Fantasy Football: Draft Results from Bleacher Report Writers League

The Bleacher Report Writers League recently held the 2012 fantasy football draft using the Yahoo! platform. This article documents the draft results.

It is important to note that a few of the managers were on Autopick based on their own rankings. The league is "touchdown heavy" compared to the default Yahoo! settings, since six points are awarded for touchdowns. The league uses Individual Defensive Players (IDPs).

The Yahoo prediction algorithm has Andrew Gould finishing the regular season with a perfect 13-0 record and Professor Bush with an 11-2 record.

We plan to follow up shortly with a second article where each participating manager will add their own commentary on their strategy and the result of the draft.

We hope that you will find these draft results helpful in preparing for your own draft.

Rounds 1 Through 5

	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5
Patitucci	Foster	Peterson	J. Jones	Harvin	Bowe
Bush	Rice	Jennings	Green	Gore	Gates
Tong	McCoy	Cruz	Marshall	Colston	Cutler
Gould	A.Rodgers	Welker	Sproles	R. Bush	A. Brown
Schmoll	Ca. Johnson	Richardson	Lynch	Maclin	Davis
Stack	Brees	Murray	A. Johnson	Martin	D. Jackson
Nathan	Ch. Johnson	Charles	S. Jackson	Bryant	Lloyd
Davenport	Forte	Graham	F. Jackson	Bradshaw	V. Jackson
Gold	Brady	Gronkowski	White	Turner	Green-Ellis
Chambers	Mathews	JonesDrew	Wallace	Smith	Hernandez
Hicks	Fitzgerald	Stafford	Nicks	D. Thomas	Ridley
Brioso	Newton	McFadden	Nelson	Vick	Wells

There really were not any big surprises in these early rounds. It just comes down to personal preferences on which positions to draft first. The three elite running backs, Arian Foster, Ray Rice and LeSean McCoy came off in the expected order. The top three elite quarterbacks did as well.

It would seem that managers were not overly worried about injuries among running backs, either current ones, or those suffered last season. But Maurice Jones-Drew did drop considerably in light of his holdout.

Odd rounds read down.  Even round read up.

Rounds 6 Through 10

	Round 6	Round 7	Round 8	Round 9	Round 10
Patitucci	Romo	Hillis	Cook	D. Williams	Woodson
Bush	Rivers	T. Smith	M. Bush	Schaub	Tillman
Tong	Ingram	Gonzalez	Akers	P. Peterson	McKelvin
Gould	S. Johnson	Pettigrew	Spillers	Britt	Gerhart
Schmoll	Griffin	Ryan	Holmes	Thomas	Carpenter
Stack	Stewart	Witten	LeShoure	R. Williams	Luck
Nathan	Finley	P. Manning	Tate	Blackmon	Young
Davenport	McGahee	Roethlisberger	Garcon	Floyd	D. Jackson
Gold	Decker	D. Brown	Wayne	K. Smith	Boldin
Chambers	E. Manning	Helu	Janikowski	Campbell	Raji
Hicks	Redman	Davis	Crosby	Willis	Webb
Brioso	Austin	S. Greene	Meachem	Starks	Bishop

There was an early run on kickers here. A few managers got a head start on their IDPs.

Odd rounds read down.  Even round read up.

IDPs are underlined. Kickers are in red.

Rounds 11 Through 15

	Round 11	Round 12	Round 13	Round 14	Round 15
Patitucci	Bowman	M. Floyd	J. Rodgers	Keller	A. Smith
Bush	D. Wilson	Fletcher	Gresham	Gostowski	Quick
Tong	D. Moore	Hillman	L. Robinson	Fleener	Bradford
Gould	Laurinaitis	Moss	McCourty	R.Jennings	Pierre-Paul
Schmoll	Weddle	Allen	Celek	Arrington	Mendenhall
Stack	Arenas	Mundy	Little	Hall	Blount
Nathan	Berry	D.Johnson	N.Washington	Fitzpatrick	Branch
Davenport	L.Moore	Dalton	G. Wilson	Rudolph	McCarthy
Gold	Benson	Amendola	Flacco	Lewis	Reed
Chambers	Rice	Best	M. Williams	Palmer	Clark
Hicks	HeywardBay	Crabtree	Freeman	Tamme	Hightower
Brioso	Dansby	Chancellor	Moss	Daniels	D.Washington

This is where most of the IDPs started flying off the board, and managers took their best shot at offensive sleepers.

Odd rounds read down.  Even round read up.

IDPs are underlined. Kickers are in red.

Round 16

	Round 16
Patitucci	Novak
Bush	Harper
Tong	Nugent
Gould	Lindell
Schmoll	Tebow
Stack	Vereen
Nathan	Bironas
Davenport	Gould
Gold	Hanson
Chamber	Rackers
Hicks	Kasay
Brioso	Bailey

Most managers waited until this last round to pick up their kicker.

Odd rounds read down. Even rounds read up.

IDPs are underlined. Kickers are in red.

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