20.01
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Tony
Holm
DT Bills
QB: Young
Rodgers Jackson RB:
Grant Parker McFadden JJones Fargas
WR:
RMoss Holmes Cotchery Berrian VJackson Gage TE:
Lee Miller
PK:
KBrown Scobee
DT: Jets Bills |
Let's
see. They get to play the Dolphins and Jets twice, throw
in the 49'ers, Chiefs and Raiders for good luck and the Bills D
will also have their share of good days. Add that to the
fact that the Jets (who I just drafted before this pick) are
guaranteed to never be playing the same soft opponent
simultaneously as the Bills, that spreads out my opportunities
against weaker offenses in the league even more.
The Bills selected Leodis McKelvin, the best cover corner in the
draft, with their 11th selection overall, added three time Pro
Bowl defensive tackle Marcus Stroud from the Jaguars and added
to LB with Kawika Mitchell, a big part of the Superbowl champ
Giants defense. In addition, the Bills were the 6th best
fantasy D over the last 6 weeks of the 2007 season already.
It will take a few games for this unit to come together but
they've managed to patch a lot of holes in a very short time.
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20.02
|
Ian
Allan
(via trade)
RB Pierre Thomas
QB: Cutler
Garrard RB: SJackson Forte
KSmith Bradshaw Thomas
WR: AJohnson SSmith Welker CJohnson BrJohnson Wilford TE:
Davis Miller Olsen
PK:
Kaeding DT:
Seahawks Cardinals |
|
I
believe that Thomas, not Deuce McAllister, is going to be the
back that shares time this year with Reggie Bush. As an older
guy who’s blown out ACLs twice in the last four years,
McAllister doesn’t seem to have it anymore. He was ineffective
last year even prior to his injury. Thomas is younger, faster
and better. In his only start last year, he went over 100 yards
both rushing and receiving. And he was good enough at Illinois
to keep Rashard Mendenhall on the bench. I consider Thomas to be
a legit #4 running back in this league, and we’re excited to
select him with a 20th-round choice.
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20.03
|
Greg
Kellogg
PK John Kasey
QB: Romo
Leinart ASmith RB:
Portis RBrown
Henry FJones Norwood
WR:
Marshal Evans Driver DCarter Meachem Ginn
TE:
Scheffler McMichael
PK:
Hanson Kasey
DT: Browns Lions |
|
I really hated
taking two fogies as my kickers (Hanson will be 38 in June and
Kasay will be 39 in September). But there is something to
be said for kickers that perform in Domes or Southern climates.
And I have two guys that are very accurate and still have some
leg left.
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20.04
|
Duane
Cahill
DT Raiders
QB: Brady
Russell RB:
LJohnson Graham Mendenhall McAllister CBrown RWilliams
WR:
Boldin Bowe Jennings Bruce Stallworth RWilliams TE:
DeClark Lewis
PK: Reed Longwell
DT: Raiders |
|
The Raiders D is
still available? File this one under the "I don't
get it" category. Sure, the Raiders defense gives
up more ground yardage than the French Army, but they've
added ballhawk Gibril Wilson to a defense that already
features sack artist Derrick Burgess. DC Rob Ryan has
created his own defensive legacy with the Raiders, Patriots,
Cardinals and even Oklahoma State. Look for the team to
bounce back in the categories that score for FanEx. This
pick is a great reason to wait until the last round to get
your defense. I hereby guarantee that they finish in the
top 10 or better in points. And even if they don't, I'm
not only getting their team defense, I'm drafting Ryan's hair.
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20.05
|
Ian
Allan
RB Chris Perry
QB: Cutler
Garrard RB: SJackson Forte
KSmith Bradshaw
WR: AJohnson SSmith Welker CJohnson BrJohnson Wilford TE:
Davis Miller Olsen
PK:
Kaeding DT:
Seahawks Cardinals |
|
There’s some
karma with this pick. In last year’s FAD competition, my final
pick was a Perry from Cincinnati (Tab Perry), and we went on to
win the league easily. So we’ll go the same route again. This
time, it’s Chris Perry, the former first-rounder who’s
missed 42 of 64 games as a pro. But he’s supposedly healthy
now, and they couldn’t stop raving about him at their recent
minicamp. Sounds like he’s going to be their third-down back,
catching about 50 passes. They seem to like him a lot more than
journeyman Kenny Watson, even though Watson played well last
year. And Rudi Johnson could be right at the end of the road; he
averaged only 2.9 yards per carry last year — I’m not 100
percent certain Johnson’s even going to be on the opening day
roster. My hunch is that at some point, Perry will be
Cincinnati’s starting running back this year.
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20.06
|
Chris
Dolfi | Tom Walls
PK Jason Elam
QB: Anderson
Quinn Grossman RB: Lynch Jones-Drew
Jacobs MBush FJackson KoSmith
WR: Housh Coles Hackett RWilliams TE:
Winslow Heap
PK: Suisham Elam
DT: Giants: |
|
For our backup
kicker we grab Jason Elam. But we don't grab him just
because he's Jason Elam, since
Jason Elam won't be Jason Elam-like playing for a struggling
franchise like Atlanta. We grab him because our first
choice of a backup (Tampa Bay's Matt Bryant) had the same bye
week as our #1 kicker, and because the next 5-6 kickers we liked
better than Elam this year were already off the board.
That left us picking between Elam and the Jets' Mike Nugent.
We pick Elam over Nugent for 2 reasons: #1 - no way, no how is
Atlanta going to switch kickers mid-season no matter how bad
things are after signing Elam (we couldn't say the same about
the Jets) #2 - more than 50% of Jason Elam's games will be in a
climate controlled dome.
[Author's Note: If you are reading this player analysis you are
either a fantasy football junkie, desperate for your own draft
to start, or Jason Elam's mother. Enjoy.)
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20.07
|
Shannon
O'Leary
TE Alex Smith
QB: Bulger
Delhomme RB:
Gore Lewis RJohnson Bell Foster Pittman
WR:
Fitzgerald White Walker Porter Bradley Booker TE:
Gonzalez ASmith
PK: Crosby
Rackers
DT: Bears Steelers |
I
didn’t want to ride the whole season with Gonzales as my only
tight end, but realistically I only see Smith being my bye week
tight end. I guess he might outscore Booker and Bradley 2-3
weeks, so he may provide some positive points, but wouldn’t
consider drafting Smith for any other reason.
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20.08
|
Duane
Cahill (via
Trade)
DT Broncos
QB: Brady
Russell RB:
LJohnson Graham Mendenhall McAllister CBrown RWilliams
WR:
Boldin Bowe Jennings Bruce Stallworth RWilliams TE:
DeClark Lewis
PK: Reed Longwell
DT: Raiders Broncos |
|
As promised, I created a roster
where every position is being backed up. While the Broncos
defense wasn't on my wish list going into the draft, it was
the best left on the board that didn't share a bye week
with the Raiders D. Sadly, my projections have them
finishing in the lower half of the team defenses, but with
almost two dozen DTs gone, you take what you can get and
smile..
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20.09
|
John
Georgopoulos
PK Jay Feeley
QB: EManning
Edwards RB:
Westbrook TJones DWilliams Betts CWilliams Bennett
Washington
WR: Wayne
Colston Ward Branch DJackson Toomer TE:
Crumpler King
PK: Stover Feeley
DT: Ravens |
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20.10
|
Jerome
Hickerson
TE Eric Johnson
QB: Palmer
Campbell Pennington RB:
Addai Maroney Taylor CJohnson Rice Rhodes
WR: Edwards
Harrison Gonzales RBrown Rice TE:
Shockey Eric Johnson
PK:
JBrown Bironas
DT: Cowboys Vikings |
This
guy has had some decent fantasy production in the past but he
has certainly seen the best come and go. He is a huge injury
risk but all the other TEs available
looked no better. I may have waited too long to take my second
TE, but Johnson seems to have a few games left in him where he
can produce some good numbers. He may approach 50 receptions
this season and crack my starting lineup a few times.
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20.11
|
TC
Cannon
QB Jim Sorgi
QB: Manning
Garcia Sorgi RB:
Peterson Stewart Benson Young Watson
WR:
Owens Burress Chambers Engram Hardy TE:
Clark Utecht
PK:
Folk Gostkowski Gould
DT: Chargers Packers |
There
are a few 'okay' bench players remaining. Some could contribute on a
monthly basis. Prior to selecting QB Sorgi, I also considered WR
Muhammad, RB Faulk, DT Redskins, and a few rookie receivers.
Yet, none of them could rescue this team as Sorgi can, if I
somehow lost Manning to injury.
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20.12
|
Chris
Rito | Mike Nazarek
PK Sebastian Janikowski
QB: McNabb
Kitna Coyle RB: Tomlinson James Turner
CTaylor
WR: RWilliams Mason Burleson Gaffney Walter Patten TE:
Witten LJSmith
PK: Akers Janikowski
DT: Patriots Buccaneers |
Ahh...Mr.
Irrelevant. Can anything in life be more irrelevant than a
backup FFL kicker? In a league with roster changes available, we
normally would not select a backup K or D, and thus our last two
picks would be very different. But....we need a kicker and Sea
Bass was the most intriguing of the remaining lot. Bonuses for
longer FGs and occasional bursts of scoring make him an ideal
matchup to a solid and predictable starter in a "best
ball" scoring system. Mare SEA and Gramatica NO are with
better offenses and were considered...but their erratic
performance could get them replaced more so than Janikowski.
Thus endeth the FAD - so let it be written, so let it be done.
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