Saturday, November 25, 2023

Week 12 - The Perfect Draft

Going to use an excerpt from a previous post since it's the same exercise:

This week, we're going to run a little exercise that may piss everybody off. This is a team that anybody could have built to dominate the league. During the draft, I'm sure you would have gotten laughed out of the room with these picks, but 8 weeks in, you would most likely be undefeated (I didn't go week by week but I have a hard time believing this team would lose many if any weeks) and in prime position for the playoffs.

Here were the rules I gave to myself:
1) A player must have been drafted with the 12th pick of that round to be considered eligible for a round. So if a player was taken with the 11th pick in the 4th round, he would only be eligible as a 3rd round selection because the 12th team would not have been able to take him.
2) I considered performance to this point (70%) as well as potential future performance (30%) when weighing who to select (by the way, I made up those percentages). Instead of doing this purely by current rankings, I considered future outlook as well. 

I'll outline the draft with their current ranking, where they were actually drafted:

Round 1: CeeDee (WR3)/AJ (WR4)/Amon-Ra (WR6) - I really couldn't figure out which one to take. CeeDee has been the hottest when he gets hot, AJ Brown has just as high of a ceiling but lower floor, and Amon-Ra might not reach the same heights but he is way more consistent. Pick your favorite. - All drafted in the 2nd round

Round 2: Josh Allen (QB1) - 3rd round

Round 3: Keenan Allen (WR2) - 4th round

Round 4: Hockenson (TE1) - 5th round

Round 5: Kamara (RB5 PPG) - 6th round

Round 6: Mostert (RB2) - 9th round

Round 7: Brian Robinson (RB4) - 9th round

Round 8: Adam Thielen (WR11) - 11th round

Round 9: Puka (WR10) - Undrafted

Round 10: Kyren (RB3 PPG) - Undrafted

Round 11: Dallas (DEF1) - 12th round

Round 12: LaPorta (TE5) - 13th round

Round 13: Tank Dell (WR15) - 14th round

Round 14: Sam Howell (QB4) - Undrafted

Round 15: Hopkins (K1) - Undrafted


Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving!

Good luck to all!

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