GSI Mock Draft: Round 7

19. July 2008  - Published by Dan Clasgens
The 7th Round of the GSI Mock Draft officially marks the midway point. Now is the time to build depth and fill out the starting line-up.

RECAP: ROUND 1 | ROUND 2 | ROUND 3 | ROUND 4 | ROUND 5 | ROUND 6

Here's Round 7:
61. PREUTH - Santana Moss - WR
62. CLASGENS - LenDale White - RB
63. HUMBERT - Fred Taylor - RB
64. BOLTON - Chris Chambers - WR
65. DINSMORE - Chris Cooley - TE
66. MURDICO - Matt Forte - RB
67. SIMS - Calvin Johnson - WR
68. SIMON - Hines Ward - WR
69. WETZEL - Dwayne Bowe - WR
70. FISCHER - Kevin Smith - RB

My Pick: LenDale White became my fourth RB. With my top tight ends off the board and with two WR's already in my line-up, I opt to build depth at running back, by following up last round's pick on Selvin Young with White. That gives me Adrian Peterson, Maurice Jones-Drew and the two back-ups. Either player makes an ideal flex and could easily catapult into my line-up. I am not crazy about White's 3.7 YPC in last year and he's nearly a non-factor in the passing game, but his 303 attempts last year was sixth best in the NFL and with Chris Brown out of the equation he should continue to shoulder the bulk of the load.

Biggest Reach: This may have been the best all-around round of the draft. There is not a single player that was taken out of position. In fact, many of the picks have a tremendous amount of upside for the spot - Taylor, Forte, Johnson, Bowe, and R. White.

Final Take
: I am a big fan of building depth at the most coveted of positions - RB and WR - rather than going after DEF and second-tier TE's just to fill out a line-up. In this round at least, my fellow owners followed suit. Through seven rounds we have yet to see a DEF or PK, but that is about to change.

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Comments

7/19/2008 2:50:52 PM #
Once again Fred Taylor goes five rounds later than his back-up. Owners always seem worried about his durability. But since missing most of the 2001 season, he has played in all but nine games in six years. He also ran for more than 1,000 yards in five of those. Yes, MJD is very talented and ready to take over the top spot in Jacksonville. But for now it belongs to Taylor and there is no reason to think he's going to give it up.
7/19/2008 3:44:09 PM #
My pick of Forte here was a very good value pick. He will be my fourth, and second rookie, RB with Gore, McFadden and "Burner" Turner already on my squad. Forte ran for over 2000 yards last season at Tulane and with Cedric Benson out of Chicago, he has the starting job locked down unless something crazy happens in training camp. Even with the signing of Kevin Jones, Forte will be the Bears Starter. Jones may even start the season on the PUP list which means he won't be available until at least week seven...so Forte's value increases even more so with nobody there as compeition for the starting spot. Forte is a nice flex option and could jump up to my RB2 depending on how McFadden and Turner go.

From here I need to start to fill some other spots. I have all the RBs I need (other than maybe getting handcuffs for guys like McFadden). I'm still without a QB but there are some still out there worth drafting that could end up producing like some guys taken way earlier.
7/20/2008 12:11:06 AM #
I was thrilled with my TE pick of Chris Cooley. After the Big 3 of TEs, he's right there. Consistent and good and always targeted. I almost took him one pick earlier, so when he fell back down to me, I jumped on it.
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