Fantasy Football: Settling Draft-Day Issues

We've all had problems when it comes to drafting our fantasy football teams. Each year, there are classic debates as to who should be taken against another player. This year, there is no shortage of debates to be had.

The Roundtable, Ari Horing, Josh Galligan, and Jacob Sloan grabbed a couple beers and had themselves an old fashioned debate.

Here's how it went down...

Dwayne Bowe vs. Hines Ward

This was a landslide in favor of Ward, three votes to one. Jacob Sloan summed it up for the group:

"Given the choice, I take Bowe first because he's valued higher and then look to take Hines Ward a round or two later.

"Hines Ward isn't getting the respect he deserves this season because of talk that he is beginning to break down. I think he puts up another consistent season as a go-to receiver for Big Ben, but it's still worth taking a chance on Bowe first.

Brodie Croyle will finally get to take a snap under center with Larry Johnson and (one can only hope) a slightly improved Kansas City offensive line this year. You can't really judge him based on what he could do with what he was given at the end of last season. If he can get Bowe the ball, Bowe has shown that he can make the plays. Tony Gonzalez will keep the defense honest enough to give Bowe opportunities, and having the No. 1 one big-play threat on a team is never a bad thing.

In a better offense, it'd be Bowe all the way, but given Kansas City's offensive struggles, he's barely edged out by Hines Ward here."

Josh did step in to defend his choice of Dwayne Bowe:

"While there’s nothing really to base the prediction on, many people are no longer that high on Hines Ward. He is getting older, but if you take out the time he lost for injuries, his stats haven’t really regressed enough to be wary at all.

On the other hand, Dwayne Bowe is a promising young WR that benefits from having absolutely no competition at all for his WR1 spot.

On the down side, he has Brodie Croyle throwing to him. However, I don’t think we’ve seen enough of Croyle to make too big of a decision on him, and besides, all of the games that he lost last year came against top-10 passing defenses.

You can’t go wrong with either one, but Bowe gets the nod thanks to no competition and a higher upside."

Plaxico Burress vs. Chad Johnson

This one was a 50-50 split amongst the group of four, with each really making the point that it depends on your risk tolerances. Johnson's shoulder injury pulled things down to making this one still as much a toss-up as it was before it happened. 

In his pick of Burress, Ari Horing summed it up:

"Burress had a great start last year, with eight touchdowns in his first six games. However, he was constantly bothered by an ankle injury during the season, and his numbers dropped. If Burress can stay healthy, he could put up some big numbers. On the other hand, Chad Johnson hasn't had a double-digit touchdown year since 2004.

Houshmandzadeh seems to be Carson Palmer’s favorite target, and Johnson isn’t very consistent. He only scored a touchdown in four games last season. He had three touchdowns in one game, two TDs in two games, and one TD in another game. I don't want a guy who’s only going to help me win in four games.

Have to give the edge goes to Burress."

But Josh Galligan countered with his thoughts on the man known as "Ocho Cinco":

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