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Tue Dec 23, 2008 9:14 am EST

Let's draft next year's team

By Andy Behrens

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This is a travel day for the blog, but we'd like to leave you with the stirring image above, and the first round of your 2009 draft below (100 percent analysis free).

Many thanks to those of you who participated in the Monday Night Live Blog this year over at Shutdown Corner. That was great fun. Just thinking about it gives us the vapors.

OK, here's Round 1: 1) Adrian Peterson, 2) Maurice Jones-Drew, 3) Michael Turner, 4) DeAngelo Williams, 5) Brian Westbrook, 6) Frank Gore, 7) Matt Forte, 8) Drew Brees, 9) Marion Barber, 10) Chris Johnson, 11) Steve Slaton, 12) LaDainian Tomlinson.

There, we've saved you at least three minutes of draft time.

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  1. MHenry
    1. Posted by MHenry Thu Sep 03, 2009 6:48 pm EDT

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    Matt Forte -- THE man, The Myth, The Legend.
    I would take him over Westbrook and Gore due to his team's run first mentality, and durability (ignore that pinky toe!)
  2. David C
    2. Posted by David C Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:44 pm EDT

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    Felix Jones and Choice are going to kill Barbers #'s next year, hard to draft him in first round.
  3. Daniel
    3. Posted by Daniel Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:47 pm EDT

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    I'd throw Thomas Jones somewhere in there.
  4. jason
    4. Posted by jason Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:32 pm EDT

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    hah
  5. AJ
    5. Posted by AJ Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:36 pm EDT

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    1st! and you got MJD way off. He's probably 10th.
  6. Randy C
    6. Posted by Randy C Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:31 pm EDT

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    Slaton needs to be higher 100 total yards on most games when he became the premeir back
  7. Randy C
    7. Posted by Randy C Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:31 pm EDT

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    I'd have slaton higher and I just wanted to say 3rd place in my ppr league and The Grand Champ in my standard league!
  8. Sean G
    8. Posted by Sean G Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:45 pm EDT

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    Brees is understandable, but no Brady/Cassel appearance in the first round?
  9. josh
    9. Posted by josh Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:00 pm EDT

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    I have to pick two between Gore/C. Johnson/Forte to keep for next year... any thoughts? Forte is a no brainer for me.
  10. Scott M
    10. Posted by Scott M Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:19 pm EDT

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    MJD 2nd? He had a terrible year with 3 very good weeks sprinkled in...you are wayyyyy off on him. Everything else looks alright.
  11. Once and Future King
    11. Posted by Once and Future King Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:29 pm EDT

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    Johnson won't go any later than early 2nd round, good choice there.
  12. Wayne H
    12. Posted by Wayne H Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:44 pm EDT

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    I just won my league with only one of those guys on my team (Marion Barber), and I didn't even play him.... Why not Peyton Manning at 11 or 12?
  13. Bungles
    13. Posted by Bungles Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:22 pm EDT

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    Megatron should be a low first rounder if he gets a decent QB next year.
  14. keddieryan
    14. Posted by keddieryan Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:48 pm EDT

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    if tomlinson showed us anything this year, its that he shouldn't be taken until a much later round. I would take Thomas Jones above him without a second thought
  15. Chris
    15. Posted by Chris Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:15 pm EDT

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    MJD will be the starter next year. He will be huge.
  16. Alex S
    16. Posted by Alex S Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:12 pm EDT

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    MoJo at second? Really? What about Clinton Portis, Thomas Jones, or Brandon Jacobs?
  17. jamie j
    17. Posted by jamie j Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:28 pm EDT

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    Jones-Drew will be a top 3 back next year...Guarantee..Jags line is so beat up right now, after a whole off season to rebuild and allow Delrio to design plays for Jones-Drew, he will surpass all the looks and touches that Forte and Turner got this year. I will draft MJD over Turner or DeAngelo next year, and this was my draft this year. 12 teams
    Brees, Portis, Colston, DeAngelo, Slaton, Roddy. Won the league with one loss all year.
  18. eeL Backwards
    18. Posted by eeL Backwards Thu Sep 03, 2009 6:48 pm EDT

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    Sean G... Who the hell would pick Cassel in the first round?
  19. D-Money
    19. Posted by D-Money Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:36 pm EDT

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    MoJo- that is way off. Marion Barber might not need to be that high either. I see why to keep LT in the first, but personally wouldn't rate him quite that high.
  20. RINOSUAVE
    20. Posted by RINOSUAVE Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:19 pm EDT

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    Clinton Portis, Thomas Jones, and P.T. Cruiser? Hello, MJD wasn't that great this year.
  21. coach dave
    21. Posted by coach dave Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:37 pm EDT

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    Where is Portis in all this talk?
  22. John K
    22. Posted by John K Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:30 pm EDT

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    The demise of LT has been greatly exaggerated. He is still a top five back for another 3 years. AD, Turner, LT, MJD, Forte, D.Williams, Gore, Westbrook?? (QB issue), Brees, Slaton, Barber,
  23. Greg
    23. Posted by Greg Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:02 pm EDT

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    Turner 1st, then Chris Johnson, Deangelo, MJD, APeterson, Westbrook, Tom Brady, Payton Manning, Gore, Forte, Slaton, LT, Willie Parker, Drew Brees, Romo, Jay Cutler, Anquan Boldin, Thomas Jones, Marshawn Lynch, Andre Johnson, Greg Jennings...

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