2011 West Coast Dynasty Rookie Draft

[gruntbusters]

Wasn't sure if this was the right place to put this..but we are under way! Miller, if you or someone who has the ability to edit the top post can keep up with this it'll keep things neat and tidy. Here we go!

1.01 - AJ Green WR CIN
1.02 - Mark Ingram RB NO
1.03 - Ryan Williams RB ARI
1.04 - Daniel Thomas RB MIA
1.05 - Julio Jones WR ATL
1.06 - Cam Newton QB CAR
1.07 - Mikel LeShoure RB DET
1.08 - Kendall Hunter RB SF
1.09 - Blaine Gabbert QB JAX
1.10 - Shane Vereen RB NE

2.01 - Jake Locker QB TEN
2.02 - Roy Helu Jr. RB WAS (my first pick, almost took Dalton here)


*More Info: 10 team league, 8th season, 35 man rosters, non-ppr, starting roster includes: qb, rb, wr, wr, te, op, op, dp, dp, dp, k

 

[gruntbusters]

What do you guys think of Helu? I was going to pitch it out for feedback before I actually bit the bullet but the draft doesn't wait ;-) Baldwin is still out there among some other nice QB prospects such as Dalton, Ponder...but I have a definite need at RB. So I took a flyer on Helu thinking Shanny could make this guy a star. Figure I have a 50/50 chance right? Vereen was off the board already and I really didn't want the 3rd guy in NE on a pass first team anyway.

BTW..the reason I don't have a 1st round pick is because I turned it into Peyton Hillis (remember that?). Heh...I hope that was a good move.

 

[gruntbusters]

Crap I can no longer edit my top post, so here goes the next update:

2.03 - Colin Kaepernick, QB 49’ers
2.04 - Greg Little WR CLE
2.05 - Andy Dalton, QB CIN
2.06 - Jacquizz Rodgers, RB ATL
2.07 - DeMarco Murray, RB DAL
2.08 - Torrey Smith, WR BAL
2.09 - Leonard Hankerson, WR WAS

 

[gruntbusters]

2.10 – Delone Carter, RB IND
3.01 – Jonathan Baldwin, WR KCC
3.02 – Bilal Powell, RB NYJ
3.03 – Kyle Rudolph, TE MIN
3.04 –Alex Green, RB GB
3.05 – Randall Cobb, WR GB
3.06 - Titus Young, WR DET
3.07 – Greg Salas, WR STL
3.08 – Christian Ponder, QB MIN
3.09 – Johnny White, RB BUF
3.10 – Ryan Mallett, QB NE

As a Shonn Greene owner I decided to take Powell in the hopes of owning the NYJ backfield. I was hoping Carter fell to me.

 

[gruntbusters]

ESPN is down right now (probably will be for a few weeks) so since we are at the point where we could possibly be drafting FA's instead of just rookies it's probably going to go pretty slow from this point.

 

[Coachnorm]

Thanks for sharing this early draft with us.

 

[gruntbusters]

4.01 Vincent Brown, WR SD
4.02 Lance Kendricks, TE STL (my pick)
4.03 Mason Foster, LB TB
4.04 Tandon Doss, WR BAL
4.05 Dorin Dickerson, TE/WR BAQL
4.06 Austin Pettis, WR STL
4.07 Robert Housler, TE ARI
4.08 Dion Lewis, RB PHI
4.09 Taiwan Jones, RB OAK

 

[aspera1163]

Quick question.. I feel dumb asking this because I probably should be able to figure this out but ..

Mason Foster, LB TB is the only D player selected in this draft ahead of guys like Patrick Peterson, Von Miller, and Marcell Darius.

Why?

 

[storminn0rm]

I was wondering that too. I'd think Von Miller would be the first one to go.

 

[gruntbusters]

Or Nate Irving...if you think he'll outperform Von Miller in the new 4-3. But I'm not sure why this guy was selected here. He went pretty high in another rookie draft I was checking out too. Is there something we don't know about Mr. Foster? I was actually going to draft Nate Irving here but got an offer that included a 3rd next year so I took it.

Here are the next few selections that have been made:
4.10 Steven Ridley, RB NE

5.01 Edmund Gates, WR MIA
5.02 Jordan Todman, RB SD (i traded this pick for 2011 6th and 2012 3rd)

 

[gruntbusters]

5.03 Demarco Sampson WR ARI
5.04 Jerrel Jernigan WR NYG
5.05 Von Miller LB DEN
5.06 Baron Batch RB PIT
5.07 Evan Royster, RB WAS
5.08 Anthony Allen RB BAL
5.09 Da’Rel Scott RB NYG
5.10 Nate Irving LB DEN

6.01 Clint Session, LB IND (my pick, wanted Irving here, but as you can see he was stolen from under me)
6.02 Allen Bradford, RB TB (my pick, will secure Mr Blount who is on my roster)