August might just be the most boring month on the calendar. The most excellent holiday in August is National Creamsicle Day, and while I love me some creamsicles, it’s unfortunately never going to pass Thanksgiving or St. Patrick’s Day or Paul Bunyan Day in the grand scheme of things.
However, August has one saving grace: football. No, I don’t mean preseason football, although I’m sure the lava of Eyjafjallajokullâ€. So, for eternal bragging rights until the Mayan calendar ends, numberFire decided to stage its own mock draft. We’re rolling it out, one round at a time for the first eight rounds, followed by a more condensed version closer to the end. Here are my opinions on how it turned out, starting with round one.
Round One
| First Round | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pick | GM | Selection |
| 1 | Terence, Intern | Discount Double Check. (Get ready, it’s football ad season everybody!) The numberFire fantasy draft kit recommends Jones-Drew for a league with standard Yahoo settings, and I fully agree. Especially with many teams going to a running-back-committee approach, finding a stud running back that will get the majority of a workload is a luxury. Let’s put it this way: I’d much rather have my 10th best QB (vegan and the non-vegan who goes by the vegan-friendly name of The current Cardinals "starting quarterback" is Kevin Kolb. It could easily be John Skelton. Quick trivia question: where did Skelton go to school? If you answered Fordham, congrats, you’re an alum or just have an unhealthy strong affinity for Atlantic-10 football. Starting opposite Larry Fitz will be Andre Roberts, most notable for not being Anquan Boldin. The tight end position has been so irrelevant in Arizona for years, might as well say it’s Todd Heap – actually, that’s not a joke, it really is Todd Heap. He even had one touchdown for the Cardinals last season! Give me one particular reason why opposing teams shouldn’t triple-cover Fitzgerald this season, and I’ll buy him as a first round pick. Until then, I’m good. Potential Wildfire – Drew Brees |