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Great year to wait on quarterbacks

It’s a great year to wait on quarterbacks. Lots of depth out there, so everybody should be in the mix for good play at the position – even if not using premium picks on the position. In the ongoing Fanex Analysis Draft, we’re 105 picks in and only eight of the top 15 quarterbacks on my board have been selected.

I finally got tired of waiting and just selected Philip Rivers in the middle of the 9th round. I liked what he did last year, when he averaged 344 passing yards in the first half of the season, with 18 TDs in those eight games. Then a bunch of his teammates got hurt and things fell apart. He’s a candidate to be a top-5 quarterback, I think.

And I need not even have taken Rivers in the ninth. Eli Manning, Carson Palmer, Derek Carr and others are still available. I took Rivers only because I’m not crazy about the backs and wide receivers who are left, and I don’t see a tight end who screams out as a great value at this point.

2016 FANEX ANALYSIS DRAFT
PickPosPlayerOwner
1.01WRAntonio BrownPanizo
1.02WROdell Beckham Jr.Rito/Nazarek
1.03RBLeVeon BellAdams
1.04WRJulio JonesSatterlee
1.05WRA.J. GreenPianowski
1.06RBEzekiel ElliottNease
1.07RBTodd GurleyAllan
1.08WRDeAndre HopkinsSerritella
1.09RBDavid JohnsonCahill
1.10RBAdrian PetersonSchauf
1.11WRDez BryantHolm
1.12TERob GronkowskiDolfi/Walls
2.01RBLamar MillerDolfi/Walls
2.02WRJordy NelsonHolm
2.03WRKeenan AllenSchauf
2.04RBJamaal CharlesCahill
2.05WRBrandon MarshallSerritella
2.06RBMark IngramAllan
2.07RBDevonta FreemanNease
2.08WRAllen RobinsonPianowski
2.09WRMike EvansSatterlee
2.10RBMatt ForteAdams
2.11RBDoug MartinRito/Nazarek
2.12WRJarvis LandryPanizo
3.01RBLeSean McCoyPanizo
3.02QBCam NewtonRito/Nazarek
3.03TEJordan ReedAdams
3.04RBEddie LacySatterlee
3.05WRAlshon JefferyPianowski
3.06WRAmari CooperNease
3.07WRBrandin CooksAllan
3.08RBLatavius MurraySerritella
3.09WRT.Y. HiltonCahill
3.10WRDemaryius ThomasSchauf
3.11WRGolden TateHolm
3.12WRJeremy MaclinDolfi/Walls
4.01WRRandall CobbDolfi/Walls
4.02WRKelvin BenjaminHolm
4.03RBC.J. AndersonSchauf
4.04WRJulian EdelmanCahill
4.05RBMatt JonesSerritella
4.06WRDonte MoncriefAllan
4.07WRDoug BaldwinNease
4.08WRJordan MatthewsPianowski
4.09RBCarlos HydeSatterlee
4.10WREric DeckerAdams
4.11WRSammy WatkinsRito/Nazarek
4.12RBDanny WoodheadPanizo
5.01WRLarry FitzgeraldPanizo
5.02RBDion LewisRito/Nazarek
5.03WREmmanuel SandersAdams
5.04RBDuke Johnson Jr.Satterlee
5.05RBGiovani BernardPianowski
5.06RBThomas RawlsNease
5.07WRKevin WhiteAllan
5.08TEGreg OlsenSerritella
5.09WRTyler LockettCahill
5.10RBDeMarco MurrayHolm
5.11WRMichael FloydSchauf
5.12QBAaron RodgersDolfi/Walls
6.01WRAllen HurnsDolfi/Walls
6.02QBRussell WilsonHolm
6.03RBJay AjayiSchauf
6.04QBAndrew LuckCahill
6.05WRTavon AustinSerritella
6.06WRDeVante ParkerAllan
6.07WRJohn BrownNease
6.08WRMarvin JonesPianowski
6.09WRSterling ShepardSatterlee
6.10RBJeremy LangfordAdams
6.11WRDeSean JacksonRito/Nazarek
6.12RBFrank GorePanizo
7.01TEDelanie WalkerPanizo
7.02WRMichael CrabtreeRito/Nazarek
7.03RBAmeer AbdullahAdams
7.04TECoby FleenerSatterlee
7.05TETravis KelcePianowski
7.06QBDrew BreesNease
7.07RBRyan MathewsAllan
7.08WRMarkus WheatonSerritella
7.09RBCharles SimsCahill
7.10RBJeremy HillSchauf
7.11RBMelvin GordonHolm
7.12RBJonathan StewartDolfi/Walls
8.01QBBen RoethlisbergerDolfi/Walls
8.02WRTorrey SmithHolm
8.03TEAntonio GatesSchauf
8.04WRWillie SneadCahill
8.05WRStefon DiggsSerritella
8.06WRCorey ColemanAllan
8.07RBC.J. ProsiseNease
8.08RBChris IvoryPianowski
8.09WRDorial Green-BeckhamSatterlee
8.10QBBlake BortlesAdams
8.11RBRashad JenningsRito/Nazarek
8.12TEGary BarnidgePanizo
9.01QBTom BradyPanizo
9.02TEJulius ThomasRito/Nazarek
9.03RBKarlos WilliamsAdams
9.04TEEric EbronSatterlee
9.05TEZach ErtzPianowski
9.06WRSammie CoatesNease
9.07QBPhilip RiversAllan
9.08WRVincent JacksonSerritella
9.09WRLaquon TreadwellCahill

As a reminder, this is a 12-team league, with each franchise selecting 20 players. No starting lineups each week (you just get your best-ball lineup). No head-to-head games (the team with the most points after 17 weeks wins).

The draft is being held at MyFantasyLeague.com. Owners are submitting one-paragraph scouting capsules after each pick, and those can be seen by clicking on the link.

—Ian Allan

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