MFL10 Draft Analysis A Football Diehard vs. The WR Whisperer Rounds 1-5

By Jen Ryan
Jen Ryan I am what you call a volume player when it comes to MFL10’s. As of this publication, I have 70 drafts completed and many ongoing. When you do a bunch of these bestball drafts you eventually wind up drafting with some serious names in the fantasy football industry. If you are unfamiliar with the bestball format, all you really need to know is these leagues require no roster management. You simply draft a team of 20 and the system automatically calculates the top scorers each week. You can thank Emil Kadlec, the founder of FootballDiehards.com, for this format as it was his brain child back in the mid-1990s.

Recently, I invited Matt Harmon of NFL.com, creator of the innovative #ReceptionPerception methodology, to join a draft with me and he obliged. By drafting with some of the best of the best you can only become better. I have decided to analyze both of our picks, round by round, to see both of our processes. Matt drew the third pick and I drew the 12th. Let’s dive right in.

Round 1 – Matt: Julio Jones – WR3, Jen: Lamar Miller – RB5

Seven running backs rushed for 1,000 yards last season and Latavius Murray was one of them. The Raiders did little to add to their run game aside from draft a rookie and beef up their offensive line. Many are not high on Murray as evident by him being the 18th back off the board but Matt grabbed himself a back who will dominate his team’s touches, which is hard to come by. Using our Consistency tool, you can see that while Murray scores a 78 in consistency and just a 1 in big game factor. This makes Murray great for bestball as opposed to redraft where he can be a start/sit nightmare.

I drafted Decker right around where he is being drafted as a fifth round selection and it blows my mind that he is not drafted higher. There were 30 receivers drafted before I took Decker. Check out his Player Career Chart – over the past four seasons Decker has finished as the WR9, WR9, WR26, and WR13. While I do not understand his price tag of WR31 in this draft I will take that steal any time.

In the first five rounds, Matt and I both put together balanced teams with three wide receivers and two running backs. He secured the stud receivers while I secured stud running backs. This balanced approach in the beginning allows for value diving in the upcoming rounds. Stay tuned for an analysis of the next five rounds of this MFL10 that I competed in with Matt Harmon.

Round 2 – Jen: Keenan Allen – WR8, Matt: Brandin Cooks – WR13

Seven running backs rushed for 1,000 yards last season and Latavius Murray was one of them. The Raiders did little to add to their run game aside from draft a rookie and beef up their offensive line. Many are not high on Murray as evident by him being the 18th back off the board but Matt grabbed himself a back who will dominate his team’s touches, which is hard to come by. Using our Consistency tool, you can see that while Murray scores a 78 in consistency and just a 1 in big game factor. This makes Murray great for bestball as opposed to redraft where he can be a start/sit nightmare.

I drafted Decker right around where he is being drafted as a fifth round selection and it blows my mind that he is not drafted higher. There were 30 receivers drafted before I took Decker. Check out his Player Career Chart – over the past four seasons Decker has finished as the WR9, WR9, WR26, and WR13. While I do not understand his price tag of WR31 in this draft I will take that steal any time.

In the first five rounds, Matt and I both put together balanced teams with three wide receivers and two running backs. He secured the stud receivers while I secured stud running backs. This balanced approach in the beginning allows for value diving in the upcoming rounds. Stay tuned for an analysis of the next five rounds of this MFL10 that I competed in with Matt Harmon.

Round 3 – Matt: Brandon Marshall – WR16, Jen: LeSean McCoy – RB11

Seven running backs rushed for 1,000 yards last season and Latavius Murray was one of them. The Raiders did little to add to their run game aside from draft a rookie and beef up their offensive line. Many are not high on Murray as evident by him being the 18th back off the board but Matt grabbed himself a back who will dominate his team’s touches, which is hard to come by. Using our Consistency tool, you can see that while Murray scores a 78 in consistency and just a 1 in big game factor. This makes Murray great for bestball as opposed to redraft where he can be a start/sit nightmare.

I drafted Decker right around where he is being drafted as a fifth round selection and it blows my mind that he is not drafted higher. There were 30 receivers drafted before I took Decker. Check out his Player Career Chart – over the past four seasons Decker has finished as the WR9, WR9, WR26, and WR13. While I do not understand his price tag of WR31 in this draft I will take that steal any time.

In the first five rounds, Matt and I both put together balanced teams with three wide receivers and two running backs. He secured the stud receivers while I secured stud running backs. This balanced approach in the beginning allows for value diving in the upcoming rounds. Stay tuned for an analysis of the next five rounds of this MFL10 that I competed in with Matt Harmon.

Round 4 – Jen: C.J. Anderson – RB12, Matt: Dion Lewis – RB16

Seven running backs rushed for 1,000 yards last season and Latavius Murray was one of them. The Raiders did little to add to their run game aside from draft a rookie and beef up their offensive line. Many are not high on Murray as evident by him being the 18th back off the board but Matt grabbed himself a back who will dominate his team’s touches, which is hard to come by. Using our Consistency tool, you can see that while Murray scores a 78 in consistency and just a 1 in big game factor. This makes Murray great for bestball as opposed to redraft where he can be a start/sit nightmare.

I drafted Decker right around where he is being drafted as a fifth round selection and it blows my mind that he is not drafted higher. There were 30 receivers drafted before I took Decker. Check out his Player Career Chart – over the past four seasons Decker has finished as the WR9, WR9, WR26, and WR13. While I do not understand his price tag of WR31 in this draft I will take that steal any time.

In the first five rounds, Matt and I both put together balanced teams with three wide receivers and two running backs. He secured the stud receivers while I secured stud running backs. This balanced approach in the beginning allows for value diving in the upcoming rounds. Stay tuned for an analysis of the next five rounds of this MFL10 that I competed in with Matt Harmon.

Round 5 – Matt: Latavius Murray – RB18, Jen: Eric Decker – WR31

Seven running backs rushed for 1,000 yards last season and Latavius Murray was one of them. The Raiders did little to add to their run game aside from draft a rookie and beef up their offensive line. Many are not high on Murray as evident by him being the 18th back off the board but Matt grabbed himself a back who will dominate his team’s touches, which is hard to come by. Using our Consistency tool, you can see that while Murray scores a 78 in consistency and just a 1 in big game factor. This makes Murray great for bestball as opposed to redraft where he can be a start/sit nightmare.

I drafted Decker right around where he is being drafted as a fifth round selection and it blows my mind that he is not drafted higher. There were 30 receivers drafted before I took Decker. Check out his Player Career Chart – over the past four seasons Decker has finished as the WR9, WR9, WR26, and WR13. While I do not understand his price tag of WR31 in this draft I will take that steal any time.

In the first five rounds, Matt and I both put together balanced teams with three wide receivers and two running backs. He secured the stud receivers while I secured stud running backs. This balanced approach in the beginning allows for value diving in the upcoming rounds. Stay tuned for an analysis of the next five rounds of this MFL10 that I competed in with Matt Harmon.