# Straight Dope Fantasy Football Mock Draft **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 28, 2003, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-fantasy-football-mock-draft/171720 "2003-04-28T17:30:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-fantasy-football-mock-draft/171720/141 "2003-04-30T21:26:56Z")
In other IDP leagues I did there were stud LBs taken in the 5th round. It just depends on how you weight the Defensive scoring. ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-fantasy-football-mock-draft/171720/142 "2003-04-30T21:44:54Z")
Moving right along…WL up again. ---
**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-fantasy-football-mock-draft/171720/143 "2003-04-30T21:55:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by \*\*mrchan \*\*\* > we also lost our HS state championship against ken dorsey… the bastard. I didn’t know that. Cool. ---
**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-fantasy-football-mock-draft/171720/144 "2003-04-30T22:00:23Z")
**mb** ’s turn. That was fast. And look at those defenses go! I was surprised Garcia (and Favre!) made it this far too. I almost took one of them last turn, but I concluded that I’d be able to get a better QB than WR in Round 5. Man, **Hamlet** ’s team is getting _TERRIBLE_ computer picks. So what’s the story in Pittsburgh? Zeroue went pretty early in our last mock, too. But I haven’t heard anything about their RB situation. Is it just the general consensus that Bettis is washed up, or have they made any actual statements about it? ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-fantasy-football-mock-draft/171720/145 "2003-04-30T22:05:59Z")
This is the 2nd time in three rounds that WL has taken my pick in the spot ahead of me. Gr. Off to draft some scrub. ---
**Author:** ![mrchan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@mrchan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrchan)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-fantasy-football-mock-draft/171720/146 "2003-04-30T22:09:57Z")
last i heard out of pitt was bettis was healthy as ever. but they say that every year. ---
**Author:** ![mrchan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@mrchan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrchan)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-fantasy-football-mock-draft/171720/147 "2003-04-30T22:11:54Z")
dammit. shibb took my pick! i was SURE i’d get hasselback in the 6th. oh well. hope i get to make my 6th pick before i get off work (very soon) ---
**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-fantasy-football-mock-draft/171720/148 "2003-04-30T22:13:16Z")
If if makes you feel any better I would have preferred to have Brooks. Mack is a really good pick. Hey **maroon** , are you sure he knows? Once again Camel Toes is only predrafted for one pick (as are you, actually). ---
**Author:** ![mrchan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@mrchan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrchan)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-fantasy-football-mock-draft/171720/149 "2003-04-30T22:18:20Z")
its ok, i’ve got others in mind. 32 starting RBs in the league, 14 teams in this draft, at best 4 teams can have 3 starting backs. unless someone decides they only want 1. thats ok, i’ll just draft ki-jana carter 😉 ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-fantasy-football-mock-draft/171720/150 "2003-04-30T22:18:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by mrchan \* > \*\*dammit. shibb took my pick! i was SURE i’d get hasselback in the 6th. oh well. hope i get to make my 6th pick before i get off work (very soon) \*\* It’s about time I pissed off someone other than myself! ---
**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-fantasy-football-mock-draft/171720/151 "2003-04-30T22:18:55Z")
**Shibb** you crafty! Not only did you rob **mrchan** , that was your 2nd QB. Sneaky sneaky. And 2 teams left don’t have one: **mrchan** and **mouthbreather**. Huh, wish I had counted that out earlier. There are still 4 QBs that I’d be willing to take as my starter, so I should have taken another WR last time instead of Bledsoe. Outsmarted myself I guess. ---
**Author:** ![waddamaroon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/41988e/32.png) [@waddamaroon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waddamaroon)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-fantasy-football-mock-draft/171720/152 "2003-04-30T22:22:44Z")
Yeah, he knows. He wants to see what’s available. As soon as it was his turn, I got on his ass. I bet he’s picked by now. Re: Amos Zeroue I’m convinced Bettis is on the way out. I have June 1st in the “Cut Bettis Pool”. I think Z and Verron Hayes will do the dirty work in Pittsburgh this year. But I could be wrong. ---
**Author:** ![mrchan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@mrchan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrchan)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-fantasy-football-mock-draft/171720/153 "2003-04-30T22:27:05Z")
well i dunno when PUP will pick so i predrafted next pick, guess i wont be able to do pick 7 for a couple hours. ---
**Author:** ![waddamaroon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/41988e/32.png) [@waddamaroon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waddamaroon)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-fantasy-football-mock-draft/171720/154 "2003-04-30T22:28:17Z")
> [@](#): > > **Quoth WL:** > Mack is a really good pick. Especially if Tony Boselli is healthy. ---
**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-fantasy-football-mock-draft/171720/155 "2003-04-30T22:33:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by \*\*mrchan \*\*\* > 32 starting RBs in the league, 14 teams in this draft, at best 4 teams can have 3 starting backs. Keep in mind that the Hamletcomputer already has 4. If you count Jones and Pittman, that is (sickening reminder: I had both those guys on my squad at some point last year in our SDMB league). ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-fantasy-football-mock-draft/171720/156 "2003-04-30T22:43:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by White Lightning \* > \*\ ***Shibb** you crafty! Not only did you rob **mrchan** , that was your 2nd QB. Sneaky sneaky. And 2 teams left don’t have one: **mrchan** and **mouthbreather**. > \*\* I learned it from you, man! I learned it from watching you! [/Partnership for a Drug-Free America commercial] Given the limitations of the software, I can understand the hesitancy to pre-draft more than one or two in advance. It’s fine if you know you want to take a certain position in a given round, but if I have 3 QBs rated high, then a couple of WRs, and none of my QBs come in, I might want to take another crack at a QB in the next round. Otherwise I’d go WR. There’s no good way to set that up to happen, as far as I can tell. Where is that surly PUP?!? ---
**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-fantasy-football-mock-draft/171720/157 "2003-04-30T23:31:12Z")
Here’s an interesting statistic for you. In this draft, through the five rounds that we have completed, exactly three WRs were taken in every round but one: the 4th, when 9 of 14 picks were spent on receivers. ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-fantasy-football-mock-draft/171720/158 "2003-04-30T23:40:09Z")
Regarding remaining RBs … Keep in mind that there are a few teams where the starting RB is all kinds of up in the air: Pittsburgh Arizona Atlanta Chicago Dallas San Francisco Tampa Bay Washington In all of these situations one of 2 things is happening: •Running Back By Comittee (likely in Tampa – Pitman/Alstott; Arizona – Smith/Shipp; SF – Hearst/Barlow; Pittsburgh – Bus/Amos; Atlanta – Dunn/Duckett) •No clearly defined starter yet (Washington, Dallas, possibly Chicago) ---
**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-fantasy-football-mock-draft/171720/159 "2003-04-30T23:51:16Z")
I’m _really_ conflicted over my next pick. If this were a draft for an actual league and we could trade, I’d make it without a moment’s hesitation. But we’re not. And I’m leaving work and I won’t be home for a few hours. So I have to predraft somebody. But I can’t decide. Argh. ---
**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-fantasy-football-mock-draft/171720/160 "2003-04-30T23:57:02Z")
**mb** you forgot Detroit, where they don’t have _any_ good backs; Houston, where Mack _seems_ to be the starter but you’ve got Wells in the wings; and Minnesota, where they’ll probably be running a committee again this year with Bennett, Williams, and whoever else shows up. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-fantasy-football-mock-draft/171720.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-fantasy-football-mock-draft/171720.md?page=9)