Draft Results

Hey guys! Welcome to week 1 of the NFL.

Ron and I had our money league draft Sunday night, going to take some time to go over and critique them.

I'll cover mine first.

Built Stafford Tough
1.	(2)	Ray Rice (Bal - RB)
2.	(19)	Julio Jones (Atl - WR)
3.	(22)	Steven Jackson (StL - RB)
4.	(39)	Brandon Lloyd (NE - WR)
5.	(42)	Antonio Brown (Pit - WR)
6.	(59)	Aaron Hernandez (NE - TE)
7.	(62)	Matthew Stafford (Det - QB)
8.	(79)	Titus Young (Det - WR)
9.	(82)	David Wilson (NYG - RB)
10.	(99)	Ben Roethlisberger (Pit - QB)
11.	(102)	Danny Amendola (StL - WR)
12.	(119)	Greg Little (Cle - WR)
13.	(122)	Rashard Mendenhall (Pit - RB)
14.	(139)	Rod Streater (Oak - WR)
15.	(142)	D'Qwell Jackson (Cle - LB)
16.	(159)	Buffalo (Buf - DEF)
17.	(162)	Jason Hanson (Det - K)

With the second pick in the draft I decided to go with Rice since this is a PPR league. With no clear backup to him he’ll get his chances at goal line carries and will be an every down back, I think he’s going to have an awesome year.

With my next pick I decided to go with Julio. Brandon Marshall was there as well, and I think with Cutler slinging him the ball he’ll have a great year. But I have bought into the hype about Julio, and pulled the trigger. His line last year was 54/959/8, I wouldn’t be surprised at all if that went up to 75/1200/10, or higher, especially with the yards.

I knew going in to the draft I was going to do RB/RB, but the guy picking first had Foster #1 and had Mathews as a keeper, so I figured he wouldn’t take a RB. He did, Trent Richardson, but that’s okay because I was targeting Sjax. I don’t think this is the year where he falls off the table, and you don’t get much more solid in RB2 production than Steven Jackson. Having Amendola back should help defenders back out of the box just a bit. Even if they don’t, Sjax has been the focal point of that offense for years and it hasn’t slowed him down.

Struggled a bit between Lloyd and Colston who was available, but I figured since #1: Tom Brady, #2: Josh Mcdaniels #3: I love the Patriots #4: Tom Brady #5: Tom Brady please be my friend.

My next pick was tougher. I’m a big fan of Brown this year. Had a great year last year, and with Wallace holding out of the preseason, Brown should be the go-to guy. He has crazy explosiveness. However, in all the mocks I’d done, this is the round where TE’s would start to disappear. I though hard about taking Gates, but I figured taking Cook and Olson later would make up the difference of if I had passed on Brown and taken a lesser receiver later.

Somehow, by the good grace of Tebow, Hernandez fell to me at the end of round 6. It took me about half a second to press the DRAFT button. Had Stafford as my keeper, so round 7 went to him.

In rounds 8 and 9, I may have reached a bit for Young and Wilson. But I doubted they would have made it back to me, and I think they both have tremendous upside. I had my roster pretty much filled out by then (needed a flex) and I thought they both had more value than any of the other guys available at that time (Ben Tate-foster owner took him, Nate Washington, Mark Ingram). A bunch of DEFs started going of the board after these picks. I’m a big believe in never drafting a DEF or K until the last two rounds. I’ve had too much success just picking up a new DEF off the wire when I need to.

Romo went two picks before me, so I had to draft Ben. After him it was down to the next tier of QBs and I wanted a backup who was proven. Amendola might have been a bit of a reach too, but I wasn’t sure if anyone else was eyeballing him. Love him in PPR, hoping he returns to form as Bradford’s only target lol.

I wanted to take another WR here because almost all the starters were off the board. I know Little is an excellent receiver and I’m hoping that with a legitimate, or at least more legitimate QB in Weeden he can have a good season. I think we can all see that my RB depth was pretty atrocious, but I imagine so is everyone’s this year. I figured I’d jump on Mendy since he will be the starter when he returns, which could be in a few weeks.

Rod Streater is a kid who has really impressed over in OAK. With their receiving corps banged up, he has received 17 targets from Palmer, blowing away anyone else on that team, and looks like he could be special. I always like to try and pick one high upside no risk player at the end of the draft, and this is him this year. Turns out it was a good thing I picked him, because as soon as I did Ron messaged me “are you kidding me you motherfucker.” Eat it, Ron.

Last 3 picks are whatever, I think Buffalo DEF will have a good year, if I need to drop them for someone else I will it doesn’t matter to me. IDP and kicker are solid.

 Phew, okay. Time to go over Ron’s team.

TeH DawG PounD
1.	(4)	Calvin Johnson (Det - WR)
2.	(17)	Drew Brees (NO - QB)
3.	(24)	Adrian Peterson (Min - RB)
4.	(37)	Doug Martin (TB - RB)
5.	(44)	Demaryius Thomas (Den - WR)
6.	(57)	Jermichael Finley (GB - TE)
7.	(64)	DeSean Jackson (Phi - WR)
8.	(77)	Philadelphia (Phi - DEF)
9.	(84)	Nate Washington (Ten - WR)
10.	(97)	Tony Romo (Dal - QB)
11.	(104)	Darren Sproles (NO - RB)
12.	(117)	Malcom Floyd (SD - WR)
13.	(124)	Rashad Jennings (Jac - RB)
14.	(137)	Mikel LeShoure (Det - RB)
15.	(144)	Alshon Jeffery (Chi - WR)
16.	(157)	Luke Kuechly (Car - LB)
17.	(164)	Alex Henery (Phi - K)

 Megatron, great pick. I had him on my team last year and he won it for me. After the first 3 RB’s are gone, can’t go wrong picking him. Although a case could be made for DMC, who went the pick after.

Ah, here’s why I’m so glad I decided to keep Stafford: not having to pick a QB early. I’m of the conflicting mindset that you do need a stud QB to win your league, but I also don’t like taking a QB early. It’s hard to accomplish that, of course. I managed to get lucky last year, being high on Stafford I drafted him in the 7^th and it paid off. Ron did what he needed to do, and drafted Brees in the 2^nd. I’m not going to get down on him for it, Brees is a stud and will probably win a few games for him by himself.

AP and Doug Martin. AP won’t play week 1 (for all intents and purposes). Doug Martin is a rookie RB, and I try to stay away from them myself. Those are pretty risky picks, but they could certainly pay off. If AP can return to form soon and Martin lives up to his hype then he’ll have proven me wrong and I’ll be happy for him. He still won’t beat me though.

D Thomas is very skilled and could be huge if Manning throws like the Manning of old. He looked very good against SF in his last preseason game. He didn’t throw any deep balls, and one would hope he hasn’t lost his arm strength, because that’s a big part of Thomas’s appeal. Jermichael is a freak but he is pretty disappointing. Well, I guess he’s not really that disappointing, but I just feel like he could be much better.

Desean Jackson is a good pick, I like him this year. His ADP is so low for being Philly’s #1 receiver (I don’t believe Maclin is that guy, regardless of what the depth chart says). If Desean decides he wants to play he will be the main receiver in Philly. Great value pick.

Ew, a DEF in the 8^th round. Gross gross gross! Eagles DEF looks nice, but are worth more than a Titus Young? We’ll see. Nate Washington is capable of doing whatever the team asks of him, good backup. Romo, another excellent pick, I wanted him. Very good backup.

Sproles as an 11^th round keeper, lucky bastard. Best part of his draft for sure. Floyd also a nice pick in the 12^th, #1 deep threat with Vjax gone. Keep hearing about Rivers declining arm strength though. He’ll take his shots however.

Absolutely nothing wrong with taking Jennings this late in the draft. Latest news is MJD will be 3^rd down back week 1. I didn’t think he would play at all but I suppose he’s too talented to keep off the field. Jennings won’t play very often after that, but has shown he has skill in case of an MJD injury.

Detroit was one of the teams whose RB situation I decided to stay away from. Who knows who’s going to play there? I don’t. Leshoure is talented and worth a late round flier in case he ends up being the guy starting, but only as long as you have lots of other RB options, which Ron does. Alshon probably won’t do anything this season, but 15^th round why not I guess. IDP and K are fine.

Well there you have it folks. I think we both did pretty well. His is more risky than I would have liked, but it could go farther than mine. I love my starting lineup, but I have very little depth. One bad injury and I could be sunk. I like my chances to repeat as league champ though.

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