Kudos to Cathy Fazio (1 Viewer)

[Sinrman]

I must say, having looked over the draft, there were some really good teams there, but none stood out to me like Cathy's. Sure, none of us can predict injuries, or how the season will turn out, but on paper, her draft was near-flawless in my opinion. LJ? MJD? Holt? Walker (though I personally would have taken Wayne there, who was taken right after her)? Heap? Brees? Pats DEF/ST? On, and on...



Too bad it was merely a MOCK!

 

[Raiders]

I must say, having looked over the draft, there were some really good teams there, but none stood out to me like Cathy's. Sure, none of us can predict injuries, or how the season will turn out, but on paper, her draft was near-flawless in my opinion. LJ? MJD? Holt? Walker (though I personally would have taken Wayne there, who was taken right after her)? Heap? Brees? Pats DEF/ST? On, and on... Too bad it was merely a MOCK!

 

[bostonfred]

I was going to say the same, except to Dodds. I agree that these are the top two teams, but I like Dodds' even better:

David Dodds Bye Drafted

Brady, Tom NEP QB 10 5.03

Manning, Eli NYG QB 9 12.08

Bennett, Michael KCC RB 8 17.03

Buckhalter, Correll PHI RB 5 15.03

Dunn, Warrick ATL RB 8 14.08

Gore, Frank SFO RB 6 1.03

Hunt, Tony PHI RB 5 16.08

Portis, Clinton WAS RB 4 2.08

Turner, Michael SDC RB 7 13.03

Bowe, Dwayne KCC WR 8 22.08

Chambers, Chris MIA WR 9 9.03

Edwards, Braylon CLE WR 7 6.08

Jenkins, Michael ATL WR 8 19.03

Johnson, Chad CIN WR 5 3.03

Moss, Santana WAS WR 4 7.03

Wayne, Reggie IND WR 6 4.08

Crumpler, Alge ATL TE 8 11.03

Winslow, Kellen CLE TE 7 8.08

Kaeding, Nate SDC PK 7 18.08

Mare, Olindo NOS PK 4 21.03

Packers, Green Bay GBP Def 7 20.08

Ravens, Baltimore BAL Def 8 10.08

Cathy Fazio Bye Drafted

Brees, Drew NOS QB 4 5.04

Delhomme, Jake CAR QB 7 12.07

Green, Trent MIA QB 9 16.07

Droughns, Reuben NYG RB 9 13.04

Harrison, Jerome CLE RB 7 18.07

Johnson, Larry KCC RB 8 1.04

Jones-Drew, Maurice JAC RB 4 2.07

Washington, Leon NYJ RB 10 10.07

Williams, DeAngelo CAR RB 7 6.07

Clayton, Mark BAL WR 8 8.07

Holt, Torry STL WR 9 3.04

Jackson, Vincent SDC WR 7 9.04

Price, Peerless BUF WR 6 19.04

Stallworth, Donte' NEP WR 10 11.04

Toomer, Amani NYG WR 9 22.07

Walker, Javon DEN WR 6 4.07

Heap, Todd BAL TE 8 7.04

Miller, Heath PIT TE 6 15.04

Elam, Jason DEN PK 6 17.04

Rackers, Neil ARI PK 8 21.04

Colts, Indianapolis IND Def 6 20.07

Patriots, New England NEP Def 10 14.07

They're very close, though.

QB: Brady/Eli vs. Brees/Delhomme? I like Brady/Eli, but more because I wouldn't feel too comfortable with Delhomme as my only backup QB with Carr there. Edge: Dodds

RB: Gore/Portis/Dunn/Turner vs. LJ/MJD/Droughns/DeAngelo? Both should be $ this season. I like Portis a lot better than Jones-Drew, but I can understand why people are afraid of him. I'm not a big Gore fan, so I'll say Edge: Fazio.

WR: Chad Johnson/Wayne/SMoss/Braylon/Chamber vs. Holt/Walker/Mark Clayton/Vincent Jackson? I like Dodds' picks much better. Edge: Dodds

TE: Winslow/Crumpler vs. Heap/Miller? Again, both are stacked at TE. I like Dodds' pairing better, because I think people are nuts to downgrade Crumpler when he lost the worst passing quarterback in the league. But I'd gladly take either. Edge: Even.

K: Kaeding/Mare vs. Elam/Rackers? Again, these guys even got the top kickers in the league. Dodds got the kickers from two of the top five offenses in the league. Fazio got the perennial top kicker in Elam and a kicker who had one of the best seasons in recent memory. Again, I'd slightly prefer Dodds, but I'll say Edge: Even

DST: Ravens/Packers vs. Pats/Colts? Pick your flavor. I love both pairings. Edge: Even

I personally like Dodds' players a little better, but I think both of them did extremely well in this draft. Borbely had a solid draft, but he banked his season on three of the most injury prone quarterbacks in the league and a RB2BC of Cedric Benson/Lamont Jordan. And Will Grant had his typical solid draft, although with Westbrook, Rudi, Deuce, Kevin Jones, Vernand Morency, and Adrian Peterson (CHI) he may be overinvested at RB. What I'm wondering is, who were these guys drafting against that they put these teams together?

COlin still hasn't figured out that running backs alone won't win these things. Jeff appears to agree, since he didn't take a receiver until the sixth after four running backs and a QB. He made up for that by taking one kicker. Wimer has the all upside QB combo of Joey, Schaub and Leinart, and for some reason appears to have taken Jerius Norwood in the third round. To nobody's surprise, Cecil Lammey took the denver running back, but went with Manning, Colston, and Housh in his next four picks, leaving himself with a RB2BC of Julius Jones and Tatum Bell. I got the same RB combo in almost the exact same rounds in a 16 team survivor league and am nervous about it. Herman took two top QBs early in Kitna/Palmer, and still backed them up with McNair. He also started out RB-RB-RB, which leaves him with Plaxico, Galloway and Bruce as his top three WRs. I love the three defenses he got, and he's really strong at QB, but that left him with six low-grade receivers. If it weren't for Jeff he might have the worst WR corps in the league.

 

[Sinrman]

I was going to say the same, except to Dodds. I agree that these are the top two teams, but I like Dodds' even betteravid Dodds Bye Drafted Brady, Tom NEP QB 10 5.03 Manning, Eli NYG QB 9 12.08 Bennett, Michael KCC RB 8 17.03 Buckhalter, Correll PHI RB 5 15.03 Dunn, Warrick ATL RB 8 14.08 Gore, Frank SFO RB 6 1.03 Hunt, Tony PHI RB 5 16.08 Portis, Clinton WAS RB 4 2.08 Turner, Michael SDC RB 7 13.03 Bowe, Dwayne KCC WR 8 22.08 Chambers, Chris MIA WR 9 9.03 Edwards, Braylon CLE WR 7 6.08 Jenkins, Michael ATL WR 8 19.03 Johnson, Chad CIN WR 5 3.03 Moss, Santana WAS WR 4 7.03 Wayne, Reggie IND WR 6 4.08 Crumpler, Alge ATL TE 8 11.03 Winslow, Kellen CLE TE 7 8.08 Kaeding, Nate SDC PK 7 18.08 Mare, Olindo NOS PK 4 21.03 Packers, Green Bay GBP Def 7 20.08 Ravens, Baltimore BAL Def 8 10.08 Cathy Fazio Bye Drafted Brees, Drew NOS QB 4 5.04 Delhomme, Jake CAR QB 7 12.07 Green, Trent MIA QB 9 16.07 Droughns, Reuben NYG RB 9 13.04 Harrison, Jerome CLE RB 7 18.07 Johnson, Larry KCC RB 8 1.04 Jones-Drew, Maurice JAC RB 4 2.07 Washington, Leon NYJ RB 10 10.07 Williams, DeAngelo CAR RB 7 6.07 Clayton, Mark BAL WR 8 8.07 Holt, Torry STL WR 9 3.04 Jackson, Vincent SDC WR 7 9.04 Price, Peerless BUF WR 6 19.04 Stallworth, Donte' NEP WR 10 11.04 Toomer, Amani NYG WR 9 22.07 Walker, Javon DEN WR 6 4.07 Heap, Todd BAL TE 8 7.04 Miller, Heath PIT TE 6 15.04 Elam, Jason DEN PK 6 17.04 Rackers, Neil ARI PK 8 21.04 Colts, Indianapolis IND Def 6 20.07 Patriots, New England NEP Def 10 14.07 They're very close, though. QB: Brady/Eli vs. Brees/Delhomme? I like Brady/Eli, but more because I wouldn't feel too comfortable with Delhomme as my only backup QB with Carr there. Edge: DoddsRB: Gore/Portis/Dunn/Turner vs. LJ/MJD/Droughns/DeAngelo? Both should be $ this season. I like Portis a lot better than Jones-Drew, but I can understand why people are afraid of him. I'm not a big Gore fan, so I'll say Edge: Fazio.WR: Chad Johnson/Wayne/SMoss/Braylon/Chamber vs. Holt/Walker/Mark Clayton/Vincent Jackson? I like Dodds' picks much better. Edge: DoddsTE: Winslow/Crumpler vs. Heap/Miller? Again, both are stacked at TE. I like Dodds' pairing better, because I think people are nuts to downgrade Crumpler when he lost the worst passing quarterback in the league. But I'd gladly take either. Edge: Even. K: Kaeding/Mare vs. Elam/Rackers? Again, these guys even got the top kickers in the league. Dodds got the kickers from two of the top five offenses in the league. Fazio got the perennial top kicker in Elam and a kicker who had one of the best seasons in recent memory. Again, I'd slightly prefer Dodds, but I'll say Edge: EvenDST: Ravens/Packers vs. Pats/Colts? Pick your flavor. I love both pairings. Edge: EvenI personally like Dodds' players a little better, but I think both of them did extremely well in this draft. Borbely had a solid draft, but he banked his season on three of the most injury prone quarterbacks in the league and a RB2BC of Cedric Benson/Lamont Jordan. And Will Grant had his typical solid draft, although with Westbrook, Rudi, Deuce, Kevin Jones, Vernand Morency, and Adrian Peterson (CHI) he may be overinvested at RB. What I'm wondering is, who were these guys drafting against that they put these teams together? COlin still hasn't figured out that running backs alone won't win these things. Jeff appears to agree, since he didn't take a receiver until the sixth after four running backs and a QB. He made up for that by taking one kicker. Wimer has the all upside QB combo of Joey, Schaub and Leinart, and for some reason appears to have taken Jerius Norwood in the third round. To nobody's surprise, Cecil Lammey took the denver running back, but went with Manning, Colston, and Housh in his next four picks, leaving himself with a RB2BC of Julius Jones and Tatum Bell. I got the same RB combo in almost the exact same rounds in a 16 team survivor league and am nervous about it. Herman took two top QBs early in Kitna/Palmer, and still backed them up with McNair. He also started out RB-RB-RB, which leaves him with Plaxico, Galloway and Bruce as his top three WRs. I love the three defenses he got, and he's really strong at QB, but that left him with six low-grade receivers. If it weren't for Jeff he might have the worst WR corps in the league.

I'll agree with you that Dodds has a very strong team, too. He'd be my #2, and very close behind Cathy. I do agree with you on the WRs. I like Cathy's, but David's is just criminal. That should never be allowed to happen in any draft...