First Round Strategies from Scott Engel

Scott Engel has written a nice article outlining a strategy for every pick in the first round. Here are his top ideal picks and top alternative picks. Clearly Engel is very high on the QB position with Tom Brady as an ideal #2 and Peyton Manning as an ideal #5. Engel also ranks Steven Jackson over the red hot Adrian Peterson, and drops Westbrook down to #7, even though he was the second highest scoring RB in my league last year. Do you agree?

1. Ideal pick: LaDainian Tomlinson
   Top alternative: Tom Brady
   
2. Ideal pick: Tom Brady
   Top alternative: Steven Jackson
3. Ideal pick: Steven Jackson
   Top alternatives: Adrian Peterson, Peyton Manning
4. Ideal pick: Adrian Peterson
   Top alternative: Peyton Manning
5. Ideal pick: Peyton Manning
   Top alternatives: Joseph Addai, Brian Westbrook.
6. Ideal pick: Joseph Addai
   Top alternative: Brian Westbrook
7. Ideal pick: Brian Westbrook
   Top alternative: Marshawn Lynch
8. Ideal pick: Marshawn Lynch
   Top alternative: Randy Moss
9. Ideal pick: Randy Moss
   Ideal alternative: This time, there really isn't one.
10. Ideal pick: Clinton Portis
    Top alternatives: Reggie Wayne, Frank Gore