Sportscenter Fantasy Football Draft Special

[MrCrowesGarden]

http://games.espn.go.com/ffl/tools/draf ... eId=330574

They should really just stop doing these because they look incredibly stupid in doing so. There's nothing that's as bad as when Suzy Kolber spent her first two picks on Jamal Lewis and Brett Favre, but it really doesn't look like most know what they're doing.

-Michael Smith's first three picks are Carson Palmer, Marvin Harrison and Roy Williams (the 5th WR taken). He ends up with two platoon RBs (Marion Barber and Adrian Peterson) and a guy in the twilight of his career (Ahman Green) as his RBs in a league where you can start three.

-Willie Parker and Shaun Alexander fall to the 2nd round.

-Brian Westbrook lasts to the 3rd round.

-Ronnie Brown lasts all the way to the 8th round in a league where you start 3 RBs.

-Jon Kitna was the 4th QB taken, ahead of Tom Brady.

Just by looking at those teams...Mark Schlereth has a beast of a team, Steve Young did good, and Nick Bakay did fine. Everyone else looks like they picked their friends.

[Popeye_Card]

They should spice things up by adding a drunk Joe Namath as one of the pickers.

"For my first round pick...I take....Suzy. She's so pretty. I want to kiss her right now. Come here Suzy. Come join my team so that I can kiss you."

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[Jocephus]

why does espn think i care who they pick?

[MrCrowesGarden]

why does espn think i care who they pick?

They're trying to help, I think. But that's pretty terrible. The only way Michael Smith's team helps you is if you're trying to guarantee yourself that 1st pick in your rookie expansion draft next season.

[Popeye_Card]

why does espn think i care who they pick?

Why would they think you care "Who's Now"? i.e. "Who does ESPN talk about the most?"

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[Jocephus]

why does espn think i care who they pick?

Why would they think you care "Who's Now"? i.e. "Who does ESPN talk about the most?"

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oh, i most definitely care "whos now"...i mean, how am i supposed to converse with friends if i dont know whos now, not then...


is that thing over with yet? i dont have cable, but i even still hated it

[clevername]

thx for da link!

i' m using it in our GBR draft tonite!

[stlouie_lipp]

They just want to "pimp" the players they want to run storylines about so they draft them high...why isn't that surprising?

But you're right (unless they have a "wacky" scoring system) they are bad picks.

[cardsfansince82]

I'll just go ahead and add that the EPSNU Championship Series thing they are doing is incredibly stupid. They are predicting how each week of the college football season will play out in their opinion and what the polls will look like, as if this is somehow meaningful. And they are basing their analysis on perceived strengths and weaknesses of the teams right now for games that are two and three months away. Gee, ya think things might change between now and then? You know like injuries, new players emerging, etc. Guess there is no point in the teams practicing for the next several weeks. They don't seem to understand the concept that Lou Holtz's salary is a sunk cost. You don't need to come up with new ways to put him on camera.

[Schlich]

well... it could POSSIBLY be a joke/nonchalant league among the staff... even somebody who knows crap about football could draft better than some of those guys. I'm sure the league isn't taken seriously, is it?