Fantasy Football Mock Draft: Round One Recap

Consisting of nine members of the Bruno Boys Fantasy Football Staff, along with guest columnist, Ryan Hallam, from Fighting Chance Fantasy, the Bruno Boys Mock Draft was a 14-round affair based on a standard scoring league (Pass TDs—four points, all other TDs—six points).

Outside of having to field a starting line-up occupied by one QB, two RBs, three WRs, one TE, one K, and one D, owners were free to compile their rosters any way in which they pleased. All commentary after each pick is provided by the Bruno Boys staff member who made the pick.

The draft was conducted over email and took place from July 13, 2009 to August 3, 2009.

You can probably guess who went No. 1, but check out the results below to see who placed where in the remaining 139 selections.

ROUND 1 RESULTS

1.01: Dominic Brown—Adrian Peterson (Min)—If only all life’s choices were this easy. Peterson is aiming for 2,000 yards this season and I’m betting he makes it!

1.02: Greg Warnock—Michael Turner (Atl)—Despite all the MJD hype, I still feel there are two possible choices for the top pick in Turner and Peterson. Being at No. 2, you can sit and take the one who doesn’t go No. 1. Regardless of what others think, I feel Turner is set to duplicate, or exceed his numbers of a year ago.

1.03: Ryan Hallam—Matt Forte (Chi)—Forte proved to be a workhorse for a team that loves to run. With the acquisition of Jay Cutler, defenses shouldn’t be able to stack eight in the box against him. Expect a better year for Forte.

1.04: Jimbo Jones—Maurice Jones-Drew (Jax)—MJD is without a doubt the man in Jacksonville now and he should see plenty of carries and receptions in 2009. For how much this offense will revolve around him, he should be drafted no later than fourth in most drafts.

1.05: Cory Steger—Frank Gore (SF)—Though I was tempted to take a bigger named running back here, I saw a running back in Gore that has the makings of a huge ‘09 campaign in the 49ers revamped offense. Hopefully, the San Francisco passing game can take some pressure off of him this season, allowing him more space to run.

1.06: Kyle Smith—Steven Jackson (Stl)—The Rams’ offense will center around Jackson because, well, that’s all they have. He’s one of the most physically imposing backs in the league, and has great hands to boot. St. Louis’ offensive line finally beefed up in the off-season, which will only help Jackson.

1.07: Chris Ziza—LaDainian Tomlinson (SD)—Personally I would have grabbed Tomlinson if I was sitting at No. 2. In eight seasons he has started all but one game. And when he was banged up last year he still ranked sixth for running backs in fantasy points with 212, 21 points behind third-place Peterson. Considering that Turner/Williams most likely had career seasons, I like Tomlinson as a top-three this year.

1.08: Marc Caviglia—Brian Westbrook (Phi)—Even if he misses a few games to injury Westbrook still has the tools and supporting cast to be a true RB1. Expect 10+ TDs and over 1,400 total yards from the veteran in a high powered offense.

1.09: Larry Joseph—DeAngelo Williams (Car)—Williams is a great value pick at No. 9. He is coming off a year in which he had over 1,500 rushing yards with 20 total touchdowns, while sharing carries with Jonathan Stewart. Even if he has a dip in production in ‘09, I still expect over 1,300 total yards with 10+ TDs.

1.10: Michael Whooley—Chris Johnson (Ten)—A slimmer LenDale White will once again steal his TDs but Johnson’s ability to score anywhere on the field is to great to pass on at the bottom half of Round One.

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