Has anybody given a look to see if early round drafting strategies has had any impact on the eventual champion? Probably not... Never fear my friends - time is on my side these days!
2005 Season:
DNice rolled to his first championship by drafting RB/WR/WR/RB/RB...
Memorable not for his 3 RBs bookending 2 WRs, it is more for the vintage Moss - TO loop picks by the always under-the-radar (only in his own mind...) guy who grabbed Rackers hours later after watching him clear the uprights on a kick-off! But even a stud Kicker isn't why DNice is engraved on the hardware - it's the guy under center...Brady (7th rounder).
2006 Season:
DNice rolled (again) to his second championship by drafting RB/WR/RB/WR/QB...
RB/WR heavy as usual but who's that in the 5th - Brady.
2007 Season:
Performance Enhancers rolled through the ENTIRE season by drafting RB/RB/QB/WR/RB...
Not only did Dan grab Manning in the mid-3rd, but he effectively ended all of our seasons by grabbing Randy Moss in the 6th! Why is that important? Because Randy only came out his 3 year hibernation because of Tom Brady (stud).
***Didn't Brady put Ninja Mafia on the map in 2007?
In the end it's pretty obvious - Brady is justified as early as anyone wants. He's young, proven, and is surrounded by guys who catch the ball, protect the pocket, and go for the juggular all 16 weeks! Nothing has really change in 2008 except the chip became a boulder after the Super Bowl debacle and the Patriot passing schedule is cush...
However, not only was Brady tied to Big Dan's run - he grabbed steady, efficient, kicker-friendly Peyton to guide his team.
The ONLY way you can take this historic information is that drafting a top QB in a "known" friendly situation is the first point on the map to immortality... Fred, you're on the clock!
Mental Note #1: LT has NEVER hoisted the FPT hardware.
Mental Note #2: No champ has ever drafted a TE in the first 5 rounds (and no, Keith Bulluck and Adrian Wilson didn't get it done either, right Juice?).
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August has arrived.... That means it's time for DNice to start planning for his forth straight trip to the Pain Train championship.... Blog looks great, but one correction... LT did raise the trophy as a member of the 05' United squad. You probably overlooked that fact since he was probably #3 on my depth chart by the end of the season...
Speaking of history, the 05' United team was no doubt one of the most dominating squads in Fantasy football history... Perhaps even more dominating then the 99-00' edition of the United that also took home some hardware thanks to an awesome perfomance by none other than Mr. Owens..... You might want to check out his line on Dec 17 2000 (20 for 283 and 2 TD's) that's an 84 point game in today's FPT... He better not be on the board at #9.
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