Fantasy Football Draft Question: Who Are the Steals of the Draft?….Part II

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Looking to draft a few steals in your fantasy football draft? Well, I have a few for you.

Of course, the idea of stealing someone in a fantasy football draft, or any draft, is debatable. Afterall, who is to say the player you drafted wasn’t rightfully drafted in his place. The people who didn’t draft him before you surely thought the players they were drafting were better than him, so is it really possible that they are all wrong?

The truth is, a steal in a fantasy football draft isn’t a steal until the season plays out. Just like a bust can’t be a bust before he ever steps on the football field.

That said, I have a few “potential steals” for you in this draft. These players might possibly fall in the draft because other players are wrongfully being drafted ahead of them. I’ve got some controversial ones, but needless to say, I’ll back up everyone with a reason as to why I think they might fall, and why they will succeed despite their reasons for falling. [You can also check out Part I for more players]

Matt Hasselbeck, Quarterback, Seattle Seahawks – Don’t ask me how a player I rank in the top 10 at his position is falling in drafts, but that he is. I’ve done like 20 mock-drafts and I end up drafting Hasselbeck every time as my #1 quarterback because he is always there as a safety net. He seems to get picked in the late 7th or early 8th rounds, so targeting him in the 7th round should serve you well. I don’t know who people are drafting before Hasselbeck, but there can’t be that many players more valuable than a guy who is sure to have another dominate year passing the ball. I guess people are putting a lot of stock in the fact that Mike Holmgren is in his last year and that perhaps the Seahawks will be on the decline this season. But I don’t see that. This team just re-energized itself with the addition of two new running backs and they still have one of the better defenses in the NFL. So I like the Seahawks to do well this season, and I think that Hasselbeck will continue his stellar play at the quarterback position.

Roy Williams, Wide Receiver, Detroit Lions – People! Stop buying the hype! I love Calvin Johnson, and when it is all said and done, I think Johnson could go down as one of the greatest wide receivers ever. But that hasn’t happened yet, and I’m not going to sit here and predict that he’ll be dominate in 2008 when I know these two things: One, the Lions are moving away from the pass this season, and two, Roy Williams is the number one receiver on this Lions team! I have no idea how Calvin keeps going ahead of Williams in mock drafts, but maybe people are just high or something. Roy Williams is a dominate receiver, and a top 10 producer in this league, he deserves more respect from fantasy football players. But that’s okay, their disrespect of him means you can reap the rewards. While Roy is tending to go in the 6th round, I think he is worth the 5th round pick, and he may even be a steal there if you’ve got your running back situation already taken care of. My main point here is that he deserves to go before Calvin and he is not. So don’t draft him before Calvin, and once Calvin is gone, Roy is pretty much a steal from then on.

Joey Galloway, Wide Receiver, Tampa Bay – I know Galloway is old, but he isn’t that old yet. He’s only 36, and while that age would mean the end of the road for most speed-demon wideouts, Galloway has found the fountain of youth. Galloway managed to be a top 15 receiver last year, and I see no reason for him to fall off in 2008. People have said that he has looked great in training camp and practice, and that he doesn’t appear to have aged one bit from last year. I’ll take their word for it, because Galloway is noted for training extensively during the off-season to maintain his speed and agility. But most people don’t know that, which is why Galloway is falling into the 10th round of drafts, when he is probably worthy of going in the 8th round. So pick up Galloway in the 9th or the 10th round, and you’ll have yourself yet another fantasy football draft steal, provided by TheSportsWatchers.com.

[You can also check out Part I for more players]

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