Here's Tom's FBG Team: Have At It

Tom Kessenich · Post by **Tom Kessenich** » Mon Aug 22, 2011 4:11 pm

Originally posted by Shrink Attack:
DeAngelo in the 4th seems pretty decent to me, especially since Stewart's Achilles won't last past week 6. It was him or Ingram. Love them both there but went with the proven top talent.

Tom Kessenich · Post by **Tom Kessenich** » Mon Aug 22, 2011 4:35 pm

My team so far:

1. Jamaal Charles, RB
2. Miles Austin, WR
3. Reggie Wayne, WR
4. DeAngelo Williams, RB
5. Drew Brees, QB
6. Mario Manningham, WR
7. Kellen Winslow, TE
8. Lance Moore, WR
9. Jonathan Stewart, RB

Tom Kessenich · Post by **Tom Kessenich** » Mon Aug 22, 2011 5:52 pm

Here's my team. I'm pretty happy with the results. I have a stud RB and stud QB which I wanted and I have great depth at WR. I didn't invest in a TE early but I got a solid starter, a solid backup and an upside play with Davis. RBs went fast and furious so I'm only OK with the depth behind my Top 2. I didn't plan on getting both Williams and Stewart but the good news is if one of them gets hurt, I have a Top 10 RB as my RB2.

QB-Drew Brees
QB-Jay Cutler

RB-Jamaal Charles
RB-DeAngelo Williams
RB-Jonathan Stewart
RB-LaDainian Tomlinson
RB-Jason Snelling
RB-Marion Barber

WR-Miles Austin
WR-Reggie Wayne
WR-Mario Manningham
WR-Lance Moore
WR-Nate Burleseon
WR-Dezmon Briscoe

TE-Kellen Winslow
TE-Ben Watson
TE-Fred Davis

K-Garrett Hartley
D-Eagles
D-Bucs

BillyWaz · Post by **BillyWaz** » Mon Aug 22, 2011 6:02 pm

Not bad Tom!

You need one of the Carolina boys to get hurt and then you will make some noise.

alanr824 · Post by **alanr824** » Mon Aug 22, 2011 6:56 pm

Wait... go back! How the heck did you get Brees in the 5th round??? Do QBs mean nothing in this league or was that a complete steal?

BillyWaz · Post by **BillyWaz** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 12:57 am

Originally posted by Al R G:
Wait... go back! How the heck did you get Brees in the 5th round??? Do QBs mean nothing in this league or was that a complete steal? 4 pts per TD.....not 6, so they last longer.

Tom Kessenich · Post by **Tom Kessenich** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 2:03 am

Originally posted by Al R G:
Wait... go back! How the heck did you get Brees in the 5th round??? Do QBs mean nothing in this league or was that a complete steal? Complete steal.

Billy's right that QBs do last longer. I believe Schaub went in the eighth round. Somewhere around there. I have no regrets about getting Brees. I wanted a stud QB and I got one and did it without compromising my top RBs or WRs.

This was an interesting draft. Like I said last night, the dual flex really makes people chase after RBs so it had an old-school feel to it. The only two decisions I had in the whole draft were:

1. Reggie Wayne. Honestly, I was hoping somebody else would take him. I would've liked to have gotten Jennings in the third but he went before me. There's no question Peyton's injury has people scared spitless. But the opportunity to get a potential Top 5 PPR WR in the third was crazy value. I couldn't pass on him.

2. Kellen Winslow. I held off on TE as planned and the round I took Winslow I was also looking strongly at RB3 because the talent was thinning out quickly. Bush and Tolbert were both on the board and I liked both for that role but I decided to go for the solid TE instead. Good thing I did because TEs flew off the board the rest of that round and the next round coming back to me. I didn't get Bush or Tolbert as I liked but the drop-off in talent at TE would've been immense had I passed on Winslow.

It was a fun draft and very interesting but it was LOOOOOOOOOOOOONG. Man, those guys loved taking the full 90 seconds.

bald is beautiful · Post by **bald is beautiful** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 2:49 am

Originally posted by Tom Kessenich:
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Al R G:
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1. Reggie Wayne. But the opportunity to get a potential Top 5 PPR WR in the third was crazy value. I couldn't pass on him.
Reggie's done as a top 5 WR. Recognizing the moment when a player is slowing down and losing skills is vital to winning.

Tom Kessenich · Post by **Tom Kessenich** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 3:05 am

Originally posted by blue devils:
aw what the heck i'll take a shot here. my take is that wayne will be playing for a contract and still has at least one great year of football left if not more and he will be just fine. maybe not top 5 but top 6-8 i can see easily. just my take on it because he's still relatively young for the position he plays. of course this is all contingent on peyton suiting up. I agree with all of that. He caught 111 passes last season. Now I don't expect him to catch that many again but he hasn't caught fewer than 80 passes in seven seasons. The chances of him declining to sub-80 receptions in this offense with a healthy Peyton (obviously the key) is extremely minimal. All he needs to do to justify his draft position is catch 80 passes for his usual 1,000-plus yards and 5-plus TDs. I think that's a slam dunk. If he does better (which is very probable given his talent, proven level of production and Peyton), he becomes a great bargain. I'll take my chances there without a doubt.

It's all contingent on Peyton being healthy. If there are any concerns about this pick, I think it starts and ends there, not so much with Wayne. Especially not in the third round. He's crazy value there.