Monday, April 25, 2005

Feeling a draft
For those interested, here's my column on the top fantasy prospects from the draft (mostly focusing on this year with a little nod to keeper leagues).

A few other notes and thoughts that didn't make the column for a variety of reasons:
-- Because he's from the alma mater, I will support the Luis Castillo pick, although the steroid charge is still a giant red flag, although I'll have to believe it's a one-time thing. At least you can't confuse that Luis Castillo with this Luis Castillo.
-- I wasn't sure where to put in a line about the Lions taking UConn's Dan Orlovsky since he's probably not a fantasy prospect for a few years, but it is worth noting that Detroit teams have done well with UConn alums, just ask the Pistons (Rip Hamilton) and the Shock (Swin Cash).
-- It's curious to see that Ohio State, Michigan and Northwestern all had the same number of players drafted. Michigan's three picks were among the first 33 and that was it; Ohio State finished its haul with Maurice Clarett; and Northwestern finally reached three with Noah Herron going to the Steelers (their second NU pick of the draft).
-- It may be just me, but Aaron Rodgers looks a lot like John Heffron, one of the Last Comic Standing winners.
-- I like the Jets taking a kicker where they did. Doug Brien was going to be run out of town on a rail, so why not take the best kicker there. Besides, they still got a solid corner in Justin Miller a few picks later. However, with all the big kicks that he had, the Nuge did miss a key one in the Buckeyes' loss to Northwestern, so he's not perfect.

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