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Another day of picks is in the bag in the Fanex draft. I had to sit out the eighth round, as part of the trade to move up and select Jay Cutler at 7.11. I don’t get that pick back until 11.07, which may be going with a committee of lesser guys at tight end.
Lots of wide receivers selected in the eighth round, including three Seahawks in one four-pick blitz – Deion Branch, Bobby Engram and Nate Burleson. In this point-per-catch format, I think Engram will be the best of those guys.
I’ll be picking early on Thursday. There’s only one more pick left before I’m back on the clock. Unless somebody has a better suggestion, I’ll go with a quarterback in that slot – David Garrard or Philip Rivers. Those guys are good enough that (with Cutler already in the fold) I’d be done at that position. Tony Holm is coming up soon, and I know he’ll be taking a quarterback, and others will be looking for their second quarterbacks soon as well.
And Garrard and Rivers, at least in my opinion, are also the two highest-rated players left on the board.
Fanex Football Experts Draft
1.01 RB SD LaDainian Tomlinson (Nazarek)
1.02 RB MIN Adrian Peterson (Cannon)
1.03 RB IND Joseph Addai (Hickerson)
1.04 RB PHI Brian Westbrook (Georgopoulus)
1.05 RB STL Steven Jackson (Allan, trade)
1.06 RB SF Frank Gore (O'Leary)
1.07 RB BUF Marshawn Lynch (Dolfi)
1.08 RB BAL Willis McGahee (Butler, trade)
1.09 RB KC Larry Johnson (Cahill)
1.10 RB WAS Clinton Portis (Kellogg)
1.11 RB DAL Marion Barber (Pitzer)
1.12 RB GB Ryan Grant (Holm)
2.01 WR NE Randy Moss (Holm)
2.02 RB NO Reggie Bush (Pitzer)
2.03 RB MIA Ronnie Brown (Kellogg)
2.04 QB NE Tom Brady (Cahill)
2.05 RB TEN LenDale White (Butler, trade)
2.06 RB JAC Maurice Jones-Drew (Dolfi)
2.07 RB CLE Jamal Lewis (O'Leary)
2.08 QB IND Peyton Manning (Cannon, trade)
2.09 WR IND Reggie Wayne (Georgopoulus)
2.10 RB NE Laurence Maroney (Hickerson)
2.11 WR DAL Terrell Owens (Cannon, trade)
2.12 RB ARI Edgerrin James (Nazarek)
3.01 RB ATL Michael Turner (Nazarek)
3.02 WR HOU Andre Johnson (Allan, trade)
3.03 WR CLE Braylon Edwards (Hickerson)
3.04 WR NO Marques Colston (Georgopoulus)
3.05 TE SD Antonio Gates (Butler)
3.06 WR ARI Larry Fitzgerald (O'Leary)
3.07 WR CIN T.J. Houshmandzadeh (Dolfi)
3.08 WR CAR Steve Smith (Allan, trade)
3.09 WR ARI Anquan Boldin (Cahill)
3.10 QB DAL Tony Romo (Kellogg)
3.11 WR CIN Chad Johnson (Pitzer)
3.12 RB PIT Willie Parker (Holm)
4.01 RB OAK Darren McFadden (Holm)
4.02 WR STL Torry Holt (Pitzer)
4.03 WR DEN Brandon Marshall (Kellogg)
4.04 RB TB Earnest Graham (Cahill)
4.05 WR NE Wes Welker (Allan)
4.06 RB NYG Brandon Jacobs (Dolfi)
4.07 RB CIN Rudi Johnson (O'Leary)
4.08 RB NYJ Thomas Jones (Georgopoulus)
4.09 QB CIN Carson Palmer (Hickerson)
4.10 WR NYG Plaxico Burress (Cannon)
4.11 QB NO Drew Brees (Butler)
4.12 WR DET Roy Williams (Nazarek)
5.01 TE DAL Jason Witten (Nazarek)
5.02 RB CHI Matt Forte (Allan, trade)
5.03 WR IND Marvin Harrison (Hickerson)
5.04 WR PIT Hines Ward (Georgopoulus)
5.05 QB HOU Matt Schaub (Butler)
5.06 TE KC Tony Gonzalez (O'Leary)
5.07 TE CLE Kellen Winslow (Dolfi)
5.08 WR DET Calvin Johnson (Allan)
5.09 WR KC Dwayne Bowe (Cahill)
5.10 RB DEN Travis Henry (Kellogg)
5.11 QB CLE Derek Anderson (Dolfi, trade)
5.12 RB SEA Julius Jones (Holm)
6.01 WR PIT Santonio Holmes (Holm)
6.02 QB PIT Ben Roethlisberger (Pitzer)
6.03 WR BUF Lee Evans (Kellogg)
6.04 WR GB Greg Jennings (Cahill)
6.05 RB DET Kevin Smith (Allan)
6.06 QB SEA Matt Hasselbeck (Pitzer, trade)
6.07 WR ATL Roddy White (O'Leary)
6.08 TE WAS Chris Cooley (Butler)
6.09 RB CAR DeAngelo Williams (Georgopoulus)
6.10 WR IND Anthony Gonzalez (Hickerson)
6.11 WR SD Chris Chambers (Cannon)
6.12 QB PHI Donovan McNabb (Nazarek)
7.01 WR BAL Derrick Mason (Nazarek)
7.02 RB CAR Jonathan Stewart (Cannon)
7.03 RB JAC Fred Taylor (Hickerson)
7.04 QB NYG Eli Manning (Georgopoulus)
7.05 WR TB Joey Galloway (Butler)
7.06 QB STL Marc Bulger (O'Leary)
7.07 WR PHI Kevin Curtis (Pitzer, trade)
7.08 TE IND Dallas Clark (Cannon, trade)
7.09 RB PIT Rashard Mendenhall (Cahill)
7.10 WR GB Donald Driver (Kellogg)
7.11 QB DEN Jay Cutler (Allan, trade)
7.12 WR NYJ Jerricho Cotchery (Holm)
8.01 WR MIN Bernard Berrian (Holm)
8.02 WR WAS Santana Moss (Dolfi, trade)
8.03 RB DAL Felix Jones (Kellogg)
8.04 RB NO Deuce McAllister (Cahill)
8.05 RB HOU Ahman Green (Pitzer, trade)
8.06 WR NYJ Laveranues Coles (Dolfi)
8.07 WR OAK Javon Walker (O'Leary)
8.08 WR PIT Limas Sweed (Butler)
8.09 WR SEA Deion Branch (Georgopoulus)
8.10 WR PHI Reggie Brown (Hickerson)
8.11 WR SEA Bobby Engram (Cannon)
8.12 WR SEA Nate Burleson (Nazarek)
9.01 RB MIN Chester Taylor (Nazarek)
9.02 RB CHI Cedric Benson (Cannon)
9.03 TE NYG Jeremy Shockey (Hickerson)
9.04 TE TEN Alge Crumpler (Georgopoulus)
9.05 WR PHI DeSean Jackson (Butler)
9.06 RB DET Tatum Bell (O'Leary)
9.07 (pick will be made by Dolfi)
9.08 QB D.Garrard or P.Rivers (Allan)
The scoring system for this league is 6 points for TDs, 4 for TD passes, 1 point per reception, 1 point for every 20 passing yards and 1 point for every 10 run/rec yards. Teams start 3 WR, 2 RB, QB, TE, PK, DEF and one flex (WR-RB-TE) player. 18-man rosters. No waiver moves. No lineups (it's a best-ball format). High score after 17 NFL weeks wins.
To read the writeups on the picks in the 2008 draft (where each expert explains his picks) click here.
The most up-to-date info on the Fanex League can be accessed at www.myfantasyleague.com.
-Ian Allan
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Posted by WILLIAM ROGERS | May. 23 at 02:20 AM
I love the Fanex expert league draft. It is one of the first expert drafts every off season. The second half of the draft is always a little interesting as owners take a few chances. I'm surprised Joey Porter is still undrafted. I think someone will draft the Jerome Simpson from Cincinnati because he could either be Chris Henry's replacement or even take 85's spot if that lowlife agent Rosenhaus gets 85 to sit out the season.
Posted by IAN ALLAN | May. 23 at 03:04 AM
Jerry Porter. Pretty sure Joey Porter won't be drafted. But I'm hardly the guy to be pointing figures after accidentally typing yesterday that Steve Smith was averaging 114.9 yards per catch.
Posted by WILLIAM ROGERS | May. 23 at 03:16 AM
I would have thought Jerry Porter would be a better pick than the rookies that have been taken in round 8. I thought I would post so you know you have an interested audience for FANEX and other expert league drafts. I love your large expert section in your annual magazine, too.