Looking Backward -- The Draft, Part II

Worst 10 Picks

10 AJ Jimmerson, 12th Round (Andy). Jimmerson not a bad risk at the point he was taken in the draft. No Running Back of significance was selected after Jimmerson except one. And that’s what makes AJ a bad pick, Matt took the other MSU freshman back, Javon Ringer, in the same round, 3 picks later.

9 Austin Scott, 10th Round, (Shawn). Another pick that doesn’t have a massive impact, Scott has done almost nothing as Tony Hunt has maintained his solid BTFF RB role.

8 Brandon Roberson, 5th Round, (Shawn). This is also a bit unfair. Roberson was the unquestioned starter for NW at the start of the season and the unquestioned consensus RB with value going into the draft. There is no reason to believe he would not have been very productive (a scary thought given Shawn’s early dominance) but an early injury has made him useless. Perhaps the greater sin was not backing him up and letting Sutton slip away.

7 Shonn Greene, 9th round (Jay). The first of several bad RB picks largely because Tyrell Sutton was available. Greene backs up Albert Young, not bad insurance but not the value of the 2nd highest scoring RB in the league.

6 Kevin Grady, 9th round (Andy). Like Greene, Grady taken before Sutton. Worse still, taken before Sutton and Gary Russell. Again, all three on the day of the draft were back ups but Grady the wrong bet – although with Hart’s early season injury, that not as obvious as it may be now.

5 Rashard Mendellhall, 8th round, (Matt). The worst of the Tyrell Sutton Effect Backs, Mendelhall drops this far because he’s on a terrible team and can’t get significant playing time behind Pierre Thomas and EB Halsey. May still have long term value but right now, he’s dead weight on a roster.

4 and 3 Ed Hinkel, 7th round (Shawn) and Kyle Ingraham, 6th round (Shawn). If there was a Tyrell Sutton Effect, then the next two picks are products of the Jason Avant Effect. Hinkel and Ingraham picked before Avant, the number 1 fantasy WR this season. Hinkel and Ingraham blips on the fantasy map so far this season.

2 Brandon Kirsch, 2nd round (Shawn). One of Shawn’s “free” picks, Kirsch has been a fantasy disappointment. But worse, he has scored less than Breet Basanez (6th round), Michael Robinson (7th round), Tim Brasic (10th round) and Blake Powers (15th round). That leaves Kirsch outperforming only Brian Cupito, Anthony Morelli, and undrafted John Stocco among QBs available in the draft. Another player that could turn his season around but he has been a bust so far.

1 Maurice Wells, 5th round (Jay). Not much to say here. Cut Tony Hunt to get this pick, he sucks, he can not beat out Tony Pittman, a pick of no value to the team. His 5, that’s right, 5 fantasy points on the season put him ahead of injured Roberson, not playing Demetrius McCray, Maquess Simmons, and Red Shirt Jay Thomas! This is not what to do with your first pick in a fantasy draft.

Not quite bad enough or not enough fantasy impact to make a difference:

Ray Williams (just missed)
John Goss
Marc Philmore
Anthony Morelli
Jamil Walker
Eric Haw
Jakeen Gilmore
Pierre Thomas