A tale of 2 drafts

Draft #1, in the public league called "Tits." 7th draft pick slot.
1. Peyton Manning QB
2. Ronnie Brown RB
3. Julius Jones RB
4. Darrell Jackson WR
5. Donald Driver WR
6. T.J. Houshmandzadeh WR
7. Mushin Muhammad WR
8. Pittsburg DEF
9. Randy McMichael TE
10. Kevin Jones RB
11. Koren "A.A." Robinson WR
12. Jason Elam K
13. Chris Brown RB
14. Aaron Brooks QB
15. Marcus Pollard TE

Draft #2, in the league with buddies and friends-of-friends. 6th draft pick position.
1. Edgerrin James RB
2. Steven Jackson RB
3. Torry Holt WR
4. Warrick Dunn RB
5. Plaxico Burress WR
6. Joey Galloway WR
7. Matt Hasselback QB
8. Derrick Mason WR
9. Randy McMichael TE
10. Seattle DEF
11. Thomas Jones RB
12. Lee Evans WR
13. Ben Roethlisburger QB
14. Jason Elam K
15. Frank Gore RB
16. Ashlie Lelie WR
17. Marcus Vick QB


I'm pretty pleased with both, though maybe the second one a little more. There were only 8 teams in the second one, 10 in the first draft. I think picking the Pittsburg Defense in round 8 may have been a little high. Hopefully Julius Jones gets a bunch of touches and Marion Barber is less featured. Darrell Jackson definitely still has some injury question marks, Koren Robinson was obviously a poor choice (though I picked up the now first stringer in his place), and there was no reason whatsoever to pick a 2nd TE (picked up the NE rookie instead). Also got Bledsoe instead of Brooks.

I really like my two starting RBs for the second league. Actually I think Dunn and Jones should be fairly solid, though Jones seems to often disappoint. Plaxico may be good or bad and who knows on Joey Galloway, so maybe the WRs may be a bit soft. I may have done good to wait a few rounds to pick the D-fense, though I figured Seattle's supposedly soft schedule may play in its favor. And, of course, Marcus Vick will likely be the NFL rookie-of-the-year in 2006, so I'm VERY pleased about this pick-up.