But when I saw I had the #1 pick, I considered changing my strategy. If Vick stays healthy and repeats his performance, is he the most valuable player in football? Probably. And if not, who do you take? Chris Johnson coming off a holdout, on a mediocre Tennessee offense? Arian Foster and his MRI? Adrian Peterson on a potentially terrible MIN offense that has to face the Packers and Lions twice? Every option seems risky. You don’t want to fuck up the #1 pick, but really, how can you lose?
I decided to go with Chris Johnson and hope that he comes out guns blazing. The Titans built their offense around him and he’s shooting for 2000 yards. Sounds good to me. Plus, he’s fun to own and without knowing a ton. My hope is that I get the 1-5 pick in another draft and get a chance to take Vick.
For my second and third picks, I planned to go RB, RB, but there wasn’t a third RB there that I really wanted. I took a bit of a chance drafting Felix Jones, who may have been there when it got back to me, but I have a good feeling about him this year. I grabbed Hakeen Nicks as well, to ensure I got a top 10 WR.
My plan for picks 4 and 5 were to grab another WR and a QB. I was targeting Matt Ryan, but Peyton Manning was there as well. So what to do, is Peyton coming back this season? When do you draft him? So I took Matt Ryan. And Peyton Manning.
Next round I was hoping Kenny Britt would fall, but he went the pick before mine. So with 6 and 7 I totally blew my “no players with same bye weeks” plan, drafting Stevie Johnson and Benjarvis-Green Ellis.
The wheels sort of fell off after this. In panic mode, I took two RB with James Starks and Pierre Thomas to cover my bye weeks and hope Starks breaks out. I took two potential breakout candidates in Emmanuel Sanders and Jordy Nelson, who could also do absolutely nothing. I continued my week 7 bye-week disaster by taking Aaron Hernandez as my TE. Then I logged off--after taking THE LIONS DEFENSE.
Best get: Peyton Manning in round five. If he comes back before the end of the season, he’ll be motivated and hopefully put up big numbers.
Worst pick: Peyton Manning in round five. I took a bench player when I really still needed another WR. And I hate the Green-Ellis pick, but I said bet on backs, so I am.
Just missed: Kenny Britt. If he had been there, I would have gone Britt and Johnson, to complete my 3 WR’s with Nicks. Instead, I panicked and took Johnson and Green-Ellis. Dumb.
Team Outlook: I don’t like it. I have a handful of potential breakout players as my reserves. If they don’t break out and my players go down or won’t produce, I’ll be left scrambling. If Peyton comes back and Stevie doesn’t turn out to be a bust, I could make a run at it.
Level of team hatred: 60%. Through my first four picks I was pretty happy. My plan of going RB-RB-WR-QB-WR was on track until Peyton Manning fell. I wanted to grab Felix Jones and I had to reach for him. I was hoping Matt Ryan made it to me in round four and he did. But how do you pass on Manning in round five? Then I took Benjarvis Green-Ellis which makes me puke. And taking two week 7 bye-week WR seriously hampered my ability to take another WR of my choice, since some of them had the same bye.
Football vs. Finance Outlook: I started the Fidelity video lessons today. No money in the market for this challenge yet, although the markets dropped again today. It seems the longer I wait, the better (or worse) it gets. As for football, I’m starting to feel like my knowledge would be more helpful in a much deeper league, where you have to really know the third tier and breakout candidate-players. Time will tell.
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