Blue Jays — Ricky Romero
Orioles — Dana Eveland
Rays — Jeff Keppinger
Red Sox — Will Middlebrooks
Yankees — Phil Hughes

Indians — Shelley Duncan
Royals — Tim Collins
Tigers — Rick Porcello
Twins — Glen Perkins
White Sox — Gordon Beckham

Angels — Vernon Wells
Athletics — Jerry Blevins*
Mariners — Steve Delabar
Rangers — Mitch Moreland

Braves — Eric O'Flaherty
Marlins — Steve Cishek
Mets — R.A. Dickey
Nationals — Roger Bernadina
Phillies — Vance Worley

Astros — J.D. Martinez
Brewers — Randy Wolf
Cardinals — Allen Craig
Cubs — Joe Mather
Pirates — Chris Resop
Reds — Homer Bailey

Diamondbacks — Craig Breslow
Dodgers — Todd Coffey
Giants — Emmanuel Burriss
Padres — Dale Thayer
Rockies — Rex Brothers

* - The Umpirest Name In Baseball

Round 1, Pick 1 by Indianapolis: Andrew Luck, QB, Stanford — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 1, Pick 2 by Washington: Rober t Griffin III, QB, Baylor — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 1, Pick 3 by Cleveland: Trent Richardson, RB, Alabama — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 1, Pick 4 by Minnesota: Matt Kalil, OT, Southern California — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 1, Pick 5 by Jacksonville: Justin Blackmon, WR, Oklahoma State — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 1, Pick 6 by Dallas: Morris Claiborne, CB, LSU — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 1, Pick 7 by Tampa Bay: Mark Barron, SS, Alabama — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 1, Pick 8 by Miami: Ryan Tannehill, QB, Texas A&M — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 1, Pick 9 by Carolina: Luke Kuechly, ILB, Boston College — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 1, Pick 10 by Buffalo: Stephon Gilmore, CB, South Carolina — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 1, Pick 11 by Kansas City: Dontari Poe, DT, Memphis — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 1, Pick 12 by Philadelphia: Fletcher Cox, DT, Mississippi State — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 1, Pick 13 by Arizona: Michael Floyd, WR, Notre Dame — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 1, Pick 14 by St. Louis: Michael Brockers, DT, LSU — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 1, Pick 15 by Seattle: Bruce Irvin, OLB, West Virginia — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 1, Pick 16 by NY Jets: Quinton Coples, DE, North Carolina — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 1, Pick 17 by Cincinnati: Dre Kirkpatrick, CB, Alabama — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 1, Pick 18 by San Diego: Melvin Ingram, OLB, South Carolina — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 1, Pick 19 by Chicago: Shea McClellin, OLB, Boise State — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 1, Pick 20 by Tennessee: Kendall Wright, WR, Baylor — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 1, Pick 21 by New England: Chandler Jones, DE, Syracuse — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 1, Pick 22 by Cleveland: Brandon Weeden, QB, Oklahoma State — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 1, Pick 23 by Detroit: Riley Reiff, OT, Iowa — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 1, Pick 24 by Pittsburgh: David DeCastro, OG, Stanford — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 1, Pick 25 by New England: Dont'a Hightower, ILB, Alabama — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 1, Pick 26 by Houston: Whitney Mercilus, DE, Illinois — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 1, Pick 27 by Cincinnati: Kevin Zeitler, OG, Wisconsin — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 1, Pick 28 by Green Bay: Nick Perry, DE, Southern California — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 1, Pick 29 by Minnesota: Harrison Smith, SS, Notre Dame — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 1, Pick 30 by San Francisco: A.J. Jenkins, WR, Illinois — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 1, Pick 31 by Tampa Bay: Doug Martin, RB, Boise State — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 1, Pick 32 by NY Giants: David Wilson, RB, Virginia Tech — Analysis: Great pick.

Round 2, Pick 1 by St. Louis: Brian Quick, WR, Appalachian State — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 2, Pick 2 by Indianapolis: Coby Fleener, TE, Stanford — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 2, Pick 3 by Baltimore: Courtney Upshaw, DE, Alabama — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 2, Pick 4 by Denver: Derek Wolfe, DT, Cincinnati — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 2, Pick 5 by Cleveland: Mitchell Schwartz, OT, California — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 2, Pick 6 by Jacksonville: Andre Branch, DE, Clemson — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 2, Pick 7 by St. Louis: Janoris Jenkins, CB, North Alabama — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 2, Pick 8 by Carolina: Amini Silatolu, OG, Midwestern State — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 2, Pick 9 by Buffalo: Cordy Glenn, OT, Georgia — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 2, Pick 10 by Miami: Jonathan Martin, OT, Stanford — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 2, Pick 11 by NY Jets: Stephen Hill, WR, Georgia Tech — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 2, Pick 12 by Kansas City: Jeff Allen, OT, Illinois — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 2, Pick 13 by Chicago: Alshon Jeffery, WR, South Carolina — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 2, Pick 14 by Philadelphia: Mychal Kendricks, ILB, California — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 2, Pick 15 by Seattle: Bobby Wagner, OLB, Utah State — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 2, Pick 16 by New England: Tavon Wilson, FS, Illinois — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 2, Pick 17 by San Diego: Kendall Reyes, DT, Connecticut — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 2, Pick 18 by St. Louis: Isaiah Pead, RB, Cincinnati — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 2, Pick 19 by Green Bay: Jerel Worthy, DT, Michigan State — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 2, Pick 20 by Tennessee: Zach Brown, OLB, North Carolina — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 2, Pick 21 by Cincinnati: Devon Still, DT, Penn State — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 2, Pick 22 by Detroit: Ryan Broyles, WR, Oklahoma — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 2, Pick 23 by Atlanta: Peter Konz, C, Wisconsin — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 2, Pick 24 by Pittsburgh: Mike Adams, OT, Ohio State — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 2, Pick 25 by Denver: Brock Osweiler, QB, Arizona State — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 2, Pick 26 by Tampa Bay: Lavonte David, OLB, Nebraska — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 2, Pick 27 by Philadelphia: Vinny Curry, DE, Marshall — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 2, Pick 28 by Baltimore: Kelechi Osemele, OT, Iowa State — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 2, Pick 29 by San Francisco: LaMichael James, RB, Oregon — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 2, Pick 30 by Green Bay: Casey Hayward, CB, Vanderbilt — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 2, Pick 31 by NY Giants: Rueben Randle, WR, LSU — Analysis: Great pick.

Round 3, Pick 1 by Indianapolis: Dwayne Allen, TE, Clemson — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 3, Pick 2 by St. Louis: Trumaine Johnson, CB, Montana — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 3, Pick 3 by Minnesota: Josh Robinson, CB, UCF — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 3, Pick 4 by Denver: Ronnie Hillman, RB, San Diego State — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 3, Pick 5 by Houston: DeVier Posey, WR, Ohio State — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 3, Pick 6 by Buffalo: T.J. Graham, WR, North Carolina State — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 3, Pick 7 by Jacksonville: Bryan Anger, P, California — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 3, Pick 8 by Washington: Josh LeRibeus, OG, Southern Methodist — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 3, Pick 9 by Miami: Olivier Vernon, DE, Miami (Fla.) — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 3, Pick 10 by San Diego: Brandon Taylor, SS, LSU — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 3, Pick 11 by Kansas City: Donald Stephenson, OT, Oklahoma — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 3, Pick 12 by Seattle: Russell Wilson, QB, Wisconsin — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 3, Pick 13 by Houston: Brandon Brooks, OG, Miami (Ohio) — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 3, Pick 14 by NY Jets: Demario Davis, OLB, Arkansas State — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 3, Pick 15 by Miami: Michael Egnew, TE, Missouri — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 3, Pick 16 by Chicago: Brandon Hardin, FS, Oregon State — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 3, Pick 17 by Arizona: Jamell Fleming, CB, Oklahoma — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 3, Pick 18 by Dallas: Tyrone Crawford, DE, Boise State — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 3, Pick 19 by Tennessee: Mike Martin, DT, Michigan — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 3, Pick 20 by Cincinnati: Mohamed Sanu, WR, Rutgers — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 3, Pick 21 by Baltimore: Bernard Pierce, RB, Temple — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 3, Pick 22 by Detroit: Dwight Bentley, CB, La.-Lafayette — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 3, Pick 23 by Pittsburgh: Sean Spence, OLB, Miami (Fla.) — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 3, Pick 24 by Cleveland: John Hughes, DT, Cincinnati — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 3, Pick 25 by Philadelphia: Nick Foles, QB, Arizona — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 3, Pick 26 by New Orleans: Akiem Hicks, DT, Regina — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 3, Pick 27 by New England: Jake Bequette, DE, Arkansas — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 3, Pick 28 by Atlanta: Lamar Holmes, OT, Southern Mississippi — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 3, Pick 29 by Indianapolis: TY Hilton, WR, Florida International — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 3, Pick 30 by Cincinnati: Brandon Thompson, DT, Clemson — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 3, Pick 31 by NY Giants: Jayron Hosley, CB, Virginia Tech — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 3, Pick 32 by Oakland: Tony Bergstrom, OT, Utah — Analysis: Great pick.

Round 4, Pick 1 by St. Louis: Chris Givens, WR, Wake Forest — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 4, Pick 2 by Miami: Lamar Miller, RB, Miami (Fla.) — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 4, Pick 3 by Baltimore: Gino Gradkowski, OG, Delaware — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 4, Pick 4 by Houston: Ben Jones, C, Georgia — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 4, Pick 5 by Cleveland: Travis Benjamin, WR, Miami (Fla.) — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 4, Pick 6 by Denver: Omar Bolden, CB, Arizona State — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 4, Pick 7 by Washington: Kirk Cousins, QB, Michigan State — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 4, Pick 8 by Carolina: Frank Alexander, DE, Oklahoma — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 4, Pick 9 by Carolina: Joe Adams, WR, Arkansas — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 4, Pick 10 by Buffalo: Nigel Bradham, OLB, Florida State — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 4, Pick 11 by Seattle: Robert Turbin, RB, Utah State — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 4, Pick 12 by Kansas City: Devon Wylie, WR, Fresno State — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 4, Pick 13 by Denver: Philip Blake, C, Baylor — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 4, Pick 14 by Pittsburgh: Alameda Ta'amu, DT, Washington — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 4, Pick 15 by San Diego: Ladarius Green, TE, La.-Lafayette — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 4, Pick 16 by Chicago: Evan Rodriguez, FB, Temple — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 4, Pick 17 by Arizona: Bobby Massie, OT, Mississippi — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 4, Pick 18 by Dallas: Kyle Wilber, OLB, Wake Forest — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 4, Pick 19 by Seattle: Jaye Howard, DT, Florida — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 4, Pick 20 by Tennessee: Coty Sensabaugh, CB, Clemson — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 4, Pick 21 by Cincinnati: Orson Charles, TE, Georgia — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 4, Pick 22 by San Francisco: Joe Looney, OG, Wake Forest — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 4, Pick 23 by Minnesota: Jarius Wright, WR, Arkansas — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 4, Pick 24 by Washington: Keenan Robinson, ILB, Texas — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 4, Pick 25 by Cleveland: James-Michael Johnson, ILB, Nevada — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 4, Pick 26 by Houston: Keshawn Martin, WR, Michigan State — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 4, Pick 27 by New Orleans: Nick Toon, WR, Wisconsin — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 4, Pick 28 by Philadelphia: Brandon Boykin, CB, Georgia — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 4, Pick 29 by Buffalo: Ron Brooks, CB, LSU — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 4, Pick 30 by Detroit: Ronnell Lewis, OLB, Oklahoma — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 4, Pick 31 by Houston: Jared Crick, DE, Nebraska — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 4, Pick 32 by NY Giants: Adrien Robinson, TE, Cincinnati — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 4, Pick 33 by Minnesota: Rhett Ellison, TE, Southern California — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 4, Pick 34 by Oakland: Miles Burris, OLB, San Diego State — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 4, Pick 35 by Baltimore: Christian Thompson, FS, South Carolina State — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 4, Pick 36 by NY Giants: Brandon Mosley, OT, Auburn — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 4, Pick 37 by Green Bay: Mike Daniels, DT, Iowa — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 4, Pick 38 by Green Bay: Jerron McMillian, SS, Maine — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 4, Pick 39 by Minnesota: Greg Childs, WR, Arkansas — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 4, Pick 40 by Dallas: Matt Johnson, SS, Eastern Washington — Analysis: Great pick.

Round 5, Pick 1 by Indianapolis: Josh Chapman, DT, Alabama — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 5, Pick 2 by Denver: Malik Jackson, DE, Tennessee — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 5, Pick 3 by Detroit: Tahir Whitehead, OLB, Temple — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 5, Pick 4 by Minnesota: Robert Blanton, CB, Notre Dame — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 5, Pick 5 by Tampa Bay: Najee Goode, ILB, West Virginia — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 5, Pick 6 by Washington: Adam Gettis, OG, Iowa — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 5, Pick 7 by Jacksonville: Brandon Marshall, OLB, Nevada — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 5, Pick 8 by Carolina: Josh Norman, CB, Coastal Carolina — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 5, Pick 9 by Buffalo: Zebrie Sanders, OT, Florida State — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 5, Pick 10 by Tennessee: Taylor Thompson, TE, Southern Methodist — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 5, Pick 11 by Kansas City: DeQuan Menzie, CB, Alabama — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 5, Pick 12 by Buffalo: Tank Carder, ILB, TCU — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 5, Pick 13 by Detroit: Chris Greenwood, CB, Albion — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 5, Pick 14 by San Diego: Johnnie Troutman, OG, Penn State — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 5, Pick 15 by St. Louis: Kevious Watkins, OG, South Carolina — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 5, Pick 16 by Arizona: Senio Kelemete, OG, Washington — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 5, Pick 17 by Dallas: Danny Coale, WR, Virginia Tech — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 5, Pick 18 by Philadelphia: Dennis Kelly, OT, Purdue — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 5, Pick 19 by Seattle: Korey Toomer, OLB, Idaho — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 5, Pick 20 by Miami: Josh Kaddu, OLB, Oregon — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 5, Pick 21 by Cincinnati: Shaun Prater, CB, Iowa — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 5, Pick 22 by Atlanta: Bradie Ewing, FB, Wisconsin — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 5, Pick 23 by Oakland: Jack Crawford, DE, Penn State — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 5, Pick 24 by Pittsburgh: Chris Rainey, RB, Florida — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 5, Pick 25 by Cleveland: Ryan Miller, OG, Colorado — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 5, Pick 26 by Houston: Randy Bullock, K, Texas A&M — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 5, Pick 27 by New Orleans: Corey White, SS, Samford — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 5, Pick 28 by Green Bay: Terrell Manning, OLB, North Carolina State — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 5, Pick 29 by Atlanta: Jonathan Massaquoi, OLB, Troy — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 5, Pick 30 by San Francisco: Darius Fleming, OLB, Notre Dame — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 5, Pick 31 by Cincinnati: Marvin Jones, WR, California — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 5, Pick 32 by Cincinnati: George Iloka, FS, Boise State — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 5, Pick 33 by Oakland: Juron Criner, WR, Arizona — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 5, Pick 34 by Baltimore: Asa Jackson, CB, Cal Poly — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 5, Pick 35 by Indianapolis: Vick Ballard, RB, Mississippi State — Analysis: Great pick.

Round 6, Pick 1 by St. Louis: Greg Zuerlein, K, Missouri Western State — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 6, Pick 2 by Seattle: Jeremy Lane, CB, Northwestern State — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 6, Pick 3 by Washington: Alfred Morris, RB, Florida Atlantic — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 6, Pick 4 by Tampa Bay: Keith Tandy, CB, West Virginia — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 6, Pick 5 by Minnesota: Blair Walsh, K, Georgia — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 6, Pick 6 by Jacksonville: Mike Harris, CB, Florida State — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 6, Pick 7 by Arizona: Justin Bethel, FS, Presbyterian — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 6, Pick 8 by Buffalo: Mark Asper, OG, Oregon — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 6, Pick 9 by New Orleans: Andrew Tiller, OG, Syracuse — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 6, Pick 10 by San Francisco: Trenton Robinson, FS, Michigan State — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 6, Pick 11 by Seattle: Winston Guy, SS, Kentucky — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 6, Pick 12 by Kansas City: Cyrus Gray, RB, Texas A&M — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 6, Pick 13 by Miami: B.J. Cunningham, WR, Michigan State — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 6, Pick 14 by Chicago: Isaiah Frey, CB, Nevada — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 6, Pick 15 by Arizona: Ryan Lindley, QB, San Diego State — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 6, Pick 16 by Dallas: James Hanna, TE, Oklahoma — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 6, Pick 17 by NY Jets: Josh Bush, FS, Wake Forest — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 6, Pick 18 by Denver: Danny Trevathan, OLB, Kentucky — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 6, Pick 19 by Oakland: Christo Bilukidi, DE, Georgia State — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 6, Pick 20 by Tennessee: Markelle Martin, FS, Oklahoma State — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 6, Pick 21 by Cincinnati: Dan Herron, RB, Ohio State — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 6, Pick 22 by Atlanta: Charles Mitchell, SS, Mississippi State — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 6, Pick 23 by Washington: Tom Compton, OT, South Dakota — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 6, Pick 24 by Philadelphia: Marvin McNutt, WR, Iowa — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 6, Pick 25 by Houston: Nick Mondek, OT, Purdue — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 6, Pick 26 by Detroit: Jonte Green, CB, New Mexico State — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 6, Pick 27 by New England: Nate Ebner, SS, Ohio State — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 6, Pick 28 by Baltimore: Tommy Streeter, WR, Miami (Fla.) — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 6, Pick 29 by San Francisco: Jason Slowey, OT, Western Oregon — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 6, Pick 30 by Philadelphia: Brandon Washington, OG, Miami (Fla.) — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 6, Pick 31 by NY Giants: Matt McCants, OT, UAB — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 6, Pick 32 by NY Jets: Terrance Ganaway, RB, Baylor — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 6, Pick 33 by NY Jets: Robert T. Griffin, OG, Baylor — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 6, Pick 34 by Cleveland: Emmanuel Acho, OLB, Texas — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 6, Pick 35 by Cleveland: Billy Winn, DE, Boise State — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 6, Pick 36 by Indianapolis: LaVon Brazill, WR, Ohio — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 6, Pick 37 by Carolina: Brad Nortman, P, Wisconsin — Analysis: Great pick.

Round 7, Pick 1 by Indianapolis: Justin Anderson, OT, Georgia — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 7, Pick 2 by St. Louis: Aaron Brown, OLB, Hawaii — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 7, Pick 3 by Minnesota: Audie Cole, ILB, North Carolina State — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 7, Pick 4 by Tennessee: Scott Solomon, DE, Rice — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 7, Pick 5 by Tampa Bay: Michael Smith, RB, Utah State — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 7, Pick 6 by Washington: Richard Crawford, CB, Southern Methodist — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 7, Pick 7 by Indianapolis: Tim Fugger, DE, Vanderbilt — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 7, Pick 8 by Miami: Kheeston Randall, DT, Texas — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 7, Pick 9 by Carolina: D.J. Campbell, FS, California — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 7, Pick 10 by Washington: Jordan Bernstine, SS, Iowa — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 7, Pick 11 by Kansas City: Jerome Long, DT, San Diego State — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 7, Pick 12 by Minnesota: Trevor Guyton, DE, California — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 7, Pick 13 by Chicago: Greg McCoy, CB, TCU — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 7, Pick 14 by Arizona: Nate Potter, OT, Boise State — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 7, Pick 15 by Dallas: Caleb McSurdy, ILB, Montana — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 7, Pick 16 by Detroit: Travis Lewis, OLB, Oklahoma — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 7, Pick 17 by New England: Alfonzo Dennard, CB, Nebraska — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 7, Pick 18 by Seattle: J.R. Sweezy, DT, North Carolina State — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 7, Pick 19 by San Diego: David Molk, C, Michigan — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 7, Pick 20 by Miami: Rishard Matthews, WR, Nevada — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 7, Pick 21 by Jacksonville: Jeris Pendleton, DT, Ashland — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 7, Pick 22 by Philadelphia: Bryce Brown, RB, Kansas State — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 7, Pick 23 by Oakland: Nathan Stupar, OLB, Penn State — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 7, Pick 24 by Pittsburgh: Toney Clemons, WR, Colorado — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 7, Pick 25 by Seattle: Greg Scruggs, DT, Louisville — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 7, Pick 26 by Tampa Bay: Drake Dunsmore, FB, Northwestern — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 7, Pick 27 by New Orleans: Marcel Jones, OT, Nebraska — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 7, Pick 28 by New England: Jeremy Ebert, WR, Northwestern — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 7, Pick 29 by Baltimore: DeAngelo Tyson, DT, Georgia — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 7, Pick 30 by San Francisco: Cam Johnson, DE, Virginia — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 7, Pick 31 by Kansas City: Junior Hemingway, WR, Michigan — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 7, Pick 32 by NY Giants: Markus Kuhn, DT, North Carolina State — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 7, Pick 33 by Pittsburgh: David Paulson, TE, Oregon — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 7, Pick 34 by Green Bay: Andrew Datko, OT, Florida State — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 7, Pick 35 by NY Jets: Antonio Allen, SS, South Carolina — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 7, Pick 36 by Green Bay: B.J. Coleman, QB, Chattanooga — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 7, Pick 37 by NY Jets: Jordan White, WR, Western Michigan — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 7, Pick 38 by Cleveland: Trevin Wade, CB, Arizona — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 7, Pick 39 by Pittsburgh: Terrence Frederick, CB, Texas A&M — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 7, Pick 40 by Cleveland: Brad Smelley, FB, Alabama — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 7, Pick 41 by Pittsburgh: Kelvin Beachum, OG, Southern Methodist — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 7, Pick 42 by Atlanta: Travian Robertson, DT, South Carolina — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 7, Pick 43 by San Diego: Edwin Baker, RB, Michigan State — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 7, Pick 44 by Buffalo: John Potter, K, Western Michigan — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 7, Pick 45 by St. Louis: Daryl Richardson, RB, Abilene Christian — Analysis: Great pick.
Round 7, Pick 46 by Indianapolis: Chandler Harnish, QB, Northern Illinois — Analysis: Great pick.

I'M GOING TO SINK THIS BITCH.

So here's a serious question.

If Lakitu was Mario's cameraman in "Super Mario 64," which he was ... then it leads me to believe he also had a cameraman in the NES Mario games and "Super Mario World" but the cameraperson only knew how to position the camera so it looked like he was side-scrolling. The cameraman probably wasn't Lakitu because he was throwin' spiky eggs at him in those games. Although it seems there are multiple Lakitii so maybe there are good ones and evil ones. The more I think about it there could be a massive dichotomy in the Lakitu community between those who want to hurt Mario and those who want to film him.

Which leads me to my question. In the original Super Mario Brothers, how do you get the Warp in Level 4?

"There is nothing in my view more disturbing than social networking. Nothing."

This is something Tim McCarver said on national television. People watching along and were taken aback by the comments then used social networking by saying he was an out-of-touch baseball man who is basically terrible at his job. I'm paraphrasing.

His quote never bothered me. I understand that McCarver has morphed over the years from an insightful analyst into a herald for the self-evident. Or maybe if nothing else, he is now old man who talks about baseball and is not "one of us" because he's not on Twitter or Facebook. C'mon. Even your dad is on Facebook.

For starters, my dad isn't and not because he's out of touch. He just doesn't see the point. And in terms of points, he's got one. You can't swing a status update without hitting someone worrying about Facebook's ever-changing privacy update, its redesigns, its added layers of compexity, its targeted ads, its annoying app downloads, its banal stream of baby pictures and reheated graphics of jokes you read in 2003, its mission to make the word 'Like' a noun. 

At its glib core, you might say Facebook is a large company that's making money simply by collecting personal data. Sound disturbing? OK, maybe it's not "the most disturbing" thing out there, but it can potentially be a hell of a societal burden if it fell into the wrong hands.

A couple things happened over the weekend that not only validated his point but also picked open one of the scars of Facebookers and tweeters: the ability to strongly react to sound bytes and immediately draw conclusions.

I watched the Tigers/Red Sox game on Saturday. I wasn't totally  with every line because it was a Tigers rout, much to my pleasure. So I missed this quote but I went back and tried to listen to the context. I don't get much other than there's a bit of chuckle at the end. If you listen to him McCarver does have a bit of a sense of humor so maybe this was tongue-in-cheek. Much like hearing someone say. "Nothing's worse than biting into a mealy apple!" you wouldn't stop them and rail about the atrocities running rampant in the world. Then again perhaps even the most self-aware Internet commenter couldn't detect hyperbole if it bit them in the neck.

And then Facebook poured over a billion dollars for Instagram, or half what Magic Johnson's group used to buy the Los Angeles Dodgers. So ... okay. Almost immediately I read articles that showed you how to backup your Instagram photos and delete your account so that Facebook wouldn't touch them. Why would people react like this if they weren't afraid of what was going to happen to their pictures?

Now, I've limited this to just Facebook but in fairness, you might have noticed, I'm kind of a Twitter fan. OK, now search on any Trending Topic hashtag or do a search of people who didn't know the film Titanic was based on a true catastrophe. How about countless stories of people going on Twitter and threatening/cursing out athletes who lost a game? That's kind of disturbing. And without social networking, this wouldn't be possible.

Or you could focus on the ever-growing numbers of hours we spend on it, even as we sit at a restaurant booth with our in-life friends, chatting with total strangers. I'm guilty of this too ... it's just so much damn fun. But isn't it kind of warped, when you think about it?

I think if people stopped and put Tim McCarver's quote in a non-Tim McCarver context, they'd find out they agree with him more than they disagree. There's a lot of terrible stuff going on not just with a massive amount of users voluntarily sharing their ignorance, but also with the companies behind the microblogging, making forkloads of money and heaven knows what they're going to do with all our content to make more. And of course there's intrinsic value, because the only way you're going to be able to read these thoughts is if I share it on Twitter and Facebook. Which I have done. Life's complicated sometimes.

Somewhere, perhaps on my college roommate's PS2 memory card, is an NCAA Football '03 dynasty season where I made a Dragon Warrior conference with the original NES game cities. Nine years later I'm wondering which DW cities would be good sports towns, and if so, which sports.

Tantegel — It's the castle, and it has everything. So, baseball, naturally, although they expect to win every sports championship every year. Also despite all teams having the Tantegel name, the stadiums will be located in Brecconary.

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10. Vic Fontaine
9. Ro Laren
8. Hikaru Sulu
7. Julian Bashir
6. Jean-Luc Picard
5. Elim Garak
4. Geordi LaForge
3. Pavel Chekov
2. Wesley Crusher
1. Alexander Rozhenko

At some point we're all going to figure out that not every event in life happens for a reason. But they do happen. You don't always need a reason. Nobody owes me one; nobody promised me one in the first place. So definitely when it comes to a privileged opportunity like paid Internet sports writing. where one can sit pajama-clad on the couch and make Brad Penny jokes until 1 a.m., explanations don't need to be given. Let alone the grander events in life. 

Not to make this a huge deal -- it really isn't, but I thought some people might be curious -- but as of right now I'm not writing about the Detroit Tigers anywhere. My contract with MLive as a contributor for the Detroit Tigers section expired on January 31, despite the fact that I really hadn't done much with them over the last three months. Not that I hibernate in the offseason. I hear the Tigers signed this big fat guy that hits home runs. I hope it's Babe Ruth!

But the Actual Job required me to work a bit more and that's why that gig languished. And it's probably a state law that to bitch about paid overtime in Michigan is punishable with a fortnight in the pillory. So we're not going to do that.

At some point the naive, younger but still bearded me believed that I'd be given the keys to Deadspin weekend every third week until I decided not to do it anymore. That was taken away. And gradually I wasn't needed there anymore. I wasn't ready to give this up either. Shit changes and it's never when you want it to. Tragedy, like comedy, is all about timing.

So when that magical time arrives that I can return to better juggling important responsibilities with the leisurely benefits of making longform thinkpieces on how Ramon Santiago can still ride the adult rollercoasters now that he can't hop on Will Rhymes' shoulders anymore, you'll know. And believe me, I hope it's soon. Because I have some ideas.

Because you care.

There may be a misconception out there that I'm a Lions fan. Never been one — and this year even though they played better their demeanor on the field has been very difficult to embrace. Or maybe zero people are mistaken in this. Who knows.

But now that there are four teams left, this is about the time in the NFL playoffs that I need to nut up and pick a team. (Probably should've done that to start the playoffs ... or, y'know, beginning of the season.)

New England Patriots — Difficult to root for, based on their past decade of success and trying to turn any personality whatsoever into a fine granular substance. Belichick makes it so. We also know that offensive coordinator Bill O'Brien will stay with the team until they're done playing. So the more the Patriots win, the more Penn State is without a head coach. If they make the Super Bowl they are coachless through National Signing Day. And then they can lose!

New York Giants — Well ... it's New York. They have enough fans. If Eli Manning wins another Super Bowl he'll have more than his big brother. That'll rankle a bunch of NFL fans, I'd reckon. And while I enjoy how Tom Coughlin's face changes to all sorts of red ... they're going to play in San Francisco and then maybe a dome. That's no fun. However it seems that the last-team in typically wins the Super Bowl, doesn't it? So they're possibly the actual favorites. I don't like favorites.

Baltimore Ravens — Really? Root for a team whose owner ripped them from Cleveland? You don't have to be an Ohio sympathizer to know how much that bites. There's a Harbaugh coaching them, Ray Lewis at linebacker, but a quarterback with outstanding eyebrows. Sorry, don't think there's enough evidence here to hope they beat the Patriots.

San Francissco 49ers — Another Harbaugh. They're everywhere. There's one in my crawl space. And even though they were great in the 80s, they're the team that's gone the longest without a championship. So by virtue of that they may be sentimental favorites to win the NFC.

BUT THEN VERNON DAVIS TAKES ALL OF THAT AND DOUBLES DOWN.

Yeah, sorry. Be the honorary captain for an Olympic curling team and you trump everything. Tom Brady had his chance to turn in Michigan and now in Boston. And nothing.

49ers over Patriots.

I had an odd dream last night. It was one of this film-style dreams, where you're not in the dream but a ton of strangers are. The Pittsburgh Pirates won their division, but nobody could figure out why, because they were supposed to be bad. Stranger still, there was no known GM for the team, yet somebody kept making roster moves and it was unknown to humanity who this was. Except this unnamed female protagonist was able to figure out that the general manager behind every move was none other than President Barack Obama.

There was a pivotal scene near the end of the film/dream where Obama is walking through a parade of fans and supporters, but he's not taking any questions (in this dream sequence he never takes questions when he's en route somewhere) and the protagonist tries to "trap" him into admitting he's the GM of the surprise Pittsburgh Pirates.

PROTAGONIST: "Mr. President, do you like baseball?"
OBAMA: "I cannot answer any questions ... but I can ask you a question: do you like baseball?"
PROTAGONIST: "Why ... yes I do."
OBAMA: [big smile, walks away]

Then I woke up.

If anyone has a clue as to what this means, lend me your theories. My best plausible theory: is that in reality, Barack Obama is the secret GM of the Pittsburgh Pirates.

The esteemed Hon. Andrew Bucholtz pointed out this article by famous television sports person Woody Paige on the Broncos game today. It's good — hey, it's in a newspaper — but could use some sprucing up. So I'm going to try and improve this little epistle.

I ran it through Google Translate, converted it to Korean, and then back to English. The Paige parts are in boldface, and the English->Korean->English parts follow each paragraph:

There is no life on mars or at the stadium today.

Life on Mars or on the field today do not have any.

There was no celebration on the field at game's end. The Broncos still didn't know if they'd be in the playoffs.

There was a festival at the end of the game field. If the Broncos in the playoffs, they'd still did not know.

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Garfield, that lunkhead, had it all wrong. Mondays? Those are ridiculously simple to survive. It's the first day after a relaxing weekend, meaning you received sufficient rest and may have gone a full 48 hours without wearing uncomfortable trousers.

Wednesdays? Those are the worst. It's colloquially "hump day," but it hardly feels like the middle of the week when you wake up Wednesday morning. No, you are already battered after two days, and have THREE MORE TO GO. It's fool's gold.

The illusion of being halfway home in the workweek doesn't occur until lunchtime —  but by then you're no longer trying to parse the week into segments. That only happens during the groggy wee hours of the morning when you contemplate exactly how many more minutes you can sleep until getting up. Generally they have the fewest number of football games on TV, and it's probably the day least taken off for work. You're also most likely to kill yourself on a Wednesday.

Mondays are cake. Mondays also generally provide cake. They generally have very few deadlines. And they have a myriad of bank holidays: Labor Day, MLK Day, President's Day, Memorial Day and the little-celebrated Bagel Sandwich Day (Observed).

Saddam Hussein was born on a Wednesday. So was Scott Stapp.

Matt Sussman

(You can vote more than once.)

If you're reading this, then you — like me — are pretty bad at sports. So you're going to empathize with me on so many fronts. This is comforting.

SOCCER, FIRST GRADE: Home videos dictate that I was pretty good at keeping up with the pile of kids who were trying to kick the ball one way or the other. I would always know where the ball was, and I would always stay away at least 10 feet away from it. Once I kicked the ball and almost scored, but it hit the post. I think I once played goalie too.

BASEBALL, SECOND-FOURTH GRADE: Couldn't catch, really, anything. I vividly remember trying to field a ground ball and it went through my legs. The coach told me to kneel all the way down so that didn't happen. On the next ground ball I did that ... and the ball skipped over my shoulder. I think I batted about .250, mostly by virtue of other kids not being good at fielding either. Also once when I was "pitcher" (the fielder next to the pitching machine) I made a throw to third base to try to get the baserunner out. There was no fielder there — but fortunately the baserunner's face prevented the ball from leaving the infield.

TENNIS: I don't recall much about this one, but ... geez, how am I supposed to serve it into that portion of the court? Can't you let me hit it anywhere? 

BASKETBALL, FIFTH-SIXTH GRADE: I was really looking forward to this one a lot. I was taller than most of the students, so I was pretty good at rebounding. But I never wanted to foul anybody. I once drew a foul and felt terrible about it. I was in many ways the anthesis of Charles Oakley. I thought it was pretty cool that one time when I made the first basket of the game. Right from the corner of the paint.

GOLF, FOURTH GRADE-PRESENT: Putt-putt was fun because if you got a hole in one, you got to use an orange ball for the rest of the course. Real golf, turns out, wasn't like that. But I wanted to keep trying new sports so there was this week-long class during the summer that my parents let me do. There were a total of ... four kids. I was the youngest. I shot a 99 on our final day. On 10 holes. Plus ... good lord, I missed all the time, I had trouble finding the ball after hitting it. So naturally I still play with friends when they need a fourth to make them feel better.

FOOTBALL: The first time I ever played football was a pickup game in high school. Didn't like the sport until then. I remember once returning a kickoff and actually dropping the ball without getting touched. A couple of intramural teams later, I was basically done. Key advice: never try to start playing football after age 14.

BOWLING, THIRD GRADE-FIFTH GRADE, HIGH SCHOOL: Now here's a sport for me. Copious amounts of sitting down and drinking pop and conversing. One year I think I had the highest average of my grade. 104! Then of course high school came around and everyone knew how to curve the ball. Any time I tried to apply spin, the damn thing spun ... but went perfectly straight. I'm still kind of neato at this (one 200 game in my entire life) but there were many drawbacks.

I didn't see a whole lot of strategy in the game. You try to aim for the pocket on your first throw, then if you failed ... try to hit the rest of them. Then repeat 9, maybe 10 times. Meanwhile, all your friends are watching, and you're there all alone on the floor with your smelly shoes and greasy orb. Kind of a drag at times.

Here's what I found out when I tried curling in college:

1. Holy crap I'm not falling down as much as I am in other sports and I AM STANDING ON ICE.
2. I'm kind of good at this.
3. Look, a social aspect to the game!
4. And there's so much strategy. Every game is different.
5. I'm also kind of bad at this.

But most importantly, it's a sport that I'm actually halfway skilled at. When you go your entire adolescent life in an environment where "people good at sports are better people" is a true thing, then even if people don't respect the sport or think it belongs in the Olympics, it gives yourself a neat feeling.

Curling season at our club begins Sunday. It will conveniently begin no less than 48 hours after the conclusion of the baseball season. This couldn't have been planned better. It'll also have been almost exactly 10 years since I ditched econ class to go to open curling for my first time. Best decision of college. I don't give out many life lessons, but there's one: never go to econ class, and try curling at least once. It might be that one sport that you were never good at.