Pecos Rattlers

I agree it seems unlikely, but it could happen. LT could have a serious injury with the huge workload he's been carrying & Holt's knee could be slow to recover, putting him in "game time decision" mode all season. Lynch could underwhelm & end up splitting carries 70%/30% or even 50%/50% on a subpar Buffalo offense. Owens could have a personality blow up and get sent home just in time for his team to miss the last playoff slot Even if none of that happens, he is definitely not guaranteed to win the regular season, much less the playoffs. If it makes you feel any better ... last year in a 10 team I drafted first: 1.01 LJ 2.10 Terrell Owens 3.01 Torry Holt 4.10 Corey Dillon 5.01 Warrick Dunn 6.10 Nate Burleson 7.01 Terry Glenn 8.10 Daunte Culpepper 9.01 Benjamin Watson ... LJ wasn't LT, but if you can get the #2/#3 player with the #1 pick that's not bad. I was overjoyed to see Owens and Holt fall to 2.10 and 3.01, but I was left with questionable 2nd rb pickings and Dillon and Dunn were just mediocre. Burleson was a huge mistake on my part, but our league didn't let anyone of Holt's quality fall ... so not much of a (predictable) upgrade would have been available. Daunte tanked and Ben Watson had a slow start, so I needed waiver wire acquisitions of Jon Kitna and Marques Colston (yes I abused him at TE ) to get me going again. I finished 3rd place in the regular season and lost in the playoff semifinals. Your #1 team pick has even less depth at RB than I did, so if Lynch doesn't pan out, he's not a lock for the playoffs at all despite the stellar wr core. He does have better QB options with both Young and Hasselbeck, though I would have taken another RB instead of Hasselbeck. Someone should have taken Holt before the 5th though ... risk included, he still seems worth at worst a late 3rd or early 4rth round pick. Also remember that while LT is definitely the consenus pre-season #1 pick, but it's highly unlikely he'll aproach his #'s from last year. It's much more realistic to project him slightly above what Steven Jackson and Larry Johnson did last year.

Just finished a Mock Draft (redraft, performance scoring, 10 teams, starters are 1QB 2RB 3WR 1TE 1K 1DEF) where I picked 10th (Pecos Rattlers). I'm a believer in drafting best available value & not grabbing rb just because they are rb ... but I'm not entirely happy with the results. Did I wreck my team by taking Manning and Gates or am I just not used to seeing the value at QB and TE instead of RB/WR? Was I unlucky with the run on wr before I picked my top two at 5.10/6.01 or would you expect that in a real draft? I would feel tons better if I had javon walker (5.07) and colston (5.09) instead of coles and darrel jackson. In hindsight I might replace coles with hines ward (6.03) ... I was bit on tilt when the 5 wr I had preranked were all taken right before my pick I was also suprised to see no one take a QB after manning until 4.03 (Carson Palmer) & the second tight end didn't go off the board until 8.05: Vernon Davis of all people. I am not particularily happy with Caddy as my 2nd rb: I had wanted either Edge or TJones, but hadn't completely expected them to drop to me at 3.10 either. Overall it seemed like the draft was a huge series of runs ... people took a ton of RB up front, even 3 straight & then took a ton of wr without any other positions making up a substantial # of players until rounds 6+. This pretty much why I didn't get the value I expected out of WR at 5.10 and 6.01, but I'm not sure if it'll hold true in a real draft or not. Positional breakdown by round: 1: 10RB 2: 1QB 4WR 5RB 3: 3WR 7RB 4: 1TE 2QB 5WR 2RB 5: 3QB 7WR 6: 1QB 3WR 6RB 7: 1QB 1DT 6WR 2RB 8: 2TE 1QB 1DT 4 WR 2RB 9: 5TE 2WR 3RB ... Draft R 1 P 1 Alpha Omegas SD RB Tomlinson, LaDainian R 1 P 2 pick # 2 STL RB Jackson, Steven R 1 P 3 willy's wildcards KC RB Johnson, Larry R 1 P 4 Rabbits SEA RB Alexander, Shaun R 1 P 5 ocho cincos SF RB Gore, Frank R 1 P 6 Sanducci PHI RB Westbrook, Brian R 1 P 7 magnum IND RB Addai, Joseph R 1 P 8 MissionCoach PIT RB Parker, Willie R 1 P 9 FV Fantasy Fiends NE RB Maroney, Laurence R 1 P10 Pecos Rattlers CIN RB Johnson, Rudi ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ R 2 P 1 Pecos Rattlers IND QB Manning, Peyton R 2 P 2 FV Fantasy Fiends NO RB Bush, Reggie R 2 P 3 MissionCoach DEN RB Henry, Travis R 2 P 4 magnum CAR WR Smith, Steve R 2 P 5 Sanducci CIN WR Johnson, Chad R 2 P 6 ocho cincos BAL RB McGahee, Willis R 2 P 7 Rabbits MIA RB Brown, Ronnie R 2 P 8 willy's wildcards IND WR Harrison, Marvin R 2 P 9 pick # 2 JAX RB Jones-Drew, Maurice R 2 P10 Alpha Omegas DAL WR Owens, Terrell ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ R 3 P 1 Alpha Omegas STL WR Holt, Torry R 3 P 2 pick # 2 IND WR Wayne, Reggie R 3 P 3 willy's wildcards WAS RB Portis, Clinton R 3 P 4 Rabbits NO RB McAllister, Deuce R 3 P 5 ocho cincos HOU RB Green, Ahman R 3 P 6 Sanducci CHI RB Benson, Cedric R 3 P 7 magnum ARI RB James, Edgerrin R 3 P 8 MissionCoach NYJ RB Jones, Thomas R 3 P 9 FV Fantasy Fiends ARI WR Fitzgerald, Larry R 3 P10 Pecos Rattlers TB RB Williams, Cadillac ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ R 4 P 1 Pecos Rattlers SD TE Gates, Antonio R 4 P 2 FV Fantasy Fiends BUF RB Lynch, Marshawn R 4 P 3 MissionCoach CIN QB Palmer, Carson R 4 P 4 magnum ARI WR Boldin, Anquan R 4 P 5 Sanducci DAL RB Barber, Marion R 4 P 6 ocho cincos NE WR Moss, Randy R 4 P 7 Rabbits CIN WR Houshmandzadeh, T.J. R 4 P 8 willy's wildcards NYG RB Jacobs, Brandon R 4 P 9 pick # 2 NO QB Brees, Drew R 4 P10 Alpha Omegas HOU WR Johnson, Andre ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ R 5 P 1 Alpha Omegas NE QB Brady, Tom R 5 P 2 pick # 2 DET WR Williams, Roy R 5 P 3 willy's wildcards STL QB Bulger, Marc R 5 P 4 Rabbits PHI QB McNabb, Donovan R 5 P 5 ocho cincos NYG WR Burress, Plaxico R 5 P 6 Sanducci GB WR Driver, Donald R 5 P 7 magnum DEN WR Walker, Javon R 5 P 8 MissionCoach BUF WR Evans, Lee R 5 P 9 FV Fantasy Fiends NO WR Colston, Marques R 5 P10 Pecos Rattlers NYJ WR Coles, Laveranues ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ R 6 P 1 Pecos Rattlers SF WR Jackson, Darrell R 6 P 2 FV Fantasy Fiends CLE RB Lewis, Jamal R 6 P 3 MissionCoach PIT WR Ward, Hines R 6 P 4 magnum CAR RB Williams, DeAngelo R 6 P 5 Sanducci ATL RB Norwood, Jerious R 6 P 6 ocho cincos DAL QB Romo, Tony R 6 P 7 Rabbits MIN RB Taylor, Chester R 6 P 8 willy's wildcards PHI WR Brown, Reggie R 6 P 9 pick # 2 DAL RB Jones, Julius R 6 P10 Alpha Omegas JAX RB Taylor, Fred ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ R 7 P 1 Alpha Omegas MIN RB Peterson, Adrian R 7 P 2 pick # 2 BAL DEF Baltimore Ravens R 7 P 3 willy's wildcards WAS RB Betts, Ladell R 7 P 4 Rabbits WAS WR Moss, Santana R 7 P 5 ocho cincos TB WR Galloway, Joey R 7 P 6 Sanducci DET WR Johnson, Calvin R 7 P 7 magnum SD QB Rivers, Philip R 7 P 8 MissionCoach CLE WR Edwards, Braylon R 7 P 9 FV Fantasy Fiends SEA WR Branch, Deion R 7 P10 Pecos Rattlers DAL WR Glenn, Terry ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ R 8 P 1 Pecos Rattlers TEN RB Brown, Chris R 8 P 2 FV Fantasy Fiends DET QB Kitna, Jon R 8 P 3 MissionCoach MIA WR Chambers, Chris R 8 P 4 magnum CHI DEF Chicago Bears R 8 P 5 Sanducci SF TE Davis, Vernon R 8 P 6 ocho cincos SD WR Jackson, Vincent R 8 P 7 Rabbits CHI WR Berrian, Bernard R 8 P 8 willy's wildcards BAL TE Heap, Todd R 8 P 9 pick # 2 ATL RB Dunn, Warrick R 8 P10 Alpha Omegas NE WR Stallworth, Donte ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ R 9 P 1 Alpha Omegas ATL TE Crumpler, Alge R 9 P 2 pick # 2 NYG TE Shockey, Jeremy R 9 P 3 willy's wildcards DET RB Jones, Kevin R 9 P 4 Rabbits KC TE Gonzalez, Tony R 9 P 5 ocho cincos WAS TE Cooley, Chris R 9 P 6 Sanducci NO WR Henderson, Devery R 9 P 7 magnum CLE TE Winslow, Kellen R 9 P 8 MissionCoach GB RB Morency, Vernand R 9 P 9 FV Fantasy Fiends BAL WR Clayton, Mark R 9 P10 Pecos Rattlers CAR RB Foster, DeShaun ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ R10 P 1 Pecos Rattlers CHI WR Muhammad, Muhsin R10 P 2 FV Fantasy Fiends SEA QB Hasselbeck, Matt R10 P 3 MissionCoach DAL TE Witten, Jason R10 P 4 magnum SD RB Turner, Michael R10 P 5 Sanducci NYG QB Manning, Eli R10 P 6 ocho cincos SD DEF San Diego Chargers R10 P 7 Rabbits NYJ WR Cotchery, Jerricho R10 P 8 willy's wildcards DET WR Furrey, Mike R10 P 9 pick # 2 KC WR Kennison, Eddie R10 P10 Alpha Omegas OAK RB Jordan, LaMont ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ R11 P 1 Alpha Omegas DET RB Bell, Tatum R11 P 2 pick # 2 ATL WR Horn, Joe R11 P 3 willy's wildcards NE TE Watson, Ben R11 P 4 Rabbits ATL QB Vick, Michael R11 P 5 ocho cincos TEN QB Young, Vince R11 P 6 Sanducci STL WR Bennett, Drew R11 P 7 magnum DEN QB Cutler, Jay R11 P 8 MissionCoach ARI QB Leinart, Matt R11 P 9 FV Fantasy Fiends PHI TE Smith, L.J. R11 P10 Pecos Rattlers PIT WR Holmes, Santonio ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ R12 P 1 Pecos Rattlers OAK RB Rhodes, Dominic R12 P 2 FV Fantasy Fiends GB WR Jennings, Greg R12 P 3 MissionCoach NE DEF New England Patriots R12 P 4 magnum IND WR Gonzalez, Anthony R12 P 5 Sanducci STL TE McMichael, Randy R12 P 6 ocho cincos GB RB Jackson, Brandon R12 P 7 Rabbits JAX WR Jones, Matt R12 P 8 willy's wildcards IND K Vinatieri, Adam R12 P 9 pick # 2 NYG RB Droughns, Reuben R12 P10 Alpha Omegas DAL DEF Dallas Cowboys ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ R13 P 1 Alpha Omegas GB QB Favre, Brett R13 P 2 pick # 2 PIT TE Miller, Heath R13 P 3 willy's wildcards NE WR Welker, Wes R13 P 4 Rabbits JAX DEF Jacksonville Jaguars R13 P 5 ocho cincos STL K Wilkins, Jeff R13 P 6 Sanducci PIT QB Roethlisberger, Ben R13 P 7 magnum DEN RB Bell, Mike R13 P 8 MissionCoach SEA WR Hackett, D.J. R13 P 9 FV Fantasy Fiends NYJ RB Washington, Leon R13 P10 Pecos Rattlers BAL WR Mason, Derrick ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ R14 P 1 Pecos Rattlers DEN DEF Denver Broncos R14 P 2 FV Fantasy Fiends OAK WR Porter, Jerry R14 P 3 MissionCoach TEN RB Henry, Chris R14 P 4 magnum SD K Kaeding, Nate R14 P 5 Sanducci CHI K Gould, Robbie R14 P 6 ocho cincos IND TE Clark, Dallas R14 P 7 Rabbits MIA DEF Miami Dolphins R14 P 8 willy's wildcards NYG WR Toomer, Amani R14 P 9 pick # 2 ARI K Rackers, Neil R14 P10 Alpha Omegas BAL K Stover, Matt ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ R15 P 1 Alpha Omegas JAX WR Williams, Reggie R15 P 2 pick # 2 CAR QB Delhomme, Jake R15 P 3 willy's wildcards HOU QB Schaub, Matt R15 P 4 Rabbits STL WR Bruce, Isaac R15 P 5 ocho cincos OAK WR Curry, Ronald R15 P 6 Sanducci PIT DEF Pittsburgh Steelers R15 P 7 magnum CAR DEF Carolina Panthers R15 P 8 MissionCoach CIN K Graham, Shayne R15 P 9 FV Fantasy Fiends MIA QB Green, Trent R15 P10 Pecos Rattlers NE K Gostkowski, Stephen ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ R16 P 1 Pecos Rattlers CHI QB Grossman, Rex R16 P 2 FV Fantasy Fiends SEA K Brown, Josh R16 P 3 MissionCoach DEN WR Marshall, Brandon R16 P 4 magnum TB WR Clayton, Michael R16 P 5 Sanducci TEN RB White, LenDale R16 P 6 ocho cincos TEN WR Jones, Brandon R16 P 7 Rabbits JAX K Scobee, Josh R16 P 8 willy's wildcards PHI WR Curtis, Kevin R16 P 9 pick # 2 CLE WR Jurevicius, Joe R16 P10 Alpha Omegas CHI TE Clark, Desmond Teams Alpha Omegas QB Tom Brady 10 NE R5 P1 QB Brett Favre 7 GB R13 P1 RB LaDainian Tomlinson 7 SD R1 P1 RB Fred Taylor 4 JAX R6 P10 RB Adrian Peterson 5 MIN R7 P1 RB LaMont Jordan 5 OAK R10 P10 RB Tatum Bell 6 DET R11 P1 WR Terrell Owens 8 DAL R2 P10 WR Torry Holt 9 STL R3 P1 WR Andre Johnson 10 HOU R4 P10 WR Donte Stallworth 10 NE R8 P10 WR Reggie Williams 4 JAX R15 P1 TE Alge Crumpler 8 ATL R9 P1 TE Desmond Clark 9 CHI R16 P10 K Matt Stover 8 BAL R14 P10 DEF Dallas Cowboys 8 DAL R12 P10 pick # 2 QB Drew Brees 4 NO R4 P9 QB Jake Delhomme 7 CAR R15 P2 RB Steven Jackson 9 STL R1 P2 RB Maurice Jones-Drew 4 JAX R2 P9 RB Julius Jones 8 DAL R6 P9 RB Warrick Dunn 8 ATL R8 P9 RB Reuben Droughns 9 NYG R12 P9 WR Reggie Wayne 6 IND R3 P2 WR Roy Williams 6 DET R5 P2 WR Eddie Kennison 8 KC R10 P9 WR Joe Horn 8 ATL R11 P2 WR Joe Jurevicius 7 CLE R16 P9 TE Jeremy Shockey 9 NYG R9 P2 TE Heath Miller 6 PIT R13 P2 K Neil Rackers 8 ARI R14 P9 DEF Baltimore Ravens 8 BAL R7 P2 willy's wildcards QB Marc Bulger 9 STL R5 P3 QB Matt Schaub 10 HOU R15 P3 RB Larry Johnson 8 KC R1 P3 RB Clinton Portis 4 WAS R3 P3 RB Brandon Jacobs 9 NYG R4 P8 RB Ladell Betts 4 WAS R7 P3 RB Kevin Jones 6 DET R9 P3 WR Marvin Harrison 6 IND R2 P8 WR Reggie Brown 5 PHI R6 P8 WR Mike Furrey 6 DET R10 P8 WR Wes Welker 10 NE R13 P3 WR Amani Toomer 9 NYG R14 P8 WR Kevin Curtis 5 PHI R16 P8 TE Todd Heap 8 BAL R8 P8 TE Ben Watson 10 NE R11 P3 K Adam Vinatieri 6 IND R12 P8 Rabbits QB Donovan McNabb 5 PHI R5 P4 QB Michael Vick 8 ATL R11 P4 RB Shaun Alexander 8 SEA R1 P4 RB Ronnie Brown 9 MIA R2 P7 RB Deuce McAllister 4 NO R3 P4 RB Chester Taylor 5 MIN R6 P7 WR T.J. Houshmandzadeh 5 CIN R4 P7 WR Santana Moss 4 WAS R7 P4 WR Bernard Berrian 9 CHI R8 P7 WR Jerricho Cotchery 10 NYJ R10 P7 WR Matt Jones 4 JAX R12 P7 WR Isaac Bruce 9 STL R15 P4 TE Tony Gonzalez 8 KC R9 P4 K Josh Scobee 4 JAX R16 P7 DEF Jacksonville Jaguars 4 JAX R13 P4 DEF Miami Dolphins 9 MIA R14 P7 ocho cincos QB Tony Romo 8 DAL R6 P6 QB Vince Young 4 TEN R11 P5 RB Frank Gore 6 SF R1 P5 RB Willis McGahee 8 BAL R2 P6 RB Ahman Green 10 HOU R3 P5 RB Brandon Jackson 7 GB R12 P6 WR Randy Moss 10 NE R4 P6 WR Plaxico Burress 9 NYG R5 P5 WR Joey Galloway 10 TB R7 P5 WR Vincent Jackson 7 SD R8 P6 WR Ronald Curry 5 OAK R15 P5 WR Brandon Jones 4 TEN R16 P6 TE Chris Cooley 4 WAS R9 P5 TE Dallas Clark 6 IND R14 P6 K Jeff Wilkins 9 STL R13 P5 DEF San Diego Chargers 7 SD R10 P6 Sanducci QB Eli Manning 9 NYG R10 P5 QB Ben Roethlisberger 6 PIT R13 P6 RB Brian Westbrook 5 PHI R1 P6 RB Cedric Benson 9 CHI R3 P6 RB Marion Barber 8 DAL R4 P5 RB Jerious Norwood 8 ATL R6 P5 RB LenDale White 4 TEN R16 P5 WR Chad Johnson 5 CIN R2 P5 WR Donald Driver 7 GB R5 P6 WR Calvin Johnson 6 DET R7 P6 WR Devery Henderson 4 NO R9 P6 WR Drew Bennett 9 STL R11 P6 TE Vernon Davis 6 SF R8 P5 TE Randy McMichael 9 STL R12 P5 K Robbie Gould 9 CHI R14 P5 DEF Pittsburgh Steelers 6 PIT R15 P6 magnum Player Bye Team Acquired QB Philip Rivers 7 SD R7 P7 QB Jay Cutler 6 DEN R11 P7 RB Joseph Addai 6 IND R1 P7 RB Edgerrin James 8 ARI R3 P7 RB DeAngelo Williams 7 CAR R6 P4 RB Michael Turner 7 SD R10 P4 RB Mike Bell 6 DEN R13 P7 WR Steve Smith 7 CAR R2 P4 WR Anquan Boldin 8 ARI R4 P4 WR Javon Walker 6 DEN R5 P7 WR Anthony Gonzalez 6 IND R12 P4 WR Michael Clayton 10 TB R16 P4 TE Kellen Winslow 7 CLE R9 P7 K Nate Kaeding 7 SD R14 P4 DEF Chicago Bears 9 CHI R8 P4 DEF Carolina Panthers 7 CAR R15 P7 MissionCoach QB Carson Palmer 5 CIN R4 P3 QB Matt Leinart 8 ARI R11 P8 RB Willie Parker 6 PIT R1 P8 RB Travis Henry 6 DEN R2 P3 RB Thomas Jones 10 NYJ R3 P8 RB Vernand Morency 7 GB R9 P8 RB Chris Henry 4 TEN R14 P3 WR Lee Evans 6 BUF R5 P8 WR Hines Ward 6 PIT R6 P3 WR Braylon Edwards 7 CLE R7 P8 WR Chris Chambers 9 MIA R8 P3 WR D.J. Hackett 8 SEA R13 P8 WR Brandon Marshall 6 DEN R16 P3 TE Jason Witten 8 DAL R10 P3 K Shayne Graham 5 CIN R15 P8 DEF New England Patriots 10 NE R12 P3 FV Fantasy Fiends QB Jon Kitna 6 DET R8 P2 QB Matt Hasselbeck 8 SEA R10 P2 QB Trent Green 9 MIA R15 P9 RB Laurence Maroney 10 NE R1 P9 RB Reggie Bush 4 NO R2 P2 RB Marshawn Lynch 6 BUF R4 P2 RB Jamal Lewis 7 CLE R6 P2 RB Leon Washington 10 NYJ R13 P9 WR Larry Fitzgerald 8 ARI R3 P9 WR Marques Colston 4 NO R5 P9 WR Deion Branch 8 SEA R7 P9 WR Mark Clayton 8 BAL R9 P9 WR Greg Jennings 7 GB R12 P2 WR Jerry Porter 5 OAK R14 P2 TE L.J. Smith 5 PHI R11 P9 K Josh Brown 8 SEA R16 P2 Pecos Rattlers QB Peyton Manning 6 IND R2 P1 QB Rex Grossman 9 CHI R16 P1 RB Rudi Johnson 5 CIN R1 P10 RB Cadillac Williams 10 TB R3 P10 RB Chris Brown 4 TEN R8 P1 RB DeShaun Foster 7 CAR R9 P10 RB Dominic Rhodes 5 OAK R12 P1 WR Laveranues Coles 10 NYJ R5 P10 WR Darrell Jackson 6 SF R6 P1 WR Terry Glenn 8 DAL R7 P10 WR Muhsin Muhammad 9 CHI R10 P1 WR Santonio Holmes 6 PIT R11 P10 WR Derrick Mason 8 BAL R13 P10 TE Antonio Gates 7 SD R4 P1 K Stephen Gostkowski 10 NE R15 P10 DEF Denver Broncos 6 DEN R14 P1

Yup. However, you forgot NFL Man of the Year & most likely to impregnate more hot women than Tom Brady.

There aren't very many mocks up on Ant Sports yet, though I see him at 18th rb, 3.09 in one 12 team configuration that actually has data (from only 4 mocks though). I think that's reasonable, if a bit higher than I'd like to take him. I've seen him all over the teens in rb listings posted here. Scott Engel of ESPN has him ranked as the 15th best rb: espn Brandon Funston's big board has him at 14 overall, 13th rb based on the results of 4 "expert" mock drafts he participated in, though he actually has MJD ranked higher than any of the mocks: yahoo

I wouldn't count on MJD for more than about 1000-1100 total yards and 8-10 tds ... however, there's huge upside if Taylor is hurt/tired/too old this year. I'd rather not take a gamble on him as early as most will draft him though.

I realize it's ppr. Fred Taylor is on the list at #23 At best, I believe Lamont Jordan will split carries with Rhodes and the offense will be putrid again and he has injury history ... so I didn't put him on the list. I like MJD, but I think they will go with Fragile Freddie as the starter for one more year. I also think MJD's touchdowns were an aberration last year. I believe Morency will remain the starter in GB ... that's not a huge value, but he should be in the top 36. It's possible that Brandon Jackson will be the starter, in which case your ranking of him seems reasonable too. We'll have a better idea in a few months.

Here's 36, but I prefer smaller tiering by value: Tier 1 1. LT 2 Tier 2 2. SJax 3. LJ 4. Westbrook 5. Gore 6. SA Tier 3 7. FWP 8. Rudi 9. Henry 10. Portis Tier 4 11. Bush 12. Addai 13. Thomas Jones 14. Deuce 15. Ronnie Brown 16. Maroney Tier 5 17. Edge 18. Willis 19. Julius Jones 20. Cadillac 21. Benson 22. Marshawn Lynch 23. Fred Taylor 24. Ahman Green Tier 6 25. Norwood 26. Deangelo Williams 27. Brandon Jacobs 28. Adrian Peterson 29. Jamal Lewis 30. Chester Taylor 31. Tatum Bell 32. MJD 33. Dunn 34. Betts 35. Barber III 36. V. Morency

What about Terrell Davis's 1998 Season where he rushed for 2008 yards and 21 TDs? Sure he got hurt and didn't keep the #'s up, but that one season was incredible. To top it off, no one else has both rushed for 2000 yards in one season and scored 20 tds in another season, much less in the same season. I think LT, Manning & Marino's seasons are better, but TD's should be on the list anyway.

Here's to Jerry listening to the scouts ... and not his ego. We could really use a solid player to shore up the D that faltered down the stretch last year. Yeah ... who am I kidding. My bet is Jerry takes the top available WR.

I suggest you request owner 2 let owner 1 back out because it's a bastard thing to do. If owner 2 refuses then you have to make the trade stand. The only exception I could see is if one of owner 2's players in the trade was injured and he immediately accepted the trade before owner 1 knew of the injury ... but given that owner 1 forgot about the trade completely, this doesn't seem the case. Out of curiousity, which players are involved?

This is not a stupid error, rather it is consistent with Yahoo's long term rules for position eligibility. You may think they never should have had him TE eligible in the first place, but that is where he was scouted and Yahoo allows drafts before the Preseason begins (where it became obvious he was going to get WR looks). With respect to letting the website dictate the league rules: the website dictates the default rules for your league. If you didn't tell everyone that there were exceptions to the website rules, then you are implying that they are the rules for your league. You are certainly welcome to not like them and do one of the following, in order of desirability: 1 Choose another website whose rules meet more closely with your desires 2 Tell all league members that you as commisioner will be enforcing a rule contrary to the website's default ruleset before the season, so that they make their draft and WW decisions based on the correct ruleset. 3 Rule M. Colston a WR only before the fantasy draft, based on his preseason play & communicate this to the entire league. Arbitrarily changing the rules during the season based on whining is the last thing a commisioner should be doing & will only lead to more whining & pleading for intervention.

Yahoo's retaining Colston's TE eligibility is consistent with their position eligibility rules. As commisioner you should inform the other players of these rules and leave it at that. Depending on their level of maturity, you might be able to reduce their whining if you explain that forcing the Colston owner to start him at WR only would be breaking the eligibility rules set up by Yahoo and adversely affects the savy owner who is relying on the rules being enforced consistently (probably dropped or traded other valuable tight end) just to cover for their ignorance.

Ouch. I hope Denver at least makes good use of the draft pick gift they received. Washington has been very generous in that department during the Synder era.

It sounds like your league has never had issues like this before, but do you have a trade policy of some kind? If you have a policy that states all trades are allowed unless there is collusion or dumping then you have to allow it. Otherwise, I would try to convince the SA owner to back out. If that fails, I suggest letting the league vote instead of cancelling it yourself.

They traded on immediate gain & based on an understanding to trade back later rather than the values of the players in question: this makes it an illegal trade and collusion in my mind. Given that it didn't help and you didn't have a rule against it for the last twelve years, you should probably not penalize them too harshly, if at all. Just change the rule so no one will be tempted to make another trade like that.

Grab McCardell quick. Sure he has a rook for QB, but he doesn't have much competition besides Gates.

It looks pretty bad at RB, but very high value elsewhere. It's worth sticking around to see if the aforementioned RB's step up or not.

I am considering trading Terry Glenn & Warrick Dunn or Corey Dillon (from my team) for Hines Ward and Duece McAllister in a 10 team league with no flex, start 2rb, 3wr. 0.3 points per reception. 10pts rush/rcv Am I crazy to give up RB depth for Hines Ward? I am pretty sure it's a net gain for him, since he desparately needs a solid RB 2 and Glenn is good enough to fill in at WR. The question is, do I get enough value from the trade to justify the loss of my primary backup RB? I have the following rb/wr: (starters) L. Johnson C. Dillon T. Holt T. Owens N. Burleson (bench) W Dunn (will start some weeks, depending on matchup) L. Maroney T. Glenn (may start when dallas has a great matchup) M. Bell E. Moulds B. Lloyd He has: (starters) R. Brown (mia rb) D. McAllister S. Smith H. Ward R. Brown (phi wr) (bench) V. Morency (He had D. Davis and someone beat him to Lundy.) D. Givens K. Johnson He also has a backup TE, K, DEF (autodraft cause he always forgets about the draft, but he is a decent player rest of the year.)

You have a lot of depth, so I would go for potential & T.J. more upside if Portis reinjures his shoulder than if Morency wins the job/Lundy is hurt. Hit me back? http://www.fftodayforums.com/forum/index.p...howtopic=229351

Take McAllister. Houston will probably give carries to both Lundy and Morency and possibly even a few to Ron Dayne and I suspect the 'Aints will have more success against Cleveland's D than Houston against Philly. Help me out: http://www.fftodayforums.com/forum/index.p...howtopic=229351

I think Moss will have good year, but Burleson has big potential if Jackson can't stay healthy. I don't see the upside unless you are doubtful of Burleson's adjustment to Seattle and certain Barber will win the job in Dallas to mitigate your loss of Rhodes. I would decline. How about some help: http://www.fftodayforums.com/forum/index.p...howtopic=229351