SDMB Big League Fantasy Football 2012

[Gray Ghost]

Texans fan. Ish. Living in Houston.

(Though the idea of grouping teams by performance last year has more merit, IMHO.)

[Munch]

I thought I'd have a problem with going by merit (assuming you'd bunch the top players together and the poorer players together), but this league is for fun - and giving the poor performers last year a chance to beat up on each other and compete for a playoff spot is actually a great idea. I like it.

[Really Not All That Bright]

As long as we all agree I'm the worst player.

[RetroVertigo]

It doesn't matter to me how we decide to divide.

49er fan living in St. Louis.

2nd worst player in league.

[SenorBeef]

I'm essentially against what amount to arbitrary or random divisions - I'd rather just get rid of divisions. I wanted to give them a try when yahoo allowed them, but after a couple of years of essentially random divisions I decided meh.

But if we were to use the divisions in some logical way, it could be very cool.

If we reorganized along some logical lines, it could be interesting. If we organized by average finish since the start, and did it again next year (or just do it based on last year's ratings) then it's interesting for competition.

The top division - full of the 5 best - becomes prestigious, and the bottom division becomes shameful or at least full of newbies. To win the top division requires you to beat the best the league has to offer, but at least 1 player from the bottom division will go to the playoffs, creating a parity of sorts.

It works even better if I set up the schedule so that everyone plays everyone in their division twice.

Geographic divisions make sense in real sports obviously for logistical reasons but I find them uncompelling for this. Team fandom is maybe a little more logical, but I'm guessing we're a scattered bunch where there won't be any clean solution there.

So anyway, I propose we take the average finish of each player and then order the divisions that way, with new players starting at the bottom.

[mhendo]

Originally Posted by SenorBeef

The top division - full of the 5 best - becomes prestigious, and the bottom division becomes shameful or at least full of newbies. To win the top division requires you to beat the best the league has to offer, but at least 1 player from the bottom division will go to the playoffs, creating a parity of sorts.

I was completely indifferent to the method of organizing divisions until i read this.

If divisions are going to be created based on previous performance, then they should be selected in precisely the opposite way—in order to ensure that everyone has a similar strength of schedule. So, for example, one division would comprise the #1, #5, #9, #13, and #17 players; the next division would comprise #2, #6, #10, #14, and #18; and so on.

Firstly, i don't think that the people who have finished near the bottom previously (and i'm one of them) should have the benefit of playing a "weaker" schedule and thus getting a better chance to make the playoffs. I'm happy to compete against people who have done well.

Second, to be quite honest, i do this for fun. I do my best to pick a strong team, i make trades, i keep on top of my roster from one week to the next, and i make a concerted effort to win each week, but in the end i really don't care where i finish. It's just about a bit of fun.

I know, Senorbeef, that part of the whole game for you is trash-talking about how great you are and how you deserved to win because your team consistently scored the most points and how you've been in the top three (or whatever) every year and how awesome is that.

But that doesn't interest me very much, and if you're going to have an "All the awesome guys" division and a "Point and laugh at the losers division," you can find someone else to take my team.

[SenorBeef]

Well that's unnecesarily dramatic. Threatning to quit the league a few days before the draft because - what, exactly? Being in a meaningless and random division works for you, but being in a division with people who've performed similarly to you is a grave injustice?

I can't imagine any way of organizing divisions, including a "most likely to be a child molester" vote and making the top division, that could really justify quitting over it.

Could someone make a case for arbitrary or semi-arbitrary (like vaguely geographical) divisions? Because if they're meaningless I'd rather just lose them altogether.

[SenorBeef]

And before you accuse me of just wanting to gloat, I proposed a similar system in the dynasty league, even specifically mentioning the prestige of the top division, when I finished in last place that year. I just think it's a good idea that makes the league more meaningful. I don't need it to gloat. I'm going to do that anyway.

[mhendo]

Originally Posted by SenorBeef

Well that's unnecesarily dramatic. Threatning to quit the league a few days before the draft because - what, exactly? Being in a meaningless and random division works for you, but being in a division with people who've performed similarly to you is a grave injustice?

I can't imagine any way of organizing divisions, including a "most likely to be a child molester" vote and making the top division, that could really justify quitting over it.

Could someone make a case for arbitrary or semi-arbitrary (like vaguely geographical) divisions? Because if they're meaningless I'd rather just lose them altogether.

Did you read my post?

My suggestion for arranging the divisions is precisely the opposite of "meaningless and random." I would sort divisions with a view to giving everyone in the league a roughly equal strength of schedule, based on prior order of finishing. It is based on exactly the same idea as your arrangement (i.e., on past performance), but is actually more fair to everyone.

As for getting rid of divisions altogether, i'd be perfectly fine with that too.

[Really Not All That Bright]

Originally Posted by SenorBeef

So anyway, I propose we take the average finish of each player and then order the divisions that way, with new players starting at the bottom.

Originally Posted by SenorBeef

And before you accuse me of just wanting to gloat, I proposed a similar system in the dynasty league, even specifically mentioning the prestige of the top division, when I finished in last place that year. I just think it's a good idea that makes the league more meaningful. I don't need it to gloat. I'm going to do that anyway.

I thought it was pointless then (and I was the league champ at the time) and I think it's pointless now.

But good news: my Tuesday class was just cancelled, so if you want to move the draft back up to the original start time it's no longer a problem for me.

[dalej42]

Originally Posted by Really Not All That Bright

I thought it was pointless then (and I was the league champ at the time) and I think it's pointless now.

But good news: my Tuesday class was just cancelled, so if you want to move the draft back up to the original start time it's no longer a problem for me.

I'm 100 percent in favor of that. I could care less how we organize as far as divisions go, I'll play under any structure.

[mhendo]

Originally Posted by dalej42

I'll play under any structure.

OK, having cooled down a little since the other day, i will do the same. I still don't really like the proposal under consideration, but i've already said that i'm only playing for fun, so what do i care if i'm in the losers' division?

Of course, the type of people who gloat when they win are also often the type of people who make excuses when they lose. If we change the arrangement, and someone from the losers' division happens to win it all, i'm betting that the next step will be a few people in the winners' division complaining about how that person had such an easy schedule, and how they didn't really deserve to win.

[FoieGrasIsEvil]

Originally Posted by mhendo

OK, having cooled down a little since the other day, i will do the same. I still don't really like the proposal under consideration, but i've already said that i'm only playing for fun, so what do i care if i'm in the losers' division?

Of course, the type of people who gloat when they win are also often the type of people who make excuses when they lose. If we change the arrangement, and someone from the losers' division happens to win it all, i'm betting that the next step will be a few people in the winners' division complaining about how that person had such an easy schedule, and how they didn't really deserve to win.

They could always take the novel tack of blaming Jesus when they lose.

[SenorBeef]

I guess another way to organize divisions is time spent in the league, but that won't line up neatly. I was just trying to come with some justification to organize them - something logical and elegant - otherwise I'd prefer to throw them out as basically meaningless.

I wasn't able to move the draft back to the previous time - everything after 2pm or so is booked up solid.

[mhendo]

Can i ask what it is about my own proposal that apparently fails your "logical and elegant" test?

It organizes divisions based on past performance, which is exactly what you wanted to do. It also has the advantage of evening out the strength of schedule, so that everyone plays about the same number of good, average, and poor teams.

Admittedly, you could arrive at a similar result by eliminating divisions altogether and simply ensuring that each team has a roughly similar schedule. But, in the absence of actual physical factors like travel distance, which was part of the rationale for divisions in real sports, it seems to me that an equal-strength-of-schedule division system is at least as logical and elegant as any other.

[SenorBeef]

Your proposal is essentially to homogenizes the league in a way that renders divisions pointless, so I sort of count it as support as just elimination divisions.

[Frosted Glass]

I am fine either way and I really see nothing wrong with the divisions. Of course, I am one of the few people in a division that has legitimate identity (GO GIANTS!). To be honest, I am having a hard time figuring out why anyone really cares about divisions vs none. Looking back, no one really got screwed over because of divisions. Points vs. Head-to-head I can understand, but the divisions are a nice way to organize a 20-team league.

[Taber]

What was our waiver policy on Weds or Thurs games? No picking them up until they come out of weekend waivers?

Also, after the draft, it looks like players go on waivers for 2 days. Theoretically I'd suggest that was a fine waiver period for the players on the dallas vs giants wednesday game, but on further thought, that might cause confusion since that information would have to go out to 20 people for a one time exception.

[Taber]

Originally Posted by Taber

What was our waiver policy on Weds or Thurs games? No picking them up until they come out of weekend waivers?

Also, after the draft, it looks like players go on waivers for 2 days. Theoretically I'd suggest that was a fine waiver period for the players on the dallas vs giants wednesday game, but on further thought, that might cause confusion since that information would have to go out to 20 people for a one time exception.

whoops, read in the OP that Yahoo will take care of all this stuff, so nevermind.

[SenorBeef]

I'm trying to figure out the new divisions and new team names but I'm missing something.

The vets division is intact - Exploding Pancakes (SenorBeef), Scissor Me Timbers (munch), Curry Porkrinds (tds1273), Return of Ryan Leaf (mhendo), Phoenix Redbirds (dalej42)

The old semi-newbies lost 2 people, Hamlet and Brute Squad (Only Mostly Dead), leaving up by three (Taber), Evil Monkey (MTRG), unrelated siblings (uncle brother walker)

Newbies lost Hey There Fancypants (MrSquishy), leaving Not Sure (brickbacon), Garcon's Cedilia (friend of MrSquishy), CMFD (now Overly Sentimental), Living Through Them (Gray Ghost)

Giants division lost The Gusterhoids (Justin Bailey) and Varlos, leaving Court Jesters (d_odds), frosted lightning (Frosted Glass), and No Use For A Name II (Retrovertigo)

New entrants are 9 inch neils (RNATB), The Fleas (Wilson), Cobra Kai (Boozahol Squid, PI), Rough and Tumblrs (Enalzi), Red Hoculi Peppers (Darth Sensitive)

In previous years we've only had little turnover and just plugged people in as replacements in the divisions but we've had 5 changes this year, which mixes things up. Having a Giants Fan division losing 2 eliminates the original (and arbitrary) purpose, so it'll be sort of weird to keep it.

Let me try organizing it a few ways and see if anything becomes elegant.

[SenorBeef]

Okay, with 5 new people it makes some sense to put them in their own division. So then I looked at how long people have been in the league. We've got 8 who've been here all 3 years, and 7 more who've been in for 2. So I figured we could redo divisions based on time in the league - but necesarily one division would have to have 3 third year players and 2 second year players. So I needed some way to break the tie to sort it, so I used average finish as a tiebreaker, but time spent in the league is the primary criteria.

All in all, it seems elegant enough. Not perfect, but enough people had left that plugging them in to the old structure would've been a fudging on top of a fudging.

Division 1 - all three year players

Exploding Pancakes (SenorBeef)
Scissor Me Timbers (Munch)
No Use For A Name II (RetroVertigo)
Frosted Lightning (Frosted Glass)
Curry Porkrinds (tds1273)

Division 2 - 3 three year players, 2 two year

Court Jesters (d_odds), 3 year
Unrelated Siblings (uncle brother walker), 3 year
Phoenix Redbirds (dalej42), 3 year
Up By Three (Taber), 2 year
Not Sure (brickbacon), 2 year

Division 3 - remaining 2 year players

Garcon's Cedillia (friend of MrSquishy)
Evil Monkey (MTRG)
Overly Sentimental formerly CMFD - (Overly Sentimental/Chuck)
Living Through Them - formerly Sizzurp Sippers (Gray Ghost)
Return of Ryan Leaf (mhendo)

Division 4 - new this year

Cobra Kai (Boozahol Squid, PI) - actually was with us in year 1, so has 1 year experience
9 Inch Neils (Really Not All That Bright)
The Fleas (Wilson)
Rough and Tumblrs (Enalzi)
Red Hoculi Peppers (Darth Sensitive)

Since we were going to have a really hard time finding any sort of logical geographic/fan based solution, this seems like a reasonably elegant way to come up with something somewhat meaningful. I like the result. Any comments?

[dalej42]

The divisions are fine with me

[RetroVertigo]

It doesn't really matter to me one way or the other.

In my irl leagues we have always divided up divisions according to draft order. Even and odd numbers split. But like I said it doesn't matter to me, even if we eliminate them completely.

[MTRG]

looks good to me....

[Really Not All That Bright]

Works for me.

[Munch]

Fine with me as well. I do suggest that this could possibly get a little old going forward - though I do like the idea of developing rivalries. But maybe a different conceit each year? Dunno - plenty of time to talk about it.

[Frosted Glass]

That works for me.

[SenorBeef]

Draft is tomorrow. We've been using voice chat for our other drafts to make them more interesting. You don't need a microphone - if you don't have one you can listen in and respond in text.

Instructions:

Originally Posted by SenorBeef

Draft is in less than 24 hours.

As I said before, it'd be cool if we could all get on voice chat during the draft. I know some of you won't have microphones but you should all have speakers so you can at least listen to the conversation and chime in with typing. It should be interesting.

Get ventrilo - it's a free download. Install it. It will either ask you to create a user name off the bat, or on the main screen you can click the -> next to the user name dropdown to create one.

Once that's done, select your user name, and click the -> next to the servers box. Under that, enter

Hostname : vent3.gamespeak.com
Port 4303
Password is d*******s - as in, 1920s style d_______s. I don't want to post the password openly in case some bot crawls over it. If you can't figure out the password PM me.
Now click setup, check "push to talk hotkey" in the top left, and pick a key to activate when you want to talk in the hotkey tab on the left middle. Then when you hold down that key, you'll transmit.

That's pretty much it. It should work smoothly and be fun. Try to set it up today - connect to the server and make sure you connect. You'll see Room 1, Room 2, and Room 3 along with your user name above them if you did it right.

In the setup page, click the monitor button. You should start seeing numbers scroll by - if the numbers go up when you speak, it's set up correctly. If they stay near 0, something is wrong - your mic is muted, it isn't configured correctly, something like that.

Anyway, get it working tomorrow, and if you need tech support send me a PM.

[mhendo]

Sounds good. I'll definitely give the voice thing a try. See you all tomorrow evening.

[enalzi]

One quick q: If I drop a player, do I get the money back that I spent on him? Or is it just gone for good?

[Munch]

Originally Posted by enalzi

One quick q: If I drop a player, do I get the money back that I spent on him? Or is it just gone for good?

After the draft, all money spent on players is entirely meaningless (unless we decide to transfer any unspent monies to our FAABs).

[Taber]

Not that it matters, but I'm actually a 3 year guy, I was in as Donte's Torino year 1.

[SenorBeef]

Woops, I searched by "up by three" rather than taber when I was making the list. I'll adjust it so that you and Curry Porkrinds swap divisions.

We actually have a 3 way tie at average finish between Taber, Munch, and myself. Cause, you know, 15th in year one, leading scorer, blah blah. Still bitter.


Division 1 - all three year players

Exploding Pancakes (SenorBeef)
Scissor Me Timbers (Munch)
No Use For A Name II (RetroVertigo)
Frosted Lightning (Frosted Glass)
Up By Three - Formerly Donte's Torino (Taber), 3 year

Division 2 - 4 three year players, 1 two year

Curry Porkrinds (tds1273)
Court Jesters (d_odds), 3 year
Unrelated Siblings (uncle brother walker), 3 year
Phoenix Redbirds (dalej42), 3 year
Not Sure (brickbacon), 2 year

Division 3 - remaining 2 year players

Garcon's Cedillia (friend of MrSquishy)
Evil Monkey (MTRG)
Overly Sentimental formerly CMFD - (Overly Sentimental/Chuck)
Living Through Them - formerly Sizzurp Sippers (Gray Ghost)
Return of Ryan Leaf (mhendo)

Division 4 - new this year

Cobra Kai (Boozahol Squid, PI) - actually was with us in year 1, so has 1 year experience
9 Inch Neils (Really Not All That Bright)
The Fleas (Wilson)
Rough and Tumblrs (Enalzi)

[SenorBeef]

Okay, remember that this draft takes over 3 hours, and we can cut down on the time by cutting out useless wasted time, so I am going to hammer you guys about it with a stick until people stop doing it. Do not waste a lot of time with nominations.

They happen in order, just like in a regular draft. You can see how many spots to go until your nomination is there. You should be ready to instantly nominate a player.

But even if you get caught by surprise by it being your turn, unless it's the last few picks when we're all trying to get $1 kickers and shit, just nominate anyone. Nominate the top guy in the list. It doesn't matter. It's not that important. It's more important that you not waste 20 seconds scrambling to nominate someone (which, after the 100th time it happens, becomes a half hour).

So be ready when it's your turn, have a guy queued up, and even if you fuck that up, and you aren't ready, just nominate anyone for a dollar.

[SenorBeef]

I'll be on ventrilo if anyone wants help getting voice chat setup or anything. Or just hop on to chat.

[SenorBeef]

Draft starts in 40 minutes, but you can get in the draft room and on vent now.

[SenorBeef]

Would someone good with a spreadsheet post the results of the draft like this? Thanks.

[SenorBeef]

Draft took 4 hours, which is longer than usual. We had some chronically slow people that added unnecesary time unfortunately. Next year we're going to have to go with an earlier start time - this is just impractically late.

Of course not everyone had to stick around for the 4 hours - many were done before that.

Anyway, good draft, remember to set your players for the NYG/DAL game.

[mhendo]

Is this what you were after, Beef, or did you want them split into positions? If you want something different, i can't do it until tomorrow night.

1. 	Tom Brady (NE - QB) 			$48		Living Through Them
2. 	Pittsburgh (Pit - DEF) 			$4 		9 Inch Neils (RNATB)
3. 	Maurice Jones-Drew (Jac - RB) 		$42 		Return of Ryan Leaf
4. 	Drew Brees (NO - QB) 			$51 		Rough and Tumblrs
5. 	Aaron Rodgers (GB - QB) 		$58 		Exploding Pancakes
6. 	Arian Foster (Hou - RB) 		$58 		Return of Ryan Leaf
7. 	Ryan Mathews (SD - RB) 			$45 		Up By Three
8. 	Darren Sproles (NO - RB) 		$49 		Red Hochuli Peppers
9. 	Ronnie Brown (SD - RB) 			$6 		Overly Sentimental
10. 	Ray Rice (Bal - RB) 			$61 		Rough and Tumblrs
11. 	Roddy White (Atl - WR) 			$39 		Phoenix Redbirds
12. 	Marques Colston (NO - WR) 		$36 		Unrelated Siblings
13. 	Andre Johnson (Hou - WR) 		$42 		9 Inch Neils (RNATB)
14. 	Brandon Marshall (Chi - WR) 		$39 		Evil Monkey
15. 	Chris Johnson (Ten - RB) 		$51 		Frosted_Lightning
16. 	LeSean McCoy (Phi - RB) 		$61 		No Use For A Name II
17. 	Calvin Johnson (Det - WR) 		$58 		Garcon's Cedilla
18. 	Jimmy Graham (NO - TE) 			$47 		Red Hochuli Peppers
19. 	Cam Newton (Car - QB) 			$45 		Curry Porkrinds
20. 	Donald Brown (Ind - RB) 		$16 		Evil Monkey
21. 	Michael Vick (Phi - QB) 		$29 		Garcon's Cedilla
22. 	Rob Gronkowski (NE - TE) 		$42 		Scissor Me Timbers
23. 	Houston (Hou - DEF) 			$4 		Unrelated Siblings
24. 	Larry Fitzgerald (Ari - WR) 		$44 		Up By Three
25. 	Darren McFadden (Oak - RB) 		$46 		Not Sure
26. 	Trent Richardson (Cle - RB) 		$38 		Court Jesters
27. 	Adrian Peterson (Min - RB) 		$40 		The Fleas (Wilson)
28. 	Tim Tebow (NYJ - QB) 			$2 		Rough and Tumblrs
29. 	Toby Gerhart (Min - RB) 		$10 		Phoenix Redbirds
30. 	Matt Forte (Chi - RB) 			$51 		The Fleas (Wilson)
31. 	Antonio Brown (Pit - WR) 		$29 		Scissor Me Timbers
32. 	Jamaal Charles (KC - RB) 		$36 		Scissor Me Timbers
33. 	Wes Welker (NE - WR) 			$38 		Return of Ryan Leaf
34. 	Greg Jennings (GB - WR) 		$39 		Court Jesters
35. 	Victor Cruz (NYG - WR) 			$40 		Unrelated Siblings
36. 	Hakeem Nicks (NYG - WR) 		$35 		Evil Monkey
37. 	Steven Jackson (StL - RB) 		$30 		Garcon's Cedilla
38. 	Matt Ryan (Atl - QB) 			$41 		Not Sure
39. 	Seattle (Sea - DEF) 			$5 		Curry Porkrinds
40. 	Doug Martin (TB - RB) 			$32 		Phoenix Redbirds
41. 	Mike Wallace (Pit - WR) 		$34 		Evil Monkey
42. 	Antonio Gates (SD - TE) 		$29 		Overly Sentimental
43. 	Matthew Stafford (Det - QB) 		$52 		Scissor Me Timbers
44. 	Miles Austin (Dal - WR) 		$30 		Unrelated Siblings
45. 	Steve Smith (Car - WR) 			$32 		Rough and Tumblrs
46. 	Jordy Nelson (GB - WR) 			$36 		Phoenix Redbirds
47. 	Aaron Hernandez (NE - TE) 		$31 		Living Through Them
48. 	Dez Bryant (Dal - WR) 			$32 		Red Hochuli Peppers
49. 	Brandon Pettigrew (Det - TE) 		$20 		Phoenix Redbirds
50. 	Marshawn Lynch (Sea - RB) 		$38 		Not Sure
51. 	Philip Rivers (SD - QB) 		$33 		Unrelated Siblings
52. 	Dwayne Bowe (KC - WR) 			$28 		Overly Sentimental
53. 	Kenny Britt (Ten - WR) 			$23 		Court Jesters
54. 	Dan Bailey (Dal - K) 			$3 		Unrelated Siblings
55. 	A.J. Green (Cin - WR) 			$36 		Exploding Pancakes
56. 	Michael Turner (Atl - RB) 		$34 		Evil Monkey
57. 	Jeremy Maclin (Phi - WR) 		$30 		The Fleas (Wilson)
58. 	Percy Harvin (Min - WR) 		$34 		Living Through Them
59. 	DeMarco Murray (Dal - RB) 		$42 		9 Inch Neils (RNATB)
60. 	Andy Dalton (Cin - QB) 			$8 		Up By Three
61. 	Tony Romo (Dal - QB) 			$26 		No Use For A Name II
62. 	Fred Jackson (Buf - RB) 		$34 		9 Inch Neils (RNATB)
63. 	Eli Manning (NYG - QB) 			$37 		Court Jesters
64. 	Reggie Bush (Mia - RB) 			$26 		Overly Sentimental
65. 	DeSean Jackson (Phi - WR) 		$31 		Frosted_Lightning
66. 	Vernon Davis (SF - TE) 			$21 		Exploding Pancakes
67. 	Peyton Manning (Den - QB) 		$32 		Overly Sentimental
68. 	Justin Blackmon (Jac - WR) 		$18 		No Use For A Name II
69. 	Jay Cutler (Chi - QB) 			$23 		Phoenix Redbirds
70. 	Julio Jones (Atl - WR) 			$35 		Exploding Pancakes
71. 	Frank Gore (SF - RB) 			$29 		Court Jesters
72. 	Robert Griffin III (Was - QB) 		$15 		The Fleas (Wilson)
73. 	Lee Evans (Jac - WR) 			$2 		Return of Ryan Leaf
74. 	Ben Roethlisberger (Pit - QB) 		$17 		Evil Monkey
75. 	Demaryius Thomas (Den - WR) 		$24 		Up By Three
76. 	Jason Witten (Dal - TE) 		$13 		Cobra Kai
77. 	Jermichael Finley (GB - TE) 		$23 		Frosted_Lightning
78. 	Eric Decker (Den - WR) 			$23 		Overly Sentimental
79. 	Matt Schaub (Hou - QB) 			$19 		9 Inch Neils (RNATB)
80. 	Beanie Wells (Ari - RB) 		$12 		Up By Three
81. 	Stevie Johnson (Buf - WR) 		$18 		The Fleas (Wilson)
82. 	Shonn Greene (NYJ - RB) 		$22 		Curry Porkrinds
83. 	Vincent Jackson (TB - WR) 		$26 		No Use For A Name II
84. 	Jermaine Gresham (Cin - TE) 		$8 		Evil Monkey
85. 	Alex Smith (SF - QB) 			$11 		Frosted_Lightning
86. 	Mikel LeShoure (Det - RB) 		$12 		Court Jesters
87. 	Andrew Luck (Ind - QB) 			$10 		Red Hochuli Peppers
88. 	Danny Amendola (StL - WR) 		$10 		Red Hochuli Peppers
89. 	DeAngelo Williams (Car - RB) 		$16 		Unrelated Siblings
90. 	Brandon Lloyd (NE - WR) 		$27 		The Fleas (Wilson)
91. 	Ahmad Bradshaw (NYG - RB) 		$20 		Living Through Them
92. 	Buffalo (Buf - DEF) 			$6 		Phoenix Redbirds
93. 	Peyton Hillis (KC - RB) 		$20 		Living Through Them
94. 	Greg Olsen (Car - TE) 			$14 		Curry Porkrinds
95. 	Robert Meachem (SD - WR) 		$14 		9 Inch Neils (RNATB)
96. 	Jonathan Stewart (Car - RB) 		$16 		Exploding Pancakes
97. 	Fred Davis (Was - TE) 			$17 		Garcon's Cedilla
98. 	Pierre Garcon (Was - WR) 		$27 		Curry Porkrinds
99. 	Torrey Smith (Bal - WR) 		$25 		Curry Porkrinds
100.	Jacob Tamme (Den - TE) 			$12 		Rough and Tumblrs
101.	Darrius Heyward-Bey (Oak - WR) 		$13 		Up By Three
102.	BenJarvus Green-Ellis (Cin - RB)	$22 		No Use For A Name II
103.	Roy Helu (Was - RB) 			$10 		Not Sure
104.	Jon Baldwin (KC - WR) 			$7 		Return of Ryan Leaf
105.	David Wilson (NYG - RB) 		$16 		Cobra Kai
106.	Stevan Ridley (NE - RB) 		$20 		Cobra Kai
107.	Michael Floyd (Ari - WR) 		$8 		Phoenix Redbirds
108.	Dexter McCluster (KC - RB) 		$3 		Red Hochuli Peppers
109.	John Skelton (Ari - QB) 		$3 		Phoenix Redbirds
110.	Joe Flacco (Bal - QB) 			$17 		Cobra Kai
111.	Jake Locker (Ten - QB) 			$5 		Return of Ryan Leaf
112.	Miami (Mia - DEF) 			$1 		Overly Sentimental
113.	Bear Pascoe (NYG - TE) 			$1 		Court Jesters
114.	Pierre Thomas (NO - RB) 		$8 		Rough and Tumblrs
115.	Reggie Wayne (Ind - WR) 		$20 		Cobra Kai
116.	Jahvid Best (Det - RB) 			$2 		9 Inch Neils (RNATB)
117.	Willis McGahee (Den - RB) 		$19 		Overly Sentimental
118.	Titus Young (Det - WR) 			$19 		Cobra Kai
119.	Louis Murphy (Car - WR) 		$2 		Living Through Them
120.	Michael Bush (Chi - RB) 		$10 		Phoenix Redbirds
121.	Sidney Rice (Sea - WR) 			$17 		Cobra Kai
122.	Alex Green (GB - RB) 			$2 		Unrelated Siblings
123.	Kevin Ogletree (Dal - WR) 		$1 		Garcon's Cedilla
124.	Rashad Jennings (Jac - RB) 		$10 		Court Jesters
125.	Lance Moore (NO - WR) 			$26 		Cobra Kai
126.	Isaac Redman (Pit - RB) 		$14 		Frosted_Lightning
127.	Mark Ingram (NO - RB) 			$12 		Frosted_Lightning
128.	Felix Jones (Dal - RB) 			$7 		Unrelated Siblings
129.	Sebastian Janikowski (Oak - K) 		$2 		Not Sure
130.	San Francisco (SF - DEF) 		$10 		Cobra Kai
131.	C.J. Spiller (Buf - RB) 		$16 		Garcon's Cedilla
132.	Malcom Floyd (SD - WR) 			$18 		Overly Sentimental
133.	Jerricho Cotchery (Pit - WR) 		$2 		Evil Monkey
134.	David Akers (SF - K) 			$2 		Exploding Pancakes
135.	Santonio Holmes (NYJ - WR) 		$13 		Frosted_Lightning
136.	Tony Gonzalez (Atl - TE) 		$13 		Cobra Kai
137.	Greg Little (Cle - WR) 			$15 		Cobra Kai
138.	Denarius Moore (Oak - WR) 		$10 		Rough and Tumblrs
139.	Cedric Benson (GB - RB) 		$19 		Curry Porkrinds
140.	Mike Tolbert (Car - RB) 		$4 		Evil Monkey
141.	Jacquizz Rodgers (Atl - RB) 		$14 		Scissor Me Timbers
142.	Nate Washington (Ten - WR) 		$13 		No Use For A Name II
143.	Isaiah Pead (StL - RB) 			$6 		Exploding Pancakes
144.	Brent Celek (Phi - TE) 			$8 		Not Sure
145.	Carson Palmer (Oak - QB) 		$9 		Up By Three
146.	Ben Tate (Hou - RB) 			$18 		Red Hochuli Peppers
147.	Mike Williams (TB - WR) 		$8 		Not Sure
148.	Devin Hester (Chi - WR) 		$6 		Living Through Them
149.	Russell Wilson (Sea - QB) 		$8 		Overly Sentimental
150.	Rashard Mendenhall (Pit - RB) 		$15 		Living Through Them
151.	Jared Cook (Ten - TE) 			$4 		Unrelated Siblings
152.	Randall Cobb (GB - WR) 			$11 		Not Sure
153.	Joe McKnight (NYJ - RB) 		$3 		Red Hochuli Peppers
154.	Kendall Wright (Ten - WR) 		$7 		Exploding Pancakes
155.	Santana Moss (Was - WR) 		$10 		Not Sure
156.	Anquan Boldin (Bal - WR) 		$15 		Garcon's Cedilla
157.	Kendall Hunter (SF - RB) 		$6 		No Use For A Name II
158.	Chicago (Chi - DEF) 			$6 		Evil Monkey
159.	Tyrell Sutton (Sea - RB) 		$1 		Curry Porkrinds
160.	Mark Sanchez (NYJ - QB) 		$5 		Return of Ryan Leaf
161.	Randy Moss (SF - WR) 			$7 		Rough and Tumblrs
162.	Jonathan Dwyer (Pit - RB) 		$3 		Up By Three
163.	Cincinnati (Cin - DEF) 			$4 		Garcon's Cedilla
164.	Owen Daniels (Hou - TE) 		$7 		Unrelated Siblings
165.	Green Bay (GB - DEF) 			$5 		Frosted_Lightning
166.	Alfred Morris (Was - RB) 		$3 		Exploding Pancakes
167.	Michael Crabtree (SF - WR) 		$16 		Frosted_Lightning
168.	New England (NE - DEF) 			$4 		Overly Sentimental
169.	Andre Roberts (Ari - WR) 		$2 		Return of Ryan Leaf
170.	Ryan Williams (Ari - RB) 		$11 		Exploding Pancakes
171.	James Starks (GB - RB) 			$6 		Cobra Kai
172.	Davone Bess (Mia - WR) 			$10 		Scissor Me Timbers
173.	Joseph Addai (NE - RB) 			$4 		Not Sure
174.	Laurent Robinson (Jac - WR) 		$10 		Rough and Tumblrs
175.	LeGarrette Blount (TB - RB) 		$8 		Up By Three
176.	Tim Hightower (Was - RB) 		$4 		Phoenix Redbirds
177.	Ronnie Hillman (Den - RB) 		$7 		Up By Three
178.	Philadelphia (Phi - DEF) 		$6 		Not Sure
179.	Robert Turbin (Sea - RB) 		$4 		Curry Porkrinds
180.	Alshon Jeffery (Chi - WR) 		$6 		Frosted_Lightning
181.	Nate Burleson (Det - WR) 		$4 		Up By Three
182.	Coby Fleener (Ind - TE) 		$4 		Frosted_Lightning
183.	Tony Moeaki (KC - TE) 			$7 		Curry Porkrinds
184.	Kevin Smith (Det - RB) 			$17 		9 Inch Neils (RNATB)
185.	Josh Freeman (TB - QB) 			$11 		Curry Porkrinds
186.	Josh Gordon (Cle - WR) 			$2 		Garcon's Cedilla
187.	Ryan Fitzpatrick (Buf - QB) 		$11 		Frosted_Lightning
188.	Ryan Broyles (Det - WR) 		$2 		Living Through Them
189.	Lamar Miller (Mia - RB) 		$2 		No Use For A Name II
190.	Christian Ponder (Min - QB) 		$7 		The Fleas (Wilson)
191.	Martellus Bennett (NYG - TE) 		$2 		The Fleas (Wilson)
192.	Jason Hanson (Det - K) 			$1 		Overly Sentimental
193.	Devery Henderson (NO - WR) 		$2 		9 Inch Neils (RNATB)
194.	Matt Prater (Den - K) 			$2 		Red Hochuli Peppers
195.	Rueben Randle (NYG - WR) 		$4 		Garcon's Cedilla
196.	Baltimore (Bal - DEF) 			$7 		Up By Three
197.	Taiwan Jones (Oak - RB) 		$3 		Scissor Me Timbers
198.	Joel Dreessen (Den - TE) 		$4 		Living Through Them
199.	New York (NYJ - DEF) 			$3 		Curry Porkrinds
200.	Mario Manningham (SF - WR) 		$5 		Not Sure
201.	Kellen Winslow (Sea - TE) 		$2 		9 Inch Neils (RNATB)
202.	Dustin Keller (NYJ - TE) 		$8 		Return of Ryan Leaf
203.	Shane Vereen (NE - RB) 			$3 		Garcon's Cedilla
204.	Kyle Rudolph (Min - TE) 		$11 		Up By Three
205.	Brandon Jacobs (SF - RB) 		$4 		Not Sure
206.	Sam Bradford (StL - QB) 		$6 		No Use For A Name II
207.	Matt Cassel (KC - QB) 			$9 		Garcon's Cedilla
208.	Joshua Cribbs (Cle - WR) 		$1 		Red Hochuli Peppers
209.	Mason Crosby (GB - K) 			$2 		Garcon's Cedilla
210.	Phil Dawson (Cle - K) 			$1 		Cobra Kai
211.	Mike Goodson (Oak - RB) 		$2 		Rough and Tumblrs
212.	Daniel Thomas (Mia - RB) 		$4 		Return of Ryan Leaf
213.	Mohamed Massaquoi (Cle - WR) 		$1 		Court Jesters
214.	New York (NYG - DEF) 			$4 		Red Hochuli Peppers
215.	Doug Baldwin (Sea - WR) 		$6 		Return of Ryan Leaf
216.	Dallas Clark (TB - TE) 			$2 		9 Inch Neils (RNATB)
217.	James Jones (GB - WR) 			$7 		No Use For A Name II
218.	Austin Collie (Ind - WR) 		$7 		Living Through Them
219.	Braylon Edwards (Sea - WR) 		$5 		Curry Porkrinds
220.	Stephen Gostkowski (NE - K) 		$4 		Return of Ryan Leaf
221.	Rob Bironas (Ten - K) 			$1 		The Fleas (Wilson)
222.	Steve Smith (StL - WR) 			$4 		Up By Three
223.	Jerome Simpson (Min - WR) 		$8 		Garcon's Cedilla
224.	Matt Bryant (Atl - K) 			$2 		Unrelated Siblings
225.	LaMichael James (SF - RB) 		$2 		Cobra Kai
226.	DeVier Posey (Hou - WR) 		$1 		Exploding Pancakes
227.	Leonard Hankerson (Was - WR) 		$1 		Scissor Me Timbers
228.	Brandon Tate (Cin - WR) 		$3 		Overly Sentimental
229.	Robbie Gould (Chi - K) 			$2 		Unrelated Siblings
230.	Detroit (Det - DEF) 			$5 		Return of Ryan Leaf
231.	Arizona (Ari - DEF) 			$1 		Return of Ryan Leaf
232.	Eddie Royal (SD - WR) 			$4 		Not Sure
233.	Lawrence Tynes (NYG - K) 		$1 		Court Jesters
234.	Nate Kaeding (SD - K) 			$2 		9 Inch Neils (RNATB)
235.	Evan Royster (Was - RB) 		$3 		Scissor Me Timbers
236.	Stephen Hill (NYJ - WR) 		$2 		Court Jesters
237.	Dallas (Dal - DEF) 			$3 		Unrelated Siblings
238.	Ed Dickson (Bal - TE) 			$4 		Return of Ryan Leaf
239.	Brandon LaFell (Car - WR) 		$6 		Curry Porkrinds
240.	Shaun Suisham (Pit - K) 		$1 		Evil Monkey
241.	Tennessee (Ten - DEF) 			$2 		Red Hochuli Peppers
242.	Alex Henery (Phi - K) 			$1 		Up By Three
243.	Bilal Powell (NYJ - RB) 		$3 		9 Inch Neils (RNATB)
244.	David Nelson (Buf - WR) 		$4 		Cobra Kai
245.	Neil Rackers (Was - K) 			$1 		Frosted_Lightning
246.	Ryan Tannehill (Mia - QB) 		$1 		Exploding Pancakes
247.	Garrett Hartley (NO - K) 		$1 		Scissor Me Timbers
248.	Brandon Weeden (Cle - QB) 		$3 		Red Hochuli Peppers
249.	John Kasay (NO - K) 			$1 		Phoenix Redbirds
250.	Lance Kendricks (StL - TE) 		$2 		No Use For A Name II
251.	Oakland (Oak - DEF) 			$1 		Court Jesters
252.	Dan Carpenter (Mia - K) 		$1 		Rough and Tumblrs
253.	Shayne Graham (Hou - K) 		$1 		Living Through Them
254.	Matt Flynn (Sea - QB) 			$1 		Unrelated Siblings
255.	Greg Salas (NE - WR) 			$1 		No Use For A Name II
256.	Jacoby Ford (Oak - WR) 			$2 		Living Through Them
257.	Harry Douglas (Atl - WR) 		$1 		Curry Porkrinds
258.	Rian Lindell (Buf - K) 			$1 		Evil Monkey
259.	San Diego (SD - DEF) 			$1 		The Fleas (Wilson)
260.	Kellen Davis (Chi - TE) 		$2 		Garcon's Cedilla
261.	Blaine Gabbert (Jac - QB) 		$3 		9 Inch Neils (RNATB)
262.	Bernard Scott (Cin - RB) 		$2 		The Fleas (Wilson)
263.	Javon Ringer (Ten - RB) 		$1 		Exploding Pancakes
264.	Atlanta (Atl - DEF) 			$2 		No Use For A Name II
265.	Leon Washington (Sea - RB) 		$5 		Red Hochuli Peppers
266.	Brian Quick (StL - WR) 			$2 		No Use For A Name II
267.	Chris Rainey (Pit - RB) 		$1 		Overly Sentimental
268.	Kansas City (KC - DEF) 			$4 		Living Through Them
269.	Jacksonville (Jac - DEF) 		$1 		Rough and Tumblrs
270.	Keshawn Martin (Hou - WR) 		$1 		Living Through Them
271.	Greg Zuerlein (StL - K) 		$1 		No Use For A Name II
272.	Heath Miller (Pit - TE) 		$2 		The Fleas (Wilson)
273.	Mike Nugent (Cin - K) 			$1 		Evil Monkey
274.	Steve Breaston (KC - WR) 		$1 		The Fleas (Wilson)
275.	Vincent Brown (SD - WR) 		$1 		9 Inch Neils (RNATB)
276.	Golden Tate (Sea - WR) 			$2 		Scissor Me Timbers
277.	Jordan Cameron (Cle - TE) 		$1 		Exploding Pancakes
278.	Minnesota (Min - DEF) 			$1 		Scissor Me Timbers
279.	Dwayne Harris (Dal - WR) 		$1 		Red Hochuli Peppers
280.	Terrell Owens (Sea - WR) 		$1 		Phoenix Redbirds
281.	Jason Avant (Phi - WR) 			$2 		Not Sure
282.	Carolina (Car - DEF) 			$1 		Court Jesters
283.	Montario Hardesty (Cle - RB) 		$2 		The Fleas (Wilson)
284.	Nick Novak (SD - K) 			$1 		Evil Monkey
285.	Chris Ivory (NO - RB) 			$1 		The Fleas (Wilson)
286.	Emmanuel Sanders (Pit - WR) 		$1 		Frosted_Lightning
287.	Denver (Den - DEF) 			$1 		Exploding Pancakes
288.	Brandon Stokley (Den - WR) 		$1 		Scissor Me Timbers
289.	Delone Carter (Ind - RB) 		$2 		Scissor Me Timbers
290.	Brian Hartline (Mia - WR) 		$1 		Overly Sentimental
291.	St. Louis (StL - DEF) 			$1 		Court Jesters
292.	Dwayne Allen (Ind - TE) 		$1 		Rough and Tumblrs
293.	Billy Cundiff (Was - K) 		$1 		Evil Monkey
294.	Bernard Pierce (Bal - RB) 		$1 		Frosted_Lightning
295.	Brady Quinn (KC - QB) 			$1 		Scissor Me Timbers
296.	Todd Heap (Ari - TE) 			$1 		Phoenix Redbirds
297.	Anthony Fasano (Mia - TE) 		$1 		Court Jesters
298.	Joshua Morgan (Was - WR) 		$1 		Rough and Tumblrs
299.	Graham Gano (Was - K) 			$1 		Phoenix Redbirds
300.	Knowshon Moreno (Den - RB) 		$1 		Rough and Tumblrs

[Munch]

Wow, that was painful. Were people's nominate buttons not working properly?

[D_Odds]

I think what happens (at least what happens with me) is people simply stop paying attention. When I hear the drafted sound, I just look to see who's next and decide if I'm going to bid, or once the bid goes out of my range that I would pay, just stop watching until the next draftee. Sometimes, I won't notice immediately that it is my turn to select.

That said, I don't think it was ever more than a few seconds (10 tops) before I selected before going on auto at the end. I always had a cue available.

[Really Not All That Bright]

I know everyone said everyone would hate their teams, but they're wrong. I love my team; I wouldn't have been grossed out by it in a 14-team league (other than my bench).

[enalzi]

Well, my plan going in was to grab one top-tier player, but I panicked when I saw how the prices were starting to rise and grabbed Ray Rice too. I'm content with my team, but I have pretty much no bench. Time will tell if it will pay off.

[Gray Ghost]

I'm somewhat happy with my team, though it's really a game of injury roulette with a league this big. I probably should have grabbed one more RB (Like Royston...damn it.), and a backup QB, instead of the smorgasbord of receivers I have. Well, that's what trading is for.

Thanks mhendo for the list of draftees. I've taken it and sorted it by position of importance, then by $$$, then alphabetically. The formatting is wonky, but I think you should be able to cut and paste it into Excel. For me, one of the most fun parts of this League are the pre-mortem posts and hopefully sorting this data will help get those out.

Position  Player	Team	Position	Cost	  Drafting Team
5	Aaron Rodgers 	GB 	 QB 	$58 	Exploding Pancakes
43	Matthew Stafford 	Det 	 QB 	$52 	Scissor Me Timbers
4	Drew Brees 	NO 	 QB 	$51 	Rough and Tumblrs
1	Tom Brady 	NE 	 QB 	$48 	Living Through Them
19	Cam Newton 	Car 	 QB 	$45 	Curry Porkrinds
38	Matt Ryan 	Atl 	 QB 	$41 	Not Sure
63	Eli Manning 	NYG 	 QB 	$37 	Court Jesters
51	Philip Rivers 	SD 	 QB 	$33 	Unrelated Siblings
67	Peyton Manning 	Den 	 QB 	$32 	Overly Sentimental
21	Michael Vick 	Phi 	 QB 	$29 	Garcon's Cedilla
61	Tony Romo 	Dal 	 QB 	$26 	No Use For A Name II
69	Jay Cutler 	Chi 	 QB 	$23 	Phoenix Redbirds
79	Matt Schaub 	Hou 	 QB 	$19 	9 Inch Neils (RNATB)
74	Ben Roethlisberger 	Pit 	 QB 	$17 	Evil Monkey
110	Joe Flacco 	Bal 	 QB 	$17 	Cobra Kai
72	Robert Griffin III 	Was 	 QB 	$15 	The Fleas (Wilson)
85	Alex Smith 	SF 	 QB 	$11 	Frosted_Lightning
185	Josh Freeman 	TB 	 QB 	$11 	Curry Porkrinds
187	Ryan Fitzpatrick 	Buf 	 QB 	$11 	Frosted_Lightning
87	Andrew Luck 	Ind 	 QB 	$10 	Red Hochuli Peppers
145	Carson Palmer 	Oak 	 QB 	$9 	Up By Three
207	Matt Cassel 	KC 	 QB 	$9 	Garcon's Cedilla
60	Andy Dalton 	Cin 	 QB 	$8 	Up By Three
149	Russell Wilson 	Sea 	 QB 	$8 	Overly Sentimental
190	Christian Ponder 	Min 	 QB 	$7 	The Fleas (Wilson)
206	Sam Bradford 	StL 	 QB 	$6 	No Use For A Name II
111	Jake Locker 	Ten 	 QB 	$5 	Return of Ryan Leaf
160	Mark Sanchez 	NYJ 	 QB 	$5 	Return of Ryan Leaf
261	Blaine Gabbert 	Jac 	 QB 	$3 	9 Inch Neils (RNATB)
248	Brandon Weeden 	Cle 	 QB 	$3 	Red Hochuli Peppers
109	John Skelton 	Ari 	 QB 	$3 	Phoenix Redbirds
28	Tim Tebow 	NYJ 	 QB 	$2 	Rough and Tumblrs
295	Brady Quinn 	KC 	 QB 	$1 	Scissor Me Timbers
254	Matt Flynn 	Sea 	 QB 	$1 	Unrelated Siblings
246	Ryan Tannehill 	Mia 	 QB 	$1 	Exploding Pancakes
					
16	LeSean McCoy 	Phi 	 RB 	$61 	No Use For A Name II
10	Ray Rice 	Bal 	 RB 	$61 	Rough and Tumblrs
6	Arian Foster 	Hou 	 RB 	$58 	Return of Ryan Leaf
15	Chris Johnson 	Ten 	 RB 	$51 	Frosted_Lightning
30	Matt Forte 	Chi 	 RB 	$51 	The Fleas (Wilson)
8	Darren Sproles 	NO 	 RB 	$49 	Red Hochuli Peppers
25	Darren McFadden 	Oak 	 RB 	$46 	Not Sure
7	Ryan Mathews 	SD 	 RB 	$45 	Up By Three
59	DeMarco Murray 	Dal 	 RB 	$42 	9 Inch Neils (RNATB)
3	Maurice Jones-Drew 	Jac 	 RB 	$42 	Return of Ryan Leaf
27	Adrian Peterson 	Min 	 RB 	$40 	The Fleas (Wilson)
50	Marshawn Lynch 	Sea 	 RB 	$38 	Not Sure
26	Trent Richardson 	Cle 	 RB 	$38 	Court Jesters
32	Jamaal Charles 	KC 	 RB 	$36 	Scissor Me Timbers
62	Fred Jackson 	Buf 	 RB 	$34 	9 Inch Neils (RNATB)
56	Michael Turner 	Atl 	 RB 	$34 	Evil Monkey
40	Doug Martin 	TB 	 RB 	$32 	Phoenix Redbirds
37	Steven Jackson 	StL 	 RB 	$30 	Garcon's Cedilla
71	Frank Gore 	SF 	 RB 	$29 	Court Jesters
64	Reggie Bush 	Mia 	 RB 	$26 	Overly Sentimental
102	BenJarvus Green-Ellis 	Cin 	 RB	$22 	No Use For A Name II
82	Shonn Greene 	NYJ 	 RB 	$22 	Curry Porkrinds
91	Ahmad Bradshaw 	NYG 	 RB 	$20 	Living Through Them
93	Peyton Hillis 	KC 	 RB 	$20 	Living Through Them
106	Stevan Ridley 	NE 	 RB 	$20 	Cobra Kai
139	Cedric Benson 	GB 	 RB 	$19 	Curry Porkrinds
117	Willis McGahee 	Den 	 RB 	$19 	Overly Sentimental
146	Ben Tate 	Hou 	 RB 	$18 	Red Hochuli Peppers
184	Kevin Smith 	Det 	 RB 	$17 	9 Inch Neils (RNATB)
131	C.J. Spiller 	Buf 	 RB 	$16 	Garcon's Cedilla
105	David Wilson 	NYG 	 RB 	$16 	Cobra Kai
89	DeAngelo Williams 	Car 	 RB 	$16 	Unrelated Siblings
20	Donald Brown 	Ind 	 RB 	$16 	Evil Monkey
96	Jonathan Stewart 	Car 	 RB 	$16 	Exploding Pancakes
150	Rashard Mendenhall 	Pit 	 RB 	$15 	Living Through Them
126	Isaac Redman 	Pit 	 RB 	$14 	Frosted_Lightning
141	Jacquizz Rodgers 	Atl 	 RB 	$14 	Scissor Me Timbers
80	Beanie Wells 	Ari 	 RB 	$12 	Up By Three
127	Mark Ingram 	NO 	 RB 	$12 	Frosted_Lightning
86	Mikel LeShoure 	Det 	 RB 	$12 	Court Jesters
170	Ryan Williams 	Ari 	 RB 	$11 	Exploding Pancakes
120	Michael Bush 	Chi 	 RB 	$10 	Phoenix Redbirds
124	Rashad Jennings 	Jac 	 RB 	$10 	Court Jesters
103	Roy Helu 	Was 	 RB 	$10 	Not Sure
29	Toby Gerhart 	Min 	 RB 	$10 	Phoenix Redbirds
175	LeGarrette Blount 	TB 	 RB 	$8 	Up By Three
114	Pierre Thomas 	NO 	 RB 	$8 	Rough and Tumblrs
128	Felix Jones 	Dal 	 RB 	$7 	Unrelated Siblings
177	Ronnie Hillman 	Den 	 RB 	$7 	Up By Three
143	Isaiah Pead 	StL 	 RB 	$6 	Exploding Pancakes
171	James Starks 	GB 	 RB 	$6 	Cobra Kai
157	Kendall Hunter 	SF 	 RB 	$6 	No Use For A Name II
9	Ronnie Brown 	SD 	 RB 	$6 	Overly Sentimental
265	Leon Washington 	Sea 	 RB 	$5 	Red Hochuli Peppers
205	Brandon Jacobs 	SF 	 RB 	$4 	Not Sure
212	Daniel Thomas 	Mia 	 RB 	$4 	Return of Ryan Leaf
173	Joseph Addai 	NE 	 RB 	$4 	Not Sure
140	Mike Tolbert 	Car 	 RB 	$4 	Evil Monkey
179	Robert Turbin 	Sea 	 RB 	$4 	Curry Porkrinds
176	Tim Hightower 	Was 	 RB 	$4 	Phoenix Redbirds
166	Alfred Morris 	Was 	 RB 	$3 	Exploding Pancakes
243	Bilal Powell 	NYJ 	 RB 	$3 	9 Inch Neils (RNATB)
108	Dexter McCluster 	KC 	 RB 	$3 	Red Hochuli Peppers
235	Evan Royster 	Was 	 RB 	$3 	Scissor Me Timbers
153	Joe McKnight 	NYJ 	 RB 	$3 	Red Hochuli Peppers
162	Jonathan Dwyer 	Pit 	 RB 	$3 	Up By Three
203	Shane Vereen 	NE 	 RB 	$3 	Garcon's Cedilla
197	Taiwan Jones 	Oak 	 RB 	$3 	Scissor Me Timbers
122	Alex Green 	GB 	 RB 	$2 	Unrelated Siblings
262	Bernard Scott 	Cin 	 RB 	$2 	The Fleas (Wilson)
289	Delone Carter 	Ind 	 RB 	$2 	Scissor Me Timbers
116	Jahvid Best 	Det 	 RB 	$2 	9 Inch Neils (RNATB)
189	Lamar Miller 	Mia 	 RB 	$2 	No Use For A Name II
225	LaMichael James 	SF 	 RB 	$2 	Cobra Kai
211	Mike Goodson 	Oak 	 RB 	$2 	Rough and Tumblrs
283	Montario Hardesty 	Cle 	 RB 	$2 	The Fleas (Wilson)
294	Bernard Pierce 	Bal 	 RB 	$1 	Frosted_Lightning
285	Chris Ivory 	NO 	 RB 	$1 	The Fleas (Wilson)
267	Chris Rainey 	Pit 	 RB 	$1 	Overly Sentimental
263	Javon Ringer 	Ten 	 RB 	$1 	Exploding Pancakes
300	Knowshon Moreno 	Den 	 RB 	$1 	Rough and Tumblrs
159	Tyrell Sutton 	Sea 	 RB 	$1 	Curry Porkrinds
					
17	Calvin Johnson 	Det 	 WR 	$58 	Garcon's Cedilla
24	Larry Fitzgerald 	Ari 	 WR 	$44 	Up By Three
13	Andre Johnson 	Hou 	 WR 	$42 	9 Inch Neils (RNATB)
35	Victor Cruz 	NYG 	 WR 	$40 	Unrelated Siblings
14	Brandon Marshall 	Chi 	 WR 	$39 	Evil Monkey
34	Greg Jennings 	GB 	 WR 	$39 	Court Jesters
11	Roddy White 	Atl 	 WR 	$39 	Phoenix Redbirds
33	Wes Welker 	NE 	 WR 	$38 	Return of Ryan Leaf
55	A.J. Green 	Cin 	 WR 	$36 	Exploding Pancakes
46	Jordy Nelson 	GB 	 WR 	$36 	Phoenix Redbirds
12	Marques Colston 	NO 	 WR 	$36 	Unrelated Siblings
36	Hakeem Nicks 	NYG 	 WR 	$35 	Evil Monkey
70	Julio Jones 	Atl 	 WR 	$35 	Exploding Pancakes
41	Mike Wallace 	Pit 	 WR 	$34 	Evil Monkey
58	Percy Harvin 	Min 	 WR 	$34 	Living Through Them
48	Dez Bryant 	Dal 	 WR 	$32 	Red Hochuli Peppers
45	Steve Smith 	Car 	 WR 	$32 	Rough and Tumblrs
65	DeSean Jackson 	Phi 	 WR 	$31 	Frosted_Lightning
57	Jeremy Maclin 	Phi 	 WR 	$30 	The Fleas (Wilson)
44	Miles Austin 	Dal 	 WR 	$30 	Unrelated Siblings
31	Antonio Brown 	Pit 	 WR 	$29 	Scissor Me Timbers
52	Dwayne Bowe 	KC 	 WR 	$28 	Overly Sentimental
90	Brandon Lloyd 	NE 	 WR 	$27 	The Fleas (Wilson)
98	Pierre Garcon 	Was 	 WR 	$27 	Curry Porkrinds
125	Lance Moore 	NO 	 WR 	$26 	Cobra Kai
83	Vincent Jackson 	TB 	 WR 	$26 	No Use For A Name II
99	Torrey Smith 	Bal 	 WR 	$25 	Curry Porkrinds
75	Demaryius Thomas 	Den 	 WR 	$24 	Up By Three
78	Eric Decker 	Den 	 WR 	$23 	Overly Sentimental
53	Kenny Britt 	Ten 	 WR 	$23 	Court Jesters
115	Reggie Wayne 	Ind 	 WR 	$20 	Cobra Kai
118	Titus Young 	Det 	 WR 	$19 	Cobra Kai
68	Justin Blackmon 	Jac 	 WR 	$18 	No Use For A Name II
132	Malcom Floyd 	SD 	 WR 	$18 	Overly Sentimental
81	Stevie Johnson 	Buf 	 WR 	$18 	The Fleas (Wilson)
121	Sidney Rice 	Sea 	 WR 	$17 	Cobra Kai
167	Michael Crabtree 	SF 	 WR 	$16 	Frosted_Lightning
156	Anquan Boldin 	Bal 	 WR 	$15 	Garcon's Cedilla
137	Greg Little 	Cle 	 WR 	$15 	Cobra Kai
95	Robert Meachem 	SD 	 WR 	$14 	9 Inch Neils (RNATB)
101	Darrius Heyward-Bey 	Oak 	 WR 	$13 	Up By Three
142	Nate Washington 	Ten 	 WR 	$13 	No Use For A Name II
135	Santonio Holmes 	NYJ 	 WR 	$13 	Frosted_Lightning
152	Randall Cobb 	GB 	 WR 	$11 	Not Sure
88	Danny Amendola 	StL 	 WR 	$10 	Red Hochuli Peppers
172	Davone Bess 	Mia 	 WR 	$10 	Scissor Me Timbers
138	Denarius Moore 	Oak 	 WR 	$10 	Rough and Tumblrs
174	Laurent Robinson 	Jac 	 WR 	$10 	Rough and Tumblrs
155	Santana Moss 	Was 	 WR 	$10 	Not Sure
223	Jerome Simpson 	Min 	 WR 	$8 	Garcon's Cedilla
107	Michael Floyd 	Ari 	 WR 	$8 	Phoenix Redbirds
147	Mike Williams 	TB 	 WR 	$8 	Not Sure
218	Austin Collie 	Ind 	 WR 	$7 	Living Through Them
217	James Jones 	GB 	 WR 	$7 	No Use For A Name II
104	Jon Baldwin 	KC 	 WR 	$7 	Return of Ryan Leaf
154	Kendall Wright 	Ten 	 WR 	$7 	Exploding Pancakes
161	Randy Moss 	SF 	 WR 	$7 	Rough and Tumblrs
180	Alshon Jeffery 	Chi 	 WR 	$6 	Frosted_Lightning
239	Brandon LaFell 	Car 	 WR 	$6 	Curry Porkrinds
148	Devin Hester 	Chi 	 WR 	$6 	Living Through Them
215	Doug Baldwin 	Sea 	 WR 	$6 	Return of Ryan Leaf
219	Braylon Edwards 	Sea 	 WR 	$5 	Curry Porkrinds
200	Mario Manningham 	SF 	 WR 	$5 	Not Sure
244	David Nelson 	Buf 	 WR 	$4 	Cobra Kai
232	Eddie Royal 	SD 	 WR 	$4 	Not Sure
181	Nate Burleson 	Det 	 WR 	$4 	Up By Three
195	Rueben Randle 	NYG 	 WR 	$4 	Garcon's Cedilla
222	Steve Smith 	StL 	 WR 	$4 	Up By Three
228	Brandon Tate 	Cin 	 WR 	$3 	Overly Sentimental
169	Andre Roberts 	Ari 	 WR 	$2 	Return of Ryan Leaf
266	Brian Quick 	StL 	 WR 	$2 	No Use For A Name II
193	Devery Henderson 	NO 	 WR 	$2 	9 Inch Neils (RNATB)
276	Golden Tate 	Sea 	 WR 	$2 	Scissor Me Timbers
256	Jacoby Ford 	Oak 	 WR 	$2 	Living Through Them
281	Jason Avant 	Phi 	 WR 	$2 	Not Sure
133	Jerricho Cotchery 	Pit 	 WR 	$2 	Evil Monkey
186	Josh Gordon 	Cle 	 WR 	$2 	Garcon's Cedilla
73	Lee Evans 	Jac 	 WR 	$2 	Return of Ryan Leaf
119	Louis Murphy 	Car 	 WR 	$2 	Living Through Them
188	Ryan Broyles 	Det 	 WR 	$2 	Living Through Them
236	Stephen Hill 	NYJ 	 WR 	$2 	Court Jesters
288	Brandon Stokley 	Den 	 WR 	$1 	Scissor Me Timbers
290	Brian Hartline 	Mia 	 WR 	$1 	Overly Sentimental
226	DeVier Posey 	Hou 	 WR 	$1 	Exploding Pancakes
279	Dwayne Harris 	Dal 	 WR 	$1 	Red Hochuli Peppers
286	Emmanuel Sanders 	Pit 	 WR 	$1 	Frosted_Lightning
255	Greg Salas 	NE 	 WR 	$1 	No Use For A Name II
257	Harry Douglas 	Atl 	 WR 	$1 	Curry Porkrinds
208	Joshua Cribbs 	Cle 	 WR 	$1 	Red Hochuli Peppers
298	Joshua Morgan 	Was 	 WR 	$1 	Rough and Tumblrs
270	Keshawn Martin 	Hou 	 WR 	$1 	Living Through Them
123	Kevin Ogletree 	Dal 	 WR 	$1 	Garcon's Cedilla
227	Leonard Hankerson 	Was 	 WR 	$1 	Scissor Me Timbers
213	Mohamed Massaquoi 	Cle 	 WR 	$1 	Court Jesters
274	Steve Breaston 	KC 	 WR 	$1 	The Fleas (Wilson)
280	Terrell Owens 	Sea 	 WR 	$1 	Phoenix Redbirds
275	Vincent Brown 	SD 	 WR 	$1 	9 Inch Neils (RNATB)
					
18	Jimmy Graham 	NO 	 TE 	$47 	Red Hochuli Peppers
22	Rob Gronkowski 	NE 	 TE 	$42 	Scissor Me Timbers
47	Aaron Hernandez 	NE 	 TE 	$31 	Living Through Them
42	Antonio Gates 	SD 	 TE 	$29 	Overly Sentimental
77	Jermichael Finley 	GB 	 TE 	$23 	Frosted_Lightning
66	Vernon Davis 	SF 	 TE 	$21 	Exploding Pancakes
49	Brandon Pettigrew 	Det 	 TE 	$20 	Phoenix Redbirds
97	Fred Davis 	Was 	 TE 	$17 	Garcon's Cedilla
94	Greg Olsen 	Car 	 TE 	$14 	Curry Porkrinds
76	Jason Witten 	Dal 	 TE 	$13 	Cobra Kai
136	Tony Gonzalez 	Atl 	 TE 	$13 	Cobra Kai
100	Jacob Tamme 	Den 	 TE 	$12 	Rough and Tumblrs
204	Kyle Rudolph 	Min 	 TE 	$11 	Up By Three
144	Brent Celek 	Phi 	 TE 	$8 	Not Sure
202	Dustin Keller 	NYJ 	 TE 	$8 	Return of Ryan Leaf
84	Jermaine Gresham 	Cin 	 TE 	$8 	Evil Monkey
164	Owen Daniels 	Hou 	 TE 	$7 	Unrelated Siblings
183	Tony Moeaki 	KC 	 TE 	$7 	Curry Porkrinds
182	Coby Fleener 	Ind 	 TE 	$4 	Frosted_Lightning
238	Ed Dickson 	Bal 	 TE 	$4 	Return of Ryan Leaf
151	Jared Cook 	Ten 	 TE 	$4 	Unrelated Siblings
198	Joel Dreessen 	Den 	 TE 	$4 	Living Through Them
216	Dallas Clark 	TB 	 TE 	$2 	9 Inch Neils (RNATB)
272	Heath Miller 	Pit 	 TE 	$2 	The Fleas (Wilson)
260	Kellen Davis 	Chi 	 TE 	$2 	Garcon's Cedilla
201	Kellen Winslow 	Sea 	 TE 	$2 	9 Inch Neils (RNATB)
250	Lance Kendricks 	StL 	 TE 	$2 	No Use For A Name II
191	Martellus Bennett 	NYG 	 TE 	$2 	The Fleas (Wilson)
297	Anthony Fasano 	Mia 	 TE 	$1 	Court Jesters
113	Bear Pascoe 	NYG 	 TE 	$1 	Court Jesters
292	Dwayne Allen 	Ind 	 TE 	$1 	Rough and Tumblrs
277	Jordan Cameron 	Cle 	 TE 	$1 	Exploding Pancakes
296	Todd Heap 	Ari 	 TE 	$1 	Phoenix Redbirds
					
130	San Francisco 	SF 	 DEF 	$10 	Cobra Kai
196	Baltimore 	Bal 	 DEF 	$7 	Up By Three
92	Buffalo 	Buf 	 DEF 	$6 	Phoenix Redbirds
158	Chicago 	Chi 	 DEF 	$6 	Evil Monkey
178	Philadelphia 	Phi 	 DEF 	$6 	Not Sure
230	Detroit 	Det 	 DEF 	$5 	Return of Ryan Leaf
165	Green Bay 	GB 	 DEF 	$5 	Frosted_Lightning
39	Seattle 	Sea 	 DEF 	$5 	Curry Porkrinds
163	Cincinnati 	Cin 	 DEF 	$4 	Garcon's Cedilla
23	Houston 	Hou 	 DEF 	$4 	Unrelated Siblings
268	Kansas City 	KC 	 DEF 	$4 	Living Through Them
168	New England 	NE 	 DEF 	$4 	Overly Sentimental
214	New York 	NYG 	 DEF 	$4 	Red Hochuli Peppers
2	Pittsburgh 	Pit 	 DEF 	$4 	9 Inch Neils (RNATB)
237	Dallas 	Dal 	 DEF 	$3 	Unrelated Siblings
199	New York 	NYJ 	 DEF 	$3 	Curry Porkrinds
264	Atlanta 	Atl 	 DEF 	$2 	No Use For A Name II
241	Tennessee 	Ten 	 DEF 	$2 	Red Hochuli Peppers
231	Arizona 	Ari 	 DEF 	$1 	Return of Ryan Leaf
282	Carolina 	Car 	 DEF 	$1 	Court Jesters
287	Denver 	Den 	 DEF 	$1 	Exploding Pancakes
269	Jacksonville 	Jac 	 DEF 	$1 	Rough and Tumblrs
112	Miami 	Mia 	 DEF 	$1 	Overly Sentimental
278	Minnesota 	Min 	 DEF 	$1 	Scissor Me Timbers
251	Oakland 	Oak 	 DEF 	$1 	Court Jesters
259	San Diego 	SD 	 DEF 	$1 	The Fleas (Wilson)
291	St. Louis 	StL 	 DEF 	$1 	Court Jesters
					
220	Stephen Gostkowski 	NE 	 K 	$4 	Return of Ryan Leaf
54	Dan Bailey 	Dal 	 K 	$3 	Unrelated Siblings
134	David Akers 	SF 	 K 	$2 	Exploding Pancakes
209	Mason Crosby 	GB 	 K 	$2 	Garcon's Cedilla
224	Matt Bryant 	Atl 	 K 	$2 	Unrelated Siblings
194	Matt Prater 	Den 	 K 	$2 	Red Hochuli Peppers
234	Nate Kaeding 	SD 	 K 	$2 	9 Inch Neils (RNATB)
229	Robbie Gould 	Chi 	 K 	$2 	Unrelated Siblings
129	Sebastian Janikowski 	Oak 	 K 	$2 	Not Sure
242	Alex Henery 	Phi 	 K 	$1 	Up By Three
293	Billy Cundiff 	Was 	 K 	$1 	Evil Monkey
252	Dan Carpenter 	Mia 	 K 	$1 	Rough and Tumblrs
247	Garrett Hartley 	NO 	 K 	$1 	Scissor Me Timbers
299	Graham Gano 	Was 	 K 	$1 	Phoenix Redbirds
271	Greg Zuerlein 	StL 	 K 	$1 	No Use For A Name II
192	Jason Hanson 	Det 	 K 	$1 	Overly Sentimental
249	John Kasay 	NO 	 K 	$1 	Phoenix Redbirds
233	Lawrence Tynes 	NYG 	 K 	$1 	Court Jesters
273	Mike Nugent 	Cin 	 K 	$1 	Evil Monkey
245	Neil Rackers 	Was 	 K 	$1 	Frosted_Lightning
284	Nick Novak 	SD 	 K 	$1 	Evil Monkey
210	Phil Dawson 	Cle 	 K 	$1 	Cobra Kai
258	Rian Lindell 	Buf 	 K 	$1 	Evil Monkey
221	Rob Bironas 	Ten 	 K 	$1 	The Fleas (Wilson)
240	Shaun Suisham 	Pit 	 K 	$1 	Evil Monkey
253	Shayne Graham 	Hou 	 K 	$1 	Living Through Them

[RetroVertigo]

I actually like my team. I'll go in to specifics later, but my strategy was to also take 1 "stud", 2-3 mid level players, and then fill in the pieces with good value. I think I really only overpaid significantly on 1 player, so it could be a lot worse.

As deep as this league drafts, the playoff teams will likely be the ones that don't have an injury bug decimate their team.

[Munch]

I'll do a recap of my team.

QB: Matthew Stafford (DET), Brady Quinn (KC)
Going in, I really wanted a top 5 QB. Historically, it's the top QBs in this league that push teams over the top, and I wasn't going to be banking on the likes of Josh Freeman again. Having a backup was an extremely low priority - for if Stafford goes down, there aren't any backups at that point that are going to get me into the playoffs. Stafford, if healthy, should have a very big year.

RB: Jamaal Charles (KC), Jacquizz Rodgers (ATL), Evan Royster (WAS), Delone Carter (IND), Taiwan Jones (OAK)
I also wanted at least one top RB, which Charles fits into nicely. I'm not concerned in the least by Hillis, and Charles is a fantastic PPR pick (even at half a point). Rodgers gets a big boost by returning some kicks, and should see plenty of touches with Michael Turner having been run into the ground for the last 3 years. Royster is listed as the starter in WAS, but we all know that's Shanahannigans. Even still, for $3 he's worth a shot. Carter is a $2 flyer that Donald Brown will be exposed as the shitty blocker and Andrew Luck liability that he is. Jones is a great flyer in case the injury-prone McFadden goes down.

WR: Antonio Brown (PIT), Davone Bess (MIA), Brandon Stokley (DEN), Leonard Hankerson (WAS), Golden Tate (SEA)
Considering the prices that WRs were going for even late in the draft, Brown at WR18 is pretty decent value (some have him much higher than the current ADP). He's not Brandon Lloyd value, but I'm happy with the pick. Things deterioate pretty quickly after that. Bess is a 4th WR on most teams, and he's my #2. I'm hoping his return yardage will bridge that gap a bit. Stokley's a gamble just to get touches, as is Tate and Hankerson. I hope one of them pans out.

TE: Rob Gronkowski (NE)
I'm not hoping for 2011 numbers - but I am hoping for a very small elite group of top tier TEs to put points up - otherwise my big spending will have been wasted. In a 20 team league, tiers are everything, and he needs to be in rarified air to make this work.

K: Garrett Hartley (NO)
I'll take the kicker from a high-scoring offense for a buck all day long.

DEF: Minnesota Vikings
There were a few defenses that I was targeting, and Minnesota was not one of them. They play Jacksonville on Week 1, so maybe we'll see what they can do.

Big Picture:
I have, in my opinion, three studs in Stafford, Charles and Gronk. Brown may rise up, but he was a reach. All of my RBs have the potential to be solid contributors, and hopefully trade bait for better WR upgrades. My special teams won't harm me too much - I really like my playoff chances. Good draft - just wish it could have been paced faster.

[Gray Ghost]

Originally Posted by Munch

I'll do a recap of my team......
...I really like my playoff chances. Good draft - just wish it could have been paced faster.

I like Brown a bit more than it sounds like you do, and I think you'll be fine with him as your WR1. The others...? Well, you can't be great everywhere, and Stafford, Gronk and Charles should provide you oodles of points. Defenses are so hard to project year-to-year. I think a lot of Minny's value will lie with whether Ponder can move the offense along and keep the defense rested.

Briefly, my team:

QB: Tom Brady ($48):
In the top tier of proven QB's (though Stafford and Newton may get there this year; who knows?) and the cheapest of them. I'm happy. But I obviously need a backup.

RB: Ahmad Bradshaw ($20), Peyton Hillis ($20), Rashad Mendenhall ($15):
I'm very happy with the value here and I have faith that Mendenhall will get his starting job back very soon, if not in Week 1. I like Bradshaw and Hillis at $20, a lot more than some of the bigger names at 40-60. With injuries, I need a backup, and soon. Going to be hard to find one in this league.

WR: Percy Harvin ($34), Austin Collie ($7), Devin Hester ($6), Jacoby Ford ($2), Louis Murphy ($2), Ryan Broyles ($2), Keshawn Martin ($1):
One stud, especially with return yardage, at a price comparable to lesser-projected receivers. And a whole lot of lottery tickets, though Collie and Hester should be serviceable. Ford should get good return yardage when his foot gets better, I'm hoping Broyles's knee allows him to be one of Stafford's favorites, and I just had a wild hair in bidding $2 for Murphy.

I am bullish on Martin, mainly because the Texans don't really have anybody with his speed and elusiveness. I think he's the new WR#2 there, not Posey or Jean, and especially not Kevin Martin. We'll see.

TE: Aaron Hernandez ($31), Joel Dreesen ($4):
Paid a ton for Hernandez, but he's comparable to Gronk (who I think is going to have a big return to reality from 2011), and he's $11 cheaper. I hate guessing week to week what the TE is going to do, and would rather just plug in a guy that will give me consistent production. There aren't many that will (8?) but I think Hernandez will be one of them.

Graham I think is going to be the monster of this bunch---the Texans could not consistently stop him in preseason---but he came with a monster price tag ($47). Sigh. Dreesen is going to be what Tamme is supposed to be, I predict. Heck of an athlete, though obviously not in Gronk's/Graham's class. Good lottery ticket at $4, and may be productive enough to start in the Flex.

DEF: Kansas City ($4). Really didn't want to spend $4 on them, but it was late and there weren't many other options. I think they'll have a resurgence, and for the same reasons as Minnesota: Cassel, et al, won't be as incompetent with Charles and Moeaki coming back, which will lessen the pressure on the D. Probably should have grabbed Baltimore or the Giants though. <Crosses fingers>

K: Shayne Graham ($1): The Texans should score a bit, and they play indoors. He's a veteran and that's really all I can expect from a kicker.

The draft did take forever and a day. Pretty needlessly too.

[D_Odds]

Eli Manning NYG QB $37
If Drew Brees went outside of what I wanted to pay (which he did by $1, but it was early and I still had discipline), I was going to pony up for the homer pick. I think he went at about the right price unless even years are the years he throws 20+ picks
Trent Richardson Cle RB $38
Starts my week 1 woes, as he might not start. Should be a good get
Frank Gore SF RB $29
Healthy? Who knows. Not much pre-season play, but did practice with first squad
Mikel LeShoure Det RB $12
Out two games. Looks promising, but we'll see
Rashad Jennings Jac RB $10
Hopefully my week 1 workhorse. My theory is that holdouts tend to get injured due to trying too much too fast. If proven true, this could be the steal of the year
Greg Jennings GB WR $39
The only bad thing about Jennings at this price is that Rodgers has too many frikkin' targets
Kenny Britt Ten WR $23
Sits out week 1. Should be good for him. Risky pick
Anthony Fasano Mia TE $1
Bear Pascoe NYG TE $1
If either of these schmoes gets 2+ catches per game, I'd be surprised. I actually missed bidding on who I really wanted as I wasn't paying attention.
Carolina Car DEF $1
Oakland Oak DEF $1
St. Louis StL DEF $1
Already waived two of these for players who will hopefully start week 1.
Lawrence Tynes NYG K $1
It's a kicker. It's a homer pick. Get over it.

Also have two other scrubs at WR. I thought most of the WR category was overbid. I have a tendency to be wrong about such things.

If the Giants running game is similar to how it was last year, Manning is going to be my work horse. Richardson and Gore are not bad, and LeShoure and R. Jennings are excellent alternatives. G. Jennings and Britt can hopefully provide some points in the WR slot. DEF and TE were AFK picks. As long as they aren't negative points, I won't complain too much.

[D_Odds]

I put the picks into Excel, and added a filter so anyone can play with them anyway they like. It can be found in my Google Docs

[Taber]

After the draft last night, I thought my team was a world beater, but in the cold light of morning, I only think it is pretty good. I feel like my team is really well balanced despite having paid for 2 studs. The only problem is I don't really like either of the studs I got

QB: Dalton $8, Palmer $9

I really like how this ended up, though I will have to play "guess who to start" week to week.

WR: Larry Fitzgerald $44, Demaryius Thomas $24, Darrius Heyward Bey $13, Nate Burleson $4, Steve Smith $4

I feel like I paid for Fitzgerald's name more than his expected production, but I only paid $5 more than the yahoo average, so I don't feel too bad. Amazing value on Thomas and Bey. Other two are just guys.

RB: Ryan Mathews $45, Beanie Wells $12, Lagarrote Blount $8, Ronnie Hillman $7, Jonathan Dwyer $3

This is where it gets hairy. If Wells loses the starting job, I'm in serious trouble. Mathews is probably not $45 of value, and I definitely should have spent the $25 for a guy like Bradshaw or Green-Ellis instead of gambling $8 on a series of backups. Dwyer should fill in for Mathews fine week 1.

TE: Kyle Rudolph $11

Massively overpaid here, but he was the last decent TE on the board and there wasn't anyone left that I wanted to get in a bidding war over

Defense: Baltimore $7

First year I paid for a defense, we'll see what that's like

Kicker: no one cares