• The Bucs must be feeling better about Carnell Williams' surgically-repaired knee - the only RB they took in the draft was Cory Boyd in the 7th round. Cadillac, for his part, says it's "definitely a possibility" that he'll play in week one.
• If going to Atlanta wasn't the worst-case scenario for Matt Ryan, I don't know what was.
• Say what you want about Oakland, they stay true to form year after year. They take the most talented player available, regardless of how horrible a fit he is for their organization. That's the McFadden pick in a nutshell - they're more than set at RB already. Still... it might be fun to watch McFadden and JaMarcus Russell working together. Four guys you don't want to run into at a night club this week: LaMont Jordan, Justin Fargas, Dominic Rhodes, and Michael Bush. You might also want to avoid any burly keeper-league owners who had high hopes for Bush in 2008.
• The Jets did what we said they'd do.
• Cedric Benson had to be happy when the Bears made the "no duh" move of taking an OL with their first pick. Then they wiped that smile right off his face with their 2nd-round pick, RB Matt Forte, who will undoubtedly steal at least a few carries and could challenge Benson outright for the starting job. Bears GM Jerry Angelo isn't mincing words about it, either: "Maybe (Benson's) not the featured back we thought he'd be." Ouch.

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Not that I watched it. Anyone who actually watches the NFL draft coverage should realize that they are on equal footing with the people who sit through an entire American Idol results show. Sure, I'm interested in the outcome (of the former, that is), but I don't have such a burning desire to know who goes where that I need to find out right at the instant it happens.

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Couldn't say I saw this one coming. AOL already runs its own fantasy sports leagues (which I've never tried), but they must not be attracting many users, or they must prefer Fleaflicker's technology over their own. I can't imagine Fleaflicker holding out for too much money, so it may have been a pretty painless way for AOL to reign in a competitor before they got too big. Now they've just got to worry about Yahoo, CBS Sportsline, Fox Sports, ESPN, NFL.com, FantasyPlayers.com, and about 100 other smaller sites. No biggie.

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I didn't notice this article when it came out earlier this month. Here, someone named Michael Rowe explains why he thinks fantasy football is partly to blame for what he claims is the demise of sportswriting in recent years:

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As I mentioned previously, we're participating in the Hazean's 2008 NFL mock draft. We're representing the Jets and their #6 pick. We went with Vernon Gholston, whose name has been associated with the Jets for a good month now. He's a perfect fit for them, but I have a feeling that they'll be very, very lucky if he falls to #6 (the Dolphins are even rumored to be considering taking Gholston with the top overall pick). Our (well, my) justification for the pick is after the jump.

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Here's an interesting stat:

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