Sunday, April 26, 2009

Winners from a fantasy perspective after day one of the NFL draft.

Day one is in the books and a few teams made out pretty well. Do we see a clear-cut, dominating player? No. But there are a few guys that will be useful in larger leagues.

Michael Crabtree WR San Francisco - The 49ers had to be shocked to see Crabtree fall to them at pick #10. Some teams say they see Crabtree being a, "high-maintenance" WR. That remains to be seen, but I sure can see Crabtree making life easier for 49er QB Shaun Hill. He should also open things up somewhat for RB Frank Gore. I have a feeling Crabtree will want to make teams regret that they passed on him.

Knowshon Moreno RB Denver - Moreno was moving up most teams charts over the last 2 weeks and Denver took notice. The Broncos now have to figure out just who out of their vast roster of running backs they need to get rid of. Look for Moreno to get a decent share of carries to start with. He should be of extra value in PPR leagues as he is very good coming out of the backfield.

Jeremy Macklin WR Philadelphia - The Eagles continually have made the playoffs with average WR's. Things are starting to change. While they thought about trading for an established WR, they saved millions of dollars and took the 2nd best WR coming out of college. While Macklin doesn't have 4.35 speed, he does have the ability to separate from defenders and also is very good going over the middle.

Brandon Pettigrew TE Detroit - I'll take some heat for this choice. So be it. While the Lions need help on defense, the chance of getting a quality TE for their new QB Matthew Stafford. Pettigrew will give Stafford/Culpepper a TE that is a solid blocker and a guy that can get downfield.

Percy Harvin WR Minnesota - Ok,ok. If I thought I was going to get grief with my Pettigrew choice, I may have people questioning my sanity by picking Harvin. While Harvin's character may be in question, the is no question that he might be the most explosive offensive player in this draft. Harvin makes the Viking offense even more potent when you consider they already have Adrian Peterson, Bernard Berrian, and Visanthe Shiancoe.

Chris Wells RB Arizona - Watching Arizona trying to run the ball for the most of last season was very painful. The Cardinals sat Edgerrin James early on in favor of Tim Hightower, who didn't exactly wow anybody. With James wanting out of Arizona, look for Wells to at least share time with Hightower to start the season. With the passing game the Cardinals have, there should be room to run for Wells.

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