Just drafted in a 12team league. 9th pick is really terrible

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My picks:

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1.   (9)   Steven Jackson (pretty happy with this, think he'll have a good year)
2.   (16)   Randy Moss (slaton went 15th)
3.   (33)   Tony Romo (kevin smith went 32nd)
4.   (40)   Darren McFadden
5.   (57)   Jonathan Stewart
6.   (64)   Derrick Ward
7.   (81)   Eddie Royal
8.   (88)   Kevin Walter
9.   (105)   Felix Jones
10.   (112)   Donald Brown
11.   (129)   Ahmad Bradshaw
12.   (136)   Earnest Graham
13.   (153)   New York
14.   (160)   Anthony Fasano
15.   (177)   John Carney

So I lost out on a few good RBs early but I think I got some good value with my later picks. What moves should I try to make, what can I improve?

QB: Tony Romo
WR: Randy Moss
WR: Eddie Royal
RB: Steven Jackson
RB: Darren Mcfadden
TE: Anthony Fasano
W/R: Jonathan Stewart
DEF: NY Jets
Bench: Derrick Ward
Bench: Kevin Walter
Bench: Felix Jones
Bench: Donald Brown
Bench: Ahmad Bradshaw
Bench: Earnest Graham

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The 9th pick doesn't look that bad when you were able to start off SJax/Moss but I really don't like your 3rd round pick. Were the QBs really going that fast or did you just really like Romo? I would think he would usually be available a round or two later and even if he was gone there are good QBs still around in round 6/7. I like the upside of McFadden and Stewart (if he can stay healthy) so good job filling in your RB depth (especially with Felix, D Brown, and Bradshaw). With all of those players I think Ward and Graham were really wasted picks (especially Ward, you got Graham late enough that he has decent upside) and I would stay away from the Tampa Bay running game this year. Royal and Walter were nice value (especially Royal) to round out your WRs, but you probably should have gotten more than three.

The Good: SJax/Moss at beginning, great value on Royal, great RB depth
The Bad: Romo/Ward were reaches, WR depth, weak starting TE

Overall, B+. I like it but you could have done better. A WR in the 3rd (Housh?), QB in the 6th (Schaub/McNabb/Cutler?), and maybe a little earlier TE (Carlson?) could have improved the team. Great job on the bench depth though. I think it's surprising you were able to get Royal, Felix, D Brown, and Bradshaw as late as you were.

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The 9th pick doesn't look that bad when you were able to start off SJax/Moss but I really don't like your 3rd round pick. Were the QBs really going that fast or did you just really like Romo? I would think he would usually be available a round or two later and even if he was gone there are good QBs still around in round 6/7. I like the upside of McFadden and Stewart (if he can stay healthy) so good job filling in your RB depth (especially with Felix, D Brown, and Bradshaw). With all of those players I think Ward and Graham were really wasted picks (especially Ward, you got Graham late enough that he has decent upside) and I would stay away from the Tampa Bay running game this year. Royal and Walter were nice value (especially Royal) to round out your WRs, but you probably should have gotten more than three.

The Good: SJax/Moss at beginning, great value on Royal, great RB depth
The Bad: Romo/Ward were reaches, WR depth, weak starting TE

Overall, B+. I like it but you could have done better. A WR in the 3rd (Housh?), QB in the 6th (Schaub/McNabb/Cutler?), and maybe a little earlier TE (Carlson?) could have improved the team. Great job on the bench depth though. I think it's surprising you were able to get Royal, Felix, D Brown, and Bradshaw as late as you were.

Yeah, I'm pretty disappointed with the Romo pick. I had my sights set on Smith after taking Moss instead of a RB since I usually stack up on running backs early, and there weren't any more quality RBs for a while, so I kinda froze up after he was taken. Here's the next few players taken after romo:
10. Dwayne Bowe
11. Brandon Marshall
12. Marques Colston
1. Kurt Warner
2. Jason Witten
3. Aaron Rodgers
4. Darren McFadden
And yeah, TO, housh, and wes welker were taken later on. I'm just trying to use Romo as trade bait right now.

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I would have jumped on Colston (or Rodgers if you wanted a QB). It looks like you didn't have a good back up plan and panicked after Kevin Smith got taken. At least you can learn from it and try to improve next year. Still a strong draft even with that one error.