2013 Auction Debief

[bonscott]

Before I look at my team I agree that Greg Jennings was the steal of the auction. When he was due off the board I had all my cap space tied up in auctions and couldn't bid him up. Can't believe everyone else let him go that cheap.

For me...I had two strategies going into this draft:
1) Foster or bust
2) Plan B

I went big on Foster but just couldn't go above 12.5 mil and he went for more. So I quickly changed to plan b which was to grab two players for the price of Foster and I was able to do just that with Nelson (7 mil) and Sproles (6 mil). I think Nelson is about right and could be a steal if he continues to head on up into the Top 10 WRs. Sproles I think is a bit high but I'll take it. However he's my starter so that kinda sucks. Hope D. Richardson gets the starting nod this year.

Was very happy with Woodhead at just 1.6 and I put several years on him. Cheap to drop if needed. Should be a very solid #2 if (when) Mathews stubs his vajay-jay again.

Austin was a surprise. I had 14 million left after being bumped off CJ2K so I felt I needed to bid on someone. I'm not a huge Austin fan but if he can stay healthy he can be a top 20 WR so he really adds to my WR depth, which is huge. For me I now don't have to count on one of my young guns stepping up just yet and they get another year to get some seasoning.

Cap wise about 9.5 mil going into the draft. 5 million to sign rookies give me a bit of space for a free agent or more importantly...trades.

Starting lineup:
QB: Cutler - Well, I could do worse but I'll take it. Some upside at least. I've really mismanaged my QBs over the years, that has to stop.

RB: Sproles/Woodhead (Richardson/Quizz backups) - No real #1 guy here but I feel I can platoon them off my WR strength.

WR: Nelson/Austin/Williams/Givens/Jeffery and tons of young guys who have flashed - Pretty deep here. Trade bait by the deadline if I'm in the hunt? I think so.

TE: Graham - Can't get much better then that. Housler if he gets a QB could be a nice bye week fill-in.

PK/Def - Whatever.

Maybe, just maybe I can make the playoffs this year if half my team doesn't go down to injury as it usually does.

Bring it!

[Wascawy Wabbits]

This is going to be fairly close to what I posted earlier in the other FA thread...

But I had 2 plans to FA as well
Plan A) Go after and/or set the baseline price on Brady
Plan B) Go after 2 QBs for the price of, or cheaper than, Brady

I wanted to set the bottom price on Brady this season because (in all honesty) I didn't think anyone else was going to! So I set his price at $9.5m and waited... And waited... And waited... For Brandon to come along and increase it past $10m. Wasn't until around lunch time that he did that so I quickly pounced on Romo. When Brandon lost Brady to LVE (whom I wasn't really expecting to be going after Brady), I fully expected him to make a run at Romo but instead he went after Flacco so I dropped some money on Big Ben. Happy to have both on my team this season, would've loved to have gotten them for cheaper (probably could have if I went after them earlier instead of Brady), but not a big deal

James Casey was a guy that I targeted right at the start of FA. Versatile playmaker that is getting pimped out to be a Hernandez type player. Watching some of the things he was doing in his college highlights, he's the type of guy that is becoming the swiss army knife of offenses these days. I was really surprised that no one else bid on him except LBer? He was getting hyped up in the most recent FBG podcast and I was crapping bricks that I wasn't going to sign him.

When I saw that I still had enough total cap space left over Saturday morning to make a bid on Ingram, I did. He was sitting there at $2.3m and I just couldn't let him go for that cheap to a division rival, so I increased his bid past $3m at which point he was assigned over to me. I don't mind Ingram as a BYE week / Flex type player is great. I don't have to rely on him this season and he'll hopefully begin to flourish in the NO backfield this season or next. I'm really surprised I even signed him. I only had $3.3m left in cap space and he got his value raised to $3.25m by Vit... Whether that was a way of just increasing his cost or he was actually going after him I dunno?

Starting lineup (flex in parenthesis)
QB: Romo/Ben - Go a QBBC approach here with the best matchup. Both could be top 10 QBs?
RB: McCoy, Richardson, (Goodson, Ingram) - Both top 5 RBs this season?
WR: Green, Jones, (Boldin) - Both top 5 WRs this season?
TE: Myers/Finley/Davis/Casey/Lewis - TEBC approach...

I think I've got a pretty strong team coming into 2013 Aiming for back to back division champ and hopefully bringing in some money this year!

[bonesman]

My general goal going in was to get two guys I could start every week without hesitation.

Specifically I wanted to put about 7.5 mill on Jordy and nail him for 6 or under and then I was gonna put the rest on Foster... well, that went out the window when the excitement of the auction hit and I started throwing money at all these other guys I liked while trying to make sure everyone paid market value for the guys they brought up (Welker).

Went too cheap on Jordy, I guess the news that Jennings (steal at under 3 mill) could be back scared me off some. I figured I'd get outbid on Roddy/Vjax and I'd go back to Nelson, but amazingly I got the top 2 WRs in free agency for cheaper than they were last year. Perennial top 10 finishers still in their prime. Not an AMAZING deal, but more than reasonable considering the supply. Slapping multiple years on them is gonna limit my participation in FA next year... stacks my team though.

Starting Lineup
QB: Newton or Russell Wilson
RB: All Day Peterson
WR: Vjax, Rowdy Roddy
TE: Gresham
Flex: two out of G. Olsen, Alf Morris, Stevie Styles, Ant Brown, Cecil Shorts, Golden Tater

All on multi year contracts except for Morris.

Also wanted to go after the Broncos DST after unsuccessfully trading for them, or any upgrade, on Def last year before the deadline. Team D is a volatile position but I think we tend undervalue it in this league (at least in the offseason). So hopefully Den, Hou and AZ can all be DST 1's again. Den losing Dumervill is some BS, but happy about Cribbs going to AZ and Hou getting Reed.

With a little scheduling and players staying healthy luck I think my point and win totals should be: