Slow PPR Live Draft Blog, Entry 10

After the 3rd RB pick in Hightower, I really needed to dig into the bag of deep sleepers. Guys who were 2nd on the depth chart at RB or 3rd or 4th in the WR pool. As a result, I was pleased with this next player and was surprised he fell to me this late. The draft after Hightower looked like this:

9.06
The Knuckles
Hightower, Tim ARI RB
9.07
Pain Train
Bennett, Earl CHI WR
9.08
Feisty Ferrets
Carlson, John SEA TE
9.09
Green Bowl Packers
Hixon, Domenik NYG WR
9.10
Smackdown
Morgan, Josh SFO WR
9.11
SUPERDAVE
Lewis, Jamal CLE RB
9.12
River-Rats
Stewart, Jonathan CAR RB
10.01
Smackdown
Mendenhall, Rashard PIT RB
10.02
SUPERDAVE
Ravens, Baltimore BAL Def
10.03
The Knuckles
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Going through all positions, the availabilities were as follows

QB:

Garrard

Roethlisberger

RB:

Chester Taylor

James Davis

Charles

Graham

WR:

Steve Smith (NYG)

Harvin

Gage

Crayton

TE:

Shockey

Keller

Miller

Lots of choices here, but with this league being a PPR, I ended up concluding on the less-popular Steve Smith. The Giants offense is tough to read, but Eli has to throw to someone and I am banking more often than not, Smith can fill this role. Smith seemed to be a decent possession receiver last year and while any of the receivers could step up, I am hoping that Eli has the most confidence in Smith.

I am going to go over my 12th round pick (due to trading down) here as well because value of these players significantly drops. After Smith, the draft goes as follows:

10.03
The Knuckles
Smith, Steve NYG WR
10.04
Green Bowl Packers
Steelers, Pittsburgh PIT Def
10.05
Smackdown
Miller, Zach OAK TE
10.06
Pain Train
Keller, Dustin NYJ TE
10.07
River-Rats
Shockey, Jeremy NOS TE
10.08
Feisty Ferrets
Garrard, David JAC QB
10.09
Jaguars
Taylor, Chester MIN RB
10.10
The Grim Reaper
Vikings, Minnesota MIN Def
10.11
White Mules 1
Gage, Justin TEN WR
10.12
We Need to Win 1
Davis, James CLE RB
11.01
We Need to Win 1
Harvin, Percy MIN WR
11.02
White Mules 1
Coffee, Glen SFO RB
11.03
The Grim Reaper
Charles, Jamaal KCC RB
11.04
River-Rats
Graham, Earnest TBB RB
11.05
Philippe27
Roethlisberger, Ben PIT QB
11.06
Jaguars
Hasselbeck, Matt SEA QB
11.07
Pain Train
Shiancoe, Visanthe MIN TE
11.08
Feisty Ferrets
Bush, Michael OAK RB
11.09
Green Bowl Packers
Crayton, Patrick DAL WR
11.10
Philippe27
Curtis, Kevin PHI WR
11.11
SUPERDAVE
Nicks, Hakeem NYG WR
11.12
The Grim Reaper
Davis, Vernon SFO TE
12.01
The Knuckles
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As you can see here, there are some real stretches on players here, so I decided in my conservative fashion to take a defense. And staying in line with Big Blue & the pick of Smith, I took the Giants Defense. This scoring system does not recognize yards, but looks at sack, interceptions, and defensive TD's more. I figure with Umenioyra back, this D should be even better and can hopefully give that extra push needed in those down weeks from other players.