Fanasty Football: One Man's Road Through an Auction Draft

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In order to get a decent starting RB for my RB3 slot for $15, I felt I had to get other people to draft other RB3’s and get them on their roster to cheapen the values for the ones I was targeting. 

I then began nominating players like Fred Taylor, LenDale White, Willis McGahee, and Tim Hightower to clear some of the lower end RB3’s out early. This plan worked as Cedric Benson went for $8 and Jamal Lewis for $5 in the draft, although as you will see later I ultimately did not end up with either of them on my team.

Shortly into the draft LaDainian Tomlinson was barely going in the high $30’s so I bid on him because I felt he was better than Clinton Portis and I landed him for $42, only $2 over my budget there.

A few of the 13 WR I was shooting for, WR1 for $35 actually went for less than that early, but I was hoping to get a young stud WR so I passed on Randy Moss at $30.

It pained me deeply to pass on Greg Jennings who went for $26, but having your QB and WR1 on the same team can be a bad thing in fantasy, as I painfully learned in the first round of the fantasy playoffs two years ago when Romo and Owens each had a bad game, costing me a run at the championship that season.

Up comes Marques Colston—one of my 13 for WR1—and I land him for $26, a $9 savings and I figure this draft is going great so far.

Kevin Smith’s name comes up, and wow, I land him for $23, a $7 savings. So now I sit with $23 extra to spend, and I think I could make a run at another RB for $38.

Clinton Portis’ name pops up (someone I was targeting at $40). So I figure if I can get him for $38 or less I will do it. I get him for $31 which leaves me with a net savings now of $7. At this point I am ecstatic and the beers and dogs are going down rather quickly.

Then my biggest mistake of the draft occurred somehow. I am not sure if it was the beers or what, but I began pushing the bid for Roddy White. He was the last of the young stud WR’s left and I felt he should go for $35.

The person that was actually bidding against me at the time had no WR’s on his roster and a ton of money to spend. I was sure he would go the $36, but he stopped and didn’t bid any more. I was burnt on that deal. 

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