Thrown together my first draft team so figured I'd throw it up... I've done no bye analysis at all so it could be horrific on that front
Backs
Lloyd - He's pretty much locked in right now for me as long as his preseason is good, which given I haven't started him in about 3 years is a pretty strong comment. Dawson gone, Mills established in the midfield. I think he's fairly to under priced and a good bet for top back.
Hall - HB is a position that durability bounces upwards in, his scoring playing it was elite and he's underpriced from the first few games before the move. Gun to my head he's my pick for top scoring back next year.
Ridley - Lot of unknowns here and the way he finished last year is very concerning, I'm hoping Kelly frees him up but will be quick to move on if I don't like preseason role. Very underpriced on what he can do.
Short - Basically think that the Stewart down to Dale group is much of a muchness so I've got the ultra durable guy on the lower end of the pricing.
4x Rookies - Nothing on this yet.
Mids
Steele - Honestly, choosing between them all was very hard this year, I like Steele so first draft honours are his.
Miller - Ditto.
Petracca - I expect him to continue his 2nd half form, his scoring playing too much forward when the KP guys were out was not good but after Brown, in particular, returned he went to the midfield and well the rest is history. Averaged 127.5 from when Brown came back late in the season.
Neale - Value priced, hard to ignore if he looks fit.
Berry - Ditto, he's barely above rookie priced for a guy who I genuinely had in a draft team last year as capable of becoming a keeper. Needs a flawless preseason though given his durability concerns.
6x rookies - I've got a lot of the premium priced guys right now (Constable, JHF & Daicos) but it doesn't mean much now.
Rucks
Grundy - With no certainty whatsoever, basically he's got the better narrative to get back to 125+ of the top 4 but I have concerns on all the guys. Preseason will be huge this year for rucks and I'm definitely tempted by some of the midprice guys for time to assess this year.
Preuss - For now, has to win the spot, has to look good doing it but he's too cheap to ignore.
Rookie - No idea here, I'll always take the cash cow over the R/F if it exists. Haven't fallen in love with a R/F (Marshall was a lock if he had it!) so no need yet either.
Forwards
Dunkley/Duncan - Easy theory here, if they stay fit they're 110+ and on another level to all the other guys, their injuries last year have them priced well below that. Thus they're value and the best two forwards, imo. JDG was the other guy in this group for mine and he's most likely ruled himself out. Wingard perhaps the other depending on how Mitchell plans to use him though signs were very good to end last year.
Rioli - Value and role. 85 over the last 6 weeks in the role and looked the goods. Houli retirement makes it a stronger role and no one else really offers what he does outside Short who takes the attention. D/F an added bonus. Think he can push 90+ with a full preseason learning the role and the confidence that comes with that. Plenty of others I'm watching in this price range.
Nash - Much more speculative but also a ton of other options to play with. Loved how he looked as a big inside midfielder for them to end last year. Will be watching very closely in preseason to see if that continues. Negative is he's so bad everywhere else and it's such a small sample but watching.
K. Coleman - Same story as Rioli, Birchall retirement opens the door for the secondary rebounding role behind Rich, which should be an 85+ role for someone dynamic like Coleman.
Coniglio - Locked at this price. Really doesn't need to do anything special to justify selection here except be fit.
2x Rookies - Will be interesting to see where the rookie options fall out, positive is both Coleman and Rioli can flip back for me if rookies dictate it.
Pretty vanilla mix this time around, lets see how it changes from here
