1.11 Aaron Rodgers QB2 GB
7.11 Michael Vick QB19 PHI
I should be pretty solid here.
2.06 Steven Jackson RB12 ATL
3.11 Stevan Ridley RB17 NE
12.06 Bilal Powell RB NYJ
13.11 Michael Bush RB CHI
20.06 Shaun Draughn RB KC
Since the halfway point I added Powell in the 12th, Bush in the 13th, and Draughn in the final round. I have always been a Goodson fan so not real sure why I took Powell other then I think he has a little game and he really helped my championship team down the stretch in MBSL2 last year. He will give Goodson all he can handle in the competition for carries and hopefully they don’t bring in any other competition. I think Bush is the perfect kind of backup RB/depth in these leagues. He is a talented back who has proven he can carry the load if the guy in front of him goes down, and even if he doesn’t, he steals the goal line love, which can allow him to score big points for you even when he only gets 2-3 carries. Forte has been known to get dinged. As a KC fan I watched every snap they played last year and I really liked the way Draughn ran the ball when given the chance. Runs quick and hard. I think he did enough to solidify the RB2 spot in KC which I think can be valuable because I don’t see Charles getting all the carries, and I think McCluster will mostly be productive as a WR. It is just my opinion that Charles is better when he spelled on occasion. He is pretty frail, just sayin. One of those guys where almost every time he gets a carry, you kind of hope he gets back up. I am avoiding Charles in most drafts this year Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying he is injury prone, I just think the repeated pounding RB’s take, take a little more of a toll on him then other RB’s. I would not be surprised to see Draughn take on a bigger role and he can catch. It came down to Draughn or a WR with that last pick and I just felt I needed more depth at RB instead of just 4 guys in case I run into a bye week conflict or an injury. I could be ok here with the two top guys and the depth I added.
4.06 Danny Amendola WR20 NE
5.11 James Jones WR30 GB
6.06 Steve Smith WR36 CAR
10.06 Jacoby Jones WR58 BAL
17.11 Donnie Avery WR KC
19.11 Jerome Simpson WR MIN
Since the halfway point I added Avery and Simpson late. I tossed around Nate Washington for pretty much the last several rounds of this thing, but decided to go with two guys who were recently signed, which made me feel that at least their teams felt they would contribute. I expect Washington to be released and not sure where he will end up. As a KC fan I liked the Avery signing. Not expecting a ton, but some solid production there. Was about as excited as a guy could be about getting Jerome Simpson. His team resigned him, they want him back, and think he can be way more productive than last year. I’m buyin. Currently a WR2 on his team that lost their main guy. MIN will give him the chance to be the WR2 and even though there aren’t a ton of points to be had in the MIN passing game, I felt getting a WR2 in round 19 was pretty solid. This will be the weak link of my team because of going 3 TE’s and I need the bye weeks to be kind to me.
8.06 Antonio Gates TE18 SD
9.11 Dwayne Allen TE22 IND
14.06 Delanie Walker TE TEN
Since the halfway point I added Walker. At the time of the pick, I felt he was the last of what I saw as semi quality at the TE position and I felt that he offered the best chance of contributing to this team at the time of the pick. I’m not so in love with Gates and Allen to think they are going to keep my head above water at TE, so Walker seemed like a solid pick in the 14th since we get 2 PPR. TEN apparently loves them some Delanie, and he is expected to be their primary pass catching TE. I think they think he can be a playmaker. They are paying him to be. There was a little keep away involved in that pick as well as I think he was on the radar of a few other owners as their TE2 or TE3. Potential for some pretty nice ham and egg production here that should keep me in the mix at TE.
15.11 Dan Bailey PK DAL
1606 Robbie Gould PK CHI
11.11 San Francisco 49ers DST2
18.06 Jacksonville Jaguars DST32
All of these were added after the halfway point and I feel pretty good about them overall. Busted my nut early on SF as I was in a hurry at that pick, so just rolled with a top DST. Hope it pays off. Almost got stuck with one DST but rolling the dice and waiting paid off. Still almost didn’t take JAC and was thinking about going with one, but thought they might probably score for me more than whatever else I would have taken at the time and I thought the WR’s I wanted would make it back.
Overall: Not my strongest effort and I never really felt comfortable after taking two RB’s in the first 3 picks which isn’t something I normally do. However, if my WR (which really aren’t THAT bad) can hold their own, I think I have some solid advantages elsewhere and this team might be built well enough to survive for a while. Love my QB’s, like what I did at RB, banking on Amendola, Jacoby Jones, and Simpson having prominent roles, and hoping my Delanie Walker pick pays some dividends if I need it.
could your WRs have a worse group of QBs throwing them the ball?
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