Another Mock, Of Sorts

Actually, I was helping out an old college friend, Dave Belfield, who was kind enough to supply the name for my website. (I was just happy he didn't offer some obscure Gentle Giant reference, progressive rock fan that he is.)

It was a 10-team league with no funky scoring rules except point per reception (which isn't that funky, but it makes running backs even more valuable). You have to play a tight end. People were well-prepared and things moved very briskly. There were very few poor or even very questionable picks. So, this league was above average in terms of skill level.

I picked eighth. I'm working from memory here, but my picks in order were Julius Jones, Kevin Jones, Nate Burleson, Tony Gonzalez, Donald Driver, Kevan Barlow, Tatum Bell, Larry Johnson, Lee Evans, Mewelde Moore, Jake Plummer, Steven Davis (DeShaun Foster went about three rounds earlier), Brandon Lloyd, Keary Colbert, Troy Williamson (Belfield loves fast Vikings rookies and would have gotten fleeced in the unlikely event Williamson does anything big early), Joey Harrington, Mike Nugent, Indianapolis Colts (there are some minus points when you give up more than 29 points).

I wished some better receivers fell to him. I liked Moulds over Evans and Evans goes first everywhere, even in point-per-catch leagues. But Moulds went first here, so I took Evans. Anderson went about two rounds before Bell. I missed J.J. Arrington and Cedric Benson by one pick in back-to-back middle rounds. But I like the upside here at RB a lot. Davis was a steal. But either Bell, Johnson or Moore will emerge as a fantasy difference maker before long.