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Originally Posted by rubecube
So keeper league questions here. We're a PPR league that keeps two players every year. Positions are QB, RB (2), WR (2), TE, FLEX. My first keeper is James Conner but I'm having trouble choosing between Golladay, Godwin or OJ Howard for my second.
Golladay would cost me a 13th round pick to keep, Howard and Godwin are both 9th round picks. I was also a seller at the trade deadline last year, so I have 4 picks in the first 3 rounds of the draft (2nd overall, 15th OA, 23rd OA, 25th OA) but then I don't pick again until the 5th round.
Normally, I would probably lean towards one of Godwin or Golladay but I'm thinking that I can get better WRs with the early picks I own and that those two might end up spending more time on my bench, whereas Howard would be my TE1. On the other hand, if I keep Golladay or Godwin, I can pencil one of them in as my WR2 and load up on anothee WR and BPA for my flex, while possibly having a shot at a guy like Ertz with all those early picks. However if I miss out on Ertz, I either have to reach for Howard with my third round pick, which is a bit of an opportunity cost or hope that decent TE falls to me in the 5th or later.
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Current ADP data (all positions) has Godwin as 46th overall and Golladay as 51st overall while O.J. Howard is 58th overall. Golladay has the best value relative to the draft pick cost to keep him and the reports from the joint practices held between the Lions and Patriots were promising:
One name that was raised to me as having impressed in the Patriots/Lions joint practices last week: Detroit third-year WR Kenny Golladay. He absolutely caught the eye of his opponents over their two days working together on the practice field (Golladay didn’t play in the preseason game), as a guy who’s open even when he’s covered. And the 6’4”, 203-pounder is pretty much exactly the type of big, long receiver Matthew Stafford loves. We got a taste of that last year, and that 70-catch, 1,063-yard, five-touchdown season might just be the tip of the iceberg.
Source:
https://www.si.com/nfl/2019/08/12/an...on-gruden-mmqb
The only hesitation I’d have on keeping Golladay is that I can’t shake the feeling that the Lions are a team that will flounder this year. Godwin has had good buzz around him during training camp and I think Howard can make another leap forward in his development (he is in that tier just below Kelce, Kittle, and Ertz).