Greg Olsen
Roto ArcadeYahoo Fantasy Football Mock, RDs 5-6: Lynch, Peterson get the call
With most free agents signed and the NFL Draft in the books, it’s time for fantasy owners to get back in the saddle, Yahoo mouthpieces included. Below is our first mock of the season – 12-teams, .5 PPR, all positions must be filled. Peruse, follow and
- Windy City Gridiron
Ranking the last 25 years of 1st round Bears draft picks
“Draft day is when you find out whose fault last season was.” Bernie Lincicome of the Chicago Tribune wrote those words in 1996 to start his column about Bears 1st round pick Walt Harris. They’re as true now as they were then. Mitchell Trubisky is the balm applied to the Cutler era. Once he sets foot on that field, whether Week 1 this year or in 2018, we’ll find out whose fault last season was. Bears fans have found a lot of fault since 1993. That year was Dave Wannstedt’s first as head coach. We needed to know whose fault 5-11 was. Eventually we needed to know whose fault Dave Wannstedt was. One by one, we learned whose fault year after year of crappy 1st round draft picks was. Read up on Mitch
- Canal Street Chronicles
POLL: Which NFC South Draft Pick Scares You the Most?
So the NFC South saw tons of improvements in the 2017 NFL Draft, but which draft pick coming to the division of the New Orleans Saints should Saints fans be most afraid of? The Carolina Panthers selected Stanford RB Christian McCaffrey with the 9th overall pick in the 2017 NFL Draft. McCaffrey is a dynamic all-around Running Back that bring another dimension to the Carolina Panthers backfield, already containing mobile QB Cam Newton. With Kelvin Benjamin and Greg Olsen as threats in the passing game, McCaffrey will make the Panthers run game that much more of a unit for opposing defenses to focus on. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers got their own offensive weapon in the draft, selecting Alabama TE O.J.
Quarterbacks
| No | Player | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | QB | |
| 4 | QB | |
| 1 | QB | |
| 14 | KR/PR/SPTM/QB |
Running Backs
| No | Player | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| 40 | RB/FB | |
| 34 | RB | |
| 22 | RB | |
| 38 | RB | |
| 28 | RB | |
| 43 | KR/RB | |
| 36 | RB/FB |
Wide Receivers
| No | Player | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| 13 | WR | |
| 11 | PR/WR | |
| 18 | WR | |
| 83 | WR/KR/PR | |
| 16 | WR | |
| 81 | WR | |
| 17 | WR | |
| 15 | WR | |
| 12 | WR | |
| 2 | WR | |
| 10 | WR | |
| 19 | WR |
Tight Ends
| No | Player | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| 84 | TE | |
| 82 | TE | |
| 88 | TE | |
| 80 | TE | |
| 46 | TE |
Offensive Line
| No | Player | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| 76 | T/ROT | |
| 71 | T/LOT | |
| 66 | C | |
| 44 | C/LS | |
| 67 | C | |
| 75 | T/LOT | |
| 69 | G/C | |
| 72 | T/ROG | |
| 68 | G/LOG | |
| 73 | T/ROT | |
| 79 | G/ROG | |
| 65 | G/LOG | |
| 63 | T/ROT | |
| 78 | T/LOT | |
| 70 | G/ROG | |
| 60 | T/ROT | |
| 61 | G/LOG |
Defensive Line
| No | Player | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| 97 | DE/RDE | |
| 92 | DT/RDT | |
| 64 | DE/LDE | |
| 72 | DT/LDT | |
| 91 | DE/RDT | |
| 74 | DE/RDE/LDE | |
| 96 | DE/RDE | |
| 95 | DE/LDE | |
| 98 | DT/LDT | |
| 93 | DT/RDT | |
| 96 | DE/LDT | |
| 90 | DE/RDE | |
| 99 | DT/RDT | |
| 94 | DE/LDE |
Linebackers
| No | Player | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| 45 | LB/LLB | |
| 50 | LB/MLB | |
| 57 | LB/SPTM/LLB | |
| 58 | LB/LLB | |
| 53 | LB/MLB | |
| 59 | LB/MLB | |
| 55 | LB/SPTM/LLB | |
| 52 | LB/RLB | |
| 54 | LB/RLB |
Secondary
| No | Player | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| 27 | S/FS | |
| 24 | CB/LCB | |
| 20 | S/SS | |
| 30 | S/LCB | |
| 35 | CB/LCB | |
| 42 | S/FS | |
| 32 | CB/LCB | |
| 29 | S/SS | |
| 23 | S/SS | |
| 41 | CB/RCB | |
| 39 | CB/RCB | |
| 31 | CB/RCB | |
| 37 | S/SS | |
| 21 | CB/FS | |
| 26 | CB/RCB |
Special Teams
| No | Player | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | K/LS | |
| 9 | K/KFG/KKO | |
| 8 | P/HLD | |
| 5 | P/HLD |