Our 2011 Fantasy Football Draft
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| The Draft Room |
The pizzas were in the oven, the beers were cold and we had extra laptops 'just in case'. Yes, it's that time of year again FantasyHeads- Draft Day!
People began showing up at the house about an hour and a half before the scheduled draft time. It was enough time to snack, throw back a few cold ones and stare at our computer screens while we waited for the draft order to be announced an hour prior to the first pick. We all waited patiently for 6:30.
As soon as the draft room opened the trash talking began. If you haven't experienced a draft room chat room, you must. Someone threatened to tear a persons limbs off and mail them to his girlfriend's house and others were already demanding the prize money because "no one else stood a chance". We even had one confident jackass claim if they had the number one pick, they'd pick Rex Grossman or a kicker to give the rest of us a handicap.
Bring it!
ON THE CLOCK
It didn’t come as much of a surprise that ‘Slob on my Kolb’ didn’t waste one, single second to select Minnesota’s premium running back, Adrian Peterson, with the first overall pick Tuesday night.
Just like that our 2011 fantasy season was under way.
“I knew I was picking AP for the last hour,” ‘SOMK’ said to his three friends, who sat quietly around the kitchen table plotting and studying their first few picks.
Maybe the biggest surprise of the draft was Jamaal Charles’ selection at two and Arian Foster fell to Ken Kay’s ‘Henne Nut Cheerios’ squad at eight.
‘Lefty from Mulberry Street’ decided to jump on the QB bandwagon with Mark Sanchez at 29.
“I like that pick, Pat,” SOMK said. “I have high hopes for (Sanchez) this year.”
‘I’m Stacked’ could possibly be the most overused, and popular phrase out of every fantasy draft.
Maybe the biggest surprise of the draft was Jamaal Charles’ selection at two and Arian Foster fell to Ken Kay’s ‘Henne Nut Cheerios’ squad at eight.
Patrick's picks for ‘Lefty from Mulberry Street’ were nine and 12. He was wishful that Aaron Rogers would fall to him, but that wish was quickly put to rest when the Green Bay quarterback landed in the three slot to the ‘Tail Gators.’
With the ninth pick Pat landed Maurice Jones-Drew, who he has in both leagues, and then he took the athletic wide out from Houston, Andre Johnson at 12.
He had plenty of time before his next two picks at 29 and 32.
The quarterbacks began to fall in the second round with Ken Kay snatching up Tom Brady at 13.
Then the rest followed - Phillip Rivers, Matt Schaub, Peyton Manning and Matt Ryan were all selected.
‘Lefty from Mulberry Street’ decided to jump on the QB bandwagon with Mark Sanchez at 29.
“I like that pick, Pat,” SOMK said. “I have high hopes for (Sanchez) this year.”
Time marched on and every guy in the league was full of optimism.
“I’m stacked,” ‘Tail Gator’ said as he surveyed his new team, which was led by Rogers, Stephen Jackson and Roddy White.
‘SOMK’ wrapped up the draft with San Francisco’s defense.
“Singletary,” he chanted. “I’m stacked,” he said to ‘Tail Gator’ with a grin.
‘I’m Stacked’ could possibly be the most overused, and popular phrase out of every fantasy draft.
“Everything is speculation,” ‘SOMK’ said with confidence in the draft room. “It’s a tricky puzzle to put together.”
The season begins Thursday and the whole fantasy world will be watching because everyone is ‘STACKED.’
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