Picking 12th in your fantasy league? No problemo!

So my second attempt at drafting a winning fantasy football team went a little better (at least I think so) than the first time. It was made more challenging by the fact that I picked No. 12 in a 12-team league. It's a bit of a different beast in a snake draft and I had to draft some guys out of place because I wasn't going to get another shot for another 23 picks.
So, in the first round, I had Andre Johnson fall to me at No. 12 and I followed that up by taking Steven Jackson at No. 13. Yes, I have him in both leagues, but he was too good to pass up.
There is one guy I'm rather unsure about and that is Jamaal Charles of the Chiefs. I don't really know too much about him and I just took the word of Yahoo! today and just went with that one.
Here is the rest of Decatur Staleys II
QB Philip Rivers, SD
WR Andre Johnson, HOU
WR Michael Crabtree, SF
RB Steven Jackson, StL
RB Jamaal Charles, KC
TE Visanthe Schincoe, MIN
K Lawrence Tynes, KC
DEF New Orleans
Bench
Carson Palmer, QB, CIN
Marion Barber, RB, DAL
Devin Hester, WR, CHI
Steve Slaton, RB, HOU
Santonio Holmes, WR, NYJ
Todd Heap, TE, BAL
Sydney Rice, WR, MIN


The biggest key to this team is my quarterback, Phillip Rivers, who I ended up getting with the first pick of the four round. It was a need after I took my first two guys and Aaron Rodgers, Drew Brees and Peyton Manning were all taken by the time I took the floor at No. 12 and No. 13. So I let it go to my next picks and it turned out OK. I also think Michael Crabtree is going to have a big year and getting him in the fifth round in a draft where people started taking defenses in the fourth and fifth rounds was a steal for me.
I did make two mistakes, though. I completely spaced on Holmes' suspension and now that I think about it, wasting my last pick on Sydney Rice might not have been one of the smartest things I've done in fantasy football. But it is what it is and I can always hit the waiver wire and make some moves.

Alright, going to be a quick one today, but I would never leave you without taking a look at today's Nussie Hunter pick of the day. Maxim has unveiled its 10 finalists in this year's HomeTown Hotties competition. Here is my early pick to win it. Her name is Monique and she lives in Albuquerque. So, yes there is something worth seeing when you're stranded there. It's not that bad. Here's more of her profile.

With the seventh pick in the XFL Fantasy Draft....

My fantasy football league draft was Thursday and in the league I run and named after Vince McMahon's XFL, we kicked off our fifth season.With the seventh pick in the draft Steven Jackson fell to me and I gobbled him up. I was actually going back and forth on whether or not to take Drew Brees or Andre Johnson, but I never had to. (BTW those two went 9 and 10 of the 12-team league).
So here's how the rest of the Decatur Staleys ( to pay homage to my Bears) fell.

QB Peyton Manning, IND
RB Steven Jackson, STL
RB Pierre Thomas, NO
RB/WR Felix Jones, RB, DAL
WR Chad Ochocinco, CIN
WR Mike Wallace, PIT
TE Tony Gonzalez, ATL
D/ST Steelers
K Rob Bironas, TEN
Bench
Thomas Jones, RB, KC
Matt Ryan, QB, ATL
Devin Aromashodu, WR, CHI
Nate Burleson, WR, DET
John Carlson, TE, SEA
Mewelde Moore, RB, PIT
Chris Chambers, WR, KC


It's a decent team, we'll see how it works out. I'm going to say my second round pick of Peyton Manning will probably pay the biggest dividend and get me the most points. Has anyone been more consistent or the past few year? And on a team that doesn't even try to mess around with a running game? Yeah, he's that good.  I'll keep an eye on the Chiefs and what they do with Thomas Jones. He's been so good the past few years with the Jets, it's going to be hard to see him not start in KC. I'd say he's the starter before long there. If Charlie Weis doesn't find him a role, he's crazy.
I have another draft set for Sunday afternoon. Any tips or guys I should keep an eye on? Any great ideas for a team name revolving around Greg Olsen of the Bears or Jay Cutler? Otherwise I'm going with the Yahoo! brother team to this ESPN franchise.

Alright folks, what does every team need on the sideline? Yep, cheerleaders. Nothing would look better cheering my new team on than some cheerleaders. The Denver Broncos shot their bikini calendar before the start of the season. I'd say things turned out quite well. What do you think?

Two fantasy teams, two losses in Week 1!

Well, Week 1 in the NFL is in the books and Tom Brady returned to his old magic last night. But, I'm not telling you anything you didn't already know there.

What you probably didn't know was that my two fantasy football teams, both named the Decatur Staleys if you were curious, suffered big-time losses this week. No need to panic though, there's a lot of season ahead. I ran into a buzzsaw on both counts, going against the team that scored the most points in one league and the second most in another.
Wouldn't have mattered though, as I scored the lowest total in one league against the guy that scored the most and the third lowest in the other. Yeah, not a good showing. I'll point fingers at Matt Schaub laying an egg against the Jets and Bernard Berrian did not catch a single ball from Brett Favre against the Browns as I started him over Santonio Holmes who had a great game for the Steelers Thursday night.

Take a look at my leagues.
The Milwaukee Football League and the Xtreme Football League (shouts to Vinny Mac!). For those in those leagues, here's a big howdy. Be sure to check my squad for suggestions!

Got some videos for you now on this Nick Random Tuesday. I didn't get to Kanye West yesterday because I had too much other good stuff. But fool was on the Jay Leno Show last night. Talk about Jay getting lucky with the ratings. Check goon squad's apology to Taylor Swift. Yeah, I didn't watch the show either, best to watch online!



Roger Federer played in the U.S. Open men's final yesterday. Never thought the U.S. Open would be the sight of so much controversy after Serena's outburst, but damn. Censors freaking all over the place!



A bit saddened by the loss of Patrick Swayze yesterday. I'm a big fan of this video, but it's all jumpy, so I'll just link you to that. And show you this vid of him with Hans and Frans instead!


As you know I'm a big WWE fan, despite not having actually watched it much since I moved to my current spot, but I still keep up. One of my all-time faves, Trish Stratus, did make an appearance last night and she's still got it. And as a brunette no less (I'm a sucker, what can I say?). Well, she's more famous as a blond. Can't say she's bad either way, huh?