FanEx Analysis
Draft
Round 15
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Final
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15.01 |
Chris
Dolfi | Tom Walls DT Eagles QB: Rodgers Hill Pennington RB: Peterson RBrown JJones Hightower Graham WR: White Evans Avery Ginn Gage TE: Fasano PK: DT:: Eagles |
We
always like getting a very good defense in this draft. Given the
rules of the league, we usually go with only one defense, and
are willing to take a zero in the bye week, to perhaps take
another late round flyer, or grab a 3rd QB or TE. For us it came
down to the Eagles and Giants. We feel they will do very well
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15.02
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TC
Cannon DT Giants QB: Brees Russell RB: Turner Moreno FTaylor Charles WR: Fitzgerald SMoss Cotchery Moore Nicks TE: Winslow Shockey PK: DT: Giants |
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I
wanted DT Cowboys, as a local rooting interest. However, Davis
beat me to the punch several slots earlier... |
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15.03 |
Matt
Pitzer TE Vernon Davis QB: Rivers Palmer RB: Jones-Drew Grant Lewis Norwood Morris WR: Wayne RWilliams SMoss Curtis Heyward-Bay TE: Olsen Davis PK: DT: |
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I'm happy to grab Davis as my
backup tight end. I have a feeling he might wind up as the
49ers' best receiver while they break in rookie WR Michael
Crabtree. Davis and coach Mike Singletary appear over their
issues from last year, and that might be enough for Davis to
finally harness some of his talent.
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15.04 |
Greg
Kellogg RB Michael Bush QB: Brady DelHomme RB: Tomlinson Wells DBrown Fargas Bush WR: Owens VJackson Mason SSmith Burleson Britt TE: Clark PK: DT:: |
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actually had wanted to get the Taylor/Maroney set but one of
them went too early for me so I opted for both Darren McFadden's teammates instead. Fargas started most of last year and Bush showed in week 17 that if he is given the rock he has some pretty special skills. Who knows, one of them might even be traded - but even if they stick with Oakland all year, they should give me a couple starts between the two of them. =================================================================================== |
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15.05
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TC
Cannon
(via Davis trade) RB Brandon Jackson QB: Brees Russell RB: Turner Moreno FTaylor Charles BJackson WR: Fitzgerald SMoss Cotchery Moore Nicks TE: Winslow Shockey PK: DT: Giants |
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It
is very common for me to draft an expensive kicker *before* the
current slot. Vinatieri, Vanderjagt, Lohmiller, Elam and
others were past high quality targets. The result of
these selections were similar. I got the pre- |
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15.06 |
Duane
Cahill PK Stephen Gostkowski QB: Manning Flacco RB: SJackson Jacobs LJohnson Mendenhall WR: Royal Ward Crabtree Burress Henry Engram TE: Gonzalez Keller PK: Gostkowski DT: |
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The rest of my draft calls for
picking up a couple of kickers, a couple of defenses and a
couple of guys who
I'm certain will be around a few rounds from now. While kickers and defenses are both often referred to as crapshoots, I like to take my kickers before the defenses because defenses never get injured or cut. Pick a couple of middle-of-the-pack Ds and you may strike gold like I did last year with the Jets and Titans.
With Tom Brady returning,
expectations are that the Patriots will be one of the
highest-powered offenses in the NFL once again, so it makes
sense that I would want Gostkowski on my roster.
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15.07 |
Tony
Holm TE Kevin Boss QB: McNabb Orton Campbell RB: CJohnson KSmith Thomas McGahee Sproles WR: CJohnson Bryant Berrian Hixon Maclin TE: Witten Boss PK: DT: |
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Someone has to catch the ball for
the Giants. Boss was a playoff monster and one of Eli
Manning's favorite targets in the end zone. Drafting
Jason Witten, the #1 TE on my list I just wanted to make sure
I had a serviceable backup that is involved in the offense and
Kevin Boss is exactly that. He's likely a 3 or 4
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15.08 |
Brian
Hulett TE Todd Heap QB: Ryan Bulger RB: Gore McFadden Stewart McClain Faulk WR: Jennings Marshall Henderson Coles Camarillo Jenkins TE: Cooley Heap PK: DT: |
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You know the old cliché.
"How the mighty have fallen." It was just two
or three years ago that Todd "Jalopy" Heap was
third-round material in TE-required leagues. Now I'm
able to nab him as a backup in the 15th round! What
gives?
Last year Mr. Heap was a major
disappointment to anyone who had pinned their hopes on him,
but thanks to
a couple of good outings in the second half of the season he was #23 in FanEx scoring at his position, making him an iffy backup. He's battled some nagging injuries too, which is a big part of the problem; he missed most of '07, but in points-per-week he was the #14 TE even then. This pick is therefore a cheap gamble that the old guy has one decent season left in him, but even if not, he'll likely help my team a couple of times this year, and I can't ask for much more from a backup at this point in the draft. =================================================================================== |
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15.09 |
John
Georgopoulos PK David Akers QB: Cutler EManning RB: D Williams Portis Lynch R Williams WR: DJackson Breaston Walter Hester Bruce Randle El TE: Gates PK: Akers DT: Steelers |
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Ordinarily, you wouldn't see me drafting a kicker before the
20th round, but this draft is all topsy-turvy. Wanted Gostkowski
in this slot, but somebody woke up Cahill after clock expired --
he sneezed loudly, which TC interpreted as "Gostkowski".
Ah, such is fate... Looking to just add point producers of any
type, thus the veteran Akers. He shakes out as our #2-rated kicker in this system, so I’ll break some more rules to select him here. =================================================================================== |
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15.10 |
Chris
Rito | Mike Nazarek QB Kerry Collins QB: Warner Hasselbeck Collins RB: Westbrook Addai Parker C Taylor WR: AJohnson Colston Boldin Chambers TE: Daniels Miller PK: DT: Ravens Vikings |
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This is a pure CYA selection. In the FAD, where you can not make
roster changes, we have always found it absolutely critical to
get 3 NFL starting QBs. There may be some young stud yet
undrafted that might put up decent numbers for half a season, or
some guy that will be better per start but that has a tenuous
hold on his starting job. But the reality is that there are only
about 24 guys that are guaranteed to start for 16 games unless injured - and with byes and injuries, you absolutely have to ensure that you get some kind of points at QB. For this reason, handcuffing a stud like Warner is really not helpful, since you are guaranteed to have a zero with one of your precious roster spots in a best ball format. Collins will mostly put up pedestrian numbers in this run-oriented offense, but he will put up numbers...something that all the other remaining QBs cannot say at this point in the season. Besides, its kind of amusing to be the only fantasy owners anywhere in the world that can draft 3 QBs this year and honestly say that Matt Hasselbeck is the YOUNGEST of the three! =================================================================================== |
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15.11 |
Ian
Allan QB Byron Leftwich QB: Roethlisberger Garrard Leftwich RB: Bush White Benson Rice Washington Bradshaw WR: SSmith Welker Gonzalez Ochocinco Muhammad TE: Celek Miller PK: DT:: |
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I’ve
got five spots left, and I’ll almost certainly use four of
them on defenses and kickers. In this format, you must use two spots on defenses, I think, and it’s risky going with just one kicker. It definitely costs you a zero one week, and there’s always an outside chance the guy will get hurt or totally suck. I might have tried it with Gostkowski, but he’s gone. So with my last remaining “wild card” spot, I’m targeting the weakest area of my team. I was the last one to select a quarterback, and I’ve got just the two serviceable guys there — Roethlisberger and Garrard. One option I considered was waiting until my last pick and selecting Cleo Lemon — ensuring I’d always at least have Jacksonville’s quarterback. But I will instead go for a little more upside with Byron Leftwich. I actually think he might be surprisingly good for the Bucs. Maybe a top-15 quarterback if everything falls into place. He might be my highest-producing quarterback some weeks this season. =================================================================================== |
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15.12 |
Mike
Harmon RB Glen Coffee (rookie) QB: Romo Edwards Favre RB: Slaton Ward TJones Greene McCoy Coffee WR: Moss Housh Driver Holt Crayton TE: Shiancoe PK: DT: |
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Mike Singletary wants to establish a run-first offense, and that
means a heavy workload for Frank Gore and a timeshare for
Coffee. Coffee has tremendous power (5.9 yards per NCAA carry in
2008) and could find himself working into short-yardage situations. =================================================================================== |
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