Well, there was beer, but thank goodness, no cigars. The guys in my new Fantasy Football league were very nice to me. They were a little tougher as the night progressed which I take to mean I was holding my own.
I made some great picks, even sneaked in and got the Steeler defense. Ray was crushed. I only got one Falcon, so DGS#1 Zachary will be disappointed. I’m sure he’ll continue to advise though.
For those of you who watch football, and I know some of you do—-
Amazon Warriors
The Amazon Warriors 2011 from the Draft
| DRAFT ORDER | ||||
| Bye | Player | Team | Round | |
| WR1 | 6 | Larry Fitzgerald | ARI | 1 |
| QB1 | 6 | Phillip Rivers | SD | 2 |
| RB1 | 5 | Steven Jackson | STL | 3 |
| WR2 | 5 | Miles Austin | DAL | 4 |
| RB2 | 8 | LeGarrett Blount | TB | 5 |
| TE1 | 7 | Vernon Davis | SF | 6 |
| RB3 | 9 | Rashad Jennings | JAC | 7 |
| DEF1 | 11 | Steelers | PIT | 8 |
| WR3 | 11 | Austin Collie | IND | 9 |
| WR4 | 11 | Robert Meacham | NO | 10 |
| RB4 | 11 | Pierre Thomas | NO | 11 |
| QB2 | 5 | Sam Bradford | STL | 12 |
| K1 | 5 | Billy Cundiff | BAL | 13 |
| TE2 | 5 | Ben Watson | CLE | 14 |
| DEF2 | 5 | Cowboys | DAL | 15 |
| WR5 | 8 | Harry Douglas | ATL | 16 |
| K2 | 6 | Matt Prater | DEN | 17 |
Not too shabby.
The first two picks are elites, and I went for Rivers because all the QBs ranked above him were gone by my first pick. I got a great Tight End in Vernon Davis and stunned the table by sneaking the Steelers in the 8th round. My draft position was 9th of 10 and we alternate 1-10, 10-1, so it was a long time between each pair of players. My Running Backs aren’t as strong as I would like so I need my Steelers.
I have Sam Bradford as my second string QB which is awesome. I took Harry Douglas at WR because Zachary would not be happy if I didn’t have at least one Falcon and the better known guys were picked before I could get them. Same for Knowshon Moreno and AJ Greene who were on my list.
I don’t know one kicker from another, but had seen some good hype on Billy Cundiff. Matt Prater was my last pick and I picked him solely on his good name.
It was really fun to compete with these guys. I had studied very hard and felt I wasn’t totally outclassed. Now to play the season and have a bit of fun. You know, I love to knit to the sound of the snap.
Next blog–Altering Katherine’s tank top–Genius or Idiocy????
More later–
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I find all this utterly bizarre, but I’m just glad that Nana is taking some pressure off of me to participate in the whole fantasy thing.
Best of luck to Team Amazon.