the big 100 preface

Every year about this time, I draft my top-100 players in a performance/keeper league. As I was running through the guys this year, I noticed much more uncertainty in the middle of the list than usual. Never has my top-100 included a kicker, and this year is no different. During every draft I've been involved with, someone takes a kicker about 70-80 players in, and I end up with a better kicker drafted in the 15th round. I picked up Neil Rackers last season about 220 players into one draft.

Moral of the story: fill your skill positions first, then look to the booters.

WARNING -- I don't include defenses in my top-100 because almost every league has a different scoring system for the D -- look for my defensive rankings soon.

WARNING II -- The top-100 is different from a mock draft. This is the list of who you should draft if your pick is regardless of position. It's truly the top-100 fantasy players. A mock draft takes into consideration which players have already been drafted, and uses actual strategy to complete. The joebook.blogspot.com mock draft will be out in July.