6/27/00
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Well
Mock Draft #2 is right around the corner so it's about time that
I got my lazy butt in gear and rated the first mock draft. It
took place in May and included some of your favorites from the
FF Today forums, a couple of my CCL guys and a couple of the expert
friends of the FF Today site. We took our time getting the draft
done and that affected the picks of some people because the draft
did wear on. Many of us took some players at the end of the draft
just to get it over with. Also, some guys were not around all
the time so they didn't always get the guy they wanted. For instance
I would have preferred Travis Prentice instead of Jonathon Linton
but all in all I think everyone was happy with his team. One benefit
of grading the draft this late after the mock... I have completely
forgotten the reasons why some people took their players. On the
other hand I am going to be a bit harder on other guys that took
players like Steve Young that have since retired.
Before explaining my rankings I will let you know my rankings
1 through 12. You can go to the mock draft page to look at the
rosters, round
by round draft, and cheat
sheets.
- Steve14
- Broncos Fan
- Capain Lou
- Commish
- Mike C.
- Dogpound
- EMoney
- Iceman
- Chronic
- [Echo]
- El Barton
- Don Golia
Every time I do these rankings
I make the owners mad and I get e-mails telling me I am crazy. I
don't think anyone did terribly in this draft and my point system
was very close which made it difficult to differentiate many teams.
Starting with quarterbacks… I looked at all the teams and graded
each quarterback on quality and potential for success this season.
I then factored the round the quarterback was taken. My rankings
were:
| Q
U A R T E R B A C K S |
| RANK |
MOCKER |
PLAYERS |
| 1 |
Dogpound |
Kurt Warner, Jake Plummer |
| 2 |
Commish |
Brett Favre,
Steve McNair |
| 3 |
BroncosFan |
Steve Beuerlein, Troy Aikman |
| 4 |
EMoney |
Mark Brunell,
Tony Banks |
| 5 |
Chronic |
Rich Gannon, Cade McNown |
| 6 |
Steve14 |
Brad Johnson,
Kerry Collins |
| 7 |
ICEMAN |
Jeff Blake, Chris Chandler |
| 8 |
Don Golia |
Vinny Testaverde,
Daunte Culpepper |
| 9 |
El Barton |
Peyton Manning, Brian Griese |
| 10 |
Mike C. |
Charlie Batch,
Jon Kitna |
| 11 |
Captain Lou |
Rob Johnson, Tim Couch |
| 12 |
[Echo] |
Drew Bledsoe,
Steve Young |
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I ranked Dogpound number one
because he took Kurt Warner and Jake Plummer. He took Warner earlier
than I certainly would have taken him. But nonetheless he paid for
that later. I think Plummer will bounce back this year. Actually
I think Plummer will have a great first 8 games but then fall back
into mediocrity by the end of the year. I ranked myself second because
I have Favre and McNair. I think I have better quarterbacks but
ranked myself lower because I took the qb's too early and closely
together. Instead of grading each owner let's look at lower couple
of owners. I ranked Captain second to last because Johnson is injury
prone and has never started a full season and Couch still doesn't
have the weapons to be adequate back up for a starter such as Johnson.
I ranked Echo last because Drew Bledsoe was taken so early (before
Brad Johnson, Steve Beuerlein, Steve McNair, and Vinny Testaverde)
and he also took Steve Young which promptly retired. I suppose that
you can't blame him but had Young returned to the 49ers the talent
still was going to be poor so why take him?
In the running back category here is how I ranked the teams:
| R U N N I N G B A C K S |
| RANK |
MOCKER |
PLAYERS |
| 1 |
Steve14 |
Fred Taylor, Curtis Enis, Richard
Huntley, Mike Cloud |
| 2 |
BroncosFan |
Eddie George, Jamal Anderson,
Warrick Dunn, Travis Prentice |
| 3 |
[Echo] |
Edgerrin James, Errict Rhett,
Corey Dillon, Chris Warren |
| 4 |
Dogpound |
Curtis Martin, Tim Biakabutuka,
Jerome Bettis, Kimble Anders |
| 5 |
Mike C. |
Dorsey Levens, Duce Staley, Antowain
Smith, Shaun Alexander, |
| 6 |
El Barton |
Jamal Lewis, Tyrone Wheatley,
Olandis Gary, Priest Holmes |
| 7 |
ICEMAN |
Ricky Williams, Charlie Garner,
J.J. Johnson, Raymont Harris |
| 8 |
Captain Lou |
Marshall Faulk, Robert Smith,
Jermaine Fazande, Napolean Kaufman |
| 9 |
Commish |
Emmitt Smith, Thomas Jones, Jonathan
Linton, Leroy Hoard |
| 10 |
EMoney |
Terrell Davis, Mike Alstott,
J.R. Redmond, Donnell Bennett |
| 11 |
Chronic |
Stephen Davis, Ron Dayne, Adrian
Murrell, Skip Hicks |
| 12 |
Don Golia |
James Stewart, Ricky Watters,
Natrone Means, Shaun Bryson |
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I ranked Steve first easily.
He drafted Fred Taylor, Curtis Enis, Richard Huntley, and Mike Cloud.
This is a great haul…4 starters. It was very easy to rank him number
one. Ranked number two was Broncos Fan. He took Eddie George, Jamal
Anderson, Warrick Dunn, and Travis Prentice. This group could easily
been first, I really like George, Anderson is suffering from tendonitis
but looks to be able to come back, Dunn should benefit from a rejuvenated
passing game, and Prentice a player that I think could turn out
to be the best of the rookie runners. On the other end of the spectrum
I ranked Chronic second from last for taking three Washington runners
(Stephen Davis, Adrian Murrell and Skip Hicks) but he did get bonus
points for taking Ron Dayne. I think the big dog could be a big
runner for the Giants this season. I ranked Don last in this category
for taking Ricky Watters, James Stewart (both guys that are asking
for season ending injuries) Natrone Means, and Shaun Bryson. Means
could turn out to be really great for him and so could Bryson…they
better had.
My wide receivers rankings are:
| W I D E R E C E I
V E R S |
| RANK |
MOCKER |
PLAYERS |
| 1 |
Steve14 |
Jimmy Smith, Patrick Jeffers,
Torry Holt, Rod Smith |
| 2 |
Captain Lou |
Antonio Freeman, Eric Moulds,
Johnnie Morton, Jerry Rice |
| 3 |
EMoney |
Marcus Robinson, Michael Westbrook,
Darnay Scott, Bill Schroeder |
| 4 |
BroncosFan |
Kevin Johnson, Ed McCaffrey,
Rocket Ismail, Carl Pickens |
| 5 |
Mike C. |
Keyshawn Johnson, Germane Crowell,
Keenan McCardell, Travis Taylor |
| 6 |
Don Golia |
Marvin Harrison, Albert Connell,
Derrick Alexander, Peerless Price |
| 7 |
ICEMAN |
Randy Moss, Terrell Owens, Herman
Moore, Tim Dwight |
| 8 |
Commish |
Tim Brown, Amani Toomer, Kevin
Dyson, Troy Edwards |
| 9 |
Dogpound |
Muhsin Muhammad, Terry Glenn,
Wayne Chrebet, Curtis Conway |
| 10 |
Chronic |
Joey Galloway, Peter Warrick,
Sean Dawkins, Yancey Thigpen |
| 11 |
[Echo] |
Cris Carter, Rob Moore, Jake Reed,
Tony Martin |
| 12 |
El Barton |
Isaac Bruce, Derrick Mayes, Terance
Mathis, Qadry Ismail |
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Steve again tops the rankings
here in this category by taking Jimmy Smith, Patrick Jeffers, Torry
Holt, and Rod Smith. Smith doesn't do much for me but I like Smith,
Jeffers and Holt to choose from each week. The second ranked wide
receiver group went to the Captain. He took Antonio Freeman, Eric
Moulds, Johnnie Morton, and Jerry Rice. Again I don't care for Rice
but you can do a whole lot worse than choosing between Moulds, Freeman,
and Morton each week. On the final two rungs of the ladder are Echo
and El Barton. Echo took Cris Carter, Rob Moore, Jake Reed, and
Tony Martin. Talk about an old group of guys…ancient is the correct
term here. For El Barton he took Isaac Bruce (O.k….will the old
injury prone Bruce return?), Derrick Mayes (will the slow Mayes
return?), Terance Mathis (who keeps defenses honest and no double
teams…Shawn Jefferson?), and Qadry Ismail (who is the real Qadry
Ismail?).
The tight end, kicker, and defense rankings are difficult in fact
I didn't rank kickers and defenses at all…other than giving you
an idea of who would we take, we wouldn't need to take kickers or
defenses at all! The tight end rankings are as follows:
| T I G H T E N D S
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| RANK |
MOCKER |
PLAYERS |
| 1 |
Chronic |
Rickey Dudley, Cam Cleeland |
| 2 |
[Echo] |
Stephen Alexander, Ken Dilger |
| 3 |
Captain Lou |
Wesley Walls, Pete Mitchell |
| 4 |
Mike C. |
Dave Moore, Byron Chamberlain |
| 5 |
Commish |
Frank Wycheck, Anthony Becht |
| 6 |
ICEMAN |
Tony Gonzalez, Kyle Brady |
| 7 |
El Barton |
Bubba Franks, Luther Broughton |
| 8 |
EMoney |
Jay Riemersma, Marcus Pollard |
| 9 |
Steve14 |
Freddie Jones, Tony McGee |
| 10 |
Don Golia |
Shannon Sharpe, Roland Williams |
| 11 |
Dogpound |
David LaFleur, Christian Fauria |
| 12 |
BroncosFan |
David Sloan, Andrew Glover |
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I ranked Chronic on top for
taking Rickey Dudley who could eventually reach the potential that
everyone says he has. The real reason I gave him the top nod was
for remembering and taking Cam Cleeland. I think Cleeland and Saints
offense could be one of the better in the NFC this year. I gave
Echo the next slot for taking Ken Dilger and Stephen Alexander.
Alexander is no longer a tight end secret and Dilger is an intricate
part of the Colt offense. Dogpound got the 11th ranking for taking
David LaFluer and Christian Fauria. Fauria has yet to do anything
in his NFL career…including finish a season uninjured. LaFluer is
fine but has yet to be outstanding. Broncos Fan took David Sloan
and Andrew Glover neither of which do anything for me.
My rankings are nothing but personal choice and I would welcome
any comments on your rankings. Next week we look at "living the
fantasy."
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