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A rare post-selection trade; like Eli Manning with the Chargers. I decided to move Colin Kaepernick.

Back at 7.06, I was torn between Kaepernick and Tavon Austin. I want to have two viable quarterbacks, but I also like Austin a lot. You start three receivers in this league, plus there's a flex. So even though I think I have four top-15 wide receivers, I've got room for another one.

This is a best-ball league, so any time any one of those four guys catches 4 passes for 41 yards or has a bye week or gets hurt, there's the potential for somebody to step in.

I think Austin might be a top-20 receiver. He'll run for 100-200 yards, probably score on a kick return, and I think they'll plug him into that Danny Amendola role. He'll catch 70-80 passes. He's the guy they want to build their passing game around.

So I did the deal. Duane Cahill was sitting at 7.10 without a quarterback, and he's a guy who's not afraid to make a big deal. A few years back, we had the first and third picks, and I traded him 1.03.

This deal involved me giving up Kaepernick and moving back to 7.10. As compensation, I received pick 9.10 and gave Duane choice 14.07. It's nice to get back into the 9th round. I likely will select a tight end or backup quarterback with that choice.

I also have another fire to put up. Colts apparently will sign Ahmad Bradshaw, reducing the value of Vick Ballard. I've only got two running backs, so I'll need to do something there.

This ongoing draft can be followed at MyFantasyLeague.com.

The key rules: 12 teams. PPR scoring. Best-ball format, with no lineups submitted. Each team field 3 starting wide receivers each week, plus a flex that can be a RB, WR or TE.


FANEX ANALYSIS DRAFT
   Pick   Pos   Player

   1.01   RB   Adrian Peterson (Schauf)
   1.02   RB   Doug Martin (Kellogg)
   1.03   RB   Arian Foster (Harmon)
   1.04   WR   Calvin Johnson (Cannon)
   1.05   RB   Trent Richardson (Holm)
   1.06   RB   LeSean McCoy (Schauf)
   1.07   RB   Ray Rice (Rito)
   1.08   RB   Jamaal Charles (Nease)
   1.09   RB   Marshawn Lynch (Dolfi)
   1.10   RB   C.J. Spiller (Dolfi)
   1.11   RB   Alfred Morris (Day)
   1.12   RB   Matt Forte (Adams)
   2.01   RB   Chris Johnson (Adams)
   2.02   RB   Steven Jackson (Day)
   2.03   WR   A.J. Green (Cahill)
   2.04   TE   Jimmy Graham (Cahill)
   2.05   WR   Brandon Marshall (Nease)
   2.06   WR   Dez Bryant (Rito)
   2.07   WR   Larry Fitzgerald (Allan)
   2.08   WR   Julio Jones (Holm)
   2.09   QB   Aaron Rodgers (Cannon)
   2.10   WR   Demaryius Thomas (Harmon)
   2.11   WR   Roddy White (Kellogg)
   2.12   RB   Maurice Jones-Drew (Cannon)
   3.01   QB   Drew Brees (Nease)
   3.02   WR   Randall Cobb (Allan)
   3.03   WR   Victor Cruz (Harmon)
   3.04   RB   Frank Gore (Kellogg)
   3.05   RB   Darren McFadden (Holm)
   3.06   WR   Danny Amendola (Allan)
   3.07   WR   Andre Johnson (Rito)
   3.08   RB   Darren Sproles (Allan)
   3.09   QB   Peyton Manning (Dolfi)
   3.10   WR   Percy Harvin (Cahill)
   3.11   RB   Reggie Bush (Day)
   3.12   RB   David Wilson (Adams)
   4.01   RB   Stevan Ridley (Adams)
   4.02   WR   Hakeem Nicks (Day)
   4.03   RB   DeMarco Murray (Cahill)
   4.04   RB   Lamar Miller (Cahill)
   4.05   RB   Montee Ball (Nease)
   4.06   QB   Cam Newton (Rito)
   4.07   RB   Vick Ballard (Allan)
   4.08   WR   Vincent Jackson (Holm)
   4.09   WR   Dwayne Bowe (Kellogg)
   4.10   RB   LeVeon Bell (Harmon)
   4.11   WR   Reggie Wayne (Cannon)
   4.12   WR   Marques Colston (Schauf)
   5.01   WR   Jordy Nelson (Schauf)
   5.02   WR   Antonio Brown (Allan)
   5.03   WR   Wes Welker (Harmon)
   5.04   RB   Chris Ivory (Kellogg)
   5.05   QB   Tom Brady (Holm)
   5.06   TE   Jason Witten (Cannon)
   5.07   RB   Ryan Mathews (Rito)
   5.08   RB   Eddie Lacy (Nease)
   5.09   WR   Mike Wallace (Dolfi)
   5.10   TE   Rob Gronkowski (Cahill)
   5.11   WR   Eric Decker (Day)
   5.12   WR   Josh Gordon (Adams)
   6.01   WR   DeSean Jackson (Adams)
   6.02   QB   Russell Wilson (Day)
   6.03   WR   Pierre Garcon (Cahill)
   6.04   WR   James Jones (Dolfi)
   6.05   WR   T.Y. Hilton (Nease)
   6.06   TE   Aaron Hernandez (Rito)
   6.07   QB   Matt Ryan (Allan)
   6.08   WR   Torrey Smith (Holm)
   6.09   QB   Matthew Stafford (Kellogg)
   6.10   QB   Andrew Luck (Harmon)
   6.11   WR   Greg Jennings (Cannon)
   6.12   RB   Rashard Mendenhall (Schauf)
   7.01   QB   Tony Romo (Schauf)
   7.02   WR   Jeremy Maclin (Cannon)
   7.03   RB   Andre Brown (Harmon)
   7.04   TE   Tony Gonzalez (Kellogg)
   7.05   QB   Robert Griffin III (Holm)
   7.06   QB   Colin Kaepernick (Cahill)
   7.07   WR   Steve Smith (Rito)
   7.08   QB   Eli Manning (Nease)
   7.09   WR   Stevie Johnson (Dolfi)
   7.10   WR   Tavon Austin (Allan)
   7.11   WR   Mike Williams (Day)
   7.12   WR   Cecil Shorts (Adams)
   8.01   QB   Michael Vick (Adams)


^aEUR"Ian Allan

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