4.09 - Jeff Pasquino - Derrick Anderson - QB7 - Clev (5)
9.08 - Jeff Pasquino - Rex Grossman - QB27 - Chi (8)
DA is one of the Top 8 QBs, and one of those was a must have for me. His bye is also nice and early, which helps. I expect Rexy to be the starter at least until November, if not longer, so this works well. Rex's roller-coaster performances should mix well with DA. CLE plays Jacksonville when CHI is off and the Bears get a great matchup with Detroit when CLE is on bye.
I'm not a fan of Anderson -- he was in the right place at the right time last year, but he doesn't have enough job security to merit a 4th round pick. Grossman is great value since he has no competition.
1.08 - Jeff Pasquino - Marshawn Lynch - RB8 - Buffalo (6)
7.08 - Jeff Pasquino - Fred Taylor - RB31 - Jax (7)
10.09 - Jeff Pasquino - Ahman Green - RB47 - Hou (8)
17.08 - Jeff Pasquino - Kevin Faulk - RB61 - NE (4)
I said I'd explain the Lynch pick, so now I will. When I took him I knew that I was OK not having another Week 6 bye RB (KC, PIT, TEN) so I knew he was a nice safe pick at #8. Portis was a late bye and I'm not a huge MJD fan in the Top 10 - and I also knew I'd likely wind up with Taylor. FT is a steal, IMHO, as a Top 20 back from last year in the 7th round. Laugh if you like but he's solid with reduced time keeping him fresh. Ahman Green is the #1 RB in Houston (granted, for now) and that's a coup where I got him. Any RB that is penciled in as the #1 going outside of the Top 40 RBs is a great pick. Kevin Faulk should be a nice bonus in PPR. None of the RBs share a bye.
I'm not sure why you're so concerned about bye weeks -- for your first round pick, take the best player on your board, period. And I don't think Lynch was the best player on the board. BTW, Fred Taylor is
not a top-20 RB in PPR. I think he was 28th last year in ppg in this scoring system. He's a year older, so you drafted him about where he should be. Ahman Green is a year older, too, and I don't know if he has much left in the tank. I would not be surprised to see Houston sign another RB before camp. Faulk is great value in round 17.
2.09 - Jeff Pasquino - Steve Smith - WR8 - Car (9)
3.08 - Jeff Pasquino - Santonio Holmes - WR17 - Pitt (6)
6.09 - Jeff Pasquino - Joey "He Could" Galloway - WR37 - TB (10)
8.09 - Jeff Pasquino - Nate Burleson - WR47 - Sea (4)
13.08 - Jeff Pasquino Drew Carter - WR74 - Oak (5)
16.09 - Jeff Pasquino - Demetrius Williams - WR81 - Balt (10)
Starters - Steve Smith, Santonio Holmes, Galloway. I'll take those in a 16-team draft. Galloway was #21 in FBG scoring last year and Top 15 the 2 years prior - not bad as WR3. Smith and Holmes are solid picks as you would expect in the first 3 rounds. Burleson should start and is a cheap WR considering he had 10 TDs last year. Only Reggie Williams and Burleson are relatively cheap 2007 TD studs. I'll hope a repeat performance is in store with him likely starting, as I don't see much from Branch this year.After the first 4, the well dried up for WRs. Just barren. There are some crapshoots who could give you a few decent games, but certainly no locks. If there's one regret here it is not getting WR5 earlier. Gaffney, Battle, Stokley in Rounds 10-11 would have made for a nice WR5.
Good crew here, and most of them were good value for their picks, too. Agree that you should have gotten WR5 sooner -- you took a D/ST way too early when there were some decent WRs still on the board in round 11.
5.08 - Jeff Pasquino -Todd Heap - TE7 - Balt (10)
12.09 - Jeff Pasquino - Jeff King - TE23 - Car (9)
Heap, if healthy, is a Top 5 TE. That's the risk, of course. He could certainly be a nice big target for whomever is starting in Baltimore. Jeff King is the best receiving TE in Carolina, which some might say is not saying much. He did produce well with Delhomme starting, so hopefully we see more of that. I felt I had to grab him there as the TE2s were drying up, but Fasano going in Round 18 almost makes me wish he was a WR5 - but then again Round 12 wasn't so hot for WRs either.
Not bad, not great.
Overall I like but don't love the team. Seems solid but not stellar.
Should be a contender, but don't know if it has enough horses to make the winner's circle.
verall, a few too many rookies, but should be a top contender unless the RBs break down. I wonder if Fiddles considered drafting Boller/Flacco at the end of the draft instead of Rice/Manningham -- if he had, I would label him the favorite. For now I'd give top billing to LaDainian Tomlinson & co. on Thom Yorke's team.
I'm going to pretend Nugent is on my team. NUUUUUUGE.!!!!!!
