The draft is in the books...
QB: Drew Brees & Joe Flacco
RB: Ryan Matthews, Ahmad Bradshaw, Toby Gerhart, Brandon Jacobs, Ryan Grant & Alex Green
WR: Vincent Jackson, Miles Austin, Mike Williams, Santana Moss, Golden Tate & Reuben Randle
TE: Dallas Clark & Evan Moore
K: Sebastian Janikowski & Adam Vinateri
Def: Texans & Patriots
Must say that I like this team!!
At QB Brees is a beast and Flacco is a decent backup even if Brees goes down to injury for a few weeks. If Tolbert leaves SD via FA then Matthews will only get more carries and coming into his third year he should be poised to take off regardless. Bradshaw is serviceable and getting Jacobs a few rounds later pairs the GMen backfield. It's yet to be seen if the Vikings do pull back from riding ADP and give Gerhart a bigger role but with ADP coming off injury I'd like to think Toby will see a few more carries each game. Grant and Green are both in a crowded and underwhelming Packer backfield - not sure if either will be there at the start of the season but I like their potential over unknown RBs that were available at the end of this draft...
Where does VJax land and how motivated will he be?? The right spot and right attitude and he is a top 5 WR but who knows at the moment. Austin, Williams and Moss have all had productive years in the past and did not do much last season. Is last year an anomolly or are their best seasons behind them?? I like Randle to see the field quite a bit as a rookie if he lands on a team with questionable WR talent
I waited on TE for several rounds... I was looking at a group in the 7th round but each one on my list was picked before my turn. I was happy when Clark was still available in the 8th round. Either with Peyton or Luck at QB, he should be a steady performer for a late #1 TE selection.
I am happy with my kickers and defense selections
Overall I think that this team has a solid chance to be there at the end in the survivor format, now I just need to hope that the NFL schedulers don't punish me with bye-week match-ups