With the fourth pick I thought I’d just let the draft play out and take the best player available for the first few rounds. Last year in Anarchy 8 I avoided RB early on the basis that when they get hurt they tend to go down longer than WR, and concentrated on TE. But my first rounder of Julio Jones went down for the year early, and RBs I picked later ended up getting hurt also, like Bell and Vareen, so I ended up in the middle of the pack.
1.04: Calvin Johnson (WR1). I had Graham and NO QB rated higher, but they were taken, so it was coin flip between Megatron and D. Thomas.
2.13: Ju. Jones (WR6). With nine QB and five TE gone, I stuck at WR and got Julio and his playoff potential later than he went in some of the other Anarchy drafts.
3.04: D. Murray (RB11). If you look at the way the scoring goes, relative to WR and TE, only around 50 of the RB are really worth taking when we draft 64 of them, so that argues for not waiting too long for them. Murray's big games tend to balance out at least some the handful of games he’s likely to miss. Again, got him later than he went in other drafts.
4.13: V. Cruz (WR18). Too valuable a talent to pass up at this point, so he becomes my third WR.
5.04: Pitts (QB16). There seemed to be a drop off once Pitts and Cincy were off the board, and didn’t want take the chance on waiting 25 more picks to get one. I like the Steelers chance to improve the passing game with a full year of Heath Miller and get back to the playoffs and see that Cincy is expected to rely more on the run.
6.13 Eifert (TE16). Because I don’t necessarily trust rookie TE, I felt it was time to take a non-rookie from the next tier, and chose Eifert and his ND background over Gates.
7.04: Lamar Miller (RB33). The addition of Moreno has impacted Miller’s perceived value, but I thought he retains RB2 value in this format.
8.13: J. Cook (TE24). With TE going fast and furious, wanted to get a reasonable vet as my TE2, and was glad he slid this far.
9.04: D. McFadden (RB40). It was tough to pass on J. Hunter but I already had three quality WR and wanted one more RB from the top 40 or so at this point. Would have much preferred D. Williams but he went two picks before, and didn’t want to choose between all the rookie backups, so went with McFadden. Maybe less playing time will mean less multi-week injuries.
10.13: Ja. Jones (WR56). I figure Oakland will be behind a lot, so who better for a new QB to throw to than a new WR.
11.04: Minn (QB23). I like Norv Turner in charge here, but I should have waited. In retrospect R. Woods or a top D would have made more sense.
12.13: S. Johnson (WR65). Given what he did in Buffalo I liked him in playoff bound SF as my WR5, but then read he might not even make the team, though later read he’s been impressing in camp. Fingers crossed on this on that it’s not a bust.
13.04: D. McCluster (RB57). With talk of Wisenhunt using him like he used Woodhead in SD, I was waiting on him as my RB4.
14.13: B. Lafell (WR 76). They have a lot of WR in NE, but Lafell has been talked about being a Hernandez replacement. If he keeps dropping balls in practice that won’t be happening, but I thought as my flex he had a higher upside than my next choice, Owen Daniel.
15.04: Indy (Def 14). Playoff potential with two games each against Jax and Houston, so I’ve rated it higher than others.
16.13: Gano (PK 19). With three teams with kickers in camp battles, didn't want to wait any longer to get them in the next two rounds, and glad to see a potential playoff kicker slide this far.
17.04 Suisham (PK23). A PK2 I can live with.
18.13: Atl (Def 30). Slim pickings using a late last rounder on a Def, but this one had a better second half after a dreadful first.
