Complete NFL noob's first draft

[doof]

Hi all,

Any pointers for a complete noob would be much appreciated. Standard 10 team H2H league.

Starters
Jay Cutler (Chi - QB)
Greg Jennings (GB - WR)
Dwayne Bowe (KC - WR)
Chad Ochocinco (Cin - WR)
Matt Forte (Chi - RB)
Steve Slaton (Hou - RB)
Dallas Clark (Ind - TE)
Josh Brown (StL - K)
Houston (Hou - DEF)

Bench
Joseph Addai (Ind - RB)
Donald Brown (Ind - RB)
Michael Crabtree (SF - WR)
Earl Bennett (Chi - WR)
Chad Pennington (Mia - QB)
Jared Cook (Ten - TE)

I did a fair bit of reading and tried to follow the rules (RB,RB,WR). However, as I have found from years of NHL play, the top of the draft should not be that hard. The middle and end is where you can win a league. Any thoughts on my overall structure of positions? I assume my bench players won't see much playing time, so they are effectively backups - correct? Any of these guys obviously out of place in a ten teamer?

Would help in return if I knew anything at all about NFL, but I just moved to the US from Australia.

Thanks
doof

[ramzstriker]

Overall it looks pretty solid IMO. Getting Forte and Slaton should be huge for you. Dwayne Bowe could be a little overrated this year and Chad is inconsistent so it just depends on how lucky you get. I would probably change kickers and DEF in favor of a team that scores more points for your kicker and either play matchups with the D or just pick a good one off WW....

Help with mine please

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Thanks man

[Dawinner127]

Welcome to the Cafe
Not bad at all. Your WRs are solid, hopefully OchoCinco can keep his head straight this year and perform like he did a few years ago. Having Forte and Slaton as a one - two punch at your RB spot is always going to help.

[doof]

Thanks guys.

just fyi - here is a list of available players:

TE
Tony Scheffler, Chase Coffman, Bo Scaife, Billy Miller, Donald Lee, Jerramy Stevens, Todd Heap, Daniel Graham, Alex Smith, Marcedes Lewis, Martellus Bennett, David Martin

RB
Knowshon Moreno, Jamal Lewis, Felix Jones, Le'Ron McClain, Cedric Benson, Darren Sproles, Julius Jones, Tim Hightower, Ray Rice, Fred Jackson, LeSean McCoy, Rashard Mendenhall, Leon Washington, Sammy Morris, Ahmad Bradshaw, Chester Taylor, Jerious Norwood, Ricky Williams, Earnest Graham

WR
Michael Jenkins, Mark Clayton, Isaac Bruce, Jeremy Maclin, Nate Burleson, Miles Austin, Justin Gage, Nate Washington, Mark Bradley, Devery Henderson, Joey Galloway, Patrick Crayton, Steve Smith, Brian Robiskie

QB
Trent Edwards, Joe Flacco, Jason Campbell, Brady Quinn, Mark Sanchez, Marc Bulger, Shaun Hill, Matthew Stafford, Kerry Collins

K
Nick Folk, Robbie Gould, Rian Lindell, Garrett Hartley, Matt Prater, Neil Rackers, Matt Bryant

DEF
Indianapolis, Arizona, Seattle, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Atlanta, San Francisco, Washington, Oakland, New Orleans, Kansas City, Detroit, St. Louis, Denver

Currently looking at dropping Cook, Pennington and HOU for Moreno, Edwards and IND

Sound like an improvement? Any K I should look at?

[Ftown]

Drop Donald Brown in favor of Ray Rice who has a lot of upside with little competition at his position. I also like Tony Scheffler instead of Jared Cook.

[glackk]

Thanks guys.

just fyi - here is a list of available players:

TE
Tony Scheffler, Chase Coffman, Bo Scaife, Billy Miller, Donald Lee, Jerramy Stevens, Todd Heap, Daniel Graham, Alex Smith, Marcedes Lewis, Martellus Bennett, David Martin

RB
Knowshon Moreno, Jamal Lewis, Felix Jones, Le'Ron McClain, Cedric Benson, Darren Sproles, Julius Jones, Tim Hightower, Ray Rice, Fred Jackson, LeSean McCoy, Rashard Mendenhall, Leon Washington, Sammy Morris, Ahmad Bradshaw, Chester Taylor, Jerious Norwood, Ricky Williams, Earnest Graham

WR
Michael Jenkins, Mark Clayton, Isaac Bruce, Jeremy Maclin, Nate Burleson, Miles Austin, Justin Gage, Nate Washington, Mark Bradley, Devery Henderson, Joey Galloway, Patrick Crayton, Steve Smith, Brian Robiskie

QB
Trent Edwards, Joe Flacco, Jason Campbell, Brady Quinn, Mark Sanchez, Marc Bulger, Shaun Hill, Matthew Stafford, Kerry Collins

K
Nick Folk, Robbie Gould, Rian Lindell, Garrett Hartley, Matt Prater, Neil Rackers, Matt Bryant

DEF
Indianapolis, Arizona, Seattle, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Atlanta, San Francisco, Washington, Oakland, New Orleans, Kansas City, Detroit, St. Louis, Denver

Currently looking at dropping Cook, Pennington and HOU for Moreno, Edwards and IND

Sound like an improvement? Any K I should look at?

It's a travesty that Moreno wasn't drafted by anyone. Pick him up asap. Ray Rice should also be solid this year.
You don't need to keep 2 TEs, so you can just drop Cook for another player. You'll be starting Dallas Clark every week anyway, and just pick up a TE for his 1 bye week.

I wouldn't worry too much about your K. Rackers, Hartley, Folk should all be good.