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It’s not quite on par with the German, British and French troops setting down their weapons on Christmas Eve in World War I, but in honor of the Memorial Day Weekend, they’re putting the Fanex draft on hold.
They’ll freeze the timer tonight, so I’m not sure if I’ll get to make another pick before Tuesday. I’ve got a pair of picks coming up – 11.07 and 11.08.
Here’s where the draft stands now, with 121 of the 240 players selected.
Fanex Football Experts Draft
1.01 RB SD LaDainian Tomlinson (Nazarek)
1.02 RB MIN Adrian Peterson (Cannon)
1.03 RB IND Joseph Addai (Hickerson)
1.04 RB PHI Brian Westbrook (Georgopoulus)
1.05 RB STL Steven Jackson (Allan, trade)
1.06 RB SF Frank Gore (O'Leary)
1.07 RB BUF Marshawn Lynch (Dolfi)
1.08 RB BAL Willis McGahee (Butler, trade)
1.09 RB KC Larry Johnson (Cahill)
1.10 RB WAS Clinton Portis (Kellogg)
1.11 RB DAL Marion Barber (Pitzer)
1.12 RB GB Ryan Grant (Holm)
2.01 WR NE Randy Moss (Holm)
2.02 RB NO Reggie Bush (Pitzer)
2.03 RB MIA Ronnie Brown (Kellogg)
2.04 QB NE Tom Brady (Cahill)
2.05 RB TEN LenDale White (Butler, trade)
2.06 RB JAC Maurice Jones-Drew (Dolfi)
2.07 RB CLE Jamal Lewis (O'Leary)
2.08 QB IND Peyton Manning (Cannon, trade)
2.09 WR IND Reggie Wayne (Georgopoulus)
2.10 RB NE Laurence Maroney (Hickerson)
2.11 WR DAL Terrell Owens (Cannon, trade)
2.12 RB ARI Edgerrin James (Nazarek)
3.01 RB ATL Michael Turner (Nazarek)
3.02 WR HOU Andre Johnson (Allan, trade)
3.03 WR CLE Braylon Edwards (Hickerson)
3.04 WR NO Marques Colston (Georgopoulus)
3.05 TE SD Antonio Gates (Butler)
3.06 WR ARI Larry Fitzgerald (O'Leary)
3.07 WR CIN T.J. Houshmandzadeh (Dolfi)
3.08 WR CAR Steve Smith (Allan, trade)
3.09 WR ARI Anquan Boldin (Cahill)
3.10 QB DAL Tony Romo (Kellogg)
3.11 WR CIN Chad Johnson (Pitzer)
3.12 RB PIT Willie Parker (Holm)
4.01 RB OAK Darren McFadden (Holm)
4.02 WR STL Torry Holt (Pitzer)
4.03 WR DEN Brandon Marshall (Kellogg)
4.04 RB TB Earnest Graham (Cahill)
4.05 WR NE Wes Welker (Allan)
4.06 RB NYG Brandon Jacobs (Dolfi)
4.07 RB CIN Rudi Johnson (O'Leary)
4.08 RB NYJ Thomas Jones (Georgopoulus)
4.09 QB CIN Carson Palmer (Hickerson)
4.10 WR NYG Plaxico Burress (Cannon)
4.11 QB NO Drew Brees (Butler)
4.12 WR DET Roy Williams (Nazarek)
5.01 TE DAL Jason Witten (Nazarek)
5.02 RB CHI Matt Forte (Allan, trade)
5.03 WR IND Marvin Harrison (Hickerson)
5.04 WR PIT Hines Ward (Georgopoulus)
5.05 QB HOU Matt Schaub (Butler)
5.06 TE KC Tony Gonzalez (O'Leary)
5.07 TE CLE Kellen Winslow (Dolfi)
5.08 WR DET Calvin Johnson (Allan)
5.09 WR KC Dwayne Bowe (Cahill)
5.10 RB DEN Travis Henry (Kellogg)
5.11 QB CLE Derek Anderson (Dolfi, trade)
5.12 RB SEA Julius Jones (Holm)
6.01 WR PIT Santonio Holmes (Holm)
6.02 QB PIT Ben Roethlisberger (Pitzer)
6.03 WR BUF Lee Evans (Kellogg)
6.04 WR GB Greg Jennings (Cahill)
6.05 RB DET Kevin Smith (Allan)
6.06 QB SEA Matt Hasselbeck (Pitzer, trade)
6.07 WR ATL Roddy White (O'Leary)
6.08 TE WAS Chris Cooley (Butler)
6.09 RB CAR DeAngelo Williams (Georgopoulus)
6.10 WR IND Anthony Gonzalez (Hickerson)
6.11 WR SD Chris Chambers (Cannon)
6.12 QB PHI Donovan McNabb (Nazarek)
7.01 WR BAL Derrick Mason (Nazarek)
7.02 RB CAR Jonathan Stewart (Cannon)
7.03 RB JAC Fred Taylor (Hickerson)
7.04 QB NYG Eli Manning (Georgopoulus)
7.05 WR TB Joey Galloway (Butler)
7.06 QB STL Marc Bulger (O'Leary)
7.07 WR PHI Kevin Curtis (Pitzer, trade)
7.08 TE IND Dallas Clark (Cannon, trade)
7.09 RB PIT Rashard Mendenhall (Cahill)
7.10 WR GB Donald Driver (Kellogg)
7.11 QB DEN Jay Cutler (Allan, trade)
7.12 WR NYJ Jerricho Cotchery (Holm)
8.01 WR MIN Bernard Berrian (Holm)
8.02 WR WAS Santana Moss (Dolfi, trade)
8.03 RB DAL Felix Jones (Kellogg)
8.04 RB NO Deuce McAllister (Cahill)
8.05 RB HOU Ahman Green (Pitzer, trade)
8.06 WR NYJ Laveranues Coles (Dolfi)
8.07 WR OAK Javon Walker (O'Leary)
8.08 WR PIT Limas Sweed (Butler)
8.09 WR SEA Deion Branch (Georgopoulus)
8.10 WR PHI Reggie Brown (Hickerson)
8.11 WR SEA Bobby Engram (Cannon)
8.12 WR SEA Nate Burleson (Nazarek)
9.01 RB MIN Chester Taylor (Nazarek)
9.02 RB CHI Cedric Benson (Cannon)
9.03 TE NYG Jeremy Shockey (Hickerson)
9.04 TE TEN Alge Crumpler (Georgopoulus)
9.05 WR PHI DeSean Jackson (Butler)
9.06 RB DET Tatum Bell (O'Leary)
9.07 QB JAC David Garrard (Allan)
9.08 RB HOU Chris Brown (Cahill)
9.09 WR DAL Patrick Crayton (Dolfi)
9.10 RB ATL Jerious Norwood (Kellogg)
9.11 WR BAL Mark Clayton (Pitzer)
9.12 QB TEN Vince Young (Holm)
10.01 QB GB Aaron Rodgers (Holm)
10.02 RB GB Brandon Jackson (Pitzer)
10.03 QB ARI Matt Leinart (Kellogg)
10.04 WR SF Isaac Bruce (Cahill)
10.05 TE HOU Owen Daniels (Pitzer, trade)
10.06 TE BAL Todd Heap (Dolfi)
10.07 QB CAR Jake Delhomme (O'Leary)
10.08 QB SD Philip Rivers (Butler)
10.10 RB TEN Chris Johnson (Hickerson)
10.11 RB DEN Selvin Young (Cannon)
10.12 QB DET Jon Kitna (Nazarek)
11.01 WR NE Jabar Gaffney (Nazarek)
The scoring system for this league is 6 points for TDs, 4 for TD passes, 1 point per reception, 1 point for every 20 passing yards and 1 point for every 10 run/rec yards. Teams start 3 WR, 2 RB, QB, TE, PK, DEF and one flex (WR-RB-TE) player. 18-man rosters. No waiver moves. No lineups (it's a best-ball format). High score after 17 NFL weeks wins.
To read the writeups on the picks in the 2008 draft (where each expert explains his picks) click here.
The most up-to-date info on the Fanex League can be accessed at www.myfantasyleague.com.
-Ian Allan
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Posted by Eugene Hitt | May. 23 at 06:54 PM
Kevin Smith is a nice "bounce back " pick after Forte. He's almost certain to post better stats and has a much better chance to be the feature runner on his team. looks like you took a mulligan with your 5th pick..... Hines Ward, travis Henry and "your boy" Orange Julius are almost certain to have better statistical seasons and seem to be better value than Forte. Im interested to see if you handcuff one of your runners or opt for a TE.
Posted by Miguel Tames | May. 23 at 09:55 PM
To say Travis "i'm injured every game and may not make the team" Henry is almost certain to have better stats sounds a bit off. Julius Jones is a perennial disappointment and will be stuck in a possible 3 way committee with 0 goal line carries. And Ian already has good WR's so no need for Ward there. The Kevin Smith pick made a lot of sense to me.
Posted by Miguel Tames | May. 23 at 10:08 PM
oops i meant the Forte pick. u might have to add an edit button just for me..
Posted by IAN ALLAN | May. 23 at 11:09 PM
Ward? Henry? Orange Julius? I think Eugene is stuck in a time warp; he thinks it's still 2005. I would consider those guys only if I was one of those Devil-Worshipper Leagues, where you get a big bonus if a player finishes with exactly 666 yards.
Posted by Eugene Hitt | May. 24 at 04:04 AM
Be reasonable Ian. Ward will lead the Steelers in receiving this year, while Travis and Julius will START for there respective teams. I wonder how many of the "experts" in this league were clenching there fists in frustration when you "stole" Matt Forte. Ha,at least there's a silver lining. You can grab "Cover Boy" Tatum Bell and use the "ground shaking" detroit running game every week...
Posted by Eugene Hitt | May. 24 at 04:06 AM
my bad, i noticed that your peers already took your handcuffs, Hey, Kevin Faulk catches alot of passes, maybe you can pick him up.......
Posted by Miguel Tames | May. 24 at 07:25 PM
Time warp is right, he's even blasting you for the Tatum Bell cover thing. That's gotten so old.