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2004 Draft has been completed! View Draft by Owner or Draft by Draft pick Saturday August 28, 2004, the annual BFFL Draft Day took place at the "usual" place for us XM Radio Headquarters in Washington, DC. This year we moved back to the Patsy Clien conference room. This is good for Al Falcons, because the only other time we drafted from this room, I won the championship. The year when we drafted in the Beatles conference room it lead to ole Al finishing in last f-ing place! Thanks again to Jeff for hosting the draft for the 3rd year in a row! This year 7 of the 8 owners were in attendance with only Chuck being AWOL. He has just moved to Hilton Head, SC and was on the phone via conference call. We all dreamed about going to Hilton Head for the 2005 BFFL draft, it might be a great thing to do next year. The draft started out with Greg wasting no time and picking Priest Holmes with the first pick after he declared that he hated me for passing out the draft order and handing him the first pick. I don't believe anyone has EVER won the BFFL with the first pick.
Jeff saved his best move for the 11th round when he picked Darrius Watts a rookie WR from Denver. Chuck on the phone with the classic, "Who?" A lot of the other guys had heard of him, and heard that Watts might be a starter over Ashlie Lelie, but with the 88th pick? Later Bill chimed in, "He is going to confess this one to his priest. That will be 500 Hail Mary’s!" After a few minutes Columbo could be heard muttering to him self, "God, that was a sucky pick, now I am going to start using some strategy". Later when Julian picked Olindo Mare, Jeff said, "He is on the “now you are reaching list." Then I replied, "Jeff, I got 2 words for you, Darrius Watts". Watts was the pick that brought up the most conversation during and after the draft for sure! Red Ball Blitz Best Pick:7.08 Quentin Griffin
good value for #3 RB, maybe getting Tiki Barber with the 10.01 pick. The Spoilers are coming off their worst record 3-12 since joining the league in 1999. Their drafting in this year's does not lend itself to much improvement. In the 6th round he went for Mike Vanderjagt K, and then followed it up with Baltimore Ravens DT in the 7th. Other questionable picks were Michael Bennett 8.05, out 1-4 weeks with a knee injury, Anquan Boldin, 10.05 who is out for at least half of the season with an injury as well. Then the night of the draft Tyrone Calico strained both knees, this leave the Spoilers with 4 players out of 17 that probably WON'T be available week 1 to play. OUCH!!! Spoilers Best Pick: 11.04 Boo Williams TE.
He is a top TE and a steal in the 11th round
Marauders Best Pick: 1.03 LaDainian Tomlinson
- what a steal! The Seminole Nation move to South Carolina made it the first year that Chuck could not actually be at the draft in person. He was able to draft over the telephone on the speaker and picked a very competitive team. He seemed to use the stud RB theory with 4 RB's picked with his first 7 picks, which may leave him a bit thin at WR with Moulds, Stallworth and Toomer as his #2 - #4 WR's. The DT pick in the 9th round is not that great, but that is about all I can say bad about his draft strategy for this year. Chuck did improve significantly last year finishing 1st in the regular season and going to his first BFFL Super Bowl. He should be a team to recon with this season Seminole Nation Best Pick:2.02 Clinton Portis,
getting Portis with the 10th pick is a steal. In many drafts this
year, Portis was going as high as the 6th or 7th pick. If Gibbs
and the Skins are decent, then Portis will be the anchor to the
Nation this year.
As far as the WhoseYourDaddie line-up goes there are not too many holes, but I think that Tony Gonzales at 3.01 was a bit of a reach, as the KC great is bound to have a bad year one soon. Chris Chambers at 5.01 and Jeff Wilkens at 7.01 are also a bit iffy. Overall the Daddies picked a good solid team and should (as usual) be in the hunt for a playoff spot. WhoseYourDaddies Best Pick: Priest Holmes will
be a monster, but the best pick might be Tyrone Wheatley at 13.01 Big Blue, other wise known as Ed is the returning BFFL Champion. He was "Mr. Serious" at last year's draft and accused me of being too serious this year becasue I want to get rid of the pick bowl this year. Blue was drafting in the 5th slot and had ole Al Falcons steal his picks a few times picking right ahead of him. My 9.05 pick of Jimmy Smith and 14.04 pick of Jake Delhomme got under Ed's skin. I can't see too many picks that Ed made that are really bad, but I personally did not like these, 7.06 Jerry Porter and 12.03 JoeyGalloway. I am sure Ed was happy to see Sean Alexander at 1.06 in this draft, thank Julian for such a bone-head first pick!. Big Blue's Best Pick: 8.03 Kellen Winslow -
you can't go wrong with this rookie who looks like he will tear
it up year 1. I have been know to predict myself in first place, of course I would. I picked the team and I did so thinking that I was picking the best one. Looking over my draft I don't see any player that I would turn around and draft again right now. I think that I got steals in the first round, 1.05, Duece McAllister, fourth round 4.04 Santana Moss, 7th round 7.05 Steve Smith, 15.05 Jake Delhomme. I won't be bringing home the bowl 2 years in a row this year unless all my starters get hurt. Bowl Huggers Best Pick: 15.05 Jake Delhomme.
What a great value pick! This guy went to the Super Bowl last year
and has Steve Smith to throw to. He looks great in pre-season and
could be better than Chad Pennington whom I drafteof them. Al Falcons rankings of the draft
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Troubles
started early for the Snoozers as they picked Peyton Manning
with the 2nd pick. That sent a few surprises through the Bowl Huggers
and Big Blue area of the table, we thought for sure the LT would
be the second pick, but Julian passed on him and let him fall to
Dale with the 3rd pick. Julian seem to be using the Columbo draft
strategy by picking a QB not only in the 1st round but in the 3rd
round as well, picking the Columbo's favorite QB, Bret Favre. WOW!
He must really like to have QB's, because he did not have his first
two RBs until pick 4.07 and ended up with Stephen Davis. Al Falcons
is not real high on Davis this year, that is one reason I drafted
DeShaun Foster at 14.04. 
As
always, Columbo and the Red Ball Blitz kept things lively.
Every time someone made a pick he would look at one of his 12 sheets
he had spread out and say something like, "Oh Rod Smith, he
only had 3 TD's last year and 846 yds receiving. Then every time
Ed stole a pick in front of the Beavers he would say, "Nice
pick". Jeff's first 3 picks were very solid picks with 1.08
Torry Holt, 2.01 Jamal Lewis, then 3.08 Matt Hasselbeck. Then from
the Columbo school of drafting another QB Trent "Tutu boy"
Green at 4.01. Two QB's in 4 rounds, WOW.
The
tough luck Maruders and their GM Dale got a great gift in round
1 when LaDainian Tomlinson fell to them with the 3rd pick. From
there Dale went on to have a solid, if not spectacular draft. Having
come off this Toilet Bowl Victory from last season he is looking
to improve on this record of only 2 playoff appearances in 9 years
in the league. He will need a little help to make the top 4 this
season, but don't count him out.
The
WhoseYourDaddies had the unfortuante luck to have the first pick
in this year's draft and they did not botch the pick by selecting
Priest Holmes. Greg was looking fit and trim this year after losing
over 45 pounds in the off season! The quote of the day went to Greg
in the 7th round.. Ole Al Falcons was at the board to pick Steve
Smith. Bill said, "Steve Scott" and then I said, "Steve
Smith is a lot better than Steve Scott!". That is when Greg
said, "That's is what your wife said!"