By Matthew Berry - ESPN
“"You can't win your league in the first round, but you can lose it." I've used that line a lot over the years, and it's proved to be true time and again. The first round (especially the first pick) is not a place to get cute or mess around. If you blow your first-round pick, you're probably done for the season. Just ask anyone with Adrian Peterson on their team last year.
The other line I use a lot -- I'm both a slave to tradition and fairly lazy -- is this: "You don't have to finish the year as the No.