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Draft Review (Part 2)
Ok guys, here is part 2 of my draft review. This part will cover rounds 6 through round 11......
6.01 Team Juice Moe Williams RB
6.02 Team Nookie Kellen Winslow Jr. TE
6.03 Little Bastards Travis Minor RB
6.04 FFB Superior Marc Bulger QB
6.05 Team Juice (from Fat P) Brett Favre QB
6.06 Team Goo Freddie Jones TE
6.07 Wong's LD's Alge Crumpler TE
6.08 Team Tang Deshawn Foster RB
6.09 Wong's LD's (from JC) Stephen Jackson RB
6.10 Sadidas 21ers Donte Stallworth WR
6.11 Flying Hellfish Jake Plummer QB
6.12 Little Red Horse Deion Branch WR
FF Superior thoughts: Usually I don't pick a QB this early but I have to admit that I got caught up in the QB runs a little bit. I saw that there were three teams didn't have their starting QB yet but I had no clue how many people would follow my advice from last year so I had to pull the trigger on Bulger here. The guy is in a stud offense and he should do well, hopefully cutting down those INT's a little.
Best pick besides mine: Now that Bennett is out for a little bit longer than first expected, I like the Moe Williams pick here. Juice might have been able to get Williams a bit later in the draft but still a solid pick here.
Worst pick of round: I thought that Freddie Jones went a little to prematurely here, Richie could have got this guy about two rounds later, but being an Arizona homer now, I'm sure he had to pull the trigger! =) Same thing with Branch in this round.
7.01 Little Red Horse Bryon Leftwich QB
7.02 Flying Hellfish Antonio Gates TE
7.03 Sadidas 21ers Larry Fitzgerald WR
7.04 Air JC Reggie Wayne WR
7.05 Team Tang Roy Williams WR
7.06 Wong's LD's Jeff Garcia QB
7.07 Team Goo Peter Warrick WR
7.08 Fat British Boo Williams TE
7.09 FFB Superior Justin McCariens WR
7.10 Little Bastards Brandon Lloyd WR
7.11 Team Nookie Baltimore D
7.12 Team Juice Daniel Graham TE
FF Superior thoughts: Going into this round, I felt I had to target a WR since they were going like flies throughout the draft. At the beginning of the draft, I was targeting McCariens because I felt that he would do great with Pennington at the helm and should take some pressure off of Santana Moss. I was fortunate to get him as the 33rd WR taken (and his Average Draft Position was 7.03 and I pretty much got him at 8.09 with our first round of being keepers).
Best pick besides mine: Antonio Gates is a guy who I wanted real bad and I thought that he would slip to me next round but I was way off obviously. He had a great second half of the season last year and since San Diego isn't the best of teams, he'll get dumpoffs quite a bit. Boo Williams I thought was great value this late as well.
Worst pick of round: With no surprise, it is Baltimore defense. We all know how I feel about drafting defenses this early and I will guarentee right now that Baltimore will not be the #1 defense at the end of the year, so was this early pick really worth it? I just can't emphasize what the turnover rate is for top D's every year.
8.01 Team Juice Willis McGahee RB
8.02 Team Nookie Joey Galloway WR
8.03 Little Bastards Mushin Muhammad WR
8.04 FFB Superior Dallas Clark TE
8.05 Fat British Ashley Lelie WR
8.06 Team Goo Joey Harrinton QB
8.07 Wong's LD's Donald Driver WR
8.08 Team Tang L.J. Smith TE
8.09 Air JC Mike Vanderjagt K
8.10 Sadidas 21ers Ron Dayne RB
8.11 Flying Hellfish New England D
8.12 Little Red Horse Philadelphia D
FF Superior thoughts: This year I went into the draft with the thinking that no one on my roster will get injured. With that in mind, I had my top three RB's, top three WR's, and my starting QB, so I decided that there wasn't any RB or WR worth taking here that I couldn't get two or three round later, so I decided to go the TE route. I had Dallas Clark in my second tier of TE's and he was the only one left so I decided to go with Clark who has a great upside with big play ability as shown last season.
Best Pick besides mine: This round I'm a fan of Galloway and Lelie. Lelie is in his third year with Denver and some say that he's not all that good and hasn't done what he's supposed to but if you look at last season, this guy averaged more than 17 yards per catch and Plummer just wasn't looking his way all that much. Galloway should be able to benefit from McCardell holding out as the #1 WR.
Worst pick of round: Even though there was a kicker picked this round, I'm going to go off on the Philly D pick instead. Last year they were the 19th ranked defense and just because they picked up one guy in Jevon Kearse, doesn't mean that Philly ranks as the third best defense taken. Carolina obviously would have been a better choice here as at least they are a shoe in as a top 10 D. Note to JC, re-read my reviewing last season to see if it still makes sense.....=)
9.01 Sadidas 21ers (from LRH) Tatem Bell RB
9.02 Flying Hellfish Eddie Kennison WR
9.03 Sadidas 21ers David Carr QB
9.04 Air JC Chester Taylor RB
9.05 Team Tang Lamont Jordan RB
9.06 Wong's LD's Jake Delhomme QB
9.07 Team Goo Terry Glenn WR
9.08 Fat Britsh Brad Johnson QB
9.09 FFB Superior Carson Palmer QB
9.10 Little Bastards Jeff Wilkens K
9.11 Team Nookie Tommy Maddox QB
9.12 Team Juice Jason Elam K
FF Superior thoughts: Going into this round I knew exactly where I was going with my pick. With my sleeper RB and WR still out there, I decided to go with my backup QB at this point. I was targeting Delhomme this round but Wong beat me to the punch so I decided to go with Palmer, who was in a tier higher than the rest of the QB's out there. The guy has looked pretty good in preseason so hopefully he'll comtinue the trend during the regular season....he's sure got the tools to do it in Cincy.
Best Pick of round: Jake Delhomme is great value this round. The guy could probably be a fantasy starter and for him to drop to ninth round I found a little shocking. The guy is solid week in and week out and although he doesn't post Culpepper type numbers, he'll give you consistantcy every week.
Worst pick of round: Well besides the obvious (kickers), I gotta go with Tommy Maddox here......this guy has some tools around him but like Warner, he's kinda of a one or two year wonder and has nothing left in the tank. This guy is done, done and done......
10.01 Team Juice Andre Davis WR
10.02 Team Nookie Kevin Dyson WR
10.03 Little Bastards William Green RB
10.04 FFB Superior Bubba Franks TE
10.05 Fat British Drew Bledsoe QB
10.06 Team Goo Jim Kleinsasser TE
10.07 Wong's LD's David Akers K
10.08 Team Tang Mark Brunell QB
10.09 Air JC Josh McNown QB
10.10 Sadidas 21ers Tyrone Calico WR
10.11 Flying Hellfish Rod Gardner WR
10.12 FFB Superior (from LRH) Rich Gannon QB
FF Superior thoughts: After making my Franks pick, I heard Jc say "What's up with this, Jugs has two TE's and two QB's before his 4th RB and WR!" Well here's my chance to explain that. When it came to my 10.04 pick, I looked and saw that there were only 6 teams that needed a remaining RB and WR and I had a list of about 6 guys from each position who I'd be happy with, so I decided to go with my 2nd TE. Franks will get his catches and TD's as I had him ranked top 12 so I thought I'd take him here. As for Gannon, same thing applied. There's no way that Gannon has a worse year than he had last year, and if he does, thank god he's a 3rd QB.
Best Pick besides mine: I liked that Calico pick until he got inured the other night and is out for a few weeks now. Even though he'll still be productive when he comes back, I hope his injury isn't one of those things that will nag for a month after returning. Green has the biggest upside here if he can get into the starting lineup somehow.
Worst pick of round: Kevin Dyson, are you kidding me??? Nookie could have gotten Dyson in the last round for christ sake!! Not a Kleinsasser fan, especially when he is picked over TE's like Kinney, Stevens, Pollard, and Billy Miller for that matter.
11.01 Little Red Horse Josh Brown K
11.02 Flying Hellfish Antwain Smith RB
11.03 Sadidas 21ers Carolina D
11.04 Air JC Quincy Morgan WR
11.05 Team Tang Drew Bennett WR
11.06 Wong's LD's Dallas D
11.07 Team Goo Emmitt Smith RB
11.08 Fat British Rex Grossman QB
11.09 FFB Superior Richie Anderson RB
11.10 Little Bastards Tim Rattay QB
11.11 Team Nookie Jerome Bettis RB
11.12 Team Juice Tampa Bay D
FF Superior thoughts: This was a guy that I targeting the whole draft and my golly he fell right in my hands. I waited and waited and knew I'd get him pretty late. Anderson will do well in Parcells system and even though he won't run the ball that much, he'll be catching passes like they are running out of style. Look for this guy to have 70 catches on the year (last year he had 69).
Best Pick besides mine: I actually like the Josh Brown pick in this round. He's a great kicker who will get his fair share chances at the long field goals and he's on a great offense so he should finish top 7 or so at least for kicker points. I'm not a fan of Emmitt Smith but he does have good value in the 11th round (actually 12th I guess).
Worst pick of round: Tampa Bay D went a little early I thought considering they lost half of their defensive starters, but then again, 11th round is slim pickings.
Well that's the next 6 round of the draft. These are the rounds where if you get that one sleeper pick, you can ride him all the way to fantasy playoffs. Let's bring back last season's draft when I drafted Santana Moss in the 11th round.....great value I'd have to say and he's one of the big reasons I made it to the playoffs last season. Coming up next, a whole bunch of defenses and kickers where they should be drafted!!