I would've reached down and gotten barkley from the NYG or at least melvin gordon. there is absolutely no way kamara will uphold his fantasy value from last year, it never happens. Brees will have too many targets again this year. Only thing that might help is having ingram on the bench for the first four games. that should give his stat line a nice boost but I think his final #'s will be nothing close to his break-out performance last year.
this is all assuming you're in a standard league, not a PPR, since you didn't mention that. Either way, I'd still take barkley over kamara, that kid is gonna be nasty this year and we all know Eli couldn't the side of a barn with a football when it matters so they'll certainly be a run-heavy offense this year. OBJ is fading and unless shepard steps up big time this year, it'll be up to barkley and engram to hold them down. barkley will be this year's kareem hunt - #maybe?
I'm sitting at pick #10 this year in my main league, didn't like it at first but after a TON of mock drafts I'm quite happy with that position. being in the middle of the pack at #5 (if you're in a 10 team league) is shitty, even in a 12 team league. gotta make those 1st two picks count for sure!
You made a great case for Barkley. Had I read your in-depth analysis prior to the draft, I might have considered him. One main reason I chose Kamara was because I watch a few Saints games and the kid is amazing. Secondly, Ingram is out for 4 games so I am hoping Kamara will put up big numbers for me to start off the season.
Thanks for the detailed feedback. I am loving all these different opinions.
hell I wish I could pick him up at 10 but that'll never happen. I'll likely have something like J Jones, D Hopkins, K Hunt, D Cook......I'll always go RB for my first two, I have that luxury at least with a late pick. At 5, you're looking at Kamara or Barkley rd 1, rd 2 possibly McAffrey, Howard, Freeman.......Mac is gonna kill it this year I think, Howard is on his way out....Cohen will show him up this year, Freeman isn't a bad option either, he gets the rock and Ryan isn't who he was a few years ago so don't expect much in the air....they'll feed him for sure, but Coleman does steal some goal line snaps from him tho