2020 rookie rankings Post NFL draft pick 2.05 (Closed) (1 Viewer)

The purpose of these polls is to get an idea of who the majority of voters prefer at a specific pick in a rookie draft. These drafts assume that all 2020 rookie players are available. For the 2QB poll there may be some variance in scoring. Some may be standard, others PPR. I think a lot of 2QB leagues may involve IDP as well so these differences are not accounted for here. Only looking at the offensive skill players in the two most common formats and also 2QB leagues, to get a sense of where the QB are valued relative to other positions, when there is actually scarcity at the QB position. For the TE premium poll this assumes the scoring format is PPR because that is what these leagues almost always are. The polls assume 12 teams and likely 24-26 roster spots as the most common format for dynasty. Short bench dynasty leagues should only care about the top 6-12 rookie players.

If a player isn't listed that you would vote for please vote other and then post the name of the player that you voted for so that player can be added to the next poll. Also please suggest players not listed that you would vote for soon, even if not on the particular poll that is active.

I populated the lists based on NFL draft position and voter suggestions

Thanks everyone for voting. Discussion welcome.

Results so far

Standard

1.01 Johnathan Taylor IND

1.02 32 Clyde Edwards Helare KC

1.03  JK Dobbins BAL

1.04 DeAndre Swift DET

1.05  Cam Akers RAM

1.06  CeDee Lamb DAL

1.07 Jerry Juedy DEN

1.08 Henry Ruggs LVR

1.09 Justin Jefferson MIN

1.10 Jalen Reagor PHI

1.11  Michael Pittman IND

1.12 Tee Higgins CIN

2.01 Joe Burrow CIN

2.02 KeShaun Vaughn TAM

2.03 Denzel Mims NYJ

2.04 Brandon Aiyuk SF

2.05 AJ Dillon GBP

PPR

1.01 Clyde Edwards Helare KC

1.02 Johnathan Taylor IND

1.03  DeAndre Swift DET

1.04 JK Dobbins BAL

1.05  Cam Akers RAM

1.06 CeDee Lamb DAL

1.07 Jerry Juedy DEN

1.08 Justin Jefferson MIN

1.09 Jalen Reagor PHI

1.10 Henry Ruggs LVR

1.11 Tee Higgins CIN

1.12 Michael Pittman IND

2.01 Denzel Mims NYJ

2.02 Brandon Aiyuk SF

2.03 KeShaun Vaughn TAM

2.04 Laviska Shenault JAX

2.05 AJ Dillon GBP

2 QB Leagues

1.01 Joe Burrow CIN

1.02 5 Tua Tagovailoa MIA

1.03 32 Clyde Edwards Helare KC

1.04 Johnathan Taylor IND

1.05 JK Dobbins BAL

1.06  DeAndre Swift DET

1.07 Justin Herbert LAC

1.08 CeDee Lamb DAL

1.09 Cam Akers RAM

1.10 Jerry Juedy DEN

1.11 Justin Jefferson MIN

1.12 Henry Ruggs LVR

2.01 Jalen Reagor PHI

2.02 Michael Pittman IND

2.03 Tee Higgins CIN

2.04 KeShaun Vaughn TAM

2.05 Denzel Mims NYJ

TE Premium

1.01 Clyde Edwards Helare KC

1.02 Johnathan Taylor IND

1.03  DeAndre Swift DET

1.04 JK Dobbins BAL

1.05 Cam Akers RAM

1.06 CeDee Lamb DAL

1.07 Jerry Juedy DEN

1.08 Justin Jefferson MIN

1.09 Jalen Reagor PHI

1.10 Henry Ruggs LVR

1.11 Tee Higgins CIN

1.12 Michael Pittman IND

2.01 Denzel Mims NYJ

2.02 Brandon Aiyuk SF

2.03 Laviska Shenault JAX

2.04 KeShaun Vaughn TAM

2.05 AJ Dillon GBP

Links to previous polls

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My cousin is giving me grief over not having Tyler Johnson listed in these polls yet.

Bump - 35 votes in so far 

Biabreakable said:

My cousin is giving me grief over not having Tyler Johnson listed in these polls yet.

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Wont even get a vote till 3rd round

massraider said:

Wont even get a vote till 3rd round

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I just drafted him 4.07. A little too soon, even.

rockaction said:

I just drafted him 4.07. A little too soon, even.

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I looked, Van Jefferson/Trautman/Hurts maybe.  I would have gone TJ as well.

4 round is spicy in IDP leagues, huh? Love it. This is not the year to reach for defenders. I'm going all offense if I can.

massraider said:

I looked, Van Jefferson/Trautman/Hurts maybe.  I would have gone TJ as well.

4 round is spicy in IDP leagues, huh? Love it. This is not the year to reach for defenders. I'm going all offense if I can.

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Yeah, I agree. I went defense at 2.01 and 4.01, and may regret the 4.01 decision, though I'm not sold on Van Jefferson at all. He seems to fail every college production standard that there is. I had many other picks through trading and didn't want to pass up Young or a linebacker when I didn't even have starting quality linebackers, so I start the LB run at 5.05. By then, the offensive well is dry. 

People had really different opinions over in the IDP threads about when to draft defense this year; that it's a debate among guys who normally would ace the test on D shows you that there's a lot of offense to go around.

I started really going D at about 5.05. That's when the starters looked to be there on D and not on O.  

rockaction said:

People had really different opinions over in the IDP threads about when to draft defense this year; that it's a debate among guys who normally would ace the test on D shows you that there's a lot of offense to go around.

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I don't know about you, but in my IDP leagues, there are 3 or 4 guys that always pay attention more, and wind up getting the Nate Gerry's of the world. 

I'm one of those guys, so I'm done drafting LB/DE in top 3 rounds, I'll trust my diligence to get my IDPs filled.  

massraider said:

I don't know about you, but in my IDP leagues, there are 3 or 4 guys that always pay attention more, and wind up getting the Nate Gerry's of the world. 

I'm one of those guys, so I'm done drafting LB/DE in top 3 rounds, I'll trust my diligence to get my IDPs filled.  

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Yeah, Nate Gerry would have outscored any one of my linebackers that I inherited from the person's last year having a go at it. That might make one appreciate the picks I sort of had to make all the more. I'm glad, though; the first few years of figuring out what the hell I'm doing should be enough to keep my interest through the endeavor.

Provided they play any football. Otherwise I'm putting in all of this effort for a true fantasy.

Back to 2.05. I'd say Edwards for both. At least that's my disposition. They worry about him separating in the pros. So don't they worry about everybody separating. Give me the phenom and physical freak. 

massraider said:

I don't know about you, but in my IDP leagues, there are 3 or 4 guys that always pay attention more, and wind up getting the Nate Gerry's of the world. 

I'm one of those guys, so I'm done drafting LB/DE in top 3 rounds, I'll trust my diligence to get my IDPs filled.  

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Yup. Pretty sure I got Jordan Hicks for $1 in free agent bidding last year. Got Gerry for $3 this year.

massraider said:

Wont even get a vote till 3rd round

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You may be right but I will take his complaint as if he voted other for Johnson and add him to the next poll.

Interesting discussion about when IDP should slot in with the offensive players. This depends on your starting requirements and scoring. Some leagues really boost IDP scoring to a point where you can't ignore them. Most of them aren't quite that extreme so you can wait a bit longer.

From what you are saying you think you can get IDP from the free agent pool and be competitive there. I can see that, the pool is really deep on that side of the ball.