2006 Draft Day

My primary fantasy football league drafted yesterday...
Here is my review...

Keepers -- Larry Johnson (no brainer) and Cadillac Williams. Cadillac was a last second choice over my favorite player in the NFL (donovan McNabb). I just went with the instinct that donovan will be the pre-TO donovan. Victories but not statistics. Cadillac is also young

Round 1 -- Anquan Boldin ... Thought Donovan might drop to this spot but was picked up one pick earlier. I had planned on cornering two star receivers if i couldn't land donovan or matt hasselbeck. I figured RB's were already monopolized. QB's had about 15 that are all the same. I had about 11 receivers i thought were 'top tier' i decided ahead of time i would try for two of those 11 (we start 3 receivers) at the turn. I like Boldin in a weak defensive division. QB questions though when (not if) Kurt gets injuerd.

Round 2 -- Reggie Wayne -- Got my second star receiver. I choose Wayne with Harrison on the board. Wayne got eh contract for a reason. I thought Colts must know something. Wayne also has been more prominent in pre-season.

Round 3 -- Duante Culpepper -- I knew i'd probably be looking for whatever qb's were left in round 3 and 4. I'm pretty strict about sticking with the value assigned by others (figure i'm too biased). Duante was just next on my list. I don't like him as an NFL qb as i think he makes sloppy mistakes at inopportune moments. Can't discount his rushing TD's (big deal in fantasy)

Round 4 -- Michael Vick... We start two QB's which puts them at a premium (some might say more than RB's with the way they get injured). Similar to Duante i don't like his NFL game (even though i have VA Tech and 757 love for the guy). But also similar to Duante he gets those coveted rushing yards. Had to take him.

Round 5 -- Steve McNair -- This was tough. The receivers were all the same at this point. No quality backup RB was on board..to go there would be a reach. I also worry about health of my starting qb's. So I picked the guy that has looked outstanding all preseason. I love that i have three black qb's...thank you warren moon!

Roung 6 -- David Carr -- I'm wondering how these qb's are dropping. like i said qb's are quite valueable when starting two (turns out two owners didn't know we started 2 qb's). again all WR's the same and no real value in backup RB. Three health risks at QB ...why not grab another? Plus Carr plays ever day.

Round 6 (from a trade) -- Byron Leftwich -- Now it's just getting funny. With no value at RB or WR I figure why not get a ton of qb's and either leverage for trades. Keep them to hurt other teams chances of fielding a starting 2. Play matchups. Again value was just there on this pick.

Round 7 -- Thomas Jones -- At this point i have to find some answer to back up RB. Cadillac is injury prone. Bears are in such a bad defensive division i figure i can corner the two bears backs here and hope one of them establishes as starter.

Round 8 -- Cedric Benson -- I can't stand the guys attitude. But see note above. My back up RB is chicago RB...i have to have both for it to work.

Round 9 -- Muhsin Muhammad -- Time to fill my third receiver (at least temporarily). They all look the same to me. The value on my draft sheet said Mushin. Like with RB's i figure NFC North is so weak on defense he should get some numbers. Now i just hope for clarity in bears QB. This could be a position (3rd WR) that is in constant flux for my team

Round 10 -- Michael Bennett -- Just had to have LJ's backup. KC's running game is to potent to let that drop. Willie Roaf's retirement will hurt bad but i'm hoping he returns

Round 11 -- Vernon Davis -- My plan works again. I'm convinced people read the articles on TE's and overvalue them. Yes it's a position that didn't get points in the past. But recently there has been an influx of scoring TE's and now i think there are at least 10 that are viable fantasy options (similar to SS in baseball) it used to be just cal ripkin (see tony gonzalez) then the rest became active and now there are plenty of SS's to choose from. Heath Miller, Jason WItten and Ben Watson were all still available.

Round 12 -- Ravens D -- they are getting old..but still this is the ravens

Round 13 -- David Akers -- My only Eagle?!? David hasn't missed all pre-season..Eagle's Offense won't be as TD happy but still will move...Can you say FG's?

I feel decent about my draft...happy with my starting line-up. The 5 qb's is a bit ridiculous but it may be a fun asset long term.