Strategy Playbook: Who to sit/start in Round 16?

We take a deep dive into the projected output of fringe 17 players to help you decide who to sit and start in your weekly team.

Strategy Playbook

I’m back again for a look at start/sit this week. 

First off, thanks to ‘3 Wise Draftmen’, nrlsupercoachstats.com and Quantium for their amazing stats, which I utilise weekly for this analysis. 

So now onto the decisions. I’ve chosen players whose ownership is around 10% or higher in the top 20k, based on Quantium’s analysis. I’ve then ranked players who I consider as being borderline plays in SuperCoach 17’s this round. 

Given a picture can be worth a thousand words, I’ve also added a line chart, analysing each player’s key stats (as explained below). 

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DescriptionStatistics
“Lower Floor”Base (hit-ups & tackles) – negatives (errors etc.)
“Mid Floor”Base (as above) + power (tackle breaks & offloads) – negatives 
“Upper Floor”Base (as above) + power (as above) + kicking (goals, forced dropouts, 40-20s) – negatives 
RankPlayerLower FloorMid FloorUpper FloorSeason AveEstimated PointsEstimated Minutes
1Barnett465357667080
2Fisher-Harris495858646560
3Capewell364444586770
4Fa’asuamaleaui455151586260
5Hunt, B203235686280
6Matterson455252605970
7Thompson, L546161666150
8Peachey344144625855
9Watson404647585755
10Taukeiaho424752555660
11Paulo405050575753
12Burton243132686280
13Walker, S121725735980
14Bird324243575780
15Laurie243334595680
16Luai213036645380
17Saab161920435180
18Nofoaluma243940575180
19Smith, R243232545080
20Kelly, B253434535080
21Simonsson222929404480
22Staines152021434680
23Utoikamanu343838454545
24Gamble232528414980
25Suaalii242828404180
26Roberts172222323980

You’ll notice that I’ve ranked a few players above / below their estimated points. My explanations for these are as below.

I think JFH is a shot at increased minutes in the big game vs the Eels, so he gets a bump up. Luke Thompson’s minutes and scoring has been down since the return of Josh Jackson, so he gets a bump down. Taukeiaho played a huge 70 minutes last round, so I’ve moved him up a few spots. 

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Burton could do anything playing at halfback. However, with a tough matchup against the Eels, I’d avoid the uncertainty and go with someone with a higher floor, if you can. I’m also concerned about Sam Walker’s matchup against the Storm, although he could kick goals for the full game with Keighran out. 

Simonsson or Staines aren’t the worst plays now that they have starting fullback roles if you’re short in CTW. In the event of any late outs, Utoikamanu or Gamble could provide okay cover if you have them. I favour Utoikamanu of these two, given his higher floor and ability to jag an attacking stat.  

Good luck with your selections!

End notes

1 https://twitter.com/3WiseDraftmen

2 https://www.nrlsupercoachstats.com 

3 http://13.210.220.211/category/stat-analysis/ 

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