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RealGM Fantasy Mock Draft Version 1.0
Authored by Andrew Perna - 1st August, 2007 - 1:36 am
The QB situation in the 49ers locker room, Shawne Merriman's shameless attention grab, why the Panthers could runaway with the NFC South and BCS predictions.
If Favre comes back, he better stick it out for a full season whether he starts, is a back-up, or gets benched several games into the season.
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Without further ado here is the 2007 RealGM Staff Mock Draft:
Draft Order 1. HMFFL – Shane Strickland, General NBA Mod
2. Toronto Titans – John Kim, NFL Mod
3. Team Du Bronsteter – Aaron Bronsteter, Writer
4. Fire Rock Hard-Ons – J.T. Magee, NBA Writer
5. Autumn Wind – Christopher Reina, Executive Editor
6. Who’s The Bosh – Nick Obergan, Fantasy Mod
7. Count’s Blessings – Tim Donahue, Pacers Mod
8. SSK99 – Will Lannon, Senior Mod
9. Super Bowl Champ – D.R., General Mod
10. Black Mamba – Alexis Caparroso, Chargers Mod
11. Chico State – Douglas Benton, MLB Writer
12. The Stugots of Drew – Andrew Perna, Senior Writer
The Results 1. LaDainian Tomlinson, San Diego RB (Strickland)
2. Steven Jackson, St. Louis RB (Kim)
3. Larry Johnson, Kansas City RB (Bronsteter)
4. Frank Gore, San Francisco RB (Magee)
5. Willie Parker, Pittsburgh RB (Reina)
6. Shaun Alexander, Seattle RB (Obergan)
7. Joseph Addai, Indianapolis RB (Donahue)
8. Peyton Manning, Indianapolis QB (Lannon)
9. Rudi Johnson, Cincinnati RB (D.R.)
10. Brian Westbrook, Philadelphia RB (Caparroso)
11. Laurence Maroney, New England RB (Benton)
12. Ronnie Brown, Miami RB (Perna)
13. Steve Smith, Carolina WR (Perna)
14. Travis Henry, Denver RB (Benton)
15. Clinton Portis, Washington RB (Caparroso)
16. Maurice Jones-Drew, Jacksonville RB (D.R.)
17. Reggie Bush, New Orleans RB (Lannon)
18. Larry Fitzgerald, Arizona WR (Donahue)
19. Marvin Harrison, Indianapolis WR (Obergan)
20. Chad Johnson, Cincinnati WR (Reina)
21. Willis McGahee, Baltimore RB (Magee)
22. Randy Moss, New England WR (Bronsteter)
23. Marshawn Lynch, Buffalo RB (Kim)
24. Edgerrin James, Arizona RB (Strickland)
25. Donovan McNabb, Philadelphia QB (Strickland)
26. Torry Holt, St. Louis WR (Kim)
27. Carson Palmer, Cincinnati QB (Bronsteter)
28. Tom Brady, New England QB (Magee)
29. Terrell Owens, Dallas WR (Reina)
30. Cedric Benson, Chicago RB (Obergan)
31. Drew Brees, New Orleans QB (Donahue)
32. Brandon Jacobs, New York RB (Lannon)
33. Reggie Wayne, Indianapolis WR (D.R.)
34. T.J. Houshmandzadeh, Cincinnati WR (Caparroso)
35. Roy Williams, Detroit WR (Benton)
36. Marc Bulger, St. Louis QB (Perna)
37. Lee Evans, Buffalo WR (Perna)
38. Marques Colston, New Orleans WR (Benton)
39. Anquan Boldin, Arizona WR (Caparroso)
40. Javon Walker, Denver WR (D.R.)
41. Andre Johnson, Houston WR (Lannon)
42. Thomas Jones, New York RB (Donahue)
43. Antonio Gates, San Diego TE (Obergan)
44. Carnell Williams, Tampa Bay RB (Reina)
45. Hines Ward, Pittsburgh WR (Magee)
46. Jamal Lewis, Cleveland RB (Bronsteter)
47. Calvin Johnson, Detroit WR (Kim)
48. Darrell Jackson, San Francisco WR (Strickland)
49. Plaxico Burress, New York WR (Strickland)
50. Donald Driver, Green Bay WR (Kim)
51. Laveranues Coles, New York WR (Bronsteter)
52. Braylon Edwards, Cleveland WR (Magee)
53. Tony Gonzalez, Kansas City TE (Reina)
54. Santana Moss, Washington WR (Obergan)
55. Todd Heap, Baltimore TE (Donahue)
56. Reggie Brown, Philadelphia WR (Lannon)
57. Vince Young, Tennessee WB (D.R.)
58. Deion Branch, Seattle WR (Caparroso)
59. Joey Galloway, Tampa Bay WR (Benton)
60. Deuce McAllister, New Orleans RB (Perna)
61. DeAngelo Williams, Carolina RB (Perna)
62. Alge Crumpler, Atlanta TE (Benton)
63. Jeremy Shockey, New York TE (Caparroso)
64. Terry Glenn, Dallas WR (D.R.)
65. Chicago Bears DEF (Lannon)
66. Adrian Peterson, Minnesota RB (Donahue)
67. Matt Hasselbeck, Seattle QB (Obergan)
68. Jericho Cotchery, New York WR (Reina)
69. Baltimore DEF (Magee)
70. Vernon Davis, San Francisco TE (Bronsteter)
71. Marion Barber III, Dallas RB (Kim)
72. New England DEF (Strickland)
73. Chris Chambers, Miami WR (Strickland)
74. Kellen Winslow, Cleveland TE (Kim)
75. Mark Clayton, Baltimore WR (Bronsteter)
76. Philip Rivers, San Diego QB (Magee)
77. Jon Kitna, Detroit QB (Reina)
78. Bernard Berrian, Chicago WR (Obergan)
79. San Diego DEF (Donahue)
80. Vincent Jackson, San Diego WR (Lannon)
81. Chris Cooley, Washington TE (D.R.)
82. Tony Romo, Dallas QB (Caparroso)
83. Brett Favre, Green Bay QB (Benton)
84. Jerious Norwood, Atlanta RB (Perna)
85. Greg Jennings, Green Bay WR (Perna)
86. Miami DEF (Benton)
87. Pittsburgh DEF (Caparroso)
88. Philadelphia DEF (D.R.)
89. Warrick Dunn, Atlanta RB (Lannon)
90. Devery Henderson, New Orleans WR (Donahue)
91. Adam Vinatieri, Indianapolis K (Obergan)
92. Dallas DEF (Reina)
93. Benjamin Watson, New England TE (Magee)
94. Jacksonville DEF (Bronsteter)
95. J.P. Losman, Buffalo QB (Kim)
96. Chester Taylor, Minnesota RB (Strickland)
97. Joe Horn, Atlanta WR (Strickland)
98. Matt Leinart, Arizona QB (Kim)
99. Jay Cutler, Denver QB (Bronsteter)
100. Santonio Holmes, Pittsburgh WR (Magee)
101. Nate Kaeding, San Diego K (Reina)
102. Seattle DEF (Obergan)
103. Shayne Graham, Cincinnati K (Donahue)
104. Jason Witten, Dallas TE (Lannon)
105. Robbie Gould, Chicago K (D.R.)
106. Jeff Wilkins, St. Louis K (Caparroso)
107. Neil Rackers, Arizona K (Benton)
108. D.J. Hackett, Seattle WR (Perna)
109. L.J. Smith, Philadelphia TE (Perna)
110. Ahman Green, Houston RB (Benton)
111. Fred Taylor, Jacksonville RB (Caparroso)
112. Julius Jones, Dallas RB (D.R.)
113. Minnesota DEF (Lannon)
114. Anthony Gonzalez, Indianapolis WR (Donahue)
115. Tatum Bell, Detroit RB (Obergan)
116. LaMont Jordan, Oakland RB (Reina)
117. Donte’ Stallworth, New England WR (Magee)
118. Reuben Droughns, New York RB (Bronsteter)
119. Denver DEF (Kim)
120. Ben Roethlisberger, Pittsburgh QB (Strickland)
121. Carolina DEF (Strickland)
122. Matt Jones, Jacksonville WR (Kim)
123. Kevin Jones, Detroit RB (Bronsteter)
124. Michael Turner, San Diego RB (Magee)
125. Eli Manning, New York QB (Reina)
126. Kevin Curtis, Philadelphia WR (Obergan)
127. Dallas Clark, Indianapolis TE (Donahue)
128. Issac Bruce, St. Louis WR (Lannon)
129. Jake Delhomme, Carolina QB (D.R.)
130. Muhsin Muhammad, Chicago WR (Caparroso)
131. Jerry Porter, Oakland WR (Benton)
132. Alex Smith, San Francisco QB (Perna)
133. Brandon Marshall, Denver WR (Perna)
134. Ronald Curry, Oakland WR (Benton)
135. Derrick Mason, Baltimore WR (Caparroso)
136. Heath Miller, Pittsburgh TE (D.R.)
137. Brandon Jackson, Green Bay RB (Lannon)
138. Drew Bennett, St. Louis WR (Donahue)
139. Brandon Jones, Tennessee WR (Obergan)
140. Eddie Kennison, Kansas City WR (Reina)
141. Devin Hester, Chicago WR (Magee)
142. Matt Schaub, Houston QB (Bronsteter)
143. Josh Brown, Seattle K (Kim)
144. Desmond Clark, Chicago TE (Strickland)
145. Matt Stover, Baltimore K (Strickland)
146. Wes Welker, New England WR (Kim)
147. Mike Furrey, Detroit WR (Bronsteter)
148. Ladell Betts, Washington RB (Magee)
149. Randy McMichael, St. Louis TE (Reina)
150. Chad Pennington, New York QB (Obergan)
151. Antwaan Randle El, Washington WR (Donahue)
152. Dwayne Bowe, Kansas City WR (Lannon)
153. Marty Booker, Miami WR (D.R.)
154. Rex Grossman, Chicago QB (Caparroso)
155. Steve McNair, Baltimore QB (Benton)
156. Drew Carter, Carolina WR (Perna)
157. DeShaun Foster, Carolina RB (Perna)
158. Owen Daniels, Houston TE (Benton)
159. Tony Scheffler, Denver TE (Caparroso)
160. Reggie Williams, Jacksonville WR (D.R.)
161. Jason Campbell, Washington QB (Lannon)
162. Jeff Garcia, Tampa Bay QB (Donahue)
163. Jason Elam, Denver K (Obergan)
164. Amani Toomer, New York WR (Reina)
165. Greg Olsen, Chicago TE (Magee)
166. Jerramy Stevens, Tampa Bay TE (Bronsteter)
167. Ben Troupe, Tennessee TE (Kim)
168. Chris Henry, Tennessee RB (Strickland)
169. Mike Williams, Oakland WR (Strickland)
170. New York Jets DEF (Kim)
171. Vernand Morency, Green Bay RB (Bronsteter)
172. San Francisco DEF (Magee)
173. Jason Hanson, Detroit K (Reina)
174. Eric Johnson, New Orleans TE (Obergan)
175. Dominic Rhodes, Oakland RB (Donahue)
176. Stephen Gostkowski, New England K (Lannon)
177. David Akers, Philadelphia K (D.R.)
178. Green Bay DEF (Caparroso)
179. John Kasay, Carolina K (Benton)
180. Mike Nugent, New York K (Perna)
181. Oakland DEF (Perna)
182. St. Louis DEF (Benton)
183. Olindo Mare, New Orleans K (Caparroso)
184. Arizona DEF (D.R.)
185. Adrian Peterson, Chicago RB (Lannon)
186. Mike Bell, Denver RB (Donahue)
187. Buffalo DEF (Obergan)
188. Cincinnati DEF (Reina)
189. Lawrence Tynes, New York K (Magee)
190. Rian Lindell, Buffalo K (Bronsteter)
191. Brian Leonard, St. Louis RB (Kim)
192. Michael Clayton, Tampa Bay WR (Strickland)
Stating Their Case Aaron Bronsteter, Team Du Bronsteter:
“Palmer will be better this year than he was last year. He's already shaken the fears of getting hurt again, and while it's a concern, I think that he'll put up career numbers. Randy Moss is the biggest risk in any fantasy draft and I'm willing to take it. Moss will be motivated on a winning team and the Patriots should be favored to win the whole thing.
LJ had better work out his contract situation, because if he does, he'll continue to put up insane numbers week-after-week. I was deciding between LJ, Gore and Alexander. Jamal Lewis will be Cleveland's best player. I expect him to get it done week after week. Vernon Davis, if healthy, has a chance to be a top-3 tight end.
I won last year, let's repeat and get it done.”
Tim Donahue, Count’s Blessings:
“My team will have the lowest number of players implicated in Michael Vick's dog fighting ring. Also, NFL just hired Tim Donaghy to do all of my games.”
J.T. Magee, Fire Rock Hard-Ons:
“Landing the 4th pick, I knew I wanted Gore. Although this league is designed more for wide receivers than for running backs, I knew I had to secure two RBs with my first two picks. Now that Gore has a broken hand, that pick will give me worries throughout the season. I’m set with Gore, Willis McGahee, Michael Turner and Ladell Betts. If you can get that RB depth in any fantasy league, you are on top of your game.
Tom Brady was a must. He has too many weapons not to post a better fantasy season than both Donovan McNabb and Carson Palmer, who were taken ahead of him. With playmakers in Donte Stallworth, Randy Moss and Ben Watson (also on my team) to throw to, Brady will have too many options to go to. I bet they’re going to send at least one player deep on each play just because they can. Phillip Rivers was the steal of the draft. He’s going to lead the Chargers to the best record in the AFC West because that offense is simply too good with all of their weapons. He, like Brady, has five legitimate targets to throw to on each play.
I wanted Antonio Gates with my fourth round pick but settled for Hines Ward, one of the most consistent fantasy WRs in the past few years. With Pittsburgh focusing on getting Big Ben Roethlisberger back to the ‘Miami of Ohio’ Roethlisberger, Ward could be my best value-pick. Braylon Edwards was a reach, but he’s the first option for a rookie quarterback. He’ll get his numbers this year, even if Brady Quinn struggles. I have two weapons for Brady in Ben Watson and Donte Stallworth, who averaged a TD for every 8 touches last season.
My favorite pick and ultimate steal has to be Devin Hester. It doesn’t matter where he is on the field because he has the potential to score every time he touches the ball. With the Bears putting him everywhere on offense, he’ll get plenty of looks and opportunities this season to catch the ball and create in the open field.
Overall, my team lacks top-notch WRs, but I feel McGahee and Gore will get enough action out of the backfield to make up for it. With Stallworth and Watson starting, I’ll have potential to score two touchdowns for every Brady scoring pass. It’s not a strategy to bank on, but it’ll be enough to take this league. Watch out for Hester. I’m tellin’ y’all.”
Andrew Perna, The Stugots of Drew “Well, I can’t really sound any more confident about my team than J.T. did, but I’m pretty content with my roster (despite the fact that I picked last). With all of the top-shelf talent off the board I decided to go running back/wide receiver with my first two picks. I’m hoping Cam Cameron will turn Ronnie Brown into LaDainian Tomlinson Lite and that Steve Smith stays healthy all year. If so, I’ll get more than enough out of my first two picks.
Marc Bulger and Lee Evans were my next two picks. I feel Bulger is one of the more consistent options at quarterback, so I have no problem trusting him week-to-week. I might have reached a little bit for Evans with guys like Anquan Boldin and Hines Ward on the board, but he’s an 80-yard touchdown waiting to happen.
My favorite pick-up was DeAngelo Williams in the sixth round. I don’t care what anyone says, but by the middle of the season he’s going to be starting in Carolina and racking up yards and scores like nobody’s business. Until then I have no problem stashing him on the bench in favor of Brown and Deuce McAllister (who will share will Reggie Bush, but get his fair share).
I had to have an Eagle on my team so I grabbed L.J. Smith as my tight end, which was a smart move regardless of allegiance. Later on I ‘handcuffed’ Williams by taking DeShaun Foster. If Foster comes back healthy and keeps the starting gig, I’ll still have one of the Panthers starting running backs. I took a chance on wide receivers Brandon Marshall and Drew Carter. Marshall might still be a year away, but I figured he was worth a pick that late. I took Carter not to ‘handcuff’ Smith, but in case he blows up. He’ll be starting alongside Steve, and that might mean more looks than ever before.
You’ll be hearing an awful lot about this league when reading the ‘Keyboard Quarterback’ this season, so study the rosters. And get my trophy ready Aaron, I’m stealing your thunder.”
D.R., Super Bowl Champs:
"I may not have a team full of 'name players', but we'll play hard, win hard and take that Vince Lombardi Trophy from right under your team's nose. But will the powers-that-be at the NFL, PLEASE keep my team injury-free..."
Shane Strickland, HMFFL:
"So, I find myself with the first overall pick, and I can't force myself to pass on LaDainian Tomlinson. I can't remember the last time I was lucky enough to have the first overall pick, but I'm not sure how lucky I really am. I usually find myself at the bottom of the barrel, and now I have to change up my game plan.
Edgerrin James was my second pick. I hate it, but I had to go with two running backs during this situation. I wanted Torry Holt badly, but I went with Edge and followed that with Donovan McNabb, who normally ruins my fantasy teams due to chronic injuries.
Health is always the key. So if my soldiers stay healthy I expect good things to happen, but overall the league is going to be very competitive."
Who do you think has compiled the best team in the League? Shoot me an e-mail and let me know, bonus points from those of you who vote for me. Stay tuned for a RealGM poster Mock in the coming weeks! Andrew.Perna@RealGM.com
