My Mock NFL Draft

1. Oakland Raiders - JaMarcus Russell (QB), LSU
2. Atlanta Falcons - Calvin Johnson (WR), Georgia Tech [traded from Detroit w/ 5th Rd. Pick (#139)...for 1st Rd. Pick (#8), 2nd Rd. Pick (#39), 2nd Rd. Pick (#44), and 4th Rd. Pick (#109)]
3. Cleveland Browns - Brady Quinn (QB), Notre Dame
4. Tampa Bay Buccaneers - Gaines Adams (DE), Clemson
5. Arizona Cardinals - Joe Thomas (OT), Wisconsin
   
6. Chicago Bears - Patrick Willis (LB), Mississippi [traded from Washington for LB Lance Briggs and 2nd Rd. Pick (#37)]
7. Minnesota Vikings - Adrian Peterson (RB), Oklahoma
8. Detroit Lions - LaRon Landry (FS), LSU [see above, traded from Atlanta]
9. Miami Dolphins - Amobi Okoye (DT), Louisville
10. Houston Texans - Levi Brown (OT), Penn State
11. San Francisco 49'ers - Jamaal Anderson (DE), Arkansas
12. Buffalo Bills - Leon Hall (CB), Michigan
13. St. Louis Rams - Adam Carriker (DE), Nebraska
14. Carolina Panthers - Reggie Nelson (FS), Florida
15. Pittsburgh Steelers - Darrelle Revis (CB), Pitt
16. Green Bay Packers - Marshawn Lynch (RB), Cal
17. Jacksonville Jaguars - Michael Griffin (FS), Texas
18. Cincinnati Bengals - Aaron Ross (CB), Texas
19. Tennessee Titans - Robert Meachem (WR), Tennessee
20. New York Giants - Paul Posluszny (LB), Penn State
21. Denver Broncos - Joe Staley (OT), Central Michigan
22. Dallas Cowboys - Dwayne Jarrett (WR), USC
23. Kansas City Chiefs - Ben Grubbs (OG), Auburn
24. New England Patriots - Jon Beason (LB), Miami
25. New York Jets - Greg Olsen (TE), Miami
26. Philadelphia Eagles - Jarvis Moss (DE), Florida
27. New Orleans Saints - Lawrence Timmons (LB), Florida State
28. New England Patriots - Chris Houston (CB), Arkansas
29. Baltimore Ravens - Justin Blalock (OT), Texas
30. San Diego Chargers - Ted Ginn Jr. (WR), Ohio State
31. Washington Redskins - Justin Harrell (DT), Tennessee [see above, traded from Chicago]
32. Indianapolis Colts - Alan Branch (DT), Michigan
    

2007 MLB All-Fantasy Team

For a detailed analysis and rankings of players at each position, please refer to Dave's Xanga Site (2nd link on the right). Here are my 1st, 2nd, and 3rd team all-fantasy players, and all-phenom team:

1st Team All-Fantasy
C - Joe Mauer (Minnesota Twins)
1B - Albert Pujols (St. Louis Cardinals)
2B - Chase Utley (Philadelphia Phillies)
SS - Derek Jeter (New York Yankees)
3B - Miguel Cabrera (Florida Marlins)
OF - Vladimir Guerrero (Los Angeles Angels)
OF - Grady Sizemore (Cleveland Indians)
OF - Carl Crawford (Tampa Bay Devil Rays)
DH - Travis Hafner (Cleveland Indians)
SP - Johan Santana (Minnesota Twins)
SP - Roy Halladay (Toronto Blue Jays)
SP - Chris Carpenter (St. Louis Cardinals)
SP - Brandon Webb (Arizona Diamondbacks)
SP - Roy Oswalt (Houston Astros)
CL - Mariano Rivera (New York Yankees)

2nd Team All-Fantasy
C - Brian McCann (Atlanta Braves)
1B - Ryan Howard (Philadelphia Phillies)
2B - Brian Roberts (Baltimore Orioles)
SS - Miguel Tejada (Baltimore Orioles)
3B - David Wright (New York Mets)
OF - Alfonso Soriano (Chicago Cubs)
OF - Vernon Wells (Toronto Blue Jays)
OF - Matt Holliday (Colorado Rockies)
DH - David Ortiz (Boston Red Sox)
SP - Carlos Zambrano (Chicago Cubs)
SP - Justin Verlander (Detroit Tigers)
SP - John Smoltz (Atlanta Braves)
SP - Barry Zito (San Francisco Giants)
SP - Mike Mussina (New York Yankees)
CL - Francisco Rodriguez (Los Angeles Angels)

3rd Team All-Fantasy
C - Victor Martinez (Cleveland Indians)
1B - Justin Morneau (Minnesota Twins)
2B - Robinson Cano (New York Yankees)
SS - Jose Reyes (New York Mets)
3B - Alex Rodriguez (New York Yankees)
OF - Jason Bay (Pittsburgh Pirates)
OF - Carlos Beltran (New York Mets)
OF - Ichiro Suzuki (Seattle Mariners)
DH - Jim Thome (Chicago White Sox)
SP - Ervin Santana (Los Angeles Angels)
SP - Rich Harden (Oakland Athletics)
SP - Erik Bedard (Baltimore Orioles)
SP - Jake Peavy (San Diego Padres)
SP - Tim Hudson (Atlanta Braves)
CL - Joe Nathan (Minnesota Twins)

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1st Team Fantasy Phenoms (Under 25 and previously unmentioned)
C - Russell Martin (Los Angeles Dodgers)
1B - Prince Fielder (Milwaukee Brewers)
2B - Josh Barfield (Cleveland Indians)
SS - Hanley Ramirez (Florida Marlins)
3B - Ryan Zimmerman (Washington Nationals)
OF - Nick Markakis (Baltimore Orioles)
OF - Jeff Francoeur (Atlanta Braves)
OF - Jeremy Hermida (Florida Marlins)
SP - Felix Hernandez (Seattle Mariners)
SP - Cole Hamels (Philadelphia Phillies)
SP - Jeremy Sowers (Cleveland Indians)
SP - Scott Kazmir (Tampa Bay Devil Rays)
SP - Anibal Sanchez (Florida Marlins)
CL - Huston Street (Oakland Athletics)

How did my bracket go?

In a word...mediocre.

Midwest Region: 9-6
West Region: 10-5
East Region: 10-5
South Bracket: 10-5

5/8 Elite 8 Teams, 2/4 Final 4 Teams, 0/2 Final 2 Teams

I certainly didn't do bad, but I didn't do great either. I was just plain average throughout the entire tournament it seemed, then withering away at the end. Of 63 tournament games, my record was 39-24 (.619) and I had 76 points in my pool. To put it in perspective, my pool's winner was 41-22 with 103 points. Unlike me, the winner won at the end when it mattered most, as he picked Florida to go all the way. With a predicted final of Georgetown over Kansas, I didn't have much of a chance once the final four rolled around.

This makes it seven years since I have won my own pool, the last time I won was back in 2000 during my senior year of high school. Ugh, I have had a couple of senior years at two different colleges since then! Oh well, there's always next year I suppose.

Now, on to my baseball predictions.....