Fantasy Football 2009 Expert Mock Draft: Round Eight Recap

The 2008 fantasy football season might have just ended but that doesn't mean you can sit back and relax until it gets closer to the 2009 fantasy football season. The off-season is when you scout players, look at coaching changes and plow through game log after game log to find consistency at each position.

Since our job never ends here at Bruno Boys Fantasy Football, we teamed up with five other fantasy publications and started a 2009 Fantasy Football Mock Draft.

Below you will find one of many round-by-round recaps of the mock draft, in which ten fantasy football experts show you a glimpse of what your 2009 draft might look like. The recaps that follow each selection are written by the team that is drafting that specific player. 

Scoring used for the 2009 Fantasy Football Expert Mock Draft:

4 Points - Passing TD's
6 Points - All other TD's
1 Point - 25 passing yards
1 Point - 10 rushing/receiving yards

Now it's time to take a look at Round Eight of our January 2009 Fantasy Football Expert Mock Draft...

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8.01: Bruno Boys Larry - QB Matt Schaub

I was thinking about adding another WR or RB with this pick, but I still need a QB, and I love Matt Schaub to have a big year in 2009. Houston has a good young offense that really started to gel in the late part of the 2008 season.

With offensive weapons like RB Steve Slaton, WRs Andre Johson and Kevin Walter and a solid TE in Owen Daniels, I really believe the Texans have a chance to make big strides next season.

Schaub started off a little shaky in 2008 when he had seven interceptions in his first four games, and there were rumors that he was falling out of favor with the coaching staff and could possibly lose his job to career back-up Sage Rosenfels.

After injuries caused him to miss five games, Schaub made the most of the rest of his season. He finished 2008 with 3,043 passing yards with 15 touchdowns and 10 interceptions.

After his early struggles, he only had three interceptions in his final seven games. He had eight games in which he passed for 250 or more yards and five games with two or more touchdowns.

Schaub is the clear cut number one QB in Houston, and he is poised to improve on last season as the young Texans offense should continue to get better in 2009.

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8.02: Bruno Boys Cavigs - TE Dallas Clark

Having added depth at both the RB and WR position in Rounds Six & Seven, I debated between a QB and TE at this stage in the draft, but with every team except myself having a starting QB it's best to sit tight on my QB position for another round.

In drafting Clark, I now have a sure bet TE1 who has scored 17 TD's over the past two seasons and had a career high in receptions (77) and yards (848) in 2008. With the Colts offense expected to be fully healthy in 2009, one can only think Clark will improve on his TD totals next year.

I don't expect him to repeat his 77 receptions again, but expect his TD's to be closer to the 11 he scored in 2007. With a lineup of MJD, Gore, P. Thomas, Wayne, Colston, A. Bryant, Ward and now Clark, I like my chances heading into 2009.

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8.03: Fighting Chance Fantasy - WR Ted Ginn, Jr.

One of the more exciting WRs in the NFL, Ginn made huge strides in his second season. He nearly doubled his catches, more than doubled his yards, and was a major part of the Dolphins' offense.

Whether it was catching passes, running the end around, or even doing some in the return game, Miami made it a point to get him involved in the game plan. His production should only increase more and more as he gets more comfortable in the league, and hopefully his TD numbers will increase as well.

Heading into the last two rounds we have Romo, Westbrook, Barber, McFadden, Boldin, Royal, Ginn, and Cooley.

From the eighth overall pick, that's not bad.

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8.04: Bruno Boys Cory - TE Visanthe Shiancoe

With all my starters in place at quarterback, running back and wide receiver, I finally decided to go with a tight end in this round. Minnesota Vikings' TE Visanthe Shiancoe proved that despite erratic play from the quarterback position he can be a threat.

I would like to see more consistency out of Shiancoe but part of that can be attributed to the play of the quarterbacks. Besides, what I'm really interested in are touchdowns, and he had seven of them last season.

I was really hoping Dallas Clark would fall to me here, but I figured he wouldn't. Still, Shiancoe is a nice consolation at this point in the draft.

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8.05: Bruno Boys Ziza - WR Santana Moss

After a fast start to 2008, in which he went for double-digits in five of his first eight games, Moss cooled off, finishing with just one more double-digit performance in his final eight games of the season.

Still, his 1,046 receiving yards and six TDs were his best totals since 2005. With Jason Campbell likely to take a step forward in 2009, Moss should only see a continued rise in his production.

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8.06: Bruno Boys Whooley - TE Owen Daniels

With my starters set at the big three positions of QB, RB, and WR, and already having a little insurance at the all-important RB position, I felt it was time to grab my tight end here in Round Eight, especially with the way tight ends have been flying off the board.

Considering what was left, the choice of Owen Daniels was a no-brainer.

While Daniels has seen a continued drop in his touchdowns over the first three years of his career, going from five in his rookie season to three in 2007 and just two last year, that decline has more than been off-set by the increase in his yardage over the same period of time as the tight end jumped from 352 yards to 768 to 852 last season.

Targeted a healthy 101 times last season, Daniels is obviously a key component in the Texans' offense and if he could just increase his trips to the red zone, the tight end should have no problem surpassing the 100 point fantasy mark next season, a mark he missed by just 10 points in 2008.

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8.07: Fantasy Football Librarian - RB Derrick Ward 

With my plans for acquiring either Dallas Clark (I canNOT believe he fell so far in the relative drafting of TEs) or Owen Daniels completely thwarted by these crafty drafters, I'm going to instead beef up my RB corps.

There are two TEs left that I'd be happy to have on my team and since only FFXtreme needs a TE before it gets back around to me, I think I can use this pick to bolster another position instead.

So that's why I'm going with Derrick Ward, a running and receiving threat who put up pretty stellar numbers behind Jacobs (1025 yards rushing, 384 yards receiving, 2 TDs) this season.

With both Ward and Jacobs set to become free agents, the Giant's 2009 backfield isn't clear right now, making Ward a bit of a gamble, but one that has the potential to pay off big time.

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8.08: FantasyPros911.com - RB Jamal Lewis

Following his rebirth in 2007 in which he went for 1,304 rush yards, 11 total TDs, and a healthy 4.4 ypc average, Lewis' 2008 performance was undoubtedly a disappointment to all those that drafted the Browns' back.

While Lewis did manage to eek past the 1,000 yard mark, his 1,002 yards were well short of his 2007 production as were the mere four TDs he posted in 2008; however, what is most concerning is the 3.6 ypc average Lewis had last season. However, in Round Eight, he's a gamble that I'm willing to take.

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8.09: Fantasy Football Xtreme - WR Roy Williams

There is a good chance that Terrell Owens is elsewhere in 2009 - This would be great news for those that believe in Roy Williams! Williams is often labeled as one of the most overrated NFL wide receivers in the game, but I firmly disagree.

It's tough to argue that Williams was held back in Detroit, as Calvin Johnson figured out how to produce insane numbers in that Detroit offense, but Williams plays a different style of ball, and I think he will truly shine if he ends up replacing Owens as the Cowboys' No. 1 WR in '09.

Romo is the perfect quarterback for Williams, as Williams seems to need that accurate gunner in order to excel. The two should connect early and often in '09...more so if Owens is in another uniform!

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8.10: Junkyard Jake - RB LenDale White

Chris Johnson and LenDale White formed a highly potent combination last year for the Titans, with White assuming the role of inside mauler and goal-line option to Johnson's dynamic outside threat and receiving specialist.

He enters a contract year in 2009, so he has incentive to stay in shape and build on his productive 773 yard, 15 TD season. White actually got his rotund self over the goal-line in 10 separate games last season, with four multiple TD games. He should make a great No. 3 fantasy RB if he can come close to an encore performance.

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