1 draft down. 1 to go

OK. I FINALLY finished my first draft of the season. Could be a pretty good year, but there are some things to keep an eye on. Wouldn't really be a fun season unless there was some drama.

8 person league. 2nd pick. Starters -- 1QB, 2RBs, 2 WRs, 1TE, 1K, 1DEF, 1FLEX, 8 bench players
Pretty standard scoring with a 3pt bonus for QB yds over 300 and rush/receiving over 100. NonPPR.

Round 1 - Michael Tuner/4 -- Peterson already gone. Pretty easy pick
Round 2 - Steve Slaton/10 -- It was between him and Westbrook.
Round 3 - Calvin Johnson/7 -- I took him over Portis because of RB value later in the draft and no WRs yet.
Round 4 - Kevin Smith/7 -- Lost out on Portis and Barber, but can't really complain with the pick. He's a pretty good flex player
Round 5 - Ryan Grant/5 -- Was thinking WR, but couldn't let that much RB talent go to another team at this point in the draft.

Now I have 2 of my ranked RB1s and 2 RB2s and a WR1. Doing pretty well, but need WRs going forward.

Round 6 - Philip Rivers/5 - McNabb, Romo Warner were also available, but there were no solid WRs at this point so I decided to go for the highest remaining QB.
Round 7 - Chad Ochocinco/8 -- I loved this pick and it's why I went QB last round. Great value here.
Round 8 - Cedric Benson/8 -- At this point, I didn't like the remaining WRs and decided to see what would be available later in the draft. RB depth is never a bad thing.
Round 9 - Greg Olsen/5 -- Loved this pick and once again didn't want to force a WR just because of lack of a quality backup. The top 4 TEs were already gone. I think Olsen could move up into the top 4 by the end of the season.
Round 10 - Jay Cutler/5 -- I had him as a quality QB 1 and couldn't resist getting that kind of talent in Round 10. Rivers is playing a much harder schedule so now I can use a QB by committee with two legit number 1s.

I love my Rbs right now. There's a ton of depth and potential trade bait going forward. The Cutler thing may have been overkill, but Rivers' schedule is a little scary and I wasn't sure if Cutler would be available that late. Again, potential trade bait here as well. The depth at WR is concerning, but why force the issue with inferior talent. WRs will spring up later in the season and hopefully, I can nail one of them and stay away from injuries with Johnson and Ocho.

Round 11 - Kevin Walter/10 -- L Coles was sitting there, but I already had two Bengals and didn't want my WR 3 to be him (2 games against BALT and PITT is a little scary). I had Domenik Hixon rated higher, but the emergence of Hakeem Nicks made me think twice.
Round 12 - Laveranues Coles/8 - Don't mind him here now that Walter is on the team. He could be a big value here, but that is by no means a guarantee.
Round 13 - Chargers/5 -- I loved this pick. The DEFs were starting to fly off the board.
Round 14 - Earnest Graham/8 - Shocking! Another RB. I took a value pick here. He may pay off in the end if he can stay healthy.
Round 15 - Percy Harvin/9 - Total flyer pick here. I was at the bottom of the barrel for WRs and wanted to add one more for depth. MINN wants to get him involved so there is some upside.

Added some WR depth, but will definitely be looking for up and coming talent during the season. Week 5 is going to be scary. So many guys on a bye and the Bengals and Lions play PITT and BALT. Somebody up there hates me. Every year I get screwed over by a BYE week.

Round 16 - David Garrard/7 - Wanted a quality backup for Week 5 since Cutler and Rivers are off. This was my highest rated available QB. He does have some upside so the value is tremendous.
Round 17 - Kris Brown/10 - Needed a Kicker and the BYE week struck again.

Once again, I made a stupid mental mistake. The Number 1 pick had two selections after my Round 16 pick and then I was up again. For some reason, I missed him picking up a backup QB earlier (Favre) and knew he already had a Kicker (Gostkowski). I was nervous about losing Garrard even though there were three QBs ranked ahead of him left based on ADP. I went with Garrard. The remaining number 1 Kickers were Elam/4, Crosby/5 and K Brown/10. There no way he would take another Kicker, right? He did and it was Elam even though ADP had Crosby rated higher. Now, I have a tough decision to make. There are no backups for Olsen and the Chargers and both have Week 5 BYES, making Crosby an almost impossible pick. I had to settle for K Brown. I know its not the end of the world, but lack of attention can really hurt you down the road. I totally blew it here.
I usually take a back up for whatever position (TE, K, DEF) has its BYE first then drop that player and add a backup for the next one, etc. This year I decided to take depth at (RB, WR, QB) and wait until Week 5 to make that call. Injuries or ineffectiveness can make the decision for me so why waste a pick you are just going to lose anyway.
There you have it. My first draft of the season has come to an end. Let me know what you think.