Predictions!

Now that I've praised/dissed all of your teams, it's time to get into where I think the league will end up by the end of the year:

Winner: The Powerhouse (Nelson Kim)
If the biggest flaw in your team is that you have an injury-prone, potential-to-be-top-10 running back as your 2nd RB, I'd say that's a pretty good problem to have. He has arguably the best QB in the league, 2 of the top 20 WRs, a RB who should finish in the top 5, and a TE who could finish in the top 3. Not only that, he has the ultimate wild card in Michael Vick. Now many of you may dismiss Vick after his sub-par performances and injuries during the past couple years but in Chip Kelly's new offense, we might see 2010 Vick again.

Runner-Up: Jacked Up! (Cho)
Winner of the best draft has to have a good chance at winning the league, right? I mean, he's got 3 receivers that could all potentially break 100 receptions. He's got a RB that slipped due to injury concerns, but when he's healthy, he can rack up yardage better than anybody not named Adrian. He has 2 of the key components of the Patriots offense and he should be able to hit on one of his sleeper picks (I'm a huge fan of Givens). Why did I put Nelson ahead of Cho? If Arian can't recover, Ben Tate will take his carries. Who has Ben Tate? Exactly.

Dark Horse: Donkey Ndamukong (Jon Lee)
The man who is always confident in his team might have reason to be this year. He has some questionable players on his roster (Is Nicks healthy? Can Tavon live up to the hype? What will Kaep do without Crabtree?), but there is something that many people overlook that could push him over the top: his schedule. Now this is no diss to Paul and David but they might end up being the two worst teams in the league (I swear this is not a diss. Last place in this league might end up going 5-8 which would be a respectable 9th most years). Will Jon capitalize? If he can start and end the season with 4 wins, he'll just need to win 4 of the 9 games in between to clinch a playoff spot.

Last Place: Ben There Raped That (Paul Kim)
I mentioned it in the draft review but he's just got too many running backs. This normally wouldn't be a problem but if you sacrifice picks to better your depth before you take care of positions that need to be played every Sunday, you're not putting yourself in a position to compete each week. But I will say that the 12-spot was a very hard spot to draft in this year. I recently drafted 12th in another league and I felt like I had to reach on every player, knowing that they wouldn't be there 22 picks later. Hope that's some consolation when week 14 rolls around and you're watch the games at home with nothing to root for.

Rookie of the Year: Funky Fresh (David Yim)
There's only one candidate. I'm not wasting any more words on this.

Good luck to all!

Simon Kim