Fantasy Football Winners and Losers from Draft Day 2007
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by user DNL
I like to do this every year, so, this year, I'll do it on the 'Chair.
The basic premise: These are the guys who, fantasy football-wise, are better off (or worse off) because of the happenings during the slowest 48 hours in the NFL.
Winners
Randy Moss
Would you rather be the #1 receiver on a team with no offensive line and a raw rookie QB, or on a team that oozes professionalism and with a guy named Tom Brady hucking passes as you? Moss is the big winner by a lot.
Willis McGahee
Jonathan Ogden is returning, and the team added two first-day linemen. Meanwhile, the other three AFC North teams took a total of one defensive lineman/linebacker on Day 1.
Tony Romo
Instead of drafting Brady Quinn, the 'Boys traded out of the pick. A vote of confidence in the young-ish passer.
And in 2008:
Drew Stanton
C. Johnson and a year of tutelage under John Kitna. Of course, for Carson Palmer, the "C." was Chad, not Calvin.
Aaron Rodgers
Dodged a bullet. The Packers just don't have many options once Brett Favre retires, so he'll get a shot one way or another.
Losers
Chester Taylor
JaMarcus Russell
The knock on Russell is that he has bad footwork and is a poor decisionmaker. The knock on the Oakland Raiders is that they have no offensive line and overrated WRs. Bust in the making.
Kevin Kolb
Number of years before Donovan McNabb loses his starting job? 4+. Kolb is this year's Matt Schaub -- and that's not a good thing.
Stephen Jackson
Brian Leonard is going to eat up the 3rd down and goal line duties. SJax is going to be the 2007 version of Tiki Barber -- minus the catches.
