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Another year, another draft down.
I love the smell of Phil Steele magazine in the morning...
This was the hardest one ever, not many picks I can just rip on (we’ll get to the few of you later), I miss Payton and mid 2000s Special Ed....and absolutely Poni. Bring him back so I have someone i can make fun of all year.
This was an interesting year as we saw backup QBs go earlier than usual and much less handcuffing that I can recall in any draft.
The portal has also (mercifully) stopped most of the early keeper picks
Also I’m glad no one drafted 3 kickers this year. We only needed that to happen once in S12 history.
Finally, Watching so many of my picks last year go late was also horrendous to watch. Just one body blow after another…

Anyway, enough about how awful my team last year was...
Lets get to the analysis:
Analysis of my team:
I had decent but not great keepers leading off. My QBs have more established talent than usual, but also a few transfer risks. But I think with the guys offenses and legs I should be able to field 2 good starters each week.
I went hard at RB early with guys who don’t have much other talent in the RB room. I then took two high upside swings on James and Mack. Notre Dame has been having 2 fantasy relevant backs for a while now and Mack is in a good spot to move up the depth chart quickly.
My WRs are nothing like usual. Lots of guys who have…actually caught passes before. And then a few guys in really good spots to get a lot of targets. Brooks being my WR1 is probably questionable but I do really like him as a breakout guy. Most of my guys are in good spots to contribute and see fantasy relevant targets but it might lack the upside to be a winner.
Favorite pick of my team: Terrell Anderson. Lots to like about the senior QB, the system, and the fact that the other WR vying for WR1 has been injured and out of practice for a while, including the start of camp. This offense is one that could take a nice leap forward.
Least Favorite pick of mine: Jeremy Payne, obviously I wanted Scott. And seeing Dickens go a few rounds later means I probably should’ve gone WR here and grabbed hernandez for myself. Plus I've gotten smoked by the TCU RB spot before (I hate you Cam Cook....)
Favorite picks Rounds 1-10:
Hardly a guarantee of success since last year... Josh Hoover (hit…ish), Kamari Moulton (no), Ian Strong (not a bust), Hollywood Smothers (I’m a god), Kyron Drones (cursed him like I do most things in life), Kaden Feagin (why do you guys allow me to write this?), Turbo Richard (see Hollywood Smothers), Syracuse WRs (see Kaden Feagin)
Cooper Barkate, California Raisins: He also had a big year in a power conference and comes over to a better team, and gets to face the duke defense this year instead of Miami’s. With his QB form last year who made him the surprise favorite target.
Duke Scott, End Zone Divas: I would’ve taken him next if Tony didn’t. This was a good player in a good spot who showed they can get a good RB in this system.
Carlos Hernandez, Asian Alley Cats: Why do we keep letting King Saban get steals like this? Absolutely brutal watching this guy now have a QB who isn’t Robby freaking Ashford throwing to him. Fantastic get in round 6.
Rashid Williams, End Zone Divas: Starting to feel personal tony…but I think the upside on this pick is pretty high.
Evan Dickens, Skeet Shooters: This was a good value grab. Not a 100% guarantee on this one but the speed is real, and Boston college’s schedule is downright embarrassing. Lotta softy defenses to run right through.
Reed Harris, Orgy of Evil: There is no reason why he can’t be the guy in Tempe this year and it’s a few rounds later than Miller. Good use of a pick here, plus his size means he should get enough TDs to justify the pick.
Top 10 rounds pick I did not like:
This is not a death sentence at all Carnell Tate (he was great…i suck), Dakorien Moore (crushed it), Malachi Fields (hit), Trebor Pena (hit), Mike Matthews (i really suck at this), Germie Bernard (miss even with 2 playoff games inflating his stats), DeAndre Moore (hit), non antonio williams clemson WRs (miss, TJ Moore was lit af as the kids say these days)
Wayshawn Parker, Smurf Turfers: This is probably just PTSD because Parker was jekyl and hyde last year and we’ve seen how weird the Utah RB spot has been, plus Dampier and possibly Byrd will steal red zone TDs. It’s a big ask for the RB right there.
Wayne Knight, Winsley’s Warriors: A lot of optimism at LA Community College, but this coach usually spreads his carries out. Plus Nico is there and needs to show out. We’ll see how this plays out, just seemed early for a seemingly rotation RB.
Bryce Underwood, California Raisins: This is such a Navin pick. The 5 star bonus baby. Reports are he has looked pretty bad and is behind the curve. He’s gonna need to run a lot to justify this pick, but Michigan already has 2 good RBs.
Dallas Wilson, Winsley’s Warriors: Considering the upside of the WRs who went after him, I think this pick could’ve waited. Knight, who he took a few picks later was a better pick. Plus, teams with QB situations, changing QBs could change the performance. I would want more in round 6.
Deuce Knight, Dawgfathers: I’m going to defer to the Husky fan at RB. But taking a backup QB in round 8 deserves my righteous condemnation. Grant this guy 100% should be the starting QB for ole miss this year, but sadly we live a broken corrupt, dishonest world and a guy who committed red shirt fraud is the QB. With the portal he may not even be at ole miss next year.
After Round 10 picks I liked:
Marcellous Hawkins, Waxy Frogs: This guy was good last year, and now he gets to be the lead back from the guy in a Penn St offense? Against easier defenses? Sign me up. If i didn’t need a QB so badly at that point Hawkins would be on my roster.
Lincoln Kienholz, Dawgfathers: Just when I thought you couldn't get any dumber you do something like this…and TOTALLY redeem yourself. Brohm offense with his talent...That could be a lot of fun. I really like this pick. It’s MASSIVE risk, but the upside is one of the highest in this portion of the draft.
Winston Watkins, Asian Alley Cats: Cayden Lee got plenty of touches at Ole Miss last year in this role and Watkins faces a lot less competition than the outside guys.
Micah Ford, Waxy Frogs: This is a guy who should at least be a spot starter and Stanford should be relying on him a lot more this year, especially with Tabb gone.
Peyton Lewis, End Zone Divas: He didn’t embarrass himself at tennessee and now moves to an easier conference and should be the lead back.
Beau Pribula, Winsley’s Warriors: I like this pick. A guy who can be a starter for you solely due to his legs. Any improvement in passing at all and he’s a huge steal.
Joseph Williams, Skeet Shooters: I would rather have him in round 17 than Scudero 11 rounds earlier. The value and upside between the two is not this great IMO.
DJ Miller, Asian Alley Cats: Again, HOW DID WE LET THIS HAPPEN. I looked at that kentucky WR room and it’s pretty embarrassing. And considering the other WR worth anything is made of glass, Miller should see a ton of targets. It’s crazy on that Kentucky team…even the RBs aren’t durable. This team has 3 of it’s key pieces with zero track record in durability of any kind.
Deserves its own category:
Victory Snow, Winsley’s Warriors: How are you not in jail?
I will do the team breakdowns in a little bit. But I wanted to get this out there first.
I love the smell of Phil Steele magazine in the morning...
This was the hardest one ever, not many picks I can just rip on (we’ll get to the few of you later), I miss Payton and mid 2000s Special Ed....and absolutely Poni. Bring him back so I have someone i can make fun of all year.
This was an interesting year as we saw backup QBs go earlier than usual and much less handcuffing that I can recall in any draft.
The portal has also (mercifully) stopped most of the early keeper picks
Also I’m glad no one drafted 3 kickers this year. We only needed that to happen once in S12 history.
Finally, Watching so many of my picks last year go late was also horrendous to watch. Just one body blow after another…

Anyway, enough about how awful my team last year was...
Lets get to the analysis:
Analysis of my team:
I had decent but not great keepers leading off. My QBs have more established talent than usual, but also a few transfer risks. But I think with the guys offenses and legs I should be able to field 2 good starters each week.
I went hard at RB early with guys who don’t have much other talent in the RB room. I then took two high upside swings on James and Mack. Notre Dame has been having 2 fantasy relevant backs for a while now and Mack is in a good spot to move up the depth chart quickly.
My WRs are nothing like usual. Lots of guys who have…actually caught passes before. And then a few guys in really good spots to get a lot of targets. Brooks being my WR1 is probably questionable but I do really like him as a breakout guy. Most of my guys are in good spots to contribute and see fantasy relevant targets but it might lack the upside to be a winner.
Favorite pick of my team: Terrell Anderson. Lots to like about the senior QB, the system, and the fact that the other WR vying for WR1 has been injured and out of practice for a while, including the start of camp. This offense is one that could take a nice leap forward.
Least Favorite pick of mine: Jeremy Payne, obviously I wanted Scott. And seeing Dickens go a few rounds later means I probably should’ve gone WR here and grabbed hernandez for myself. Plus I've gotten smoked by the TCU RB spot before (I hate you Cam Cook....)
Favorite picks Rounds 1-10:
Hardly a guarantee of success since last year... Josh Hoover (hit…ish), Kamari Moulton (no), Ian Strong (not a bust), Hollywood Smothers (I’m a god), Kyron Drones (cursed him like I do most things in life), Kaden Feagin (why do you guys allow me to write this?), Turbo Richard (see Hollywood Smothers), Syracuse WRs (see Kaden Feagin)
Cooper Barkate, California Raisins: He also had a big year in a power conference and comes over to a better team, and gets to face the duke defense this year instead of Miami’s. With his QB form last year who made him the surprise favorite target.
Duke Scott, End Zone Divas: I would’ve taken him next if Tony didn’t. This was a good player in a good spot who showed they can get a good RB in this system.
Carlos Hernandez, Asian Alley Cats: Why do we keep letting King Saban get steals like this? Absolutely brutal watching this guy now have a QB who isn’t Robby freaking Ashford throwing to him. Fantastic get in round 6.
Rashid Williams, End Zone Divas: Starting to feel personal tony…but I think the upside on this pick is pretty high.
Evan Dickens, Skeet Shooters: This was a good value grab. Not a 100% guarantee on this one but the speed is real, and Boston college’s schedule is downright embarrassing. Lotta softy defenses to run right through.
Reed Harris, Orgy of Evil: There is no reason why he can’t be the guy in Tempe this year and it’s a few rounds later than Miller. Good use of a pick here, plus his size means he should get enough TDs to justify the pick.
Top 10 rounds pick I did not like:
This is not a death sentence at all Carnell Tate (he was great…i suck), Dakorien Moore (crushed it), Malachi Fields (hit), Trebor Pena (hit), Mike Matthews (i really suck at this), Germie Bernard (miss even with 2 playoff games inflating his stats), DeAndre Moore (hit), non antonio williams clemson WRs (miss, TJ Moore was lit af as the kids say these days)
Wayshawn Parker, Smurf Turfers: This is probably just PTSD because Parker was jekyl and hyde last year and we’ve seen how weird the Utah RB spot has been, plus Dampier and possibly Byrd will steal red zone TDs. It’s a big ask for the RB right there.
Wayne Knight, Winsley’s Warriors: A lot of optimism at LA Community College, but this coach usually spreads his carries out. Plus Nico is there and needs to show out. We’ll see how this plays out, just seemed early for a seemingly rotation RB.
Bryce Underwood, California Raisins: This is such a Navin pick. The 5 star bonus baby. Reports are he has looked pretty bad and is behind the curve. He’s gonna need to run a lot to justify this pick, but Michigan already has 2 good RBs.
Dallas Wilson, Winsley’s Warriors: Considering the upside of the WRs who went after him, I think this pick could’ve waited. Knight, who he took a few picks later was a better pick. Plus, teams with QB situations, changing QBs could change the performance. I would want more in round 6.
Deuce Knight, Dawgfathers: I’m going to defer to the Husky fan at RB. But taking a backup QB in round 8 deserves my righteous condemnation. Grant this guy 100% should be the starting QB for ole miss this year, but sadly we live a broken corrupt, dishonest world and a guy who committed red shirt fraud is the QB. With the portal he may not even be at ole miss next year.
After Round 10 picks I liked:
Marcellous Hawkins, Waxy Frogs: This guy was good last year, and now he gets to be the lead back from the guy in a Penn St offense? Against easier defenses? Sign me up. If i didn’t need a QB so badly at that point Hawkins would be on my roster.
Lincoln Kienholz, Dawgfathers: Just when I thought you couldn't get any dumber you do something like this…and TOTALLY redeem yourself. Brohm offense with his talent...That could be a lot of fun. I really like this pick. It’s MASSIVE risk, but the upside is one of the highest in this portion of the draft.
Winston Watkins, Asian Alley Cats: Cayden Lee got plenty of touches at Ole Miss last year in this role and Watkins faces a lot less competition than the outside guys.
Micah Ford, Waxy Frogs: This is a guy who should at least be a spot starter and Stanford should be relying on him a lot more this year, especially with Tabb gone.
Peyton Lewis, End Zone Divas: He didn’t embarrass himself at tennessee and now moves to an easier conference and should be the lead back.
Beau Pribula, Winsley’s Warriors: I like this pick. A guy who can be a starter for you solely due to his legs. Any improvement in passing at all and he’s a huge steal.
Joseph Williams, Skeet Shooters: I would rather have him in round 17 than Scudero 11 rounds earlier. The value and upside between the two is not this great IMO.
DJ Miller, Asian Alley Cats: Again, HOW DID WE LET THIS HAPPEN. I looked at that kentucky WR room and it’s pretty embarrassing. And considering the other WR worth anything is made of glass, Miller should see a ton of targets. It’s crazy on that Kentucky team…even the RBs aren’t durable. This team has 3 of it’s key pieces with zero track record in durability of any kind.
Deserves its own category:
Victory Snow, Winsley’s Warriors: How are you not in jail?
I will do the team breakdowns in a little bit. But I wanted to get this out there first.






Just wanted to throw you a bone on that one.



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