My First Fantasy Draft of the Year: Can I get a grade from 1-10?

Question

I picked 10th in a 12 team league. Starters go like this QB-1, RB-2, WR-3, TE-1, K-1, DST-1

QB 2 (#15) Brady, Tom (QB NE)

RB 3 (#34) McFadden, Darren (RB OAK)

RB 4 (#39) Jacobs, Brandon (RB NYG)

WR 1 (#10) Moss, Randy (WR NE)

WR 5 (#58) Williams, Roy (WR DET)

WR 6 (#63) Evans, Lee (WR BUF)

TE 11 (#130) Smith, L.J. (TE PHI)

K 12 (#135) Rackers, Neil (K ARI)

DST 9 (#106) Cowboys (DST DAL)

RS 14 (#159) Garcia, Jeff (QB TB)

RS 7 (#82) Jones, Thomas (RB NYJ)

RS 8 (#87) Young, Selvin (RB DEN)

RS 13 (#154) Morris, Maurice (RB SEA)

RS 10 (#111) Mason, Derrick (WR BAL)

Answer 1

Not bad.  McFadden is a reach right now, so bench him and put Jones in there.  Monitor McFadden's progress, though, because he just might pan out right away.

Other than that, you have talent and depth at every position.  Good luck

Answer 2

I think the other people in your league made some poor decisions... You had the 10th pick and came away with Brady, Moss, and Jacobs.... I think those three could win a lot of games for you. Mcfadden is definitely a gamble as he won't start at the first of the season, but he could end up being a stud.... I talked myself out of taking him at the last second.  

Answer 3

for your draft position i would say a solid 8 or 9

Answer 4

great team  9   i would actually put thomas jones in for mcfadden

Answer 5

I give it a 7.5! And that is a great score. I think McFadden is gonna do work this year, and you know what ill give it an 8 just because it was your first year. Great draft.

Answer 6

Your team shows that you did what you're supposed to when you draft with a late pick: Take whoever is the best player on the board at the time, regardless of position. It looks like you took Brady and Moss in your first two rounds, then Jacobs (or McFadden) and Williams in rounds 3 and 4.

You have quite a corps of WRs, but mediocre RBs. And, that's fine. Except for the top 4 or 5 RBs, the top QBs and WRs actually scored better than the rest of the RBs over the last couple of years. This is because very few teams actually play with a feature back. The rest play in a by-committee situation, which spreads the scoring among two or three different backs. So, there isn't much of a drop-off in RBs for a while after the top studs are gone.

Keep an eye on Maurice Morris. He's a great sleeper, as he's expected to be the starter for Seattle over Julius Jones and looked good in week 3 of the pre-season against San Diego.

Also, keep an eye on the waiver wire as the season progresses. If there are any rookie RBs that didn't get picked up yet, these guys could move up their depth charts and start to produce toward the middle of the season, and they would present a good opportunity to shore up your RBs.