Gurley: This pick was easy for me, Gurley is as solid as it gets. Looking at the top four RBs he's the only one with no question marks. Bell, Elliot and Johnson are all great players but to me Gurley stands alone here. It also didn't hurt that I had him last year and a Rams fan as well.

My only complaint is that I would feel a little more comfortable if he had already reported to the Steelers. He promised it would be his best season yet on Twitter, though, so I have no worries about him holding out.

Antonio Brown: Not thrilled with this pick, but do feel like it's the right one to make here. He's the last player on the top tier and has been the most consistent fantasy football player out there. Pitt is absolutely loaded on offense so good luck double teaming him. As long as he stays healthy, he'll pay off his position.

Barkley: Choice here was between Barkley and Gordon primarily, with Kamara a 3rd choice. In the end, I went with the riskier pick of the rookie. Last year, Hunt and Fournette were solid rookies, so hoping for more of the same here. He has no viable competition (at least for carries). If he gets/stays healthy he can pay off.

Fournette, Gordon, and Hunt were considered, but I decided to go with the guys who seems to be the consensus pick of that group. Part of his value probably comes from the extra workload expected in the first four weeks – which, of course, are of no benefit of I make the playoffs – but he proved to be a high-efficiency, low-turnover option last year, and should provide enough versatility to be a valuable contributor every week.

Gordon: with Brown gone the obvious choice was a RB. since Barkley went at #6 my 4 man queue of RB-RB-RB-WR was down to a 3 RB's. Julio Jones went as well, so the #2 choice from my queue joined my team: Melvin Gordon. He is good for 1500 yards and double digit TD's. only Fournette is capable of doing the same. I would have been happy with him too.

Fournette: This pick ultimately came down to Fournette and DeAndre Hopkins for me, since Melvin Gordon went just ahead. I wasn’t expecting Hopkins to be available at 10, but the run on RBs early feels especially strong this year. Ended up sticking with my initial draft plan to take a RB first, figuring the remaining RB1s I was targeting would go before my second pick came up, and felt I could find value at WR later on in the draft easier than I could at RB. Fournette is definitely a workhorse, and I think he has the potential to end up as high as RB5 overall if he stays healthy and continues to deliver. Hunt’s pass protection woes and Dalvin Cook’s return from injury placed them just below Fournette for me on the RB front.

Hill ranked #3 among WR last year, averaging almost 12.8. He’s got a new QB this year who can throw the deep ball, but also a new WR teammate (Watkins) who will be targeted on some of those deep balls. He’s a receiver I hoped to draft in several leagues last year but never pulled the trigger soon enough. This year, I did.

The other time Rodgers returned from an injury-shortened season, he threw for 4386 yards and 38 TDs. I don't necessarily expect a repeat of that, but he has had at least 3800 yards and 28 TDs in every season of 10+ games, and I would be surprised if he doesn't continue that streak.

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