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FanEx Analysis
Draft
Review
| Rules | Transactions
Draft
Rounds
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Round 14
  
   
   
 14.01 WR
David Patten
By TC Cannon
I feel somewhat lucky here... Almost all the remaining undrafted
WRs are low-quality guys with non-starting chores. Former
Patriot Patten will be asked to be a full-time starter for the
first time in his career with the Redskins. Opportunity is a
good thing.
Fifty catches and five scores would justify this selection.
Sixty plus six would be wonderful as my WR5. Go Redskins!
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 14.02 PK
David Akers
By Duane Cahill
With the core of my roster largely
set, it's as good a time as any to select my kicker. In
fantasy football terms, kickers seem to fluctuate from year to
year, but there are three in my mind that have a better shot
than the other 29 at leading the league in scoring.
Vinatieri and Vanderjagt are
already gone, so I'll go ahead and take David Akers here.
TO or not TO? That is the
question. Frankly, I don't care. That is the
answer. In the four years previous to Owens' arrival,
Akers averaged 121 points per season. That's NFL points
and doesn't take into account the long distance boomers that
Andy Reid will let him kick. We get extra points for
those, and Akers is 41 of 55 from 40-50 yards and 8 of 12
from 50+ in the last five years.
With TO, Akers scored 121 points -
exactly his average when TO was still talking smack to Jeff
Garcia between plays.
Akers' low total in five years has
been 114 points, and with the chances (and success) that he'll
have with the 40+ kicks, he's a great addition to my squad.
With Akers, I can wait until the last round to pick up my
second kicker, hoping that he'll have peak weeks when Akers
"only" puts up four extra points.
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14.03 DT
Eagles PHI
By Dolfi | Walls
Dolfi’s Take
– Ok, Ok. Tom and
I can hear the calls of “Homer!” echoing around the office
as you read our selection of the Philadelphia Eagles D.
You’re asking yourself who else would the guys who
write “The Last Row”, a column about attending Eagles games,
pick for their defense?
Well,
it’s not just a love for the home town team that motivates us
to grab them here (well, ok, maybe a little), it’s cold, hard
statistics.
The
Eagles were tied for #2 in the NFL in scoring defense last year.
They were 12th in pass defense and 16th
in run defense. They
snagged 17 interceptions (not too shabby for a couple of corners
playing in their first years as full-time starters) and
recovered 11 fumbles. Oh
yeah, with the addition of Jevon Kearse, the Eagles were also #2
in sacks, finishing just 1 sack behind Hot-lanta for NFL best.
Does
all of that translate well into fantasy-statistics though?
Well, frankly, not really.
In this league last years the Eagles were #17 in
defensive fantasy scoring.
However, we fully expect the Eagles to improve upon their
defensive performance of last year now that their young
cornerbacks (Sheppard and Brown) each have a full year of
starting experience under their belts.
(Arguably) NFL-best Safety Brian Dawkins is back healthy
in 2005. And the
Eagles also resigned middle-linebacker Jerimiah Trotter to a
multi-year deal, after he came back several games into last year
to resurrect an Eagles run defense that had become a glaring
weakness.
With
those improvements to last years defense, coupled with continued
solid-play from the other returning players, AND the bonus of
getting to see the Giants, Redskins, and Cowboys two times each,
we can’t help but like our chances with this pick.
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 14.04 PK
Ryan Longwell
By Shannon O'Leary
It's time to grab a kicker and year after year Longwell
and Stover are consistent performers. I have Longwell ahead of
Stover due to the Packers having a better offensive attack
over all. While these guys may not be the upper echelon of the
league they have the potential to be in the top 5-6 each year.
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 14.05 RB
Anthony Thomas
By Tim Hollar
After reaching for the higher upside players earlier in the
draft, my goal recently has been to shore up and backfill with
tried and true, dependable (hopefully) veterans.
Anthony Thomas fills such a role for
my squad.
Thomas was brought in specifically to fill the role Titans
refugee Eddie George could not - to back up young stud, Julius
Jones. And as a two-time 100 0 yard rusher, the A-Train
should fill the role quite
nicely.
Bill Parcells is a "run early and run often" type of
coach and has mentioned using Thomas as a goal line back.
Meanwhile, team owner Jerry Jones has gone on the record to say
that they would like to limit Jones' carries to around 20 a
game.
Together, it would seem that Thomas is the type of back capable
of posting several startable games (in this scoring format) when
he scores a touchdown or spells Jones due to injury.
And, if by some reason,
rookie Marion Barber progresses far enough to be Jones back-up,
Thomas would hold value to an RB-starved team in trade or as a
free agent.
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 14.06 TE
Marcus Pollard
By Del Pilar | Bonini
Who We
Took and Why:
With our starting lineup now officially set we will be
looking to round out our roster over the past five rounds by
targeting one player at every position with the exception of
quarterback. At this point we felt it was too early for a second
defense or kicker, which left us with either a backup tight end
or fifth receiver/running back. With that in mind we went with
Pollard, who is switching for a much more prolific offense, but
is also going into a situation where he is the unquestioned
starter – we like his upside.
Other
Candidates Considered:
We briefly consider doubling on kicker with Oakland Raiders
PK Sebastian Janikowski, but felt it was too early to grab
another kicker. We then narrowed our choices to New York Jets TE
Doug Jolley and Pollard, but we ultimately felt Pollard was the
more explosive player.
Current
Strategy:
With quarterback and
tight now set, we will likely look to either shore up the
running back or receiver position with our next pick –
although if one or two defenses/kickers fall to a place where we
feel they represent great value we could go that direction as
well.
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 14.07 PK
S Janikowski
By Jerome Hickerson
My strategy in FAD is to take risks elsewhere than kicker.
Because of the roster rules, you are stuck with who you draft
AND you don’t have to choose your starters. So, two decent
kickers can provide a margin of several points per week
several times throughout the season. This can be important.
I’d much rather gamble with a 5th receiver or a 5th
running back than with my kickers. Of course, I would draft
differently in a format different than FAD. You must adjust
your strategy for the format of the league you are in.
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 14.08 RB
Steven Davis
By Tony Holm
Kicker Schmicker! I have a list of "sleeper"
kickers this season unlike any other so I'll be happy with
whatever I'm left with. I'm fairly certain I'm still going
to walk away with two kickers I'll be happy to have. I
have the Patriots D so I can afford to backfill with a mediocre
D that is capable and again, I have a list of
"sleeper" D's I should be able to whip out when
needed.
I decided instead to hunt for another RB or WR and after some
hemming and hawing I settled on RB Stephen Davis, CAR to round
out my backfield. It's a semi-long shot but hey, it's the 14th round. Davis'
agent says he'll be ready to go and is recovering nicely after a
serious knee issue brought him down last year. Yeah .. OK.
"Agent speak" and we all know what that is. It
is however better than hearing his camp say that he plans to
retire due to the injury so that's something. Davis is
still the #1 on the depth chart though that is obviously pending
the coaches seeing him do it on the field in pads. It will
take a lot for Davis to come back at full strength but every
year medical science gets that much more advanced and an injury
of this kind that would have knocked a player out of a career 10
years ago no longer does. We'll see. If Davis can
play then he'll certainly be worth something in the run centric
offense of the Panthers. If he can't, well, I blew a 14th
round pick. It seemed worth the risk/reward at this point
of the draft.
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 14.09 RB
Moe Williams
By Brady Tinker
The revolving door that has been the Vikings running back for
the last 5 years continues. The Vikes best running back
introduced us all to the "Original Wizzenator",
Michael Bennett is returning from injury, Mewelde Moore is too
small and Faison the rookie - is a rookie. The one
constant for Mike Tice at this position has been Moe Williams
and this is a very potent offense.
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 14.10 PK
Shane Graham
By Jim Butler
With the top 10
Kickers from last season only separated by a 2 point per week average,
I threw a dart and Shayne Graham was the lucky winner. I think that the
Cincy team of 2005 may put a few more points up than they did last
season and that should provide more opportunities for the likes of
Graham as he did put up double digit numbers in 8 of his outings last
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 14.11 RB
Maurice Morris
By Pitzier | Houston
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 14.12 PK
Jeff Wilkins
By Greg Kellogg
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