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Players With The Best O-Lines

Like ranking teams quality, it is vitally important to rank the O'lines.

The lines dictate the success of an N.F.L. team. Winning in the trenches is the key to success.

How good would Andre Johnson have been if Carr wasn't counting circling birds from his back so often?

Why do you think bad teams are so bad?

The line that moves the defense off the ball can dictate the game.

Denver's line makes stars out of no-bodies and Kansas City's line has re-written the running back record books.

There's a reason that Curtis Martin had a longer career and Kevin Mawae is the primary argument.

Since most of us, fans, are not going to training camps, prowling the sidelines and spending our days getting paid to pour over data, we need to rely on the pundits.

I choose my favorite magazines with the most educated writers and marry their lists. I then modify the consensus opinion with my own. The resulting 32 team list is then broken into A,B,C,D categories and written on the back of my cheat sheets.

I refer to it religiously when I'm drafting, and it influences all of my decisions.

Best Team's Players

Every owner should have a list on his draft sheet, or seperate paper, that categorizes all 32 teams into A,B,C,D categories.

If all your players come off the best teams and most prolific offenses then you will experience more point production and at a steadier consistency.

Getting points every week is very important. Spotty players will not contribute as they will score and then disapear. You will play them after they score and sit them in disgust to watch with angst as they score from your bench.

Good players on bad teams will break your heart.

If, after the draft, your team reflects the best offenses in the N.F.L.; then, you will have a distinct scoring advantage.

Cannon Fodder Players

Since you will have only two picks in the top twenty to twenty eight players, it is important to isolate players that you want other owners to pick.

In the first round I'm hoping that early picks will go to Peyton Manning and the top receivers. I want running backs and every pick that goes to another position before me, allows my choices to be greater.

By creating the cannon fodder list then I can ignore players that will be picked before I can get to them. It's also populated by the marginal players that are too good to ignore at certain times in the draft, but will not help you win.

Peyton Manning and most of the top eight receivers are cannon fodder players for me. I will take a quarterback with my fourth pick or later and Manning will be gone. So, why should I worry about him. He also sits the last few games after sewing up the winning season and bye; leaving his fantasy owners in the lurch.

He is a great player and there will come a time when he can't be ignored. Somewhere after the twelfth pick he will have to be taken.

A best-available strategy is always the default.

But, in the case of Dominick Davis, you should never feel the pressure to take him.

Lets say you draft Owens and Harrison on the turn because you can't ignore their prowess with ten or more running backs gone. If Davis is there for your next pick you have to resist the temptation and go with a gamble.

An upside back, a youngster or starter on a bad team, will produce better then an old, underachieving, oft-injured back with a bad O-line.

I would rather draft Frank Gore, Vernand Morency, Laurence Maroney; anybody I think has a future rather then a guy I'll regret taking as soon as I mention his name.

By simply forgetting about these players, you will be able to focus on uncovering the hidden gems that will win you championships.

Manning goes on your first page list and will get crossed off before you get to him. Davis may not be on your lists at all.

When the fourth owner picks Manning, smile, and enjoy better choices. When someone takes Davis in the second or third round, smile again, and take advantage of the dead money pick to get a stud.

Julius Jones, Chris Brown, Ahman Green, Kevin Barlow, Duce Staley etc., don't even think about these players.

If you have a late pick then a receiver will be a feasible option, but, stay away from Chad Johnson who has a tougher schedule, an injured quarterback, and has challenged the leagues' defenses to focus their attention on him.

Don't put a player high on your list just because the pundits tell you to and he's better then the rest. Make your own decisions about the players you like and dislike.

Review these players once more before the draft in case your own team prejudices caused you to put them there, or. pre-season performance and injury has elevated a player off it.