1.11 Houston Tethered Swimmers — TE Coby Fleener

In the real world: A reunion with Andrew Luck could make him the Colts' #2 receiving target (behind only Reggie Wayne). He was Luck's #1 receiver at Stanford and could be his safety valve in Indy. He rose up above Dwayne Allen and Orson Charles to be the top-rated TE in the draft, due mainly to his speed, but he's not much of a blocker. The Colts drafted Allen a round later.

In the TUFF world: One thing that has frustrated the Tethered Swimmers for years is their inability to get consistent production out of the tight end position, despite spending early second-rounders on Heath Miller (2005) and Jared Cook (2009). And it's a good pick when you consider the potential of Fleener's job situation. Also, Fleener has gone at or around this spot in most rookie drafts, with Allen generally going more than a round later, so the feeling is that Allen will not siphon away a lot of receptions and TDs from Fleener. But Jeff Rathburn had told me prior to the draft that he was looking at WRs at 1.11, and in my opinion, that should have been the way to go (so Stephen Hill, A.J. Jenkins or Alshon Jeffery). Why? His WR corps is in a really bad way. Out of the wideouts he had going into the draft, the three most productive in 2011 were Davone Bess, Jason Avant and Andre Caldwell. None of them produced as many fantasy points as either of Houston's top two TEs (Cook and Ed Dickson). Ugh.