Jerramy Stevens Challenge: Draft Results

    Meanwhile, the Buccaneers’ re-signing of Stevens has triggered a firestorm on Tampa’s sports talk radio.

    “I’ve said I will not let this die,” WDAE afternoon drive host Steve Duemig said. “I think it’s disgusting that he’s a member of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. We talked about Stevens for four hours Monday, and there wasn’t one dissenting opinion.”

    Shortly after Tampa Bay’s 2007 season ended with an opening-round playoff loss to the Giants, a lengthy investigative story in The Seattle Times chronicled a disturbing portrait of Stevens’ legal woes at Washington, including a sexual assault case in 2000.

    Citing insufficient evidence, prosecutors declined to file a rape charge against Stevens, who was suspended one game by the league last season because of a March 2007 DUI conviction in Arizona.

    “Our phones haven’t stopped ringing since the Bucs announced Stevens is back,” said WDAE program director Mike Killabrew. “I know we are the flagship station for the Bucs, but this community is in an uproar.”

Sort of. I had my players ranked before, but I knew there was a 25% I’d have to work late and miss he draft. I had two things specifically in mind when ranking my players: kickers and defenses really late, and my top QB’s were all ranked pretty low as well.

So what happens? The Spirit Crushers got killed by my auto-draft. I take Big Ben with my second round pick (#11 overall), and both a kicker and defense in the middle rounds. My final product:

B. Roethlisberger QB
L. Maroney RB
E. Graham RB
R. Moss WR
A. Gonzalez WR
T. Gonzalez TE
J. Brown K STL (boo)
Cowboys

Bench:

A. Rodgers QB
M. Forte RB
F. Taylor RB
R. Mendenhall
J. Galloway WR
N. Burleson WR
J. Gage WR

I added Burleson, Gage, Forte, and Taylor. They replaced Owen Daniels, Jerry Porter, Ryan Longwell and Redskins D. I believe this will be a challenging season unless I get pretty lucky.