We are past the halfway point of the season. Good news for me, bad news for people who have fun playing fantasy football. Make it stop, please. Since we are more than 50% of the way through the season, I think it would be fun to look back at the draft and see what went right and what went wrong. Spoiler – if your name starts with the letter B everything went wrong.
I am going to go through the first ten rounds and analyze the best and worst pick based on what we know now. Remember, I am doing this for you. This is going to be painful for me. The things I do for The League.
Round 1
- Christian McCaffrey (Beans)
- Dalvin Cook (Andrew)
- Derrick Henry (Abie)
- Alvin Kamara (Max)
- Ezekiel Elliot (Brent)
- Austin Ekeler (Thomas)
- Jonathan Taylor (Jack)
- Davante Adams (Ryan)
- Saquon Barkley (Brad)
- Travis Kelce (Kris)
If I was writing this a couple weeks ago, the player I would name as the best pick in this round is obvious – Derrick Henry. D Henry scored less than 7 points in week 8, didn’t play at all in week 9 and is still RB1 on the year! King Henry may be back in time to lead Abie to a championship, but it’ll be increasingly difficult to make the playoffs without him in the first place! J Tay at the 7th pick was clearly the best move in round 1. Jack has been apart of the Taylor Gang since he was a mere little rookie. It is finally paying off, and then some! Some potential names that Jack could’ve picked instead of Taylor: Barkley, Kelce, Jones, Chubb & Gibson. Jack’s season could look mighty different if he didn’t have RB2 on the year.
Worst pick is, as you all guessed, Barkley. Brad took a gamble and, similar to most of the bets I make, it didn’t pay off. Brad wouldn’t be spending each night practicing standup to Waylon if Barkley returned to anything close to 2019 form. Barkley got off to a slow start, had two solid games and hasn’t played since. There are 42 better options at RB so far this year. Absolute nightmare. It happens. Just ask Kris last year. He had Barkley too. Or me with David Johnson in 2019.
Round 2
- Aaron Jones (Kris)
- Nick Chubb (Brad)
- Antonio Gibson (Ryan)
- Tyreek Hill (Jack)
- Najee Harris (Thomas)
- Joe Mixon (Brent)
- Calvin Ridley (Max)
- DeAndre Hopkins (Abie)
- Clyde Edwards-Helaire (Andrew)
- Stefon Diggs (Beans)
Congrats, Jack! You started the draft off real hot. While there are some fantastic picks here – did you know Joe Mixon is RB3? The WR depth this year was/is ridiculous. While Harris and Mixon are having great years, Jack has JTay as we spoke about, and a surprise 50 year old breakout player that we can discuss later. Jack could’ve gotten cute and taken Ridley or the historically fantastic Hopkins. Instead, he took the obvious choice and it’s paid off! T Hill is WR2 on the the year. Even more impressive considering the Chiefs offense hasn’t looked as sharp in recent weeks.
Obviously the worst pick is CEH. Andrew sort of needed to take him here, so I won’t criticize him for the pick, but CEH objectively stinks. RB51. Horrible. Andrew could’ve taken James Robinson. He also could have reached for Chris Carson like a certain owner of http://www.mustbesunday.com did. If he didn’t take a RB with the pick, Andrew would’ve almost certainly have drafted Metcalf, as he did a few picks later in round 3. With Metcalf going in 2 instead of 3 he then could’ve taken Robinson. He also could’ve forgone RB’s in this area and he likely would have picked AJ Brown, who is having a disappointing year himself.
Round 3
- Chris Carson (Beans)
- DK Metcalf (Andrew)
- James Robinson (Abie)
- Darren Waller (Max)
- AJ Brown (Brent)
- Justin Jefferson (Thomas)
- George Kittle (Jack)
- Terry McLaurin (Ryan)
- Keenan Allen (Brad)
- Allen Robinson (Kris)
Oh man what an ugly round. I think we are going to look back at these names as soon as next year and be shocked that some of these names went as high as they did. Best pick is clearly DK. Way to go, comish. The Seattle pass catcher is the only player taken in the third round who is top ten at their position, aside from Waller. Waller is five. This means there are four TE’s better than Waller. Which means he is a disaster third round pick.
He’s not the worst though! That belongs to Allen Robinson III. WR57. Poor Kris. He could’ve had CeeDee Lamb, Mike Evans, Amari Cooper or Adam Thielen. If the football god’s aligned and sent Robinson to a team with a good quarterback for the first time in his career he could be in store for a big second half. Instead he’s still wasting away in Chicago. Despite me listing all of the good WR’s that Kris could’ve taken, there is a RB that he could have grabbed in the fourth round that would’ve been even more of a disaster …
Round 4
- David Montgomery (Kris)
- Robert Woods (Brad)
- CeeDee Lamb (Ryan)
- J.K. Dobbins (Jack)
- Mike Evans (Thomas)
- Amari Cooper (Brent)
- Adam Thielen (Max)
- Patrick Mahomes (Abie)
- Chris Godwin (Andrew)
- DeAndre Swift (Beans)
Go Beans! I nailed the DeAndre Swift pick. Although he isn’t on my team anymore, he’s having a fantastic year and was one of the few semblances of hope and happiness I’ve had the last few months. When we discuss round 5 you’ll see why this was such a critical pick. Swift is RB12 on the year, which means he’s an absolute must start every week despite the fact the Lions consistently seem to be playing a different sport than their opponents.
This one is, unfortunately, too easy. Dobbins went down literally within minutes of this pick. What horrible luck! Jack could’ve had Swift! However, if he took Swift he likely wouldn’t have picked Mike Davis, which means he never would’ve landed Patterson. Still though, your fourth round pick never touching the field in the regular season is tough. Not Jack’s fault and unless he is secretly spending time with Doc Brown he wouldn’t have known Dobbins was about to go down for the year.
Round 5
- Miles Sanders (Beans)
- Josh Jacobs (Andrew)
- Julio Jones (Abie)
- Kareem Hunt (Max)
- Cooper Kupp (Brent)
- Chase Edmonds (Thomas)
- Tyler Lockett (Jack)
- Diontae Johnson (Ryan)
- Brandon Aiyuk (Brad)
- Myles Gaskin (Kris)
Two people with the same name spelt differently taken in this round. Weird! I wonder if that’s ever happened before. There are some great picks and some horrible picks here in round 5. This is when the empanadas started hitting and brains turned to mush. Brent was clearly eating his brain food because he took the WR1 in the fifth round. Cooper Kupp! Who woulda thought. The third WR Brent took but first in his heart. No one else to even consider as the best pick. Best pick of the draft.
Although there’s no shortage of bad, Julio takes the cake as the worst pick of the fifth round. We all know Abie loves to gamble. This is one bet that didn’t hit. Julio is WR71 on the year. He’s missed a number of games and was just added to the IR yesterday. As stated, WR is deep so there were many realistic options here for Abie … including Cooper Kupp! Ouch! Brandon Aiyuk is an honorable mention here. I’m giving it to Julio because he was earlier in the round and a bit more of a gamble. Also, Aiyuk will be playing the next three weeks and Julio won’t be I do respect that Aiyuk just kind of stopped doing his job for a while though. I will show solidarity by doing the same.
Round 6
- Josh Allen (Kris)
- Kyler Murray (Brad)
- Mark Andrews (Ryan)
- Mike Davis (Jack)
- Tee Higgins (Bones)
- DJ Moore (Brent)
- Kyle Pitts (Max)
- T.J Hockenson (Abie)
- Kenny Golladay (Andrew)
- Courtland Sutton (Beans)
Oh man this is another baaaaad round. I guess the best pick is Mark Andrews? TE2 on the year. Fourth one to go. Kelce in the first round, Waller and Kittle in the third. That’s a great value. Good job, Ryan. You nailed this pick. Courtland Sutton was looking like the best value in the sixth round to start the year, but because he’s on my team his star has dimmed in recent weeks. But is life.
Worst pick is interesting. Mike Davis has been a humongous disappointment. He is unstartable. However, as stated, getting Davis required Jack to handcuff him with Patterson, who in turn has randomly turned into a fantasy star. With that in mind, I’m going to give it to Kenny G. The Comish fell victim to Kenny’s trap. It’s a tale as old as time. Drafters see Kenny’s objective talent at catching footballs and running routes and think he’s the guy for their team. They fail to remember that Kenny doesn’t play football very often, which turns into a problem for their fantasy team. Andrew could’ve rolled the dice on a player who is shoo-in to win Offensive Rooke of the Year. More on that next round …
Round 7
- Robby Anderson (Beans)
- Darrel Henderson Jr (Andrew)
- Jerry Jeudy (Abie)
- Aaron Rodgers (Max)
- Javonte Williams (Brent)
- Lamar Jackson (Bones)
- Ja’Maar Chase (Jack)
- Russell Wilson (Ryan)
- Sony Michel (Brad)
- Juju Smith-Schuster (Kris)
Yuck! I really like Brent’s pick in this round. No one could’ve predicted than Melvin Gordon would revive his career in Denver, which has undoubtedly hurt Williams fantasy value. Huge pick if this was a dynasty league, but alas, it is not. Obtaining RB11 (Henderson) in the 7th round is unheard of, but so is drafting WR3. Ladies and gentleman, I am decreeing the best pick of the seventh round to be Ja’Maar Chase! He likely would’ve went a couple rounds earlier but he dropped some passes in the preseason. Everyone except Jack is stupid. That’s what I’m gathering from writing this. Some other WR’s hanging around here that Jack could’ve taken with this pick include Juju, Tyler Boyd and OBJ. My man dodged several bullets. Matrix ass guy. I’ve never seen any of those movies but I understand there is a lot of slow motion bullet dodging in them.
Juju is out for the rest of the year so that’s obvious – but I’m actually going to give it to Sony Michel. Kris was able to include Juju in a trade – to me. Brad ended up having to drop the LA running back. He started him a couple times and never got anything out of him.
Round 8
- Damien Harris (Kris)
- Logan Thomas (Brad)
- Tyler Boyd (Ryan)
- Chase Claypool (Jack)
- Odell Beckham Jr (Bones)
- Dak Prescott (Brent)
- Will Fuller V (Max)
- Raheem Mostert (Abie)
- DeVonta Smith (Andrew)
- Lavishka Shenault (Beans)
Uhhhh I guess the best pick here is Dak? Harris is having a nice year too. This round is tough. I’ll give it to Dak. Good job, Brent.
The Will Fuller pick was stupid but I gotta give it to Mostert. Again, no way to know he was going to be out for the year, but he is, and this is a Look Back At It so that’s what I’m doing. This is a bad round I don’t want to look at it anymore.
Round 9
- Justin Herbert (Beans)
- Brandin Cooks (Andrew)
- Michael Thomas (Abie)
- Zack Moss (Max)
- Corey Davis (Brent)
- Noah Fant (Thomas)
- Kenyan Drake (Jack)
- Curtis Samuel (Ryan)
- Jaylen Waddle (Brad)
- Jarvis Landry (Kris)
As lovely as it has been to have Justin Herbert, I’m going to give best pick in this round to Andrew for taking Brandin Cooks. Cooks is lowkey WR18 on the year. Again, this means he’s a must start every week without thinking. All without having Taylor under center for most of the games! Impressive. Andrew could’ve been a homer and taken Corey Davis. Instead, he took the better player and it paid off. Now, Brent is hoping he stays the course in the second half.
Worst pick goes to Abie for taking yet another gamble on Michael Thomas. Can’t Guard Mike if he isn’t playing. This was as dicey of a draft pick as they can come. If he came back and returned anything close to true form it would’ve been the pick of the century. Instead, Abie wasted a pick he could’ve used on Marquez “The Truth” Calloway. In the words of Swiper The Fox, “Ohhhh man!”
Round 10
- Leonard Fournette (Kris)
- Ronald Jones II (Brad)
- Melvin Gordon (Ryan)
- Deebo Samuel (Jack)
- DJ Chark Jr (Thomas)
- Trey Sermon (Brent)
- Mike Williams (Max)
- AJ Dillon (Abie)
- Jonnu Smith (Andrew)
- Marquez Calloway (Beans)
This is a fun round! Ryan got clowned for drafting and rostering and starting Melvin Gordon but he’s been nothing short of good finding himself at RB14 at the time of writing this. Regular Season Lenny is right behind him at RB15. Huge values this last late in the draft. You know what’s cooler than a million dollars? A billion dollars. That’s what Jack found himself with by drafting Deebo Samuel of all folks in the tenth round. WR4. Unreal! Is Jack extremely skilled at drafting or is he lucky? The dude spends his days crunching numbers and cooking books both for his current real life job and MustBeSunday.com. I think he knows what he’s doing. Wow!
As horrible as Ronald Jones has been, DJ Chark is out for the year. Sorry Bones. Whole lotta nothing for him. You shoulda taken Deebo Samuel!
That was fun! Let’s do it again at the end of the season. Congrats on Cooper Kupp, Brent! Sorry for your loses Abie and Brad.
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