Pay League Results: Very Interesting

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 4:27 am

We've had three NFFC pay leagues in the last week and the results are very interesting. I'll post the first six rounds randomly of each this week so that folks can see some of the trends that are happening right now. But for now I'll post some interesting aspects from the three drafts here:

** First pick: Three different players went first in the three pay NFFC leagues: Adrian Peterson, Matt Forte and Maurice Jones-Drew. Peterson went 1,2,2, Forte went 1,2,3 and Jones-Drew went 1,3,4.

** Larry Fitzgerald: He went 4th, 8th, 12th. Wow.

** Brian Westbrook: He went 4th, 11th, 12th.

** RBs: One league saw 12 RBs go in the first round. Another league saw 11 straight RBs go in the first round before the next six picks were WRs. And the third draft had 10 RBs and 4 WRs going in the first round.

** RB-RB: How many teams went RB-RB to start out? 3 in one draft, 4 in the other, 3 in the other. Teams that started out WR-WR? 2, 3 and 1.

** Where did Tom Brady go, one week after appearing on the cover of Sports Illustrated? 28th, 22nd and 20th.

** The top rookie so far? Denver RB Knowshon Moreno, who has gone 42nd, 41st and 41st. Chris Wells follows in the 66-70 range.

That's a quick look at these leagues. If you have any questions on others, feel free to ask here. I'll post some results soon enough as we try to keep each individual league confidential by doing them all at once.

eddietheking · Post by **eddietheking** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 5:14 am

If Brady went in the 2nd round where did Brees and Peyton end up being taken?
Surprised the RB-RB 1-2 is still prevalent!
Seems RBs are going by players personel preference, as in the case of Westbrook, I've seen him going 10 + and here 4th, big wide variety of choices in the rookies too.

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 5:23 am

Originally posted by Eddie the King:
If Brady went in the 2nd round where did Brees and Peyton end up being taken?
Surprised the RB-RB 1-2 is still prevalent!
Seems RBs are going by players personel preference, as in the case of Westbrook, I've seen him going 10 + and here 4th, big wide variety of choices in the rookies too. QBs:
Brees: 29,24,33
Manning: 32,29,40
Warner: 44,46,44
Rodgers : 45,40,49

David U. Kennedy · Post by **David U. Kennedy** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 12:13 pm

How bout ocho cinco, ced benson, and devin hester? Whats there respctive slots?

pizzatyme · Post by **pizzatyme** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 12:49 pm

Originally posted by wahoo:
How bout ocho cinco, ced benson, and devin hester? Whats there respctive slots? You'll likely get a complete picture if you join the next satellite.

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Wed Jun 03, 2009 5:38 am

We have several pay leagues that are finished now, so I'll post the first six rounds of a few of them so that we can have some fun discussing the decisions. Here's a quick look at one of the leagues:

ROUND 1:
1. Matt Forte
2. Adrian Peterson
3. Michael Turner
4. Maurice Jones-Drew
5. Steven Jackson
6. Chris Johnson
7. Andre Johnson
8. Larry Fitzgerald
9. Steve Slaton
10. LaDainian Tomlinson
11. Brian Westbrook
12. DeAngelo Williams
13. Randy Moss
14. Calvin Johnson

ROUND 2:
15. Reggie Wayne
16. Steve Smith
17. Anquan Boldin
18. Frank Gore
19. Marion Barber
20. Kevin Smith
21. Brandon Jacobs
22. Tom Brady
23. Roddy White
24. Drew Brees
25. Greg Jennings
26. Clinton Portis
27. Dwayne Bowe
28. Wes Welker

ROUND 3 (3RR):
29. Peyton Manning (Team 14)
30. Reggie Bush (Team 13)
31. Jason Witten (Team 12, continues down)
32. Ryan Grant
33. Terrell Owens
34. Pierre Thomas
35. Ronnie Brown
36. Marques Colston
37. Brandon Marshall
38. T.J. Houshmandzadeh
39. Thomas Jones
40. Aaron Rodgers
41. Knowshon Moreno
42. Braylon Edwards (Team 1)

ROUND 4:
43. Antonio Bryant (Team 1)
44. Antonio Gates (Team 2 and continues down)
45. Philip Rivers
46. Kurt Warner
47. Anthony Gonzalez
48. Roy Williams
49. Vincent Jackson
50. Tony Gonzalez
51. Donovan McNabb
52. Eddie Royal
53. Tony Romo
54. DeSean Jackson
55. Willie Parker
56. Derrick Ward

ROUND 5:
57. Derrick Mason
58. Joseph Addai
59. Jonathan Stewart
60. Chad Johnson
61. Matt Schaub
62. Dallas Clark
63. Jay Cutler
64. Marshawn Lynch
65. Larry Johnson
66. Chris Wells
67. Darren McFadden
68. Lance Moore
69. Santonio Holmes
70. Owen Daniels

ROUND 6:
71. Matt Ryan
72. Carson Palmer
73. Santana Moss
74. Lee Evans
75. Laveranues Coles
76. Ben Roethlisberger
77. LenDale White
78. Hines Ward
79. Matt Cassel
80. Felix Jones
81. Donnie Avery
82. Eli Manning
83. Chris Cooley
84. Cedric Benson

Thoughts?

[ June 03, 2009, 11:39 AM: Message edited by: Greg Ambrosius ]

pizzatyme · Post by **pizzatyme** » Wed Jun 03, 2009 5:52 am

Some intitial thoughts...

Interesting that one team went Rodgers/Rivers in the 3rd/4th rounds. Great tandem, but will it cost them elsewhere?

Knowshon Moreno in the 3rd seems high, but maybe this team knows something?

Addai in the 5th is a direct result of Tom bashing him on these boards. I think he represents very nice value there!

RedRyder · Post by **RedRyder** » Wed Jun 03, 2009 7:43 am

Yep, 3RR didn't seem to hurt Team !

Knowshon at the end of the 3rd round doesn't seem too high to me.

Tad surprised by Rodgers in the 3rd, but it is a DC and he was good to fantasy owners last year.

RiFF · Post by **RiFF** » Wed Jun 03, 2009 7:56 am

Geez, I need the lugnuts in my draft who allowed team 11 to start; Westbrook, Gore, Grant, Romo, Ocho, Avery... :rolleyes: