FanEx Analysis
Draft
Round 17
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Final
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17.01
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Chris
Rito | Mike Nazarek WR David Patten QB: McNabb Kitna Coyle RB: Tomlinson James Turner CTaylor WR: RWilliams Mason Burleson Gaffney Walter Patten TE: Witten Smith PK: DT: Patriots |
The
#3 and #4 WRs in New Orleans were drafted in the early 14th
(Henderson) and late 15th (Meachem) rounds - but the starter has
yet to be drafted here in round 17. Strange. All Patten
does is produce while starting for a high-octane Saints' passing
attack. He scored 10 PPG in this format last year, and 16 PPG in
the last four games...did he have a revival or a career year
blip? We shall see. He will get at least one start with a tasty
matchup vs. SF in week 4, when the rest of our WRs are on the
bye. |
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17.02
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TC
Cannon RB Robbie Gould QB: Manning Garcia RB: Peterson Stewart Benson Young Watson WR: Owens Burress Chambers Engram Hardy TE: Clark PK: Folk Gostkowski Gould DT: Chargers |
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PK3?
Fooled
you! My FanEx friends thought that I was going to attempt to
relive the past by adding RB Shaun Alexander here. No. No. No. I
will not go down that 'I-used-to-be-somebody!'
Rice/ESmith/Warner/Moulds road, as I often have before... at least not today. |
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17.03 |
Jerome
Hickerson PK Rob Bironas QB: Palmer Campbell RB: Addai Maroney Taylor CJohnson Rice WR: Edwards Harrison Gonzales RBrown Rice TE: Shockey PK: JBrown Bironas DT: Cowboys Vikings |
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Grabbing
my second kicker, I take the guy who led the league in FGs
last year. Kickers are a crapshoot, always, but using my 16th
and 17th round picks did not seem expensive to me when I looked
around and saw what other position players were remaining. Bironas
is a consistent guy on a team that should provide enough
opportunities for him to produce good fantasy numbers.
Consistency is important to me because in FAD, if a guy gets
replaced, you’re really hurt because you can’t make a move
to replace him. |
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17.04 |
John
Georgopoulos RB Leon Washington QB: EManning Edwards RB: Westbrook TJones DWilliams Betts CWilliams Bennett Washington WR: Wayne Colston Ward Branch DJackson TE: King PK: DT: Ravens |
| Explosive
Jets runner who acts as a handcuff to one of my starters, T.
Jones.
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17.05
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Jim
Butler DT Bengals QB: Brees Schaub Rivers RB: McGahee White Duckett Buckhalter WR: Galloway Sweed DJackson Glenn Henderson TE: Gates Cooley PK: Graham DT: Jaguars Bengals |
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The
Bengals were 6th (5th in AFC) in Interceptions and 17th (5th in
AFC) in fumbles recovered. I like them as a roster DT.
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17.06 |
Shannon
O'Leary WR Mark Bradley QB: Bulger Delhomme RB: Gore Lewis RJohnson Bell Foster WR: Fitzgerald White Walker Porter Bradley TE: Gonzalez PK: Crosby Rackers DT: Bears Steelers |
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Mark Bradley is
listed as the second receiver on most depth charts. At this
point in the draft I was looking for a receiver that could come
out of the wood work and surprise everyone. Each year someone
makes a splash, and my choice for this year's splash is Bradley.
Once again it a bit of a gamble, but this will be Bradley’s
fourth year. He’s one year behind the typical receiver curve,
but will have the opportunity this season. The big concern will
be who throws the ball to him, but Bradley is a lanky receiver
who had a positive college career. |
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17.07 |
Chris
Dolfi | Tom Walls QB Rex Grossman QB: Anderson Quinn Grossman RB: Lynch Jones-Drew Jacobs MBush FJackson KoSmith WR: Housh Coles Hackett TE: Winslow Heap PK: DT: Giants: |
| What
do you want? Hunh? I mean seriously, what do you want from
us? Obviously, our eggs are in the Browns QB basket. If both
Anderson and Quinn get hurt, we're hurting badly. Grossman is the best of a thin herd; but when we draft a QB high, we don't make our 3rd QB a very high priority. Grossman has a different bye than Cleveland, and he has less QB controversy around him than Pennington/Clemens. I know Orton is getting some press, but while Grossman is wildly inconsistent and sometimes blows - Orton consistently blows. I don't know why the Bears didn't draft a QB, but they didn't - and really - we're screwed if we need Grossman for anything more than one week. =================================================================================== |
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17.08 |
Matt
Pitzer (via trade) DT Colts QB: Hasselbeck Roethlisberger Warner RB: Barber Bush BJackson Dunn Slaton WR CJohnson Holt Curtis Clayton Curry TE: Watson PK: DT: Colts |
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Defenses
in this league are always a lot about luck so my strategy is to
grab two defenses that will have some productive games and hope
that at least one is good most weeks. The Colts always are
active playmakers and have those occasional big games with a
bunch of turnovers and a TD or two. =================================================================================== |
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17.09 |
Duane
Cahill TE Marcedes Lewis QB: Brady Russell RB: LJohnson Graham Mendenhall McAllister CBrown RWilliams WR: Boldin Bowe Jennings Bruce Stallworth RWilliams TE: DeClark Lewis PK: DT: |
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Some FanEx owners will take only 1
TE, 1 K or 1 DT, preferring to beef up other positions.
My strategy in a no-transaction league is that I absolutely
MUST have a backup at every single position. Even the
best TE or K in the league will have an off day, and the
backup needs to be there to provide some points when it
happens. Additionally, it's completely unacceptable to
me to see a zero at a position because of a bye week.
With as close as these owners tend to score at the end of the
year, every point counts. A TE2, K2 or DT2 is far more
valuable than a RB7 or a WR7.
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17.10 |
Greg
Kellogg DT Browns QB: Romo Leinart ASmith RB: Portis RBrown Henry FJones Norwood WR: Marshal Evans Driver DCarter Meachem Ginn TE: Scheffler McMichael PK: DT: Browns |
| Picking
a defense or a kicker just isn't the most exciting thing anyone
can do -- one reason I have tried to transition into IDP
leagues. Much more interesting. But I love what the
Browns have done to retool their defense. I think Shaun
Rogers is going to have a huge impact on this team. The
loss of Leigh Bodden worries me a bit but average corners become
great when there is a good pass rush and Cleveland should have
that in spades this season. =================================================================================== |
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17.11 |
Matt
Pitzer DT Titans QB: Hasselbeck Warner RB: Barber Bush BJackson Dunn Slaton WR CJohnson Holt Curtis Clayton Curry TE: Watson PK: DT: Colts Titans |
| Like
the Colts, the Titans' defense always seems to play above its
head. They have a bunch of young guys we haven't heard much
about, but they also have playmakers at each level of the
defense. And with a great defensive coaching staff, they're in
position to put up some good fantasy points fairly often.
They're not an every-week start, yet have the potential for a
few big games. =================================================================================== |
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17.12 |
Tony
Holm PK Kris Brown QB: Young Rodgers Jackson RB: Grant Parker McFadden JJones Fargas WR: RMoss Holmes Cotchery Berrian VJackson Gage TE: Lee Miller PK: KBrown DT:: |
| Brown
has a ton of leg hitting a 57 yarder last year and hit 3 field
goals over 50 yards in one game. He was one of the best
fantasy kickers going when the Texans were hot and still ended
up as the second best fantasy kicker according to the way CBS
ranks the position. There's no reason to expect anything
less than top notch numbers from Brown this season. =================================================================================== |
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