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 Macros, on 20 August 2025 - 09:36 PM, said:

Well, ehm, pick whomever you think the player just before you had as their second option. Not helpful? OK.

We’re getting in the shit end of the draft where every player has downsides, and this is where you win or lose the draft. You win or lose the league by how you deal with injuries and loss of form or bad play or bad matchups or the weekly byes, so don’t sweat it.

Anyway, whomever you draft now is a lower tier player. QBs with bad pass protection, QBs with bad reads, QBs who are in a camp battle for their spot (Browns, Colts, New Orleans - don’t take a Saints QB this year, really).
WRs who are not the lead on their team, or WR with a bad quarterback, or RBs who are in a committee (meaning they get half or less than half of the runs on their team, or on passing downs only (like Spears, who you just drafted), TEs who are mostly called on to block or are third on volume in their own offense, making them very touchdown dependent, or players in general who came back from injury or have new untested coaches or coordinators.

I’d personally say that I would rather draft a guy on a team that I expect to be good, than a guy who may have better skills but plays on a team that I expect to be bad on offense - simply because it means a good team will be in control of the ball more, gets to the red zone more and thus, gets your player more chances to be involved and score points. When tied, for RBs, read up on which team has the better defense, because a better D means more recovery of the ball and less catching up with the opponent, which usually means abandoning the run game. A team that is comfortably ahead early will run more, too, to burn time on the clock. For WRs you could go by the reverse, perhaps 🤔.

And if all else fails and you really don’t know what to do, get the best defense or kicker.

 HoosierDaddy, on 20 August 2025 - 02:49 PM, said:

Just see it as confirmation that great minds think alike?

1.01 Tapper - Josh Allen - QB - BUF
1.02 HD - Lamar Jackson - QB - BAL
1.03 Macros - Joe Burrow - QB - CIN
1.04 Tattersail - Patrick Mahomes - QB - KCC
1.05 SB - B. Robinson - RB - ATL
1.06 IA - Saquon Barkley - RB - PHI
1.07 Stalker - Jahmyr Gibbs -RB - DET
1.08 Venge - Derrick Henry - RB - Bal

2.1 Venge - Christian McCaffey - RB - SF
2.2 Stalker - Ja'Marr Chase - WR - CIN
2.3 IA - Jayden Daniels - QB - WAS
2.4 SB - Jordan Jefferson -WR - MIN
2.5 Tatts - C J Stroud - QB - HOU
2.6 Macros - J Taylor- RB - IND
2.7 HD - CeeDee Lamb - WR - DAL
2.8 Tapper - Jalen Hurts - QB - PHI

3.1 Tapper - Nico Collins - WR - HOU
3.2 HD - Puka Nakua - WR - LAR
3.3 Macros - Amon-Ra St.Brown - WR - DET
3.4 Tatts - Tyreek Hill - WR - MIA
3.5 SB - Baker Mayfield - QB - TB
3.6 IA - Malik Nabers - WR - NYC
3.7 Stalker - Ashton Jeanty - RB - LV
3.8 Venge - Bo Nix - QB - Den

4.1 Venge- Brian Thomas Jr - WR - Jax
4.2 Stalker - Josh Jacobs - RB - GB
4.3 IA - De'Von Achane - RB - MIA
4.4 SB - Drake London - WR - ATL
4.5 Tatts - Breece Hall - RB - Jets
4.6 Macros - Chris Olave - WR - NO
4.7 HD - AJ Brown - WR - PHI
4.8 Tapper - Ladd McConkey - WR - LAC

5.1 Tapper - Brock Bowers - TE - LV
5.2 HD - Bucky Irving - RB - TB
5.3 Macros - Sam LaPorta - TE - DET
5.4 Tatts - Brandon Aiyuk - WR - SF49
5.5 SB - George Kittle - TE - SF
5.6 IA - Tee Higgins - WR - CIN
5.7 Stalker - Mike Evans - WR - TB
5.8 Venge - Kyren Williams - RB - LAR

6.1 Venge - Jaxon Smith-Njigba - WR- SEA
6.2 Stalker - Brock Purdy - QB - SF
6.3 IA - Kyler Murray - QB - ARI
6.4 SB - Chase Brown - RB - CIN
6.5 Tatts - DK Metcalfe - WR - PIT
6.6 Macros - Trey Benson - RB - ARI
6.7 HD - Trey McBride - TE - ARI
6.8 Tapper - Davante Adams - WR - LAR

7.1 Tapper -Omarion Hampton - RB - LAC
7.2 HD - James Cook - RB - BUF
7.3 Macros - Zay Flowers - WR - BAL
7.4 Tatts - Jaylen Warren - RB - PITT
7.5 SB - Courtland Sutton - WR - DEN
7.6 IA - Xavier worthy - WR - KCC
7.7 Stalker - Mark Andrews - TE - BAL
7.8 Venge - Dak Prescott - QB - Dal

8.1 Venge - Tetairoa McMillan - WR - Car
8.2 Stalker - Terry McLaurin - WR - WAS
8.3 IS - Alvin Kamara - RB - NO
8.4 SB - Marvin Harrison Jr. -WR - AZ
8.5 Tatts- Jahan Dotson - WR - Phi
8.6 Macros - Keon Coleman - WR - BUF
8.7 HD - Garrett Wilson - WR - NYJ
8.8 Tapper - Kenneth Walker III - SEA

9.1 Tapper - James Conner - RB - ARI

1.01 Tapper - Josh Allen - QB - BUF
1.02 HD - Lamar Jackson - QB - BAL
1.03 Macros - Joe Burrow - QB - CIN
1.04 Tattersail - Patrick Mahomes - QB - KCC
1.05 SB - B. Robinson - RB - ATL
1.06 IA - Saquon Barkley - RB - PHI
1.07 Stalker - Jahmyr Gibbs -RB - DET
1.08 Venge - Derrick Henry - RB - Bal

2.1 Venge - Christian McCaffey - RB - SF
2.2 Stalker - Ja'Marr Chase - WR - CIN
2.3 IA - Jayden Daniels - QB - WAS
2.4 SB - Jordan Jefferson -WR - MIN
2.5 Tatts - C J Stroud - QB - HOU
2.6 Macros - J Taylor- RB - IND
2.7 HD - CeeDee Lamb - WR - DAL
2.8 Tapper - Jalen Hurts - QB - PHI

3.1 Tapper - Nico Collins - WR - HOU
3.2 HD - Puka Nakua - WR - LAR
3.3 Macros - Amon-Ra St.Brown - WR - DET
3.4 Tatts - Tyreek Hill - WR - MIA
3.5 SB - Baker Mayfield - QB - TB
3.6 IA - Malik Nabers - WR - NYC
3.7 Stalker - Ashton Jeanty - RB - LV
3.8 Venge - Bo Nix - QB - Den

4.1 Venge- Brian Thomas Jr - WR - Jax
4.2 Stalker - Josh Jacobs - RB - GB
4.3 IA - De'Von Achane - RB - MIA
4.4 SB - Drake London - WR - ATL
4.5 Tatts - Breece Hall - RB - Jets
4.6 Macros - Chris Olave - WR - NO
4.7 HD - AJ Brown - WR - PHI
4.8 Tapper - Ladd McConkey - WR - LAC

5.1 Tapper - Brock Bowers - TE - LV
5.2 HD - Bucky Irving - RB - TB
5.3 Macros - Sam LaPorta - TE - DET
5.4 Tatts - Brandon Aiyuk - WR - SF49
5.5 SB - George Kittle - TE - SF
5.6 IA - Tee Higgins - WR - CIN
5.7 Stalker - Mike Evans - WR - TB
5.8 Venge - Kyren Williams - RB - LAR

6.1 Venge - Jaxon Smith-Njigba - WR- SEA
6.2 Stalker - Brock Purdy - QB - SF
6.3 IA - Kyler Murray - QB - ARI
6.4 SB - Chase Brown - RB - CIN
6.5 Tatts - DK Metcalfe - WR - PIT
6.6 Macros - Trey Benson - RB - ARI
6.7 HD - Trey McBride - TE - ARI
6.8 Tapper - Davante Adams - WR - LAR

7.1 Omarion Hampton - RB - LAC

Abyss, on 11 August 2025 - 07:52 PM, said:

Seconded. Regardless of how good AI gets at human responses, it’s a for-profit relationship one will have with it. No AI will ever leave you because you’re a PoS - they won’t even tell you you’re (acting like) one.
But, people’s need for company, intimacy and understanding is real, and as a society we fail to address it. Whether one uses it for sex - sex phone lines have been around for ages, and I guess AI supplants it and probably already adds visual elements - or as a platonic “friend”, it is both wrong on a macro level and yet, on a case by case level, mostly tragic yet understandable.

My wife and I use Claude regularly for simple stuff (inventories, writing a family app, pet behaviour, aggregation of knowledge on topics we don’t have time to read a book on) and its chipper tone of writing is so much better than 95% of the websites out there that I somewhat understand the idea of talking about your day with it if there is no one else in your life to go to for chitchat.