The 2012 "Rate My Draft" Thread

[Dutchrudder]

I have a draft tonight at 8 where I pick first among 12 teams, so I did a mock draft with 1st pick and ended up with this:

QB Rodgers, Aaron (QB GB) QB
RB Peterson, Adrian (RB MIN) RB · RB-WR
RB Gore, Frank (RB SF) RB · RB-WR
WR Jennings, Greg (WR GB) RB-WR · WR
WR Colston, Marques (WR NO) RB-WR · WR
RB-WR Austin, Miles (WR DAL) RB-WR · WR
TE Gonzalez, Tony (TE ATL) TE
K Bailey, Dan (K DAL) K
DST Seahawks (DST SEA) DST
RES Jennings, Rashad (RB JAC) RB · RB-WR
RES Manning, Peyton (QB DEN) QB
RES Floyd, Malcom (WR SD) RB-WR · WR
RES Hunter, Kendall (RB SF) RB · RB-WR
RES Helu, Roy (RB WAS) RB · RB-WR


I'd be happy with that.

[Hardcore Texan]

What do you guys think?


QB Aaron Rodgers, GB QB
RB Michael Turner, Atl RB
RB Willis McGahee, Den RB
WR Brandon Marshall, Chi WR
WR Jeremy Maclin, Phi WR
TE Jimmy Graham, NO TE
FLEX Beanie Wells, Ari RB
D/ST Falcons D/ST D/ST
K Matt Bryant, Atl K


Bench Denarius Moore, Oak WR
Bench Donald Brown, Ind RB
Bench Santonio Holmes, NYJ WR
Bench Sidney Rice, Sea WR
Bench Randy Moss, SF WR
Bench Rashard Mendenhall, Pit RB
Bench Mike Goodson, Oak RB

[IBleedTexans]

I drafted last night 10 people total , standered league

Qb Cam Newton
Wr Julio jones
Wr Miles Austin
Wr Greg Jennings
Rb Ray Rice
Rb Ahmad Bradshaw
Te Fred Davis
K mason Crosby
Def Detroit
Bn Brandon lloyd
Bn Kenny britt
Bn big Ben qb
Bn Jacob tamme
Bn Willis McGahee

[Dutchrudder]

I drafted 1st in a 12 team, non-ppr, 6 points per passing TD league. It's very QB driven, so I had to go with Aaron Rodgers with the first pick. If AP is healthy this year, I should be a shoe-in for the playoffs. I'm happy to have gotten Gerhart as the AP handcuff in the 9th round. I was hoping to get CJ Spiller in the 10th, but someone grabbed him 2 spots before my pick. Still happy with this draft.

QB Rodgers, Aaron(QB) GB
RB Jackson, Fred(RB) BUF
RB Peterson, Adrian(RB) MIN
WR Colston, Marques(WR) NO
WR Green, A.J.(WR) CIN
TE Davis, Fred(TE) WAS
RB-WR-TE McGahee, Willis(RB) DEN
DST Packers(DST) GB
K Janikowski, Sebastian(K) OAK

Bench (QB) Fitzpatrick, Ryan(QB) BUF
Bench (RB) Gerhart, Toby(RB) MIN
Bench (RB) Mendenhall, Rashard(RB) PIT
Bench (WR) Floyd, Malcom(WR) SD
Bench (WR) Wayne, Reggie(WR) IND
Bench (WR) Wright, Kendall(WR) TEN

[Dutchrudder]

Originally Posted by Hardcore Texan

What do you guys think?


QB Aaron Rodgers, GB QB
RB Michael Turner, Atl RB
RB Willis McGahee, Den RB
WR Brandon Marshall, Chi WR
WR Jeremy Maclin, Phi WR
TE Jimmy Graham, NO TE
FLEX Beanie Wells, Ari RB
D/ST Falcons D/ST D/ST
K Matt Bryant, Atl K


Bench Denarius Moore, Oak WR
Bench Donald Brown, Ind RB
Bench Santonio Holmes, NYJ WR
Bench Sidney Rice, Sea WR
Bench Randy Moss, SF WR
Bench Rashard Mendenhall, Pit RB
Bench Mike Goodson, Oak RB

That's a good haul, Rodgers and Graham are good picks. I wanted Graham to fall to me in the 2nd in my draft, but that didn't happen. Your WRs seem to be lacking. I doubt Moss will do anything in SF with Alex Smith at the helm. Not sure if Sidney Rice will be healthy enough to play either. I wish you had gotten Jaquizz Rodgers to handcuff Turner since he's 30 now and has had 300+ carries for something like 6 years in a row. Also, see if Williams in AZ is available, he may take Beanie's starting spot, which will really hurt your RB corps.

How many teams were in this draft?

[Señor Stan]

QB Rodgers,Aaron GB
WR Wes Welker NE
WR Nelson,Jordy GB
RB Jackson,Fred BUF
RB Lynch,Marshawn SEA
TE - Hernandez,Aaron NE
TE/RB/WR Brown,Donald IND
PK Hartley,Garrett NO
DST - BEARS


BN WR Colston,Marques NO
BN RB Bradshaw,Ahmad NYG
BN TE Owen Daniels HOU
BN RB Greene,Shonn NYJ
BN QB Vick,Michael PHI
BN WR Decker,Eric DEN

8 team yahoo league...picked 2nd overall in serpentine draft

[ColdTexan17]

QB-Matt Ryan
RB1-Doug Martin
RB2-Willis Mcghee
BN-Peyton Hillis
BN-Jaquizz Rodgers
WR1-Calvin Johnson
WR2-Juilo Jones
FLEX-Torrey Smith
BN-Justin Blackmon
TE1-Aaron Hernandez
BN-James Casey
BN-Joe Flacco
Buffalo DST
Hanson

[Dutchrudder]

Originally Posted by Señor Stan

QB Rodgers,Aaron GB
WR Wes Welker NE
WR Nelson,Jordy GB
RB Jackson,Fred BUF
RB Lynch,Marshawn SEA
TE - Hernandez,Aaron NE
TE/RB/WR Brown,Donald IND
PK Hartley,Garrett NO
DST - BEARS


BN WR Colston,Marques NO
BN RB Bradshaw,Ahmad NYG
BN TE Owen Daniels HOU
BN RB Greene,Shonn NYJ
BN QB Vick,Michael PHI
BN WR Decker,Eric DEN

8 team yahoo league...picked 2nd overall in serpentine draft

At first I was like WOW!, but then I read that it's an 8 team league. 8 teams is cheating.

[Señor Stan]

Originally Posted by Dutchrudder

At first I was like WOW!, but then I read that it's an 8 team league. 8 teams is cheating.

We were lucky to get 8 people to play. You're just mad cause my team is better than yours.

[RunninRaven]

Ten team league, two keepers from last season.

QB: Brady (keeper)
RB: MJD (keeper - couldn't bring myself to choose someone else...probably a mistake)
RB: AP
WR: Steve Smith (Car)
WR: Jordy Nelson
WR: Miles Austin (hoping for health)
TE: Tony Gonzalez
K: Rob Bironas
Def: 49ers

Bench: A. Dalton, P. Hillis, B. Tate, R. Moss, C. Fleener and Garret Graham (yeah, I know).

[Joeycharp89]

12 man league.

RD1: Drew Brees
RD2: Jamal Charles
RD3: Steven Jackson
RD4: Brandon Marshal
RD5: Ben Tate
RD6: Demaryius Thomas
RD7: Owen Daniels
RD8: Torrey Smith
RD9: Jets D
RD10: Kenny Britt
RD11: Kendall Hunter
RD12: Javhid Best
RD13: Rob Bironas
RD14: Jermaine Gresham
RD15: Russel Wilson
RD16: Jacoby Ford

To be honest, looking back at this draft I have a few "WTF" moments for myself. I got sucked into drafting a defense early because people were drafting them as early as round 7. I shouldn't have let that phase me as we are all mostly new (this is the second year for this league). I do like having Revis though. Also picking a kicker when there may have been some good sleepers. I think at that point I had lost most of the sleepers that I was eyeballing. Except Russel Wilson, I waited for him because I was 99% sure no one would draft him.

[Joeycharp89]

Originally Posted by IBleedTexans

I drafted last night 10 people total , standered league

Qb Cam Newton
Wr Julio jones
Wr Miles Austin
Wr Greg Jennings
Rb Ray Rice
Rb Ahmad Bradshaw
Te Fred Davis
K mason Crosby
Def Detroit
Bn Brandon lloyd
Bn Kenny britt
Bn big Ben qb
Bn Jacob tamme
Bn Willis McGahee

I'd say you have some damn good depth. WR is a little iffy with Miles Austin, but for myself I'm counting on Britt to come back and have a strong performance. I had him last season and he was really bummed when he got injured. Just gotta cross your fingers that he stays off the bottle this year.

[JCTexan]

10 man league.

RD1: Aaron Rodgers
RD2: Marshawn Lynch
RD3: Brandon Marshall
RD4: Doug Martin
RD5: Dez Bryant
RD6: Frank Gore
RD7: DeSean Jackson
RD8: Philip Rivers
RD9: Ben Tate
RD10: Mark Ingram
RD11: Justin Blackmon
RD12: Cedric Benson
RD13: Andrew Luck
RD14: Owen Daniels
RD15: Michael Crabtree
RD16: Matt Prater
RD17: NYG
RD18: Stephen Hill
RD19: Jacoby Ford

The depth in this league can get insane. I will be starting 1 QB, 4 WR, 3 RB, 1 TE, 1 K, 1 D.

[BigBull17]

Picked 3rd.
Rice
Gronkowski
Run DMC
AJ Green
ADAP
RG3
Colston
Antonio Brown
Ben Rothlesburger
Texans D
Janikowski
Witten
Dwyer
Blackmon
Russel Wilson

I think I did ok. Qb run was freakin crazy. Best left by pick my 2nd pick was Cutler.

[LikeMike]

So I´d also really like to hear your thoughts about my draft. 10 team league, normal scoring - I picked 6th:

QB: Cam Newton
WR: Calvin Johnson
WR: Steve Smith (CAR)
WR: Brandon Lloyd
HB: Ryan Mathews
HB: Darren Sproles
TE: Tony Gonzalez
K: Shayne Graham
DEF: New York Giants

Bench: Ahmad Bradshaw
Bench: Demaryius Thomas
Bench: Darrius Hewayd-Bey
Bench: Ben Tate
Bench: Andy Dalton
Bench: Owen Daniels

I am not quite satisfied with my HBs and TEs, other than that I think I did ok.

[Joeycharp89]

Originally Posted by LikeMike

So I´d also really like to hear your thoughts about my draft. 10 team league, normal scoring - I picked 6th:

QB: Cam Newton
WR: Calvin Johnson
WR: Steve Smith (CAR)
WR: Brandon Lloyd
HB: Ryan Mathews
HB: Darren Sproles
TE: Tony Gonzalez
K: Shayne Graham
DEF: New York Giants

Bench: Ahmad Bradshaw
Bench: Demaryius Thomas
Bench: Darrius Hewayd-Bey
Bench: Ben Tate
Bench: Andy Dalton
Bench: Owen Daniels

I am not quite satisfied with my HBs and TEs, other than that I think I did ok.

Nice WR depth, but what are you going to do about Matthews being out for quite a while, put in Bradshaw? AB did ok in the playoffs but I don't see him suddenly being a *great* RB. It may be rough for you until Matthews is back, or if you pick up a nice sleeper early on.

[LikeMike]

Thanks for the reply Joey!

Well Mathews said he was ready for week 1, and it sounds like he probably only misses the 1st game and that is more a precaution. So I was kinda planning on using him from week 2 on. But he is injury prone, and I wasn`t thrilled taking him, but he was the top HB on my list (and on all experts lists I could find) with a little drop of to the next so I decided to bite the bullet. If he can stay healthy he should do pretty good as the featured back.

And don`t count out Bradshaw - he is no Foster, but he is a tough guy that usually gets his yards. Again, I´d have liked to get some other HBs, but when it was my turn to pick, the guys I´d really want were already gone. That`s what you get when you take a WR (Megatron) and a QB (Newton) with your first two picks.

[Joeycharp89]

Originally Posted by LikeMike

Thanks for the reply Joey!

Well Mathews said he was ready for week 1, and it sounds like he probably only misses the 1st game and that is more a precaution. So I was kinda planning on using him from week 2 on. But he is injury prone, and I wasn`t thrilled taking him, but he was the top HB on my list (and on all experts lists I could find) with a little drop of to the next so I decided to bite the bullet. If he can stay healthy he should do pretty good as the featured back.

And don`t count out Bradshaw - he is no Foster, but he is a tough guy that usually gets his yards. Again, I´d have liked to get some other HBs, but when it was my turn to pick, the guys I´d really want were already gone. That`s what you get when you take a WR (Megatron) and a QB (Newton) with your first two picks.

I can relate to that, I took Drew Brees as my first, and although it's nice to get a top 5 QB you really start to feel it once you try to pick a RB. That's why I joined some random ESPN pick-up league and drafted RBs and WRs first, and picked up a QB and everything else pretty late. I'll see how that team does compared to my first league. I'd say Megatron could be worth it though. I had him last season and he was a life saver while Arian Foster was out.

[Brandon420tx]

1pt PPR League, Passing TD's 6 points. 10 team draft Pick #7

Lineup
QB: Drew Brees
RB1: Darren Sproles
RB2: Peyton Hillis
WR1: Greg Jennings
WR2: Dez Bryant
WR3: Steve Johnson
TE: Jimmy Graham
WR/RB/TE: Michael Bush
K: Jason Hanson
DST: Houston

BN: Tony Romo
BN: Jacquizz Rodgers
BN: Toby Gerhart
BN: Malcom Floyd
BN: Greg Little
BN: Danny Amendola
BN: Kyle Rudolph

[bignasty]

Check out this hall. We play all Defensive and Offensive players.
We have been playing like this for years now and it is a blast but does require allot of strategy. The draft only took about 2 and half hours

Starter for Week 1
QB Matthew Stafford, Det QB
RB Ray Rice, Bal RB
RB Kevin Smith, Det RB
WR Greg Jennings, GB WR
WR Vincent Jackson, TB WR
TE Rob Gronkowski, NE TE
FLEX DeSean Jackson, Phi WR
DE J.J. Watt, Hou DE
LB Lawrence Timmons, Pit LB
LB Paul Posluszny, Jac LB
CB Devin McCourty, NE CB
S Morgan Burnett, GB S
DP Jon Beason, Car LB P
D/ST Texans D/ST D/ST
K Rob Bironas, Ten K

Bench Stevan Ridley, NE RB
Bench Malcom Floyd, SD WR
Bench Jonathan Stewart, Car RBt
Bench Shonn Greene, NYJ RB
Bench Jermaine Gresham, Cin TE
Bench Lance Moore, NO WR
Bench Andy Dalton, Cin QB
Bench Santonio Holmes, NYJ WR
Bench Mark Barron, TB S
Bench Brian Urlacher, Chi LB
Bench Melvin Ingram, SD DE
Bench Bengals D/ST D/ST