Second Magazine NFFC Draft

Ted's Cracked Head · Post by **Ted's Cracked Head** » Wed May 19, 2010 3:49 pm

5 P14 QB Joe Flacco, BAL (8)
R8 P1 QB Brett Favre, MIN (4)
R13 P14 QB Matt Cassel, KC (4)

R1 P1 RB Chris Johnson, TEN (9)
R2 P14 RB Pierre Thomas, NO (10)
R9 P14 RB Kevin Smith, DET (7)
R15 P14 RB Jason Snelling, ATL (8)
R16 P1 RB Jerious Norwood, ATL (8)

R3 P14 WR Mike Sims-Walker, JAX (9)
R4 P1 WR Dwayne Bowe, KC (4)
R6 P1 WR Hines Ward, PIT (5)
R7 P14 WR Jerricho Cotchery, NYJ (7)
R11 P14 WR Anthony Gonzalez, IND (7)
R18 P1 WR Jordan Shipley, CIN (6)
R19 P14 WR Maurice Stovall, TB (4)

R10 P1 TE Dustin Keller, NYJ (7)
R12 P1 TE Greg Olsen, CHI (8)

R14 P1 DEF Philadelphia Eagles, PHI (8)

R17 P14 K Lawrence Tynes, NYG (8)

Appreciate feedback. Weak at RB after my starters, excited about my recievers I believe they will have great years! Since you asked for feedback, I thought the biggest mistake you made was not drafting Lynell Hamilton. I think he is a must draft when taking Pierre who in my mind could have durability issues, though I do like him this year and given the wrs available to us at that point - he was a good pick. That is a top shelf offense and if Pierre goes down you will be hurting and Jules (dang her as she snaked me again) will be smiling.

I would have targeted Ringer and/or Blount (MM took him again) to back up CJ too. If he holds out I am golden.

I am high on MSW and think that Bowe-Ward and Crotch will be decent. The other two are flyers like we all took last night. Mine were Williams and Moore. Who knows right now? I almost pulled the trigger on Ward but went with the youth movement and players with big-bang potential.

Note: who cares what anyone else thinks, you draft who you want and when you want them! If you love your wr's, mission accomplished! Having said that, I think you will be using your last 3 wrs as drops for bye week pickups. Gonzo may be a good one to table right now but I think he will struggle to find the field this year.

Note 2: you mentioned that after your starters you are weak at RB. In the 14 team Classic, everyone is weak at RB after their starters and most teams will have one solid RB. You have two and if Pierre can produce like I think he might, you will only need decent scores from you wrs to stay competitive.

I do think your backups are players who I do not have pegged to see the filed too much but this is May.

Fun draft and I look forward to playing this one out.

Ted's Cracked Head · Post by **Ted's Cracked Head** » Wed May 19, 2010 4:03 pm

Very good draft.. i predict unless you have major injury to AP, you will easily win this league..Mike, you took the words right out of my mouth!

Thanks for the critique. The more I look at my WRs, the more I like them. I think Wallace takes the next step and cracks the top 15 this year. The next 4 are all basically the same player. Possibly consistent producers with big upside. I think Maclin cuts into DesJax production. I realllllyyyyy like what I saw at the end of last year. He is a natural who runs good routes, has solid hands and seemed to really catch on the last few weeks.

Note: If you are in a draft with me this summer you are going to have to reach to get Mike Williams from TB. At least until he gets arrested for something stupid. Same goes for Ryan Mathews. I have serious man-love for him. I may set my KDS to 5-10 first to wrap up a stud WR (Wayne or whoever) and get Mathews on the way back. That is until Mathews starts moving up the draft charts.

Sandman62 · Post by **Sandman62** » Thu May 20, 2010 12:20 am

Originally posted by weber:
quote:Originally posted by Rob B:
Fun draft,

From the 2 hole:

QB Matt Ryan 8 ATL R8 P2
QB Alex Smith 9 SF R13 P13
RB Adrian Peterson 4 MIN R1 P2
RB Ryan Mathews 10 SD R2 P13
RB Michael Bush 10 OAK R9 P13
RB Toby Gerhart 4 MIN R11 P13
RB Javon Ringer 9 TEN R12 P2
RB Bernard Scott 6 CIN R16 P2
WR Mike Wallace 5 PIT R4 P2
WR Jeremy Maclin 8 PHI R5 P13
WR Santonio Holmes 7 NYJ R6 P2
WR Devin Hester 8 CHI R7 P13
WR Lee Evans 6 BUF R10 P2
WR Mike Williams 4 TB R15 P13
WR Kenneth Moore 6 CAR R19 P13
TE Dallas Clark 7 IND R3 P13
TE Jared Cook 9 TEN R18 P2
K Robbie Gould 8 CHI R17 P13
DEF New Orleans Saints 10 NO R14 P2 Rob by far i like your team the best.. i give you B+ or A-.

Qb's serviceable.

RB's. 2 good starters and if Bush starts then u did great.

WR's. this is your strength.. you don't have 5 good wr's. all who will play alot, no true no. 1 but i don't think you need it when playing in the same league as BIlly and that squad he put together..LOL..

TE's. Awesome.. love him

Very good draft.. i predict unless you have major injury to AP, you will easily win this league.. [/QUOTE]Wow weber! I think you rather dismissed the glaring hole at QB on this team, as "serviceable". While folks w/ top 7 QBs will be scoring 25-30 per game, these two will be lucky to break 20 - AND they're so close that each week will be a Start 'em challenge. You're right about "no true WR1" though. Yes, there are some breakout potentials, but aside from Holmes (who is lost for 1/3 of the reg. fantasy season), there may not even be a solid #2. That's the price you pay when you take a TE early.

As I'm sure you know, in a 14-team league, EVERY team has a weakness (mine is WR2/3).

With all due respect, I think you're WAY off how about how "easily" Rob will win this league.

[ May 20, 2010, 06:26 AM: Message edited by: Sandman62 ]

Route Collectors · Post by **Route Collectors** » Thu May 20, 2010 1:36 am

MB critique means nothing...especially in May!
I think team 1 did a nice job of not blowing the "Chris Johnson" advantage...although I would've liked the team better with Colston in the 2nd. I did like the Snelling/Norwood picks later for the bench. Now if Turner has issues he has the Falcons running game in his pocket. Not a bad team overall.

Handing the crown to someone now is just goofy IMO. Rob has nice RB's and Dallas Clark but after that....we will have to watch it play out because I don't see Matt Ryan and that group of WR's being world beaters...but if they are then kudos to Rob for digging them out.

I personally like my team better than both of these but I'm supposed to aren't I!

Ted's Cracked Head · Post by **Ted's Cracked Head** » Thu May 20, 2010 2:24 am

This is the beauty and hook of the game. We all covet different players and apply different draft strategies. None of our opinions mean anything to anyone other than ourselves and only time will tell who was right wayyyy back in May.

I like my 7.14% chance of winning this league and think my WR core bumps it up to at least 8% even with Ryan driving the bus!

weber7777 · Post by **weber7777** » Thu May 20, 2010 1:06 pm

Originally posted by BillyWaz:
quote:Originally posted by weber:
quote:Originally posted by BillyWaz:
From the 7 hole....

QB- Jay Cutler
QB- Matthew Stafford

RB- Frank Gore
RB- Joseph Addai
RB- Montario Hardesty
RB- Mewelde Moore
RB- Sammy Morris

WR- Vincent Jackson
WR- Sidney Rice
WR- Julian Edelman
WR- Arrelious Benn
WR- Jabar Gaffney
WR- James Jones
WR- Brandon LaFell
WR- Legedu Naanee

TE- Zach Miller
TE- Ben Watson

K- Mason Crosby

D- NY Jets

Had a lot of guys missing on my sheet, but it is a May draft, and it is always fun to draft a team!

Good luck everyone! billy yu know i had to critique your team.. so here it goes..

i like your qb's.. im a martz fan.. i think cutler will have huge year.

rb's.. gore love, addai and the rest of the crew.. question marks but you can survive with the ones you have.

wr's .. just not a fan of jackson but he is solid.. rice if farve, good , edelman, maybe a good pick first few weeks, but once welker comes back, he'll take a back seat.. the rest of the wr's are all fill in's and maybe you'll get one who comes through as a good wr 3 or maybe wr2 (j. jones. = like him). driver is getting old.

TE's. like miller.. would of liked to see you get a better starting WR as the WR1. i think you'll be chasing wr's all year but from what i've seen with the other teams i see nobody that really did that well .. i'll give you a C+ or B- [/QUOTE]I appreciate the critique, Mike.

Honestly, when you are picking in the middle and Gore is there at 7, you take him. Just curious as to what WR you thought I could get in the 2nd round that is better than V-Jax?

I made some mistakes in this draft, but I can easily live with this team. Not with my team, but some of your WR critiques of other teams are really "off" IMO.

I bet you thought Ward was old last year, too?

[/QUOTE]Honestly i didn't look to see who else was there, so your right in that regard.

as for Ward, i had him last year so to answer question i liked him last year, but only because of Big Ben.. but i hardly ever draft players other then QB's over 30...too much risk

Surgically Enhanced TD's · Post by **Surgically Enhanced TD's** » Thu May 20, 2010 2:53 pm

Thanks for all the feedback! I seriously stand by my WR's! They are both #1 WR's on teams that fall behind often. I'm banking on C.J and Pierre to stay healthy. It will be fun to watch this team get played out.

Bryan

Route Collectors · Post by **Route Collectors** » Fri May 21, 2010 2:03 am

Originally posted by Rob B:
This is the beauty and hook of the game. We all covet different players and apply different draft strategies. None of our opinions mean anything to anyone other than ourselves and only time will tell who was right wayyyy back in May.

I like my 7.14% chance of winning this league and think my WR core bumps it up to at least 8% even with Ryan driving the bus!

Well said Rob. I'm just happy to be drafting. One more weekend of Trendsetters then I'll need a new fix!