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Bo Knows

Draft Anticipation

Apr 23, 2008 at 11:12 AM

As I write this, we are T-minus 75 hours from the start of the NFL Draft festivities at Radio City Music Hall in the Big Apple.  And I don't know about you, but my fantasy football juices are flowing.  Last night's trade that sent Jared Allen to the Vikings really kicked things up a notch.  The Chiefs are loaded with selections now and should make some serious hay on Draft Day. Meanwhile, the Vikes might very well have the best defense, both fantasy and realistically in the NFL now.  They have three Pro Bowl linemen, very solid linebackers, and a veteran secondary that should be able to hawk more interceptions now that the Purple finally has a pass rush to complement their stifling run defense. 

We also know now that Jake Long is going to be a Dolphin, so the Rams are on the clock. I predicted in the mock draft that I posted yesterday (prior to the Allen trade) that they would go with Chris Long, but that is obviously not a lock. The real monkey wrench now comes with the aforementioned Chiefs, who hold the fifth and 17th picks overall.  They have the luxury of waiting until that 17th pick that used to belong to the Vikings to grab much needed help on the offensive line and can now employ that fifth pick for the best player available, whoever that might be at the time.  I have a feeling there are going to be a slew of trades.  Where will Darren McFadden land?  Will three other running backs go in round one?  What about Matt Ryan? Does he wind up in Atlanta? Baltimore? Carolina? 

Are you ready?

We are.

Beginning this weekend, we will start publishing our Rookie Impact Reports after we find out where the big names go in the draft. Then, in early May we will unleash our FFChamps C3 cheat sheets. 


Comments (5)

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On Apr 23, 2008 at 4:43 PM Wyatt said:
Allen should make for a sweet defense and could make the d-backs look pretty good. They spent a lot of money on him, but it is better than throwing a lot of money at an unproven rookie.
On Apr 23, 2008 at 5:01 PM tom said:
Bo Knows.... Why do we even question the MASTER!!!! Now lets see you pick my winning fantasy teams for 2008 :)
On Apr 24, 2008 at 10:18 AM Mark said:
Talk about being ready for the draft. My first real draft is 4:00PM Sunday in a redraft league. It's going to be interesting to see how people draft when it's real. Any sleeper running backs this year as I pick 3rd and plan to draft RB/WR/WR/QB/TE. We only have to start one RB, it's a good league to do the opposite in. Related question - Is Ernest Graham worth a 4th round draft pick in a PPR league. He helped win a league last year.
On Apr 24, 2008 at 10:21 AM Mark said:
oh yeah. my first pick will be Westbrook if he is there. If not LT or AP will fall to me. Since this is a PPR league; I have Westbrook as my Number 1 pick regardless of LT or AP. Is that just crazy or should I consider someone else. S.Jax comes to mind. Thanks for all your help.
On Apr 25, 2008 at 3:51 PM Wyatt said:
I like Jackson this year. They added a guard during free agency and should be getting Pace and Incognito back. I would think he would be the #3 or #4 in the draft.

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