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Mock Draft 1.0

02:42 PM ET 02.26

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While creating a mock draft is a pretty futile exercise, especially before free agency has even started, I had time and so I went for it. I tried to take into consideration free agency moves that I see as likely to happen, and explained when I did so. It's only one round; I thought about doing a second, but it would be a lot more guesswork, since about halfway through round two I'd be running into people I haven't done much research on. I'm sure you'll disagree plenty, so when you do, feel free to tell me how you'd fix it: 1. Miami…

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Filling the gaps: what needs to happen in Chicago

12:27 PM ET 02.25

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“In the offseason you’re trying to improve your ballclub,” Smith said. “We’re not saying we have all of those areas taken care of. We’re going to try to bring in as many good football players as we possibly can. That’s why we’re down here [at the Combine]. Of course, there’s free agency and there’s a lot of different ways for us to improve..." After the mockery of 2007, the Bears have some important issues to fix. As the veteran cuts start to roll in and the rookie class of '08 starts to…

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Living the Fantasy

01:25 PM ET 02.01

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Thoughts, refections, musings, and so forth on the experience of a rookie fantasy football player. "I hate it," I thought, two weeks into the season. I decided to get into fantasy football this past off-season, and joined a league my friend set up. Wanting to figure out what I was doing before the draft for my friend's league, I joined a public league for a "trial" run. After the trial draft, then the subsequent friend draft, I decided to add two more leagues: one, I drafted with the knowledge I'd attained from from my experience, the…

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