It's that time of the year again for the annual GSI BLOG Mock Draft.
The draft is set up for a 10-team league in yardage+TD, head-to-head
scoring format. Over the next couple of weeks we will draft 14-man
teams and offer our takes:
RECAP: ROUND 1
Here's Round 2:
11. FISCHER - RB Marshawn Lynch - BUF
12. WETZEL - RB Marion Barber - DAL
13. SIMON - QB Peyton Manning - IND
14. SIMS - RB Willis McGahee - BAL
15. MURDICO - WR Reggie Wayne - IND
16. DINSMORE - RB Ryan Grant - GB
17. BOLTON - RB Brandon Jacobs - NYG
18. HUMBERT - WR Terrell Owens - DAL
19. CLASGENS - RB Maurice Jones-Drew - JCK
20. PREUTH - RB Willie Parker - PIT
My Pick: I am not big on Jones-Drew but he was good value here. Fred Taylor has managed to stay healthy for a couple years in a row now, but healthy or not the Jags have said that Jones-Drew will be the team's No. 1 back this year. That's the pro. The cons include a YPC average that drop from 5.7 in '06 to 4.6 in '07. Not that's bad, but it is more than a yard per carry difference. Opportunity though is the bigger obstacle, the 5-foot-7 running back did not have a single 20-carry game last season and only eclipsed 15 carries twice. I wanted a Tier 1 wideout but with so many left on the board, I will worry about that in Round 3 (three picks from now) and keep PREUTH from grabbing a guy that I consider a top 12 running back with significant upside.
Biggest Reach: Willie Parker scares me this year. He's coming off a major knee injury and now will have to give way to Rashard Mendenhall, particularly at the goalline. Parker only had two TD's in '07 and I'm not even sure he's a top 20 running back, much less a guy that is taken with the 20th pick overall.
Final Take: The round pretty much followed the script I expected to. I would've like to seen a better back fall down, but with only 2 QB's and 3 WR's taken in the first two rounds, you can fully anticipate the top 15-20 backs to be off the board in the first two rounds in nearly any league. It will be Rounds 3 through 6 that will go a long way towards determing which teams can compete for championships.
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