I've got until Saturday to decide on my keeper...
 

Now with a good number of preseason games over and people getting arrested.....who should I keep?

The round next to their name is the round that I will lose a pick in if I keep that player. I can only keep one player. PPR league....6 point TDs across the board.

I've got it narrowed down to about 6 players....a couple of them wouldn't really give me a lot back in value (Charles) but his talent is enough to warrant him being on the list.

Julius Thomas would be my pick off of that list. Can't really go wrong with any of them (other than RGIII) in terms of value in relation to ADP though.

Lacy. He's a first rounder all day. The value is there. Tough to pass up Charles though. He's a top 3 pick.

Here's how I'm looking at it.

Lacy:

If I have a high pick in the 1st round.....then I'll have a chance at 2 top 5 RBs on my roster. But I'll only have one shot to grab a WR and it's going to be at the end of the 2nd round.

If I have a low pick in the 1st round.....then I'll have a chance at grabbing the best WR/RB or WR/WR combo at the turn in the 1st and 2nd rounds. Plus I'll have a high 4th round pick to grab whatever I didn't in the first two rounds.


Bell:

Bell allows me to pretty much do whatever I want in the first 7 rounds. Bell is not free from issues though.

1. Dude JUST got arrested. He more than likely won't miss anytime this year....but there is always a possibility.

2. They signed Blount in the offseason and he's already stealing carries (including GL carries) away from Bell.

3. Bell's YPC average last season wasn't great by any means.

Thomas:

He's the wildcard. A top 3 TE for a 15th round pick is great....but I've never historically taken a TE high in any of my drafts. It gives me the freedom to not have to worry about a TE at all but there are a couple of TEs that I'm interested in later in the draft that I think could be good.

Hard to see any reason you don't keep Charles. McCoy is the only player I would consider drafting over him in a PPR redraft league so why let one of the best players back in the draft pool?

Because you have to weigh the value of the player vs. their draft pick. Yeah, Charles is a great player....but am I gaining anything in value because I'm keeping him? With Lacy....I'm gaining 2 rounds of value because he'd only cost me a 3rd rounder vs. a 1st rounder for Charles.

Plus I think Charles dips in production this year.

Your call man. Charles is a PPR monster with Reid. Look at it from another direction, I have to imagine there is a real possibility of McCoy, AP and Forte all being kept. Do you want to give one of those owners a shot at pairing Charles with another top 4 RB?

If you want value, keep Thomas. If you want points you keep Charles.

I can tell you right now that out of those 3.....only McCoy is being kept. And the owner is losing a 1st round pick for doing it.....so he won't be getting McCoy and Charles. I'm still waiting on three other owners.....but here are the players that won't be available.

QB: Russell Wilson, Cam Newton
RB: McCoy
WR: Megatron, Jordy Nelson, Randall Cobb
TE: Jimmy Graham, Rob Gronkowski

Thomas seems great for a 15th, and so does Lacy who is a sure 1st rounder. Bell has fallen a lot since Blount will be getting the goal line carries, Id eliminate him given the others.

Do you know what pick you will have before making the keeper choice?

I picked Lacy. First round value in the third round is hard to pass up especially for a RB. Thomas would have been my second choice.

Lacy and Thomas. Charles isn't going to have that great of a season because of the OL play, IMO. There's only so much that Reid can do to mask deficiencies in ability and experience along the OL.

Nope....won't know until after I've decided on my keeper.

RGIII is what I'd pick for you.....