FANTASY FOOTBALL MID-SEASON REPORT

It is time for my 2nd Annual – What if I had drafted this team? We are eight weeks into the Fantasy Football season and instead of just spouting off the obvious surprises and busts, I like to mock up what a few actual drafts may have looked like. I will use a standard performance-based scoring system as my basis. The first draft will be for someone who may have had the 3rd pick in a 12-team snake draft. The second draft will be someone who had the 1st pick in a 12-team snake draft. I will indicate the pick # and ADP according to ESPN drafts. Finally, for those who participate in my own OMRFL league (a 12 team basic scoring league), I will compile a team using our $240 salary cap that could have been obtained if you had zero keepers (a la San Fransitzco).

3rd Pick Team
3) – Maurice Jones Drew, RB, Jacksonville Jaguars, ADP 4.1
22) – Shonn Greene, RB, New York Jets, ADP 22.8
27) – Steve Smith, WR, Carolina Panthers, AP 33.5
46) – Michael Crabtree, WR, San Francisco 49ers, ADP 51.8
51) – Brett Favre, QB, Minnesota Vikings, ADP 57.3
70) – Jerome Harrison, RB, Cleveland Browns, ADP 69.9
75) – Marion Barber, RB, Dallas Cowboys, ADP 77
94) – Robert Meachem, WR, New Orleans Saints, ADP 89.3
99) – Donovan McNabb, QB, Washington Redskins, ADP 102.2
118) – Owen Daniels, TE, Houston Texans, ADP 114.9
123) – Vikings Defense, Def, Minnesota Vikings, ADP 114.3
142) – Devin Aromashudu, WR, Chicago Bears, ADP 128.4
147) – Larry Johnson, RB, Washington Redskins, ADP, 151.4
166) – Garrett Hartley, K, New Orleans Saints, ADP, 140.9
171) – Brian Westbrook, RB, San Francisco 49ers, ADP, 148.8
190) – Golden Tate, WR, Seattle Seahawks, ADP 146.1

Obviously, this team is a wreck, but it is not far-fetched that someone drafted this monstrosity. I would have been ecstatic coming away with Jones-Drew and Greene in the first two rounds. After that, you reach up a little bit to get a couple WR and a QB coming off a lights-out campaign. Add some good depth in round 6-8 before securing a solid back-up QB for your old-man starter. You purposely wait on TE because you know Owen Daniels is slipping due to last year’s injury and then add the sack machine defense in Minnesota. Oops, hopefully the waiver wire worked out for this team.

1st Pick Team
1) - Chris Johnson, RB, Tennessee Titans, ADP 1.4 or Adrian Peterson, RB, Minnesota Vikings, ADP 2.3
24) – Calvin Johnson, WR, Detroit Lions, ADP 23.9
25) – Roddy White, WR, Atlanta Falcons, ADP 24.2
48) – Antonio Gates, TE, San Diego Chargers, ADP 44.5
49) – Arian Foster, RB, Houston Texans, ADP 49.3
72) – Hakeem Nicks, WR, New York Giants, ADP 76.2
73) – Terrell Owens, WR, Cincinnati Bengals, ADP 84.7
96) – LaDainian Tomlinson, RB, New York Jets, ADP 99.7
97) – Darren McFadden, RB, Oakland Raiders, ADP 107.9
120) – Ben Roethlisberger, QB, Pittsburgh Steelers, ADP 115.4
121) – Steelers D, Def, Pittsburgh Steelers, ADP 111.4
144) – Kyle Orton, QB, Denver Broncos, ADP 139.5
145) – Brandon Lloyd, WR, Denver Broncos, ADP 170
168) – Peyton Hillis, RB, Cleveland Browns, ADP 170+
169) – Mike Tolbert, RB, San Diego Chargers, ADP 170+
192) – Sebastian Janikowski, K, Oakland Raiders, ADP 170+

 Wouldn’t you like to have this team? I know there is some wishful thinking that someone would take both Hillis and Tolbert at the end of their draft, but regardless, this team still would be unstoppable through eight weeks.

OMRFL Auction Team
QB – Philip Rivers - $40
QB – Eli Manning - $4
QB – David Garrard - $1
RB – Arian Foster - $41
RB – Mike Tolbert - $2
RB – Darren McFadden - $5
RB – LaDainian Tomlinson - $10
RB – Matt Forte - $21
RB – Jahvid Best - $29
WR – Anquan Boldin - $42
WR – Antonio Gates - $22
WR – Hakeem Nicks - $14
WR – Kenny Britt - $1
WR – Jeremy Maclin - $6
WR – Austin Collie - $1
K – Rob Bironas - $1