Results from the draft...
Ok, so here's how the draft went down. I had the unfortunate distinction of picking last, however, I didn't know that it meant I would choose another player immediately in the next turn. So what happened? I accidently chose Jamal Lewis due to time out default. While Lewis is normally a solid pick, he did go nuts 2-3 years ago, I'm scared of how the prison time may affect him. After reading the Boston Sports Guy column on espn.com's page 2 section one week ago, I was really scared. Here's the gist: While Lewis has been doing time in prison during his whole offseason, that means that his conditioning sucked because he couldn't lift weights being there for such a short amount of time. On top of that, prison food sucks in general, being loaded with carbs and nothing else. Four months altogether and...well, I just hope he's recovered enough by now. Here's the info I got from:
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/blog/entry?date=20050829&name=simmons
Anyway, I did promise to write a running diary, but I was just way too tired to write it live, so I'll plug in my thoughts for each of my picks...
Since I was the last guy with the pick, these guys were taken ahead of me, lucky bastards!
Tomlinson (RB), P. Manning (QB), S. Alexander (RB)
Sigh...I was really hopeful of snagging Alexander, but these guys really know their stuff.
My picks: McGahee (RB) and Lewis (RB, due to timeout default...) Not bad picks actually. I'm looking forward to McGahee breaking out this season and Lewis being motivated to destroy all defenses this year. At QB, I went with Brees (hoping for an encore from last year and NOT too much Marty ball), Leftwich (should have a solid season this year), and *GASP* Drew Bledsoe!!! When I picked him, EVERYONE in the league drew a chorus of DREW!!! I was left in agony over that pick, until I realized 2 things. 1. He's my third stringer, 2. If Parcells can revive the career of 40 year old Vinny Testaverde, then Bledsoe should be an upgrade at the very least.
TE's: T. Gonzales (with Trent Green throwing to him, I like those chances) and Kleinsasser (Same with Culpepper throwing to him)
WR's: S. Smith (hoping he's completely recovered by now), J. Porter (with Moss getting double to triple teamed, Porter should be a machine this year), B. Stokley (one of Manning's receivers, need I say more?), and finally ol' reliable Rod Smith (I just hope Jake Plummer doesn't try to throw to him left handed)
Backup RB: M. Bennett (thanks to Onterrio Smith's whizzinator incident, Bennett should be ok)
Kickers: J. Brown (Seattle) and J. Kasay (Carolina). Mr. Clutch (Adam Vinitieri) and Dumbass (M. Vanderjagt) were already taken, as was the Polish Cannon (Janikowski). Since 2nd tier kickers are pretty much the same, I decided to take these guys based on 2 factors. 1. High powered offensive teams (like Seattle), and 2. Playoffs makeability (Like Carolina and possibly Seattle, if Holmgren doesn't screw up again)
Defense: Taking on a different approach, I decided to draft a defense ahead of some starting players. Why? Well, there really aren't too many rock solid defenses these days and if one doesn't draft a good enough defense, you'd have to pick and choose a new defense every damn week according to matchups, which would really suck! So I went ahead and picked Carolina's defense. Not only are they rock solid, they also play in the NFC, which means that they can avoid playing against the Colts (they score on everybody) and teams in the NFC in general have lost their offensive power.
So there you have it. Somehow I feel like I didn't get any aces in my hand of cards, but it does feel like I have a whole bunch of Jacks, some Queens, and a couple of Kings. Let's hope that Bledsoe doesn't calcify too much this season!
posted by bastard @ 5:44 PM
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