Panthers Fantasy

[Bearzzz]

Hey all, I have my draft tonight and been noticing Hubbard available in late rounds when I do mock drafts. Is he worth taking late or is Brooks going to be the primary when he returns? Thielen also has been available in late rounds, so I think people are just  overlooking Carolina because of last year's record. Although it was a small sampe size, I was impressed  how your starters looked in the last preseason game.

[UNCrules2187]

I took Brooks very late in my draft last night but that's because my league has IR slots so figured he'd be a good one to stash. I think Hubbard will be a decent option for the first month or so but only in deeper leagues (12+ teams) or if you load up on WRs early and have slim pickings at RB left late. Honestly you probably don't even need to draft Hubbard and could pick him up as a FA prior to the Week 1 games.

Diontae is really the only "draftable" Panther with Brooks as a stash candidate as mentioned above. Everyone else shouldn't be touched/better options available.

Edited September 4 by UNCrules2187

[PNW_PantherMan]

Hubbard will get a good amount of volume.  Brooks may not see much action this year.  Who knows.

[Bearzzz]

11 minutes ago, UNCrules2187 said:

I took Brooks very late in my draft last night but that's because my league has IR slots so figured he'd be a good one to stash. I think Hubbard will be a decent option for the first month or so but only in deeper leagues (12+ teams) or if you load up on WRs early and have slim pickings at RB left late. Honestly you probably don't even need to draft Hubbard and could pick him up as a FA prior to the Week 1 games.

Diontae is really the only "draftable" Panther with Brooks as a stash candidate as mentioned above. Everyone else shouldn't be touched/better options available.

Really? I thought Thielen would be a good pickup late because of his heavy workload last season.  Yes I'm in a 12 team league. Thanks 

[CRA]

4 minutes ago, Bearzzz said:

Really? I thought Thielen would be a good pickup late because of his heavy workload last season.  Yes I'm in a 12 team league. Thanks 

his heavy workload was also the byproduct of essentially a broken O that wasn't really even trying to be threatening.   AT's production essentially should decline this year.    

[strato]

I would bet AT's numbers are down a fair bit. 

[PappyMay]

i took Johnson as my flex hoping he puts up AT's #'s from last year. 2 guys started taking Bears and Miami players earlier than ADP because they are fans so helped me out.

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Bijan

Conner

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Olave

Laporta

Johnson

[travisura]

Honestly your best bet for actual fantasy starters are either Diontae or Chuba. 

I drafted Legette as a late round bench guy just in case he goes off, but we'll see. 

[CRA]

3 minutes ago, travisura said:

Honestly your best bet for actual fantasy starters are either Diontae or Chuba. 

I drafted Legette as a late round bench guy just in case he goes off, but we'll see. 

Eddy

[Bearzzz]

Thanks for the feedback all. My plan is to load up WRs early then look for RB sleepers late. 

[MasterAwesome]

I'd say Chuba is definitely worth a late round pick.  He should be the feature back early on, and if he performs well in that role, I could see the Panthers bringing Brooks along more slowly just to spell Hubbard.

[SmokinwithWilly]

You still have to win games at the beginning of the season to make the playoffs. Even if he looses his starting role week 6 or 8, that's a starting RB in double digit rounds most likely. Hard to beat that value. 

[Bear Hands]

Redraft:

 Diontae and Hubbard are good bets based on anticipated touches. That’s it for us. Don’t like Bryce as a QB2 or any of the other WRs.

Dynasty:

-Brooks and Sanders are good buys. Sanders is a solid taxi squad stash.

-Mingo and Legette are tossups in dynasty, wouldn’t take in redraft. 

-IDP, no DLs, Jewell is a sleeper at LB and Fuller at S.

[Bearzzz]

22 minutes ago, Bear Hands said:

Redraft:

 Diontae and Hubbard are good bets based on anticipated touches. That’s it for us. Don’t like Bryce as a QB2 or any of the other WRs.

Dynasty:

-Brooks and Sanders are good buys. Sanders is a solid taxi squad stash.

-Mingo and Legette are tossups in dynasty, wouldn’t take in redraft. 

-IDP, no DLs, Jewell is a sleeper at LB and Fuller at S.

Thanks, I'm in a keeper league where we can retain one player in the round selected. Brooks could be a good value if he is available in later rounds.