Its never too early to draft a fantasy football team, as long as youre aware of the potential risks and rewards at the time you draft.While many fantasy footballers will stick to drafting the week before the season kicks off, if you want to play in quite a few leagues or have difficult schedules to maneuver around, sometimes you just have to draft a bit earlier. That means you might have LeVeon Bell and his possible four-game suspension on your roster as a first overall pick, or you might have the recently reinstated Josh Gordon as a last-round pick.In our most recent staff mock draft (10-team, 2-QB PPR) -- the first since Gordons reinstatement became public -- it was Eric Karabell who selected the Cleveland wideout, who went in the eighth round. Gordon was Karabells fourth wideout selected, and his sixth potential flex (running back or wide receiver) option.By the time I chose Josh Gordon with pick No. 75, I felt like I had properly handled the portion of my draft in which I focused on securing two of the top 12 quarterbacks (due to the 2-QB league format), reasonable starting running backs who can catch some passes and at least two wide receivers who would really pile on the catches. Eric said of his pick. I did that better than I expected Id be able to, so it became upside time, and I felt like Josh Gordon and, three rounds later Arian Foster, were excellent examples of that strategy, so I acted and kind of enjoy the results.After all, if Gordon [and Foster] fail or dont even get on the field at all, its not that big of a deal, but its certainly worth the risk. This team has depth. If I had to choose Gordon probably one round earlier to secure him, then I probably wouldnt have done it. Do I really believe Gordon can stay out of trouble? Well, lets be optimistic. We know he can play football, at least when permitted, and for those who question the mess around him or the quarterback throwing to him or anything else about the situation, look at 2013. Look at Gordons numbers. He was arguably the overall fantasy MVP, and his quarterbacks were Moe, Curly and Larry. Gordon overcame that. With my eighth pick, Ill take the chance.Gordon is yet another high-risk, high-reward option in a league full of players with injury and off-the-field risks, and those participating in fantasy football drafts will have to assume those risks for the potential rewards. Note that Karabell was happy with the depth of his team, and considering the size of the league, he felt like missing on an eighth-round pick wasnt the end of the world and holding onto a league-winning wideout would be more than worth the risk.As we get closer to the start of the season, if Gordon remains on track for a Week 5 return, you can bet his ADP will creep higher and higher, and youll wish you had drafted him in the eighth round at the beginning of August. Thats why drafting earlier in the offseason isnt a negative, per se, but it provides a different set of risks and opportunities.Heres the full recap of our draft, conducted by (in drafting order): Jim McCormick, Mike Clay, Kyle Soppe, Stephania Bell, Jeff Ratcliffe, Eric Karabell, KC Joyner, Tom Carpenter, Keith Lipscomb and Leo Howell. Vans Shoes Ireland Buy Vans Shoes Ireland . Hey!" The lower tier of the School End of Queens Park Rangers Loftus Road was packed solid with a very festive-sounding Chelsea choral section in this particular part of South Africa Road London, W12. http://www.cheapvansireland.com/ . Coach Tom Thibodeau says the former MVP will probably start travelling with the team in the next few weeks. Rose tore the meniscus in his right knee at Portland in November and was ruled out for the remainder of the season by the Bulls. Cheap Vans Shoes Ireland . Colin Wilson had two goals and an assist, and Mike Fisher scored a goal and helped set up two others in the Predators 6-4 victory over the Red Wings on Monday night. Cheap Vans Shoes For Sale Ireland . -- Team after team passed on Andre Ellington in the draft.ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Home Run Derby champion Yoenis Cespedes was not in the Oakland Athletics starting lineup for the second straight game because of a sore left wrist. According to manager Bob Melvin, Cespedes was hurt during the third round of batting practice on Friday. The second-year left fielder from Cuba hasnt homered in his last 19 games, after averaging a homer for every 19.0 at-bats in the majorrs prior to this drought.dddddddddddd He hit 23 last year as a rookie. Only four previous Home Run Derby champions hit fewer than 10 after the break -- Justin Morneau (2008), Bobby Abreu (2005), Garret Anderson (2003) and Ken Griffey Jr., who was limited to 24 games during the rest of the 1994 season because of a strike that wiped out the final 40 games of the Seattle Mariners schedule. ' ' '
