Survivor I - Lee Evans Commentary

NOTE: this draft was completed on 7/24

Recent Stats

YR	RSH	RSHYD	RSHTD	REC	RECYD	RECTD	FPT	RANK
2004	5	85	0	48	843	9	146.8	24

Positives - Evans had a remarkable rookie season catching 48 passes for 842 and 9 TDs. He is a deep threat who cannot be double covered with Eric Moulds opposite him at the other WR spot. He also posted rush stats of 5/85 which makes it clear that the Bills like to get the ball in Evan’s hands. Even if his production goes down a little, he is still a great pickup as a #3 WR in a 3 WR league. And although he will have to get used to a new QB, the Bills DEF is good enough to give the Bill’s OFF plenty of touches.

Negatives - : I see two negatives for Evans. One, he is almost certain to draw more attention this year because of his first year success, and two, the introduction of a new QB in Buffalo could hurt his production. It will take some time for new QB Losman to get acclimated. The longer it takes for this to happen, the longer the production of the Bill’s WRs will suffer.

Draft Strategy - I was prepared to go ahead and take my second QB with this pick and be pretty much done with the QB position, but value raised its head when Evans was still available. Evans glaringly stood out on a list where he was the #25 ranked WR and WRs ranked #26 - #36 were already taken. I went with Evans (ADP 8.03) and decided to wait and grab the best QB still available with my next pick just around the corner. This gave me another top notch WR, strengthened my ability to field a good core of WRs even during the BYE (week 8) for Harrison and Wayne, and gave me (4) of the top 25 ranked WRs. Again, don’t forget the 1pt. per reception for WRs.