Draft Review of 2011 and look back to 2010

Before I present this years draft review, some have asked how I did last year. I think it was pretty good as I predicted the eventual SB champ and many of this years keepers. Missed on some but more hits then misses.




Lakenheath Draft Review 2010



1 Yellowfins A-

Best Pick: CJ Spiller (15th), J Edleman (16th)

Worst Pick: None

Sleeper: Mohammd Massaquoi Cle WR

2010 Keeper: CJ Spiller (11th) Fred Jackson (4th)

Evaluation: Not really great anywhere (Having 1st pick and AP at RB helps) but not weak anywhere either. Just a good balanced team.

Prediction 10-3. Playoffs losing in 2nd rd (lost in 1sr rd to Slam)















2 Army of Six A-

Best Pick: Wes Welker (6)

Worst Pick: Shawn Nelson TE (17)

Sleeper: Montario Hardesty RB CLE

2010 Keeper: J. Charles (8), C Benson (5)?

Evaluation: Strong at QB, RB and TE. Good at WR. 2 Great keepers helped make this a great draft team. Supplemental draft could have been better

Prediction 9-4 Playoffs for first time in ages. but first round loss spoils the coming out party (lost to Ned Nutters in 1st round)





3 Slams Slammers B+

Best Pick: C. Williams (15) M Bush (16) (started many weeks)

Worst Pick: Favre over Kolb in 5th

Sleeper: Either J Gaffney DEN WR or A. Gonzalez WR IND

2010 Keeper: CJ (3), M Bush (12)

Evaluation: Should have gone for upgraded QB in 3rd with Romo or Schuab and then RB in 5th with J Stewart or J Harrison.

Prediction 9-4 Not as dominant as last years 12-1. Makes playoffs and pulls the rarest of rare a repeat as SB champion! (Crushed in semi finals by Cruisers 132-113)



4 Sammys Slayers B+

Best Pick: A Rodgers (2), M Crabtree (5)

Worst Pick: Either TE in 7th or 8th

Sleeper: Ryan Mathews (1), Matt Moore QB CAR

2010 Keeper: Maclin (10), Tebow (13)

Evaluation: Weak at TE. Should have gone TE instead of WR3 in 6th since WR2 was kept.

Prediction 8-5 Playoffs and if he gets a TE may make it far. SB runner up? Missed playoffs at 4-9. What happened?



5 Cadillac Slim B+

Best Pick: Hakeem Nicks (5)

Worst Pick: DET DEF (14)

Sleeper: None

2010 Keeper: Shonn Green (7)

Evaluation: Santana Moss was a reach in rd 4. KW2 was great steal in rd 7.

Prediction 8-5. Playoffs the promised land. But early exit too.(? What was I thinking)



6 Cruisers B

Best Pick: Jahvid Best (5)

Worst Pick: J Shockey (8)

Sleeper: Austin Collie (15), Mario Manningham (16)

2010 Keeper: S Smith NYG (9)

Evaluation:

Prediction 8-5 and his first playoff appearance and goes to 2nd round (And to SB)



7 Cowboys B

Best Pick: J Stewart (5)

Worst Pick: Buehler DAL K (9) I have doubts he is with them entire season

Sleeper: Dexter Mccluster KC WR/RB? (18)

2010 Keeper: Tashard Choice (8), Nate Burleson (13)

Evaluation: Strong at QB and TE, Good RBs but weak at WR.

Prediction 8-5 and a return to the playoffs. (And a loss in 1st rd to Cruisers)



8 Duck B

Best Pick: Thomas Jones (15) or D Thomas DEN WR (16) both were steals

Worst Pick: Leon Washington (4) that is 4-5 rounds too early

Sleeper: S Breaston WR AZ (6)

2010 Keeper: D Thomas (12)

Evaluation: Strong at WR and TE, weak at RB and QB. Reach for L Washington hurt team. Could have had 8 other starting RBs there.

Prediction 7-6 but just misses playoffs due to tie breaker total points scored. Good effort for first year in FF (miss-team was worse than I thought at 2-11)



9 Tok’s Terminators B-

Best Pick: Chester Taylor (15th) is a steal of the draft.

Worst Pick: S Rice (2) hip injury will limit him this year IMHO

Sleeper: J Campbell (18) Another steal as a Starter

2010 Keeper: C Taylor (11), J Campbell (14)

Evaluation: MB3 in 4th may prove to be a reach. Strong WRs but weak at RB2 and 3. Great supplemental draft. C Taylor will be RB2 by week 6.(NOT!)

Prediction 6-7 no playoffs (finished 8th just missing playoffs)



10 Perps of Pain B-

Best Pick: Donald Brown (15)

Worst Pick: M Cassel (5) too early for QB2

Sleeper: Mike Bell (17) or a B Berrian resurrence (18)

2010 Keeper: A Bradshaw (7)

Evaluation: 2 QBs in first 5 rounds kills a chance at getting good WRs and TE.

Prediction 6-7 no playoffs. (Spot on 2-11)



11 Spikings B-

Best Pick: D Aromashodu CHI WR (16)

Worst Pick: Take your pick R Brown (4) or D Bowe (6) or Joe Webb (18)

Sleeper: Malcom Floyd (8)

2010 Keeper: Kenny Britt (11), Ben Tate (10)

Evaluation: And ok team just not strong enough to keep up. Joe Webb will be first player dropped as he may not make the 53 man roster.

Prediction Somehow they win 7 but miss playoffs. (Spot on as they only managed 6 wins)



12 Crestview Crushers C+

Best Pick: K Kolb (5)

Worst Pick: Reggie Bush (3) was a reach

Sleeper: Justin Forsett (6)

2010 Keeper: Brandon Pettigrew (12)

Evaluation: Too many high risk/high reward players. Ward and TO at WR are at end of careers.

Prediction 6-7 simply by greating coaching but no return trip to playoffs much less SB. (Great coaching gets them to Semi finals only to lose to Ned Nutters and miss repeat trip to SB)



13 Neds Nutters C

Best Pick: keeping Mendenhall (12)

Worst Pick: Matt Forte in 1sr round was a reach of 2 rounds. Vincent Jackson (3) may not play this year with suspension and holdout.

Sleeper: Johny Knox (6)

2010 Keeper: Mendenhall (8)

Evaluation: Drafted K in 7th before first TE. Team is TE weak

Prediction 5-8. A bitter disappointment and completely disavows all acknowledgement of Matt Forte. (Missed on this as they ride Forte and late V JAx all the way to SB)



14 Coz Crushers C

Best Pick: Devin Hester (9) and Tim Hightower (15) were steals

Worst Pick: Mark Sanchez NYJ QB (5) was a huge reach. Better to secure a RB2 or WR2 there.

Sleeper: None

2010 Keeper: Tim Hightower (11)

Evaluation: 2 QBs and 2 TEs in first 7 picks when only 2 of those 4 players can start each week means RB and WR is going to be weak. Strong at QB and TE and weak at RB and WR. He may find himself starting H Miller at flex most weeks.

Prediction 4-9 Some wins but more losses. Vows to read more FF books!  (SPOT ON! 2-11 finish)





And now for 2011



Slams review in order of team grade (highest first-this means many of the non attending/non sending draft rankings teams are near the bottom). Overall I think it was a tougher draft. No teams were below C and few teams were above B+. So more parity this year then in past drafts. No real “bye week” teams (teams you know you can beat) either.



Playoff bound

1 Slams Slammers (SB winner)

2 Neds Nutters (SB loser)

3 Sammys Slayers

4 Duck

5 Cruisers

6 Spikings

7 Crestview Crushers



Non Playoff Teams

8 Yellowfins

9 Tok’s Terminators

10 Gunslingers

11 Buford Cuzins

12 Cowboys

13 Cozs Cripplers

14 Army of Six



1 Pick Gunslingers C+

Best Pick: Joe Flacco (8th)

Worst Pick: Roy Williams (6th)

Sleeper: Roy Helu (16th)

2011 Keeper: Julio Jones (15th)

Evaluation: May have reached on Buress in 4th and Tebow in 11th. Good safe first draft with some good late round picks.

Prediction: 6-7 missing playoffs



2 Pick Spikings B-

Best Pick: Every supplemental pick round 15-20.

Worst Pick: Ryan Fitzpatrick (8th) is the best backup QB?; Brandon Pettigrew in 6th a little early too

Sleeper: Danny Woodhead (15th or Shane Vereen) (16th) whichever stands out at NE

2011 Keeper: Kenny Britt (11th), Robert Meacham (17th)

Evaluation: Love Shonn Greene in 2nd but Reggie Wayne may be risky in the 3rd. Solid but nothing special

Prediction: 7-6 sqeaks into playoffs



3 Pick Buford Cuzins C+

Best Pick: Lance Moore (9th)

Worst Pick: Take your pick: Mark Ingram (3rd), BJ Green Elis (5th? really) or Christian Ponder (11th) as your backup QB

Sleeper: Johny Knox (16th)

2011 Keeper: None ok maybe Lance Moore or Ponder as a token Viking

Evaluation: Pulled trigger too early on Rodgers as QB. With 5 other RBs kept should have gone for a RB here and Rd 2. Weakness is RB2.

Prediction: 5-8



4 Pick Yellowfins B- (Was a B orginally but they stink more and more as time goes by)

Best Pick: Nate Burleson (19th)

Worst Pick: Ryan Williams (7th) as he was out for season by then. Wasted pick

Sleeper: Mathew Stafford may prove to be QB1 for this team over Matty Ryan

2011 Keeper: Not much. Davone Bess (16th)?

Evaluation: Weak at RB which is not where you want to be.

Prediction: 6-7 missing playoffs





5 Pick Cowboys C

Best Pick: Ben Roethlisberger (6th)

Worst Pick: Jason Witten (3rd) too early

Sleeper: Dan Bailey K Dal

2011 Keeper: DeMarco Murray (15th)

Evaluation: Left off all WAS players. Too picky. Some high evaluations of strange players. Tashard Choice should not have been kept!

Prediction: 6-7 as he always makes some good in season moves



6 Pick Neds Nutters A-

Best Pick: Greg Jennings (2), Keepers in Mendenhall (7) and Vick (14)

Worst Pick: Fort……..nevermind. MSW (6) too homery.

Sleeper: Brandon Jacobs (16)

2011 Keeper: Mendenhall (7) and Vick (14)

Evaluation: Cooley is hurt but at 11 could be value, Buehler may not be the DAL K week 4, great supplemental picks add to a B+ draft. Sproles in 5th may have been early.

Prediction: 9-4 losing in SB to Slams Slammers



7 Pick Sammys Slayers B+ (Lowered from A- bc I always like their draft but the coach someone inevitably screws it up)

Best Pick: Finely (5), Owen Daniels (7)

Worst Pick: Ryan Torrain (6)

Sleeper: Sam Bradford (8)

2011 Keeper: Maclin (10) and Mike Williams (14) again

Evaluation: Hate every supplemental pick and most will be gone by week 6. Strong draft boosted by 2 quality keepers. Anyone see a trend here?

Prediction: 8-5, loses in first round of playoffs



8 Pick Ducks Destroyers B+

Best Pick: AJ Green (14), CJ Spiller (15) and any player with 2 initials before last name.

Worst Pick: ? Josh Freeman as keeper in 6th?

Sleeper: Matt Schaub (8) may be starting more games for Duck than Freeman

2011 Keeper: AJ Green (14), CJ Spiller (15), Kendall Hunter (18), Andy Dalton (20)

Evaluation: Watch this team. Great depth. Little weak at RB2 but backups could help with a little luck.

Prediction: 8-5 playoffs with loss in semi finals



9 Pick Cruisers B

Best Pick: Peyton Manning (6) steal of draft, assuming he plays…LOL

Worst Pick: Jahvid Best (1), Ryan Grant (3) but great HC for Grant in Starks

Sleeper: Tim Hightower (15)

2011 Keeper: Mario Manningham (13), James Starks (16)

Evaluation: On paper it looks really good, but I think it could prove to be a house of cards waiting to fall. RB has tons of question marks and none of his 3 RBs could be starting by our playoff time

Prediction: 7-6 no SB repeat, sneaks into playoffs only to lose to #1 seed Slams Slammers. Ah the irony in that.



10 Pick Cozs Cripplers C

Best Pick: Reggie Bush (4) could be big in Miami

Worst Pick: Dez Bryant (2) a little early more of a homer pick I suspect. Same with Romo in 3rd rd.

Sleeper: Lee Evans (7), Stephen Ridley (16)

2011 Keeper: Colt McCoy (11)

Evaluation: Just nothing to love. No bad picks really just too early and that knocks down the value of the team.

Prediction: 5-8 no playoffs. Maybe fantasy baseball next year?



11 Pick Crestview Crushers B- (was C+ but upon further review upgraded)

Best Pick: Steve Johnson (2)

Worst Pick: Jeremy Shockey (8), Henne (10)

Sleeper: Beanie Wells (4)

2011 Keeper: Arian Foster (13), Kyle Orton (19)?

Evaluation: Nothing to write home about. Safe, medicocre picks. Arian Foster as keeper lifts team. RB and WR solid. QB maybe weak as Henne sucks.

Prediction: 7-6 playoffs, out in 1st round.



12 Pick Toks Terminators B-

Best Pick: Kolb (9)

Worst Pick: Cassel (7) ug!

Sleeper: Jared Cook (10), Greg Little (17) ,Andre Roberts (19)

2011 Keeper: Brandon Jackson (18), LaRod Stephens-Howling (20)

Evaluation: Had to go RB-RB with later pick, keepers and no RB keeper. Should have kept Darren McFadden. Nice finish with 2 K and 2 D. Love Greg Little and Andre Roberts at WR

Prediction: 6-7 missing playoffs.



13 Pick Slams Slammers A

Best Pick: Drew Brees (4)

Worst Pick: Gronkowski (6)

Sleeper: Olsen (8)

2011 Keeper: Chris Johnson (4), LeSean McCoy (7)

Evaluation: Briliant draft. Helps with 2 Top 10 RBs as keepers. Having said that RB may be a little weak depending on J Stewart situation. QB and WR strong. Took some chances on TE.

Prediction: 11-2, SB champion!



14 Pick Army of Six C

Best Pick: Felix Jones (2), Mike Thomas (5)

Worst Pick: Jacoby Ford (5), Brent Celek (7)

Sleeper: Montario Hardesty (19)

2011 Keeper: Jamaal Charles (8), Demaryius Thomas (16)

Evaluation: Excellent at RB, weak at WR and TE. QB is depending on Cutler as A Smith could be a bench warmer.

Prediction: 5-8 no playoffs this year.