*S22 DSFL Draft Retrospective

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Part 4

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7. Johnny Hellzapoppin, - 215
8. Buck Thornton, - 214
14. Matt Cross, - 220
17. Sebastian Vettel, - 179
19. Shawn Dawkins, - 199
38. Wesley Eriksen, - 200
41. Quinn Hughes, - 209
42. Eric Barlow, - 196
55. Jimmy Cooks, - 67
90. Hamish MacAndrew, - 165
92. Magnus Valdyr, - 151
100. LiterallyJust A. Hexagon, - 155
105. Ed Ball, - 85
122. Jordan Davis, - 50
135. Brendan Lanier, - 131
142. Michael Lee, - 73
149. Abbas Muhammad, - 106
151. Silas Meissner, - 50
157. Cosmo Kramer, - 57
159. Hengwei Luo, - 57
166. Calum Auron, - 60
175. A-Aron Balakae, - 59
178. Elias Ziegler, - 50
216. C.D. Waldo, - 57
218. Montgomery Burns, - 50
219. Amadeus Green, - 50
222. Zakary Duke, - 50
223. Patrick Hardy, - 50
234. Pierre Voodoo, - 50
236. Matt Elam, - 50
242. Dean Winchester, - 50
247. Dan Jackson, - 50
253. Moe Willis, - 50
262. Joshua Vanger, - 50

The Good



This one was a tough pick for me. If you look over the teams that selected safeties and the eventual TPE of those safeties, everyone kind of falls exactly where you would expect them to. There weren’t very many reaches in this group, but there weren't any real steals either. The reason I gave this one to the Luchadores (other than blatant homerism of course) was because they knew when to step in to grab value. There was a run on the top safeties early, but the Luchadores were still able to get value of their two safety picks LiterallyJust A. Hexagon and Magnus Valdyr. After those two picks, which ended up around 150 each, there were only two more than broke 100 TPE. While neither Hexagon or Valdyr are what I would call “top earners” based on their TPE’s, they both seemed to become more active later in the season and have bright futures if they continue to stick around.

The Bad

None

Try as I might, I really can’t say any team had a bad draft at the safety position. As I said in the good section, everyone sort of fell exactly where they should have. The one thing that jumps out is the Jimmy Cooks pick at 55 by the Buccaneers that only generated 67 TPE, however Myrtle Beach made enough other great picks including top safety Johnny Hellzapoppin that I couldn’t in good faith give them a bad grade.

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62. Sam Sidekick, - 132
75. Pseudo QB, - 59
77. Matthew McDairmid, - 198
93. Kal Solarin, - 131
94. Cashrinski Blodenheimer, - 50
116. Jacob Small, - 103
125. Bobby Boomski, - 59
131. Le Kick, - 50
137. Willis Cannon, - 50
233. Seth Lindsey, - 50
255. Ronan McDonagh, - 50

The Good



Have to give this one to the Coyotes. Throughout this evaluation, I’ve used 150 TPE as sort of a benchmark for what I would consider a “good” earner. Only one kicker in this class has broken that threshold, which is Kansas City’s Matthew McDairmid. Honorable mentions go to the Seawolves, Buccaneers, and Luchadores for grabbing the only other kickers in this class to break 100 TPE.

The Bad



Pythons are the natural choice here for what is a somewhat puzzling choice on picking up Pseudo QB. While the TPE tracker shows activity for Pseudo QB on April 9, it remains to be seen if he can turn it around in the upcoming seasons. Either way, it all comes down to Portland spending the second highest draft pick on a kicker who ended up not updating for the rest of the season.


Overall Reviews

Draft Winner



Looking back over each position, my opinion is that the Dallas Birddogs had the best draft of S22. They consistently hit on each position and were able to find great value across the board. Really the only criticism I have of this team’s draft is at the cornerback spot, and even there they were able to find a late round steal to prevent the CB position from being a total wreck. I believe the fact that this expansion team was fighting for a spot all the way to the last week of the regular season is a testament to how good of a draft they had.

Draft Loser



I want to start off by saying that I don’t think Minnesota had a “bad” draft per se. In fact, I think all the teams drafted pretty well. What set the Grey Ducks apart from the rest of the teams for me was what I had highlighted in the DE and CB sections. Looking back over these the top 100 or so picks were where most of the high earners (think 150+) were, and at these two positions the Grey Ducks spent 7 picks in the top 110, and didn’t really hit on a single one. This is especially puzzling considering CB ended up being the deepest position in the draft, and they still didn’t manage to have any of the top CBs fall into their laps.

Hot and Cold



I want to highlight this for the Coyotes, because when I looked back over each position it made me laugh. More than any other team, it seems Kansas City either absolutely nailed the position or completely blew it. For every botched early pick at QB and RB, there was a homerun at WR or DT.

Quietest Team



The Norfolk Seawolves ended up being the team I found I paid the least attention to while looking back at this draft. They for sure had some good picks, but they didn’t really land any of those late round steals to win the draft. On the other hand, they also didn’t really blow it with any of their picks, other than wide receiver. All in all, Norfolk had a solid draft with no major mistakes, which sometimes is all you really want.