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I didn’t enter this draft intending to select three tight ends. But I also didn’t expect Greg Olsen to be available 188 players into the draft. He showed some real potential as a rookie and the Bears don’t have much at wide receiver, so I expect him to be that team’s leading receiver. So we’ll add him into the mix.

With Vernon Davis, Heath Miller and Greg Olsen all on my roster – and using a best-ball format - I may get something like 80 catches, 1,100 yards and 13 TDs out of this position. If two of them happen to have big games on the same Sunday, than maybe one of them will roll over into the float position.

I drafted three tight ends last year in this league, and it worked out fine – one of them (L.J. Smith) was hurt for most of the year, and I still had a good pair left to work with. Went on to win the league comfortably.

Here’s where the draft stands now, with 193 of 240 players selected.

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 QB JAC David Garrard (Allan)
9.08 RB HOU Chris Brown (Cahill)
9.09 WR DAL Patrick Crayton (Dolfi)
9.10 RB ATL Jerious Norwood (Kellogg)
9.11 WR BAL Mark Clayton (Pitzer)
9.12 QB TEN Vince Young (Holm)
10.01 QB GB Aaron Rodgers (Holm)
10.02 RB GB Brandon Jackson (Pitzer)
10.03 QB ARI Matt Leinart (Kellogg)
10.04 WR SF Isaac Bruce (Cahill)
10.05 TE HOU Owen Daniels (Pitzer, trade)
10.06 TE BAL Todd Heap (Dolfi)
10.07 QB CAR Jake Delhomme (O'Leary)
10.08 QB SD Philip Rivers (Butler)
10.10 RB TEN Chris Johnson (Hickerson)
10.11 RB DEN Selvin Young (Cannon)
10.12 QB DET Jon Kitna (Nazarek)
11.01 WR NE Jabar Gaffney (Nazarek)
11.02 WR BUF James Hardy (Cannon)
11.03 QB WAS Jason Campbell (Hickerson)
11.04 QB BUF Trent Edwards (Georgopoulus)
11.06 WR JAC Jerry Porter (O'Leary)
11.07 RB NYG Ahmad Bradshaw (Allan, trade)
11.08 TE SF Vernon Davis (Allan)
11.09 WR CLE Donte Stallworth (Cahill)
11.10 WR OAK Drew Carter (Kellogg)
11.11 TE NE Benjamin Watson (Pitzer)
11.12 RB OAK Justin Fargas (Holm)
12.01 QB MIN Tarvaris Jackson (Holm)
12.02 RB TB Warrick Dunn (Pitzer)
12.03 QB SF Alex Smith (Kellogg)
12.04 RB MIA Ricky Williams (Cahill)
12.05 WR SF Bryant Johnson (Allan)
12.06 WR CAR D.J. Hackett (Dolfi)
12.07 RB SF DeShaun Foster (O'Leary)
12.08 RB SEA T.J. Duckett (Butler)
12.09 WR DEN Darrell Jackson (Georgopoulus)
12.10 RB BAL Ray Rice (Hickerson)
12.11 DEF SD San Diego (Cannon)
12.12 TE PHI L.J. Smith (Nazarek)
13.01 DEF NE New England (Nazarek)
13.02 QB TB Jeff Garcia (Cannon)
13.03 WR MIN Sidney Rice (Hickerson)
13.04 RB TB Cadillac Williams (Georgopoulus)
13.05 QB OAK JaMarcus Russell (Cahill, trade)
13.06 DEF CHI Chicago (O'Leary)
13.07 RB OAK Michael Bush (Dolfi)
13.08 TE PIT Heath Miller (Allan)
13.09 RB PHI Correll Buckhalter (Butler, trade)
13.10 TE DEN Tony Scheffler (Kellogg)
13.12 DEF NYG NY Giants (Dolfi, trade)
13.12 WR SD Vincent Jackson (Holm)
14.01 TE GB Donald Lee (Holm)
14.02 WR OAK Ronald Curry (Pitzer)
14.03 TE STL Randy McMichael (Kellogg)
14.04 WR NO Devery Henderson (Butler, trade)
14.05 WR MIA Ernest Wilford (Allan)
14.06 RB BUF Fred Jackson (Dolfi)
14.07 DEF PIT Pittsburgh (O'Leary)
14.08 PK IND Adam Vinatieri (Butler)
14.09 RB NE Sammy Morris (Nazarek, trade)
14.10 DEF DAL Dallas (Hickerson)
14.11 PK DAL Nick Folk (Cannon)
14.12 WR STL Drew Bennett (Georgopoulus, trade)
15.01 DEF BAL Baltimore (Georgopoulus)
15.02 PK NE Stephen Gostkowski (Cannon)
15.03 DEF MIN Minnesota (Hickerson)
15.04 WR HOU Kevin Walter (Nazarek, trade)
15.05 PK CIN Shayne Graham (Butler)
15.06 PK GB Mason Crosby (O'Leary)
15.07 QB CLE Brady Quinn (Dolfi)
15.08 TE CHI Greg Olsen (Allan)
15.09 WR JAC Reggie Williams (Cahill)
15.10 WR NO Robert Meachem (Kellogg)
15.11 RB HOU Steve Slaton (Pitzer)
15.12 WR TEN Justin Gage (Holm)
16.01 TE OAK Zach Miller (Holm)


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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