Fantasy Football Keeper League Questions

In seventh edition of Bruno Boys Mailbag, I will be tackling an email question from a reader who has quite the dilemma of who to keep in a keeper league.

Last but not least, we will provide you with some valuable information on how everyone should use a Commish Kit Draft Boards at their fantasy football draft.

As always, if you have a question about a player or draft strategy, send an email to [e-mail] and we will give you all the advice needed to make you successful.

With that being said, lets get started on the June 25th, 2009 edition of Bruno Boys Mailbag: Fantasy Football Q & A. 

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QUESTION: Help!  I am in a PPR keeper league where we keep two players from previous season.  I have three bona-fide top 15 players (Forte, Chris Johnson, Brees) and am fairly certain I will keep Forte as one of the two. 

Who do I keep between Brees and C. Johnson?  As last year’s champion, I will be picking last in the first round (12th).

                                            —(Tim (TJ) Edwards)

ANSWER: 

TJ... Congrats on winning your league in 2008. Now it's time for a repeat performance in 2009.

Before I give you a thorough breakdown on who to keep, I wish I knew what your leagues scoring system was because that would be my deciding factor when choosing between your three options.

However, for the purpose of this question I will assume that it's a standard scoring (4-points for passing TD's) league like the majority of fantasy leagues out there.

Assuming that you start two RB's and it's standard scoring, the guys I would keep are running backs Matt Forte and Chris Johnson. When our 2009 Top 150 fantasy football rankings come out on July 1, you will notice that Forte is third overall and Johnson isn't too far behind at 10th overall.

With so many NFL teams employing a RBBC backfield these days it makes to get the studs at the more important position, and in Forte and Johnson, you have a foundation you can build around. Plus, with everyone keeping two players and you not draft until 1.12 that means there will be 35 players off the board before you pick.

If you decided to keep Brees and try to target a RB with your first pick, your options are more of the low-end RB2 status. Going by our top-150 and looking at average-draft-position (ADP), some of the running backs that might be available are Joseph Addai, Darren McFadden, LenDale White and Jonathan Stewart.

None of these choices are bad options but there is no comparison to Johnson in terms of potential and projection—though I feel McFadden is due for a stellar '09 season.  

If I was in your shoes, I'd keep Forte and Johnson, use my 1.12 pick to snag a wide receiver in the range of Anquan Boldin, Marques Colston and Brandon Marshall, and than use my 4th or 5th round pick on a quarterback.

Based on ADP the available quarterbacks should be in the range of Philip Rivers, Kurt Warner, Aaron Rodgers, and Tony Romo.

You can't go wrong with any of these signal callers but my pick would be Rodgers. Last year he finished with the second most fantasy points at the QB position. And with the Packers offense continuing to mature, you can expect Rodgers to keep the torrid pace.

Plus, the NFC North division was a division that had plenty of shoot-outs last year and you can expect the same this season.

By keeping Forte and Johnson, you get two of the ten best RB's and can use one of your next three picks to snag a QB who will be comparable to Brees.

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