It took a while to get the RandBall Draft Party started. Let’s not mince words. The first hour was a real cluster[redacted]. Once some of the kinks were straightened out, however, and we relied on good old fashioned cell phone communication for the parties not in attendance (Stu, JPF and Ryan P.) things started to roll along pretty nicely. Almost too fast. Which perhaps explains how we ended up with a roster containing seven wide receivers (including a starting three of Steve Smith, Roy Williams and Anquan Boldin) to go with Peyton Manning and four running backs who might not top 1,000 yards (Marion Barber and Cadillac Williams are our starting two. Needless to say, we’ll be filling our “flex” position from our abundant wide receiver pool). The night, of course, was not without its moments of sheer comic hilarity. Diddy (aka the Ben Affleck lookalike) made an appearance, with Brandon egging him on to go talk to the ladies with shouts of “C’mon Affleck!” SuperRookie took running backs with his first five picks — a curious strategy to say the least. The Sin City Rollers, vocal critics of every pick everyone else made, took WRs Marvin Harrison and Torry Holt (combined age: 65) with their 10-11 sandwich picks and now feature a feast or famine backfield that looks more like famine to us (Marshawn Lynch … Tatum Bell … Jerious Norwood … Michael Turner … Ladell Betts … Mike Bell). Way to go, guys! Those who stuck around (SuperRookie and Roughkat) saw your humble proprietor sing “My Humps” during the karaoke portion of the post-draft party. Thanks again to all involved, especially SR and Roughkat for setting it up. Drafters: Let’s hear your overall roster impressions. And now some fun for those who weren’t there: Guess the commenter names for the five people pictured above.

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