I play a lot of fantasy football, too much actually. For those of you who are neither an NFL fan nor a Fantasy Football fan stop reading now, there is nothing in this post for you. For those of you who have never played but watch some NFL Mathew Berry's Draft Day Manifesto is all you really need to get caught up. For fellow junkies here's another random dude on the internet with an opinion to consider and critique while you probably should be working.
For the record when I say I like someone it's relative to their general ranking, for reference here's a list from the good people at ESPN.
If I pick first overall I'm taking Adrian Peterson, I know most aren't but for me he's just such a freak athlete. I saw an NFL Network commercial last year with him running without a shirt on 220+ times (honest estimate), maybe I'm brain washed. I just think he's safer because he's bigger and plays in a better offense. Don't get me wrong it's like comparing delicious apples with delicious apples.
I like Ray Rice at three but I`m not angry at anyone who picks MJD.
At 4 I think you have to take Frank Gore but after that it should open right up, it`s really just personal preference and drafting styles, the only bad picks are when you pick a player who would definitely be there a few rounds later.
I`m not picking Stephen Jackson, Randy Moss or Reggie Wayne because other people are going to like these guys more than me. That being said I own all three in a keeper league where you can keep any five players and none are going back into the draft.
DeAngelo Williams gets good numbers every year but I don`t like when my first round running back splits carries as much as they do in Carolina.
Andre Johnson is the best and safest receiver by a large margin, he`s the only one I`d feel happy taking in the first round.
I never pick a QB early, I think there is great value late in drafts. I`m fine waiting on some kind of Favre, Cutler, Kolb, Henne, Mcnabb , Flacco, Romo combination platter of three.
If I`m reaching on some guys in the first round it would be Mendenhall then Shonn Green. The difference being Ladanian Tomlinson might be this year`s Willis MaGahee. Shonn Green like Ray Rice last year is obviously the better player but LT might vulture TDs the way MaGahee did last year, at least early on. Then again Willis Magahee might be this year`s Willis MaGahee.
I like Calvin Johnson. Mathew Stafford is a year older, Pettigrew is a year older, Jahvid Best and Burleson can`t hurt either, defenses might not be able to exclusively key in on Johnson.....plus he`s Megatron.
Jennings and Colston are the two best recievers on good pass happy offenses.
I`d be very happy with Crabtree as the second best receiver on my squad going into the season. A year ago he was a rookie who missed training camp and the first half the season due to contract negotiations. Just taking regular snaps would have been impressive but he was by far their best receiver.
Reggie Wayne might put up the same kind of numbers he has the last couple of years making him a lower end number one receiver; he certainly won`t be better. I`m not interested
I like Jamaal Charles, Ryan Mathews, Pierre Thomas and maybe even Matt Forte more than Ryan Grant. No team is going to win their fantasy league because Ryan Grant is their best player.
My sleeper pick is Clinton Portis, he`s the 32nd ranked running back. He was awful last year and deserves this ranking but throw in Shanahan and McNabb and I`ll waste a 6th round pick to see if he was slowed by injuries.
Another is Darren McFadden, he could easily be this year`s Cedric Benson. I`m probably going to do a whole sleepers post in the near future.
Miami goes to Revis Island twice this year to play the jets including week 14. That sucks for Brandon Marshall owners who make the playoffs.
That`s it for today but I`m going to do rambling FF thoughts again.
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