All of my fantasy drafts are complete. I was able to execute my strategy pretty well, but I felt like I left some value out there. In my first draft which took place two weekends ago, I took Steven Jackson with the 7th overall pick followed with Romo at 18 and Boldin at 31. Calvin Johnson went at 30. I wanted him extremely bad, but this was too early given what I expected everyone else to do.
I think my roster is reasonable, but I need a few things to work out for me to be a really, really good team.
1. I need Chris Johnson to emerge.
2. I need Marvin Harrison to have a reasonable year.
3. I need an injury prone Chris Perry to stay healthy.
Otherwise, I feel like I'm deep enough to navigate injuries and make a serious run at a championship.
| Starters | |
| QB | Tony Romo |
| RB | Steven Jackson |
| RB | Reggie Bush |
| WR | Anquan Boldin |
| WR | Marvin Harrison |
| WR | Roddy White |
| TE | Vernon Davis |
| K | Adam V. |
| DEF | Tampa Bay Bucs |
| Bench | |
| QB | David Garrard |
| RB | Chris Johnson |
| RB | Chris Perry |
| WR | Patrick Crayton |
| WR | Desean Jackson |
| WR | Kevin Walter |
| TE | Dustin Heller |
| IR | |
| WR | Deion Branch |
In my other cash league, I don't think I did as well. There's a couple of good reasons for that.
1. It has 14 teams with 16 man rosters. We were scraping the bottom of the barrel by round 15.
2. It was live on Yahoo! That meant 5 people used the autopicker, and no one of substantial value could fall or else the autopicker would take them.
In this draft, I doubled up and took Steven Jackson with the 6th overall pick, and I followed that up with "Ben" at 23. That's too early for "Ben" you say? Perhaps, but Drew Brees went two picks earlier and I had him very close to Brees. I didn't want to just get by at quarterback.
I went on to select Colston at 30, and as a bonus, I was able to get Megatron (Calvin Johnson) at 51. It was Christmas in August!
Here's the complete roster. I feel like I'm razor thin, but everybody in this league is since there are 14 deep roster teams. I've got the highest projected point total in Yahoo! for week 1, but I'm still not very comfortable with this team.
Also, Defense is worth next to nothing in this Yahoo! league.
| Starters | |
| QB | "Ben" |
| RB | Steven Jackson |
| RB | Selvin Young |
| WR | Marques Colston |
| WR | Calvin Johnson |
| WR/RB | Nate Burleson |
| TE | Todd Heap |
| K | Jason Hanson |
| DEF | Philadelphia Eagles |
| Bench | |
| QB | Aaron Rodgers |
| RB | Chris Johnson |
| RB | Ray Rice |
| RB | Tim Hightower |
| WR | Reggie Williams |
| WR | Drew Bennett |
| WR | Devin Hester |
