SBN NFC Fantasy Draft

by Adam T on Aug 30, 2007 8:08 AM CDT in News

If you recall last year we had barely half the teams covered and ran one league in which I lost to my boss in the Finals. This year we have all but two teams covered, so we are running an NFC and an AFC league with hopes we can put the two in a Super Bowl at the end. Our draft was last night, 12 teams, I picked 10th.

I am happy with my team. From the 10 spot I did not get a lot of the guys I wanted, but I was trying to be very disciplined and not jumping on players too early. There was a lot of homer picks last night and I have to say there were some picks I wouldn't have made in a million years, but here is my squad with the round I picked them.

QBs:

Matt Hasselbeck (7)
Rex Grossman (11)

I was angling to perhaps get Cutler, but he came of the board and Hasselbeck was the only guy left before the QBs dropped off. I knew Grossman would sit for awhile, so I didn't mind hanging him out there for a few more rounds.

RBs:

Willie Parker (1)
Maruice Jones-Drew (2)
Ladell Betts (5)
Michael Turner (10)
Anthony Thomas (15)

I am not a fan of Parker and normally I wouldn't draft him, but at 10 I knew I needed to put together as solid of a RB corp as I could.

WRs:

Reggie Wayne (3)
T.J. Houshmandzadeh (4)
Bernard Berrian (6)
Matt Jones (12)
Eric Moulds (16)

I passed over Torry Holt to take Wayne. Holt has said he is only at 60 percent after his injury and I didn't want to start with a receiver who is hobbling. One hit and I am out a receiver.

The T.J. pick was fine with me now I have receivers being thrown to by Manning and Palmer. I can handle that.

TEs:

Randy McMichael (8)
Greg Olsen (13)

I am high on McMichael this year. With Bulger throwing to him and Holt hurt I could get some good numbers out of him. I reached over a number of TEs to make sure I got him. He wasn't a reach, but I might have been able to get him the next round.

Stephen Gostkowski (14)

D/ST:

Philadelphia Eagles (9)

There you have it. The team that is going to bring it home this year.

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Curious.....

...Wayne seemed to fall pretty far, as I'm picking 12th in my local and am more or less prepared to take him or Harrison with an RB at my back to backs.

Was there a really large run on RBs in your league that pushed Wayne down that low?

Good call on Holt, I drafted him in a 16 team online league 2 weeks ago, and now I'm pissed.

I'm not a fan of MJD at taht spot, and I'm also worried about FWP because although he's looked good in pre-season I've spoken with some Pittsburgh homers who aren't happy they're no longer using a FB set and are worried this will hurt his chances.

Where did Benson and THenry go?

by PopeFlick on Aug 30, 2007 9:34 AM CDT reply actions

neither Parker

or Drew were guys I wanted, but if I passed them up I would be getting a back just as questionable and have never produced much, so I went with it.

1st round only 1 non-RB went. 2nd round only 3 non-RBs went and two were QBs.

Benson went 2nd pick of the third round and Henry went 2nd pick of the second round.

by Adam T on Aug 30, 2007 9:41 AM CDT up reply actions

Wow.

Passed on Benson twice.

Late in the 1st is interesting this year. There's no comfy RB pick that gets 25+ carries a game, except for guys like Benson (never carried the load) and THenry (already hurt).

I know in my local between Rds 2+3 8-10 WRs go off the board, so I know if I pass on an RB in Rd 2 in favor of a WR I can still find guys like DeAngelo Williams out there in the 3rd, who could be a home run this year.

How long did Portis last?

by PopeFlick on Aug 30, 2007 9:58 AM CDT up reply actions

Yup

I knew I couldn't take too much risk at the 10 spot. Drew and Parker have both had good seasons, so I went with it.

Benson there is still question marks, that I couldn't pull the trigger. If I had picked in the top 5, I would have taken him.

by Adam T on Aug 30, 2007 10:27 AM CDT up reply actions

Take Harrison

Taking Wayne that high is hoping for bigger-than-projected returns. It could happen, but Harrison is safer. And if you're taking a WR that high, you gotta be safe.

I got LT, Benson, Wayne, McNabb, Ravens, Coles, Galloway as my first seven picks. I'm happy with that. Ravens were a reach at 5, but I wasn't happy with the immediate WR's following, and I don't like taking backups that early. My cousin drafted second and screwed up in the sixth round, taking Romo instead of Coles when I already had a QB. That's lucky because Clayton and Galloway isn't nearly as promising for a 2nd WR platoon.

by tyger1147 on Aug 30, 2007 12:20 PM CDT up reply actions

Who's your backup QB

for when McNabb gets injured?

by dejackso on Aug 30, 2007 12:37 PM CDT up reply actions

Great question!

Jay Cutler. See. I'm smart. I had to take the backup a little higher, but I'll take the 35 points per week until he gets hurt.

by tyger1147 on Aug 30, 2007 12:44 PM CDT up reply actions

That's not bad.

My draft is tomorrow and I'm hoping to get McNabb also (I've had him the last few years and even though he always gets injured, he's always been worth it since you can generally get him kinda late).

I just wanted to see what kind of prospects I had for backup.

by dejackso on Aug 30, 2007 12:50 PM CDT up reply actions

Not that you asked...

...but my idea was to get one of those back-end No. 1 QB's as a backup. Leinert, Hasslebeck, Cutler, Manning. Those guys are going in rounds 8 and 9. All four (to different degrees) have potential to out-produce their draft spots. If one does, and does it consistently over the first half of the year, you could probably trade Donovan (hoping he gets hurt immediately afterward) to fill ANY hole (except a No. 1 RB) that your team might have.

That's going to be one of the hardest trades ever, but that's sort of my plan/hope.

by tyger1147 on Aug 30, 2007 1:00 PM CDT up reply actions