04-09-2020, 01:19 AM
(This post was last modified: 04-09-2020, 12:16 PM by Fordhammer.)
Note: I had to cut this post into 4 parts due to the emoticon limit on forum posts.
Now that the season is over and updates are done, I wanted to do sort of a retrospective look at how the S22 draft class went. I’ve been curious myself as to how I’ve stacked up against other running backs in my class that were drafted before and after me. I thought others might be interested in their respective positions as well, so I decided to just take the plunge and look at every position. I’ve broken it out by position for your viewing pleasure. I think everyone should be on this list, but if I missed you just yell at me in the replies and I’ll look back through and fix it. I also want to apologize for any mis-spellings or if I have you on the wrong team. There are 271 of us, and there are bound to be a couple mistakes in here.
In order to make this a little more fun for myself, I’ve also added a little analysis to each position. I’ll be breaking it down into “The Good” and “The Bad”. I’ve also done some overall analysis of the entire class at the end of these lists. One thing I want to note is that this is strictly based on TPE and draft position. Unfortunately I’m some kind of casual and don’t know every person in my draft class. So if I say taking you was a reach, it was because your TPE was lower than others taken at your position after you, and has no bearing on your personality or what you contribute to the locker room. That being said, let’s get started.
QB
1. Monterey Jack,
- 229
2. Colby Jack,
- 245
4. Ben Slothlisberger,
- 203
54. Luke Skywalker,
- 193
104. Sim SnowBow,
- 102
117. Dude Doggo,
- 50
118. Suleiman Ramza, - 164
180. Jim Waters, - 207
259. Evan Riley,
- 50
267. Colin Vance, - 50
268. Cavalier Craighorn, - 50
269. Swift Willy, - 50
270. Allen Spooner, - 50
271. Tom Sofa,
- 181
The Good
I’m going to give the nod for the QB position to Tijuana and Myrtle Beach. While obviously London and Dallas have the top two QBs in the class, what sets Tijuana and MB apart for me is that they were able to add value much later in the draft. Jim Waters taken over halfway through the draft at 180 is a steal, especially considering he ended up with the 3rd highest TPE among quarterbacks, behind only the Jack brothers mentioned earlier. Myrtle Beach got similar, if not even greater value out of Mr. Irrelevant himself, Tom Sofa. These picks gave the Luchadores two starting caliber QBs for the DSFL, and while QB wasn’t necessarily a position of immediate need for Myrtle Beach, they’ll have a developed Tom Sofa ready to step in.
The Bad
I’m going to be honest here, I don’t really get the Dude Doggo pick. At 117 they could have had a top earner in Jim Waters, or a respectable earner in either Sofa or Ramza, but instead went with a blank slate who wouldn’t post a single update for the entire season. Maybe they talked with him beforehand and were convinced he was a late bloomer, or maybe Doggo has some dirty pictures of the GMs lying around, but this was far and away the biggest miss at this position.
RB
16. White Goodman, - 246
21. Kevin Fakon, - 117
25. Acura Skyline, - 219
31. Tatsu Nakamura, - 212
58. Kichwa Jones, - 219
64. Jamar Lackson, - 192
96. Richard Gilbert, - 193
121. Jacoby Batista, - 126
136. J.B. Apollo, - 126
139. Zed Keppler, - 98
154. Aaron Feels, - 112
167. Streetlamp LeMoose, - 57
169. Winston Bragg, - 50
181. Da Owl, - 57
195. Troy Pressing, - 50
198. Sulu Candles, - 50
228. Vince Waterhouse, - 50
241. Patrick Holding, - 50
244. Julio Tirtawidjaja, - 185
258. Anthony De Luca, - 57
The Good
I know what you’re thinking. Even though I’ve put my Lucha as “good” for both of the first two positions, I don’t think I’m being a homer here. I’m able to justify why we drafted well at these positions, and you’ll see me later criticizing some of our other picks. To start things off though, The Dallas Birddogs clearly come out on top here. While they were required to spend their second round pick on GM running back White Goodman, I don’t think that’s a decision they regret or a reach. Goodman turned out to be one of the few blue chip players coming out of the season, with one of the highest levels of TPE earned out of not only the running backs, but of all positions. For the Luchadores, I’m putting them here again due to the late round value they found. While myself at 96 is about the right spot in retrospect, the acquisition of Julio Tirtawidjaja all the way at pick 244 should be in contention for the biggest steal of the draft. At this point in all likelihood, the GMs were probably just drafting based on who had the funniest names. Julio took that extremely late pick and turned it into a legitimate 185 TPE, putting him in the lower range of the top running backs.
The Bad
Promise I don’t have anything against Kansas City. I can’t see how they don’t regret this pick though. That’s not to second guess their pick at the time, from what I remember Kevin Fakon was one of the more highly touted RB prospects and garnered interest from a lot of teams. Unfortunately for the Coyotes though, he doesn’t seem to have stayed as active as they would have liked given how highly he was drafted.
WR
13. Eddie Jeeta, - 195
30. Kevin Koh, - 154
36. Thomas Passmann, - 200
40. William Alexander, - 188
46. William Lim, - 216
50. Susan Cash Jr., - 194
53. Michael Witheblock, - 214
68. Friedrich Vequain, - 104
79. Garfield Despacito Jr., - 161
81. Mike Lee, - 160
89. Blake Alexander, - 74
101. Tan Johnson, - 119
115. Cal Cutta, - 57
127. Leeroy Jenkins, - 176
134. Ronan Briscoe, - 69
171. DeSean Hill, - 50
173. Curious George, - 50
176. Henry Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, - 50
188. Logan Marshall, - 50
192. Donovan Smith, - 50
204. Terrell Brister, Jr., - 50
208. Daymond Brooks, - 103
209. Scott Scott, - 50
210. Steve Alvarado, - 50
215. Bobby Black, - 50
217. Tyler Curtis, - 50
231. Bryant Moreland, - 50
238. Nathan Bigelow, - 50
The Good
After the last two positions where I felt Kansas City did poorly, I think they nailed it more than any other team for this position. WR turned out to be a bit of a shallow position in this draft, and while there are a few diamonds in the rough, there aren’t really any WRs that blew it away in the TPE department. The reason I believe the Coyotes set themselves apart from everyone else at WR is that they were able to draft two of the top five TPE receivers of the year in Eddie Jeeta and Michael Witheblock. While the Bird Dogs came close, and the Buccaneers drafted a decent pair of receivers as well, no other team grabbed as high earning a tandem as the Coyotes.
The Bad
It was hard picking a team to knock for their drafting of receivers. I ended up deciding to go with Norfolk because they spent the second highest draft pick out of all teams on a receiver, who earned at minimum 34 less TPE than the next 5 receivers taken. I don’t think Koh is a bad pick by any means, at 154 TPE he is a decent earner, but the value just isn’t there. The other team I considered putting here was Portland, as they only drafted one receiver who ended up at 57 TPE. Since they spent a late pick and clearly weren’t targeting WR this draft though, I decided not to hold it against them.
TE
27. Daniel George, - 182
33. Jeffrey Phillips, - 247
39. Heath Evans, - 212
76. Max McClure, - 65
91. Nick Marksman, - 90
103. Montgomery Mantooth, - 66
107. Von Hayes, - 111
124. Rondo Jones, - 83
130. Douglas MacArthur, - 72
133. Tristian Hex, - 65
146. Donatello Arrabiata, - 154
161. Zee Rechs, - 95
179. Henry Sigurdsson,
197. Titus Lincoln, - 57
199. Ike Oscar, - 50
206. Brent Blackmon, - 50
224. Shawn Ansari, - 81
227. Craig Royal, - 50
243. John Doe, - 57
246. Cameron Tova, - 50
249. Seth Goepferich, - 50
254. Colin Miller, - 50
266. Regan Meynell, - 50
The Good
No contest here, Jeffrey Phillips turned out to be another one of those blue chip players that has some of the highest TPE in the class. There’s not really much else to say here, TE was one of the most shallow positions in this draft. Honorable mentions go out to Portland and Myrtle Beach, who also made some good decisions when it came to drafting tight ends.
The Bad
Everyone who didn’t pick one of the first three tight ends
Hard to evaluate here, there was a pretty steep dropoff after Evans as far as earners. Only exception was the Royals’ Donatello Arrabiata, who put up a respectable 154 TPE for the season. Anyone needing a tight end that didn’t take one of the first three is probably kicking themselves right now.
Now that the season is over and updates are done, I wanted to do sort of a retrospective look at how the S22 draft class went. I’ve been curious myself as to how I’ve stacked up against other running backs in my class that were drafted before and after me. I thought others might be interested in their respective positions as well, so I decided to just take the plunge and look at every position. I’ve broken it out by position for your viewing pleasure. I think everyone should be on this list, but if I missed you just yell at me in the replies and I’ll look back through and fix it. I also want to apologize for any mis-spellings or if I have you on the wrong team. There are 271 of us, and there are bound to be a couple mistakes in here.
In order to make this a little more fun for myself, I’ve also added a little analysis to each position. I’ll be breaking it down into “The Good” and “The Bad”. I’ve also done some overall analysis of the entire class at the end of these lists. One thing I want to note is that this is strictly based on TPE and draft position. Unfortunately I’m some kind of casual and don’t know every person in my draft class. So if I say taking you was a reach, it was because your TPE was lower than others taken at your position after you, and has no bearing on your personality or what you contribute to the locker room. That being said, let’s get started.
QB
1. Monterey Jack,
- 2292. Colby Jack,
- 2454. Ben Slothlisberger,
- 20354. Luke Skywalker,
- 193104. Sim SnowBow,
- 102117. Dude Doggo,
- 50118. Suleiman Ramza,
- 164180. Jim Waters,
- 207259. Evan Riley,
- 50267. Colin Vance,
- 50268. Cavalier Craighorn,
- 50269. Swift Willy,
- 50270. Allen Spooner,
- 50271. Tom Sofa,
- 181The Good
I’m going to give the nod for the QB position to Tijuana and Myrtle Beach. While obviously London and Dallas have the top two QBs in the class, what sets Tijuana and MB apart for me is that they were able to add value much later in the draft. Jim Waters taken over halfway through the draft at 180 is a steal, especially considering he ended up with the 3rd highest TPE among quarterbacks, behind only the Jack brothers mentioned earlier. Myrtle Beach got similar, if not even greater value out of Mr. Irrelevant himself, Tom Sofa. These picks gave the Luchadores two starting caliber QBs for the DSFL, and while QB wasn’t necessarily a position of immediate need for Myrtle Beach, they’ll have a developed Tom Sofa ready to step in.
The Bad
I’m going to be honest here, I don’t really get the Dude Doggo pick. At 117 they could have had a top earner in Jim Waters, or a respectable earner in either Sofa or Ramza, but instead went with a blank slate who wouldn’t post a single update for the entire season. Maybe they talked with him beforehand and were convinced he was a late bloomer, or maybe Doggo has some dirty pictures of the GMs lying around, but this was far and away the biggest miss at this position.
RB
16. White Goodman,
- 24621. Kevin Fakon,
- 11725. Acura Skyline,
- 21931. Tatsu Nakamura,
- 21258. Kichwa Jones,
- 21964. Jamar Lackson,
- 19296. Richard Gilbert,
- 193121. Jacoby Batista,
- 126136. J.B. Apollo,
- 126139. Zed Keppler,
- 98154. Aaron Feels,
- 112167. Streetlamp LeMoose,
- 57169. Winston Bragg,
- 50181. Da Owl,
- 57195. Troy Pressing,
- 50198. Sulu Candles,
- 50228. Vince Waterhouse,
- 50241. Patrick Holding,
- 50244. Julio Tirtawidjaja,
- 185258. Anthony De Luca,
- 57The Good
I know what you’re thinking. Even though I’ve put my Lucha as “good” for both of the first two positions, I don’t think I’m being a homer here. I’m able to justify why we drafted well at these positions, and you’ll see me later criticizing some of our other picks. To start things off though, The Dallas Birddogs clearly come out on top here. While they were required to spend their second round pick on GM running back White Goodman, I don’t think that’s a decision they regret or a reach. Goodman turned out to be one of the few blue chip players coming out of the season, with one of the highest levels of TPE earned out of not only the running backs, but of all positions. For the Luchadores, I’m putting them here again due to the late round value they found. While myself at 96 is about the right spot in retrospect, the acquisition of Julio Tirtawidjaja all the way at pick 244 should be in contention for the biggest steal of the draft. At this point in all likelihood, the GMs were probably just drafting based on who had the funniest names. Julio took that extremely late pick and turned it into a legitimate 185 TPE, putting him in the lower range of the top running backs.
The Bad
Promise I don’t have anything against Kansas City. I can’t see how they don’t regret this pick though. That’s not to second guess their pick at the time, from what I remember Kevin Fakon was one of the more highly touted RB prospects and garnered interest from a lot of teams. Unfortunately for the Coyotes though, he doesn’t seem to have stayed as active as they would have liked given how highly he was drafted.
WR
13. Eddie Jeeta,
- 19530. Kevin Koh,
- 15436. Thomas Passmann,
- 20040. William Alexander,
- 18846. William Lim,
- 21650. Susan Cash Jr.,
- 19453. Michael Witheblock,
- 21468. Friedrich Vequain,
- 10479. Garfield Despacito Jr.,
- 16181. Mike Lee,
- 16089. Blake Alexander,
- 74101. Tan Johnson,
- 119115. Cal Cutta,
- 57127. Leeroy Jenkins,
- 176134. Ronan Briscoe,
- 69171. DeSean Hill,
- 50173. Curious George,
- 50176. Henry Saxe-Coburg-Gotha,
- 50188. Logan Marshall,
- 50192. Donovan Smith,
- 50204. Terrell Brister, Jr.,
- 50208. Daymond Brooks,
- 103209. Scott Scott,
- 50210. Steve Alvarado,
- 50215. Bobby Black,
- 50217. Tyler Curtis,
- 50231. Bryant Moreland,
- 50238. Nathan Bigelow,
- 50The Good
After the last two positions where I felt Kansas City did poorly, I think they nailed it more than any other team for this position. WR turned out to be a bit of a shallow position in this draft, and while there are a few diamonds in the rough, there aren’t really any WRs that blew it away in the TPE department. The reason I believe the Coyotes set themselves apart from everyone else at WR is that they were able to draft two of the top five TPE receivers of the year in Eddie Jeeta and Michael Witheblock. While the Bird Dogs came close, and the Buccaneers drafted a decent pair of receivers as well, no other team grabbed as high earning a tandem as the Coyotes.
The Bad
It was hard picking a team to knock for their drafting of receivers. I ended up deciding to go with Norfolk because they spent the second highest draft pick out of all teams on a receiver, who earned at minimum 34 less TPE than the next 5 receivers taken. I don’t think Koh is a bad pick by any means, at 154 TPE he is a decent earner, but the value just isn’t there. The other team I considered putting here was Portland, as they only drafted one receiver who ended up at 57 TPE. Since they spent a late pick and clearly weren’t targeting WR this draft though, I decided not to hold it against them.
TE
27. Daniel George,
- 18233. Jeffrey Phillips,
- 24739. Heath Evans,
- 21276. Max McClure,
- 6591. Nick Marksman,
- 90103. Montgomery Mantooth,
- 66107. Von Hayes,
- 111124. Rondo Jones,
- 83130. Douglas MacArthur,
- 72133. Tristian Hex,
- 65146. Donatello Arrabiata,
- 154161. Zee Rechs,
- 95179. Henry Sigurdsson,
197. Titus Lincoln,
- 57199. Ike Oscar,
- 50206. Brent Blackmon,
- 50224. Shawn Ansari,
- 81227. Craig Royal,
- 50243. John Doe,
- 57246. Cameron Tova,
- 50249. Seth Goepferich,
- 50254. Colin Miller,
- 50266. Regan Meynell,
- 50The Good
No contest here, Jeffrey Phillips turned out to be another one of those blue chip players that has some of the highest TPE in the class. There’s not really much else to say here, TE was one of the most shallow positions in this draft. Honorable mentions go out to Portland and Myrtle Beach, who also made some good decisions when it came to drafting tight ends.
The Bad
Everyone who didn’t pick one of the first three tight ends
Hard to evaluate here, there was a pretty steep dropoff after Evans as far as earners. Only exception was the Royals’ Donatello Arrabiata, who put up a respectable 154 TPE for the season. Anyone needing a tight end that didn’t take one of the first three is probably kicking themselves right now.
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