Looking Backward 2007 Best of BTFFL Draft

Honorable mentions

Adrian Arrington, 8^th round, Halifax Spitfires. Good pick, decent value.

Ryan Mallett, 12^th Round, Fighting Farmers. Mallett has been pressed into action and has performed reasonably as a Freshman. No doubt he will be Michigan’s starting QB in 2008.

And to the list:

10. Duane Bennett, 5^th Round, Halifax Spitfires. The first of 4 Gophers to appear on this list, Bennett certainly appears set to be the Gophers RB next season. As a freshman he has been impressive, might have even taken over the starting position if not for injury.

9. Kory Sheets, Omar Conteh, and Evan Royster, 6^th, 11^th and 17^th Rounds, Halifax Spitfires, Golden Goblins and Golden Goblins. This trio of Running Backs have one thing in common, the starters in front of them have been injured or lost the job for other reasons, they have all stepped in and played well. There is a bit of luck in these three but nonetheless, they have all paid dividends. They are the 9^th, 8^th and 16^th ranked Running Backs as of this week.

8. James Hardy, 2^nd Round, Golden Goblins. I hate to put high picks on this list but it always seems like one or two picks deserve it. And Hardy deserves it as he is the highest scoring WR in the League and the Goblins snatched him back with their first pick in the draft. Lucky thing Austin Scott was not available or the Goblins would be even worse.

7. CJ Bacher, 8^th Round, Bucky’s Goodgers. The Goodgers only pick on this list. Bacher has outplayed Christiansen (5^th), Boeckmann (6^th), Hoyer (7^th), and Henne (8^th), all selected before him. Eighth QB off the board, third highest scorer. Goblins agonized between Bacher and Kinlaw – choose Kinlaw.

6. Javon Ringer, 4^th Round, Golden Goblins. Ringer has been fantastic this season. He is the 4^th highest scoring Running Back behind only Hill, Mendenhall and Hart – all three were keepers. He was also the 4^th RB selected! Somehow, Scott, Taylor (inj) and Pinnix picked before Ringer.

5. Ernie Wheelwright, 10^th Round, Golden Goblins. Another Gopher. Wheelwright has been a reliable BTFFL WR this year. He’s the 6^th highest scoring WR and is outplaying a boatload of WRs selected ahead of him, including Benn (3^rd), Bulter (6^th), Beckum (7^th), Brodell (7^th), Arrington (8^th) and Orton (10^th).

4. Brian Robiski, 9^th Round, Fightin’ Farmers. Robiski has been fantastic. Taken just one round before Wheelwright, selected after the mediocre group of WR, he is the 4^th highest scoring WR.

3. Jehuu Caulcrick, 10^th Round, Fightin’ Farmers. 5^th Highest scoring RB, even after last week’s goose egg! Nonfactors like Austin Scott, Damien Sims, John Clay, Marcus Thigpen, and Brandon Saine selected ahead of him.

2. Eric Decker, 13^th Round, Fightin’ Farmers. Go Gophers! Decker is the 7^th highest scoring wide receiver in the BTFFL and he was picked after such duds as Butler, Brodell, Orton, Williams, Hubbard and Lymon.

1. Adam Weber, 5^th Round, Fightin’ Farmers. Wow! The Farmers have the top 4 best picks in the draft and it looks like they are headed to the Blue Ox Bowl because of it. Weber, along with every other Gopher drafted was scoffed at by this author. How much crow can one man eat? Weber is the 2^nd highest scoring QB (was 1 for much of the season) and is the biggest beneficiary of Brewster’s spread coast offense – although clearly not the only one. I guess he’s a keeper?