Slow PPR Live Draft Blog, Entry 9

In the 9th round, I got stuck fast. I was hoping for an RB in this spot, even a marginal one at that, and they were going off the board one by one. This is what the draft looked like up to the 9.05 mark

8.03
The Knuckles
Winslow, Kellen TBB TE
8.04
Green Bowl Packers
Avery, Donnie STL WR
8.05
Philippe27
Mason, Derrick BAL WR
8.06
Pain Train
Breaston, Steve ARI WR
8.07
Jaguars
Palmer, Carson CIN QB
8.08
Philippe27
Cassel, Matt KCC QB
8.09
River-Rats
Ginn Jr., Ted MIA WR
8.10
The Grim Reaper
Jackson, Fred BUF RB
8.11
Green Bowl Packers
White, LenDale TEN RB
8.12
We Need to Win 1
McCoy, LeSean PHI RB
9.01
We Need to Win 1
Bradshaw, Ahmad NYG RB
9.02
White Mules 1
Sproles, Darren SDC RB
9.03
The Grim Reaper
Norwood, Jerious ATL RB
9.04
Jaguars
Jones, Julius SEA RB
9.05
Feisty Ferrets
Henry, Chris CIN WR
9.06
Smackdown
9.07
Pain Train
9.08
Feisty Ferrets

9.09
Green Bowl Packers
9.10
Smackdown

As you can see, Jones, Sproles, Bradshaw, Jackson, & White all went off the board here. This left me scrambling and looking to trade. After enough maneuvering, I was able to pull off this deal.

The Knuckles gave up

Draft Pick 9.10; Draft Pick 11.10; Draft Pick 12.03; Draft Pick 13.10

Smackdown gave up

Draft Pick 9.06; Draft Pick 12.01; Draft Pick 13.02; Draft Pick 14.10

Now, I had the next pick at 9.06 after giving up some value in lower rounds. Moving up here was very big because I need a RB in this system to fill in for Lynch at least for the first three games. At this point, Hightower was the only "starter" on the board. I put starter in quotations because I think Beanie Wells has already made this RB situation in Arizona a committee, but I'll be happy enough if Hightower gets 15-20 touches in the early part of the season to suffice my team. I cannot imagine this trade hurting me that much and this seemed like the time to move up as the risk seemed minimal in lower rounds.