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The Dog League: 2019 Draft Recap(Part 1)

Welcome to the first of a three part breakdown of the 2019 Dog League Draft. The draft officially kicks off the fourth year of Dog League competition, and the second with these current teams. We start off with the teams pick first and second, Tug of War and Ridiculous Rascals. (Reminder: the Dog League is a custom fantasy football league run on NFL.com)


(Henry's Note: Apparently, I accidentally set the draft to be 17 rounds, when it should have been 16. I don't know how this happened, but it did. Because of that, every team has one player more than they should, and will be required to be down to 16 players by Week 2)






Tug of War

1st Round, 1st Overall- RB Saquon Barkley
2nd Round, 12th Overall- WR Michael Thomas
3rd Round, 13th Overall- RB Joe Mixon
4th Round, 24th Overall- WR Keenan Allen
5th Round, 25th Overall- TE Zach Ertz
6th Round, 36th Overall- RB Damien Williams
7th Round, 37th Overall- QB Andrew Luck
8th Round, 48th Overall- DEF Minnesota Vikings
9th Round, 49th Overall- K Greg Zuerlein
10th Round, 60th Overall- WR Robert Woods
11th Round, 61st Overall- RB Derrick Henry
12th Round, 72nd Overall- RB David Montgomery
13th Round, 73rd Overall- WR Mike Williams
14th Round, 84th Overall- WR Allen Robinson
15th Round, 85th Overall- TE Jared Cook
16th Round, 96th Overall- QB Philip Rivers
17th Round, 97th Overall- DEF Houston Texans


Summary:

Holy sh** that's an impressive roster. Starting off with the return of Saquon Barkley, after being traded for Julio Jones last year, the incredible tandem of Thomas and Allen out wide, Zuerlein at kicker and that insane bench, this is one of the best Dog League teams ever assembled. The one knock would be the team's youth and inexperience at running back, but that's justifiable given the talent they brought in. After a 5th place finish last year, it's title or bust for Tug of War, and this is just the roster to get them back to the top.




Ridiculous Rascals

1st Round, 2nd Overall- RB Ezekiel Elliott
2nd Round, 11th Overall- WR Julio Jones
3rd Round, 14th Overall- RB James Conner
4th Round, 23rd Overall- WR Adam Thielen
5th Round, 26th Overall- RB Leonard Fournette
6th Round, 35th Overall- TE Hunter Henry
7th Round, 38th Overall- QB Aaron Rodgers
8th Round, 47th Overall- DEF Jacksonville Jaguars
9th Round, 50th Overall- K Ka'imi Fairbairn
10th Round, 59th Overall- RB Marlon Mack
11th Round, 62nd Overall- RB James White
12th Round, 71st Overall- RB Tarik Cohen
13th Round, 74th Overall- WR Calvin Ridley
14th Round, 83rd Overall- WR Sammy Watkins
15th Round, 86th Overall- QB Matt Ryan
16th Round, 95th Overall- TE Chris Herndon
17th Round, 98th Overall- DEF Philadelphia Eagles


Summary:

I'll be honest in saying that I've looked over this roster and these draft picks several times, and still have absolutely no clue what Rascal was going for here. The first four rounds are strong enough, though Conner does have a few question marks hanging over him with how last year ended. But it goes off the rails from there, as Fournette was abysmal last year and is openly feuding with the team, while Henry had had all kinds of injuries in his short career. Aaron Rodgers was routinely a back-up for Rascal last year, so this seems like a downgrade, and the Jaguars defense weren't great either. And why is Rascal trusting so heavily in the Jaguars anyway? The bench is pretty strong, but when the starting line-up is this questionable, I don't know if I have much optimism in Rascal's quest to finally win a Dog League Championship.


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