My fantasy football league had our draft last night.  Here’s my team, and how it all went down.  Overall I’m pretty happy with my team, probably give it an 8 out of 10.  But who knows what the season will bring…

Round.  (Overall Pick)  Player

1.  (7)  Frank Gore – Brendan shook things up by taking Peyton Manning at #5, perhaps signalling an early run on QBs, but I felt I couldn’t pass up Gore here.  Brees or Andre Johnson were also considered, but I figured I’d be able to get a top-tier WR or QB in round 2.

2.  (18)  Miles Austin – The choice came down to QB or WR, but after Brees/Rodgers went off the board, I felt it was too high a pick to use on Brady/Schaub/Romo, so I decided to wait until round 3.

3.  (31)  Roddy White – I was wrong.  All 7 top-tier QBs were gone by the time it came back to me, so I switched to my value-QB strategy, thinking I could get Flacco a few rounds later.  Was psyched that Roddy White was still on the board and jumped on it.

4.  (42)  Jamaal Charles – I couldn’t believe Charles was still available here, most of my mock drafts had him going in the 3rd.  Also, someone took Flacco with the 2nd pick this round – crazy early – so I knew I’d be waiting a while to pick up a QB.

5.  (55)  Wes Welker – I wanted one of Welker, Crabtree, or Garcon, and decided to take Welker here, he served me well last year, let’s hope the knee holds up.

6.  (66)  Beanie Wells – Another shocker, for Wells to be available here in the 6th.  Couldn’t pass up adding a starting-quality RB to my bench.

7.  (79)  Zach Miller – One of the value TEs I’d been eyeing prior to the draft, hoping Campbell is an improvement from last year.

8.  (90)  Devin Aromashodu – Pysched to get a Bears WR, and Aromashodu was my first pick of the three, even though Knox and Hester were already off the board.

9.  (103)  Jay Cutler – Figured I better grab Cutler here, and it was a good move, because the next two picks were Vince Young and Roethlisberger – my league liked to grab backup QBs early.  Cutler makes me nervous, but fingers crossed.

10.  (114)  Jacoby Jones – One of the deep picks I’d been hoping for, we’ll see if he’s really good, or if I’m just too much of a Matthew Berry fangirl.

11.  (127)  Thomas Jones – Wasn’t really going for the Jamaal Charles handcuff here, just figured Jones was too good of a value to pass up here.  Also, former Bear.

12.  (138)  Demaryius Thomas – Didn’t read up on the foot injury before I picked him, but I like Orton, and Orton needs someone to throw to now that Marshall is gone.  And I like having a rookie or two on my team.

13.  (151)  Chicago – Da Bears!  Who cares how ESPN and Yahoo and pretty much everyone have them ranked, they are my Bears.

14.  (162)  Legedu Naanee – Say it with me, LEGEDU NAANEE!  Plus I think he’ll have some value with Vincent Jackson out for a bit.

15.  (175)  Chad Henne – Wanted to get a backup QB as Cutler insurance, and I think Henne could have some upside.

16.  (186)  Robbie Gould – Da Bears!

17.  (199)  Chaz Schilens – Couldn’t figure out who I wanted as my individual defensive player, so I grabbed Chaz.  I’ll have to drop him before the first game, which is too bad, he could have some upside.

Can’t wait for the season to start!