Survivor I - Mike Vanderjagt Commentary

NOTE: this draft was completed on 7/24

Positives - One of the highest scoring and most accurate kickers of all-time, and he kicks for a team that lights up the board. Near-automatic on XP (has missed only two in his career), and also does well from 40+ (bonus points on the longer kicks). In the final year of his contract, so this could be his audition for a new contract or a new team for 2006.

Negatives - Not-so-strong on kickoffs, he was relieved of that duty last year. The only other negative would be his personality, but if he’ll just shut up and kick the ball, he’ll be fine. No one likes kickers anyhow.

Draft Strategy - While kickers generally have about the same value, I wanted two studs who could put up big points on a weekly basis, instead of one who gets 3pts one week and 15pts the next. Drafting #1 and #12 wouldn’t get me a consistent score, so my goal was to go after #1 and #2, and to do so would require drafting them a little early. While other teams will be relying on their PK2 during their PK1’s bye week, I’ll have PK1 and PK1a.