Random fantasy football rookie thoughts [FFB]

ep — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 04:18:26 +0000

As we all know, rookies surprised and disappointed to great effect last year. Darren McFadden and Rashard Mendenhall didn’t live up to the hype. Chris Johnson and Steve Slaton were absolutely Ninja.

What I’m saying is, that my guess is as good as anybody’s at this point, especially with zero hours of training camp logged.

But that’s not going to stop me or any of the other million fantasy footballers out there from scraping their thoughts into a pile, scooping them onto a page and serving them to readers with a sprig of parsley.

The nearest parsley store is miles from the Chinstrap Ninjas offices, so I’m dumping these to you sans parsley. You’ll deal, I know, but I’m still going to make it easy on you by providing this dish in four bite-sized courses.

Top 5 rookies for 2009

Chris Wells, RB, Cardinals
Knowshon Moreno, RB, Broncos
Michael Crabtree, WR, 49ers
Donald Brown, RB, Colts
LeSean McCoy, RB, Eagles

Razz the five owners who make these picks

Donald Brown, RB, Colts – When the colts replace RBs they get rid of the old when they bring in the new – Faulk and James, James and Addai. 50-50 split anyone?
Shonn Green, RB, Jets - He’ll be lucky to split carries with two other proven backs on a team that has no passing game to take off the pressure.
Matthew Stafford, QB, Lions - The quarterback for the Lions. Do you need any other ammo?
Darrius Heyward-Bey, WR, Raiders - He’ll go down as one of the worst first-round picks ever.
Jeremy Maclin, WR, Eagles - Remember Freddie Mitchell?

Five IDP rookies to watch

Aaron Curry, LB, Seahawks
Brian Cushing, LB, Texans
Aaron Maybin, DE, Bills
Ray Maualuga, LB, Bengals
James Laurinaitis, LB, Rams

Five rookies you should contemplate late

Rashad Jennings, RB, Jaguars
Jarrett Dillard, WR, Jaguars
Ian Johnson, RB, Vikings
Nate Davis, QB, 49ers
Patrick Turner, WR, Dolphins

5 lists of 5: 2009 NFL Draft

ep — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 23:40:04 +0000

Cribbing a little tactic from ESPN’s Matthew Berry, I’m going to give you five lists of five topics from the 2009 NFL Draft.

Hey, if I’m not going to be original, I’m at least going to cite the source.

5 top players who will be busts:

Percy Harvin, WR, Florida
Aaron Maybin, OLB, Penn State
Josh Freeman, QB, Kansas State
Darrius Heyward-Bey, WR, Maryland
Malcolm Jenkins, DB, Ohio State

5 teams that suck at drafting

Oakland Raiders (even before the Heyward-Bey pick)
Detroit Lions
Cincinnati Bengals
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
(tie – indecision!) St. Louis Rams, Miami Dolphins

5 underrated players who are going to anti-bust:

Jarrett Dillard, WR, Rice
Pat White, QB, West Virginia
Rashad Jennings, RB, Liberty
Rhett Bomar, QB, Sam Houston State
Travis Beckum, TE, Wisconsin

5 recommended adult beverages to enjoy on draft day

Dogfish Head IPA
Hopdevil IPA
Moosehead Lager
Yuengling Lager
Labatt’s Blue

5 of my favorite draft day stories of the past couple years

Chargers doing wacky things and getting LaDainian Tomlinson AND Drew Brees in the same 2001 draft.
Giants trade Philip Rivers for Eli Manning — I know it was much-rumored pre-draft, but Eli led the Giants to the Super Bowl. Eli’s face when he held up the Chargers jersey was funny too.
Mike Tice and the Vikings not picking in time in 2003.
Everybody debating Reggie “bust-tacular” Bush vs. Mario Williams in 2006.
Donovan McNabb drafted among Eagles fans booing because they wanted Ricky Williams instead in 1999. How’d that work out?

What are your favorite stories from drafts past? What do you drink during the draft? Who’s a bust? Who’s a value? Let us know in the comments. Or start a conversation on our message boards.

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