Every good draft analysis starts with a clever team name. Listed above are names specific to my teams this year, while listed below are just really good ones.
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I wanted to follow up my previous post on my draft day plan with documenting the outcomes and thoughts of my draft results.
House of Prayer Draft Grades -
Overall: A-
Individual Draft Picks: B+
Team: B+/A- (depending on trades and Benson)
Individual Draft Picks: B+
Flaws -
- Forgot RB roster cap
- No real damage to team
- Forgot IR spots
- Some damage – Mendenhall, Matthews
- Poor research on Pittsburgh backfield
- Thought Jonathon Dwyer was out indefinitely with foot injury from last year
- Green-Ellis was still on the board
- Forgot Nate Washington
- Would have taken Jared Cook anyways
- Not really a flaw but didn't have the opportunity to grab any draft steals
Strenths -
- Good value at most every pick (exception being Rounds 1 and 2 where it is difficult to get good value, can really only lose value)
- Plan executed to perfection, planned on going QB-TE (graham)-RB (DMC, Murray)-WR-WR-RB-WR(switched these two due to being able to wait on RBs)-then value
- I got every later round player I wanted given the roster spot limitations
- Feel as if Jennings and Nelson fell to me
- Only one regret, would draft everything else the same today
- I don’t like Redman, I didn’t realize Dwyer was so close to being back, would have taken Law Firm (Green-Ellis)
Team: B+/A- (insert picture of GB Packers logo)
Flaws -
- 4 GB packers: Rodgers, Jennings, Nelson, Benson
- RB2 may be a little shaky, this was expected though
- Good balance of risky and reliable players
- Very strong at WR
- Toughest Pick: Round 5 – Jordy Nelson
- Favorite Pick: Round 11 – Cedric Benson
- This could really give my team a huge boost if Benson is starter
- Starks with turf toe
- Biggest Upside: Round 14 – Jared Cook
- If Cook, in a contract year, with a rookie QB, can explode to become the 3rd best TE behind Graham and Gronk, I will be able to trade Graham for a great player
- Biggest Regret: Round 6 – Isaac Redman
- Should have taken Law Firm :/
Draft
Steals –
- Ryan Matthews, Michael Vick, Roddy White
- Forte, Eli Manning, Donald Brown, DMC, Jennings, Benson, Mendenhall (IR spot), Chris Johnson, Law Firm, Steven Jackson
Hawkeye Draft Grades –
Overall: A
Individual
Draft Picks: A-
Team: A-
Individual
Draft Picks: A-
Flaws -
- Got stuck with 8th draft position, my one fear heading into the draft...
- Missed Kevin Smith, should have taken him instead of Nate Washington
- Had a real freak out moment in Round 10. Couldn't decide between Hillis or Willis.
- Made the right choice, but didn’t know until after I took Hillis :/
- Plan went to perfection. I think I took every player/position in my plan.
- Ended up with some good value picks in a very tough draft with Bush, Harvin, and Rashad Jennings
Team: A-
- Bench seems a little weak
- Although I assume with 10 starting roster spots and only 7 bench spots it’s going to seem weak
- A little weak on RBs
- I basically need MJD to quit and then I should be good
- Although not really a flaw due to my terrible draft position (8), I am carrying more risk than I would prefer (Stafford, Chris Johnson, Reggie Bush)
- I typically like my risky picks to come later in the draft, not 3 in the first 60 overall picks…
- Extremely happy with my starting lineup
- If my weakest link is Peyton Hillis, who may go for 1000+ all purpose yards and double digit TDs, I should be set.
Miscellaneous –
- Toughest Pick: Round 10 – Peyton Hillis
- Favorite Pick: Round 6 – Percy Harvin
- The man had 1300 all purpose yards last year with 87 receptions
- He had 100 combined targets + rushing attempts the last 9 games of the season, the most of any player.
- Currently the Jags #1 RB
- Not that I don’t like Nate Washington, just wish I would have grabbed Kevin Smith instead
Immediate afterthoughts -
- Ended up with my most feared draft position: 8 :/
- My season basically rests on how well Stafford and Chris Johnson perform
- Didn’t feel as if I had to reach very much even on the end of the draft, missed out on a couple players but overall felt pretty good
- RBs are definitely weak, was hoping to pick up Donald Brown or Jonathon Stewart but missed both
- Really happy where I got Rashad Jennings, I think he may be starting
- As expected, no real draft steals due to high caliber of players
In depth analysis thoughts –
- As expected, very few chances to gain value, can really only lose value
- Extremely happy I went Hillis over Willis
- Decker as WR thus try to avoid having QB/WR and RB on same team
- I am still really high on Hillis, goal line back that catches balls and will split carries pretty evenly with Charles
- Reaches
- Romo (16)
- Gates (28)
- Cutler (45)
- Value picks
- Jennings (35)
- Lots of people down on him this year…
- Harvin (41)
- Last of the WRs I was really happy with
- Bush (56)
- McGahee (79)
- Stewart (98)
- Rashad Jennings (105)
- Anyone else think MJD won’t start the first 4 games?
- Kevin Smith (114)
- Starting RB that will catch a lot of balls, not sure how he made it here
Click here for my team.
Draft Grades –
Overall: A
Individual Draft Picks: A-
Team: A-
Quick plan overview: I traded Arian Foster for Calvin Johnson and thus ended up keeping Calvin and Forte. Plan was to grab injured players (Ryan Matthews, Jason Witten) if available as I am not worried about making the playoffs.
Hindsight: Underestimated level of competition. I thought I could wait to pickup some WRs I was targeting (Darius Heyward-Bey, Reggie Wayne, Lance Moore) and load up on some RBs, but ended up getting squeezed on WRs :/.
My goal of the 2012 fantasy football is to win > 60% of my matchups and finish in the top half of each league. This will result in a record of 23-16 among my leagues with a projected ending regular season record of 8-5, 8-5, and 7-6.
I hope you have enjoyed reading my post-draft analysis of fantasy football. I plan to provide an update in ~4 weeks with my current record and any significant roster moves.
Next week’s topic: Basic level of care
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