Pick no.3 Jones-Drew, QB or Someone Else

[mike]

This was a facebook question that i recieved this morning thought I would share our answers with him here.

i have fantasy draft Saturday morning and i was blessed with the 3rd pick. Well i figure chirs J will go one and AP will go 2 so i was going to take mo jones drew..... well i jsut read he has missed his 3rd day of practice AND might miss this pre season game...

this leauge im drafting in ISNT PPR.... repeat...ISNT..

and it is 6 pts a TD pass... im starting to panic some about mo jones drew becuase besides the injury i just told you about.... did you know...the last 7 games last year... yes 7 so almost half the season...jones drew was only over 90 yards once... and you know them 16 tds he had... well he only scored 4 of them the last 7 weeks.... and he only averaged 3.9 yards per carry the last 7....

so was he starting to wear out becuase he was full time starter now? possibly... and not that he is dinged up already... is this a sign of things to come for the year?

i was almost postive i was going to take mo jones drew but im starting to worry about him this year... if he was healthy i would take him for sure but im starting to panic about it all especilay if i take him in 2 days im stuck with him for the year... since it isnt PPR should i consdier turner? 6 pt td passes should i take manning or brees or rodgers isntead? what are your thoughts about the whole situation?

[mike]

There is no way I can take a QB with pick 3 ever especially this season. I would have it narrowed down to Ray Rice, Frank Gore or Jones Drew. You seem leary on taking jones-drew and I can see your reasoning so if I had to choose between Rice and Gore I am taking Rice every day.

[DDS]

100% Ray Rice

[bczar]

every draft result I've seen that someone took a QB early left them very empty. As for MJD, unless you're concerned about is injury I think you have to take him over Rice. IMHO

[hobbs]

every draft result I've seen that someone took a QB early left them very empty. As for MJD, unless you're concerned about is injury I think you have to take him over Rice. IMHO

Agreed.

[hobbs]

I take Gore everyday over Rice, now I know that is not the most popular stand but I love the fact he has Singletary as his coach, who will be committed to the run. They added two new big nasties to the OL, Crabtree is here all TC and along with VDavis at TE, should keep the 8th and 9th man out of the box and Rice is prettier in a PPR than non PPR like this league.

MJD is still the pick in my view, injury concern or not.

I really just think that Del Rio down in JAX is smart enough to know he needs a successful season in 2010 to keep his job and that his only chance of a successful season is with MJD. That has led him to shut MJD down until the games count, which is a good sign for MJD imho.

[mjsmooth21]

This same instance came up in a draft I had on Sunday and the guy was always going to take MJD, but when the news came out of a possible injury he went Ray Rice and then the guy at #4 balked at MJD to and went with Aaron Rodgers. RB depth is huge this year because of the all the RBBC approaches, I would still go MJD at #3 in a non PPR and just in case make sure to have a couple of solid RBs behind him, they will be available in rounds 3,4,5.

[imfletcher]

I go Rice or MJD here.