OpenSports.com Industry League Draft Results

[Greg Ambrosius]

Yesterday I participated in a 12-team Industry League on OpenSports.com. Scoring was very similar to NFFC with six points per passing touchdown (-2 however for all turnovers), PPR for all players and bonus points per 10 yards rushing and receiving and 25 yards passing. I had the first pick. Here are the first eight rounds of the draft. Enjoy:

Round 1
1 Adrian Peterson (Greg Ambrosius)
2 Maurice Jones-Drew (Emil Kadlec)
3 Matt Forte (Mike Harmon, FoxSports)
4 LaDainian Tomlinson (McRae, KFFL)
5 Brian Westbrook (Ben Ice, RotoExperts)
6 Michael Turner (Dave Gonos, OpenSports)
7 DeAngelo Williams (Mike Fabiano, NFL.com)
8 Larry Fitzgerald (Mike Riley, OpenSports)
9 Randy Moss (Geoff Stein, MDC.com)
10 Steven Jackson (Bessiere, WhatIfSports)
11 Tom Brady (Phillipin, OpenSports)
12 Steve Slaton (Camp, FantasyGuru.com)

Round2
1 Chris Johnson
2 Andre Johnson
3 Frank Gore
4 Calvin Johnson
5 Drew Brees
6 Steve Smith
7 Reggie Wayne
8 Greg Jennings
9 Marques Colston
10 Wes Welker
11 Anquan Boldin
12 Roddy White

Round3
1 Brandon Jacobs
2 Clinton Portis
3 Reggie Bush
4 Marion Barber
5 Kevin Smith
6 Ronnie Brown
7 Dwayne Bowe
8 Pierre Thomas
9 Ryan Grant
10 Peyton Manning
11 Larry Johnson
12 Terrell Owens

Round4
1 Vincent Jackson
2 Cedric Benson
3 Jason Witten
4 Eddie Royal
5 Darren McFadden
6 Chad Ochocinco
7 T.J. Houshmandzadeh
8 Marshawn Lynch
9 Brandon Marshall
10 Antonio Gates
11 Roy Williams
12 Tony Gonzalez

Round 5
1 Anthony Gonzalez
2 Joseph Addai
3 Kurt Warner
4 Ray Rice
5 Aaron Rodgers
6 Knowshon Moreno
7 Thomas Jones
8 Braylon Edwards
9 Philip Rivers
10 Derrick Ward
11 Kellen Winslow
12 Donovan McNabb

Round 6
1 Dallas Clark
2 Santonio Holmes
3 Hines Ward
4 Felix Jones
5 Ahmad Bradshaw
6 Willie Parker
7 Tony Romo
8 DeSean Jackson
9 Lee Evans
10 Kevin Walter
11 Antonio Bryant
12 Jay Cutler

Round 7
1 Laveranues Coles
2 Greg Olsen
3 LenDale White
4 Matt Schaub
5 Donald Brown
6 Bernard Berrian
7 Jonathan Stewart
8 Chris Cooley
9 Leon Washington
10 Torry Holt
11 Earnest Graham
12 Jerricho Cotchery

Round 8
1 Darren Sproles
2 Donald Driver
3 Percy Harvin
4 Derrick Mason
5 Beanie Wells
6 Matt Ryan
7 Lance Moore
8 Santana Moss
9 Julius Jones
10 Steve Breaston
11 Donnie Avery
12 Devin Hester

[Greg Ambrosius]

From the 1 hole, here is my team:

QB: Jay Cutler
QB: Matt Cassel

RB: Adrian Peterson
RB: Brandon Jacobs
RB: Fred Jackson
RB: Jerious Norwood
RB: Sammy Morris

WR: Roddy White
WR: Anthony Gonzalez
WR: Laveranues Coles
WR: Devin Hester
WR: Muhsin Muhammad

TE: Tony Gonzalez
K: Nate Kaeding
D: New England

We will be playing this league out. Thoughts?

[OrCal Crapshooters]

looks like the 1 hole is going to be tough this year.

[Tom Kessenich]

I was in a Fox Sports draft this week. I drafted from the 5th spot and decided to change things up a bit. If this was a money league, I would've taken Chris Johnson without batting an eye. But since it wasn't and since I have Johnson in a number of leagues I decided to try the WR-WR strategy. My team is below and honestly, I think it may be the weakest team I've drafted so far.

QB-Matt Schaub
QB-David Garrard

RB-Ryan Grant
RB-Derrick Ward
RB-Felix Jones
RB-Darren Sproles
RB-Jamaal Charles

WR-Larry Fitzgerald
WR-Reggie Wayne
WR-Kevin Walter
WR-Devin Hester
WR-Domenik Hixon

TE-Jason Witten
TE-Brent Celek

K-John Kasay
D-Jets

[ August 28, 2009, 06:56 PM: Message edited by: Tom Kessenich ]

[OrCal Crapshooters]

If this your weakest team Tom, I think you are in great shape this year !

[Tom Kessenich]

I love my WRs and Witten's a stud but I worry about my potential lack of a RB2 option and Schaub is a pure high-risk/high-reward pick. He's a pretty safe bet to get hurt and if he does, I'm not sure Garrard is good enough to rescue me at QB. This league will be played out so we'll see what happens.

[OrCal Crapshooters]

Jones, Charles, Ward, or Sproles could all be great RB2's. One of them should definately step up if given the opportunuty.

[Tom Kessenich]

Yes it is.