By Matt Price
The all-important startup draft. It sets the tone and the direction of your new team for the next several years. There are many ways to build a championship dynasty team that is competitive year in and year out. Some prefer the “win now” approach. Those owners are scooping up veteran value all over the place, looking to take home the title in year one. On the other end of the spectrum are the “youthers.” These owners are taking young and talented but relatively unproven players in an effort to dominate in year two, three and beyond.
Either approach can build a champion, but both are susceptible to stepping on a fantasy land mine in each and every round of the startup draft. Think about each pick you make as a metaphor for an actual pickaxe. With every selection or swing of the pickaxe in your draft you are hoping to hit a gold mine while avoiding a potential land mine. In this series we will take a look at the DLF August dynasty startup ADP, identifying the land mines and gold mines in each round.
First Round Land Mine
Eddie Lacy, RB GB (current ADP 11th overall, RB2)
As a Packer fan, I love Eddie Lacy. He is entering his third season for one of the most explosive offenses in the NFL. Watching the 25-year old bowl over defenders on back to back big runs in the first preseason game against the Patriots got me excited about what he and the Packers can do in 2015. Despite all that, I’m still not taking him at his current price in the late first round.
Here’s why.
Lacy has a capped workload and is a concussion risk. It’s pretty clear by his usage the Packers want to keep Lacy on a pitch count in an effort to …read more
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