2006 Draft By Pick      2006 Draft by Owner

Draft Day 2006 was Sat Aug 26th in our "normal" location XM Radio Headquarters in Washington, DC. We knew ahead of time that Bill of the Spoilers would not be in town even though we set the draft date 1 year in advance. Hello members of the BFFL, the draft day is the SAME DAY EACH YEAR, the Saturday before Labor Day. Mark that on your calendar for next year, it is the SAME DAY of the year. Since Bill couldn't be there and thought he couldn't call in, we got someone from another league to draft for Bill. So Jeff W. from the Chiro Falcon league aka Fish Taco, drafted for Bill over the Internet. The draft was to begin at 10:00 AM, but had some of the usual techie complications. We wanted to have a computer set up so that people could put their own picks in the web site, so that Fish Taco could see the picks as they happened. Myfantasyleague works great for this and even plays an audio clip when players are drafted. That was good for a few laughs as we decided to put a microphone next to the computer we made picks from.

We had another "NEW GUY" in the league this year, a late replacement for the Seminole Nation, the MorMor owned by another Jeff. We will pick on him in a few minutes, he had some WILD picks. So what happens when you get 9 guys in a conference room, projector showing the web site as the picks happen, microphone ready for each owner to say their 2 cents worth with each pick???

The first pick was at 10:35 and the first few rounds were typical BFFL, a mix of RB's, WR's and a few QB's flying off the board. Flying Beavers, aka Colombo had the first pick and we were prepared for him to take a LONG time to pick 2 players in a row at the end of the even rounds in the draft. The first QB went off the board at 1.10 when the Snoozers picked Peyton Manning. I could have bet the HOUSE that Julian would take Manning if he was still there at this pick. The first real funny moment of the draft happened when the Flying Beavers were ready for pick 4.09. Jeff said, "I really don't care about my picks, I just want to talk on the mike! RED RUM, RED RUM." That was a reference to the movie The Shining with Jack Nicholson.

As promised, the New Guy Jeff, started to struggle in the 6th round. He tried to pick Stephen Jackson (picked at 1.04) then he wanted Warrick Dunn (picked 5.09), then finally decided to pick a KICKER Adam Vinatieri of the Colts. Granted Vinateri is the #1 Kicker in the league, but 6th round out of 17??? I think I heard someone say, "Curtis Martin is still available!!" "Curtis Martin, he is dead isn't he?" (Martin has been out all pre-season with injuries)

Later in the draft Colombo started talking about having to leave the draft early to go to a party at his neighbor's house.
WHAT THE F?? Jeff, "We play Bunko with them." Someone quipped, "Bunko, is that the same as swinging?" No it is not, but that was sure a funny one!

New Guy up for pick 11.02 and he selected Bo Scaife, TE for Tennessee.. On the league chat room Fish Taco, "WHO". "Everyone in the room erupted in laughter. A few minutes later MorMor defended his pick, "He is also a Wal-Mart greater!" A few rounds later Big Blue was looking for Drew Bledsoe after he was drafted, "I just pulled a Jeff, sorry". Then Big Blue did the unthinkable in the 15th round when he picked a second kicker,Jason Elam with a bye in week 4. MorMor was quick to chime in, "I will trade you Bo Scaife for him". I actually laughed SO hard that I fell out of my chair, onto the floor!

Some other Botched picks... 12.07 Lombardi Mania Koren Robinson WR, Green Bay. Green Bay? What, he just got a DUI and was cut about 5 days before the draft!!14.09 MorMor Tony Banks QB Free Agent. WHAT? I don't think he even played 1 down with ANY team in Pre-season. MorMor what the Hell were you thinking with that one?

Let's not forget about the Toilet Bowl being in the Flying Beavers for the first time in BFFL History. See home page.

You know that I like to try to predict how each team does, but first a quick glance of what happened last year and how I did predicting the outcome of the season. I think I know the Champ very well....

Here is Al Falcons' 2006 Draft recap of each team, let's start with the Ka-Jana Carter division:

Deep Purple's Best Pick: 1.06 Tiki Barber. Tiki was going 4th or 5th in many mock drafts so to have him fall to 6th was a steal for Purple.
Deep Purple's Worst Pick: 4.05 Willis McGahee and 8.05 Ahman Green, these 2 make up Purple's #2 and #3 RB's this season. Both are on pretty crappy teams and Ahman Green is coming off an injury and playing with an aging Bret Favre who does nothing but throw interceptions. I don't see Green being much of a factor this year.
Al Falcons' Projections: Even though I think that this team is not so great at RB, they have Matt Hasselbeck, Dante Culpepper, Antonio Gates and Chad Johnson. Those players are probably enough to get this team to the playoffs and a 4th place finish.

Big Blue's Best Pick: 5.05 Chester Taylor MIN RB, Taylor is the starter in Minnesota with a new and improved offensive line thanks to free agent Steve Hutchenson, pretty nice for his #3 RB. LaurenceMaroney NEP RB in the 10th round, makes a great handcuff for Corey Dillon.
Big Blue's Worst Pick: 15.05 Jason Elam DEN PK . He now has 2 kickers with a week 4 bye.. Dumb A$$!
Al Falcons' Projections: Big Blue has a well rounded team and pretty great RB strength with Ronnie Brown, Corey Dillon and Chester Taylor. If his WR's can hold up I see this team regaining its strength in the BFFL this season. I see Big Blue making the playoffs this year, and getting all the way to the Championship game, only to lose.

Spoilers' Best Pick: 13.03 Ben Watson NEP TE. This guy light it up in the Pre-season and since New England seems to have NO WR's, who else is Brady going to throw to?
Spoilers' Worst Pick: 9.03 Brett Favre, Dude, hang it up. I wish that you had retired so that we can remember you in your Super Bowl victory, not throwing 2-3 INT's each week.
Al Falcons' Projections: Since Bill did not draft this team and Jeff West did, I think this team has some potential! They look to be strong at every position. I see them making the playoffs thanks to Shaun Alexander and then choking in week 14, but taking the Consolation Bowl again this year, 5th place

Lombardi Mania's Best Pick:3.04 Reggie Bush, NOS RB. I actually had a Fantasy Football dream last night that Reggie Bush had10 TD's in one game!! Dude can play, I don't care if he is a rookie. Might pay off big time for the Mania.
Lombardi Mania's Worst Pick:12.07 Koren Robinson, MR. DUI was cut from the Vikings a few days before the draft and is looking at being suspended by the NFL, possibly for the year. Where have you been Dale? 15.04 Jerramy Stevens TE for Seattle, he has been hurt all pre-season and is questionable to make it on the field at all this season.
Al Falcons' Projections: The Mania fell asleep during the late rounds, but has a pretty decent team. I see them just missing the playoffs and finishing 7th.

WhoseYourDaddies' Best Pick: 3.07 Brian Westbrook. Looking back at this draft, I can't believe how far some of the top RB's fell to. If healthy, Westbrook is a beast, but we all know that he will go down sometime this season, but before he does, he will score plenty.
WhoseYourDaddies' Worst Pick: I didn't like several of the Daddies picks this year, 4.04 Darrell Jackson, SEA WR was pretty questionable. He has not played in the pre-season and a lot of people are thinking that Seattle is coming back down to earth this year after making the Super Bowl last year. 6.04 Domanick Davis, he is injured AGAIN and was later put on IR a few days after our draft, ending his season.
Al Falcons' Projections: I have the WYD ranked pretty high on their WR's, but #10 on the RB's. Don't know why Greg drafted so many players that were injured in the pre-season and had questionable health histories. His team is going to be boom or bust this season. I see mostly bust, a trip to the Toilet Bowl game, but a final victory for 9th place.

Now for the Corey Croom Division.

Flying Beavers' Best Pick: Larry Johnson at 1.01 and Carson Palmer, at 3.01. Palmer looked awesome in the pre-season game 3 and if the knee is healthy has Chad Johnson to throw to all year. I like Johnson at the 1.01, but you could make a case for LT or Alexander as well. I would have actually picked Alexander.
Flying Beavers' Worst Pick: 9.01 Chicago Bears, DT. What a Defense in the 9th round? Are you CRAZY? And then a kicker in the 11th Mike Vanderjagt Dallas, homer pick there.
Al Falcons' Projections: I see Jeff rebounding this year to make the playoffs, but then fade to 6th place.

Snoozers' Best Pick: At 9.10 Deuce McAllister is a bargain if he is healthy. Even though Reggie Bush is the future, he will split time with Deuce this year. I had the guy for a few years in a row, he can score some TD's and no F-ing Aaron Brooks to throw away a potential TDs any longer.
Snoozers' Worst Pick: Speaking of Brooks, Julian drafted him in the 11th. Face it, the Raiders suck serious A$$. They will be lucky to score 10 pts a game this year. Other than Peyton Manning at 1.10, I don't see much strength at QB, RB or WR. A lot ifs and maybes on this roster.
Al Falcons' Projections: Snoozers are normally in the middle of the pack, rising to 2nd last year. They gave me a run for my money last, I just don't see it this year. 8th place

Komodo Dragons' Best Pick: 1.08 Rudi Johnson. I was hoping that Johnson would fall to me at 1.09, but Pete snatched him up. Some other good picks, 3.08 Chris Chambers, 6.03 Tatum Bell, 9.08 Fred Taylor and 12.03 Kurt Warner.
Komodo Dragons' Worst Pick: 10.03 Michael Vick. Not that the Dragons didn't get a good value, but as their #1 QB, they don't score enough in this league. He had 4 healthy games last year when he scored 5 pts or less.
Al Falcons' Projections: The Dragons kicked everyone's a$$ in the regular season last year at 12-1 and finished 4th last year. They have a really good team and could cause us a lot of problems, 3rd place

MorMor Best Pick: 1.02 Ladainian Tomlinson, since Larry Johnson was off the board, MorMor couldn't miss with either LT or Shaun Alexander. His top 5 picks were pretty decent, after that he went straight downhill and FAST.
Worst Pick: Where do I start, there were at least 4 major blunders for MorMor on Draft Day. Maybe the WORST PICK EVER IN BFFL HISTORY , 11.02 Bo Scaife, TE from Tennessee. Well maybe not as bad as Corey Croom, this guy did have 2 TD's last year and 33 fantasy points, so maybe Jeff knows something I don't?? He is the #2 TE in Tennessee now, and their QB situation is a complete mess. Other bad picks included, a Kicker in the 6th round, Duce Staley in the 9th round (in the pre-season ther was a rumor he would be cut), 14.09 Tony Banks, he DID play in 1 game last year and scored 6 fan pts, but wasn't even on a team in the pre-season. 13.02 Oakland Raiders DT??? I had them ranked about 30 out of 32. This team might be the worst in the NFL, why would you EVER consider them for your #1 DT.
Al Falcons' Projections: Hey, Jeff seemed like a nice guy and he did have some good one-liners at the draft after he F-ed up royally. You know that I like to pile onto to the New Guy, so why should this year be any different, 10th place and your name on the Bowl!

Bowl Huggers' Best Pick: 3.09 Willie Parker from Pittsburg, and 5.09 Warrick Dunn from Atlanta. Both steals at their position, with TD stealer T.J. Ducket being traded to the Skins, Dunn should be hot this year. I really like Parker now that the Bus, Jerome Bettis has retired. See Bettis in BFFL Playoff Lore, 2002 and 1998 Super Bowl. He was a key player in action with the BFFL, good luck to the Bus!
Bowl Huggers' Worst Pick: Do I EVER have a bad pick? I don't think so, or why would I pick them? Maybe Steve Smith at 1.09 if he doesn't play. He is going to miss week 2 tomorrow. Possibly 9.09 TuTu Boy, Trent Green I thought he would be good, but he was KO'ed in the first game.
Al Falcons' Projections: I don't know, but I think I predicted that I would win last year, and what happened? I finished 1st, of course. I was the one who was GLAD to see us increase the league from 8 to 10 and the first year we did, I won it all. Looking for 2 in a row this year. First Place For the BOWL HUGGERS... (aka trophy huggers).