ROUND ONE
1. ROBIO – Adrian Peterson (RB MIN) – Position Rank: #2 Sometimes it’s just lucky to be bad. Or rather, it’s good to be bad at the right time. Thanks to my last place finish in 2009, I was rewardd with Adrian Peterson’s first dip into free agency (after being kept by Matt for three years). Oddly enough though, this was the first time Purple Jesus actually earned first-team ‘All-Robio’. He will be the first first-pick to be kept the following season since Reggie Bush in 2006.
2. RICH B – Drew Brees (QB NO) – Position Rank: #6 After finishing first-team ‘All-Robio’ the previous two years, Brees’ numbers actually dipped in 2010. He especially struggled early on with interceptions. It was never so bad that he needed to be bench, but it was enough to contribute to Burrier’s 1-5 start. Like Rich though, Brees rallied in the second half, finishing sixth among QBs.
3. MOLLY – Shonn Greene (RB NYJ) – Position Rank: #35 Clearly the biggest bust of the draft. It is always risky to take a guy who has never really achieved anything this early, but Molly shocked the world by taking the second-year back. He had a horrid week one and was benched by LT. He would eventually split time, but he would never start a single game for Molly, sitting on the pine for all of 2010. Molly went from a preseason favorite to out of the playoffs and you can point right to this draft pick as one of the main reasons why.
4. COLBY – Frank Gore (RB SF) – Position Rank: #17 Not a tragic pick. In fact, he was a top-five back for most of the season. He produced seven 200-point games in his first nine games, but injury in week 12 knocked him out for the season. Losing his top back was costly for Colby, as he fell in the quarters to Matt, after ralling from a 2-4 start.
5. ERIC – Randy Moss (WR NE) – Position Rank: #76 Just another long line of first-round failed for Eric. Seriously, has any person been burned more with his first pick than Eric? Let’s look back again. 2001 he took Eddie George. He sat on his bench all season long. In 2002, Eric had the top pick. He took Marshall Faulk, who began his decline (finishing 16th). In 2003, success! Ricky Williams finished 9th among all backs (as the second overall pick). In 2004, Eric did fine again. Rudi Johnson finished 9th. In 2006, Julius Jones was Eric’s first pick and he fell to 20th. In 2006, it was Lamont Jordan, who rewarded Eric with 434 total yards. In 2007, Shaun Alexander joined The Swamp and finished 38th among all backs In 2008, Eric finally made the right decision. He passed on a RB and took Larry Fitzgerald, who finished #1 among WRs. In 2009, Eric went back to the RB. Bad decision. Brian Westbrook finished 54th among RBs.
6. DON – Maurice Jones-Drew (RB JAX) KEEPER – Position Rank: #10 Arugable one of the league’s top backs, MJD struggled out of the gate, failing to hit 200 in five of his first six games. Too talented to bench though, Jones-Drew finally found some holes and finished the fantasy regualr season with three 300-pt games in his last four. After three years (and one title), MJD’s three-year run officially ends with Don.
7. ROB M – Reggie Wayne (WR IND) – Position Rank: #7 Peyton Manning’s favorite target still finished in the top-10 and you can’t complain about that, but I’m not sure it felt like a great year. While Wayne did produce some big games (three 200-pt games in his first four games), he also produced some clunkers, failing to hit 150 at least six times.
8. JEFF – Ryan Mathews (RB SD) – Position Rank: #32 Jeff knew he was reaching big time by taking a rookie in round one and this one did not pay off. Thanks to Shonn Greene though, he wasn’t the biggest bust in round one. He started his season fumbling and then lost his starting job. When he finally got it back, he then got hurt, missing Jeff’s final three games. He ended up sitting on Jeff’s bench for almost the entire season.
9. RICH C – Roddy White (WR ATL) – Position Rank: #2 With a lot of big name options still remaining (Johnson, Fitzgerald, C-John, Marshall), one couldn’t blame Rich if he overlooked White. He didn’t and it paid off. He was one of the best all season long and earned his first First-team All-Robio honors.
10. BOB – Andre Johnson (WR HOU) KEEPER – Position Rank: #8 Over the last five or six years, there hasn’t been a better WR, so Bob actually used a first-round pick to keep him. Throughout the season, Johnson really struggled to stay healthy, yet only missed one game. Bob never lost faith in him and it paid off. Come playoff time, Johnson produced back-to-back 300-point games to help lead him to his second career title.
11. GRIFF – Steven Jackson (RB STL) KEEPER – Position Rank: #13 Despite a solid career, this was actually the first time Steven Jackson was actually kept. Of course like so many years before, Jackson struggled to be elite behind a suspect offensive line. He did finish 13th, which wasn’t bad, but Griff ended up shipping him off to Calderon for Marques Colston and Kyle Orton.
12. MATT – Ryan Grant (RB GB) – Position Rank: #121 Ouch, one game in and an injury knocks him out for the year. Usually 45 total yards and 74 fantasy points from your first-round pick would kill one’s season, but Matt did a solid drop recovering. Smart pick ups ad savy trades will do that.
ROUND TWO
13. MATT – Knowshon Moreno (RB DEN) – Position Rank: #18 With Grant already gone in week one, Matt would suffer another loss when his second-round pick went out the following week. Moreno would miss the next three weeks, sort of forcing Matt to make major adjustments to his roster. Matt was able to survive the injuries and when Moreno came back, he dominated. Between week 10-14, he produced three 200-pt games and two 300-pt games. Despite his numbers, it wasn’t enough to get Matt out of the quarterfinals.
14. GRIFF – Larry Fitzgerald (WR ARI) – Position Rank: #13 With the retirement of Kurt Warner, there were a lot of concerns about Fitzgerald. The concerns were legit. With no quarterback, Fitzgerald fell from elite status quickly. He spent most of the season just outside the top-20 among receivers. He rallied late in the season with three 200-pt games, which got him to 13th, yet by that point Griff had traded for Colston and picked up Steve Johnson, so Fitzgerald actually ended the season on Griff’s bench, just two years removed from finishing first-team All-Robio.
15. BOB – Tom Brady (QB NE) – Position Rank: #2 One should never be shocked to see Bob take a QB this early. This is a man who has either picked or kept Daute Culpepper (2005) and Peyton Manning (’07 and ’08). The man values his arms. This year though, he decided to by-pass the young guns (Romo, Rivers) and go with Brady…the boy toy didn’t disappoint. Thanks to a slow-ish start, Brady didn’t get first-team All-Robio, but after losing to Cleveland in week nine, he was the best arm in football. He finished the season with a stunning 36 touchdowns to only four interceptions. Stud pick and a big reason for Bob’s championship run.
16. RICH C – Calvin Johnson (WR DET) – Position Rank: #6 He’s clearly one of the best pair of hands in football, but just imagine the numbers he could put up if he actually had one, solid quarterback. Calderon passed on a running back early and the moved paid off. He won the scoring title thanks to having the best receiving duo in the land (White and Johnson).
17. JEFF – Brandon Marshall (WR MIA) – Position Rank: #23 At first, the move to Miami looked like a smart one. He had a 370-pt game in week three, with a 200+ game two games later. Yet, that would be it. As Miami’s QB situation got worse (did Pennington really comeback or was that a mirage?), so did Marshall’s stats. He was an elite pair of hands last year, but by the end of 2010, he wasn’t even worth starting.
18. ROB M – Pierre Thomas (RB NO) – Position Rank: #54 Maybe I’m alone on this one, but I thought Thomas was due to have a solid year. Masterson ended up taking him, but he wasn’t bragging about this pick. Good thing too, as Thomas couldn’t stay on the field. Are his days number, because I can’t remember the last time he actually produced on the field.
19. DON – Ronnie Brown (RB MIA) – Position Rank: #30 Slowly but surely, those injuries are starting to catch up with the former Auburn Tiger. The man who twice went down mid-season when he was ranked in the top-five, was able to finish the season, but it didn’t really matter. After breaking 200 in week one, he would only do it again in week nine. Brown would fail to hit 50 fantasy points four times throughout the year. Sadly Don had to start him all season because he was never able to find a replacement.
20. ERIC – Beanie Wells (RB ARI) – Position Rank: #56 Injured and splitting time…never a good combo. He started a few games for Eric, but he never cracked 100 yards rushing, scoring only two touchdowns all season long. It got so bad for Wells, Eric actually ended the season starting Brian Westbrook. Ouch.
21. COLBY – Peyton Manning (QB IND) KEEPER – Position Rank: #3 His numbers may not have been what they’ve always been, but you can’t really blame him. Just about everyone on his offense went down at some point with an injury, yet somehow Manning still managed to finish in the top-three. Great stats. Great keeper.
22. MOLLY – Tony Romo (QB DAL) – Position Rank: #28 For five weeks, Tony Romo was one of the best, if not the best, quarterback in fantasy football. Thanks to a Dallas defense that couldn’t stop my mother, Romo was tossing the ball around a lot and in the process raked up five straight 300+ games. Then his full back failed to block a blitzing Giants’ linebacker and just like that Romo was gone for the year. It was a huge injury as Molly struggled to find a replacement to fill Romo’s shoes. In fact, Molly would go 1-8 after Romo got hurt.
23. RICH B – Michael Turner (RB ATL) KEEPER – Position Rank: #12 It’s not often a number one running back gets traded, but with keeper eligibility up after the season, Burrier sent Turner packing. He made the decision because he was able to pick up Peyton Hillis, but I’m not sure it was a great deal. Turner would produce four 200+ point games and two 300-pt games after the trade. In return Rich got Marshawn Lynch (who did very little in Seattle) and Jeremy Maclin (who would become an inconsistent starter for Team 6.
24. ROBIO – Philip Rivers (QB SD) – Position Rank: #4 Stud. The reality is, I really wanted to Tony Romo. Thankfully Molly snagged him two picks earlier and I was “forced” to take the leftovers in Rivers. He was a monster all season long and was a big reason for my 12-win regular season.
ROUND THREE
25. ROBIO – Greg Jennings (WR GB) – Position Rank: #3 A classic case of a guy not performing, trade him, then have him blow up. For five weeks, Jennings averaged 103 ppg. I traded him off to Matt (with Santanio Holmes) for DeSean Jackson. Jennings proceeded to become the best wide receiver in football, averaging 273 ppg the rest of the way.
26. RICH B – Jahvid Best (RB DET) – Position Rank: #23 In week two, the rookie RB busted out with a stunning 592-pt game. It looked like Burrier had the steal of the century. However, that game was a fluke. He wouldn’t break 200 the rest of the way. Still, if he can stay healthy and the Lions can keep a quarterback healthy too, Best can become a solid back in this league.
27. MOLLY – Anquan Boldin (WR BAL) – Position Rank: #26 The move to Baltimore didn’t do the trick for Boldin. Occasionally he deliver the big game, like 448 in week three, plus a couple of 200-pt games. Yet there were also 14, 7 and 2-point games mixed in between.
28. COLBY – Marques Colston (WR NO) – Position Rank: #17 It’s not often that a top-20 receiver would get traded twice in a season, yet here we are. The fact is, Colby didn’t need him after landing Nicks and Owens. He passed him off to Calderon, who also didn’t need him thanks to White and Calvin Johnson. He was shipped off to Griff, who did need him. It was a great movie for Coomer. Colston started to click at the end, averaging 213 ppg.
29. ERIC – Joseph Addai (RB IND) KEEPER – Position Rank: #46 If you’re really wondering why Eric missed the post-season for the first time in four years, this might help you understand. Addai was injured all season long and finished 46th among running backs. This officially makes Addai Eric’s best pick out of his first five. Yes, his best pick.
30. DON – Dwayne Bowe (WR KC) – Position Rank: #5 For a month, Bowe wasn’t worth a start. He failed to crack 100 in three of his first four games. Then he proceeded to rock. Over the next seven weeks, Bowe produced record setting numbers. He averaged a solid 308 ppg. This allowed Don to recover from his 2-6 start. Of course what makes Bowe so frustrating is right when you really need him, he fails you. After getting shutout in week 13, he only caught one ball for six years in the quarterfinals.
31. ROB M – Jonathan Stewart (RB CAR) – Position Rank: #38 We all say, if only DeAngelo Williams went down, Stewart could be one of the best backs in football. Well, Williams failed, but so did every other Panthers offensive player. He averaged 58 ppg, missing two games due to injury. In the final two regular season games, Stewart did put up some points, but by then it was long over for Masterson.
32. JEFF – Carson Palmer (QB CIN) – Position Rank: #13 The addition of Terrell Owens was suppose to open things up for Palmer. Not that anyone was predicting greatness, but he certainly should be a decent starter. He was not. Palmer looked old and he can’t forcing things to his loud-mouth receivers. He couldn’t crack 4,000 yards despite throwing nearly 600 balls, handing over 20 interceptions in the process.
33. RICH C – Steve Smith (WR CAR) – Position Rank: #69 This is what happens when you don’t have a quarterback. Put him with Peyton Manning, Smith is probably a top-five receiver. Instead he had Brady Quinn throwing to him for most of the season. He cracked five catches in a game once, never reaching 90 yards, never sniffing the end zone after week two.
34. BOB – Felix Jones (RB DAL) – Position Rank: #20 With Barber finally taking a backseat to Jones, this was the year you wanted Felix in your starting lineup. Yet, he never really took off and found himself on and off of Bob’s bench. He was averaging over 150 ppg by season’s end, but by then, Bob was relying on Ryan Torain to lead him to the title along side Chris Johnson.
35. GRIFF – Chad Ochocinco (WR CIN) – Position Rank: #33 He stormed out of the gate with 354 fantasy points (12 catches, 159 yards and a TD). With Owens on board, things were going to pop for Ochocinco. Wrong. He would have nine games with less than four catches and 90 yards. He would only score three more times the rest of the season. Eventually Griff would pick up Steve Johnson and trade for Colston, sending the former Chad Johnson to the pine.
36. MATT – DeSean Jackson (WR PHI) KEEPER – Position Rank: #9 It’s never easy to get an Eagle away from Matt, but desperate to fix up an injury-ravaged team, Matt would have traded away his own mother. In the end, Jackson had a solid season (finishing top-10), but a week after being traded for Jennings and Holmes, he went down. Meanwhile Jennings blew up and Holmes was a solid two.
ROUND FOUR
37. MATT – Dallas Clark (TE IND) – Position Rank: #29 In only two weeks, Matt lost both his running backs (Grant for the year), but things really had to sting when Dallas Clark went out for the year. Six weeks in, he was a top-three tight end. While Matt did a fantastic job replacing other sore spots, he never was able to replace Clark. He finished with Celek and Heap, but those two combine couldn’t do what Clark could do.
38. GRIFF – Jermichael Finley (TE GB) – Position Rank: #36 It’s rare to have a star-studded tight end go down for the season. How about two tight ends drafted back-to-back in the draft? Two weeks before Clark went down, Finley (projected to be the top tight end in football) went out for the season.
39. BOB – Wes Welker (WR NE) – Position Rank: #25 Over the past three seasons, no one had caught more balls than little’ Wes. Yet, when he tore that ACL at the end of 2009, there weren’t too many folks willing to take a chance on him, even as he declared himself healthy. At first, he looked like a solid grab by Bob, but eventually his numbers never jumped out. Too many five-yard routes. with the Brandon Lloyd pick up, Welker was expandible. He was shipped off to the Pounders where Colby finishing the season with him thanks to injuries to Nicks.
40. RICH C – Antonio Gates (TE SD) KEEPER – Position Rank: #1 How’s this for greatness…he missed three full games due to injury and left early in three others, yet he still somehow managed to finish first in points among all tight ends. That’s how dominate he was when he was playing.
41. JEFF – Cedric Benson (RB CIN) KEEPER – Position Rank: #19 Here’s the deal, Benson’s numbers weren’t that much different than the year before. In fact, he produced nearly 200 more points this season than he did last season. The problem is, there were better backs this year, so Benson actually went from 12th among all backs to 19th, despite scoring more fantasy points. On top of that, he was maddening inconsistent. He had four 200+ games in the 13-game fantasy regular season, but he failed to break 100 five times, including a 19-pt fantasy game.
42. ROB M – Joe Flacco (QB BAL) – Position Rank: #12 After a slow start to the season (91 total points in the first two-weeks), Flacco actually put up some solid digits. In fact, after week two, his lowest scoring total in a single game was 233. He spent most of the season rotating with Jay Cutler, finishing the season as Rob’s starter.
43. DON – Eli Manning (QB NYG) – Position Rank: #10 It looked like Eli had turned the corner the previous year. He finished 11th, which isn’t tragic, but you still want a top-six QB in fantasy. With an exciting young receiving core it looked like this could be the year when Eli could make that jump into the top-six. While did finish with a ton of yards and touchdowns (31), he also threw 25 interceptions (20 of which were during Don’s season). Turnovers can kill a fantasy team. By mid-season Don was rotating Eli with Cassel, although Manning did finish the season as the starter.
44. ERIC – Mike Sims-Walker (WR JAC) – Position Rank: #51 Now I’m starting to see how Eric only managed to win two games. Four picks in and none of them have paid off. Just look at their rankings: Randy Moss (#76), Beanie Wells (56th), Joseph Addai (#46) and now Sims-Walker (who finished as the 51st best receiver in the league. After finishing 2009 as a legit second-teir receiver, he really stuck up the joint at times. In fact, he was shutout twice during the season.
45. COLBY – Jets (DST-NYJ) – Position Rank: #4 Taking the first defense in the draft has never guaranteed success. In fact, you have about a 50-50 shot at landing a top-five defense, so for the Jets to finish 4th, consider it a win for Colby. However, I’m sure he had hoped they’d be a bit more consistent. There were alot of 250-pt games followed by 90-pt games. For the record, here is the breakdown for first D’s taken through the years starting in 2001: Titans #24, Bucs #1, Bucs #4, Ravens #3, Bills #24, Bears #2, Bears #13, Chargers #21, Steelers #10, Jets #4.
46. MOLLY – Tony Gonzalez (TE ATL) – Position Rank: #11 Is he done? It is starting to look like it. Since 2000, Tony Gonzalez has brought home five first-team ‘All-Robio’ awards. No one has delivered more. Prior to this season, Gonzalez had never finished worst than sixth. That’s stunning.
47. RICH B – Mike Wallace (WR PIT) – Position Rank: #4 Burrier waited four rounds to grab his first wide receiver and he wasn’t too confident about it. In fact, he would draft five more receivers in the next eight rounds. Maybe he should have been more confident. After so-so start, Wallace heated up and was a big reason for Rich’s second-half turnaround.
48. ROBIO – Jason Witten (TE DAL) – Position Rank: #2 I passed on the big, big names (Gates, Finley, Gonzalez) in the third-round and the decision paid off. Witten had a fantastic year, earning second-team ‘All-Robio’.
ROUND FIVE
49. ROBIO – DeAngelo Williams (RB CAR) KEEPER – Position Rank: #38 Two years ago I added the Carolina Panthers’ running back from the waiver wire. He couldn’t save my sinking season back in 2008, but he did finish first among all backs, so the future looked bright. Last year, he still finished 7th among all backs, but things didn’t look right for that team. Still, I had to keep him one more year, right? Wrong. He did nothing and was benched early. He was eventually shipped off to Calderon, who never started him. He ended his season on IR.
50. RICH B – Malcom Floyd (WR SD) – Position Rank: #36 When you peak over and see that Floyd finished 26th among all receivers the first word out of your mouth is BUST. But he really wasn’t. In fact, he had two 200+ games and a 400+ game within in the first five games. Of course because Rich was rotating in and out receivers, Floyd got the 400-pt game on Rich’s bench. In the end, he got hurt and missed four games, killing his value.
51. MOLLY – Eagles (DST PHI) – Position Rank: #8 Not a tragic pick. I thought Molly reached a bit for an Eagles defense that probably would have been around two rounds later. The started for her most of the season, sometimes sitting out to let the Patriots D in for a game or two.
52. COLBY – Brandon Jacobs (RB NYG) – Position Rank: #24 He finished as a back-end second tier receiver, which is about what you can expect from a guy who has to share carries and never got 15 touches in a single game. He was shipped of to Neatock, but just as a throw in. The big names to come out of that deal of course was Michael Vick for Matt and Hakeem Nicks for Colby.
53. ERIC – Steve Breaston (WR ARI) – Position Rank: #47 The bust-run continues for Eric. He’s five picks in and the best pick he’s made was Joseph Addai, who finished 46th among all running backs. At the time of the draft, one could expect Breaston to step into Boldin type numbers, but with no quartback in the desert, there was little Breaston could do.
54. DON – Hines Ward (WR PIT) – Position Rank: #39 It’s kind of shocking to watch all the hot, young stud receivers get drafted to go along with Ward (Plaxico, Holmes, Wallace), watch them get better than Ward, only to see them shipped off for one reason or another. With Hines Ward starting to act his age, I can’t see Wallace getting shipped off.
55. ROB M – Ray Rice (RB BAL) KEEPER – Position Rank: #7 It’s sort of hard to believe Ray Rice actually cracked the top-10 among all backs. He started the season breaking 200 fantasy points only once in his first seven games. His inability to be an elite back was a big reason for Masterson’s collapse. Yet, he was able to turn it around after the bye and put up solid numbers, including a 514-pt game in what would have been the semis. Too bad Rob’s season was already over.
56. JEFF – C.J. Spiller (RB BUF) – Position Rank: #61 Busted. The fact is, it is hard to be productive when you’re not getting the ball. Sitting behind both Lynch and Jackson (then just Jackson) for the entire season, Spiller never saw 10 carries in a game. He broke 100 fantasy points only once (in week three). Jeff cut him and Masterson picked him up, but I don’t see Rob keeping him with Ray Rice still available for one more season.
57. RICH C – Matt Forte (RB CHI) – Position Rank: #8 This one actually turned out to be a sweet pick. Forte actually produced two 400-pt games in the season’s first five weeks. Yet, Rich ended up not really needing him in the end. In fact, Rich would actually end u drafting two top-10 backs, but neither would finish the season on his roster. Early in the year, he shipped off McCoy for the league’s top quarterback. Then after picking up Blout and trading for Steve Jackson, he decided to send Forte packing to Eric. In the end, it was a bad trade for Rich and a super trade for Eric, who gave up a worthless Randy Moss fot a potential top-10 RB keeper in the fifth round.
58. BOB – Pierre Garcon (WR IND) – Position Rank: #31 Like so many Colts offensive players, injuries killed Garcon. He missed some or all of three of his first four games. He did start to show some moxie towards the end of the season, but by then he was sitting behind Andre Johnson and Brandon Lloyd.
59. GRIFF – Donal Drivers (WR GB) – Position Rank: #60 For five weeks, the Donald looked pretty decent. He was even out-performing Greg Jennings. He had four 100+ fantasy games and one 200+ game. Then he got hurt and he never looked the same, even when he came back to play.
60. MATT Terrell Owens (WR CIN) – Position Rank: #16 Amazingly, Matt Neatock almost become the first person in league history to trade two top-10 receivers to another person (Colby). He survived because he landed two solid pair of hands from me. Anyhow, after a slow start to the season, Owens exploded in week four (10 catches, 222 yards and one TD). Over the next five weeks he was the best receiver in football, averaging 314ppg. At the time Colby was one of three people (Calderon and Bob) who had two top-six receivers. Of course Nicks got hurt and Ownes numbers declined, dropping Owens out of the top-10.
ROUND SIX
61. MATT – Justin Forsett (RB SEA) – Position Rank: #40 Forsett had sleeper written all over him, as the Seahawks were suppose to rededicate themself to the run. They didn’t and they eventually traded for Marshawn Lynch. For now, we’re going to have to shelf Forsett’s future in this fantasy league.
62. GRIFF – Ahmad Bradshaw (RB NYG) – Position Rank: #14 He went one round after Jacobs and in the end it was a good decision. He started for the Giants for most of the season and he finished 10 spots better. Still, Bradshaw never sniffed the starting lineup as he sat behind Jamaal Charles, Steven Jackson and Arian Foster.
63. BOB – LaDainian Tomlinson (RB NYJ) – Position Rank: #16 We thought his days as a starting back were over. Barring an injury to Greene, this looked like a wasted pick. In wasn’t. With Felix Jones unable to establish anything in Dallas, Bob benched him and inserted LT, who became the starter after Greene was benched in week one. For 10 full weeks, LT was a solid back along side Chris Johnson. He looked like a steal. However, his numbers dipped dramatically at the end. Thankfully for Bob, he had picked up Ryan Torain and Tomlinson earned another title, this time as a backup.
64. RICH C – Kevin Kolb (QB PHI) – Position Rank: #36 Calderon gambled and waited on a QB. He landed the Eagles new starter so it looked like a great decision. However, Kolb got hurt in week one and Michael Vick suddenly looked like video-game Michael Vick. Kolb was soon released. In the end, Rich didn’t miss him too much. He ended up picking up Orton (one of the best early season quarterbacks) and trading for Aaron Rodgers, the league’s top arm.
65. JEFF – Jabar Gaffney (WR DEN) – Position Rank: #35 With Brandon Marshall shipped off to Miami, it really was a guessing game in Denver. Jeff decided to guess first by taking the first Broncos reciever. He guessed rong.
66. ROB M – Jay Cutler (QB DEN) – Position Rank: #14 At the beginning, Cutler was putting up stud numbers. Too bad for Rob he kept guessing wron, having Flacco starting when Cutler had a good game and having Cutler starting when Flacco had a good game. Eventually he would settle on Flacco and Cutler would be cut. He finished his season on Colby’s bench.
67. DON – Cowboys (DST DAL) – Position Rank: #24 Absolute bust. The Cowboys defense was simply awful. They showed some promise when Wade Phillips was fired, but by then Don had removed them from his roster. Colby picked them up, but Colby picked up just about every defense in the league come playoff time.
68. ERIC – Vikings (DST MIN) – Position Rank: #14 Back-to-back defensive busts. Of course, more was expected from the Vikings D. Eventually Eric would sits the Vikes D down, instead starting the Bears D. He nailed them in the 12th round and they finished 3rd in 2010.
69. COLBY – T.J. Houshmandzadeh (WR BAL) – Position Rank: #80 He wanted out of Denver (like how Boldin wanted out of Arizona). He ended up in Baltimore, just like Boldin. At least Boldin cracked the top-30. Houshmandzadeh finished 80th. He finished the season as a free agent that nobody wanted.
70. MOLLY – Kenny Britt (WR TEN) – Position Rank: #24 Oh what could have been. Not sure he could have saved Molly season, but he certainly would have made it prettier. After slowly building up steam in Tennessee, Britt exploded for one of the biggest games of all time when he scored 616 fantasy points (7/225/3). Sadly he would get hurt in the very next game. He wouldn’t see the field again until week 14. By then, Molly’s season was over.
71. RICH B – Michael Bush (RB OAK) – Position Rank: #28 Seriously, with the Raiders, all you could really do was flip a coin: McFadden or Bush, Bush or McFadden. In this case, Burrier made the wrong call. While Bush had a couple of moments when McFadden got hurt, he was the backup, while McFadden performed like an All-Robio player.
72. ROBIO – Vincent Jackson (WR SD) – Position Rank: #92 Suspended for most of the season. He didn’t take the field until week 12. He didn’t make a catch until week 14. Was it worth it? Don’t know. I did start him in the quarters and he did produce 394 fantasy points. In the end, this pick was all about next year since I’ll probably be keeping Jackson over the Giants’ Steve Smith.
ROUND SEVEN
73. ROBIO – Cadillac Williams (RB TB) – Position Rank: #38 The door was opened for Cadillac to return to glory. He failed…big time. Eventually Blout would become the big boy in the Tampa back field, which did me no good.
74. RICH B – Steelers (DST PIT) – Position Rank: #1 A great pick by Rich. He waited for a D and ended up with the league’s best by a long shot.
75. MOLLY – Clinton Portis (RB WAS) – Position Rank: #68 His career is over. Even if he comes back next year, he shouldn’t be drafted. Molly actually used him early on when Greene was benched. He wasn’t great, but he did have three games over 100. That would be it. After week four, he’d be injured, playing in only one more game all season long.
76. COLBY – Marion Barber (RB DAL) – Position Rank: #55 Speaking of done. While Barber got some carries, the backfield belonged to Felix Jones. In fact, Barber will be looking for a new home once the lockout is over with.
77. ERIC – Ben Tate (RB HOU) – Position Rank: IR This ended up being a pretty important injury. Not only could Eric have used the number one back in Houston, but with him going down before the season even started, it opened the door for Arian Foster. Griff grabbed him later in the draft and just like that, he had the league’s number one back.
78. DON – Reggie Bush (RB NO) – Position Rank: #65 To think, Bob took this guy with the #1 overall pick way back in 2006. Since then he has never cracked the top-25 among running backs. This season he hit rock bottom as he missed nearly the entire fantasy season.
79. ROB M – Sidney Rice (WR MIN) KEEPER – Position Rank: #95 Listen, with the way Brett Favre looked, it is doubtful Rice would have lived up to expectations, yet it still would have been nice to see what Rice could have done if he didn’t miss 10 weeks of football.
80. JEFF – Robert Meachem (WR NO) – Position Rank: #46 It looks like Jeff will need to do some better research on wide receivers next year. He drafted four wideouts. They finished: Marshall #23, Gaffney #35, Meachem #46 and Golden Tate #118).
81. RICH C – Fred Jackson (RB BUF) – Position Rank: #21 Sharing the ball with rookie Spiller and with Lynch coming off of his suspension, Calderon had good reason to cut Jackson loose in week four. He had done little so far and was coming off a 8-pt game. Still he picked him back up the following week, with little or no reason (maybe it was trade rumors). In this case, patience paid off and after eight weeks of doing nothing, Jackson exploded with three straight games (355, 330 and 353). Suddenly the highest scoring team just got a little better. In the end, Calderon didn’t really need him (thanks to S. Jackson and Blount), but he certainly helped Rich land the scoring title at the end.
82. BOB – Chris Johnson (RB TEN) KEEPER – Position Rank: #9 Here’s the fact, yes Chris Johnson didn’t dominate like we expected him to. The reality is, he barely cracked the top-10. Having said that, he still was just an 8th round keeper. Any time you can get a top-10 player this deep, things are going to be fun. In the end, he played well down the stretch, including a 358-pt effort in the quarters and an important 284 points in Bob’s 148-point semis win.
83. GRIFF – Santana Moss (WR WAS) – Position Rank: #18 Once again, you count Santana Moss out and the little bastard surprises us all again. I seriously doubt Griff had any intention of ever playing him, but he actually did until Griff traded and picked up some better hands. In the end, he cracked the top-20 again. Just to prove that we might be overlooking Santana Moss, over the last six years, Santana Moss has out-produced Randy Moss three times and one of those times Randy out-did Santana, he only beat him by two spots. Of course this might say more about Randy than Santana.
84. MATT – Chris Chambers (WR KC) – Positon Rank: #113 Am I the only one bored with this guy? He’s produced only one 1,000-yard season in his entire career and that was way back in 2005. In fact, I wouldn’t even call that season a good season. If you remember, Chambers had a sudden impact moment over a three-game period where produced 29 receptions, 460 yards and three touchdowns.
ROUND EIGHT
85. MATT – Giants (DST NYG) – Position Rank: #6 The defending champ waited eight rounds, letting five D’s going prior to this round. That in itself is a risk. He doubled down by taking a Giants defense that was ass-raped the previous season. The decision paid off. The G-Men rebounded from an awful 2009 and were back within the elite (top-six is elite in D’s).
86. GRIFF – Matt Schaub (QB HOU) KEEPER – Position Rank: #8 With one more year of keeper eligibilty, great things were expected from Schaub if he could stay healthy. He was a solid passer in an elite offense. A great combo made even better when you consider the Texans had no D (thus they’d be passing a lot). However, Schaub really struggled out of gate, failing to break 200 in five of his first eight games. This was unacceptable to Griff, who shipped Steven Jackson out of town to bring in Kyle Orton, a top-three QB. However, in the end, Orton crumbled (was benched in Denver) and Griff finished the season with Schaub, who was playing much better bythe end of the season.
87. BOB – Jerome Harrison (RB PHI) – Position Rank: #63 At the end of the 2009 season, there arguable was no better back than Jermome Harrison (maybe Jamaal Charles). In the final three games of the 2009 season, Harrison produced 561 yards rushing and five touchdowns. Yet, the Browns still decided to go out and draft Montario Hardesty. Just like that Harrison went from being a projected mid-second rounder to the 8th round. Yet Hardesty went and tore his ACL in the pre-season and for a moment, it looked like Bob had the steal of the draft. Nope. Harrison did nothing, was replaced by a white dude and was shipped off to Philly.
88. RICH C – Montario Hardesty (RB CLE) – Position Rank: IR Speaking of Hardesty. This had to be the first time in Robioland history where two running backs on the same team were drafted back-to-back in the draft. You also just knew Calderon had to be involved in this somehow.
89. JEFF – 49ers (DST SF) – Position Rank: #17 The 49ers were expected to be a sleeper defense in 2010. Sadly for Jeff, they never woke up. Hell, I’m surprised they fiished 17th, considering they failed to crack 100 points eight times.
90. ROB M – Donald Brown (RB IND) – Position Rank: #45 Is the Donald looking like a bust. He’s had two years to replace Joseph Addai as the starter in Indianapolis, yet he can’t do it. Last year he couldn’t do it because Addai simply played better. This year Addai went down and Brown simply followed him to the IR. How bad was it for the Colts this year? They were actually stating Edgerrin James cousin, Javarris James, this year.
91.DON – John Carlson (TE SEA) – Position Rank: #35 This was the second straight year Don waited on a tight end and then grabbed Carlson. For the second straight year the moved failed to pay off. It’s time, Don. It’s time to forget tha magical playoff run in 2008, when Carlston came out of nowhere to become one of the league’s best tight ends for a three-game period. Let go.
92. ERIC – Owen Daniels (TE HOU) – Position Rank: #25 A solid sleeper pick for a lot of people. He was the top tight end in 2009 prior to going down and out for the season. We knew it would be a slow start, simply because he wasn’t 100% yet, but mybe towards the end of the season, he’d come out of nowhere. That never happened. He never caught more than five balls, he never reached 100 yards and he didn’t score a touchdown until week 16…way too late for Eric.
93. COLBY – Jerricho Cotchery (WR NYJ) – Position Rank: #82 His days are over…wait, did Cotchery ever really have a day?
94. MOLLY – Dez Bryant (WR DAL) – Position Rank: #48 For a five-week period (starting in week six) Bryant looked ready to become a steal. Eventually he went down for the year. The question is, why didn’t Molly give him up? By the time the trading deadline rolled around, Molly had to have known she wasn’t making it to the playoffs. She also has Mendenhall has a keeper one round later. Why not trade Bryant for a potential category one keeper? I’m not saying there was a trade on the table and I’m not saying she could have gotten anything she would have wanted, but I do wonder if she even considered it.
95. RICH B – D. Aromashhodu (WR CHI) – Position Rank: #130 Cutler turned into a solid fantasy quarterback, too bad he didn’t bring any receivers with him. Actually that’s a lie, Johnny Knox did finish 22nd among receivers. Aromashhodu was the suppose to be the more gifted receiver, yet Cutler barely looked his way.
96. ROBIO – Steve Smith (WR NYG) KEEPER – Position Rank: #66 You know I’ve really haven’t had much luck with late round keepers and Steve Smith was no exception. It became clar early that Nicks was the new hot shot in town, yet Smith still managed to have a good game or two (he broke 188 three times in his first seven games), but his season ended early in week 10 and just like that, another potentially great late-round keeper will not be brought back to Robio’s squad.
ROUND NINE
97. ROBIO – Santonio Holmes (WR NYJ) – Position Rank: #38 At first there was a lot of regret when I traded away Holmes (along with Jennings) to Matt for DeSean Jackson. First, DeSean went out and while he sat on my IR, both Jennings and Holmes blew up. It looked like a huge mistake. Jennings of course continued to produce, but Holmers numbers were brought back to earth. After averaging 259 ppg between weeks 9-11, he would fail to hit 150 the rest of the way.
98. RICH B – Tim Hightower (RB ARI) – Position Rank: #33 With Beanie Wells hurt, Hightower was handed a golden opportunity. At first, it looked like he was going to cash it in. He 282 fantasy points against Atlanta in week two. Burrier threw him right into the starting lineup. Sadly, that would be it for him. Hightower would never sniff 100 yards rushing again, breaking 100 fantasy points only three more times total in our regular season.
99. MOLLY – R. Mendenhall (RB PIT) KEEPER – Position Rank: #11 Two-months into the season, the Steelers running back was one of the best backs in football (top-five in fact). He was kicking out 200 and 300-pt games. Of course once Big Ben got rolling, Pittsburgh started to pass the ball more and Mendenhall’s numbers dipped. Still in a truly rough season for Molly, Mendenhall was the lone bright spot.
100. COLBY – Darren Sproles (RB SD) – Position Rank: #42 The little fella had only two more 100 fantasy-point games (five) than negative games (three).
101. ERIC – Braylon Edwards (WR NYJ) – Position Rank: #21 Sadly, this was Eric’s best pick in the draft (which doesn’t say much). Reality is, Edwards looked pretty damn good with Holmes out on a suspension. Of course once Holmes came back, Edwards turned into a so-so second tier receiver.
102. DON – Devin Hester (WR CHI) – Position Rank: #54 You know Don loves his state of Florida/SEC related players. Eight of Don’s 14 non-defense drafted players either play in the state of Florida now or did during college or played in the SEC (MJD plays in Jacksonville, Brown plays in Miami, Bowe was born in Miami and along with Manning and Ward, played in the SEC. Also, Hester played for UM, while Harvin and Tebow played for the Florida Gators.
103. ROB M – Colts (DST IND) – Position Rank: #22 Rob has had some luck grabbing stud D’s late in the draft. Maybe he should have waited later. The Colts couldn’t stay healthy and they could stop anyone.
104. JEFF – Zack Miller (TE OAK) – Position Rank: #12 Hey, a good pick! Finally. Technically having only the 12th best TE means you have the worst starting tight end, but for the first seven weeks of the season, Miller was a top-five tight end. He had 33 catches and four TDs. Down the stretch though he fell apart. Right when Jeff needed a stud TE to push him into the post-season, Miller fell apart. He only caught four balls for 38 yards and no touchdowns between weeks 10-13.
105. RICH C – LeSean McCoy (RB PHI) KEEPER – Position Rank: #4 McCoy became a great keeper and was one of the best backs in football. Yet he did all his damage for Neatock, while Calderon had to “settle” for the league’s top quarterback. For that, Rich became the first person to have the league’s first-team ‘All-Robio’ quarterback three years in a row.
106. BOB – Donnie Avery (WR STL) – Position Rank: IR He was expected to be the top receiver in St. Louis, but with a rookie quarterback running the show, Avery wasn’t expected to put up big numbers. Sadly Bradford actually had a pretty productive season, but Avery wasn’t involved, going on the IR before the season started.
107. GRIFF – Ravens (DST BAL) – Position Rank: #7 How come we keep underestimating the Ravens D? Since 2006, the Ravens have been picked prior to the th round only once. Yet in those five seasons, they’ve finished in the top-10 four times.
108. MATT – Thomas Jones (RB KC) – Position Rank: #29 Fun stat that may only interest me. In seven seasons, Matt had never finished a season with his ninth round pick on his roster. He had either cut or traded his 9th round pick every year since 2003. Let’s take a look back, shall we: Terry Glenn, Ashley Lelie, David Carr, Keenan McCardell, 49ers D, Javon Walker andTorry Holt. This year he drafted Thomas Jones and he still has him. Shocking.
ROUND TEN
109. MATT – Aaron Rodgers (QB GB) KEEPER – Position Rank: #1 He ended up being one of the best late-round keepers in league history. He help lead Matt to a championship in 2009 and he helped Calderon lock down his first scoring title in 2010. Still, with Rodgers keeper eligibilty running out, look for the Vick era to continue for Matt.
110. Arian Foster (RB HOU) – Position Rank: #1 Not just the steal of the draft, but maybe the steal of the century. Time will tell if that is the case. Foster will need to be kept and produce the next two years to look down that title. The fact is, Griff really benefited from our draft being so early this year. Remember, Tate had yet to go down when we drafted. In my other drafts, Foster didn’t escape the third round.
111. BOB – Steve Slaton (RB HOU) – Position Rank: #106 Wow, for the second time in this draft, running backs on the same team taken back-to-back in the draft. In both cases, Bob was involved. In both cases, neither really worked out for him. In this case, it really worked out for the other guy. At least Bob walked away with the championship.
112. RICH C – Saints (DST NO) – Position Rank: #12 Despite finishing 7th last year, the Saints D slipped to the 10th round. They probably should have slipped a bit further down. They won’t awful, but you’re always hoping to do better than 12th.
113. JEFF – Ben Roethlisberger (QB PIT) – Position Rank: #10 Big Ben may have been the only picked that worked for Jeff. He was suspended for four games, so the fact he cracked the top-10 means somthing. The question is, does Jeff keep him in 2011, not wasting an early pick on another arm.
114. ROB M – Johnny Knox (WR CHI) – Position Rank: #22 It’s always the last one. A Bear receiver was drafted in three straight rounds and Johnny Knox was by far the bes of the trio. Aromashhodu went first in round eight, but he did nothing, finishing 130th. Hester followed in the 9th, but he couldn’t crack the top-50. Knox wasn’t great, but he was a low-end second tier reciever.
115. DON – Percy Harvin (WR MIN) KEEPER – Position Rank: #20 Despite all the struggles with the Vikings passing game, Harvin actually had a nice run for a while. Over a seven-week period starting in week three, the former Gator averaged 210 points per game. Unfortunately, his headache issues caught up to him again and right when Don needed him (come playoff time), he wasn’t available.
116. ERIC – Ricky Williams (RB MIA) KEEPER – Position Rank: #41 Last year, Ricky stunned the fantasy world by finishing 6th among all backs. Of course it helped that Ronnie Brown was lost for the season again. With no better options, Eric decided to bring Williams back. However, for him to succeed he would need Brown to go down again. He didn’t and Williams stats disappeared.
117. COLBY – Vernon Davis (TE SF) KEEPER – Position Rank: #3 Colby entered 2010 with not only one of the best late-round keepers in the draft, but one of the overall best keepers in the draft. This was thanks to a week six trade last year with Burrier. Shockingly though, despite putting up solid numbers (including 258 points in week five), Davis would remain a Pounder for one full year before Colby sent him packing for Wes Welker. With Tamme now on his roster, Colby decided to go get some wide receiver insurance. This trade actually would work out for both. First, both of Colby’s stud receivers would struggle with injuries, so Wes Welker actually played and performed well for the Pounders. Meanwhile, Davis was the starting tight end for the league champion.
118. MOLLY – Shawn Nelson (TE BUF) – Position Rank: #117 I’ll be honest. I had no idea who this guy was when Molly drafted him. You know what, with the season over, I still don’t know who this guy is.
119. RICH B – Brent Celek (TE PHI) – Position Rank: #19 Let’s see, Celek was drafted by Burrier and cut in week five. He was picked up by Bob a week later for $2. Two days later Bob packaged him with Wes Welker to Colby for Vernon Davis. Three weeks later Celek was cut. The following week, Matt grabbed him off waiver. Desperate for a tight end since Dallas Clark went out, he actually started Celek (one of three Eagles he started) in the quarterfinals. Celek produced 0 fantasy points and Matt would lose to Colby.
120. ROBIO – Bengals (DST CIN) – Position Rank: #20 I was looking for a sleeper. I didn’t find one. This actually remained my week spot all season long, as I constantly added and dropped D’s throughout the season.
ROUND ELEVEN
121. ROBIO – Darren McFadden (RB OAK) – Position Rank: #5 Now there is a pick. Fact is, if he didn’t get hurt and miss two games he would have been first-team ‘All-Robio’. He literally is my best late-round pick in a real long time. Too bad he came up short in the title game (11 carriers, 45 yards). Hopefully he’ll remain a stud keeper.
122. RICH B – Eddie Royal (WR DEN) – Position Rank: #53 For a brief moment, this looked like a great pick. Royal opened the season with back-to-back 180-pt games, then two weeks later produced a 270-pt game. Stud numbers. It didn’t last. Brandon Marshall was the real star in Denver, while Royal would only break 100 two more times.
123. MOLLY – Miles Austin (WR DAL) KEEPER – Position Rank: #12 For five weeks, Austin Miles was the league’s 31 ranked receiver. A week later and Tony Romo was knocked out of the season. While Kitna did a fine job holding down the fort, Austin never proved do be Kitna’s favorite target. Put it this way, with Romo, Austin had 31 catches in four games. He had only 38 catches in his final 12 regular season games after Romo went down.
124. COLBY – Dexter McCluster (WR KC) – Position Rank: #105 It was a pretty pointless rookie season for McCluster. In fact, he’ll be best known as the throwaway pick in the Vick/Nicks trade between Colby and Matt.
125. ERIC – Donovan McNabb (QB WAS) – Position Rank: #19 Despite keeping Brett Favre two rounds later, Eric reached for another aging quarterback in round 11. Neither apid off. In fact, neither finished the season as a starter on their respective team. This is what happens when your two quarterbacks are a combine 75 years old.
126. DON – Matt Cassel (QB KC) – Position Rank: #17 You know he wasn’t too bad, especially down the stretch. In fact, he put up a stunning 586-pt game in week 10, along with a 499-pt game two weeks later. He actually started a couple games for Don down the stretch as he was making his playoff push. Too bad Don couldn’t escape the semis, because if he had and if he would have played in Cassel in the finals, he would have gotten 498 points from his quarterback.
127. ROB M – Willis McGahee (RB BAL) – Position Rank: #50 He was nothing but a smart insurance pick. Rice never got hurt, so McGahee never was needed. However, Rice did struggle and McGahee did steal carries from him early in the season.
128. JEFF – Bernard Scott (RB CIN) – Position Rank: #70 Back-to-back insurance picks. Benson never got hurt, so Scott never got enough carries to do anything.
129. RICH C – Bernard Berrian (WR MIN) – Position Rank: #115 Calderon took Berrian in the 8th round in 2009. He finished 51st. In 2010 he took him in the 11th round and he fell to 115th. Does this mean Calderon will take him in the 14th round in 2011?
130. BOB – Kellen Winslow (TE TB) – Position Rank: #6 Isn’t it odd that Winslow, who finished 6th among all tight ends, actually ended the season as a free agent? He started the season as a starter for Bob, but eventually was benched when the Johnson’s added Vernon Davis. By week 10, Bob simply dumped him. That same week, Calderon grabbed him, actually started him for a week (getting 178 fantasy points from). Yet after a subpar week 11, he cut him in week 12. The following week Griff grabbed him, but that marriage only lasted a week. In week 15, the Pounders picked him up, but somehow cut him for DeAngelo Williams in week 17…wait? How did Colby add/drop after the season was over? And why would he pick up DeAngelo Williams who is not keeper eligible?
131. GRIFF – Alex Smith (QB SF) – Position Rank: #27 Can I go on record and brag for a second. When Alex Smith was drafted, I told anyone who would listen that the 49ers were making a huge mistake. The quarterback who should have been drafted was Aaron Rodgers. Do you see why I’m smarter than most NFL GMs?
132. MATT – Chris Cooley (TE WAS) – Position Rank: #5 Satified with Dallas Clark, Matt dropped Chris Cooley in week two. This probably was a mistake. A week later I grabbed him and when Clark went out for the year, Matt suddenly had a huge hole at tight end. A hole Cooley probably could have filled nicely. He remained on my bench backing up Witten all season long.
ROUND TWELVE
133. MATT – Sam Bradford (QB STL) – Position Rank: #20 So far in the keeper era, a rookie quarterback has not really paid off…not in year one, not in year two. Matt Ryan was the only rookie quarterback that’s been drafted and keep for a third year and he only played a couple of games in 2009 after my team had collapsed. Bradford looked good as a rookie, but time will tell if he’s the real deal. The good news is Matt redshirted him, so he can keep him for three more years if he so chooses.
134. GRIFF – Mike Williams (WR TB) – Position Rank: #15 A great pick to say the least. Mike Williams produced from week one and only got better by mid-season. Yes his numbers dipped, but it was still surprising to see Griff cut him. Here’s the deal…Griff already has his category three keeper in Jamaal Charles (round 15). However, why not trade Williams away? Outside of Finley, he doesn’t have any great category one keepers, so I was surprised he didn’t try to make a deal. Also, if you don’t trade, why not keep him? Sure Charles is your keeper, but what if he tears his ACL in the first pre-season game? If he had kept Williams, he would have had a solid second option. Instead, Calderon simply picked him up and he’ll have the solid keeper next year.
135. BOB – Kevin Smith (RB DET) – Position Rank: #78 Just in case Best failed in Detroit, I’d have the guy they had last year. Of course Smith never could get to 100%, so even when Best went down for a bit, it wasn’t Smith who they turned to.
136. RICH C – Jacoby Jones (WR HOU) – Position Rank: #59 Man this guy drops a lot of balls. With Andre Johnson on the other side of the field, Jones could expect to see single converage all season long, yet he still did nothing with it.
137. JEFF – Golden Tate (WR SEA) – Position Rank: #118 Did you know the NFL has five former Notre Dame wide receivers playing in 2010 and I wouldn’t draft any of them for my fantasy team? They are? Amaz Battle, David Givens, Carlyle Holiday, Maurice Stovall and Golden Tate.
138. ROB M – Anthony Gonzalez (WR IND) – Position Rank: #222 Did you know that Anthony Gonzalez has been in the league now four years? Stunning. Did you know over the last two seasons, he’s caught a total of two balls. That’s the same amount balls in my sack right now.
139. DON – Nate Burleson (WR DET) – Position Rank: #42 He actually played well for a couple of games in mid-October, but I’m not sure that justifies how many times this guy was picked up this year. In fact, Burleson was drafted by or was picked up by four teams (Don, Rich C., Rob M. and finally Matt).
140. ERIC – Bears (DST CHI) – Position Rank: #3 Really, the best pick in the draft. They split time with the Vikings most of the season. You have to wonder though, if your season is going down th toilet, you know there are some playoff teams dying for a lefit D, why not trade them for a solid keeper?
141. COLBY – Jeremy Maclin (WR PHI) KEEPER – Position Rank: #14 There is no doubt Colby likes to trade. In fact, I think Colby enjoys trading more than winning. He’s always looking for that next game-changing deal that will propel his team to the top. He’s not even afraid to sell off the future to do it. In 2010, Colby traded away both his category two (Vernon Davis) and category three (Maclin) keepers away. Of course it is debatible if he got enough back for a top-three tight end, but he certainly did when he packaged Maclin with Lynch for Michael Turner. This was a great deal for Colby.
142. MOLLY – Chad Henne (QB MIA) – Position Rank: #23 If you’re going to throw away a late pick on a quarterback, at least do it on a rookie QB, who hasn’t already proved he’s not worth a shit.
143. RICH B – James Jones (WR GB) – Position Rank: #44 As we saw in the Super Bowl, if only he could get Donald Driver to retire, Jones might be worth something some day.
144. ROBIO – Chester Taylor (RB CHI) – Position Rank: #58 I was simply stealing someone else’s insurance. Not only did he never play for me, he didn’t even make it to week one as I cut him for the Bucaneers defense.
ROUND THIRTEEN
145. ROBIO – Brian Robiskie (WR CLE) – Position Rank: #87 Someoen had to breakout among the Cleveland receivers, right? Actually, no. No one broke out. I cut him for another Cleveland receiver in week two, who I then cut one week later.
146. RICH B – Mark Sanchez (QB NYJ) KEEPER – Position Rank: #16 Okay, his numbers improved and that’s good. But with Drew Brees running the show for Team 6, Sanchez was never going to see the starting lineup. He was cut and eventually picked up Griff.
147. MOLLY – Patriots (DST NE) – Position Rank: #9 Not bad. They certainly were better than I thought they’d be all season long. Molly would end up rotating the Pats D with the Eagles D all season long.
148. COLBY – Ryan Longwell (PK MIN) – Position Rank: #27 Taking the first kicker rarely guarantees you’re getting the top kicker. In fact, since 2002 the average first kicker taken has finished 9th overall among kickers. Only two have finished first and only four have finished in the top 10. Longwell was the worst of the bunch. He finished 27th.
149. ERIC – Brett Favre (QB MIN) KEEPER – Position Rank: #30 Ouch, what a way to end a career. Last year Favre was one of the best picks in the draft for Eric, as he finished 5th among all quarterbacks. This year he just looked old.
150. DON – Laurence Maroney (RB NE) – Position Rank: #152 Are we done with this guy yet? Five years into his career and he’s never produced more than 835 yards. In 2010, he played in a total of four games.
151. ROB M – Michael Crabtree (WR SF) KEEPER – Position Rank: #34 Two seasons in and Crabtree has not lived up to expectations. Of course it helps to have a quarterback. Still with very few options in category three, you have to think Masterson will be willing to give him one more year.
152. JEFF – Rob Bironas (PK TEN) – Position Rank: #7 The Tennessee Titans could move the ball well enough to give Bironas enough opportunities to kick field goals.
153. RICH C – Garrett Hartley (PK NO) – Position Rank: #19 He was the preseason #1 ranked kicker and the poor bastard was actually benched. He would rebound and finish the season with Jeff.
154. BOB – Glen Coffee (RB SF) – Position Rank: Retired I think this is the first time in league history a person lost a player to retirement. Congraulations Bob.
155. GRIFF – Heath Miller (TE PIT) – Position Rank: #23 I wasn’t sure why Griff would take him when he had Finley, but then Finley went out for the year and it all made since. Unfortunately Miller could replace Finley. Griff cut him in week eight. He floated over to the Quarter Pounders for a bit before landing into Jeff’s bench late in the season.
156. MATT – S. Gostkowski (PK NE) – Position Rank: #34 Two years removed from finishing number one among all place kickers, Gostkowski played only eight games before ending his season on IR.
ROUND FOURTEEN
157. MATT – Hakeem Nicks (WR NYG) KEEPER – Position: #10 He turned out to be one of the best keepers in the draft right out of the gate, but Matt still decided to ship him off to Colby for Michael Vick. Obviously he got more than enough value back in 2010, but come draft time, when we’re close to wrapping it up, I wonder if Matt will miss old Nicks in round 14.
158. GRIFF – Mason Crosby (PK GB) – Position Rank: #15 He actually survived on Griff’s roster for 10 weeks (until Green Bay went on their bye). That’s a lifetime in fantasy football.
159. BOB – Packers (DST-GB) KEEPER – Position Ranking: #2 To win championships now, you need great keepers, especially late-round dudes. The Packers D consists of more than just one dude, but this was a stud keeper pick.
160. RICH C – Matthew Stafford (QB DET) KEEPER – Position Rank: #40 Two years in and Stafford can’t stay on the field. You have to belive if only he could stay healthy, he’d be pretty damn good. Well, Calderon redshirted him, so if he wants him he can have two more years, but my gut says he’ll keep Mike Williams instead.
161. JEFF – Kevin Boss (TE NYG) – Position Rank: #16 I just can’t see this guy ever becoming an elite (top-six) tight end. And that’s what you want when you’re drafting a tight end. Since Jeff waited 10 rounds to draft his first tight end (Zach Miller), I can understand why he grabbed a second one.
162. ROB M – Dustin Keller (TE NYJ) – Position Rank: #10 Masterson decided to not get involved with the tight end derby and waited until round 14 to grab is first title end. Stunning and risky. In the first five weeks, he was actually pretty damn good. He scored 276 in week two and followed that up with 304 points. He would produce two more 100+ games in his next three weeks. Yet, that would be the highlight. He would only break 100 one more time.
163. DON – Nate Kaeding (PK SD) – Position Rank: #14 He lasted eight weeks with the Gator Nation before being cut. He joined Calderon’s club the following week, but that last only two weeks. This is a bit shocking when you consider the Chargers had the league’s #1 ranked offense.
164. ERIC – Lee Evans (WR BUF) – Position Rank: #56 I think his days as a 1,000-yard receiver are over. He hasn’t sniffed that total since 2008 and he hasn’t caught more than 50 balls in a season since 2008.
165. COLBY – Austin Collie (WR IND) – Position Rank: #41 A classic tale of an opportunity was there, but couldn’t stay healthy. After producing a 319 and 438-pt game early in the season, he would only play in two more games after week seven. However, look for Collie to be a popular sleeper pick in 2011.
166. MOLLY – Mewelde Moore (RB PIT) – Position Rank: #69 Smart insurance pick. That is all.
167. RICH B – Josh Cribbs (WR CLE) – Position Rank: #91 The second Browns receiver to get draft and actually the best one. Seeing that he finished 91st, that’s not saying much, is it?
168. ROBIO – David Akers (PK PHI) – Position Rank: #1 Last year Akers was my only ‘All-Robio’ player, so why not draft him again. He actually struggled early, but I only cut him for his bye. He was picked up by Colby and he handed him the ‘All-Robio’ award this time.
ROUND FIFTEEN
169. ROBIO – Matt Ryan (QB ATL) KEEPER – Position Rank: #9 I kept him for a third year (and I could have for one more), but with Philip Rivers playing so well and with McFadden looking like my ’11 keeper, I had no need for Ryan. Matt ended up grabbing him and he can keep him for one more year if he so decides to.
170. RICH B – David Buehler (PK DAL) – Position Rank: #12 He got a lot of opportunities, but he certainly missed a ton of field goals.
171. MOLLY – Joe Nedney (PK SF) – Position Rank: #35 It was a bad year for Molly, so there is no reason why her kicker pick should be worth anything.
172. COLBY – Larry Johnson (RB WAS) – Position Rank: #170 Man, did this guy fall off the face of the earth or what? To think he won first-team ‘All-Robio’ in 2005.
173. ERIC – Adam Vinatieri (PK IND) – Position Rank: #3 He can’t handle the long ball, but the little bastard is consistent. Of course I’m talking about Vinatieri, not Eric.
174. DON – Tim Tebow (QB DEN) – Position Rank: #34 I love when people use very late picks on quarterbacks, but next time, if you do this…redshirt him and add that fourth year. That’s the only way this pick can payoff long term.
175. ROB M – Robbie Gould (PK CHI) – Position Rank: #13 Is it my imagination or did a lot of big name kickers not put up the stats expected of them?
176. JEFF – Dolphins (DST MIA) – Position Rank: #18 Before the season even started, the Fins defense were cut and picked up by Colby. That relationship lasted five weeks. They sat on the market for six weeks before Calderon took a flier on them. That lasted a full week before Rich cut them and they ended their season on Don’s squad.
177. RICH C – Chargers (DST SD) – Position Rank: #5 They gave up points, but not yards, so Calderon pretty much traded them to Griff. How? Well, he cut them to pick up Mike Williams, who was cut by Griff. Then Griff went and picked up the Chargers D. See how it all works out?
178. BOB – Lawrence Tynes (PK NYG) – Position Rank: #22 Drunk. I’m talking about Tynes and Bob of course.
179. GRIFF – Jamaal Charles (RB KC) KEEPER – Position Rank: #3 This keeper is embarrassing good. Heading into 2011, Griff will walk into the draft with Arian Foster in the 10th and Charles in the 15th? Can you guess who the preseason favorite will be?
180. MATT – Mike Thomas (WR JAC) – Position Rank: #28 Wait? He finished 28th? How the hell did he do that?
BEST FREE AGENT PICK UPS
1. Brandon Lloyd (WR DEN) — Bob Poor Jeff. Mr. Greenblatt actually grabbed Lloyd for $9 in week two, after a solid week one performance, but Lloyd’s numbers dipped in week two. He cut him the very next week. In week for Bob grabbed with after another solid week. He spent $17 and never looked back. Lloyd finished the season as the league’s top WR.
2. Michael Vick (QB PHI) — Colby After Kolb went down, Colby (not really in need of a quarterback thanks to Peyton Manning) outbid everyone for Vick’s services. Of course at this time, no one knew for sure if he would keep the job once Kolb got healthy, thus he shipped him off the Matt for Hakeem Nicks and a couple of spare parts. Matt ended up getting himself the #3 ranked quarterback, who delivered the greatest single game in Robioland history by scoring 811 fantasy points.
3. Peyton Hillis (RB CLE) — Rich B The Cleveland backfield was a mess, so Calderon grabbed Hillis even before the season started. However, after solid week one’s by both Forte and McCoy, Rich moved on without Hillis. Then the white boy started to show signs of life and Burrier grabbed him in week three for just three dollars. Not bad for landing a second-team ‘All-Robio’ player.
4. Kyle Orton (QB DEN) — Rich C What a strange season for Orton. He went undrafted, but Colby grabbed him prior to the season started. He cut him quickly though after week one when Michael Vick got the start. Two weeks later, Calderon, desperate for a quarterback picked up Orton off the wire for $3. However, he also traded for Rodgers. Just like that, the man with no QB had the two best. In fact, for five or six weeks, Orton was the beter of the two, yet it was Orton who Rich shipped off to The Griffters in week nine. At the time I mildly questioned the trade. However, Calderon guaranteed that Orton would stumble and be benched for Tebow. At first, he it looked like a stupid prediction. Orton produced a 510-pt game and a 463-pt game over the next three weeks. Yet, Rich was vindicated when Orton did fall apart and was benched. Still, he had a great run before that end of season collapse.
5. Ryan Torain (RB WAS) — Bob In week three Clinton Portis was benched and Bob grabbed his unknown backup the following week for $3. After putting up a solid 296 in week six, Torain looked like a steal, but then he got hurt. He wouldn’t return until the Robioland post-season, but Bob needed some running back help (with LT’s carries diminishing), so in went Torain. The Redskins runningb back produced 312, 230 and 154 points in the post-season for Bob. He finished the season as the 31st ranked back.
6. LeGarrette Blount (RB TB) — Rich C For most of the season the Bucaneers backfield was a mess. No one stepped up to take over. Despite doing almost nothing, Molly for whatever reason grabbed LeGarrette Blount coming out of TB’s bye. It must have been hurt gut, because he had proven nothing at that point. Over the next two weeks, he proceeded to do nothing, carrying the ball only four times for three yards. Molly dumped him in week seven. That week Blount finally got some carries and had a decent game (11 for 72), so Calderon put down $10 and brought him on board. The moved paid off. While he could be inconsistent, he did put up three 200-pt games in his last six regular season games. Of course his 61-pt effort probably help eliminate Rich in the quarterfinals. Too bad, because he averaged over 270ppg in what would have been the semis and finals.
7. Jacob Tamme (TE IND) — Colby Colby is one of those rare breads of owners who will spent money on free agents for positions he already has coverd. He does this so he can trade of course. Despite having Vernon Davis, he picked up Tamme in week 8. For the remainder of the season, he would be one of the best tight ends in football, averaging 139ppg. He was so good, Colby sent Vernon Davis packing to Bob.
8. Steve Johnson (WR BUF) — Griff After a decent few weeks looking like Buffalo’s best receiver, Colby grabbed Johnson in week five. He proceeded to knock out a 200-pt game. The following week the Bills were on a bye. Colby would spend the next two weeks trying to trade Johnson to just about anyone. No one bit. He cut him prior to his week seven match-up. Big mistake as Johnson rolled off 360 fantasy points. Griff jumped in and grabbed him for $52. With Fitzgerald and Ochocinco failing, Griff needed to revamp his receiving core, which he did with the addition of Johnson and trading for Colston (who also was on Colby’s team for a while). Johnson would prove to be a solid pair of hands, finishing 11th among all receivers.
9. BenJarvus Green-Ellis (RB NE) — Colby I don’t know about you, but for a while now I’ve had a no-New England running back policy. Luckily for Colby, he didn’t. In week three he grabbed Green-Ellis, at first as just a backup. But when Gore went down, Green-Ellis was thursted into the starting lineup. While he was unable to put up monster numbers in the post-season, Green-Ellis was a solid second tier back in the final two months of the season. He finished #15 among all backs.
10. Mike Williams (WR TB) — Rich C Remember, best free agent pick up does not have to just be an un-drafted guy. Any person who was picked up by anyone is a free agent pick up. As I pointed out above, despite playing solid ball, Williams was cut by Griff. Calderon grabbed him. He didn’t really play him, but he is a great keeper option in 2011.
TRADES (UNRANKED)
WEEK 2
COLBY received Terrell Owens MATT received Marion Barber
WEEK 3
COLBY received Justin Forsett and Hakeem Nicks MATT received Brandon Jacons, Dexter McCluster and Michael Vick
MATT received Kevin Kolb and LeSean McCoy RICH C received Aaron Rodgers and Jason Snelling
WEEK 5
COLBY received Marshawn Lynch MATT receieved Matt Ryan
COLBY received Michael Turner RICH B received Marshawn Lynch and Jeremy Maclin
COLBY received Jason Snelling RICH C received Marques Colston
WEEK 6
ROBIO received DeSean Jackson MATT received Greg Jennings and Santonio Holmes
COLBY received Brent Celek and Wes Welker BOB received Vernon Davis
WEEK 8
ROBIO received Davone Bess and Mike Williams RICH C received DeAngelo Williams
WEEK 9
GRIFF received Marques Colston and Kyle Orton RICH C received Steven Jackson
WEEK 10
ERIC received Matt Forte RICH C received Randy Moss
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