Dynasty Analysis
He was born Bryan Bartlett Starr on January 9th, 1934 in Montgomery, Alabama. He attended the University of Alabama. As a non-starter during his freshman season, he played enough minutes to earn a varsity letter. This included him seeing some pivotal minutes in relief during the Orange Bowl. As a sophomore, he was a starter at quarterback, safety, and punter.
Injuries and coaching changes prevented Starr from seeing much action during his final two seasons with the Crimson Tide. The Alabama basketball coach at the time still saw an incredible and determined athlete in Starr. He quickly recommended him to a friend who happened to be the Green Bay Packers director of player personnel.
It’s May, the season of mock drafting. After completing another mock draft, we scoured over the results and gave our insights based on a variety of topics. Check out the draft order below and read each team member’s recap, then make sure to give everyone a follow on Twitter, along with the Redraft Football Factory, where we’ll be mock drafting up until the start of the regular season.
Draft Strategy: Continuing the theme from the last mock draft I wanted to slam the running back position. Besides the mock drafts I’ve done for this article series, I’ve also done a number of mock drafts for our upcoming DFF Factory Draft Guide. Elite running backs have gone early and often in a majority of these mock drafts, leaving stud wide receivers available later in drafts.
Reports this offseason have been that the plan in Green Bay is to go with a running back by committee approach for next season. As someone who has shares of Aaron Jones in every dynasty league, this news doesn’t exactly make me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. New head coach Matt LaFleur said he believes a committee is the most effective approach, while GM Brian Gutekunst says he wants Jones on the field as much as possible. Helpful, I know. Jones is the more explosive and talented running back, so rest assured this will be his backfield.After starting the season off suspended for two games, Aaron Jones slowly took back his role as the starter. Week eight saw Jones take the reins and dominate the role in the backfield, taking 12 carries to Jamaal Williams four. He added two receptions while Williams had zero. Ty Montgomery had two carries and saw only two targets. He would fumble on a late kick return and would then be traded to the Baltimore Ravens less than a week later. With Montgomery gone Jones was able to start taking over the backfield, and it looked like he was heading toward his first 1,000 yard season until he went down with an MCL injury for the second year in a row.
The AFC West has given me the smallest pool of talent to select from for my fourth round or later criteria, but it’s okay! As Dark Helmet combed the desert looking for Princess Vespa, we will comb through our prospects until we find just the right one for you. I would have to call these divisions choices the lottery team, we’re selecting high-ceiling, low-floor players.
Needless to say, these players should be selected if you have an every week starter in situ, enough backups on your roster already, and have the roster size to draft this player and have him sit for a year.
Free agency and the draft are finished and though we are still three-plus months from the beginning of the season teams are starting to resemble what they are going to be heading into the season. I’m going to go division by division breaking down the IDP relevant starters and some sleepers to keep on your watch list for training camp or dynasty stashes.
Larry Johnson (Penn State 271 att. 2,087 yards 7.7 YPA) The year was 2002 and Johnson had never seen more than 75 carries or 358 yards in a college season. He had been locked in a timeshare with somebody named Eric McCoo. When the trust was finally put in Johnson as a senior he rumbled […]
Change of Scenery Los Angeles to Tampa Bay Our change of scenery series continues! As teams are beginning to see what they have and need, they are making taking the steps to sure up there rosters. With the draft concluded, teams now turn back to free agency in their last push to improve. Oddly enough […]
Anthony Harris – Minnesota Vikings Since 2015 Harris has served as Minnesota’s utility DB. The mediocre Andrew Sendejo is now finally gone. That means Harris is ready to rip. He was UDFA because of a nasty shoulder injury that prevented him from doing most pre-draft athletic testing. He was kept on the practice squad until […]
Rookie Fever Welcomes 2drinkminimum for the 2nd round of our […]
Go on… get! I hate you, just go! Go!! I know, it sounds like a movie where you befriend an animal or creature that you wish you could keep, but you know deep down that you have to set it free. It’s that time, the creature’s family has appeared from the woods, and they are […]
The crew welcomes contributor for Pats Pulpit, Brian Phillips, (@BPhillips_SB) […]
Welcome to the AFC South edition of Diamonds in the Rough. A quick nugget before we get started, the AFC South as a division had fifteen selections in the fourth round or later, only the AFC West made fewer draft selections. Even with a limited talent pool to choose from, there are prospects that have […]
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This episode of Fanaro and Swags breakdown some WR Risers […]
One of the great aspects of fantasy football is how the format lends itself to debate. Will a player be consistent from the previous year, or will a new face break out in the course of the season? Free agency and the NFL Draft are over and now is a great time to take stock […]
We continue our change of scenery series with Darron Lee’s move from the New York Jets to the Kansas City Chiefs. Let’s start from the beginning to see how and why this change was made. Sometimes these moves work out great and other times they don’t, but it’s a cycle in the NFL that happens […]
Let’s face certain realities before we get started. When it comes to rookies and evaluating them in any sport, we have no idea what we’re doing. That includes the professional teams and personnel that actually earn a living on evaluating players, going through the process of meeting them at a scouting combine, and selecting them […]
Rookie Fever is in the air and as contagious as […]
Jerry and Memphis are flying guest free for the first time since January, but it’s all good. They breakdown their most owned rookies, their least owned rookies, biggest reaches in drafts and their biggest steals. The Memphis gives his thoughts on the first three rounds of Jerry’s listener league. Who’s kicking butt, who’s overpaid, and […]
In redraft fantasy league drafts, the goal is to find value throughout the draft to achieve the best possible roster. That goal holds for all positions, but I believe that finding running back value can make or break your roster. Of course, getting a stud or two at the RB position early in the draft […]
The mission of this article is to make our in-house experts sizzle and bristle over the hot button issues that face dynasty owners. Our experts make the entire route tree HOT as they address topics from the world of IDP, Devy, Start/Sit, Non-PPR (standard scoring), PPR, and everything in between. Try not to get burned […]
Welcome to the AFC East edition of Diamonds in the Rough. As the name suggests, we’ll be looking for rookies from each team drafted in the fourth round or later that have a chance to impact your IDP Dynasty Team in the foreseeable future. Before we get started, just a note regarding the AFC East […]
What if I told you there’s a 23-year-old, true three-down back with incredible size and power that can be had in the 15th round of startup dynasty drafts? What if I also told you this player could easily be purchased for merely any second-round rookie pick as well? Maybe even an early 3rd round rookie […]
One of the great aspects of fantasy football is how the format lends itself to debate. Will a player be consistent from the previous year, or will a new face break out in the course of the season? Free agency and the NFL Draft are over and now is a great time to take stock […]