My Team

It's almost that time of the year again. Football is just around the corner, and everyone is anticipating the upcoming fantasy year. This past weekend I participated in my annual fantasy football draft with a group of friends that I have known throughout my life. This will be the seventh year of existence for this league, but I have only participated in the league for a total of six years. The league is a point-per-reception league which I have become fond of. I enjoy the fact of how valuable receivers are, and how important it is to draft running backs who are able to catch a large amount of passes throughout the year. There is a total of eight teams in my league, and our draft consist of 20 rounds. We draw picks every two rounds of the draft which can benefit or hurt an individual's draft. For the first two rounds I drew the eighth pick. Here are the results of my draft in the order I drafted them.


Jamaal Charles (RB, KC), LeSean McCoy (RB, PHI), Jimmy Graham (TE, NO), Andre Johnson (WR, HOU), Reggie Wayne (WR, IND), Frank Gore (RB, SF), Jason Witten (TE, DAL), Matt Ryan (QB, ATL), Cecil Shorts (WR, JAC), Rashard Mendenhall (RB, ARI), Emmanual Sanders(WR, PIT), Shane Vereen (RB, NE), Michael Vick (QB, PHI), Johnathan Franklin (RB, GB), Michael Floyd (WR, ARI), Alshon Jeffery (WR, CHI), Lance Moore (WR, NO), Jermaine Gresham (TE, CIN), Broncos D/ST, Randy Bullock (K, HOU).

Like many individuals after their fantasy draft, I was pleased with my draft results. In a eight team league a majority of the time many of the teams have a large amount of talent. There were two individuals in our league that I talked to who weren't as confident about their draft results. One of the individuals made the mistake of drafting Percy Harvin in the fifth round not knowing that Harvin had recently gone through hip surgery. Harvin timetable for returning is unknown, and shouldn't have been drafted in an eight team league. The one pep peeve I tell people who are interested in participating in fantasy football is to be aware of what is going on around the NFL. People don't always have to study in-depth to end up with a talented team, but don't make the mistake of drafting a player who is injured for an extended amount of time because you were unaware of the injury. Save yourself the embarrassment, and be aware of hot topics around the NFL.