Great wide receivers. Potential fatal flaw at quarterback. That’s where I’m at right now in this Fanex Analysis Draft.
These last five or so rounds have been interesting in that there have still been some real nice players on the board, but there have been wildly different opinions on guys. I’m seeing some guys picked now where they’re not really even on my draft board, while there’s still some coveted guys out there.
At picks 11.03 and 12.10, I went with depth wide receivers. Brandin Cooks and Markus Wheaton. Both of these guys could be really nice pass catchers. Cooks could be the Sproles-type outlet receiver for the Saints, and the Steelers are looking for big things from Wheaton. Both might catch 70-plus passes. They played together, by the way, in college. I would have to get out the old league records, but maybe the first time Oregon State have been selected by the same team in consecutive rounds. I will have to have the research team look into Steven Jackson, Chad Johnson and T.J. Houshmandzadeh.
Wheaton didn’t do anything, of course, as a rookie in Pittsburgh, but that’s kind of how they bring their receivers along. Hines Ward, Plaxico Burress, Antonio Brown and Nate Washington didn’t do much of anything in their first years either. Jerricho Cotchery and Emmanuel Sanders are gone, and Wheaton is the guy they want to emerge. If I hadn’t taken Cooks at 11.03, Wheaton would have been the pick.
Those two youngsters combine with Randall Cobb, Julian Edelman, Roddy White and Larry Fitzgerald, and I expect to outscore everyone at the wide receiver position. It’s a PPR league, and you start three, with potentially four including the Flex.
In this kind of a league (no roster moves) I like to carry two good quarterbacks. I’ve won this kind of league multiple times in the past because of that second quality quarterback. In this one, I’ve got Tom Brady as my No. 1. He’s in the second-tier of quarterbacks behind the Big 3. I think he’s fine, but relative to the No. 1 quarterbacks on the other 11 teams in this league, I think he’s only average.
I wanted to bolster this position by adding a second quality starter, but I never got around to it. I was watching a couple of guys, but they went earlier than I expected. Andy Dalton in particular, is a guy who tends to get dissed in these drafts. Plus I kept selecting RB and WR that I thought were nice deals.
Anyway, at pick 13.03, we’re at the point where I have to select a quarterback. There are two other teams sitting with one quarterback, and some teams might go for three. So I’ve got take Sam Bradford, EJ Manuel, Jake Locker, Johnny Manziel, Josh McCown or Ryan Fitzpatrick.
I went with Bradford. Don’t love him. Don’t like his durability. But I think he’s the best of these guys. Mostly I just need him to stay in the lineup for 16 games.
This is an ongoing draft. If you want to read the analysis of the other selectors, it’s available on the Fanex Analysis League website.
FANEX ANALYSIS DRAFT | |||
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Pick | Pos | Player | Owner |
1.01 | RB | Matt Forte | Panizo |
1.02 | RB | Jamaal Charles | Holm |
1.03 | RB | LeSean McCoy | Allan |
1.04 | RB | Adrian Peterson | Adams |
1.05 | WR | Calvin Johnson | Cannon |
1.06 | RB | Marshawn Lynch | Rito |
1.07 | RB | Eddie Lacy | Harmon |
1.08 | TE | Jimmy Graham | Cahill |
1.09 | WR | A.J. Green | Kellogg |
1.10 | WR | Brandon Marshall | Nease |
1.11 | WR | Demaryius Thomas | Dolfi |
1.12 | WR | Dez Bryant | Schauf |
2.01 | RB | DeMarco Murray | Schauf |
2.02 | RB | LeVeon Bell | Dolfi |
2.03 | WR | Alshon Jeffery | Nease |
2.04 | RB | Arian Foster | Kellogg |
2.05 | RB | Giovani Bernard | Cahill |
2.06 | WR | Julio Jones | Harmon |
2.07 | WR | Antonio Brown | Rito |
2.08 | RB | Doug Martin | Cannon |
2.09 | QB | Peyton Manning | Adams |
2.10 | WR | Randall Cobb | Allan |
2.11 | WR | Jordy Nelson | Holm |
2.12 | QB | Drew Brees | Panizo |
3.01 | RB | Montee Ball | Panizo |
3.02 | RB | Zac Stacy | Holm |
3.03 | WR | Julian Edelman | Allan |
3.04 | RB | Reggie Bush | Adams |
3.05 | TE | Julius Thomas | Cannon |
3.06 | WR | Wes Welker | Rito |
3.07 | RB | Alfred Morris | Harmon |
3.08 | RB | C.J. Spiller | Cahill |
3.09 | WR | Keenan Allen | Kellogg |
3.10 | RB | Bishop Sankey | Nease |
3.11 | WR | Andre Johnson | Dolfi |
3.12 | RB | Andre Ellington | Schauf |
4.01 | RB | Shane Vereen | Schauf |
4.02 | WR | Pierre Garcon | Dolfi |
4.03 | RB | Ryan Mathews | Nease |
4.04 | RB | Ben Tate | Kellogg |
4.05 | QB | Aaron Rodgers | Cahill |
4.06 | WR | Percy Harvin | Harmon |
4.07 | TE | Rob Gronkowski | Rito |
4.08 | QB | Matthew Stafford | Cannon |
4.09 | WR | DeSean Jackson | Adams |
4.10 | WR | Roddy White | Allan |
4.11 | WR | Victor Cruz | Holm |
4.12 | WR | Vincent Jackson | Panizo |
5.01 | WR | Cordarrelle Patterson | Panizo |
5.02 | WR | Michael Crabtree | Holm |
5.03 | WR | Larry Fitzgerald | Allan |
5.04 | WR | T.Y. Hilton | Adams |
5.05 | RB | Toby Gerhart | Cannon |
5.06 | WR | Mike Wallace | Rito |
5.07 | WR | Hakeem Nicks | Harmon |
5.08 | TE | Jordan Cameron | Cahill |
5.09 | TE | Vernon Davis | Kellogg |
5.10 | RB | Chris Johnson | Nease |
5.11 | QB | Andrew Luck | Dolfi |
5.12 | WR | Michael Floyd | Schauf |
6.01 | WR | Terrance Williams | Schauf |
6.02 | RB | Rashad Jennings | Dolfi |
6.03 | RB | Knowshon Moreno | Nease |
6.04 | RB | Joique Bell | Kellogg |
6.05 | RB | Trent Richardson | Cahill |
6.06 | RB | Frank Gore | Harmon |
6.07 | RB | Ray Rice | Rito |
6.08 | WR | Jeremy Maclin | Cannon |
6.09 | WR | Sammy Watkins | Adams |
6.10 | RB | Pierre Thomas | Allan |
6.11 | QB | Nick Foles | Holm |
6.12 | WR | Torrey Smith | Panizo |
7.01 | RB | Fred Jackson | Panizo |
7.02 | RB | Steven Jackson | Holm |
7.03 | QB | Tom Brady | Allan |
7.04 | TE | Jordan Reed | Adams |
7.05 | RB | Danny Woodhead | Cannon |
7.06 | WR | Kendall Wright | Rito |
7.07 | RB | Darren Sproles | Harmon |
7.08 | QB | Cam Newton | Cahill |
7.09 | QB | Matt Ryan | Kellogg |
7.10 | QB | Robert Griffin III | Nease |
7.11 | TE | Jason Witten | Dolfi |
7.12 | WR | Golden Tate | Schauf |
8.01 | TE | Greg Olsen | Schauf |
8.02 | RB | Maurice Jones-Drew | Dolfi |
8.03 | WR | Eric Decker | Nease |
8.04 | WR | Mike Evans | Kellogg |
8.05 | WR | Justin Blackmon | Cahill |
8.06 | QB | Colin Kaepernick | Harmon |
8.07 | QB | Tony Romo | Rito |
8.08 | WR | Marques Colston | Cannon |
8.09 | WR | Rueben Randle | Adams |
8.10 | RB | Stevan Ridley | Allan |
8.11 | QB | Russell Wilson | Holm |
8.12 | WR | Reggie Wayne | Panizo |
9.01 | ST | Seattle | Panizo |
9.02 | TE | Dennis Pitta | Holm |
9.03 | TE | Kyle Rudolph | Allan |
9.04 | RB | Terrance West | Adams |
9.05 | QB | Jay Cutler | Cannon |
9.06 | RB | Darren McFadden | Rito |
9.07 | WR | Riley Cooper | Dolfi |
9.08 | WR | Emmanuel Sanders | Cahill |
9.09 | WR | Justin Hunter | Kellogg |
9.10 | TE | Charles Clay | Nease |
9.11 | QB | Philip Rivers | Harmon |
9.12 | QB | Andy Dalton | Schauf |
10.01 | QB | Carson Palmer | Schauf |
10.02 | WR | DeAndre Hopkins | Harmon |
10.03 | QB | Ben Roethlisberger | Nease |
10.04 | QB | Ryan Tannehill | Kellogg |
10.05 | WR | Tavon Austin | Cahill |
10.06 | TE | Zach Ertz | Dolfi |
10.07 | QB | Eli Manning | Rito |
10.08 | WR | Dwayne Bowe | Cannon |
10.09 | RB | Tre Mason | Adams |
10.10 | RB | Lamar Miller | Allan |
10.11 | WR | Cecil Shorts III | Holm |
10.12 | TE | Martellus Bennett | Panizo |
11.01 | WR | Anquan Boldin | Panizo |
11.02 | WR | Marvin Jones | Holm |
11.03 | WR | Brandin Cooks | Allan |
11.04 | RB | Bernard Pierce | Adams |
11.05 | WR | Danny Amendola | Cannon |
11.06 | RB | DeAngelo Williams | Rito |
11.07 | WR | Kelvin Benjamin | Harmon |
11.08 | WR | Jordan Matthews | Cahill |
11.09 | WR | Brian Hartline | Kellogg |
11.10 | QB | Joe Flacco | Nease |
11.11 | WR | Greg Jennings | Dolfi |
11.12 | WR | Kenny Stills | Schauf |
12.01 | RB | Christine Michael | Schauf |
12.02 | QB | Alex Smith | Dolfi |
12.03 | RB | Khiry Robinson | Nease |
12.04 | RB | Andre Williams | Kellogg |
12.05 | WR | Jarrett Boykin | Cahill |
12.06 | RB | KaDeem Carey | Harmon |
12.07 | WR | Josh Gordon | Rito |
12.08 | WR | Chris Givens | Cannon |
12.09 | RB | Jeremy Hill | Adams |
12.10 | WR | Markus Wheaton | Allan |
12.11 | WR | James Jones | Holm |
12.12 | RB | David Wilson | Panizo |
13.01 | PK | Matt Prater | Panizo |
13.02 | TE | Eric Ebron | Holm |
13.03 | QB | Sam Bradford | Allan |
13.04 | WR | Aaron Dobson | Adams |
13.05 | TE | Garrett Graham | Cannon |
13.06 | TE | Heath Miller | Rito |
13.07 | TE | Ladarius Green | Harmon |
13.08 | WR | Odell Beckham | Cahill |
13.09 | WR | Jarvis Landry | Kellogg |
—Ian Allan