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Dissecting our Early 2010 Mock Fantasy Football Draft

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As mentioned last week, I was invited by Chet Gresham at Razzball.com to play in an experts mock draft for fantasy football 2010. I know, the NFL season ended just nine days ago and it’s only natural to be thinking it’s a little early for this type of thing. But I’d beg to differ for a couple of reasons: A) All of the participants are major NFL junkies who are already suffering from NFL withdrawal. B) An early mock draft is the perfect marriage of last season’s breakthroughs (Jamaal Charles) with the old, trusty reliables (Peyton Manning). Plus, it will be mighty intriguing to compare this early list when the mockers such as Matthew Berry reveal their lists that are stewed over for months.

The draft itself was sloooow, meaning each owner had a whooping eight hours for each pick! Sure it took almost a week to finish but at least you know you’re dealing with some really thought out selections. It’s important to note we were not allowed to draft rookies (and for the record, I think Jahvid Best is going to kill it next year). This particular commissioner service used a database from the start of last season and it omitted names like Justin Forsett and Devin Aromashadu (both names that surely would have been drafted). But it still offered enough to allow us a rich draft in which a few things were learned:

1) Quarterbacks were taken much sooner than in most of last year’s mocks. Almost half of the twelve owners had picked up a QB by the end of the second round. Aaron Rodgers was the first drafted at #11 (by Rookie_BryanBlitz). There was a pretty big drop-off between Tony Romo (#32) and Donovan McNabb (#49)… and Jay Cutler (#52) and Ben Roethlisbeger (#67). Perhaps the steal of the draft was FDC_Mike Clay snagging Carson Palmer in the 15th round!

2) The battle between Maurice Jones Drew and Chris Johnson for the coveted numero uno slot has begun. In our draft, MJD took the honors (much to my delight as I had the #2 slot and really wanted Chris Johnson).

3) I took the first defense of the draft in the form of the New York Jets. None of the defenses selected were surprising, but this might be the first fantasy draft in my lifetime in which the Chicago Bears had to go the free agency route.

4) Both Brett Favre and Brian Westbrook were drafted, even though both have very tenuous futures.

What's your flava? Yards?

Touchdowns!

You can see the completed draft, pick by pick here.

My team

QB Tom Brady QB-NE
RB Chris Johnson RB-TEN
RB Darren McFadden RB-OAK
WR Brandon Marshall WR-DEN
WR Braylon Edwards WR-NYJ (Feel free to make fun of me in the comments section)
WR T.J. Houshmandzadeh WR-SEA
TE Vernon Davis TE-SF
K Matt Prater K-DEN
DEF/ST Defense New York J DEF-NYJ
Bench Mohamed Massaquoi WR-CLE
Bench Willis McGahee RB-BAL
Bench Devery Henderson WR-NO
Bench Jerious Norwood RB-ATL
Bench Kevin Kolb QB-PHI
Bench Donte' Stallworth WR-???

The top ten for each position:

Running Back

Maurice Jones-Drew
Chris Johnson
Adrian Peterson
Ray Rice
Michael Turner
Frank Gore
Steven Jackson
Jamaal Charles
Matt Forte
Ryan Grant

Quarterback

Aaron Rodgers
Drew Brees
Peyton Manning
Philip Rivers
Tom Brady
Matt Schaub
Tony Romo
Donovan McNabb
Jay Cutler
Ben Roethlisberger

Wide Receiver

Andre Johnson
Larry Fitzgerald
Calvin Johnson
Reggie Wayne
Miles Austin
Randy Moss
Brandon Marshall
Vincent Jackson
Greg Jennings
Roddy White

Tight End

Vernon Davis
Dallas Clark
Antonio Gates
Brent Celek
Jason Witten
Greg Olsen
Tony Gonzalez
Jermichael Finley
Owen Daniels
Chris Cooley

Kicker

Garrett Hartley
David Akers
Matt Prater
Stephen Gostkowski
Nate Kaeding
Lawrence Tynes
Ryan Longwell
Adam Vinatieri
Billy Cundiff
John Carney

Defense

New York Jets
Minnesota
Tennessee
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
New York Giants
Washington
Baltimore
New Orleans
Green Bay

And finally, my esteemed fellow mockers (in order of draft order, not importance):