Rookie/Free Agent draft results

[wizo1fan]

Hey all, had a draft in one of my dynasty leagues this week. We roster 25 players. Here are the results of the draft. My picks are in bold (I got carried away and somehow drafted 3 TE's to compensate for the weakest part of my roster).

1.01 - Matthews
1.02 - Bryant
1.03 - Spiller
1.04 - Best
1.05 - Ben Tate
1.06 - Hardesty
1.07 - Demaryius Thomas
1.08 - Benn
1.09 - Bradford
1.10 - Mike Williams (T.B.)
2.01 - Taylor Price
2.02 - Golden Tate
2.03 - McCluster
2.04 - Gresham
2.05 - Toby Gerhart
2.06 - Arian Foster
2.07 - Aaron Hernandez
2.08 - Jonathan Dwyer
2.09 - James Jones
2.10 - Jimmy Graham
3.01 - Brandon LaFell
3.02 - Emmanuel Sanders
3.03 - Lawrence Maroney
3.04 - Devin Thomas
3.05 - McGahee
3.06 - Aromashodu
3.07 - Starks
3.08 - Clausen
3.09 - Lex Hilliard
3.10 - Anthony Dixon
4.01 - Decker
4.02 - Colt McCoy
4.03 - Schillens
4.04 - Buehler
4.05 - McKnight
4.06 - Ringer (I have Chris Johnson)
4.07 - Chad Jackson
4.08 - Hartley
4.09 - Tebow
4.10 - Blount
5.01 - Shipley
5.02 - Carlton Mitchell
5.03 - Mike Thomas
5.04 - Matt Moore
5.05 - Gilyard
5.06 - Danny Ware
5.07 - Charles Scott
5.08 - Early Doucet
5.09 - Julian Edelman
5.10 - Dwayne Jarret
6.01 - Riley Cooper
6.02 - Jacoby Ford
6.03 - Brian Hartline
6.04 - Andre Roberts
6.05 - Johnnie Lee Hooker
6.06 - Tony Moeaki
6.07 - Rashad Jennings
6.08 - New England
6.09 - Andre Brown
6.10 - Deji Karim
7.01 - Kerry Meier
7.02 - Lefevour
7.03 - Mewelde Moore
7.04 - Damian Williams
7.05 - Todd Heap
7.06 - Josh Morgan
7.07 - Miami D
7.08 - Harry Douglas
7.09 - Buster Davis
7.10 - Andrew Quarless
8.01 - Marcedes Lewis
8.02 - Mike Hart
8.03 - David Gettis
8.04 - John Skelton
8.05 - Jay Feeley
8.06 - Kevin Boss
8.07 - Albert Young
8.08 - Garret Graham
8.09 - Deon Butler
8.10 - Jabar Gaffney

[jordanzs]

Some good picks in there & some weird picks in there!

I like Taylor Price, but ahead of Golden Tate??

McGahee before Aromas? Lucky for you to benefit from that one.

I've seen 25 round startup drafts where Early Doucet went in the 11th round, and Danny Ware went totally undrafted. Are you seeing something in Ware that others aren't?

Kerry Meier before Harry Douglas.....interesting

Jabar Gaffney at the very last pick is puzzling. Sounds like he's a starter this year, and I've heard there's some sleeper potential for him.

[wizo1fan]

Always some strange picks in this league, which makes it fun!

I've seen 25 round startup drafts where Early Doucet went in the 11th round, and Danny Ware went totally undrafted. Are you seeing something in Ware that others aren't?

I like the guy long term once he gets his chance for some reason. I think I jumped the gun on him because Giants RB's seem to be popular in this league for some reason.

Taylor Price before Golden Tate was strange to me as well! I'm just not a fan of Jabar Gaffney, which is why I did not take him but not sure why others did not.

Always interesting to look at these drafts and try to analyze!

[jordanzs]

In my last startup draft, I took Golden Tate in the 8th round, and Taylor Price in the 18th round. I do like Price though, and hope he lives up the potential that the guy in your league thinks he will.

I subscribe to FantasyIndex.com, and they're thinking that Moeiki will be the 2nd best TE (dynastywise) behind Gresham from this year's draft. If that's the case, you got a major bargain.

I should keep my eye on Danny Ware. I had a chance to get him in the 24th round this past May, but took Tyrell Sutton instead. Also had the chance in another league, but I took Andre Brown instead.

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There is a VERY long list of WRs who were drafted after Taylor Price that I like quite a bit more. I have no idea under what justification he went so early. In rookie only drafts I wouldn't touch him any before the middle of the 3rd. With FAs included, he went ridiculously early. I didn't look much further than that. At quick glance, I like nearly every player in the 5th round more...

[jordanzs]

I do like Price's long term potential with the Pats. He looks like a good durable crisp WR, and I think he'll get some opportunity once Moss moves on.

In 1 draft, I got Price, mainly because I also have Moss

In another draft, I ended up with Hernandez, Brandon Tate, and Price. I'm expecting to get solid production out of 1 of those 3.

But yeah, he could've very well been taken later in this draft. I would've taken Golden Tate instead, and come back for Price a round or 2 later.

Just my opinion

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Here are just the WRs who I would take in front of Price:

2.02 - Golden Tate
2.03 - McCluster
3.01 - Brandon LaFell
3.02 - Emmanuel Sanders
3.04 - Devin Thomas
3.06 - Aromashodu
4.01 - Decker
4.03 - Schilens
5.01 - Shipley
5.02 - Carlton Mitchell
5.03 - Mike Thomas
5.05 - Gilyard
5.08 - Early Doucet
5.09 - Julian Edelman

[tomfin2000]

I think you had a very nice draft. Foster could be a steal at 2.06. We can argue all day long about who's better between Foster and Tate, but the fact is that it's Foster's job to lose and he doesn't seem to be doing anything to lose it. Even though Graham has had an up and down training camp so far, I'm sold on his potential over the long term. Aromashodu was a steal at 3.06. Really, there's not a player that you picked up that I don't like including Ware.

Did no one draft Blount? I like him whether you have Johnson or not, but since you do have CJ, he might be worth a pickup if you've got any dead weight on your roster.