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In response to "That's completely orthagonal to the the point." by Reagen

So marginal points in a position on a starting roster matter more than marginal points between a position on the starting roster and the bench?

Posted by ReluctantCynic (aka ReluctantCynic) Aug 31 '16, 11:25

I guess I'm either too stupid or blind to figure this out then.

FantasyPros has Gostkowski projected at 138.8 points.

Assuming every Astronauts team drafts one K, the marginal difference between him and the 12th ranked kicker -- Cody Parky at 118.4 -- is 20.4 points. Or 1.7 points per game on average.

If every Astronauts manager waited until the 15th Round to draft a kicker, and we all drafted in order starting with the kicker expected to score the most points, JFields would end up with Gostkowski and Spawn would end up with Graham Gano (126.0 points expected). That would be a marginal difference of 1.1 points per game.

So why would I still not want to draft Gostkowski before Steve Smith?

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Does the site you mentioned have mock drafts? - the wrong element, bad guy Aug 31, 11:34
you're only considering one half of the equation. Who is the receiver you're taking later? - Reagen Aug 31, 11:27 11
- Let's take the present example -- pick any WR that was drafted in Astronauts in the same round after Spawn picked Gostkowski. - ReluctantCynic Aug 31, 11:31 10
  - you need to compare them to 9th round quality receivers - Reagen Aug 31, 11:34 8
    - A note is that I have no 8th round pick. I could have waited 7th round but there were no players left on the board I valued higher than him. -- nm - Spawn Aug 31, 11:42 4
      - this is it for me. My value, I may have flyers I want to take in 8-9-10 and draft a kicker in 7th round cause I know the others will be there later -- nm - Beaker Aug 31, 11:45
      - Then I'd let someone else (RC) make the mistake. -- nm - Reagen Aug 31, 11:44 2
        
        See my "4,3" post below. *That* value alone makes it a lock. -- nm - Spawn Aug 31, 11:46 1
        
        "I mean, *someone* has to pull the pin on the grenade, it's just sitting there!" -- nm - Reagen Aug 31, 11:48
    - At best you can compare them to the player Spawn takes in that round. - the wrong element, bad guy Aug 31, 11:37 2
      - My #1 concern when drafting a kicker (other than, you know, does he have the job) is what is his bye week? -- nm - Reagen Aug 31, 11:44 1
        
        I generally like a later bye week. - the wrong element, bad guy Aug 31, 11:51
  - Dammit, Mike Wallace was taken? I missed that. - David Aug 31, 11:31

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