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As this Fanex draft drags on, I just got caught in a squeez play by Matt Pitzer of USA Today. He just leveraged a 12th-round pick out of me in exchange for Fred Jackson.
I’ve drafted three running backs – Mendenhall, Moreno and Spiller. My intention is to pick up the handcuffs for maybe all three backs, ensuring in this no-moves league that I’ll at least have a live body at the running back positions for all 17 weeks. I tend to go that route, rather than selecting six unconnected running backs, hoping that the backups of other teams are healthy when you need them.
I figured pick 11.03 would be plenty early for Fred Jackson. There are another 10 backs that are higher on my board, including Clinton Portis and Darren Sproles. So at pick 10.09, I addressed the backup quarterback spot, drafting Vince Young (not a guy I wanted, by the way, it just kind of worked out that way).
But before I could unload my picks at 11.03 and 11.04, Pitzer selected Jackson. Why, I have no idea. I considered ignoring this; maybe go ahead and select Portis or Sproles. But I’m a handcuff believer in this format, so I offered pick 11.03 for Jackson with a swap of 18th- and 20th-round picks.
He countered with swapping late picks in the late 12th and 16th rounds (I think that’s called gouging).
But, what the hey, we’re picking through the scraps now anyway. I’m not sure there will be a big difference in talent between those picks. So I’m got Jackson.
Since the start of this draft, there have been four trades. I have been involved in all four of them. (Prior to the draft, two franchises swapped all picks).
2010 FANEX DRAFT
Pick Pos
1.01 RB Chris Johnson (Cahill)
1.02 RB Adrian Peterson (Pitzer)
1.03 RB Maurice Jones-Drew (Cannon)
1.04 RB Ray Rice (Cahill)
1.05 RB Frank Gore (Rito)
1.06 RB Steven Jackson (Harmon)
1.07 WR Andre Johnson (Davis)
1.08 RB Ryan Mathews (Dolfi)
1.09 WR Calvin Johnson (Holm)
1.10 RB Michael Turner (Hickerson)
1.11 RB Jamaal Charles (Kellogg)
1.12 RB DeAngelo Williams (Nazarek)
2.01 WR Randy Moss (Nazarek)
2.02 WR Reggie Wayne (Kellogg)
2.03 WR Larry Fitzgerald (Hickerson)
2.04 WR Brandon Marshall (Holm)
2.05 WR Miles Austin (Dolfi)
2.06 WR Roddy White (Davis)
2.07 WR Sidney Rice (Harmon)
2.08 RB Ryan Grant (Rito)
2.09 RB Rashard Mendenhall (Allan)
2.10 QB Drew Brees (Cannon)
2.11 WR Vincent Jackson (Pitzer)
2.12 RB Cedric Benson (Cannon)
3.01 RB Knowshon Moreno (Allan)
3.02 QB Peyton Manning (Pitzer)
3.03 QB Aaron Rodgers (Nazarek)
3.04 QB Tony Romo (Allan)
3.05 WR Marques Colston (Rito)
3.06 WR DeSean Jackson (Harmon)
3.07 RB Beanie Wells (Davis)
3.08 RB Shonn Greene (Dolfi)
3.09 RB LeSean McCoy (Holm)
3.10 RB Ronnie Brown (Hickerson)
3.11 RB Jahvid Best (Kellogg)
3.12 WR Steve Smith (Allan)
4.01 WR Steve Smith (Allan)
4.02 WR Anquan Boldin (Kellogg)
4.03 WR Chad Ochocinco (Hickerson)
4.04 TE Dallas Clark (Holm)
4.05 WR Greg Jennings (Dolfi)
4.06 RB Felix Jones (Davis)
4.07 RB Matt Forte (Harmon)
4.08 RB Joseph Addai (Rito)
4.09 RB Pierre Thomas (Nazarek)
4.10 RB Jonathan Stewart (Cannon)
4.11 WR Hines Ward (Pitzer)
4.12 WR Michael Crabtree (Cahill)
5.01 QB Tom Brady (Cahill)
5.02 RB Brandon Jacobs (Pitzer)
5.03 WR Pierre Garcon (Cannon)
5.04 RB C.J. Spiller (Allan)
5.05 QB Philip Rivers (Rito)
5.06 WR Mike Sims-Walker (Harmon)
5.07 WR Percy Harvin (Dolfi)
5.07 QB Matt Schaub (Davis)
5.09 TE Antonio Gates (Holm)
5.10 TE Jason Witten (Hickerson)
5.11 WR Hakeem Nicks (Kellogg)
5.12 WR Donald Driver (Nazarek)
6.01 TE Jermichael Finley (Allan)
6.02 TE Vernon Davis (Kellogg)
6.03 RB Steve Slaton (Hickerson)
6.04 QB Matt Ryan (Holm)
6.05 TE Brent Celek (Dolfi)
6.06 RB Reggie Bush (Davis)
6.07 RB Tim Hightower (Harmon)
6.08 WR Dwayne Bowe (Rito)
6.09 TE Tony Gonzalez (Nazarek)
6.10 WR Braylon Edwards (Cannon)
6.11 WR T.J. Houshmandzadeh (Pitzer)
6.12 WR Wes Welker (Cahill)
7.01 WR Devin Aromashodu (Cahill)
7.02 RB Chester Taylor (Pitzer)
7.03 WR Steve Breaston (Cannon)
7.04 WR Mike Wallace (Allan)
7.05 RB Ricky Williams (Rito)
7.06 QB Jay Cutler (Harmon)
7.07 WR Robert Meachem (Davis)
7.08 QB Brett Favre (Dolfi)
7.09 QB Kevin Kolb (Holm)
7.10 QB Eli Manning (Hickerson)
7.11 WR Dez Bryant (Kellogg)
7.12 RB Marion Barber (Nazarek)
8.01 WR Jeremy Maclin (Allan)
8.02 RB Montario Hardesty (Kellogg)
8.03 QB Carson Palmer (Hickerson)
8.04 WR Kenny Britt (Holm)
8.05 QB Ben Roethlisberger (Dolfi)
8.06 QB Joe Flacco (Davis)
8.07 TE Owen Daniels (Rito)
8.08 WR Derrick Mason (Nazarek)
8.09 WR Santana Moss (Cannon)
8.10 WR Lee Evans (Pitzer)
8.11 WR Antonio Bryant (Cahill)
8.12 RB Ben Tate (Cahill)
9.01 WR Jerricho Cotchery (Pitzer)
9.02 WR Johnny Knox (Cannon)
9.03 WR Chris Chambers (Allan)
9.04 WR Devin Hester (Rito)
9.05 RB LenDale White (Harmon)
9.06 WR Donnie Avery (Davis)
9.07 QB Donovan McNabb (Harmon)
9.08 RB Cadillac Williams (Dolfi)
9.09 RB Ahmad Bradshaw (Holm)
9.10 RB Darren McFadden (Hickerson)
9.11 QB Matthew Stafford (Kellogg)
9.12 QB Chad Henne (Nazarek)
10.01 WR Santonio Holmes (Nazarek)
10.02 RB Jerome Harrison (Kellogg)
10.03 WR Mohamed Massaquoi (Hickerson)
10.04 RB LaDainian Tomlinson (Holm)
10.05 ST NY Jets (Dolfi)
10.06 RB Michael Bush (Davis)
10.07 TE Chris Cooley (Harmon)
10.08 WR Bernard Berrian (Rito)
10.09 QB Vince Young (Allan)
10.10 TE Kellen Winslow (Cannon)
10.11 RB Fred Jackson (Allan)
10.12 WR Anthony Gonzalez (Cahill)
11.01 WR Julian Edelman (Cahill)
11.02 TE Visanthe Shiancoe (Pitzer)
11.03 RB Clinton Portis (Pitzer)
11.04 TE Heath Miller (Allan)
11.05 QB David Garrard (Rito)
11.06 RB Thomas Jones (Davis)
Fanex is an experts league that's been around since the mid-'90s. Participants include Matt Pitzer (USA Today), Mike Harmon (foxsports.com), Craig Davis (fantasyfootball.com), Tony Holm (fantasysharks.com) and others.
This is a no-moves, best-ball league. The automatically generated starting lineups include (among the usual) 3 WRs and one flex player that can be a RB, WR or TE. Scoring system includes 1 point per reception. There are no head-to-head games in this league; it's based strictly on the most points compiled over 17 weeks. To read the reasoning behind the picks click here.
-Ian Allan
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Posted by Brian Grzybowski | May. 25 at 12:57 PM
Incidentally, I'm sure you'll cover this in the mag, but what do you briefly think of the RB mess in D.C.? I find it intriguing that Shanahan signed Ryan Torain. He looked good in Denver before he was injured, and then showed nothing once he got into a regular-season game...
Posted by IAN ALLAN | May. 25 at 01:07 PM
I will double-check, but I don't think Torain's name will even appear in the Washington story. That guy can't play. I saw him in the Cleveland game he started (it was a Thursday nighter on NFL Network -- also Brady Quinn's first start, I believe). Torain looked very much like a college back. When Shanahan wasn't in the league last year, Torain couldn't even latch on with a team. Maybe -- maybe -- he sneaks onto the Washington roster with the last roster spot, but I doubt it.