Drafted late Friday night. Very pleased with how my team ended up.
I am copying and pasting my thoughts from the draft along with the picks as I had a few folks who wanted a recap of how it looked:
Picked 5th out of 12
Typing this email as I go.....
Going to try and stick to waiting on a QB til 7-8th round.
1.05 Chris Johnson
(1st round notes,
Brady , Roddy White, Fitzgerald all go in 1st)
2.08 Steven Jackson (wanted two stud RB's after alot of WR's and 2 QB's gone, still going to try and wait til 7-8th to get a QB)(Vick and Rodgers go in this round along with Gates 1.5ppr for TE's)
3.05 Miles Austin (lots of WR's to go with, tempted with Romo, but sticking to my guns on no QB early, seeing a TE run now, will grab one, hopefully Olsen or Pettigrew in next few rounds, Dez Bryant is the last pick of this round. Moreno went early this round....oof)
4.08 Mike Williams TB (Love this guy in a PPR)(TE's going early, may pull the trigger on Romo or Rivers in rd 5)
5.05 Ryan Mathews (Romo and Rivers still on the board here, but everything I've read about this draft says wait, wait, wait on QBs, confident in a PPR with Mathews as a flex, riding him after a crappy last year. BYE weeks 5 and 6 are adding up)
6.08 Tony Romo (Well, he was still on the board, and the 3 guys left in this round had no QB's(THANKS DRAFT DOMINATOR), so I bit. Need to look at bye week strategy now,I think my taking good RB's early is paying off, Tolbert went this round, Ochocinco went as well, looking for Julio next round for my WR3/Flex)
7.05 Julio Jones (Guy at the 6/7th round turn took Peyton and Big Ben, so my gamble on a top 5 QB paid off, need to go back to back TE' or another starting WR in round 8/9)
8.08 Mercedes Lewis (Right on his ADP, solid pick as Garrard loves him and he's one of the few remaining targets for Garrard)
(TE's flying off teh board now...Snelling went as someone's RB2, WTF?, Wanted to target Olsen in the next round, but he and Lewis have the same BYE)
9.05 Matt Ryan (No TE's left to reach for right now, went with the best available player. Great insurance for Romo. Getting alot of flack in the chat portion of the draft from the 3 guys who were targeting him at the end of this round)
10.08 Jonathan Stewart (Going with value picks now. Lots of crazy picks going this round with guys scrambling for RB's and QB's,Guy who picked 10th overall still has no QB)
11.05 Jermaine Gresham (Needed a second TE, and they were getting thin. He's actually ranked in my top 20 and there were 22 taken so far, Packers S taken this round, hope it spurs a D run along with a QB2 run as I have 2 guys I really want as bench WRs, if I get one on the way back I may target Ben Tate just to hopefully start a handcuff run. As I typed that, Nate Burleson and Ben Tate went OTB. Handcuffs flying now)
12.08 Pittsburgh D (2 of my guys I wanted are gone, hope to start a run. Targeting Earl Bennett next, hearing good things about him)
13.04 Earl Bennett (Love this guy's potential, hindsight should have taken Crabtree as the bye week is not a good one for my team. Luckily my flexes will take care of it for now. Week 8 will be teh suck for me)
14.08 Michael Crabtree (Got him anyway, his adp was 3 rounds earlier. Looking for best value on these next 4-5 picks before getting a Kicker)
15.04 Greg Little (Don't know much about this rookie, but he's got the talent to emerge later in the year???)
16.08 Philly D (Value too good to pass up, going to try and take advantage of FBGPC D scoring by flipping my two great D's)
17.04 Taiwan Jones (Heard alot about him. If McFadden goes down, thsi guy will get a shot alongside M Bush)
18.08 Gostowski
19.04 Donald Driver (Old, but could be an excellent WR3/bye week filler if he stays healthy)
20.08 lol, Cam Newton (What if he turns into the next Michael Vick???)