First wave of DPPs – Ep. 129

Every six rounds, the number crunchers at Champion Data work with the team at Fantasy HQ to adjust positions of players to reflect their roles in 2017.

Where they line up, gather possessions and their heat maps all go into the mix to award players with dual position status ahead of round six, 12 and 18.

In the first round of changes, 24 players have had a position added.

Robbie Gray has regained the MID/FWD status that he has held across most of his years. Mitch Robinson and Michael Barlow are other midfielders to pick up dual positioning and could be among the best of the forwards available for the rest of the season.

Popular cash cows Andy Otten and Dan Houston have added FWD and DEF status making the duo share the swingman link of DEF/FWD. This may prove to become very handy when trading around the bye rounds.

Draft coaches who selected Brandon Ellis and Cameron Guthrie will have some consolation for this slow start to the year with the ability to throw them in defence.

On this week’s podcast, Roy, Calvin and Warnie discuss each DPP adjustment in detail, together with exclusive numbers from Champion Data.

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Player	Club	Initial	New	Price	Own %	ADP	Avg
Kade Simpson	CARL	DEF	MID	$552000	10	28	93.6
Michael Barlow	GCS	MID	FWD	$527000	1.5	97	90.4
Robbie Gray	PA	MID	FWD	$530000	2.1	83	89.6
Mitch Robinson	BL	MID	FWD	$504000	0.3	197	88.8
Shaun Higgins	NM	FWD	MID	$499000	2	148	88.5
Will Hoskin-Elliott	COLL	FWD	MID	$418000	41.4	212	87.4
Darcy Parish	ESS	MID	FWD	$468000	2.4	244	84.4
Zak Jones	SYD	DEF	MID	$409000	12.9	177	80.4
Dan Houston	PA	FWD	DEF	$343000	24.6	N/A	78
Jason Castagna	RICH	DEF	FWD	$376000	8.2	N/A	76.5
Reece Conca	RICH	MID	DEF	$399000	6.5	N/A	76.5
Curtly Hampton	ADE	DEF	MID	$343000	46	209	76.4
Lachie Weller	FRE	FWD	DEF	$399000	0.6	N/A	73.8
George Hewett	SYD	FWD	MID	$395000	0.7	N/A	73.4
Jake Barrett	BL	MID	FWD	$241000	35.3	N/A	70.7
Andy Otten	ADE	DEF	FWD	$302000	40.8	N/A	69.2
Jake Melksham	MEL	MID	DEF	$373000	1.4	316	69
Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti	ESS	DEF	FWD	$387000	6.7	254	68.6
Brandon Ellis	RICH	MID	DEF	$434000	4.2	129	67.8
Shaun Atley	NM	DEF	MID	$362000	0.7	N/A	65.6
Kieren Jack	SYD	MID	FWD	$425000	0.8	143	62.4
Cameron Guthrie	GEE	MID	DEF	$422000	0.6	223	60.7
Harry Taylor	GEE	DEF	FWD	$321000	1.4	318	52.8
Jacob Weitering	CARL	DEF	FWD	$315000	8.5	288	51