The 2007 draft is in the books. As a way of harnessing the excitement from the draft (and to pass the time until the 2007 NFL season kicks-off), I sent a series of questions to each of the franchise owners to gather their thoughts on the draft - their team, as well as best & worst of the draft. Results are below.

Also - the Drafts page has been updated with the full 2007 draft results; hit the link above to review/refresh yourself on the carnage.

Lastly - hit the forums and talk trash about the draft while the wounds are still fresh.

Post-Draft Survey: Overall Results

Q: Who had the biggest reach of the draft (can't pick your own)? Adam Vinatieri, with 3 votes. All other selections received 1 vote.

Q: What was the best value pick of the draft (can't pick your own)? A tie, between Greg Jennings (2 votes) and Warrick Dunn (2 votes). Both were drafted by Badics, however, he didn't not win the best draft award....

Q: What team had the best draft (can't pick your own)? Another tie, between Bud (3 votes) and Jeremy (3 votes).

Q: What team had the worst draft (can't pick your own)? It's a tie, between Jerome and Dustin (3 votes each).

Q: Favorite to win the championship (can't pick your own)?
With 4 votes, the preseason favorite to win the 2007 4th and 20 League is..... Liefer. In addition to his 2 stud RB keepers (Shaun Alexander and Travis Henry), in the draft he added the best QB (Peyton Manning), a solid stable of receivers (Andre Johnson, T.J. Houshmandzadeh, and Joey Galloway) and a top TE (Witten). He also has a solid bench - DeShaun Foster, Mark Clayton, Joe Horn, etc.

Runners-up: Bud: 2, Jeremy: 1, Craig: 1, Walker: 1

Team-Specific Results Badics:

Q: During the course of the draft, you traded Deuce and Greg Jennings (an absolute steal in the 11th) for Marshawn Lynch and a 13th round pick, which you used to draft JJ Arrington. Considering that Arrington has little value playing behind Edge and Shipp, this trade was essentially Deuce and Jennings for Lynch. Do you expect Lynch to produce that well, or are you expecting down years for Deuce and Jennings ?

Deuce is not eligible to be a keeper so I'm trading 1 year of Deuce for Lynch. I needed to diversify my team (with 3 Saints) and to get a quality running back and a potential keeper was a great deal for me.

Q: Overall, you had some of the best value picks in the draft (Dunn, Kitna, Jennings), but you seemed to lose focus at the end, wrapping up with Antwaan Randle El, JJ Arrington, and Priest Holmes, and you didn't make your last pick at all. What happened? Fatigue, alcohol, etc?

I didn't make my last pick basically because Jeremy said I already had 16 players as a result of the trade. Looking back I probably should have picked another player…whatever. Yes I took some huge reaches. My draft strategy has always been the same: go for the home run. Take a little bit of a reach hoping for huge rewards (Arrington being a first round draft pick, Deuce being a fantasy HOF and….ok Randel El was a bad pick).

Q: Who had the biggest reach of the draft (can't pick your own)? Dwayne Bowe to Wes in the 9th

Q: What was the best value pick of the draft (can't pick your own)? Vincent Jackson in the 6th to Jeremy

Q: What team had the best draft (can't pick your own)? Walker

Q: What team had the worst draft (can't pick your own)? Wes

Q: Favorite to win the championship (can't pick your own)? Walker

Team-Specific Results Twig:

Q: You took Norwood in the 2nd round, but passed on the opportunity to take Dunn in the 4th and secure the Atlanta backfield. Reports indicate that Dunn is the week 1 starter. Any regrets or do you expect Norwood to overtake Dunn and end up starting quickly?

2 points here…. 1 is I’m a dumbass and after Charles took Dunn I thought wow he was still there I sure should have taken him. The other side of the fence is I needed a starting #2 WR and that’s all I was thinking about and now I’m not real high on Branch even though he was one of the highest rated when I picked. All that negativity aside I truly feel Norwood will emerge this year, quickly take the carries and is a good keeper candidate if that happens. He did score a receiving TD last night and looked good, but ATL run O looked horrible as
Dunn rushed 6 times for like 8 yards. Plus who doesn’t want Joey ballgame leading
an offence that affects your fantasy fortunes.

Q: Your #2 WR is either Deion Branch or Calvin Johnson. Are you concerned considering
that Branch has never gone over 1000 yds, and Johnson is a rookie?

I’m not to down on Branch, Hasselbeck will get people the ball and Branch was a semi stud with NE when Brady threw to 7 people every game. Just wish I could have gotten someone better. Here is to hoping Calvin is a stud by mid season.

Q: You ended up with the most home-town Lions players, three in total - Calvin Johnson,
Kevin Jones, Dan Campbell. Was this deliberate, or were you just taking best value at the time? Or are you just trying to make Craig jealous?

I feel Jones was a pretty good value where I got him as my #4 RB and had no intentions of drafting him before hand. Calvin also fell into my lap as the best WR I had rated when I picked there. I’m pretty sure Charles drafted Dan Campbell for me and I put him on the board before anyone else even picked in the round. At that point I was real sick of the draft; he will be the first I drop.

Q: What team had the best draft (can't pick your own)? Bud

Q: What team had the worst draft (can't pick your own)? Jerome for sure

Q: Favorite to win the championship (can't pick your own)? Bud

Team-Specific Results Dustin:

Q: Your stable of WRs (Braylon Edwards, Devery Henderson, Donte Stallworth, Santonio Holmes, Ted Ginn Jr) are young, relatively unproven guys. Any concerns headed into the season without a bonafide #1 WR?

Going into the draft I knew I needed to get a couple starting RBs. I barely got Ahman Green and at that time, top tier WRs were gone, so I waited another round. I also really wanted Gates (WRish numbers a TE) and took him a round earlier than TonyG left the board. I have some talented young WRs and also 3rd year guys. a couple of these guys will break out and fill my WR slots..... and I have the best TE in the game.

Q: You took the first kicker off the board, Adam Vinatieri, in top of the 9th round. The next kicker taken was Shayne Graham 4 rounds later. Any regrets picking a kicker so early?

Vinatieri puts up freakishly good numbers.... K is a starting position.

Q: What was the best value pick of the draft (can't pick your own)? Devin Hester in the last round

Q: What team had the best draft (can't pick your own)? Charles

Q: What team had the worst draft (can't pick your own)? You (eric) hahahahhaah!!!!

Q: Favorite to win the championship (can't pick your own)? Liefer

Team-Specific Results Liefer:

Q: You selected Andre Johnson in the 3rd round, ahead of Colston and T.J. Houshmandzadeh
(who you ended up getting in the 4th anyway). Schaub is still relatively unproven, and Johnson's value ultimately depends on how well Schaub does. Are you convinced that Schaub can be a solid quarterback, or did you feel that if Johnson can put up numbers with Carr behind center, he will be fine with Schaub?

Q: Despite their consistency and lack of injuries, you elected to spend two picks backing up Peyton Manning and Jason Witten. Its hard to envision Jake Delhomme or Desmond Clark ever starting over Manning or Witten, so was this strictly a move to nab some solid backups for bye weeks and in the event of injury? You could have used the picks instead on young unproven talent - guys like Brandon Marshall, Craig Davis, Brandon Jones, Michael Bush, etc, and potentially hit the jackpot (case in point, Maurice Jones Drew in 2006). Any regrets?

Q: Who had the biggest reach of the draft (can't pick your own)?

Q: What was the best value pick of the draft (can't pick your own)?

Q: What team had the best draft (can't pick your own)?

Q: What team had the worst draft (can't pick your own)?

Q: Favorite to win the championship (can't pick your own)?

Team-Specific Results Craig:

Q: In the 3rd round, you drafted Reggie Brown, a WR, when you already had Terrell Owens and Chad Johnson. Seeing that your # 3 RB right now is Leon Washington/Chris Brown do you regret taking Brown over RBs like DeAngelo Williams, C. Taylor, T. Bell, L. Jordan (who were available in the 3rd)? Do you plan to start 3 WR?

I am happy with the Reggie Brown pick. I felt with not having a 4th round pick I needed someone with less question marks then the running backs mentioned (splitting time). My hope is that Chris Brown will be a starting running back, thus giving me the option of either him or Reggie as my flex position.

Q: Before the draft you took a huge gamble and traded multiple picks away for Terrell Owens. In retrospect, how did the trade work out for you and would you do it again?

I think the trade worked out good for both parties. I ended up getting Ocho, TO, and Matt Hasselbeck with the picks I traded. I won't complain with those players. At least I won't complain for a few weeks. I felt more confident with TO then I did with possibly drafting a rookie RB in the 2nd.

Q: Who had the biggest reach of the draft (can't pick your own)? Tatum Bell, Round 3. But Jerome wasnt there.

Q: What was the best value pick of the draft (can't pick your own)? Tony Romo, round 7 (jeremy)

Q: What team had the best draft (can't pick your own)? Jeremy

Q: What team had the worst draft (can't pick your own)? Jerome

Q: Favorite to win the championship (can't pick your own)? Jeremy

Team-Specific Results Torey:

Q: Your draft seemed to consist of extremes - you had several guys that seem to fall to you and were great values (Driver, Chambers, Chris Henry), but you also seemed to reach in a number of spots (Gonzo, Matt Jones). Any regrets?

The Tony Gonzalez pick - there were a few good WRs out there. However, they had the same BYE weeks as my other WRs. Gonzo was ranked a few spots down on my board, so I figured I would go for him, and get a WR the next round. I feel fine about it. No regrets. Matt Jones is also another sleeper. He fits in with his bye week as well, and I think he has a lot of potential. This is his 3rd year, and he could emerge as something nice... or really suck. Since he is a backup, I am willing to take that chance. Besides, I am sure that I could find a decent WR replacement if he does bust.

Q: You elected to keep Tom Brady over Brandon Jacobs, despite the fact that Brady was a projected 2nd or 3rd round selection. Were you not sold on Jacobs as a starter, or are you expecting big things from Brady and were afraid you wouldn't get a shot at him in the 2nd?

I went back and forth on this quite a bit. I think I changed my mind 2-3 different times. I went through a ton of mock drafts, and pre-season predictions and rankings. All of them that I saw had them virtually the same or very similar. I mainly used ESPN. (Maybe that is 1/2 the problem... lol)

So I looked at it a few ways. Brady is very consistent and has been for years. The addition of a full year of Staalworth, and Moss (who many people forget used to be a 1-2 rounder when he was with the Vikings) can only increase his production. This made me upgrade Brady a little more then maybe others may have.

Now, with Jacobs, I was very excited after Barber announced his retirement last year. However, the Giants didn't seem that sold on him. That is the biggest reason they went out and got Droughns. He used to be good before he went to Cleveland . He has the potential to be good again. This makes me think of Dunn/Ducket from Atlanta . I feel that the Giants may turn to this type of 2-back system to keep them both healthy since Jacobs takes a beating, and Droughns is a health risk.

I have been burned in past years with running backs being "good" and then get burned and miss the playoffs. (D. Davis, L. Jordan, C. Williams, R Droughns - all of which was last year!) I felt I would take the consistency over the risk/reward. It may turn out to be an amazing keeper choice, or my biggest mistake of the 2007 season. We will know come the 13th week of the season!

Q: Who had the biggest reach of the draft (can't pick your own)?

I think the earliest mistake was done by Eric's team. I think taking Adrian Peterson (R) really forced his hand in some later rounds. He then needed to take Taylor and even another RB before they were all gone. This definitely caused the rest of his draft to be a little chaotic trying to get the best player available while still not falling behind other teams.

The biggest reach of the draft was definitely hands down Adam Vinatieri going in the 9th round. There isn't much difference between the 1st and 12th kickers in the league. Also, you never know who will be the best kicker regardless. None of the top 3 kickers the last few years have been the best so you might as well wait until the end to get a kicker.

Q: What was the best value pick of the draft (can't pick your own)?

Definitely Greg Jennings in the 11th round! Wow... Farve is not going out handing the ball off. He is going to be throwing it into the sunset. If I didn't have Driver already, I would have been all over him... but I didn't want ANOTHER person with the same bye week.

Q: What team had the best draft (can't pick your own)?

I think there are a few that did well. The one that stands out to me is Bud. Any time you have Larry Johnson Cadillac Williams Brandon Jacobs Lee Evans Donovan McNabb Santana Moss as your starting 6, that is good. Especially when one of them is LJ. However, I think Craig and Jeremy did well as well. Those trades ended up working for both of them.

Q: What team had the worst draft (can't pick your own)?

I think it was Dustin. I think he s very weak in the WR department, yet still doesn't have a true stud at RB either. (I don't count Westbrook since he always gets injured it seems) Unless one of his WRs come up big... it could be a LONG year.

Q: Favorite to win the championship (can't pick your own)?

I will probably pick Bud since I can't pick my own team. But, rarely does the best draft turn out to be the winner of the league.

Team-Specific Results Bud:

Q: You took Lee Evans as your first WR in the 2nd, over Javon Walker, Andre Johnson,
and T.J. Houshmandzadeh. Any regrets?

Lee Evans has every opportunity to double the others production. Fantasy Football is a crapshoot so you might as well just pick the guy that you want on your team.

Q: You started the draft by going with Brandon Jacobs, adding to LJ and Cadillac. But you didn't go back to RB again until the 7th round, when you got Reuben Droughns, a key handcuff. In retrospect, do you regret not adding another quality RB in rounds 2-6, considering the question marks surrounding your starting 3?

Almost every running back went above projected. I went best available and found a star QB and backup WR.

Q: Who had the biggest reach of the draft (can't pick your own)? Devery Henderson or keeping Fred Taylor

Q: What was the best value pick of the draft (can't pick your own)? Jay Cutler or Chris Brown

Q: What team had the best draft (can't pick your own)? Twig or Pierce, but he had more picks.

Q: What team had the worst draft (can't pick your own)? Jerome

Q: Favorite to win the championship (can't pick your own)? Liefer

Team-Specific Results Wes:

Q: Despite the fact that Fragile Fred Taylor is your #2, you didn't take a RB until the 3rd round, when you grabbed DeAngelo Williams. Your first 2 picks (Steve Smith & Palmer) were solid, but any regret in passing on some of the RBs taken before DeAngelo (Lewis, Peterson, Lynch, Green, Barber, Norwood )?

I wasn't exactly pleased with the way the draft went, in terms of running backs available when I picked. My strategy this year centered around one main idea: take the best available player, that fills a need. I didn't want to "reach" for some of those RBs you listed, as I had them rated lower on my board. But I think that with any luck, my RB situation shouldn't be too bad at all. Time will tell.

Q: You took Dwayne Bowe in the 9th. Are you expecting big things, or do you feel you reached a bit?

The 9th round may have been a bit early, but there weren't many other players that really caught my eye as potential sleepers. I like Bowe as a possible contributor this year, based on his team's situation and some things I read about him.

Q: Who had the biggest reach of the draft (can't pick your own)?

Jerious Norwood in the 2nd round jumps out at me as a bit of a stretch (sorry Jerad), but the award for the biggest reach has to go to Dustin for grabbing Vinatieri in the 9th.

Q: What was the best value pick of the draft (can't pick your own)?

I like Matt Hasselbeck in the 10th as the best value pick. A potential top five QB falling that far is a bit surprising. Vincent Jackson (who was high on my sleeper list, but I completely forgot about) would also get a nod as a good value.

Q: What team had the best draft (can't pick your own)?

It's a tough call on the best draft, but I'm leaning toward either Dez Nuts or the hoslap. There are quite a few good looking teams this year.

Q: What team had the worst draft (can't pick your own)?

Aside from the obvious pick (Jerome), I'd say that bloodteethnhair had a rough go of it on draft day.

Q: Favorite to win the championship (can't pick your own)?

My early favorite to win has to be the Craigulators. That team looks pretty solid from top to bottom. I guess that trade didn't work out too badly after all (on paper).

Team-Specific Results Jeremy:

Q: You started the draft with only one keeper (Portis), but had 7 picks in the first 4 rounds. Now that the draft is over, how do you feel about your team?

With the question marks surround Portis, my goal was to come out of the first 4 rounds (in which I had 7 picks) with a proven RB, Ladell Betts, and 2 others with high upside. I was not able to do this through the draft (Benson - unproven, Betts, Lynch (?), B Jackson (?), Portis (?)), but I was able to land Deuce McAllister for M. Lynch. I feel great about my RBs, got some very good value picks with my starting WR (Walker - late 2nd, Burress - late 3rd) and
also got a steal at QB in the 7th round with Romo. From there, I think I did a pretty
good job filling out my bench, but should have taken a flier or two on RBs late.

Q: You waited a long time on TE before finally pulling the trigger on Watson in the 12. Do you regret not taking a TE before the run?

I don't regret waiting so long on a TE only because I got Greg Olsen in the 12th round (Watson was the 10th). I reached for Watson and really could have used the pick better, but I panicked as I thought Twig would grab Watson.

Q: Who had the biggest reach of the draft (can't pick your own)?

Torey - Matt Jones, 7th round (I think he could have been had as a free agent)

Q: What was the best value pick of the draft (can't pick your own)?

Charles - Warrick Dunn, end of 4th round (Drafted 25 picks after Norwood and Dunn is the starter, huge steal)

Craig - Chris Brown, 7th round (Getting a starting RB this late, especially in this league, is a big surprise)

Q: What team had the best draft (can't pick your own)?

Since we are talking draft, I will exclude the keepers from this decision. I think Liefer had the best draft, especially when you look at some of his value picks. Peyton Manning fell into his lap at # 4 and he had the RB keepers to take him. Reached on Andre Johnson big time, but then took the guy I thought he should have grabbed there in the next round, TJ Housh (lock it up).

I don't feel great about his RB depth having only DeShaun Foster & Tony Hunt as backups. Great value picks later to round out his roster though (Mark Clayton - 7th, Joe Horn - 11th)

Q: What team had the worst draft (can't pick your own)?

Torey, overdrafted a lot of guys. Marion Barber in the 2nd was too high, Tony G in the 4th when there were a ton of good tight ends out there 3 rounds later, Matt Jones in the 7th. Had some good picks later (Chris Henry in 11th, Anthony Gonzalez in the 12th), but just too many reaches early when you want to take best available.

Q: Favorite to win the championship (can't pick your own)?

I'd say Liefer, his 3 headed monster (Peyton, Alexander, Henry) would be tough to beat, then he went out and got a lot of really good value picks. Will be tough to beat if his team stays injury free

Team-Specific Results Jerome:

Q: Now that the smoke has cleared and you have seen your roster, what are your thoughts?
Can LT carry your team to the playoffs again?

Q: Your RB aren't very deep - LT is the only bonafide starter in the group. However, you have an excellent group of receivers. Will you run the 3 WR set and put Anquan Boldin, Torry Holt, and Bernard Berrian on the field at the same time?

Q: Who had the biggest reach of the draft (can't pick your own)?

Q: What was the best value pick of the draft (can't pick your own)?

Q: What team had the best draft (can't pick your own)?

Q: What team had the worst draft (can't pick your own)?

Q: Favorite to win the championship (can't pick your own)?

Team-Specific Results Eric:

Q: How do you feel after waiting 13 rounds and settling with JP Losman as your starting QB?

My strategy going in this year was to get a good values at the one-off positions - QB, TE, DEF, and K. I feel I was successful in all regards BUT QB, and I waited way too long to pick one.

Initially, I was hoping Bulger (long shot) or McNabb would fall to the end of the 3rd. When that didn't pan out, I set my sights on Romo and knew I could wait a few more picks. But then Jeremy sniped me on Romo in the 7th, and again on Eli Manning in the 9th. After both times, I elected to wait longer, thinking the QBs would still be there, as by that point, everyone had their starters. But then a run on backup QBs went, and I wasn't expecting that.

Part of my decision process was also based on my selection of Peterson in the 2nd - I essentially had to go with the handcuff early on, and then spent most of the draft either looking for RB values, or filling other holes. I felt like I was always playing catch-up.

The key to my season will be whether or not I can get consistent performance out of my QBs. I have the firepower at other spots so I won't need Losman to win games for me. The key is that he doesn't lose any for me.

Q: And how confident are you with relying heavily on two teams Indy (Harrison & Wayne) and Minnesota (AD & Chester)?

I am definitely nervous. In the case of Indy, if Peyton Manning goes down, my season is over. Does anyone even know who Manning's backup is? Does he even have one?

Not overly concerned about the reliance on Indy, as they have been solid and consistent offensively since Peyton was drafted. Minnesota is a bigger question, however.

Couple of things here - I needed to draft a RB in the 1st or 2nd round for two reasons: I was only keeping one RB (Steven Jackson) and our league is RB-crazy, so I knew the pickings would be slim by the time I picked.

Going into the draft, I was hoping that an RB would slip in the 1st round, but as expected, that didn't happen. My strategy then was to draft best available WR (Harrison) and then take best RB on the way back. The debate really became between Peterson and Lynch. I like Peterson's upside more, and part of that decision was forward-looking to next year as a possible keeper.
Plus Lynch has looked like crap in the preseason.

Once I took Peterson, I felt like I had to lock-up Chester too. I don't ever plan on starting both of these guys at the same time, but will play the hot hand. Chester looks to be the starter heading into the season, which puts me in an awkward position.

Q: Who had the biggest reach of the draft (can't pick your own)? I would say a tie between Matt Jones in the 7th and Adam Vinatieri in the 9th.

Q: What was the best value pick of the draft (can't pick your own)?

I liked Warrick Dunn in the 4th (Badics), Vincent Jackson in the 6th (Jeremy), and Chris Brown in the 7th (Craig). But I think best value was Greg Jennings in the 11th (Badics)

Q: What team had the best draft (can't pick your own)?

Based purely on where he started from, I think Jeremy's team improved the most. Think a lot of other teams did really well - Badics, Craig, Walker , Liefer. But considering all the picks he gathered and then what he was able to turn them into, his team really came a long way.

Q: What team had the worst draft (can't pick your own)?

The obvious answer is Jerome, but seeing how he wasn't even there, that's to be expected. Of the people actually there, I would say Dustin and Torey. While they both had good picks, both had a number of early reaches that could hurt (Donte Stallworth, Adam Vinatieri, Tony Gonzalez, Matt Jones).

Q: Favorite to win the championship (can't pick your own)?

Tough call. I think the early contenders (on paper) are Jeremy, Liefer, Walker , Badics, Craig, and Bud. Of that group, I like Walker 's starting unit the best, but think his lack of depth could be a problem if someone goes down. Ditto for Badics - great starting unit, questionable backups. Bud has a solid backfield but his WR are not the best. Craig has the opposite situation - great WR, but not a lot of RB depth. I like Liefer to reclaim the championship
trophy, beating Jeremy's squad in the finals.

Team-Specific Results Walker:

Q: You took Rivers in the 4th, which seemed a little early. Was that a result of the other top QBs (McNabb, Bulger, Palmer) going off the board so quickly, or did you have Rivers rated that high?

Drafted Rivers a round or two too early, but would have been gone at my draft position. I had him rated behind Manning, Palmer, Bulger, and McNabb.

Q: Your starters are solid, but with the exception of Kevin Curtis, your bench consists of rookies (Bush, Wolfe, Meachem) and handcuffs (Turner, Pittman, Morris). In retrospect, do you wish you had added another experienced WR or a backup QB?

I wanted another receiver, but could not get a good enough one at my position. I had other needs. I wanted another running back, but all quality backs were gone at my picks. Did not want a second QB. I can pick one up on waivers (playing well and matchups). I will probably snag another receiver in the next two weeks. I would like to wait until after the first or second week (if my guys stay healthy).

Q: What was the best value pick of the draft (can't pick your own)? Warrick Dunn (Badics)

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