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Sirius XM Fantasy Draft

In NY for this event that took place yesterday at the Hard Rock Cafe in Times Square. Have to say it was more fun than I expected - drafting a 12-team standard scoring 1-QB, 2-RB, 3-WR league (with headset and mic) live on the radio and in front of about 200 people. I realized that while it's nice to create fantasy content for a living, it's even better when your job is actually to |STAR|play|STAR| fantasy football.

Here are the results from the first 10 rounds (I picked 12th).

Some highlights from the day:

  • Hanging out with Maurice Jones-Drew (who's shorter than me) in the green room, and commenting to him as he admired the league trophy: "You're not really so delusional that you think you're going to win that thing?" He said something to the effect of: "Delusional? Whatever."
  • Hearing people suggest disastrous signings like Mo Vaughn, Armando Benitez or Roger Cedeno every time Steve Phillips picked (though Phillips was a good sport about it, suggesting a few of his own).
  • Seeing Jay Thomas draft Maurice Jones-Drew at No. 3 and trading him to Jones-Drew for a swap of picks in the first two rounds and an extra fourth rounder.
  • Having some random fan ask to get his picture taken with me - that never ever happens as everyone was pretty much there for Jones-Drew or maybe Jeremy Roenick.
  • Seeing Jones-Drew ask for some food, then leaving the green room for photos, etc. the staff bringing out ridiculous amounts of quesadilas, fried chicken fingers, onion rings, potato skins, hot wings, etc. and all of us eating it. When Jones-Drew came back, he said he couldn't eat that stuff because he didn't want to put on weight and ordered a Cobb salad.

    Lowlights

  • Having Jones-Drew of all people snake tight end Brent Celek from me in Round 7.
  • Seeing Roenick draft Wes Welker in Round 5, and no one having the heart to tell him that he just drafted someone who might not be back until the season's second half.
  • Phillips taking Randy Moss at 11 and pushing me into a RB-RB first two rounds in a 3-WR league.
  • Realizing that these guys let Calvin Johnson slip to the end of the second round, so Baba Booey (Gary Dell'Abate) got Chris Johnson, Calvin Johnson and Miles Austin with his first three picks. It would be one thing to lose to John Hansen or Scott Engel and quite another level of embarrassment to lose to a Howard Stern sidekick.
  • Having carefully emailed channel director Matt Deutsch to get in touch with DDD to finish the second half of my draft later in the day online, but for some reason, they couldn't get in touch, so Deutsch picked Devone Bess for me in the 12th round with much better players like Steve Slaton, Lee Evans, Reggie Bush and Arian Foster still on the board! Luckily DDD was able to get in after that and got me Devin Thomas and the Giants defense in Rounds 13 and 14.

    Here's the full draft grid - through 10 rounds

     123456789101112
    Rd.Gary
    Dell'Abate
    Jeremy RoenickJay ThomasChris "Mad Dog" RussoJohn HansenKyle ElfrinkThe Morning MashupMaurice Jones-DrewScott FerrallScott EngelSteve PhillipsChris Liss
    1Chris
    Johnson
    RB (TEN)
    Adrian
    Peterson
    RB (MIN)
    Steven
    Jackson
    RB (STL)
    Ray
    Rice
    RB (BAL)
    Michael
    Turner
    RB (ATL)
    Frank
    Gore
    RB (SF)
    Drew
    Brees
    QB (NO)
    Maurice
    Jones-Drew
    RB (JAC)
    DeAngelo
    Williams
    RB (CAR)
    Andre
    Johnson
    WR (HOU)
    Randy
    Moss
    WR (NE)
    Rashard
    Mendenhall
    RB (PIT)
    2
    Calvin
    Johnson
    WR (DET)
    Tom
    Brady
    QB (NE)
    Peyton
    Manning
    QB (IND)
    Reggie
    Wayne
    WR (IND)
    Larry
    Fitzgerald
    WR (ARZ)
    Jonathan
    Stewart
    RB (CAR)
    Ronnie
    Brown
    RB (MIA)
    Brandon
    Marshall
    WR (MIA)
    Aaron
    Rodgers
    QB (GB)
    Shonn
    Greene
    RB (NYJ)
    Ryan
    Grant
    RB (GB)
    Ryan
    Mathews
    RB (SD)
    3Miles
    Austin
    WR (DAL)
    Chad
    Ochocinco
    WR (CIN)
    Marques
    Colston
    WR (NO)
    DeSean
    Jackson
    WR (PHI)
    Greg
    Jennings
    WR (GB)
    Roddy
    White
    WR (ATL)
    Cedric
    Benson
    RB (CIN)
    Anquan
    Boldin
    WR (BAL)
    Sidney
    Rice
    WR (MIN)
    Jamaal
    Charles
    RB (KC)
    Dallas
    Clark
    TE (IND)
    Steve
    Smith
    WR (CAR)
    4
    Matt
    Schaub
    QB (HOU)
    Jason
    Witten
    TE (DAL)
    Knowshon
    Moreno
    RB (DEN)
    Pierre
    Thomas
    RB (NO)
    Jermichael
    Finley
    TE (GB)
    Chris
    Wells
    RB (ARZ)
    Vernon
    Davis
    TE (SF)
    Antonio
    Gates
    TE (SD)
    Steve
    Smith
    WR (NYG)
    Philip
    Rivers
    QB (SD)
    Tony
    Romo
    QB (DAL)
    5Joseph
    Addai
    RB (IND)
    Wes
    Welker
    WR (NE)
    Percy
    Harvin
    WR (MIN)
    Tony
    Gonzalez
    TE (ATL)
    Felix
    Jones
    RB (DAL)
    Michael
    Crabtree
    WR (SF)
    Pierre
    Garcon
    WR (IND)
    Eli
    Manning
    QB (NYG)
    LeSean
    McCoy
    RB (PHI)
    Mike
    Sims-Walker
    WR (JAC)
    Dwayne
    Bowe
    WR (KC)
    Robert
    Meachem
    WR (NO)
    6
    Brandon
    Jacobs
    RB (NYG)
    Tim
    Hightower
    RB (ARZ)
    Malcom
    Floyd
    WR (SD)
    Donovan
    McNabb
    QB (WAS)
    Jahvid
    Best
    RB (DET)
    Vincent
    Jackson
    WR (SD)
    Santana
    Moss
    WR (WAS)
    Matt
    Forte
    RB (CHI)
    Antonio
    Bryant
    WR (CIN)
    Brett
    Favre
    QB (MIN)
    Justin
    Forsett
    RB (SEA)
    Hakeem
    Nicks
    WR (NYG)
    7Donald
    Driver
    WR (GB)
    Santonio
    Holmes
    WR (NYJ)
    Owen
    Daniels
    TE (HOU)
    Bernard
    Berrian
    WR (MIN)
    Hines
    Ward
    WR (PIT)
    Jeremy
    Maclin
    WR (PHI)
    T.J.
    Housh.
    WR (SEA)
    Brent
    Celek
    TE (PHI)
    Braylon
    Edwards
    WR (NYJ)
    Fred
    Jackson
    RB (BUF)
    Mike
    Wallace
    WR (PIT)
    Jay
    Cutler
    QB (CHI)
    8
    Chris
    Cooley
    TE (WAS)
    Ravens D
    TDSP (BAL)
    49ers D
    TDSP (SF)
    Marion
    Barber
    RB (DAL)
    Kevin
    Kolb
    QB (PHI)
    Jerome
    Harrison
    RB (CLE)
    LaDainian
    Tomlinson
    RB (NYJ)
    C.J.
    Spiller
    RB (BUF)
    Vikings D
    TDSP (MIN)
    Joe
    Flacco
    QB (BAL)
    Jets D
    TDSP (NYJ)
    Ahmad
    Bradshaw
    RB (NYG)
    9Devin
    Aromashodu
    WR (CHI)
    Dexter
    McCluster
    WR (KC)
    Dez
    Bryant
    WR (DAL)
    Austin
    Collie
    WR (IND)
    Johnny
    Knox
    WR (CHI)
    Zach
    Miller
    TE (OAK)
    Packers D
    TDSP (GB)
    Devin
    Hester
    WR (CHI)
    Darren
    Sproles
    RB (SD)
    Ben
    Tate
    RB (HOU)
    Ricky
    Williams
    RB (MIA)
    Kellen
    Winslow
    TE (TB)
    10
    Eagles D
    TDSP (PHI)
    Cadillac
    Williams
    RB (TB)
    Darren
    McFadden
    RB (OAK)
    Terrell
    Owens
    WR (BUF)
    Montario
    Hardesty
    RB (CLE)
    Carson
    Palmer
    QB (CIN)
    Roeth-
    lisberger
    QB (PIT)
    Pittsburgh
    Steelers
    TDSP (PIT)
    Matt
    Ryan
    QB (ATL)
    Derrick
    Mason
    WR (BAL)
    Eddie
    Royal
    WR (DEN)
    Michael
    Bush
    RB (OAK)
    11Chad
    Henne
    QB (MIA)