| My League of Extraordinary Terps draft, and what methinks |
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| Round 1 |
| Spookin It Up Grandpas Goliaths Xanadu Cathy Sillers Mr. Jiggy-Fly Handy With The Steel |
| Pick Player/My Ranking/Tier What does Master Joe think? |
| Ricky Williams 10 tier poins Ladanian Tomlinson 10 tier points Donovan McNabb 10 tier points Clinton Portis 10 tier points Marshall Faulk 9 tier points Priest Holmes 9 tier points |
| Joe: Stefan was very close to not being in the league. He reads off of ESPN�s rankings every year and never pays enough attention. He just doesn�t follow football closely enough. We�ll use my diabolical scheme, for example. I knew ESPN had Vick ranked #1. The night Vick got injured, I printed the list, hoping that Stefan would use it, never finding out that his first pick has a broken leg. Things went according to plan until the morning of the draft. Stefan realized on that morning (a good 3 weeks later) that Vick would be out for 4 weeks. Oh well. It was worth a try. You don�t get the chance to be diabolical every day. Great pick. The best, in my opinion. Phil: Mr. ESPN-rankings makes a good, solid, obvious pick. Stefan wasn�t at the draft, by the way, so Joe read off the ESPN rankings for Shingle Daddy. But Stefan did at least have a �masterplan� sheet for Joe to follow to know when he wanted to draft for certain positions. And Stefan looked sad when I said he might not be in the league. My Catholic guilt would have killed me had I left him out. I�ll make sure he pays attention. Joe: Out of all people, Mr. Buddha should know about Karma. Arun dangled that #2 pick over everyone�s heads, threatening to take Ricky Williams with his pick. He apparently was expecting my #1 and #3 or #4 pick in trade for his #1 pick (keep in mind, his #1 pick was #2 overall and mine was #4 overall). I�m going to go even farther and say that it�s Arun�s fault that Stefan found out about Vick in the first place. He had to get paid back somehow. The universe picked Ricky Williams as poetic justice. Great pick, nonetheless. Boston concerns me a tad, but we�re in Martyville. Phil: Arun was trying to position himself to work out an unfair pre-draft trade between him and Joe. He wanted another one of Joe�s early round picks plus his first-rounder for the #2. Ridiculous, really. Unless you�re obsessed with Ricky Williams, there isn�t much difference between him and Tomlinson and Portis and etc. Sorry, Roony. That shit might work in India, but it ain�t gonna fly here. Joe: Howard delves into the quarterback pool first, remembering what happened last year with the QBs. He had to make sure he got a top 8 quarterback, and with last year�s rush, there was certainly no guarantee. I have McNabb as my top quarterback, even if Vick is healthy. He�s dreamy. Phil: First QB goes to Stormin� Norman. What? His name is Howard? OK, who�s been pulling the wool over my eyes? Was it you, Riley? Anyway, McNabb was the best player in average pts. per game in our fantasy league scoring system last year. Good pick. Joe: Well, I made it all the way up to here before I started questioning myself. Then I was presented with a conundrum. Portis or Holmes? Holmes seems to be in top shape, and therefore is the likely top producer again. In the end, I decided that I would rather not commit suicide (the appropriate behavior for drafting a guy with an injury and seeing him go down in week 3) so I took Port-dawg. Phil: Clinton Portis is the new hot fantasy thang. The �it� player, if you will. And it all makes sense, if you look at his speed and the fact that Daniel Q. Gordon could run for 1,000 yards behind a Mike Shanahan-coached offensive line. Joe: Marshall Faulk could very well return to #1 in the league. Then again, he entered the league in 1994, and is due for a slow-down. When I�m choosing my top guy, I look for excuses to not pick other guys until I�m down to one. Faulk is old, but his potential keeps him at the top. At this point, I�d have to choose between Holmes, Faulk, Alexander, and McAllister. I�d love to have any of these guys, so I�m not gonna question this pick. Phil: The Faulkster is still one of the main men, but I can�t help wondering if his production will continue to decrease. Mike Martz is a big opponent of �running the ball,� after all. Still, the first solid pick of an excellent BuJustin BuDraft. Joe: This was Phil�s �secret pick�, but you could tell he loved Holmes. You could see it in his eyes. A Holmes-lover. �There�s nothing wrong!� he claimed after the pick. I just hope my friend doesn�t get himself into a suicide obligation. At this point, I�m waiting for the quarterback run. I suppose I should have realized that it wasn�t coming this year. There are just too many equivalent backs at the top. Phil: Awww, yeah. His Holiness is warmly welcomed by the defending champions. Listen, Foreigner sings: �I�ve been waiting�for a back like you�to take me to the top�� Or keep me on top, as the case may be. Holmes is healthy, and Ricky and LaDainian are the only guys I would have picked before him. |
| There was excitement in the air. We were trying out our first live draft, and we actually succeeded in getting all of our managers in one place at one time. That didn�t really happen. Big gay Oleg again had more important things to do, claiming that he �gotta be hittin� up the bars, slim�. This time, the league was prepared, with replacement managers ready. Team Jake/Matt, Team Kunal, and Team Kris were poised to take over for Oleg (had to go to the bar), Jason (Oleg had to go to the bar, probably never told Jason what was going on), and Michael P. Robertson (probably died). Unfortunately, Kunal suffered some sort of mysterious ailment and was not available until after the draft. That would have left us with 11, so Kris couldn�t join in either. Ado no more. |