It is upon us. On Monday night, the guys got together and did our draft. Unlike previous years, we actually got the ball rolling on rule changes early this year so a few actually passed. Most notable is the drop to a single keeper next year. Lame, but oh well. My keeper stuff got a little screwed up as I thought keepers were increased 2 rounds over their spot last year, but it’s actually 1. Having known that, I’d have Aaron Rodgers instead of Russell Wilson due to the way the draft order played out. Regardless, Yahoo currently thinks I have the strongest team with a projection of 10-3 on the season.

Here’s the team:

I received a draft grade of a B, but that was a bit erroneous because I didn’t draft a kicker. It really didn’t seem to like that.

I’m pretty happy with how it went. I’ll likely drop Dwyer and Little with the quickness, and I think Ivory may be in for a big year. My only concern is the tight end position, but I feel confident in my choice to not keep Gronk.

Over the offseason, I also put together a spreadsheet to tally up standings over the years. Interestingly, the only folks who are consistently placed are those in the last couple of spots and those in the first couple. The middle eight people tend to jump all over the place, and the one who autodrafts and does the least during the season is actually ranked higher than most of them. I’m consistently at the top enough to be 2nd overall by a nice margin.