I throw out the last three year’s results on the assumption that it’s too early to make fun of Shane and Jerry for taking Glen Coffee #7 overall in 2009 or Kevin Smith #4 overall in 2008, and just look at 2007 and back to rank the best and worst rookie draft picks in QFL history.
Hint: SOQ is easily the worst rookie drafting team in the QFL, even worse than QBC.
Between 2002 and 2007 SOQ picked an unprecedented 23 rookies, by far the most in the League (including 10 first rounders in 2003 and 2004 combined), and ended up with nothing besides Andre Johnson and Stephen Jackson. Out of 23 picks Scott should have at least gotten lucky 5 times minimum.
Hate to say it but Duggan seems like the best rookie picker over the period 2002 to 2007. You can’t do much better than Westbrook #21 overall and Jones-Drew #16 overall. If we just look at the 2006 draft in isolation, Paul’s Queef franchise clearly had the best single draft day ever landing Jennings #21 and Marshal #24. Queef had no first round picks that year, only picks #21, 23 and 24!
The top-5 best and worst QFL fantasy football rookie-only draft picks in recorded history.
Best
#1 QSync – Brian Westbrook – #21 – 2002
#2 QRA – Roddy White – #19 – 2003
#3 MotQ – Maurice Jones-Drew – #16 – 2006
#4 Queef – Greg Jennings – #21 – 2006
#5 Queef – Brandon Marshal – #24 – 2006
Worst
#1 SOQ – Charles Rogers – #1 – 2003
#2 QC – JJ Arrington – #3 – 2005
#3 SOQ – Tatum Bell – #3 – 2004
#4 TenQ – William Green – #3 – 2002
#5 QC – Reggie Bush – #1 – 2006
FahQ’s selection of Anquan Boldin with the #12 pick in ’03 belongs in the discussion of best picks, especially since he started producing right away (unlike Roddy White) and had one of the greatest rookie seasons ever by a WR (101 catches, 1377 yds, 8 TDs). Scott then selected Boldin’s teammate Bryant Johnson with the #13 pick who was actually taken ahead of Boldin by the Cardinals in the first round and turned out to be a complete bust. I distinctly remeber Scott making fun of me for taking the “wrong” rookie Cardinals receiver. Ha!
QC’s selection of Dallas Clark with the #18 pick in that same ’03 draft also deserves “Best” consideration.