stevestojan Posted August 31, 2004 Share Posted August 31, 2004 Ok guys, so my fantasy football draft was last night. It ended up being 14 teams. We play each week head to head, and you must start: 1QB, 2RBs, 2WRs, 1TE, 1K, 1Defense. I had the #5 overall pick. With our system, we go back and forth, so whoever had the #1 pick also had the 29th pick (and then the 30th and 43rd, and so on, etc). So, I had the #5 pick. Picks 1-4 were Thomlinson, Holmes, Ahman Green and McAllister. With my first overall, I had to, just had to vere away from the remaining RB's and go with Mr Manning (Peyton, that is). And here is the rest of my team. 5: Peyton Manning 24: Travis Henry (needed a back badly at this point) 33: L. Coles (my worst pick of the draft, just think I should have gone RB again) 52: Quentin Griffin 61: Plaxico Burris 80: M. Vanderjagt (early for a kicker, but he gets decent points every single week) 89: Bubba Franks (needed to go TE soon, and the big guns were gone) 108:Defense of the Dallas Cowboys 117:M. Booker (what I like to call the steal of the draft. Sure, he's with Mia, but 117th??) 136:Antowain "Frigging" Smith. (I dont wanna talk about it. I needed a backup RB) 145:Tommy Maddox (Another Steal in my opinion. Only need him for 1 game - Peyton's BYE) 164:Travis Minor (Can't believe no one, including myself, nabbed him before 164) 173:A. Becht (just backups folks) 192:Billy Cundiff (by this point, i was drunk and didnt care) 201:Pittsburghs Defense Ok, let's hear it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothrop Posted August 31, 2004 Share Posted August 31, 2004 I usually do not say this in critiquing other folks draft, but you are screwed! LOL! You should not have taken Payton that early. With the #5 you could have picked up ports, alexander, james, or SOMEBODY. Qb's are a dime a dozen (in fantasy value terms). So you sacrifced a huge value drafting slot for a low value position. Mif mistake. Is this your first fantasy draft? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thailog80 Posted August 31, 2004 Share Posted August 31, 2004 Where's Kordell? I know you took him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KRC Posted August 31, 2004 Share Posted August 31, 2004 I have to agree with slothrop on this one. A lot of it depends on the scoring system of your league, but to take a QB like Manning at 5, leaving quality backs for your opponents was not a good move. You should have picked up a back, then a QB. You will get more points per week that way. Now, you have Travis as your #1 back, instead of Thomlinson, Holmes, E. James or Portis. Again, this all depends on the scoring system your league is using, but I think you made a mistake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mary owen Posted August 31, 2004 Share Posted August 31, 2004 Ok guys, so my fantasy football draft was last night. It ended up being 14 teams. We play each week head to head, and you must start: 1QB, 2RBs, 2WRs, 1TE, 1K, 1Defense. I had the #5 overall pick. With our system, we go back and forth, so whoever had the #1 pick also had the 29th pick (and then the 30th and 43rd, and so on, etc). So, I had the #5 pick. Picks 1-4 were Thomlinson, Holmes, Ahman Green and McAllister. With my first overall, I had to, just had to vere away from the remaining RB's and go with Mr Manning (Peyton, that is). And here is the rest of my team. 5: Peyton Manning 24: Travis Henry (needed a back badly at this point) 33: L. Coles (my worst pick of the draft, just think I should have gone RB again) 52: Quentin Griffin 61: Plaxico Burris 80: M. Vanderjagt (early for a kicker, but he gets decent points every single week) 89: Bubba Franks (needed to go TE soon, and the big guns were gone) 108:Defense of the Dallas Cowboys 117:M. Booker (what I like to call the steal of the draft. Sure, he's with Mia, but 117th??) 136:Antowain "Frigging" Smith. (I dont wanna talk about it. I needed a backup RB) 145:Tommy Maddox (Another Steal in my opinion. Only need him for 1 game - Peyton's BYE) 164:Travis Minor (Can't believe no one, including myself, nabbed him before 164) 173:A. Becht (just backups folks) 192:Billy Cundiff (by this point, i was drunk and didnt care) 201:Pittsburghs Defense Ok, let's hear it 12774[/snapback] wanna join my league next year? I'd love to pick right after you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taterhill Posted August 31, 2004 Share Posted August 31, 2004 agreed, I love Manning, but IMO Portis and Hasselback or Bulger is much better than Manning and T henry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyT Posted August 31, 2004 Share Posted August 31, 2004 5: Peyton Manning I would have picked up Portis or Alexander, but I don't think you are as screwed as others are making you out to be. In my CBS league last year, Manning scored the most fantasy points. 24: Travis Henry (needed a back badly at this point) 33: L. Coles (my worst pick of the draft, just think I should have gone RB again) 52: Quentin Griffin Good pick IMO. I think he's going to have a great year. You better hope so since you are kinda thin at RB. 61: Plaxico Burris Good pick. I don't like the guy, but he produces. 80: M. Vanderjagt (early for a kicker, but he gets decent points every single week) 89: Bubba Franks (needed to go TE soon, and the big guns were gone) Used to be a fantasy stud (for TEs), but hasn't been solid of late. 108:Defense of the Dallas Cowboys Sorry, but I doubt that the rest of your draft will account for more than 5% of your overall points for the season. Maybe that's all you will need. 117:M. Booker (what I like to call the steal of the draft. Sure, he's with Mia, but 117th??) 136:Antowain "Frigging" Smith. (I dont wanna talk about it. I needed a backup RB) 145:Tommy Maddox (Another Steal in my opinion. Only need him for 1 game - Peyton's BYE) 164:Travis Minor (Can't believe no one, including myself, nabbed him before 164) 173:A. Becht (just backups folks) 192:Billy Cundiff (by this point, i was drunk and didnt care) 201:Pittsburghs Defense Ok, let's hear it Good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LabattBlue Posted August 31, 2004 Share Posted August 31, 2004 Steve, I don't know what the scoring system is or who else was available at the time you picked your players, but in a 14 team league drafting number 5, you have to take a RB. If you had drafted Alexander you could have paired him up with Henry and Quentin Griffin. Then you could have picked a 2nd tier QB in the 5th round or so(Pennington, Brady, etc...), I think you would have been in much better shape. Just my 2 cents coming from someone who also is in a 14 team league drafting this weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webster Guy Posted August 31, 2004 Share Posted August 31, 2004 I also am in a 14 team league. We do an auction. Take turns bringing up a player to bid on and chaos ensues. Any other auction players? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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