Bryant, 3.13, 4.02

[Bravo15]

Was that a trade or was that a Cosby sighting??

[ConnSKINS26]

Was that a trade or was that a Cosby sighting??

We've got a yuuuge Martavis lover whose been trying to buy him for years on our hands with this one. Most prefer the side with the 1sts

[Bravo15]

Was that a trade or was that a Cosby sighting??

We've got a yuuuge Martavis lover whose been trying to buy him for years on our hands with this one. Most prefer the side with the 1sts

Clearly all it takes is one to not prefer the 1sts...

[Vcize]

Was that a trade or was that a Cosby sighting??

We've got a yuuuge Martavis lover whose been trying to buy him for years on our hands with this one. Most prefer the side with the 1sts

Even Martavis' mother would take the 1sts.

[Goirish374]

heh...cosby sighting...

[ConnSKINS26]

Probably done with my draft. Here are the results:

1.08 John Ross (also considered OJ Howard)

2.10 Dealt for Martellus Bennett (For the record, my pick would have been either Cannon or Gallman, who ended up going at 3.01 and 3.09, respectively, when I couldn't trade up high enough to jump back in for them)

3.14 Taywan Taylor (Think this was a steal this late)

[Madadamus]

I made a few picks today.

3.07 - Adam Shaheen: I got to pop the cherry on the write in picks this year. He will be a project, but he is rising up many draft boards and should be gone by the middle of round 2.

3.11 - Marshawn Lynch: At pick 39 (4.03 in 12 team leagues) why not take a chance on Lynch even in a rebuild? I passed him up a few times and he kept sliding so I'll take a gamble there.

4.01 - Chad Hansen: I really like him. I have him in the Carlos Henderson range in my rankings and I got him almost 2 full rounds later. I think he'll bump up 10-12 spots from this selection in 2 weeks.

[phoenix09]

I would like this a lot more if it was IDP. Interesting pre-draft, nonetheless.

[NJKV]

Well I have been able to draft a couple guys.

2.14 I took Malachi Dupre. He has a lot physical gifts and athleticism. My team is competing mode. I can afford to take a guy like Dupre and hope he hits.

In the 4th, I took Noah Brown and Deshone Kizer. Brown I like and think he could turn into a high ceiling player. Kizer could go in the 1st or 2nd round of the NFL draft. I like his physical tools.

[maxhyde]

Probably done with my draft. Here are the results:

1.08 John Ross (also considered OJ Howard)

2.10 Dealt for Martellus Bennett (For the record, my pick would have been either Cannon or Gallman, who ended up going at 3.01 and 3.09, respectively, when I couldn't trade up high enough to jump back in for them)

3.14 Taywan Taylor (Think this was a steal this late)

Love the draft and having the guts to make a deal to grab Ross.
It will seem cheap rather quickly. http://www.espn.com/college-football/st ... ack-injury

Toughness is necessary for greatness

[H5n1]

I'm the owner of the Amsterdam team in this league.

I traded up to 1.03 initially to get Davis, but along the way i fell in love with McCaffrey at that spot, and since i was pretty sure Mutiny traded up to hop over me to get Davis i was pretty sure i was going to get him there.

My plan with the 1.12 was to get one of my top 2 TEs, but those went all before me so i traded down with the hopes of landing 3 out of Foreman(RB5 for me), Stewart(WR4), Hodges(TE3), Jamaal Williams(RB6) and Ford(WR5) with my next 3 picks. I ended up getting Stewart, Hodges and Williams. Tried my hardest to trade back in the late 2nd early 3rd to get Ford but nobody seemed interested. Looking back i probably should've picked Ford over Stewart since he probably had a bigger chance to fall to me at 3.09.

I was ecstatic when Gallman(RB8 on my list) dropped to me at 3.09. I have 5 players i had ranked in my top 16 with my first 5 picks.

I did a bleep ton of research this year, way more than years before(last year i traded away most my picks to go on my championship run, and didn't research a whole lot), i hope it pays of.
I've made a pretty nice excel workbook with all my data(ADP, Mockdrafts, Rankings, Film review, Comments from draftguides, positional rankings from various sites, overal rankings, avg rankings). It's in Dutch(my native language), so if i find some time to translate stuft i'll post an empty one in the forums, so people can make their own draftboards.

[Jimi Hendrix]

owner of the App Mountaineers here. Quite pleased with my results so far. I've so far drafted at the 1.05, 1.11, 2.04, 3.02 and 3.06. Originally I had the 1.02. Traded that for 1.05 / 1.11/ 3.10/ the 2nd pick of the 5th, 6th, 7th, and Jamaal Charles. So, i was thrilled when Cook fell to 5 since he was my original selection for the 1.02. Njoku at 1.11 was exactly what I thought I could get . In round 2, I was slated at 2.02 but was able to trade down to the 2.04 and acquire the 3.06. With the 2.04 I selected Carlos Henderson whom I would have taken with the 2.02 . With the 3.02 the first QB comes off the board when I selected Watson , and with the 3.06 that was acquired in the 2nd round trade I selected Isaiah Ford, one the best route runners in this years draft .....got 3.10 coming up soon.

Postby Jimi Hendrix » Sun Apr 16, 2017 7:34 pm

Just added Trubiskey with the 3.10. That's a double dip on the rookie qbs but with Dalton and Big Ben as my vets I'm hoping that at least one of the 2 has a decent career.

I had no picks in the 4th. 5th rd. picks 5.02 and 5.03 I traded for 2018 4th rd picks.
Then traded my 6.02 for 5.10 and 2018 5th and continued my QB run with Davis Webb, this guy has been rising up the charts, and with my 6.03 I selected yet another QB, Nathan Peterman. A lot of NFL teams are looking for their next franchise guy. This gives me 4 kicks at the can.
And finally picks 7.02 and 7.03. Pick 7.02 is OAK. WR Seth Roberts, and my final pick 7.03 TE -Jeremy Sprinkle.

Deshaun Watson, Mitch Trubiskey, Davis Webb, Nathan Peterson
Dalvin Cook
Carlos Henderson, Isaiah Ford, Seth Roberts
David Njoku, Jeremy Sprinkle

quite satisfied with this draft