BBY Dream Team League Draft Grades 2022
- Trey
Trey had to make his choice of two players pretty much. The transcendent Johnathan Taylor that had a monster year last year for Trey or the back-to-back disappointment CMC. ESPN ADP shows Taylor as 1.4 and CMC 3.2, so Trey decides to run it back with JT. He did a disservice to the stud RB last season, and he is hoping to make up for it. A mere 22 picks later and Trey was on the clock again. He was targeting Mark Andrews but had to pivot when he was snatched by Joe a few picks prior. Trey had some Round 3 and 4 targets, but I think the Andrews pick messed him up a little. He winds up going with Kyle Pitts and Travis Etienne. I like both players this season, but I don’t like them at this draft position. I think Trey reached a bit for both players. I had Pitts last year and I think Mariota coming to town and Drake London being there to take away some pressure will help for sure. But the draft capital given up was passing on Chubb, Tyreek Hill, AJ Brown, Tee Higgins, Zeke, etc. I agree in the fact that neither guy was coming back to Trey, so if he is high on these two then I can understand him taking his shot. But Etienne’s ESPN ADP was 55. Yahoo’s ADP was 47.5. FantasyPros ADP was 42.7, which is a little better. Trey took him at 25. It’s only a reach if you’re wrong Trey. At the end of the 4th round he went Miles Sanders and then Lamar Jackson. I like the Lamar Jackson pick, but I think Trey could’ve gone wideout here. Miles Sanders has been a huge disappointment. This is the last season on his rookie contract, so the motivation is there, and the Eagles have one of the best offensive lines in football right now. Lately I feel like players on contract years haven’t played hard, rather they have sat out a lot and tried to do everything in their power to protect themselves to try and be healthy for a new contract. Back in the day players would go nuts trying everything to earn that second contract. Those days might be gone as the priority has shifted from prove it to secure it. In Rounds 6 and 7 Trey goes Allen Robinson and Allen Lazard. Respect for the Double Allen picks. I like the Robinson pick. Kupp will get the top corners. Robinson should thrive in the previous Robert Woods role in the Rams offense. Stafford will be by far the best Qb he’s ever played with. Career year in store? He was a huge disappoint for me last season, but again he was on the final year of his contract, so it appeared that he gave bare minimum effort. Hard to know if it was just horrific Qb play, effort, or a bit of both. Lazard appears to be Rodgers new #1 WR. We’ll see if he spreads it around more now that Adams is gone, but Lazard should receive a fair share of targets. Does he have the talent to play against top CBs though? In Rounds 8 and 9 Trey goes back-to-back wideouts again with Tyler Lockett and Elijah Moore. Trey loaded up on Wr in the back half of the draft, drafting a total of 8 Wrs compared to 4 Rbs.
Draft Grade: C-. His core of Lamar Jackson, JT, and Pitts will be a good floor, but Wide Receiver room and Rb depth is bad. Not Trey’s best performance.
- Brad
Coming off his impressive failure of a season at 3-11, Brad was rewarded with the 2nd overall pick in this year’s draft. CMC was the correct choice. In games he played and finished last season he was his normal fantasy monster-self averaging 20.1 fantasy points. In the 2nd Round Brad was also targeting Mark Andrews, but when Joe picked him, Brad had to pivot. His consolation prize was GB Rb Aaron Jones. Jones was serviceable for Brad last season, but not as a Rb1. Some analysts are very high on Jones this season, thinking the Adams target share will be divided up with the running backs seeing the biggest increase. If that comes to fruition, then Jones floor might pick up a bit and help to eliminate many of the single digit fantasy contests he had last season (5). In the 3rd round Brad was torn between Nick Chubb and Tee Higgins. Knowing this league and the proclivity of Rb shortages throughout the season, Brad went conservative, hoping that he can get some decent wide receivers in the middle rounds. This gives Brad a solid three-headed monster at Rb with CMC, Jones, and Chubb. At the end of the 4th round Brad new he had to go wideout and had his choices of Sutton, Jeudy, Waddle or Amon-Ra. After going Sutton banking on AFC West shootouts, Brad got Waddle in the 5th. Jaylen Waddle finished as WR#14 with 141 targets, 104 receptions, 1015 yards and 6 touchdowns in his rookie debut. That was against CB#1’s. This season Tyreek Hill joins the Fins squad and will draw much attention away from Waddle, who fits perfectly into new head coach Mike McDaniel’s offense. I loaded up on Waddle in Best Ball this offseason. At the end of Round 6 Brad’s target was Dameon Pierce, but Moose snagged him 5 picks ahead of me. So I went with Gabe Davis who had fallen passed his ADP and seemed like a good value at that drafting position. If he can pick up where he left off in the playoffs then this would be a steal for Brad. In Round 7 Brad gets his Qb in Jalen Hurts. I wanted to secure a running Qb in this year’s draft to try and get a higher floor at the Qb position. The addition of AJ Brown should help Hurts fantasy value. By drafting Hurts Brad passed on Dalton Schultz, TJ Hockensen, and Dallas Goedert at tight end, a decision that might come back to bite him in the ass this season. Once those three went Brad had to wait on TE. So at the back of the 8th round he went oft-injured Rashad Penny. Seahawks resigned Penny and drafted Ken Walker. I believe Walker was drafted as a replacement for Chris Carson. As usual look for the Seahawks to start the healthiest of their backs throughout the season. In Round 9 Brad reached for rookie wideout George Pickens. He has looked like a monster this preseason, so this was more of a flier/instinct type of pick. In Round 10 Brad went Bills D/St. There are a couple of start and forget defenses out there and the Bills are one of them. They are favored in 15 out of 17 games. If teams are playing from behind against the Bills it opens the possibility for more sacks and interceptions, sticky stats for fantasy defenses. In Round 11 Brad finally drafted a tight end in Dawson Knox. Knox was very effective in the red zone last season. He recently lost his brother and I believe the Bills are going to rally around Knox and try to get him a touchdown in Week 1 as a sign of support and love for the tragedy his family is currently going through.
Draft Grade: B+. Can’t get an A if you are the first team to draft a defense. Those are the rules.
- JD
Dizzle goes Ekeler at 3rd overall. I probably would have gone JJ or Kupp here, but if you are going to strategically go RB I had Ekeler as my 3rd back after JT and CMC. Chargers defense got a lot better this offseason with the addition of Khalil Mack and they have a legit chance to make a deep playoff run. Getting their star Rb isn’t a bad start to the draft. In Round 2 JD got CeeDee Lamb. Phenomenal pick. Lamb should be busy this season with Amari Cooper now a Brown, James Washington out for the season, and Michael Gallup rehabbing an injury. His main target competition in the offense is Dalton Schultz and rookie Jalen Tolbert. Lamb has Top 5 wideout potential. In the 3rd JD went Keenan Allen. Sticking with the Chargers theme. I didn’t like this pick as much. I think Mike Williams quietly overtook Allen last season and seems to fit a little better in this offense. I had Tyreek Hill, AJ Brown, Tee Higgins, and Mike Evans all ranked higher than Allen this season. In the 4th JD went Diontae Johnson. He read that the shoulder injury he sustained in the preseason game was minor and that he could have finished the game if it was a real game, so JD felt confident in picking him. I’m less confident considering the Steelers offensive line looks like crap and there is a very real chance Mitch Trubisky is the starting Qb. Johnson got a ton of targets from dead-armed Big Ben and I don’t think a younger arm will have that many short throws this season. In Round 5 JD went with Patrick Mahomes. I’m surprised he didn’t go Herbert to just go all in with the Chargers, but Mahomes was a good pick to diversify his team a bit. Chiefs offensive line is looking strong and their defense isn’t. A good sign for Mahomes potential this season. In Round 6 JD goes Chase Edmonds as his Rb2. I think Edmonds will start for the Dolphins and catch a lot of passes. Decent value at this point in the draft. In Round 7 he went Drake London, rookie for Atlanta. I don’t really have an opinion about Drake London except that he should get a decent amount of targets. In Round 8 JD got his tight end in Zach Ertz. Ertz could see an uptick in targets to start the year with Hopkins suspended and Marquise Brown having a weird offseason (had a small hamstring injury to start camp and then got arrested earlier this month for ‘criminal speeding’). My favorite late round pick for JD was Khalil Herbert in Round 12. I could see him overtaking Montgomery as the lead back in the Bears offense this season. He looked great last year. And you took him one pick before me, which hurt a lot.
Draft Grade: C. I just really didn’t like the Allen pick. Weakness is Wr2, Flex and Tight End.
- Joe
Joe starts off by going with LSU legend Ja’Marr Chase at 4. I love Burrow and Chase, don’t get me wrong, but I don’t like this pick over Kupp and other LSU-stud Justin Jefferson. Bengals offensive line improved, but their schedule draw was brutal. In the 2nd Round Joe goes with Mark Andrews. Great pick. Andrews may have already surpassed Kelce as the best route-running tight end in the league. He surely passed Kelce last season finishing as Tight End #1. It’s like having a Top-5 Rb in a spot where people are chasing a miracle touchdown. Difference making pick right here. In Round 3 he goes Cam Akers as his Rb1. I loved Akers in the summer of 2021 before he tore his achilles. He was able to come back from it and looks poised to start for the SB Champion Rams. I think Henderson will get a decent amount of work and the Rams will go with the healthiest back each week. Both Akers and Henderson had to deal with soft tissue issues this offseason, but both look on track to be ready for week 1. In Round 4, part of the rounds that many fantasy experts have titled “The Running Back Dead Zone” Joe takes a Running Back in Clyde Edwards-Helaire. He had a rough year last year. Unbeknownst to many people he had gallbladder surgery in the offseason, which caused him to lose a bunch of weight. He then had ankle, knee, and shoulder injuries throughout the season. The Chiefs offensive line is good. But they signed Ronald Jones via free agency and drafted Isiah Pacheco albeit with pick number 251. We’ve passed cutdown day as I’m writing this and it looks like the Chiefs are going to roll with CEH, Jones, McKinnon and Pacheco. We’ll see if CEH can get the lions share or if he takes more of a third down, hurry up offseason type of role. In Round 5 Joe goes Jerry Judge Jeudy as his Wr #2. Jeudy has a legit chance at a third-year breakout with Wilson under center and I could see him having a better season than Sutton. I was torn on which Denver Wideout to take and wind-up going Sutton. Will be interesting to see how Wilson slings it. Loved Joe’s 6th round pick in Tony Pollard. Many teams are going with RB rotations now-a-days to keep their star Rb’s fresh. Pollard was right there with Zeke last season. In Round 7 Joe goes Adam Thielen. He is trending towards the end of his career but I could see another double digit touchdown season out of him before he fades into the sunset. While everyone is focused on JJ, it could happen this season. Good repour with Cousins. Good red zone skills. Not a bad Wr3. Russ Wilson in Round 8 and Justin Tucker in Round 9.
Draft Grade: C+. Really didn’t like Joe taking Chase over JJ and Kupp. Running Backs are gross but could also work out in a weird way. I could see this team competing for a playoff spot.
- Tommy
Shocker. Tommy takes Tennessee Titan Derrick Henry at 5. He’s coming off a foot injury that ended his 2021 campaign early. He was touching the ball a ridiculous number of times before his injury. I’m a little concerned with the state of the Titans. Traded away AJ Brown. I don’t think Robert Woods, Treylon Burks, and Austin Hooper are going to demand the same respect as AJB, but if Henry can pick up where he was last season this could be a great pick. In the 2nd Round Tommy goes Leonard Fournette. Uncle Lenny is an okay pick. He should receive all the goal line work, could catch a lot more check downs this season. Big concern is the offensive line for the Bucs. Losing their center and then another center and then their left guard. Interior pressure is Brady’s weakness. They will need to get that shored up fast. I probably would have gone Andrews here but can understand the rationale of going second Rb in this league. In Round 3 Tommy gets his Wr#1 in Tyreek “The Freak” Hill. I’ve had Tyreek a few times in this league because of the 50+ yard touchdown bonus. We all know he can take it to the house at any time with his blazing speed. Let’s see how Tua does with his new weapon. In Round 4 Tommy went DK Metcalf. There have always been talented wideouts with bad Qb’s. Metcalf is no different. In Round 5 Tommy gets the oft-injured Kittle. I wrote about Kittle in the draft grades last year when Chase took him. I described how his playing style is conducive to injuries. He is a super-aggressive, old school football player who loves contact. It makes him a beast when he is running with the football after catch. But he does typically miss a good bit of time. I like Kareem Hunt in Round 6. Rumored to be a potential trade candidate, Hunt was trending as a Top 10 Rb before getting hurt last season. Will be interesting to watch if he does move or if he sticks with his 1B role with Chubb in Cleveland. Tommy goes Bateman in Round 7 and Joe Burrow in Round 8.
Draft Grade: B-. I like Tommy’s starters. Worried about lack of depth, but he drafted a super talented roster.
- Jen
Love the Justin Jefferson pick at 6. Some analysts have put him over Cooper Kupp to finish as Wr #1 this season based on talent, scheme-fit, and schedule. Great pick. In Round 2 Jen goes James Conner. I like Conner a lot. I don’t think I would have taken him over Leonard Fournette or Aaron Jones, but he has a lot of potential. Chase Edmonds is now a Dolphin and Conner was a touchdown machine last season with a whopping 15 tuddies. In Round 3 Jen takes Jets rookie Breece Hall. This was a little early in my opinion. Hall is very talented, but it looks like he’ll split time with Michael Carter at least to start the season. Taking him over Zeke and some of the stud wideouts that were available was egregious. In Round 4 Jen goes Terry McLaurin, which I liked a lot. McLaurin might have his best Qb in Carson Wentz this season, which isn’t saying much. He’s a super talented wideout that should be a great Wr2 for Jen. In Round 5 Jen went Darren Waller the Baller. Waller was injured last year and I thought he was injured much of this offseason too. But I didn’t realize that Waller wasn’t practicing because his contract didn’t become fully guaranteed until Week 1. He didn’t want to risk getting hurt prior to the season starting. Look for him to be his normal self when coming back, he just must compete with Davante Adams and Hunter Renfrow for targets. In Round 6 Jen goes Ken Walker at Rb. I thought this was a miss. He had just gone through Hernia surgery and might miss some time to start the season. He’ll be competing with Rashad Penny to start at Rb on a potentially bad Seahawks team. Jen drafted him over Kareem Hunt, Tony Pollard, and Chase Edmonds, all Rbs who I had ranked much higher than Ken Walker. In Round 7 Jen takes Antonio Gipson. Gipson has had a weird career. Rookie year he balls out. Sophomore year he breaks his leg but plays through it. Now in his third year he appeared to lose his starting gig to rookie Rb. Brian Robinson, only to have Brian Robinson get shot in a robbery the day before our draft. Robinson seems like he’ll be okay, but just super weird and I don’t know how to rank Gipson this season. In Round 8 Jen gets Aaron Rodgers. In Round 9 Chris Olave.
Draft Grade: D. I don’t like being harsh on draft grades, but I felt like Jen was drafting a round-ahead on every pick after Round 1. She has some potential with very talented Wr1 and Wr2 a bunch of young rookies, but I feel like this team could have been a lot better from this draft position.
- Mustafa
Well what’s up, Cooper Kupp? At 7?! How do you do? 2021 Fantasy Wr #1 had an incredible season that helped fuel Chase’s Super Bowl run. He now finds himself in 4-time champion Moose’s squad. In Round 2 Moose got Saquon Barkley. I was enjoying drafting 3rd round Barkley in Best Ball this summer as he slowly climbed up draft boards. In my other league he went 12th overall pick. Solid Rb#1 for Moose. Only concern is Daniel Jones. The Giants declined his fifth-year option and he’s looked like crap this preseason. In Round 3 Moose goes AJ Brown. I like Brown’s fit on the Eagles. Very talented and a bit jaded, I could see him putting some monster numbers. Moose shocks the free world by going Qb in Round 4. Josh Allen has MVP potential being the leader of the Super Bowl favorite Buffalo Bills. He runs, he passes, and he is tough. A-okay with the pick here. In Round 5 Moose goes Michael Thomas. Slantboy is a high risk/high reward pick. I liked Amon-Ra over him this year, but if he can come back to his previous self, the Saints offense can be scary. They weren’t going to wait for him though, adding rookie Chris Olave and free agent Jarvis Landry this offseason. Turning a big-time weakness from 2021 into a big-time strength in 2022. In Round 6 Moose took my target in rookie Dameon Pierce. Evan Silva was high on Pierce after the NFL draft believing he had the best path of any rookie running back to become an early season starter. As fate would have it, it certainly appears Silva was correct as the Texans just released Marlon Mack and will move forward with Pierce and Rex Burkhead as their top two backs. In Round 7 Moose goes Rhamondre Stevenson, which is a great pick. The Patriots backfield has begun a consolidation process that has left it down to Damien Harris and Rhamondre Stevenson and I would prefer to have Stevenson this season. In Round 8 Moose took my target again with Dallas Geodert, getting him a solid tight end on a good Eagles team. Then Moose got some running back depth and rookie wideouts to build his bench.
Draft Grade: A. If I had drafted at 7 my team would have looked very similar to this team. Only exception being Michael Thomas. Well executed draft by the league Super Bowl victory leader.
- Mike
Najee Harris at 8. I probably would have gone Dalvin Cook in this position, but I can see the allure of Harris, who is looking to have another year with a very large quantity of touches. My biggest concern is the Steelers offensive line. Brandon Thorn, offensive line analyst and expert, ranked the Steelers in the “Bottom Feeders” category and dead last 32/32 in his rankings for this season. Add the fact that there could be a rookie Qb or Mitch Trubisky starting for this team and I’m out. The day after our draft news came out that Harris was battling through a Lisfranc foot injury this offseason. He is a stud, but I would start lessening your expectations now and hope to be pleasantly surprised if he finishes as a Top 10 back. In Round 2 you went Javonte Williams, talented Rb for the super hyped Broncos. I had Barkley and a few wideouts ranked higher than Williams, but I can respect you going Rb-Rb to start the draft in this league. In Round 3 you went Tee Higgins and I loved this pick. I almost took him 7 picks prior at pick #26. Very talented and was right there with Ja’Marr Chase towards the end of last season. In Round 4 you went Josh Jacobs. I’m going to give you the exact same rant I gave my younger brother who drafted Josh Jacobs in the 4th round in my other league. The Raiders offensive line is not great (ranked 27/32 according to Brandon Thorn). They drafted Zamir White in Round 4 of the NFL Draft. They have Brandon Bolden and Ameer Abdullah for 3rd down and hurry up offense snaps, which are valuable in fantasy. Josh McDaniels is the new head coach. They declined Jacobs 5th year option. They could run him until his wheels fall off since they don’t have to resign him next year. Back in the day I feel like contract year players played better as they were trying to earn it. But recently I’ve seen players milk smaller injuries or not play as hard to protect themselves so that they can get a new contract and gain more security as I mentioned in Trey’s section. I can stomach Jacobs as a Rb#3 but drafting him over some very talented wideouts that were available like McLaurin, Sutton, Jeudy, Metcalf, Waddle was pretty bad. In Round 5, Mike went Darnell Mooney. He should receive the Lions share of the Bears targets this season considering he is the only wideout who’s name I know on that team. I’m bearish on the Bears this season. I’m BEARISH. I loved the Chris Godwin pick in Round 6. I think there is tremendous value there. He is coming back from injury but miraculously might have a shot to play Week 1. I look for him to start off slow and then pick up as the season progresses especially with Gronk gone. I loved what you did in Rounds 7 and 8 drafting Dalton Schultz and then pairing him with Dak Prescott. Gives you a solid Qb-Te combo. Schultz should get a lot of targets this year. Brandon Thorn ranked the Dallas offensive line as #6/32. Of course, that was BEFORE their starting Left Tackle Tryon Smith tore his hamstring, which will sideline him for a couple of months at least. Thorn reduced the Cowboys line ranking from #6 to #20. I really liked Mike’s late round picks this season. Skyy Moore, Nico Collins, James Cook, and Jerick McKinnon.
Draft Grade: B- If offensive lines didn’t matter this might be an “A” team. I’m really torn on this grade. On one side I see Dak/Schultz stack, Najee, Tee Higgins, Godwin and I think wow Mike did a great job. On the other I see Najee, Josh Jacobs and I’m like, man Mike really bombed this.
- Scotty
Man I don’t know what got into Scotty, but he crushed his draft this season. In the first round he went Joe Mixon who I’m very high on this season after the Bengals signed Ted Karras at Center, Alex Kappa at Guard, and La’el Collins at right tackle via free agency. They went heavy defense in the draft and you know teams will have to respect the passing game, opening up lanes for Mixon to replicate his 2021 career year. In Round 2 Deebo Samuel was a big time reach for me. This is when the autodraft can come back to bite you in the ass. The ESPN autodraft went on a Wide Receiver and Qb tear for Scotty loading up with 6 wideouts and 3 quarterbacks compared to 3 running backs. I know Scotty was beat up inside for having to miss the draft, so I’m not going to sit here and ream him for it. Sometimes life gets in the way and he was going through a dinner involving his company being acquired by another and I completely understand. Take care of your business man. With that being said, this team has a sick trio of wideouts in Deebo-Evans-Moore. Solid Rb1, Solid Qb1, Solid TE1. And your Rb2 isn’t even that bad if he can replicate some his success from last season. (Cordarrelle Patterson). This may not be the team you drafted, but this is your team. Manage the hell out of it and see what you can do with it. This team is like life. You can’t control the hand you got dealt, but you can control how you play the hand.
Draft Grade: N/A
- Chase
The Defending Super Bowl Champion drafts from the 10 spot. Dalvin Cook drops to him like a gift from the heavens. A sure-fire Top 5 Rb this season. In the 2nd he gets Travis Kelce. In the post-Tyreek Hill era of the Chiefs the offense will go through Travis Kelce. Love this pick. I took him at the 10/11 turn in my 10-man league. In Round 3 he went JK Dobbins over Zeke, which I thought was interesting. I have Zeke higher than Dobbins this season. In Round 4 he gets his Wr#1 in Michael Pittman. Pittman should replicate his success from last year even with the Qb change from Carson Wentz to Matt Ryan. Defenses have to respect JT and the running game, should open up Pittman to scoring opportunities. In Round 5, Chase selected the Sun-God, Amon-Ra St. Brown. Going to be fun to watch these two young stud wide receivers this season. In Round 6 Chase drafts JuJu Smith-Schuster. It’s hard to know where JuJu is these days. He was just catching balls from an old statue with a noodle arm for the past two seasons and now he goes to Patrick Mahomes. He’ll play from the slot, so between Kelce and JuJu Chase has the middle of the field covered. In Rounds 7 and 8 Chase goes AJ Dillon and DeAndre Hopkins. Hopkins is a stash and Dillon is a Flexcuff. Top 10 potential if Jones goes down, but stand-alone value if needed in a pinch. In Round 9 he goes Trey Lance, getting him a running Qb and in Round 10 he goes Alexander Mattison to backup Dalvin Cook. Favorite late round picks were Darrell Henderson and Kenneth Gainwell.
Draft Grade: B+. I think highly of this draft, but the Dobbins over Zeke pick befuddles me.
- Kenny
K-Dub rolled up at pick #9 when he picked at #11. Classic. He goes D’Andre Swift in the first. Most analysts had him as a 2nd rounder, but if you liked him more than the other 2nd round running backs I get the rationale to pick him at #11. In the 2nd you go Davante Adams. I think Adams is going to be his normal self. He might have a little more competition for targets with Waller the Baller and Renfrow there, but he is still Adams. His connection with Derek Carr should be shown immediately since they played college ball together at Fresno State. In the 3rd Kenny went Elijah Mitchell. Always good to get the starting Rb for the 49ers. Mitchell had a few different injuries last season, but when he was on the field he was a solid fantasy producer. I would have drafted Zeke over him here though. In Round 4 Kenny goes Mike Williams. I love this pick. Could easily finish as a Top 12 wideout and gives you a solid Wr duo in Adams-Williams. In Round 5 Kenny goes Kyler Murray to get him a Top 5 Qb. In Round 6 he goes Devin Singletary. I can see Singletary being a fringe Top 25 Rb if he picks up where he left off last season. Depends on how much action James Cook takes from him. Bills are favored in 15/17 games this season, so probably not a bad thing to have their starting running back for when they are trying to run out the clock at the end of games. In Round 7 Kenny took talent over situation with Amari Cooper. It’s not pretty. But Cooper is a pretty good wideout. Yes Jacoby Brissett will be passing him the football the first 11 weeks of the season, but he could have a strong finish once Deshaun Watson comes back from suspension at the end of the year. He is the sure fire #1 wideout on a run first team. In Round 8 Kenny takes the other NE Rb in Damien Harris. If Stevenson goes down this could be a huge value pick for Kenny. Will be interesting to watch how they split the work this year. I loved the MVS pick in Round 9. Chiefs signed him for 3 years hoping to stretch the offense like he did in Green Bay, opening up the middle for Kelce and JuJu to work. I don’t know how much fantasy value he’ll have this season, but if the AFC West has as many shootouts as I think they could, then having a bomb-catching guy in the flex won’t be a bad thing some weeks. In Round 10 you drafted Mike Gesicki as your starting Tight End. I don’t like this pick at all. Gesicki should be the third pass catching option on the Dolphins behind Tyreek Hill and Waddle, but word from Dolphins camp has been that he hasn’t fit into Mike McDaniels offense very well. At one point there were trade rumors involving Gesicki because of this lack of fit. They have decided to keep him, so we’ll see how it works out. McDaniels came from the 49ers and Gesicki is no George Kittle when it comes to physicality and blocking.
Draft Grade: A-. Solid draft by Kenny, will compete like he has the past couple of seasons. Can he make 3 Super Bowls in a row?
- Katon
Nice of Katon to take a break from opening Amazon fulfillment centers and impregnating his wife to draft in our fantasy league. Katon starts out with Alvin Kamara and Stefon Diggs giving him a solid Rb#1 and Wr#1. All signs point to Kamara’s suspension being next season due to delays in court dates from the incident at the Pro Bowl in Las Vegas where he beat a guy resulting in the man’s hospitalization. In the 3rd round Katon goes David Montgomery, my least favorite pick of his and then in the 4th round he goes Zeke, which was a great pick in my opinion. Montgomery doesn’t fit the new offense that well, the Bears offense looks rough and they’ll be playing against the Packers talent-packed defense and the competitive Viking and Lion teams this season. At the end of Round 5 Katon got tremendous value in Brandin Cooks. He is consistently a top 25 wideout and gets zero respect because he doesn’t go off like some of the super stars at the position. But he is a solid producer. You paired him with Hunter Renfrow. He did great at the end of last season, but with Adams coming over and Darren Waller’s return I could see his volume reduce dramatically. In Round 7 he drafted Christian Kirk. I loved this pick. Jacksonville believes in his abilities, and they paid him like he is Trevor Lawrence’s new Wr#1 (4 year, $72 million). This contract reset the Wide Receiver market and set off a chain of events that led to Tyreek Hill, Davante Adams, and AJ Brown all being traded. I’m bullish on the Jaguars and I’m guessing Kirk averages double digit targets per game. In Round 8 you took Devonta Smith, which I don’t care for. He is a very good route runner and reminds me of Marvin Harrison at times, but Jalen Hurts is no Peyton Manning. AJ Brown could open things up for Smith, but Hurts has to get him the ball. I don’t know if Smith will be relevant in fantasy this season other than a bye week flier in the flex or if the team is devasted by injuries. In Round 12 Katon took his shot and drafted Brian Robinson. Nothing wrong with shooting the moon for running back depth. Katon didn’t want to miss his shot. Do you know who didn’t miss their shot either? The robber that shot Brian Robinson multiple times mere hours before we drafted. In all seriousness I hope Brian is okay. Signs point to him being able to return to football at some point this season, which is great.
Draft Grade: B. Really didn’t like the Montgomery pick but made up for it with the Zeke and Christian Kirk picks.
Draft Grades in Order:
Mustafa: A
Kenny: A-
Brad: B+
Chase: B+
Katon: B
Tommy: B-
Mike: B-
Joe: C+
JD: C
Trey: C-
Jen: D
Scotty: N/A
If Travis Etienne and Breece Hall finish as Top 10 Rb’s this season, I’ll write Trey and Jen an official apology.
Thanks for reading and good luck!
-The Commish
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