Survivor I - Peerless Price Commentary

NOTE: this draft was completed on 7/24

Recent Stats

YR	RSH	RSHYD	RSHTD	REC	RECYD	RECTD	FPT	RANK
2002	3	-13	0	94	1252	9	177.9	7
2003	2	3	0	64	838	3	102.1	31
2004	3	34	0	45	575	3	80.2	50

Positives - After doing in depth statistical analysis while preparing for this draft, I found a very interesting trend regarding 7th year WRs in a 2nd year West Coast offense that pointed to Price as a super sleeper in 2005. Yeah, right…actually if I’d known that I’d have to come up with some positives in a write-up about Price before the draft, I wouldn’t have made this selection.

Negatives - The Falcons passing attack has been woefully the last two years. Since this draft occurred, Price has been demoted to the bench with the coach questioning his toughness. Hopefully that will ignite a fire under his rear to perform up to the level which he’s being paid.

Draft Strategy - After my last blunder, I felt like I needed to load up at WR to recover. QB could wait as people were starting to dip into the RB lottery abyss and actually draft defenses for some unknown reason, which was buying me time. Obviously the WR ranks were pretty much picked over by this time.