As we face our 11th round pick we continue to look at depth.  There are 5-7 QBs we’d be fine with for our number 2.  We already have 4 RBs in a 2 RB no flex league so a 5th isn’t a wise play despite our strong belief in RBs for fantasy football and we see about 4-6 WRs we’d be satisfied with as our 5th wideout.

We would normally glance at the available team defenses at this point but an unusually high number are gone at this point.  Interestingly – and this may very well change on our cheat sheets over the next several weeks – our #1 defense remains available despite 5 defenses already taken.  We are constantly evaluating our player rankings (which includes D/ST rankings) and perhaps we’ll find this is simply an early season oddity but it’s tough not to take a close look at defense here with only 5 picks left.

With the 3rd pick in the 11th round FantasyDraftEdge.com selects Steve Smith, WR, NYG
This is Smith’s 3rd season – a season in which we see many guys really breakout – and he should move into a starting role and move to the slot when they go 3 wide.  We considered Smith last round, happy to see him here and although we didn’t feel great early in the draft about our WRs we like our depth now.

Round 11 saw nothing too special (until the end, more on that in a minute) although we did see both the Vikings and Eagles D go which disappointed us  as we had our eye on both.  Also saw Earnest Graham, RB, TB go with pick 11.08 – that’s a pick we like a lot in the 11th round.  As was Willis McGahee with the 10th pick of round 11.

The final pick of round 11 and the first of round 12 (remember, 15 rounds in this mock draft) were interesting.  Not surprising – we knew they’d come – they’ll come in all early drafts.  And of course with the snake style draft order these picks were by the same owner.
Pick 11.12 Plaxico Burress
Pick 12.1 Brett Favre
Very high risk (these guys may not even play in the league this season) but very high reward.  If they are do they among the best at their position.  If you have room on your roster, it’s not a bad play to grab them and at least in this draft that meant end of the 11th round.