Quarter finals
(66) Jamaal Charles, IKNAN 1st Rnd, 2016 v (60) Andre Johnson, The Tuckfards 4th Rnd, 2015
Not much more can be said about the picks at this point, so let's focus on the stats this round. Jamaal Charles posted only 54 yards and 1 TD for 11 points in 3 games in 2016. Yowza. That didn't stop Coach Sherwood from winning the title, but it certainly made the job harder. It was a bad pick, as he was banged up from day 1.
Andre Johnson however was old. And I mean REAAAAALLY old. I think he was 35 at the start of the season for the colts. He posted 503 yards and 4 TDs in a season that Luck missed large portion of. But that wasn't the only reason for the poor performance, Johnson was on his last legs. He played all 16 games and only did that. To make matters worse, Coach Merritt also selected Hilton two rounds prior. Confusing? Absolutely. Colossal failure? You bet.
Winner: Andre Johnson
Reason: As bad as the Charles pick was...you could smell bust on Johnson - especially since Phil already took Hilton.
(12) Peyton Manning, The Dream Team 2nd Rnd, 2011 v (7) Miami Dolphins D, The Tuckfards 4th Rnd, 2010
I'm disappointed this match up has come so early, as this is truly final worthy. But one must be chosen. Coach Nathwani selected Manning in the 2nd round of the 2011 season. He played 0 games due to neck surgery in the offseason, so by nature was a huge bust. To make matters worse, he actually started him for at least one game - and also had a complete failure of a season. Hmm.
Dolphins D...what more can you say. A defence in the 4th round is laughable, even though it was the early days of the league. A small - very small - defence is that a few defences came off the board in the next round, but that still does not forgive this. But....at least they played. And Phil did still make the playoffs...
Winner: Peyton Manning
Reason: Few picks have netted as little return as this, even though it was Coach Nathwani's rookie season
(64) Rob Gronkowski, The Tuckfards 1st Rnd, 2016 v (56) Davante Adams, The Dream Team 3rd Rnd, 2015
Ok so this one is tricky. Both were high upside picks here, I'll give them that. Both were risky. Both raised eye brows when they happened. Let's start with Gronkowski. When Gronkowski plays a full season, he is the TE1 without question. He is a transcending talent, capable of giving teams an unmatchable edge. But as always, he needs to be healthy to do that, which something has eluded him many times through his career. He was playing well in the 8 games he did play, but the 3rd overall pick was just so risky to do this in.
Adams meanwhile was a young receiver on a Green Bay team that needed someone to step up. However he too was injured in '15, but he played through much of it. That wasn't to his benefit, nor Viv's. If he didn't play it would have been far easier to leave him on the bench or even cut bait. But he did play - and he didn't do well, costing Viv a lot of points. It didn't stop Viv making the playoffs, but it certainly stopped them from making any noise in them.
Winner: Davante Adams
Reason: This may shock you. But look at it this way - Gronkowski put up 72 points in 8 games. Adams put up only 54 in 13.
(8) Josh Cribbs, The Tuckfards 5th Rnd, 2010 v (17) Larry Fitzgerald, IKNAN 2nd Rnd, 2012
If you can't sense the overwhelming urge to kill myself after having to do this bracket by now, well, I've just pointed it out to you. Don't be surprised if I'm not at the draft...Josh Cribbs. Josh. Cribbs. The Cribber. Why. Why. Why. Why. He posted 292 yards and 1 TD for 35 points. A 5th round pick. Por Que?
Larry Fitzgerald would have been better off playing as QB in 2012 and throwing the ball to himself. The Cardinals were an absolute dumpster fire and couldn't really do anything passing the ball. Fitz posted 798 yards for 4 TDs and was resoundingly disappointing, but at least he went over the 100 point mark with 104 points.
Winner: Josh Cribbs
Reason: Just....just awful.
Semi Finals
I'm not gonna do the write ups for each match up again as you just read them, but here's the match ups and the winner.
(60) Andre Johnson, The Tuckfards 4th Rnd, 2015 v (12) Peyton Manning, The Dream Team 2nd Rnd, 2012
Winner: Peyton Manning
Reason: As god awful as that Johnson pick was, I cannot overlook Manning being drafted with so many red flags surrounding his season. He didn't play a game, it was literally the dictionary definition of pissing a draft pick into the wind.
(56) Davante Adams, The Dream Team 3rd Rnd, 2015 v (8) Josh Cribbs, The Tuckfards 5th Rnd, 2010
Winner: Josh Cribbs
Reason: Josh Cribbs was a woeful, woeful choice. In a draft where Phil selected DeAngelo Williams, Miami Dolphins D, and Josh Cribbs all in the first 3 rounds, I don't know how he made the playoffs that year. But he's not getting away with all 3 of them missing the final.
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