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Hmmm, very deep draft with few bad picks and, as a result, no really dominant teams. I do agree with you that Varlos looks to be in the best position - that McGahee keeper is HUGE in a draft like this. I’m not nearly as high on Hasselbeck as most (I put him squarely in a pack with Favre/Brady/Delhomme/Plummer/Brooks, and quite possibly as the last of those six that I’d want), but I do like Griese as a solid backup. His D and K are underwhelming, IMO, but those are things that can happily be switched on a weekly basis and not really affect the team all that much. I think Varlos’s RB and WR combos (watch for Keyshawn to jump Evans to become the third best there) along with no other real weaknesses put him in a great spot until the injuries start rolling in and we see who REALLY has the good guys.

I like Fourth and Nineteen a little bit better than you do, mostly because I like Taylor (though not necessarily at that pick, with Horn and other top WRs still on the board) and Delhomme (29 TDs last year, Super Bowl run the year before… he has the goods), and think that getting three WRs together is very doable if you watch the wire in the first couple of weeks.

Mmmmm, analysis of leagues I’m not in!

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I completely agree with your assessment of McCareins. The Chad just doesn’t seem to like throwing to him for some reason. (Similar to Testeverde never throwing to Moss. The Jets are just weird that way.)

IMO, my success hinges on Toomer. If – as I’m fervently hoping – his hammy was truly the reason for his decline last year, and so he returns to 2002 form, I’ll be sitting pretty, considering that Coles is Chad’s security blanket. (If the Giants.com posters are right, and Toomer lost his will to catch in that Bucs game a couple years back, I’m screwed.)

Regarding the double DEF/K slots, well, I do have bye weeks to consider. The basic plan for the defense is to play whomever faces the weaker offense. This week, for example, the G-Men face the hapless Cards, while the Jets have to suffer through the Chiefs. No-brainer there. It’s a mini-floating defense tactic. (Although the Giants get so many more turnovers than the Jets that I may start the Giants every week except the bye and the two Eagles games.)

Nugent? Okay, I don’t really need Nugent except for week 5, the Giants bye. Big Blue is notorious for stalling in the red zone, so Feely is the man for me all season. I figure that Nugent may be better for trade bait than the bye week, but in either case, at least he’s a guy I can point to as having some fantasy value.

I didn’t exactly play the later rounds properly…losing out on both Blaylock and Jacobs to Varlosz hurts a bit. (Need a kicker? heh.) But other than those guys, who else was available? Fiedler, Chrebet, David Tyree, Jamaar Taylor, or Tim Carter? I’m not a complete fool; I knew those guys would never get drafted in 100 rounds, and will be there on the FA list indefinitely. (For the bye weeks.)

I suppose an argument could be made that Fiedler would have had more draft value than the Jets D or Nugent, but unlike Fiedler, they’re actual “starters”. That was my thinking.

I do love my backs, but the schedule has both the Raiders and Giants (Jordan & Tiki) off during week 5. So whomever faces me week 5, you get a 1 game handicap. (I can cover the Jets bye, but I simply don’t have enough bench spots to cover week 5, and I may not even try.)

I must say, while I agree with your “C” rating, (which may still even be a bit generous), I was disappointed that you didn’t note how much better my sophomore effort is than last year’s introduction to FF. Oh my that was a bad draft!

Remember that my motivation isn’t to prove that the NY guys are good; I find FF to be extremely fun, but rooting for guys not on my real-life teams offends my football sensibilities. I had a team last year (autodrafted) that was chock full of “real” fantasy picks, and I found two effects from that: 1) I just didn’t care about that FF league, and 2) I found myself quite annoyed most weeks of watching football that I was wondering how Shaun Alexander et al were doing. So much so that some of the fun of NFL Sundays was lost. To me, that’s just not worth it. (Particular since I get so much schadenfraude from rooting against the Seahawks. Genius coach my ass.)

However, I did live in Carolina for a year, (the year it was announced they’d get a team), and John Fox did help Big Blue get to the Superbowl, so it’s not inconceivable that I might loosen the requirements to include Carolina both in trade/FA potential this year and during the draft next year. (Jake Delhomme would be an actual fantasy QB, for example, and Steve Smith is better than any NY recevier, even Moulds.) I’m still on the fence with that, though. If I only win one game again, I’ll be forced to do something.

Still, it’s nice that I actually watch the games that every single one of my fantasy guys play. No ticker watching for me! (Except Jordan, of course, but I’m a fan of his and will be watching his stats anyway, much like Scary Kerry.)

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Varlosz.

104

Even more reason to love his odds this year…

105

Actually, I’d go with a D. But you missed the important thing: potential keepers.

I screwed the pooch with the McNabb pick, and realized by the time it came around I was going to have a very tough time of it this year. So oriented myself towards the future from then on out, and every single pick from 4-16 has keeper potential.

So we go 4-10 this year. It’ll look pretty sweet when I’m getting front-line talent from my 9-11 picks next year.

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Commish – we need a ruling on the erroneously taken players in the draft. Frex: I brainfarted and took Ricky Williams in the 7th round when he was Derier’s 13th round keeper. So Derier took Reggie Brown in the 13th round and we swapped.

Question: what if I want to keep Reggie Brown next year? Will he be a 7th/5th round keeper, or a 13th/11th rounder. The former seems pretty harsh IMO…

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I did brain fart on the keeper list for your squad. I’m not nearly as optimistic as you are on that front. No way Smith and/or Fitzgerald will warrant a 2/3 round pick next year even if they do great. That’s basically putting them in Moss/Holt/Horn territory after just one breakout season. You do have 4 RBs who have the potential to step up, I especially like the possibility of having a Gore/Green backfield without spending anything higher than a 8th rounder. Other than those guys, you’re reaching. Troupe, Jones…unlikely, but maybe.

You’re right my grade of a C was probably a little generous, I was getting pretty tired there. But, I won’t be too harsh since if McNabb is healthy and on a mission and Green is the guy he was in 2003 you could be nasty. The WR core and RB keepers would raise the grade quite alot. Though, you certainly do need a miners helmet to find the floor on this squad.

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Where’s all the SMACK pussies!

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Sorry, I forgot to pick up smack at the grocery store. I knew I forgot something.

Good draft analyses, I think you probably sold a lot of people’s potential keepers short but meh. Anyone drafted in late rounds has potential, though each one is individually unlikely to be good enough to keep next year.

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I’d love to talk some smack, but I drafted two players that had been cut, so it really wouldn’t carry any weight.

I am still really pissed about the draft. I did the right thing and excluded all the keepers, but I had my list printed out, so I figured I didn’t have to bother re-entering everyone.

Instead I spent at least 45 seconds out of every 1:30 draft time making sure the person I was about to draft wasn’t a keeper. I went from drafting incredibly well and organized in my money league, to just scrambling to draft someone I could actually draft in this league. Needless to say I’m disappointed in my draft.

C- is charitable.

But Cooley is going to have a monster year. And in a league where passing touchdowns go for 6 points, I’m stunned that Peyton didn’t go at number one.

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As usual, Omni has provided us with trenchant, insightful analysis of the fantasy draft. I only wish that I had gotten it before I had finished all of my drafting, because there were some good points there. And, oddly enough, I agree with him on a lot of things. But, just because I can, I thought I’d throw in my two cents about the teams that I will, one by one, be beating this year.

Fourth and Nineteen

Overall: If I remember correctly, lst year I opined that Wilson had a great draft… from a horrible position (he picked last). Now that he is picking number one, he had more pressure on him to come through. And I think he did. LT is a no brainer, and keeping Wayne gave him the chance to wait on a WR and fill the running back position. All in all there’s a lot to like, and a little to dislike about the team. Delhomme was an excellent value pick, even though he won’t throw the ball as much this year (although he very well may), but his backup is horrible. LT is a stud, but it’ll be a half a year until Benson contributes, and half a game before Freddy goes down. Lots of pros and cons, but a relatively solid draft.

Best Pick: Phillip Rivers in the 16th Round was worth a shot. The first 5 rounds were all excellent picks, especially considering the 26 picks he had to wait after getting LT. Wilson’s all about extremes.

Worst Pick: Suggs in the 6th round. Sure he was named starter… and got injured. I wouldn’t touch the Brown’s backfield situation with a ten foot pole. I think Benson was a bit of a reach also.

Riskiest Pick: Putting a lot of pressure on Delhomme to carry the load. He had a good year last year, but I’m not sure he’s anything but a middle of the road fantasy QB. But with LT, that might be enough.

**Pentium None **

Overall: He with the creepy icon came into the draft with, in my opinion, the best keeper value in Burleson. After that, this team reached more than Reachy McReachalot, President of Reacherville. D. Foster is a backup who, although talented, can’t stay healthy, and was not worth a 2nd round pick, especially considering other RB who were still available. M. Faulk in the fourth was wayyy to early for yet another risky backup and Chambers, E. Johnson, and the Pats D all went a few rounds early. Not a lot of value, and nothing the really impresses me, but, once again, fantasy football is about studs, and Peyton put the stu in stud.

Best Pick: Keeping Burleson for an eleventh round pick. Outstanding.

Worst Pick: De”ouch my leg”Shaun Foster in the second. That’ll leave a mark.

Riskiest Pick: Foster, Faulk, and E.J are walking wounded.

Cedric Benson’s Busts

Overall: Did he mention he was drunk. Drunk as he was, though, he did himself proud. Sure he might have puked on his shirt or fell asleep by the toilet, but dammit he did get Kevin Curtis in the 14th round, which was good. Kinda like when you start drinking and it’s a blast, and then you get angry, belligerent drunk, and then you get to the “I love you man” drunk, that’s how his draft went. His first four rounds were very good, and then some serious mistakes, and then a nice comeback. He’s got a stud RB in Alexander, a stud WR in CJ, and two #2 rb’s in Arrington (who has looked awful, at least to me, this preseason and Shipp has looked good) and T. Jones, so he’ll be competetive. But it’s questionable to get two WR from the same team, to trust in Leftwhich, who has shown me little to nothing, and Griffith was just silly. But Curtis was great value. I think this team will be pulling it hair out every single week.

Best Pick: Curtis in the 14th round. Great keeper value.

Worst Pick: TJ Housh, not just because it doubles up on Bengals, but because there were so many better options available. He’s not a 5th round player.

Riskiest Pick: Leftwhich and Brooks are your quarterbacks. They’ll drive you insane.

Baltimore Weirdos

Overall: He’s got Antonio Gates and D. Culpepper, so he has a shot. Hell, Daunte almost singlehandedly carried me last year. But I remain unimpressed with the rest of his team. I think it was smart to get 3 runningbacks with the 2, 3, 4th round picks, but Dave picked the wrong ones. Tatum Bell has done nothing to deserve a second round pick, Barlow is on a crappy team, and Droughms is a Brown’s runningback, enuf said. And those mistakes left him with J. Porter and P. Burress as starting wide receivers. Ouch. He needs the studs to really come through to have any chance of competing.

Best Pick: Stephan Davis in the 9th round. Getting a starting runningback on a running team in the 9th round was fantastic. Although there are valid concerns about his health, if he stays healthy, he’ll be a huge asset at a small price.

Worst Pick: Tatum Bell. He may be very good, but using a second round pick on a backup is not the best course.

Riskiest Pick: D. Culpepper. Don’t get me wrong, I love him, but passing on a stud RB may be costly in the long run.

Varlos’ ZZZZZZZZZZ

Overall: One word: Outstanding. All night I would see his picks and say to myself” “That’s a great pick.” Of course then I’d mutter “that fucker” under my breath. Getting a top 10 running back as a keeper in the 5th round started this team out right (although to be honest, I think McGahee’s going to have a crappy year, either because of injury or sophomore slump), but his drafting was exellent always. Edge, Holt, McGahee, Javon, Hasselback, Witten… the studs just keep coming. And he added great depth with Lee Evans, D. Blaylock, and B. Engram. Add in some great potential keepers (I like B. Jacobs!), and this draft was one for the ages. This is clearly the team to beat.

Best Pick: Almost all of them.

Worst Pick: Ke. Johnson. The most overrated person ever to play the game.

Riskiest Pick: Hasselback in the 4th round was a bit of a risk, but it didn’t seem to hurt this team.

Boom Goes the Dynamite

Overall: A good, solid draft. I was especially impressed getting Priest at #6, while having Larry as his backup. It couldn’t have worked out better! This team will be competetive all year, and has Priest Holmes, who, if healthy, can carry a team. But on this team, he won’t have to, because they’ve also got Westbrook, A. Johnson, J. Smith, and Duckett to work with. A solid team that may not blow you away, but will be in the hunt all year.

Best Pick: The Priest/Johnson tandem and I like Michael Jenkins in the 15th round.

Worst Pick: Kerry Collins in the 4th. I know that pretty much every fantasy football site has creamed their pants over his ability to throw the long ball to Moss, but he threw only a whopping 20 int’s last year, and Moss isn’t going to change that.

Riskiest Pick: Priest. But with his upside and having his backup, I’ll take that risk anyday.

Crabby Hermits

Overall: First, a shout out for all the great work. I was seriously concerned that the league may fall apart, but everything worked out, mostly due to this guy. A very serious Thank You! Now that I got that nice stuff out of the way, I’m all set to rip into your draft. However, you had a fine draft. You know those kind of people who just keep plodding along, never going to fast, never going too slow, never shining, but never disappearing. That’s your team. Dillon, D. Jackson, Bulger, I. Bruce, Bledsoe, Patten, etc. will put you in the middle of the road each and every week. There’s not a lot to get excited about, but not a lot to worry about either. Which may be for the best.

Best Pick: Willie Parker in the 11th round will give you a temporary, possibly longer, starting option. I also liked your keeper options.

Worst Pick: C. Brown and M. Bulger were not value picks. Brown is an injury risk who may share carries and Bulger is a middle of the road fantasy qb.

Riskiest Pick: C. Brown. When healthy and unchallenged as a starter, he produces. It’s just there are question marks about both those things this year.

Feed My Family

Overall: I would have bet that this team was as drunk as the CB Busts because they had the same kind of draft: great start, crappy middle, nice ending. With Jamal Lewis, M. Harrison, and T. Green, this team has a stud at every position, but after that, there is a huge dropoff. Boldin and Staley may get and stay healthy and score points, but Galloway is done. One injury and this team is likely done.

Best Pick: Brandon Lloyd. This is his last chance.

Worst Pick: Joey Galloway. An old, oft-injured has been taken in the fourth round. Ugh.

Riskiest Pick: Grabbing a TE in the 5th, A kicker in the 8th, and having only one starting runningback. Things that make you go Hmmmmmmmm.

Derier Extraordinaire

Overall: A solid, potentially stellar team with a huge, gaping hole at QB. The team has a nice mix of solid players and youngsters with upside at the skill positions. Everything looks good, until you realize their starting QB is Kurt Warner and the backup is Kyle Orton. Although talented, I don’t think there’s enough scoring to make up for that elephant in the room. But if Kurt Warner returns to form, this team will compete.

Best Pick: Marcel Shipp. I have not been impressed with Arrington at all this preseason. It may take a while for Denny Green to realize it though.

Worst Pick: If you’re going to get Kurt Warner, for Og’s sake get a solid backup.

Riskiest Pick: A lot of youth at runningback that may not develop this year.

New York Fanboys

Overall: There is something to be said for picking a theme and running with it. It’s worked in great pieces of literature, blockbuster movies, and teaching, but it doesn’t in fantasy football. Although I said it last year and was dead wrong, I’ll say it again… Tiki is not a first round draft pick. CuMar may have one more solid year left, and I do like Coles for this year, but after that, there’s a black hole of talent.

Best Pick: Keeping Lamont Jordan.

Worst Pick: Putting all your eggs in the New York basket is fantasy suicide.

Riskiest Pick: Pennington. I think he has the makings for being a good NFL quarterback, but he needs to show he can put up fantasy points.

Moridwen

Overall: For the second year in a row, I’m picking in the 12 spot, which is not fun. However, I do like the team I pieced together. Although there was some reaching, I think there are a lot of players with huge upside, like Kevin Jones, R. Brown, S. Jackson, K. Colbert, C. Rogers, T. Williamson, and R. Moats. Too much youth and unproven talent though. This team could be a juggernaut, or it could suffer all year. But I do like my chances.

Best Pick: R. Moss. I was very happy to see him still available that late in the first round.

Worst Pick: Other than Moss and Favre, there isn’t anyone whose proven themselves in the NFL.

Riskiest Pick: This team is all risk, so picking one is tough.

Rhinosaurs

Overall: This team either loves running backs or hates wide receivers. You really can’t argue with a team with J. Jones and C. Portis as starting running backs, with a potential stud in Anderson as a third/flex guy. But there is a price to pay. Getting Plummer and Brees is a fairly good quarterback combo (if you don’t start Jake that is), but a wide receiver crew of Driver, Stallworth, McCardell, Bradley, and the wrong Clayton isn’t going to scare anyone. This team will be the test of the running back theory of fantasy football.

Best Pick: He got two players that I just love, Mark Clayton and The Burner Turner. But I think they’ll only be keeper potential and not scorers this year. I also like Northcutt.

Worst Pick: I think Driver is no longer a #1 WR, and Roy Williams has a lot of competition for balls and a questionable QB. Let’s hope there are Wrs’ available on the waiver wire.

Riskiest Pick: Going RB, RB, RB with the first three picks.

Fighting Quakers

Overall: I think Omni succiently described this team when he said: “Living Dangerously”. A. Green was a disappointment last year and lost two great OG’s with no good replacements in sight. M. Bennett is injured and who the fuck knows what Tice is going to do day to day. Smith is coming back from injury, Fitz is still developing, Henry is splitting carries at best, Moose has no one to throw to him, Gore is short two healthy knees, and Ron Dayne is Ron Dayne. Each of these guys could be a force, or could drive an owner crazy. But that’s not a far trip for the Quakers.

Best Pick: It’s hard to pick one, because they are all full of talent, but all have issues. I do like W. Green, but it’s the Brown’s backfield, so you know it’s tough.

Worst Pick: M. Bennett in the third round. Nothing is ever settled in Minn situation, and he’s not proven much to me.

Riskiest Pick: Almost all of them. But that’s what happens when you have to wait 13 picks before you can get your guy.

Mundi’s Morning Blues

Overall: Color me impressed. For having to draft last, this team put together a solid, competitive team. I love Davis, I think R. Johnson is as boringly solid as you can get, and Dunn is a great flex option. But Mundi didn’t sacrifice a solid QB situation or getting good WR crew. Add in Gonzo and this team is easily in the top 5.

Best Pick: Hines Ward in the 4th round. Great Pick

Worst Pick: No real #2 WR and Gonzo was a reach.

Riskiest Pick: Not a lot of risk here, which is a good thing. I like this team.

FOOOTTTBAAAAAAALLLLLL!!!

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fourth and nineteen

  1. (1) L. Tomlinson
  2. (28) F. Taylor
  3. (29) C. Benson
  4. (56) R. Wayne *
  5. (57) D. Mason
  6. (84) L. Suggs
  7. (85) E. Moulds
  8. (112) J. Delhomme
  9. (113) M. Williams
  10. (140) Atlanta
  11. (141) M. Pittman
  12. (168) B. Stokley *
  13. (169) D. Graham *
  14. (196) S. Graham
  15. (197) K. Boller
  16. P. Rivers

QB Bad. Delhomme’s numbers were inflated last year by the decimated running back situation. Now that Goings has proven himself capable, the Cats would have to dip into their 4th choice to have the same situation this year. Fox prefers a grinding ground game to teh long ball, and he will go back to it this year. Boller is simply :smack:

RB Samson and the Delilahs. LT is the definition of stud. If Fred stays healthy, expect the second coming to arrive soon. Benson is not a horrible 3rd back, unless you took him as teh first pick in the 3rd round. :eek: Suggs and Pittman are decent players who will put up poor fantasy points this year. neither will see the field enough to rely upon.

WR Cold meet Sweats. Wayne and Moulds are 2nd receiveers on their own teams. Wayne can get away with it. Moulds has the Loss-man distributing the ball. Mason was always reliable in tennesse. WAS See Boller, Kyle :smack: Stokley might be a good spot starter, except that he will only have a good game when Wayne does not. Williams will see some red zone TD’s, but how will you predict which weeks? He won’t see enough balls to be a reliable starter (this year).

TE I had to take Graham in one league, too. It was not pleasant for me, either.

K Solid pick, late in the draft. Good job.

DEF Taken a little too early, but not a bad pick,

Keeper potential If Bollers breaks out ( :rolleyes: ), okay. Rivers is a pick for 2 years down the road, at best. Williams might be worth a 7th next year. Don’t see much else, unless Suggs becomes a huge surprise.

Mundi Measure LT is always worth a tiny shiver, but that’s it.

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Pentium None

  1. (2) P. Manning
  2. (27) D. Foster
  3. (30) J. Horn
  4. (55) M. Faulk
  5. (58) C. Chambers
  6. (83) E. Johnson
  7. (86) J. Bettis (Keeper)
  8. (111) New England
  9. (114) J. Pathon
  10. (139) C. Cooley
  11. (142) N. Burleson (Keeper)
  12. (167) B. Roethlisberger (Keeper)
  13. (170) Ma. Jones
  14. (195) T. Taylor
  15. (198) N. Davenport
  16. () Moe Williams

QB Peyton’s Place. Next.

RB You really should have drafted at least one that starts. It’s considered bad form to bet everything on other folks players going down to injury.

WR Three Amigos. Three very nice amigos, if Burleson lives up to the early hype. I like your chances, though with your wekness at back you really needed a better #4. I love Matt Jones, but for next year, not today.

TE Johnson’s Baby Powder. Soft. Soft. Soft. Not exactly what you look for in a big league tight end. And already on the injury report. :frowning:

K Where?

DEF drafted way too early for a defense, though NE should be fairly reliable.

Keeper potential Excellent. Love Jones. Love Burleson. Like Roethlisberger and Davenport as potentials.

Mundi Measure Peyton and the triplets send a cold chill down my spine, but a glance at the RB’s keeps my feet planted in firm defiance.

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Cedric Benson Busts

  1. (3) S. Alexander
  2. (26) C. Johnson
  3. (31) J. Arrington
  4. (54) T. Jones
  5. (59) T. Houshmandzadeh
  6. (82) Carolina (Keeper)
  7. (87) B. Leftwich
  8. (110) M. Robinson
  9. (115) A. Brooks
  10. (138) M. Vanderjagt
  11. (143) Mi. Clayton (Keeper)
  12. (166) Q. Griffin
  13. (171) B. Franks
  14. (194) K. Curtis
  15. (199) M. Booker
  16. () D. Rhodes

QB Brooks & “never Done”. QB position puts up too many points to have uncertainty in the spot every week. Possibly the worst pair in the league. (Peeks ahead at derierExtraordinaire) Okay, the second worst.

RB Alexander the great. And a bunch of midgets. Arrington is a mirage. 2000 in college means jack squat now. Jones would have been a solid pick if the Bears had not drafted Benson at #4 and then thrown away their season by figuring Chad Hutchinson was enough insurance for Gross-Anatomy. The rookie will play, just enough to make neither back worth starting. Griffin. :confused: Rhodes? Doubtful week 1 with the kind of injury that nags. I will be shocked if the Colts don’t bring in someone else to start next year after james bolts.

WR Tower of Pizza. (Unbalanced top, but surprisingly stable underneath.) Top 2 are both Bengals. Not a good sign. I like the Tigers’ stripes, too, but Peyton and the boys they ain’t. Love Clayton as a keeper, though, and Robinson has good upside (though he is unliklely to reach it. Glory Days . . . ) Curtis and Booker were nice picks late.

TE Franks and beans will let you brew a cup o’ coffee. Otherwise, eh? 2 weeks in the season he will help you with unexpected scores. 15 weeks, nada.

K Just an idiot kicker, but a damned good one. Tiny bit on the early side of the draft, but he’ll pull out a game or two for you.

DEF Lumps of shale. Would have been a rock, but it was plucked too early (3rd pick of round 6!!)

Keeper potential Love Clayton again next year. Curtis and Rhodes have potential, but I wouldn’t count heavily on either.

Mundi Measure Even Alexander couldn’t continue his conquests without **Hephaestion **. You should crucify the physician who prescribed your QB’s. I stand defiant before your emissaries.

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Baltimore Weirdos

  1. (4) D. Culpepper
  2. (25) T. Bell
  3. (32) K. Barlow
  4. (53) R. Droughns
  5. (60) J. Porter
  6. (81) P. Burress
  7. (88) Baltimore
  8. (109) D. Givens
  9. (116) S. Davis
  10. (137) A. Gates (Keeper)
  11. (144) M. Stover
  12. (165) M. Pollard
  13. (172) S. Parker
  14. (193) J. Gaffney
  15. (200) P. Ramsey
  16. () D. Nash

QB I’m a pepper; he’s Culpepper. 'Nuff said.

RB Bell, Barlow, and groans!! Davis an dParker were great picks late, because without them you don’t even have one starter for week 1. With them you don’t have one starter by week 9. :smack:

I say again. :smack:

WR Plaxico on ice. Thin ice. Possibly shaved ice. Better hope he can stand the cold because Porter is gonna watch a lot of TD catches by other folks. Givens will have soe good games. good luck figuring out which ones.

TE Gates of Heaven.

K Good value. Nothing fancy. Nothing wrong with that.

DEF Scary monsters. You spent too much for them, but that affects your other positions, not this one. Scary, scary, monsters.

Keeper potential Gates of heaven again. Highway to hell everywhere else.

Mundi Measure Culpepper makes me sneeze, but scary defenses aren’t so scary in fantasy land. I whistle past your RB graveyard.

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**Varlos’ Zzzzzzz **

  1. (5) E. James
  2. (24) T. Holt
  3. (33) J. Walker
  4. (52) M. Hasselbeck
  5. (61) W. McGahee (Keeper)
  6. (80) J. Witten
  7. (89) L. Evans
  8. (108) Ke. Johnson
  9. (117) D. Blaylock
  10. (136) B. Engram
  11. (145) B. Griese
  12. (164) R. Ferguson
  13. (173) B. Jacobs
  14. (192) S. Janikowski
  15. (201) Tampa Bay
  16. () Br. Johnson

QB Griese is the word is the word is the . . . Yeah, you heard me right. I’m actually down on Hasselback this year. I would be much happier that the Hawks had dumped Koren if they had replaced him with someone . . . anyone. But I love Griese as a backup (for now). You stole him from me, you bastard.

RB Bury my backs at Wounded Knee. Okay – that was a couple of years ago. Now James and Mcgahee give you as solid a 1-2 punch as there is, and you got 'em on the cheap thanks to a shrewd pick last year. I’m beginning no tot like you anymore. You might have wanted to back them up with someone whose likely to touch the ball more than 5 times a game, though, especially considering their injury history. Injury risk is high, and you will struggle on bye weeks for your starters. Jacobs was a reach in round 13. Sure, he looks like Bettis, but how many 2 yard TD’s can we expect the Gint’s to produce.

WR Holt on therr, Walker, Evans I know Keyshawn can barely get his Johnson moving anymore. Okay, that was weak. Your receivers are not, though given your RB’s you will be forced to play 3 every week. Countig on Johnson or Engram for 3 weeks out of the season is probably not too much of a risk. And Bryant Johnson might be a real nice surprise.

TE Witten is a great pick and great value.

K Drunken slob, but he can kick it a long way. About middlin’, but he came cheap.

DEF Love this pick late. They will be good enough anf half the price.

Keeper potential Like McGahee again next year, unless his knee gives out. Evans is a possible. Griese a good gamble. And Bryant Johnson might be hidden gold (or just another 16th round benchwarmer. Hard to tell before week 1, really)

Mundi Measure Run away! Run away!

If one of your RB’s blows out a knee chasing me, then I will circle around and dance on your bloody corpse.

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Totally Agree. Couple of comments, though. Thomas Jones will be getting 80% of the balls this year. Benson is in deep shit with the team and Jones has been stellar in Turner’s system in the preseason. I love that pick. Granted, I’m the only one in our league who sees this, so he likely would have lasted another round. We’ll see about Arrington, but I have high hopes. However, how can you not love the D. Rhodes pick? I think that’s the pick of the draft based on keeper potential alone. Nevermind Edge’s injury history.

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**BoomGoesTheDynamite **

  1. (6) P. Holmes
  2. (23) B. Westbrook
  3. (34) A. Johnson
  4. (51) K. Collins
  5. (62) Ji. Smith
  6. (79) D. Bennett (Keeper)
  7. (90) T. Duckett
  8. (107) L. Smith
  9. (118) L. Johnson (Keeper)
  10. (135) C. Palmer (Keeper)
  11. (146) E. Shelton
  12. (163) T. Calico
  13. (174) Minnesota
  14. (191) J. Wilkins
  15. (202) M. Jenkins
  16. () N. Goings

QB Rollercoaster woo woo Rollercoaster. Take a ride on the Collins express. Touchdowns galore, but watch out for those turnovers. If you turn to Palmer,. you will be sorry (because that’s the week Collins will explode.) Then you’ll turn back and Kerry will turn on you like a Swiftboat Veteran.

RB Bow before the Priest. Westbrook scares teh hell out of me this year. You lack depth, though Johnson insures you nicely against the Priest staying Holmes on Sunday. Duckett is a seriecable spot starter, but if Westbrook disappoints you are in trouble.

WR Something old, something new, something Bennett, and Calico too. Nothing outstanding, but good reliable players. I give this wedding a high likelihood of surviving the season.

TE Just another guy named Smith. Flashes of talent but drops too many passes to turn into the next Bubba Franks.

K Ram tough. Good value.

DEF Minnesota?? Because they got a fw guys in free agency and we’ve all forgotten that they sucked fat, hairy, donkey dicks last year. Wait, make that some of us have forgotten. These mopes hit teh waiver wire by week six. So let it be seaid. So let it be written. So let it be done.

Keeper potential Maybe Johnson. Maybe Palmer. Maybe Ducett. Maybe Calico. Maybe Jenkins. Maybe Goings. A whole lot of maybes, but you only need one or two to come true.

Mundi Measure Priest’s have always made me nervous, especially when they are prepared to reach for the Johnson in an emergency. But I refuse to quaver before any house built on a Westbrookian foundation. Refuse, I say. Refuse!

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Just want to say I’ve really enjoyed these draft summaries so far, Omni and Mundi; Mundi, keep’em comin’!

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**Crabby Hermits **

  1. (7) C. Dillon
  2. (22) C. Brown
  3. (35) M. Bulger
  4. (50) D. Jackson
  5. (63) I. Bruce
  6. (78) A. Lelie (Keeper)
  7. (91) Da. Clark
  8. (106) J. Elam (Keeper)
  9. (119) D. Bledsoe
  10. (134) A. Randle El
  11. (147) W. Parker
  12. (162) Pittsburgh
  13. (175) D. Patten
  14. (190) J. Fargas
  15. (203) M. Boerigter
  16. () Al. Smith

QB Holy cream of Bulger wheat, Batman. Did you know that under our current scoring system Bulger was the 11th rated QB last year? 35th pick was way too early for this, though he will be a serviceable starter. Bledsoe as a backup is fine, but hope you don’t have to play him more than once.

RB You’d better find posse, marshall Dillon. Love Corey. Brown is high risk, medium reward: not what you want in round 2. Parker gets you one week. Fargas is a wasted pick, unless Jordan proves to be fragile. Better try and pick up Festus on waivers.

[side note: Baltimore Weirdos I confused your Parker with the Pittsburgh running back. Give yourself another :smack: for the RB position.]

WR 4 deep, but no studs. Jackson is too dropsy, Bruce too old, Lelie too inconsistent, and Randle too El. Okay, I like randle-El a lot as a fourth option, but these guys aren’t striking feear into anybody. If Jackson suddenly remembers he’s supposed to be a professional, this situation improves.

TE Clark bars for everyone. mmmmm, crunchy.

K Good kicker. Bad value. Love those 50+ point bonuses, though.

DEF Solid steel. Next.

Keeper potential Love randl-El (you bastard) Don’t love much else. Maybe Clark if he does break out withour Pollard.

Mundi Measure I do not take you lighlty, but I ain’t staying up nights worrying about you, either. (well, except tonight, but that’s different)