But I might have another league to get ready for...sort of. I say "sort of" because it's a pretty casual, co-ed league with my friends. Some of them follow the NFL, while others are just doing the fantasy thing for fun. And honestly, that's why I continue to do this league too: fun. Otherwise, I really try to limit my fantasy leagues to just the one, but that's pretty tough. And fantasy football is fun, so I do this league strictly for that reason...and I don't need to do much more preparing because I'll just wing it (and I've already had a practice round!).
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| Dinner's ready! Thanks, Joey. |
| 1. Adrian Peterson |
| 2. Doug Martin |
| 3. Ray Rice |
| 4. Jamaal Charles |
| 5. Marshawn Lynch |
| 6. Arian Foster: Concerned with him still not practicing, even though he says he doesn't need preseason... |
| 7. LeSEAN McCOY: I had the 6th position in my draft, and the RBs I have above McCoy in my rankings all came off the board (in a little different order than I have them above). So McCoy was my pick, and I'm fine with it. |
| 8. Calvin Johnson |
| 9. CJ Spiller |
| 10. Alfred Morris |
| 11. Jimmy Graham |
| 12. AJ Green |
| 13. Steven Jackson |
| 14. Trent Richardson |
| 15. Stevan Ridley |
| 16. Maurice Jones-Drew |
| 17. Matt Forte |
| 18. Drew Brees |
| 19. Aaron Rodgers |
| 20. Brandon Marshall |
| 21. Dez Bryant |
| 22. Chris Johnson |
| 23. REGGIE BUSH: I didn't think Reggie would still be on the board here, but he was. I already drafted McCoy and have Mathews as a keeper, but I couldn't pass up the value with Bush here. A great pass-catching RB in that Detroit offense is a match made in heaven. So far, no WRs on my team though... |
| 24. Peyton Manning |
| 25. Frank Gore |
| 26. Julio Jones |
| 27. Demaryius Thomas |
| 28. Larry Fitzgerald |
| 29. (Cam Newton: My #1 keeper, just highlighting here in bold so you can see my full squad.) |
| 30. DeMarco Murray |
| 31. Lamar Miller |
| 32. Darren McFadden |
| 33. Randall Cobb |
| 34: Roddy White |
| 35. Andre Johnson |
| 36. Tom Brady |
| 37. Rob Gronkowski |
| 38. Victor Cruz |
| 39. Vincent Jackson |
| 40. Marques Colston |
| 41. Eddie Lacy: This guy went early in the 3rd (keeper) round in my draft, and I think he'll be worth it. |
| 42. David Wilson |
| 43. Darren Sproles |
| 44. Chris Ivory |
| 45. Rashard Mendenhall |
| 46. Montee Ball |
| 47. Dwayne Bowe |
| 48. TORREY SMITH: Lamar Miller was still on the board in Round 3 of my draft, but I already had 3 RBs on my team. I struggled with this one a lot because I didn't want to wait too much longer to get a #1 WR who I liked. I reached a little for Torrey Smith, but ultimately I'm happy with it. Lamar Miller is unproven, and I needed to pick up a WR before it got too late. |
| 49. Danny Amendola |
| 50. Hakeem Nicks |
| 51. (Ryan Mathews: My #2 keeper) |
| 52. Ahmad Bradshaw |
| 53. Jason Witten |
| 54. RGIII |
| 55. Matt Ryan |
| 56. Reggie Wayne |
| 57. Wes Welker |
| 58. Jordy Nelson |
| 59. Steve Smith |
| 60. Antonio Brown |
| 61. Pierre Garcon |
| 62. CECIL SHORTS: Wide receivers were coming off the board fast, and I wanted to get another one. Why not the guy who I was considering as my #2 keeper? My team is shaping up to look a lot like last year's squad. I hope these boys have matured a little bit in real life... |
| 63. Vernon Davis |
| 64. SHANE VEREEN: Any time you have picks from your rankings that are this close together, it's a good thing. I thought Vereen would be gone at this point, but he was still there. At this point in the draft, I'm basically taking the best available WR or RB, and Vereen could end up flexing as both this year. He's exactly who I wanted here in the 5th round. |
| 65. Andre Brown |
| 66. Giovani Bernard |
| 67. Eric Decker |
| 68. James Jones |
| 69. TY Hilton |
| 70. Mike Wallace |
| 71. Tony Gonzalez |
| 72. Colin Kaepernick |
| 73. Russell Wilson |
| 74. Andrew Luck |
| 75. Matthew Stafford |
| 76. Tony Romo |
| 77. Ronnie Hillman |
| 78. Benjarvis Green-Ellis |
| 79. Daryl Richardson |
| 80. DeAngelo Williams |
| 81. Vick Ballard |
| 82. DeSean Jackson |
| 83. Tavon Austin |
| 84. SIDNEY RICE: This was my first uncomfortable pick of the draft. Vick Ballard was still on the board, but I was liking my RBs at this point. I wasn't ready to jump on a TE yet, so I thought I'd better snatch up another WR. The problem is that I'm not sure if Rice is the #1 WR in Seattle. A lot of people think Golden Tate will make that leap this year. I'm not one of those people, so I stuck to my guns (and my rankings). I went with Rice. We'll see if I picked the right Seahawk. |
| 85. Eli Manning |
| 86. Andy Dalton |
| 87. Miles Austin |
| 88. Steve Johnson |
| 89. Greg Jennings |
| 90. Anquan Boldin |
| 91. Lance Moore |
| 92. Mike Williams |
| 93. Vincent Brown |
| 94. Denarius Moore |
| 95. Greg Olsen |
| 96. JERMICHAEL FINLEY: Greg Olsen flew off the board at the end of the 6th round, so I started thinking about tight end. The crazy thing is, I have Pettigrew ranked next and he went undrafted. Needless to say, I think I reached a little bit to get the TE I wanted. I didn't want to reach on Sudfeld or Cameron later, which I would have had to do. I felt more comfortable getting Finley here. |
| 97. Brandon Pettigrew |
| 98. Mark Ingram |
| 99. Bryce Brown |
| 100. Bernard Pierce |
| 101. Ben Tate |
| 102. LeVeon Bell: Still not sure just how serious the injury is, but Dwyer and Redman should get early action. |
| 103. Golden Tate |
| 104. MICHAEL FLOYD: So Floyd wasn't my 8th round pick. He was my 9th rounder. I hate to say it, but I think Hard Knocks is getting the best of me. The Seahawks, Niners, and Texans all were drafted in the 7th or 8th round. So I'm sitting there already considering a defense?!? Normally I wouldn't do this, but I think the 8% beers might've been getting to me a little bit. That, and my love for the HBO television series. To be fair, I liked the Bengals as my #6 defense in my June rankings, so I already regarded them highly. But after watching a couple episodes of Hard Knocks this year, they started moving up my board even further. A healthy James Harrison usually means good things for a fantasy defense. We'll see if they end up being like my Bills pick last year or like a Ravens pick before they became a dominant force in the NFL. As for Michael Floyd, he was the best available on my board in the 9th round. After reaching for a defense so early, I wanted to stick with my list for at least my next pick...or so. |
| 105. Emmanuel Sanders |
| 106. KENBRELL THOMPKINS: This was an audible at the line of scrimmage. I was all set to take Aaron Dobson here, at least until I started reading on Twitter the weekend of my draft that it's Thompkins (not Dobson) who's been running with the first team during preseason games. Of course, this could be meaningless as everyone's just trying to get a leg up on who Tom Brady's favorite target will be this season. But at this point in my draft, a hype pick on a high-powered offense felt OK. |
| 107. DeAndre Hopkins |
| 108. Chris Givens |
| 109. Jonathan Dwyer: Still have him ranked below Bell, but only because this is a keeper league. |
| 110. Danny Woodhead |
| 111. Fred Jackson |
| 112. Johnathan Franklin |
| 113. Isaiah Pead |
| 114. Kenny Britt |
| 115. Josh Gordon |
| 116. Owen Daniels |
| 117. Kyle Rudolph |
| 118. Jordan Cameron |
| 119. Ryan Broyles |
| 120. Jonathan Stewart |
| 121. Shonn Greene |
| 122. Jacquizz Rodgers |
| 123. Michael Bush |
| 124. Roy Helu |
| 125. Montario Hardesty |
| 126. Alshon Jeffery |
| 127. CORDARELLE PATTERSON: This was another hype machine pick, but it was also my last pick of the draft. That's right. I didn't even draft a kicker (more on that below). I did take a chance on Patterson, but I've since dropped him. With Le'Veon Bell's potential Lisfranc injury, I hit the waiver wire and dropped Cordarelle for Jonathan Dwyer. |
| 128. Kendall Wright |
| 129. Brian Hartline |
| 130. Fred Davis |
| 131. Zach Sudfeld: Gronk could be out a while, and Sudfeld could get a lot of early looks in New England. |
| 132. Justin Forsett |
| 133. Toby Gerhart |
| 134. Mikel Leshoure |
| 135. Knile Davis |
| 136. Kendall Hunter |
| 137. Joseph Randle |
| 138. Stepfan Taylor |
| 139. Peyton Hillis |
| 140. Marcel Reece |
| 141. Robert Turbin |
| 142. Isaac Redman |
| 143. Daniel Thomas |
| 144. Bilal Powell |
| 145. Seahawks DEFENSE |
| 146. 49ers DEFENSE |
| 147. BENGALS DEFENSE: The Hard Knocks love has probably gone too far, but I don't care. If this is wrong I don't want to be right! With a Week 12 BYE, I'm planning to plug the Bengals D in every week and not even have to worry about it until a point in the fantasy season when I'll have a better idea of whether or not I'm even a playoff contender. |
| 148. Bears DEFENSE |
| 149. Texans DEFENSE |
| 150. Broncos DEFENSE |
| 151. Ravens DEFENSE |
| 152. Rams DEFENSE |
| 153. Patriots DEFENSE |
| 154. Cardinals DEFENSE |
| 155. Giants DEFENSE |
| 156. Falcons DEFENSE |
| 157. Stephen Gostkowski |
| 158. Dan Bailey |
| 159. Matt Bryant |
| 160. Matt Prater |
| 161. Justin Tucker |
| 162. Blair Walsh |
| 163. Sebastian Janikowski |
| 164. Phil Dawson |
| 165. Greg Zuerlein |
| 166. Randy Bullock |
| 167. Kai Forbath |
A few more guys to consider on draft day...
QBs
| Josh Freeman | ||||
| Sam Bradford | ||||
| Ben Roethlisberger | ||||
| Michael Vick | ||||
| Ryan Tannehill | ||||
TEs | ||||
| Martellus Bennett | ||||
| Jared Cook | ||||
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WRs Justin Blackmon | ||||
| Malcom Floyd | ||||
| Darrius Heyward Bey | ||||
| Brandon LaFell | ||||
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| Percy Harvin Jeremy Maclin Denario Alexander Marcus Lattimore
Cheers, Bart | ||||
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