So, Injuries are already mounting for teams

And some guys are already out for the season.
And even some guys did something stupid and will be banned certain games. \
While others even murder people and will never see the field again.
So who are these guys? Let me tell you. How does it effect your fantasy team?

1. Aaron Hernandez TE New England Patriots. Out forever. In jail, maybe, forever.

2. Rob Gronkowski TE New England Patriots. PUP list and if he isn't back by August 31st he has to miss the first 6 weeks of the season. Guess what? I don't trust the guy being injured. I believe he will miss the first 6 weeks of the season. IF he doesn't I just don't see how he becomes a target worth having until later on in the season. IF you can get him for REALLY cheap in the later rounds sure. If you have that luxury. For me? I'm just not touching the guy.

3. Dennis Pitta TE Baltimore Ravens. Out for the year. Ed Dickson is now the #1 TE in Baltimore.

4. Jeremy Maclin WR Philadelphia Eagles. Out for the year. Last year I had Maclin and I really didn't know what to do with him. Now we don't have to worry about it. In fact, it made a lot decisions easier. DeSean Jackson is now the legit #1 WR in Philly.
 
5. Justin Blackmon WR Jacksonville Jaguars. Banned for substance abuse. Cecil Shorts value for the first 4-6 weeks is looking better. I like Cecil Shorts as a 3rd WR. If you can get him as a 4th WR it would be excellent depth.

6. Percy Harvin WR and Sydney Rice WR Seattle Seahawks. I wouldn't take either of these guys anyway unless it was depth on my bench. But, both of these guys are going to miss time in the regular season. Golden Tate and Marshawn Lynch look like the guys to grab for Seattle.

If I think of more (I know Koppen C is out for the Broncos and CB Berry for the Jets and Melvin Ingram for the Chargers but they aren't actual fantasy players so I don't count that.)

My first real team.

I like to draft one team early. So, here it is!
I was on nfl.com and this is a 10 team league.
I was drafting 10th/11th.

LeSean McCoy RB
CJ Spiller RB

Note: I will be comparing my guys against Trent Richardson RB since I passed him up for both of these guys.

Steven Jackson RB
Vincent Jackson WR

Note: I couldn't believe Steven Jackson RB fell this far. I had to take him as the Flex. However, I will be looking at Randall Cobb WR, Reggie Wayne WR, Frank Gore RB, and Steven Ridley RB or Reggie Bush RB bc I passed on them as well here.

Jordy Nelson WR
Hakeem Nicks WR

Note: Amendola WR was here but I passed on him. I also passed on Mike Wallace WR and Wes Welker WR.

Matthew Stafford QB
David Wilson RB

Note: I had no qualms what-so-ever on these two picks. Only Romo was left of the top 8 QB and I pounced. David Wilson was one of a few guys but they are depth. I could of taken the Bears D/ST but I feel I got better value with Broncos later. Darren Sproles was probably the only guy I could say I passed up at this point for Wilson.

Broncos D/ST
Cecil Shorts WR

Note: I could of went with Bengals D/ST and Tavon Austin WR I might regret the Tavon Austin pass.

Brandon Myers TE
TY Hilton WR

Note: Giovanni Bernard RB was here where I got TY Hilton WR only problem was I didn't need RB. I needed WR.

Isaiah Pead RB
Denarius Moore WR

Note: It was all gambles at this point. With DHB gone in Oakland and I expect them to be behind and passing often I like the upside of Moore. Richardson RB from Rams was already gone. I gambled on Pead.

Steven Hauschka K

Note: BPA Kicker.

My top twelve or ten or eight. My tops.

I am on vacation, and I realize that I haven't put up anything recently. The wife and I are just chilling on a Friday night and I have my laptop so why not, right?

I was thinking: I have no problem taking a gamble on certain players late in the draft, but what about my first few rounds? Who are my top guys? So, I will make my list of each position.

I won't be explaining my reasoning as well as I could, and for that I apologize.

QB

1. Aaron Rodgers
2. Drew Brees
3. Peyton Manning
4. Tom Brady
5. Cam Newton
6. Matt Ryan
7. Matt Stafford
8. Tony Romo

9. Andrew Luck
10. RGIII
11. Colin Kaepernick
12. Russell Wilson

I don't trust any of those rookies except Luck. Bash me all you want I only trust the top 6-8 guys, and that would be MY top 6-8 guys.

RB

1. Adrian Peterson
2. Arian Foster
3. Doug Martin
4. Marshawn Lynch
5. Jamaal Charles
6. LeSean McCoy
7. Ray Rice
8. CJ Spiller
9. Matt Forte
10. Trent Richardson
11. Alfred Morris
12. Steven Jackson and/or MJD

I trust the 8-9 the most. After that drop off it's about 5 guys and then you hope you have 2x of the top 20 guys. If not good luck this year.

WR

1. Calvin Johnson
2. Dez Bryant
3. AJ Green
4. Julio Jones
5. Brandon Marshall
6. Demaryius Thomas

7. Larry Fitzgerald
8. Vincent Jackson
9. Andre Johnson
10. Randall Cobb
11. Marques Colston
12. Victor Cruz

This is tricky. I think there is a possibility that 3-4 of these guys could land between 13-20. WR is always random each year. I do NOT trust Percy Harvin. I just don't like the guy. For better or worse.

TE

1. Jimmy Graham
2. Jason Witten
3. Tony Gonzalez
4. Rob Gronkowski
5. Kyle Rudolph 
6. Dennis Pitta 
7. Vernon Davis 
8. Brandon Myers

9. Greg Olsen
10. Jermichael Finley
11. Owen Daniels
12. Antonio Gates

Would prefer a top eight, but if I get the right 3x WR and 2x RB and 1x QB I would be willing to sacrifice TE until late.

D/ST

1. Seahawks
2. 49ers 
3. Texans
4. Broncos
5. Bears 

6. Bengals
7. Packers
8. Cardinals
9. Rams
10. Patriots
11. Ravens
12. Giants

I would prefer a top FIVE D/ST

K

1. Matt Bryant
2. Matt Prater
3. Justin Tucker
4. Blair Walsh
5. Greg Zuerlein
6. Stephen Gostkowski
7. Steven Haushchka
8. Sebastian Janikowski  
9. Garett Hartley
10. Mason Crosby
11. Dan Bailey
12. David Akers

I would honestly take any of these twelve Kickers if they were there in the last round. I don't know anyone who is drafting two kickers in a 12 team league so it should be safe to wait until the last last last last round.