This Draft is Mocking Me! Part Two

"You've got Spark Shot and Dallas Clark..."

We move onto the phase of the mock draft experiment where the mad scientists employed by Renal Failure test out Version One of our preferred draft list (aka: The People's Draft List) through the team of Yahoo! AutoDraft robots who can make or break our season.

Test One: Ten team league. Positions: QB, 2 RB, 3 WR, 1 TE, 1 DEF/ST, 1 K, 6 bench. Starting draft position: 4th. Alternating to the 7th in even-numbered rounds.

1. Drew Brees (NO - QB)
2. Ryan Grant (GB - RB)
3. Jamaal Charles (KC - RB)
4. Dallas Clark (Ind - TE)
5. Mike Sims-Walker (Jac - WR)
6. Baltimore (Bal - DEF)
7. Terrell Owens (Cin - WR)
8. Nate Kaeding (SD - K)
9. T.J. Houshmandzadeh (Sea - WR)
10. Reggie Bush (NO - RB)
11. Carson Palmer (Cin - QB)
12. New Orleans (NO - DEF)
13. Bernard Berrian (Min - WR)
14. Mohamed Massaquoi (Cle - WR)
15. Marcedes Lewis (Jac - TE)

An excellent draft. Top tier QB and TE with Brees and Clark. High quality RB's in Grant and Charles and good depth at WR. And in total Wild Card fashion we have the top scoring kicker of the 2009 Fantasy Season in Kaeding, as well as netting two good DEF/ST squads. Grade: B


Test Two: Ten team league, same positions, this time our starting draft position is 9th, alternating to 2nd in even-numbered rounds.

1. Drew Brees (NO - QB)
2. Steven Jackson (StL - RB)
3. Jamaal Charles (KC - RB)
4. Dallas Clark (Ind - TE)
5. Mike Sims-Walker (Jac - WR)
6. Wes Welker (NE - WR)
7. Baltimore (Bal - DEF)
8. Nate Kaeding (SD - K)
9. Bernard Berrian (Min - WR)
10. Fred Jackson (Buf - RB)
11. David Akers (Phi - K)
12. Kellen Winslow (TB - TE)
13. Kenny Britt (Ten - WR)
14. Johnny Knox (Chi - WR)
15. Vince Young (Ten - QB)

Again, we score Drew Brees and Dallas Clark again, and arguably improve our running back situation with again getting Jamal Charles and swapping in Stephen Jackson for Ryan Grant, and adding Fred Jackson for depth. Sims-Walker shows up again at WR, but this time is joined by the awesome Wes Welker, but depth at the position is iffy. Berrian's okay but we'd probably dump Knox and Britt before Week One. And by the time the bye week for Brees came around (Week 10) we would likely have found a better QB than Vince Young. Kaeding returns, paired with another traditionally high-scoring kicker David Akers, and Baltimore always provides quality DEF/ST points. Grade: B+


Test Three: Ten team league, same positions, this time our starting draft position is 2nd, alternating to 9th in even-numbered rounds.


1. Adrian Peterson (Min - RB)
2. DeAngelo Williams (Car - RB)
3. Tom Brady (NE - QB)
4. Dallas Clark (Ind - TE)
5. Mike Sims-Walker (Jac - WR)
6. Baltimore (Bal - DEF)
7. Terrell Owens (Cin - WR)
8. Nate Kaeding (SD - K)
9. Bernard Berrian (Min - WR)
10. Carson Palmer (Cin - QB)
11. New Orleans (NO - DEF)
12. David Akers (Phi - K)
13. Marion Barber (Dal - RB)
14. Julian Edelman (NE - WR)
15. Antonio Bryant (Cin - WR)

Looks like we've figured out the formula for getting Dallas Clark, Nate Kaeding, Mike Sims-Walker, Terrell Owens, David Akers, and either the Baltimore or New Orleans DEF/ST (and Edelman shows up again too for some reason, who the hell is this guy?). The Top Three picks of Adrian Peterson, DeAngelo Williams, and the original "Orbital Bear Chucker" Tom Brady along with the added depth of Carson Palmer and Marion Barber make this our best auto-draft yet. Grade: A-

A few minor tweaks, the luck of a good draft position, and perhaps a few odd decisions from other teams and The People's Champion could possibly draft their way into being an actual champion this season.


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