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NFFC Online Championship Draft

12-team PPR league, 1-QB, 2RB, 3WR. 1TE, 1 FLEX (RB-WR-TE), 1K, 1D. 20 roster spots, 20/10, 6/6. I drew the seventh pick. Here's my squad:

By Round

1.7 Chris Johnson (passed on Tom Brady in 12-team league)
2.6 Trent Richardson (passed on A.J. Green)
3.6 Hakeem Nicks (passed on Adrian Peterson)
4.7 Ahmad Bradshaw (passed on Cam Newton, Mike Wallace)
5.6 Antonio Gates (passed Aaron Hernandez, Miles Austin, Vincent Jackson)
6.7 Philip Rivers (passed on Donald Brown)
7.6 Stevan Ridley (passed on Malcom Floyd, Justin Blackmon, Ben Tate)
8.7 Michael Crabtree (passed on Greg Little, Nate Washington, Robert Meachem)
9.6 Darrius Heyward-Bey (passed on Isaac Redman, Rashad Jennings)
10.7 Evan Royster (passed on Santana Moss)
11.6 Jonathan Baldwin (passed on Randy Moss)
12.7 Isaiah Pead (passed on Pierre Thomas, Mike Goodson)
13.6 Andrew Luck (passed on Sidney Rice, Brandon LaFell)
14.7 Stephen Hill (passed on Randall Cobb, Jerome Simpson)
15.6 Kellen Winslow (passed on Lamar Miller)
16.7 Mario Manningham (passed on Vincent Brown, Michael Floyd)
17.6 Giants D (passed on David Akers)
18.7 Brian Hartline (passed on Rueben Randle)
19.6 Braylon Edwards (passed on Bernard Pierce)
20.7 Alex Henery

By Positon

QB Philip Rivers
RB Chris Johnson
RB Trent Richardson
WR Hakeem Nicks
WR Michael Crabtree
WR Darrius Heyward-Bey
TE Antonio Gates
FLEX Ahmad Bradshaw
K Alex Henery
D Giants

R Stevan Ridley
R Evan Royster
R Jonathan Baldwin
R Isaiah Pead
R Andrew Luck
R Stephen Hill
R Kellen Winslow
R Mario Manningham
R Brian Hartline
R Braylon Edwards

Obviously, I'm weak at WR, but the guys I wanted just kept getting taken, and I thought there was better value at other positions. So I stockpiled RB depth, got a pretty good QB and TE and filled in with a couple shaky No. 1's in Crabtree and Heyward-Bey. On balance, I'm happy with this draft, and it illustrates a couple things (1) There were so many upside RBs in the middle rounds, it was hard to resist grabbing a few; and (2) you'll often have a decision to make between balance at every position and overall team strength. Usually, I'll go for the latter - within reason.