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I do make some trades in these Fanex drafts. I should probably make an effort to explore more of them, but I don’t have the time. Last year, I traded all of my first three or four picks (moving down), and it worked out very well.
This year, I traded down out of the first round but didn’t bother trying to move the other high ones.
But I’ve just completed a rare late-round swap. I gave up pick 13.11 and all of my remaining even-numbered round picks (14.02, 16.02, 18.02) to Matt Pitzer of the USA TODAY for choice 12.10 and his remaining picks in the even-numbered rounds (14.10, 16.10, 18.10).
So basically, I got a round of draft position now and gave up almost a round of draft position in three later rounds.
Ahmad Bradshaw is the player I wanted. I have five other running backs, but I think Bradshaw will be very good. He’ll be the Giants’ No. 2 running back, and Derrick Ward ran for over 1,000 yards and caught 41 passes in that role last year. I think Bradshaw can do some of those same kind of things. He’s a much better receiver than Brandon Jacobs, so I believe he’ll probably play on passing downs and catch about 40 passes. And I don’t think Jacobs, as a tall, physical back, has any chance of playing 16 games.
On my board, I’ve got Bradshaw with a higher grade than 15 running backs who were already selected. So I felt like he was a guy worth sacrificing to go after. I’ve got plenty of other runners, of course, but with the flex you can use three each week. I imagine Bradshaw will play well enough to score in some weeks for this team.
2009 FANEX ANALYSIS DRAFT
RB 1.01 Adrian Peterson (Dolfi)
RB 1.02 Michael Turner (Cannon)
RB 1.03 Maurice Jones-Drew (Pitzer)
RB 1.04 LaDainian Tomlinson (Kellogg)
RB 1.05 Matt Forte (Davis)
RB 1.06 Steven Jackson (Cahill)
RB 1.07 Chris Johnson (Holm)
RB 1.08 Frank Gore (Hulett)
RB 1.09 DeAngelo Williams (O’Leary)
RB 1.10 Brian Westbrook (Rito)
WR 1.11 Larry Fitzgerald (Cannon)
RB 1.12 Steve Slaton (Harmon)
WR 2.01 Randy Moss (Harmon)
WR 2.02 Steve Smith (Allan)
WR 2.03 Andre Johnson (Rito)
RB 2.04 Clinton Portis (O’Leary)
RB 2.05 Darren McFadden (Hulett)
WR 2.06 Calvin Johnson (Holm)
RB 2.07 Brandon Jacobs (Cahill)
RB 2.08 Marion Barber (Davis)
QB 2.09 Tom Brady (Kellogg)
WR 2.10 Reggie Wayne (Pitzer)
WR 2.11 Wes Welker (Allan)
RB 2.12 Ronnie Brown (Dolfi)
WR 3.01 Roddy White (Dolfi)
QB 3.02 Drew Brees (Cannon)
RB 3.03 Ryan Grant (Pitzer)
WR 3.04 Terrell Owens (Kellogg)
QB 3.05 Peyton Manning (Cahill)
RB 3.06 Knowshon Moreno (Cannon)
WR 3.07 Greg Jennings (Hulett)
RB 3.08 Marshawn Lynch (O’Leary)
WR 3.09 Dwayne Bowe (Davis)
WR 3.10 Marques Colston (Rito)
RB 3.11 Reggie Bush (Allan)
RB 3.12 Derrick Ward (Harmon)
WR 4.01 T.J. Houshmandzadeh (Harmon)
WR 4.02 Anthony Gonzalez (Allan)
WR 4.03 Anquan Boldin (Rito)
TE 4.04 Antonio Gates (TE) (O’Leary)
WR 4.05 Brandon Marshall (Hulett)
RB 4.06 Kevin Smith (Holm)
RB 4.07 Larry Johnson (Cahill)
WR 4.08 Braylon Edwards (Davis)
RB 4.09 Beanie Wells (Kellogg)
WR 4.10 Roy Williams (Pitzer)
TE 4.11 Jason Witten (TE) (Holm)
RB 4.12 Julius Jones (Dolfi)
QB 5.01 Aaron Rodgers (Dolfi)
WR 5.02 Chad Ochocinco (Allan)
QB 5.03 Philip Rivers (Pitzer)
WR 5.04 Vincent Jackson (Kellogg)
WR 5.05 Santonio Holmes (Davis)
TE 5.06 Tony Gonzalez (TE) (Cahill)
RB 5.07 Pierre Thomas (Holm)
RB 5.08 Jonathan Stewart (Hulett)
QB 5.09 Jay Cutler (O’Leary)
QB 5.10 Kurt Warner (Rito)
RB 5.11 LenDale White (Allan)
QB 5.12 Tony Romo (Harmon)
RB 6.01 Thomas Jones (Harmon)
RB 6.02 Cedric Benson (Allan)
RB 6.03 Joseph Addai (Rito)
WR 6.04 DeSean Jackson (O'Leary)
QB 6.05 Matt Ryan (Hulett)
WR 6.06 Antonio Bryant (Holm)
WR 6.07 Eddie Royal (Cahill)
QB 6.08 Matt Schaub (Davis)
TE 6.09 Dallas Clark (TE) (Kellogg)
WR 6.10 Santana Moss (Pitzer)
WR 6.11 Jerricho Cotchery (Cannon)
WR 6.12 Lee Evans (Dolfi)
WR 7.01 Donnie Avery (Dolfi)
QB 7.02 Donovan McNabb (Holm)
RB 7.03 Jamal Lewis (Pitzer)
WR 7.04 Derrick Mason (Kellogg)
QB 7.05 Matt Cassel (Davis)
WR 7.06 Hines Ward (Cahill)
WR 7.07 Bernard Berrian (Holm)
WR 7.08 Devery Henderson (Hulett)
RB 7.09 Willie Parker (Rito)
QB 7.10 Ben Roethlisberger (Allan)
WR 7.11 Donald Driver (Harmon)
WR 7.12 Torry Holt (Harmon)
RB 8.01 Ray Rice (Allan)
TE 8.02 Owen Daniels (TE) (Rito)
WR 8.03 Steve Breaston (O'Leary)
WR 8.04 Kevin Walter (O'Leary)
WR 8.05 Laveranues Coles (Hulett)
RB 8.06 Willis McGahee (Holm)
WR 8.07 Michael Crabtree (Cahill)
WR 8.08 Lance Moore (Cannon)
WR 8.09 Steve Smith (Kellogg)
QB 8.10 Carson Palmer (Pitzer)
TE 8.11 John Carlson (TE) (Davis)
RB 8.12 Tim Hightower (Dolfi)
WR 9.01 Ted Ginn (Dolfi)
QB 9.02 David Garrard (Allan)
WR 9.03 Kevin Curtis (Pitzer)
RB 9.04 Donald Brown (Kellogg)
RB 9.05 Felix Jones (Davis)
RB 9.06 Rashard Mendenhall (Cahill)
RB 9.07 Darren Sproles (Holm)
RB 9.08 LeRon McClain (Hulett)
WR 9.09 Devin Hester (O'Leary)
QB 9.10 Matt Hasselbeck (Rito)
RB 9.11 Leon Washington (Allan)
RB 9.12 Shonn Greene (Harmon)
QB 10.01 Trent Edwards (Harmon)
TE 10.02 Kellen Winslow (TE) (Cannon)
RB 10.03 Chester Taylor (Rito)
QB 10.04 Eli Manning (O’Leary)
TE 10.05 Chris Cooley (TE) (Hulett)
QB 10.06 Kyle Orton (Holm)
WR 10.07 Plaxico Burress (Cahill)
WR 10.08 Miles Austin (Davis)
WR 10.09 Mark Clayton (Kellogg)
TE 10.10 Greg Olsen (TE) (Pitzer)
RB 10.11 Fred Taylor (Cannon)
QB 10.12 Shaun Hill (Dolfi)
WR 11.01 Justin Gage (Dolfi)
WR 11.02 Hakeem Nicks (Cannon)
RB 11.03 Jerious Norwood (Pitzer)
WR 11.04 Nate Burleson (Kellogg)
RB 11.05 Fred Jackson (Davis)
QB 11.06 Joe Flacco (Cahill)
QB 11.07 Jason Campbell (Holm)
QB 11.08 Marc Bulger (Hulett)
ST 11.09 Pittsburgh Steelers (O'Leary)
TE 11.10 Zach Miller (TE) (Rito)
TE 11.11 Brent Celek (TE) (Allan)
WR 11.12 Patrick Crayton (Harmon)
RB 12.01 LeSean McCoy (Harmon)
WR 12.02 Muhsin Muhammad (Allan)
WR 12.03 Chris Chambers (Rito)
RB 12.04 Ricky Williams (O’Leary)
WR 12.05 Greg Camarillo (Hulett)
RB 12.06 Laurence Maroney (Davis)
WR 12.06 Domenik Hixon (Holm)
WR 12.07 Chris Henry (Cahill)
RB 12.09 Ahmad Bradshaw (Allan)
WR 12.09 Kenny Britt (Kellogg)
QB 12.12 Chad Pennington (Dolfi)
RB 13.01 Earnest Graham (Dolfi)
RB 13.02 Jamaal Charles (Cannon)
WR 13.03 Darrius Heyward-Bey (Pitzer)
QB 13.04 Jake Delhomme (Kellogg)
This draft can be followed at myfantasyleague.com.
To read the reasoning for each pick by each expert, click here.
Overview of rules: Each team drafts 20 players. Starts QB, 2 RB, 3 WR, TE, K, D and one flex player (RB-WR-TE). 6 points for TDs, 4 for TD passes, 1 for every 20 passing yards, 1 for every 10 run/rec yards, 1 for every reception. No free agent pickups – what you draft is what you get. No starting lineups – lineups tabulated via “best ball” methods. No head-to-head games; highest total points after 17 weeks is the winner.
-Ian Allan
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Posted by Duane Stay | May. 28 at 04:40 PM
I love this stuff as much as anyone, but when things get this far along I find that I don't care anymore. Sorry, but these drege's just aren't interesting.
Posted by IAN ALLAN | May. 29 at 09:28 AM
Duane. I'm hurt. I'm trying to share knowledge here. I'm trying to help you. Who were the two players I selected in the last round of this draft last year? Chris Perry (who was a starting running back for the first half of the season) and Pierre Thomas.
Posted by Duane Stay | May. 29 at 06:21 PM
I guess I wasn't paying attention last year. Pierre Thomas was an excellent pick. I'm humbled.
Posted by Eugene Hitt | May. 29 at 08:06 PM
Bradshaw's a great pick, Delhomme, C.Chambers and L.Maroney are all absolute steals.
Posted by IAN ALLAN | May. 29 at 09:52 PM
You'll have to explain to me why Maroney is a steal. They have Kevin Faulk, Fred Taylor and Sammy Morris there, and all of those guys are going to play. Maroney won't be there goal-line guy. He's caught 4 passes in the last two years (this is a PPR league, so when a RB catches 1 pass for 10 yards, it's 2 points -- when he runs for 10 yards, it's 1 point). What, exactly, is it that you expect Maroney to do?
Posted by Eugene Hitt | May. 30 at 10:07 AM
Maroney was and is the only RB that Bill has selected in the 1st round. With that being said he has never been beaten for the top spot on the depth chart in training camp. With the revelation that he played last year with the same injury that put Rashard Mendenhall on IR and the fact that this is a contract year for him, I think its realistic that he has the ability and motivation to take control of that situation. Any RB that has received the lions share of carries in that offense has been a fantasy starter and he is far and away there most expolosive RB. Getting a guy with that kind of potential in the 13th round of a no trade league seems like a pretty good pick to me. Would he have been better off attempting to handcuff Forte or taking a flyer on a lesser RB in a lesser offense?
Posted by IAN ALLAN | May. 30 at 04:30 PM
I'm not knocking the Maroney pick. 13th round is about right for him. But I don't see him as a standout pick. In regards to what the guy should have done have done at running back, you can see what I did in the earlier rounds. I like where I got Benson, LenDale and Ray Rice.
Posted by Eugene Hitt | May. 30 at 09:07 PM
Heath milleer will probably be your starter.