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Hmmm... I think overall some of the guys above are higher in absolute value fantasy wise but position wise both Larry and Chad are very high. It's very hard to get an elite running back (LJ, LT, SA) but there are many backs of similar caliber to RB and CW while there aren't many great WRs in the league.

Chad Johnson still has 5 or 6 good years left and is right now the best WR in football (arguable of course), while Larry is easily a top 5 Fantasy Football WR and will get better and is only 22.

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most mock drafts i've seen have brown, williams and jackson going at about the same point as johnson and fitzgerald. even though i would take all the running backs before either of the wideouts, we'll call this year roughly a wash.

beyond (or during) 2006, though, what are the chances each of these players becomes as a top-3 overall FF player at some point? i would say it's at least 20% for each of the running backs, and less than 5% for the wideouts.

last preseason i had good running back depth and needed a WR, and i traded larry johnson for jerry porter, with porter being ranked higher on every draft board i saw. i won't make that mistake again.