The Disappointing First Round

So far, for fantasy football, the player you drafted in the first round, probably isn't doing as well as you wanted them to. Sure, players like AD- most likely the number one overall- is doing well, but if you didn't have the number one pick (or you were Matthew Berry), is your #1 acted like a number one? Obviously every league is different so the top 12 in my league is probably not the same as yours, but I bet it's pretty darn close. Let's take a look at Yahoo!'s top 12 pre-ranked players

1) AD- obviously been well for you
2) Michael Turner- his 3 TD game last Sunday helps his overall numbers, but he's only the 10th best RB this year. (32rd best RB in Week 1, 10th in Week 2, 23rd in Week 3, bye in Week 4)
3) MJD- I've actually seen him go 2 in a whole bunch leagues and I thought that was dumb. Turns out I was dumb. 5th best RB this year
4) Matt Forte- I could have predicted that he wouldn't be this. Everyone was hatin' on Mark Schlareth for saying Forte would not be good. I guess he's laughing now. 28th best RB overall so far.
5) Brian Westbrook. Really, an old injury prone RB on a team that only runs 40% of the time sucks? Shocking. 39th best RB overall this year
6) DeAngelo Williams. We all forget just how an awful terrible QB can suck down an entire team. 32nd best RB this year.
7) LT. Brian Westbrook lite. Did last year not show you why you shouldn't have drafted him high? 65th best RB overall.
8) Larry Fitzgerald. He's been good, but only the 10th best wide out this year. You could have waited a round later for Andre Johnson or Reggie Wayne though
9) Steven Jackson. See DeAngelo Williams except substitute "QB" with "entire team". 20th best RB this year.
10) Frank Gore. I have a hard time hatin of Gore because he was so good when healthy, but health is a part of fantasy football. Still 15th best RB this year.
11) Brandon Jacobs. Ahmad Bradshaw has more fantasy points this year than Jacobs- and its not even close. 26th best RB this year.
12) Chris Johnson. He went 12 in leagues? No way leagues were this dumb. He's been awesome. 3rd best RB this year.

Value Picks this year:
-Cedric Benson, 7th round, 4th best RB
-Steve Smith (NYG), 7th round, best WR
-Ronnie Brown, 3rd round, 2nd best RB
-Mario Manningham, undrafted, 7th best WR
-Chad Ochocinco, 6th round, 8th best WR (and consistent)
-Vincent Jackson, 5th round, 11th best WR
-Kellen Winslow, 7th round, 2nd best TE
-Vernon Davis, 12th round, 4th best TE
-Ben Roethlisberger (ugh this pains me to say), 10th round, 2nd best QB
-Matt Schaub, 6th round, 3rd best QB
-Eli Manning, 12th round, 4th best QB

Great Production from your Late Round Picks
14th Round
-Tim Hightower: double digit fantasy points 3 out of his four weeks playing
-Brent Celek: 6th best TE this year above guys like Owen Daniels, Tony Gonzalez, Chris Cooley, and Jason Witten

13th Round
-Joe Flacco: 6th best QB this year above guys like Brady, Brees, Farve, Rivers, and Cutler

Why the D you Drafted Sucks:
Here's a list of the top 12 D/ST that weren't drafted in my league:
2) 49ers
3) Denver
4) New Orleans
8) Seattle
9) Cincy
10) Indy
11) Atlanta

7 of the top D/ST this year were not drafted