Friday, August 15, 2008

Who should you pick in your 2008 NFL Fantasy Draft?

Because the start of football season means it's time to live out your fantasies.

Unfortunately, that doesn't include a seven-hour ''humping'' marathon with Anne Hathaway. The 2008-09 NFL football season is upon us people and when full grown men talk about their fantasies, they're not talking about tits and ass but their own fantasy football teams.

Who should you pick in the first round of your fantasy draft? Did you win it all with your Tom Brady - Randy Moss combo? Or did you suffered a tragic loss playing for the championship when Brady and Moss both had terribly bad performances when the Patriots ALMOST lost to the Giants in their last game of the regular season? (Remember that? I almost did...)

Of course, the hot pick in this year's NFL fantasy draft is last season's rookie of the year Adrian Peterson. He has singlehandedly carried the Minnesota Vikings back from obscurity. They ALMOST made the playoffs to boot too.

I won't be surprised to see the young runningback beat LaDanian Tomlinson for the top spot in fantasy ratings this season.

However, as impressive as Peterson has become in fantasy football, there's this one guy that has done better, Philadelphia Eagles runningback Brian Westbrook. Westbrook became the poster boy for consistency last season, playing in 14 of the 15 games played with double digit fantasy points.

However, with the passing game making a return to the Eagles offense now that Donovan McNabb is healthy again, I'm not expecting Westbrook to have the same kind of numbers he had last season.

Tom Brady should still be a high pick. Even if you took out the MVP year that he had last season, he will still have a career completion percentage of 62 percent. His favorite targets; Randy Moss, Wes Welker and Ben Watson will all return to the Patriots offense so I'm not expecting Brady to ease up on his fantasy production.

And finally, there's Brett Favre. Unlike last season, Favre shouldn't be a high draft pick this time. There are a lot of quarterbacks out there that you can get who'll give you consistent numbers than what Favre, with his aging arm, can give.

However, Favre can still be a solid backup to your Tony Romo or Carson Palmer. Because hey, you'll never really know how good can Favre will still be until he plays his first game with the New York Jets.

How about that huh? The backup role is exactly what the Packers were planning to give him if he stayed in Green Bay and that's where he might end up in your fantasy teams. Sheesh... Fantasy football is eerily starting to become closer to real life.

Who will win Super Bowl XLIII in Tampa, Florida? Bodog sportsbook has the odds on that one people.

New York Giants 17.00

New England Patriots 4.50

Dallas Cowboys 7.00

Indianapolis Colts 8.50

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NFL Fantasy Football 2008-09 NFL Season

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