2012 Dynasty Rookie Draft Results

[gruntbusters]

Our draft is in progress and as usual I figured I'd post it here for you all to see. Some of you seem to like it. So here's the incidentals:
10 team dynasty IDP league (8th year)
Standard Scoring (except this year, we made a change to go PPR)
35 man rosters
Start 1 QB, 1 RB, 2 WR, 3 OP, 1 TE, 3 DP, 1 K

My pics through round 4 are in bold.

1.01 - Andrew Luck QB IND (drop Jake Ballard)
1.02 - Trent Richardson RB CLE (drop Jason Hill)
1.03 - Doug Martin RB TB (drop Hines Ward)
1.04 - Robert Griffin III QB WAS (drop Dallas Clark)
1.05 - Justin Blackmon WR JAX (drop Jeremiah Johnson)
1.06 - David Wilson RB NYG (drop Antoine Bethea)
1.07 – Michael Floyd WR ARI (drop Jordan Todman)
1.08 - Isaiah Pead RB STL (drop Ronnie Brown)
1.09 - Kendall Wright WR TEN (drop Jacoby Jones)
1.10 – Stephen Hill WR NYJ (drop Jarius Byrd)

2.01 – Mohamed Sanu WR CIN(drop Donovan McNabb)
2.02 - Ryan Tannehill QB MIA (drop Evan Moore)
2.03 – Coby Fleener TE IND (no drop needed)
2.04 - AJ Jenkins WR SF (drop Terrell Owens)
2.05 - Ronnie Hillman RB DEN (drop Mossis Madu)
2.06 – Lamar Miller RB MIA (no drop needed)
2.07 – Brian Quick WR STL (drop Marion Barber)
2.08 - Luke Kuechly LB CAR (drop Plaxico Burress)
2.09 - Alson Jeffery WR CHI (drop KJ Wright)
2.10 – LaMichael James RB SF (drop Johnny Knox)

3.01 – Rueben Randle WR NYG (drop Adrian Arrington)
3.02 – Ryan Broyles WR DET (drop David Hawthorne)
3.03 – Robert Turbin RB SEA (drop Justin Forsett)
3.04 - Marvin Jones WR CIN (drop Preston Parker)
3.05 - Brandon Weeden QB CLE (drop Ricky Stanzi)
3.06 – Nick Toon WR NO (no drop needed)
3.07 – Michael Egnew TE MIA (drop Maurice Morris)
3.08 - Chris Givens WR STL (drop Marcel Reece)
3.09 – Chris Polk RB PHI (drop Von Miller)
3.10 – Russell Wilson QB SEA (drop Danario Alexander)

4.01 – Greg Childs WR MIN (drop Earl Bennett)
4.02 - DeMeco Ryans LB PHI (drop Kahlil Bell)
4.03 – Brock Osweiler QB DEN (drop Jason Snelling)
4.04 - Bernard Pierce RB BAL (drop Jason Hanson)
4.05 - Chris Rainey RB PIT (drop Takeo Spikes)
4.06 – Ladarius Green TE SD (drop Jackie Battle)
4.07 – Tommy Streeter WR BAL (drop Roy Williams)
4.08 - Ryan Lindley QB ARI (drop Matt Hasselbeck)
4.09 - (forfeited for Terrelle Pryor)
4.10 – Nick Foles QB PHI (drop Bradie James)

 

[Orgazmo]

Biggest surprise for me is to see Luke fall that far. You kids must be excited about teh ppr.

 

[gruntbusters]

Yeah it'll be a nice change to PPR this year. Especially as an owner of Nicks, Cruz, Marshall, A Brown and Gronk.

It's always difficult to start the draft when the NFL draft starts because you don't have the benefit of rookie camps, etc. But this is where you really need to do some homework and draft as much talent as you can and not worry as much about situation. My pick at 3.05 of Weeden was a complete value pick and probably had more to do with situation over talent but I took Hillman and Miller assuming their talent levels will put them into fantasy relevant roles within a year or two. RB's are indeed a short fuse in the NFL so I'm thinking if at least one of those guys pans out I'll be making a run at another title in 2014 or 2015. Seems to be a delicate balance between having veteran talent and rookies on your squad in a league like this.

Thought you might like to see what I'm working with here:
QB
Tony Romo, DAL
Matt Schaub HOU
Brandon Weeden, CLE
John Skelton, ARI

RB
Roy Helu Jr. WAS
Peyton Hillis CLE
Shonn Greene NYJ
Lamar Miller, MIA
Ronnie Hillman, DEN
LaGarette Blount TB
Brandon Saine, GB
Bilal Powell NYJ
LaDainian Tomlinson FA
Tyrell Sutton, SEA

WR
Hakeem Nicks NYG
Brandon Marshall MIA
Victor Cruz NYG
Antonio Brown PIT
Nate Burleson, DET
Jacoby Ford OAK
Lance Moore NO
Emmanual Sanders PIT
Deon Butler, SEA
David Gettis, CAR

TE
Rob Gronkowski NE
Tony Gonzolaz ATL
Lance Kendricks StL
DJ Williams, GB

D
DJ Williams DEN
Jarod Mayo NE
Pat Angerer IND
Colin McCarthy, TEN
Sean Lee DAL
Daryl Washington, ARI

K
Sebastian Janikowski, OAK