Position leading into this round:
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Seems obvious to get Oliver but the news about how far off Touk is has me reconsidering Noah Anderson. Likely to go ballistic this round, can come straight in as VC, has the golden bye, and might even hold the number 1 role if they ease Touk back in later.
Getting both him and Oliver might just be out of reach though... would require going early on say, Drury, and also sacrificing Hopper. Much as there's debate about whether to let Ashcroft go or not, Hopper is consistently about 20ppg better and isn't facing an uphill battle just to hold value this week.
Started roughly around Oliver, Atkins, 540k (I'll use Powell here for convenience but it can be any DEF or MID in that range), which would require me to give up Hopper, Ashcroft, and Callaghan. Then Drury instead of Atkins let me use Chandler instead of Hopper.
But I could instead go Anderson, Powell, Knevitt. Keeps Hopper, sets me up beautifully for the byes, 3 rookies on field, and I can have a look at two scores Friday night. I actually love it.
But no Oliver...
The other issue is it means I can't react to Marshall being a late out and I'll cop a donut. But in isolation Marshall to Gawn is not a good trade right now and I'd feel foolish if I talked myself into it and Marshall got up. I'm also hardly going to be out on my own if that does happen, Marshall in over half of all teams...