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The S47 draft class will always hold a special place in my heart. That was one of the most fun times I've had in the league, writing mocks and interviewing GMs and placing it all together. Really really fun and I don't think I can ever replicate that again. I had mocked myself at 12 to go to the Baltimore Hawks. I ended up going 7th to the then Chicago Butchers, now Osaka Kaiju. I think we have to look at the biggest bust of the draft, Walter Yensid. Yensid was seen as a consensus 1OA and I thought Berlin did a great job picking up the guy at 3OA. A huge steal, right? He was MDM, active, funny, laid-back, and a pleasure to be around. Roque was toxic. HON had 1OA and 2OA and everyone knew they were grabbing Brad Woof. They also needed a CB and everyone, including myself, mocked Walter Yensid there. Icebear's genius and prophetic vision allowed him to see the future and see that Walter was going to go MIA and disappear from the league. Walter never even crossed the 400 TPE threshold. Nobody could have seen this coming unfortunately, so we will not blame Gadget and Dewalt for this. Tough for Berlin, as it set their rebuild back several seasons. HON nailed that 1OA and 2OA pick. Roquefort, at 2OA, just won DPOY in his 4th season. The sky is the limit for the young CB He also leads the class in TPE as I'm writing this with 1100 TPE. Tremendous player. 4OA was Tim Riggins, a WR from KCC who transitioned from TE and had the chart consume. He has been solid, max earning. 5OA, daniel, was an HO intern and also has been max earning. He swapped to RB and has been fantastic for the Silverbacks, leading them to an ultimus berth. 6OA was dunkler, who has crossed 1000 TPE. He was a slam dunk pick and has lived up to the expectations. 7OA is more interesting, as the player picked there, JJ What (me), has been max earning (apart from a few predictions and the first rounders task which I'm really salty about since I got it in like 2 minutes late), but the pick would grade out poorly as JJ is no longer playing for the Chicago Butchers. The Butchers traded JJ not even a few days after the draft to the Honolulu Hahalua for a S48 2nd round pick. Absolutely terrible! They just basically moved down a couple spots and a year for free. IT happened because JJ was looking for an expedited role to WR1, and Chicago didn't have that available. The team didn't properly scout Chicago, and JJ didn't feel like they were even interested in him. Neither GM reached out, which seems odd. Very odd for your first round draft choice, especially 7OA in a stacked class. JJ has been a great player, but unfortunately the pick was not good. Shoutout to Honolulu for being fast and picking up JJ and making him into a team-first LB. Icebear managed to calm him down and turn him from a Diva WR to a stud at OLB. 8 and 9OA were predictable picks for SJS, picking up 2 veteran recreates. Both have max earned. 10OA was fangorn, but he was traded from OCO to NYS for peanuts. He's max earning now, and NYS' backfield consists of 2 S47 max earners. 11OA is Soul King Brook, who was a recreate, but has only hit 700 TPE. He's not max earning, but he's still active. 12OA was Baron, who won a ring this past year and has been a great WR1 for Baltimore. Solid pick. 13OA was Lane Wilson, another max earning recreate for the YKW. 14OA was the same, another max earning recreate for AZ. 12/14 picks are still max earning. 13/14 are over 700 TPE. Only one went IA, which is 3OA, Walter Yensid, the projected 1OA. Unlucky.
The S47 draft class will always hold a special place in my heart. That was one of the most fun times I've had in the league, writing mocks and interviewing GMs and placing it all together. Really really fun and I don't think I can ever replicate that again. I had mocked myself at 12 to go to the Baltimore Hawks. I ended up going 7th to the then Chicago Butchers, now Osaka Kaiju. I think we have to look at the biggest bust of the draft, Walter Yensid. Yensid was seen as a consensus 1OA and I thought Berlin did a great job picking up the guy at 3OA. A huge steal, right? He was MDM, active, funny, laid-back, and a pleasure to be around. Roque was toxic. HON had 1OA and 2OA and everyone knew they were grabbing Brad Woof. They also needed a CB and everyone, including myself, mocked Walter Yensid there. Icebear's genius and prophetic vision allowed him to see the future and see that Walter was going to go MIA and disappear from the league. Walter never even crossed the 400 TPE threshold. Nobody could have seen this coming unfortunately, so we will not blame Gadget and Dewalt for this. Tough for Berlin, as it set their rebuild back several seasons. HON nailed that 1OA and 2OA pick. Roquefort, at 2OA, just won DPOY in his 4th season. The sky is the limit for the young CB He also leads the class in TPE as I'm writing this with 1100 TPE. Tremendous player. 4OA was Tim Riggins, a WR from KCC who transitioned from TE and had the chart consume. He has been solid, max earning. 5OA, daniel, was an HO intern and also has been max earning. He swapped to RB and has been fantastic for the Silverbacks, leading them to an ultimus berth. 6OA was dunkler, who has crossed 1000 TPE. He was a slam dunk pick and has lived up to the expectations. 7OA is more interesting, as the player picked there, JJ What (me), has been max earning (apart from a few predictions and the first rounders task which I'm really salty about since I got it in like 2 minutes late), but the pick would grade out poorly as JJ is no longer playing for the Chicago Butchers. The Butchers traded JJ not even a few days after the draft to the Honolulu Hahalua for a S48 2nd round pick. Absolutely terrible! They just basically moved down a couple spots and a year for free. IT happened because JJ was looking for an expedited role to WR1, and Chicago didn't have that available. The team didn't properly scout Chicago, and JJ didn't feel like they were even interested in him. Neither GM reached out, which seems odd. Very odd for your first round draft choice, especially 7OA in a stacked class. JJ has been a great player, but unfortunately the pick was not good. Shoutout to Honolulu for being fast and picking up JJ and making him into a team-first LB. Icebear managed to calm him down and turn him from a Diva WR to a stud at OLB. 8 and 9OA were predictable picks for SJS, picking up 2 veteran recreates. Both have max earned. 10OA was fangorn, but he was traded from OCO to NYS for peanuts. He's max earning now, and NYS' backfield consists of 2 S47 max earners. 11OA is Soul King Brook, who was a recreate, but has only hit 700 TPE. He's not max earning, but he's still active. 12OA was Baron, who won a ring this past year and has been a great WR1 for Baltimore. Solid pick. 13OA was Lane Wilson, another max earning recreate for the YKW. 14OA was the same, another max earning recreate for AZ. 12/14 picks are still max earning. 13/14 are over 700 TPE. Only one went IA, which is 3OA, Walter Yensid, the projected 1OA. Unlucky.
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