Question of the Week: No. 7 is No. 1

Tom Kessenich · Post by **Tom Kessenich** » Tue Jul 13, 2004 10:25 am

Our most recent question of the week asked which draft position you most wanted to be in for the NFFC? The winner by a nose was the seventh pick with 68 votes. Second place was the first overall selection, which garnered 63 votes. Thanks to Steiner Sports for sponsoring the question of the week and here are the final totals:

No. 1 63
No. 2 21
No. 3 42
No. 4 45
No. 5 58
No. 6 53
No. 7 68
No. 8 23
No. 9 7
No. 10 19
No. 11 7
No. 12 12
No. 13 2
No. 14 31

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Tue Jul 13, 2004 10:48 am

I found this information incredibly interesting. I can understand the fascination with No. 1, but why is No. 7 so appealing? And why isn't No. 2 more appealing (I'll take Priest or LT)?

Just as a point of reference, I just found out I have the 13th pick in Thursday's CBS SportsLine.com Experts League. Those two votes above aren't making me feel too good!!! Oh well, I'll let you know how that one goes after the draft.

Thanks again to everyone for helping us with this survey. This was interesting indeed.

khandy29 · Post by **khandy29** » Tue Jul 13, 2004 4:17 pm

No. 7 is appealing because b/c you have two #1 backs in LT and Priest at the top but after that you have five #1A backs left where there isnt a huge dropoff like in previous years so when the snake comes back around you are picking sooner than the rest without having had a huge dropoff in your round one quality from those that drafted 1-6. Plus, being at #7 there are no runs on any positions that you cant be a part of unless you didnt want to.

TradeStar28 · Post by **TradeStar28** » Tue Jul 13, 2004 5:39 pm

Originally posted by Black Reign:
No. 7 is appealing because b/c you have two #1 backs in LT and Priest at the top but after that you have five #1A backs left where there isnt a huge dropoff like in previous years so when the snake comes back around you are picking sooner than the rest without having had a huge dropoff in your round one quality from those that drafted 1-6. Plus, being at #7 there are no runs on any positions that you cant be a part of unless you didnt want to. I assume when you say five #1A backs exists after LT2 and Priest, you are referring to :

Deuce McAllister
Clinton Portis
Shaun Alexander
Ahman Green

So who is the mystery bona fide #1A tier back that we are missing?

Is it Ricky Williams, Edgerin James or Jamal Lewis?

Dyv · Post by **Dyv** » Wed Jul 14, 2004 2:29 am

Maybe he's just assuming some moron will take Peyton Manning at #5 overall in every draft?

lol

I'd put Jamal Lewis in that group of top backs.

Dave

khandy29 · Post by **khandy29** » Wed Jul 14, 2004 3:32 pm

yep, it was Jamal barring jailtime...