With Interleague play starting tonight in Major League baseball its time to take a look at the winners and losers since interleague play began in 1997. The American League has had the better of Interleague play winning the head to head with the National League 11 of the 15 years since Interleague play began, and the American League has won the head to head the 8 seasons. So here is the record for each team in Interleague play.

American League   Overall       2008          2009         2010        2011
Baltimore             115-150           11-7            11-7            7-11        7-11
Boston                   150-115           11-7            11-7           13-5         10-8
Chic Wsox            153-111            12-6             11-6          15-3         11-7
Cleveland             129-136             6-12           6-12           5-13        11-7
Detroit                   141-124            13-5            10-8          11-7         7-11
Kansas City          120-153            13-5            8-10          8-10        5-13
LA Angels             152-114             10-8           14-4          11-7          13-5
Minnesota            148-116              14-4           12-6          8-10         8-10
NY Yankees         157-107            10-7           10-8         11-7         13-5
Oakland                 144-122             10-8             5-13         8-10         8-10
Seattle                    145-121               9-9             11-7          9-9            9-9
Tampa Bay           118-132              12-6            13-5         7-11          12-6
Texas                      135-131              10-8            9-9           14-4           9-9
Toronto                 123-142             8-10            7-11         7-11           8-10
AL Totals               1939-1773   137-115   137-114   134-118   131-121

National League  Overall             2008          2009        2010         2011
Arizona                   100-120           6-9              5-10          6-9             10-8
Atlanta                    129-112            8-7             7-8             9-6             10-5
Chic Cubs               103-116            6-9             7-7            8-10           5-10
Cincinnati              97-123             9-6              6-9             8-7             6-12
Colorado                111-112            7-8             11-4           9-6              8-7
Miami                      135-117          5-10            10-8          7-8              8-10
Houston                 107-123          7-1 1           6-9            3-12             4-11
LA Dodgers           109-130         5-10            9-9            4-11              6-9
Milwaukee             99-115            7-8              5-10          9-6                6-9
NY Mets                  127-120        9-6              5-10          13-5              9-9
Philadelphia         115-135          3-15            6-12           8-7               9-6
Pittsburgh             81-130            5-9               8-7             2-13             8-7
St Louis                  115-105          7-8              9-6              9-6               8-7
San Diego              105-134          3-15            5-10           9-6               6-9
San Francisco     123-116           6-12            9-6              7-8               10-5
Washington          125-137          8-10           7-11            5-13             8-7
NL Totals          1773-1939     115-137    114-137     118-134      121-131

* Milwaukee’s 1997 W-L record (8-7) is reflected in the AL totals
* Washington’s W-L record includes their years as the Montreal Expos

Sometimes the difference between winning and losing in Major League baseball can be as obvious as day and night. Every season you have trends develop for teams in these day/night situations and this season is no different. We’re still fairly early into the Major League season with about a month and half under the belt, but there are definitely some trends to be aware of when you handicap the baseball card.

So let’s take a look at and the good and the bad so far this season starting in the National League.
In the National League there’s nobody more Jekyl and Hyde then the Cincinnati Reds. In day games the Reds look like World Series contenders with a solid 13-4 record but under the lights Cincinnati is a definite go against with a dismal 5-12 mark. The New York Mets are a 20-15 squad so far this season but days games are the place to go with the Mets as they’ve won 10 of 15 day games this season. The Atlanta Braves are the opposite as they’ve been a money maker playing at night with a 17-8 record and just 50/50 proposition in day games with a 5-6 mark. Arizona Diamondbacks have certainly not taken well to night games yet this season with an 8-15 record under the lights while they play 500 ball in the day. The last team we’re going to look at in the National League is Milwaukee. The Brew Crew a dismal 4-13 playing day games this season but they’re 11-7 when playing under the lights.

In the American League Boston is a surprising 4-10 in day games this season while holding a 12-9 record playing at night. This years surprise team in the AL East is Baltimore and the Orioles have done most of their damage playing in day games where they’re 8-2 this season as opposed to a 14-12 mark when play under the lights. Tampa Bay is On the other end of the spectrum with a 14-8 night time mark while being just 8-6 playing in the day light. Toronto has favored day games this year at 9-4 but under the lights they own a 10-13 mark.

There are certainly other teams to keep an eye on when looking at day/night trends and don’t forget you can check those day/night records at freeplays.com under the matchups report for each game daily.

Everyone out there watches a sporting event and something happens that you have never seen before and you can’t believe that the referee, umpire or judge made the call that he did. Or a team will do something and you will say, I didn’t even know that was legal. Some of these little know rules make games more interesting but there are others that should just be changed or gotten rid of.  Today I am going to look at each sport and come up with at least 1 rule that should be changed at the Pro level. Please feel free to leave your comments on what I say or post the rules you would like to change.

Let’s start in baseball because it was the reason I came up with the idea for this article. This morning I was watching some sports highlights and saw a huge collision at home plate between a base runner and National’s catcher Sandy Leon.  Leon was already a replacement for and injured Wilson Ramos.  The collision ended up breaking Leon’s ankle and he is more than likely out for the season. We saw the same type of think with Giants Star catcher Buster Posey last year. And who could forget the 1970 All-Star Game collision between Pete Rose and Ray Fosse, that pretty much ended Fosse’s career. eing able to run the cather over, is a stupid rule. You aren’t allowed to do such a thing at any other base. Matter of fact, any type of contact that interfers with a fielder or runner is illegal. So why do they let a catcher, who for the most part defenseless, get bulled over. In the day and age when hard hits are fined in the NFL it is time to remove this rule from baseball.

Speaking of football, lets throw out this stupid endzone catch rule. To me it is pretty simple. Either a guy ge the ball and gains controll of it or he doesn’t.  The Calvin Johnson play from 2 years ago was the prefect example. Obviously everyone who saw the play knew that Johnson caught the ball for the touchdown against the Bears before going to the ground and eventually losing it. I am not blaming the referee for the call. As a matter of fact, Bravo for making the proper call according to the rulebook. I am saying that rule has to change. If a running gets even the nose of the ball over the goalline it is a touchdown. If a reciever in the field of play gets control of the ball with 2 feet on the ground in-bounds, or 1 hip, or a elbow, it is a catch. So why is the rule changed for the endzone. Please NFL make the change!

Now lets go to the NBA. Overall, I think that the NBA has to figure out somethingto improve its prduct drastically. The one thing that jumps out at me is the amount of timeouts at the end of a game and their timeout rules. For that matter the NCAA, especially during the NCAA tournament, also has to many timeouts. During the NCAA tournament, the manditory TV timeouts at every 4 minute mark is just plain stupid. I know it is about money and advertising, but it ruins the flow of the game. Back to the NBA, where each team gets 6 regular timeouts and 2-20 second timeouts. That is 16 timeouts per game. When a game is coming down to the wire the game of foul and then take a timeout is anti-climatic. I can see taking a timeout to set up a final play to win or lose a game, but it seems those last 30 seconds take 15 minutes because of all the timeouts and fouls. Plus the rule that after a timeout, the team gets the ball at half court makes no sense. Go to the College rule. If you bring the ball up and take a timeout, you get the ball at half court. If you take it right away, you get it under your own basket. Why does a team get rewarded half the court for taking a timeout?

Now lets go to hockey, for many people that don’t understand hockey, many rules seem strange, like allowing players to fight or not being able to use your hands to move the puck forward. First of all, as a hockey fan, I have no problem with fighting in the game. This is a one-on-one battle and because of this you see less cheap shots that you may in other sports. You have a problem you settle it one-on-0ne.  So how about a rule change in the NHL. Over the past few years, hockey has tried to correct all the clutching and grabbing from its sport that slows it down. They have done some of it, make the game more enjoyable to watch, but this has to be enforced even more. By doing this, it speeds up the game, making more scoring changes, which is always a complaint from a non-hockey fan. Also by calling more penalties for holding, you have more power plays which also increase scoring and excitement.

The final sport I want to touch on is Soccer. Now I am not a big soccer fan, but I know enough about it to watch a game and understand most of the calls. I know that Soccer is the most popular sport in the world, but it still has truly failed to take off in the United States as a fan sport. Like hokey, I think one of the biggest complaints from U.S. fans is the lack of scoring and even scoring chances. The one rule that would open things up it to get rid of the off-sides call. This is a call that slows a forward from taking off and getting a breakaway against the goalie. All the defense has to do is step forward and if the opposing team player is past the defense when they pass him the ball it is offsides. Make the defense responsible for playing defense and remove the off-sides call. If you want to make sure players don’t cherry pick and stay way down at the other end, put in a line, like hockey’s blue line that can not be crossed by a player until the ball goes into that area, or even until it reaches the mid-stripe. This change would add more scoring changes and maybe draw more interest from the U.S. non-soccer fan.

So there you go, I hope I have given you a few things to think about and I hope we see these changes in the future. Like I said from the beginning, please leave your commnets about these changes and others you would like to see. I think this is a great topic to talk about, especially during the summer, when most sports slow down. Now don’t forget that you can get a free winner every day by going to Freeplays.com and clicking on Razor Sharp Sports. Good Luck.

In this next installment of your Young Guns series we take a look at the Rangers’ rookie rightie,Yu Darvish, set to make his 7th Major League start Friday night since coming over from the Japanese Professional Baseball League (NPB). The hype leading up to the transition for this 25-year-old sensation matched that of Daisuke Matsuzaka and his pricetag exceded it with $51.7M to buy out his rights plus a 6-year contract for another $56M. Let’s see if the results will be better.

Compiling a 93-38 mark with a 1.99 ERA, 0.98 WHIP, and 1259 strikeouts over 1268 1/3 innings with the Hokkaido Nippon Ham-Fighters as the NPB’s best pitcher didn’t keep Darvish from some first MLB start jitters, leading to 4 hits, 3 walks, and 4 runs in the first inning against the Mariners on April 9th but his first month pitching in The States has been very sharp. April’s AL Rookie of the Month has posted a 4-1 record with a 2.54 ERA and 44 srikeouts versus 36 hits and 22 walks so far. His last 3 starts have produced 30 of those punch-outs at the Indians and Blue Jays plus 8 1/3 scoreless home innings against the Yankees.

The early production is no surprise to the Major League talent hawks who have been extensively scouting Yu since junior high and there are a few things that jump right out. Firstly, unlike what you might expect from the Land of the rising Sun, this half-Japanese, half-Iranian kid is 6’5″ and 216 pounds. Secondly, is the array of pitches that can mystify desciption. Ask 10 scouts and you’ll get 10 answers but we’ll call his asenal 8 pitches: 4-seam fast ball at 93-95, 2-seamer, slurve with a ridiculous break, cutter, slider, splitter, screwball, and a wrist-snapping 60-MPH curveball. A ground-ball master equally comfortable in the stretch and the wind. Finally, Darvish is durable with 50 complete games in Japan and gets stronger as a game progresses.

Can Darvish be the pitcher that breaks the old saw of brilliant Japanese arms losing some of their shine in the States? We think international experience helps and Darvish pitched in both the 2008 Beijing Olympics and the 2009 World Baseball Classic. The money shouldn’t derail the NPB’s formerly highest-paid player plus he’s in good hands with Mike Maddux as pitching coach, Greg Maddux as assistant, and Nolan Ryan in the CEO’s office. The kid from Oskaka may also possess irrepressible tenacity in his very genes: Yu’s grandfather was a successful travel agent…in the Islamic Republic of Iran.

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For the first installment of your new Young Guns series we’re taking a look at Drew Smyly of the Detroit Tigers. The 22-year-old lefty makes his 6th Major League start Wednesday Night at the Mariners looking to extend what’s been a superb opening to his rookie campaign.

Through his first 28 innings at “The Show”, his team has won 4 of his 5 starts while Smyly has posted a 1-0 mark with a tidy 1.61 ERA, ringing up 29 batters against 25 hits and just 8 free passes. Notably he cruised through 6 innings at Yankees Stadium on April 28th, allowing just a pair of hits and a walk against 7 strikeouts to a lineup averaging north of 5 runs per game.

The Tigers drafted the 6’3″ 190 Smyly in the second round of the 2012 MLB Draft after a 9-1, 2.80 ERA sophomore season at Arkansas and he’s been a fast riser in their minor league program posting a 2.59 ERA over 81 innings at A-Lakeland and a 1.20 ERA over 45 innings at AA-Erie in 2011 while striking out 130 and walking 36 over both stops, earning the franchise’s Minor League Pitcher of the Year Award last season. Also threw 17 scoreless innings for Team USA at the PanAm Games.

The Tigers have had success agressively fast-tracking prospects but is this the next Justin Verlander? Some scouts say no, noting a fastball in just the 90-93 range while injuries may be a concern. Smyly missed his freshman Razorback season with a stress fracture in his throwing elbow plus sat a stretch of 2011 with tendonitis in the same elbow.

Our opinion is somewhat more positive based on remarkable location and contol rarely seem in a kid this young. Smyly consistently throws all 5 of his well-mixed pitches (4-seam fast ball, cut fast ball, changeup, slider, curve) for strikes – ask Andrew Jones. After falling behind in the count, Smyly punched out Jones looking with 3 consecutive curve balls for strikes. Coach Leyland will be carefull with his innings but Drew Smyly is ready for this level and be sure to pick up your Daily Free Selections at freeplays.com

-The Champs at #1 Sports

First of all, let me say I am sorry if you saw the title of this article and were thinking baseball. On our website we mostly concentrate on the big 3, maybe 4 sports of football, basketball & baseball, with a slight look at hockey,but today I decided to talk about something a little different. After watching the Kentucky Derby this past weekend  (and for those of you that know my background story, I now know where the Kentucky Derby is……it is on NBC!) I decided to take a look at the Sport of Kings a little. Since 1919 when Sir Barton became the first horse to win the Triple Crown (Winner of the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, & Belmont Stakes) only 10 other horses have been able to accomplish this feat. The last one to do it was 34 years ago now when Stevie Cauthen rode Affirmed to that trifecta. So I wonders if we would ever see another winner and why has it taken so long?

Over the past 15 years we have seen 7 horses come up 1 race short, as they got the first 2 jewels but couldn’t capture the Belmont. In 2004, Smarty Jones finished second at the Belmont, just like both Real Quiet in 1998 and Silver Charm did in 1997. Horse fans also remember a horse named Barbaro, who in 2006 felt like this could be the one, before injury tragically ended his career and later his life.  So why haven’t we had a Triple Crown Winner for so long? First of all, much like in many sports these days the talent pool has grown. Back when Jack Nicklaus was winning all of his majors, he had only about a handful of golfers that could honestly play with him closely in a golf tournament. For decades we dominated in international baseketball, but have seen that dominance shrink and we see Team USA sometimes even come up on the losing side of the scoreboard. The same is in horse racing. There are so many great farms, trainers, owners and jockeys out there that every year we have new stories of how they got to where they are. The second reason I believe we haven’t seen a Triple Crown winner is because of the fields that the horses have to take on especially in the Kentucky Derby. Every year, the fields continue to grow. We now have a field of 20 and have to bring in an extra starting gate to get things started at Churchill Downs. With such a large field, not only do you have to be the best horse, you also have to be one of the luckiest. First it starts with the draw. Do you start from thing inside or the far outside? If you do get lucky enough to draw one of the inside sports, are you a quick enough starter to get ou of traffic and get a clean start. Just ask Union Rags and jockey Julien Leparoux, who was one of the favorites last week. They came out of the 4 spot and immediately was pinched by 2 horses and forced to the back of the field. He came from the back to finish 7th, but it was to little to late. Not only are you a good starter, but do you like to break and go toward the rail or get out in the clear and how about the horses on each side of you. With 20 monsters battling, so many things can go wrong.

So will we see another Triple Crown winner? This year, I believe the answer is No. I’ll Have Another ran a great race and ran down Bodemeister in the end last week, but as the fields thin, I think that the cream may rise to the top. The Preakness and Belmont are different distances which has always been the major factor in winning the Triple Crown, and I think this year we could see 3 different horses take a jewel a piece. We have a few weeks before the draw is made for the Preakness Stakes in Baltimore, but if Union Rags is in the field and the conditions are favorable, I believe this horse will step things up and show he may be the Class of the 2012 class of 3-year-olds. As for ever seeing another Triple Crown Winner, I believe it will happen again and I hope it is soon. Though horse racing isn’t front and center of the daily sports page, it is nice to see them emerge come mid-June as one of the top stories. Now don’t forget that you can get a free winner every day by going to Freeplays.com and clicking on Razor Sharp Sports. Good Luck.

Obtaining and maintaining quality starting pitching is the greatest challenge for Major League clubs. The last 20 seasons have seen the boys digging in at the plate physically transform into the Gas-House Gorillas that Bugs Bunny closed out with his “powerful, paralyzing, poifect, pachydoimous, percussion pitch” back in ’46. Meanwhile expansion from 26 teams to 28 (Rockies and Marlins in 1993) to the current 30 (Diamondbacks and Rays in 1998) creating a vacuum woefully short of quality workhorse arms to stymie the behemoths with the bats for 6 or 7 innings.

The need has extended the careers of many hurlers past their prime, with Jamie Moyer’s age soon to exceed Jeff Suppan’s fastball velocity (did you have to do it against my Brewers, Soup?!). Oversized contracts and undersized upside of the oldsters puts a huge premium on developing Young Guns within the minor leagues and squads most capable at converting young, talented arms into Major League gems become consistent contenders.

Over the next few weeks in our new ‘Young Guns” series we will be looking at some of the kids getting their first rotation opportunities around the league in 2012, looking for the next Kershaw, Bumgarner, or Hellickson so check back regularily for the latest installment and be sure to pick up your Daily Free Selections at freeplays.com

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Like I mentions in my previous article about the draft, it is easy to say this team drafted well and really helped their team “on paper” but until you see the players play for a few years it really isn’t fair to judge a draft. That is why I have decided to go back 5 years and judge who did well and who didn’t in the 2007 NFL draft.  Before I give you my top & bottom teams from 2007, let me just remind you of a few headlines I read from the day after the 2007 draft. Of course the top headline was “He was a no brainer! There is no way they could go another year with Andrew Walter as there QB”. So were the Oakland Raiders better with Jamarcus Russell. How about this quote “This team was locking in on this player at No. 17, traded down four spots and still came away with their man. This team needed a top-notch safety in the wake of Deon Grant’s departure and they definitely got one.” That was about Jacksonville taking Reggie Nelson. Nelson was an average player for the Jags for 3 years. How about cmparing the Atlanta Falcons 1st Round & 7th Round picks. The 1st Rounder was DE Jamaal Anderson who has had 7.5 sacks in 5 years and his most productive year he had 30 tackles. Then look at their 7th rounder, RB Jason Snelling who hasn’t been a star, but has scored 12 TDs and has over 2000 total yards. He also had 20 tackles on special teams in 2008 to help anyway he can. How about a pair of 7th round picks by the NY Giants. First there was a 4 year contributor and part time starter Safety Michael Johnson and starting RB Ahmad Bradshaw and his 4000 yards and 29 TDs. Looking at a few sources, the top drafters days after the draft were Carolina, San Francisco, NY Jets, Atlanta & Jacksonville. The bottom teams from that year were Tampa Bay, Wasshington, Cincinnati, Miami, Green Bay and Philadelphia. Now looking at things, how do I grade them.

First of all, I might not mention all te players and getting into a 5 year window, you see players starting to switch teams through free agency and trades, but I tried to give you a pretty clear picture of that year team by team. Lets hit them alphabetically.

Arizona Cardinals (C-) - Overall a quiet draft for the Cardinals. 1st rounder Levi Brown has been solid. They got little production out of their #2 in DT Alan Branch. Got some positive from 5th rounder WR Steve Breaston.

Atlanta Falcons (D+) - Right off the back, 1st rounder Jaamal Anderson was a bust. They really saw very little productions from the draft. The bright spot was 7th rounder RB Jason Snelling.

Baltimore Ravens (A) - The Ravens came up with their starting offensive guards over the last 2 years in 1st rounder Ben Grubb and 3rd rounder Marshall Yanda. They also got the wrecking ball Rb leRon McLain in the 4th round that year.

Buffalo Bills (B-) - If you look at the top selections that the Bills made, they were very good picks. The problem is they aren’t Bills anymore. Their top pick was RB Marshawn Lynch is running hard for Seattle. 2nd round pick LB Paul Posluszny is in Jacksonville. Even 3rd round pick, QB Trent Edwards, has made some starts (37), but is now in Philly.

Carolina Panthers (B+) - The Panthers were close to a A rating. The big minus was 1st rounder WR Dwayne Jarrett was a flop. The Panthers other 1st rounder was a dead on hit in LB Jon Beason. 2nd Round C Ryan Kalil has been very good and 5th round pick Dante Rosario has given some production.

Chicago Bears (D-) - The Bears only bright spot in this draft was their 1st round pick TE Greg Olsen, but he is with the Panthers now. They also had a 2nd rounder Dan Bazuin and a pair of 3rd rounders Michael Okwo and Garrett Wolfe who are no longer in the league.

Cincinnati Bengals (C) - It was a uneventful draft for the Bengals. They did bring in a solid 1st pick with DB Leon Hall. Other than Hall there is little to be mentioned.

Cleveland Browns (B) - Right on top you have to put 1st rounder OT Joe Thomas who has been a locked-in Pro-Bowler. 2nd rounder S Eric Wright has also been very good. The grade buster was the Browns’ second 1st rounder QB Brady Quinn.

Dallas Cowboys (B) - No big names, but the Cowboys got some contributors like 1st rounder LB Anthony Spencer, 4th rounder OT Doug Free and 7th rounder DB Alan Ball.

Denver Broncos (F) - The Broncos only had 4 draft picks and only 4th rounder Yryan Harris is still with the team.

Detroit Lions (C+) - It starts and ends with one person. That is 1st Round Pick WR Calvin Johnson. Besides Megatron, there was very little, maybe a mention to 3rd rounder QB Drew Stanton.

Green Bay Packers (D) - Top 2 picks were terrible. Plain and simple neither 1st rounder DT Justin Harrell or 2nd Rounder RB Brandon Jackson didn’t work. They did get 4th WR James Jones in the 3rd round and Pro-Bowl K Mason Crosby in the 6th.

Houston Texans (C) - The Texans made no splashed and no real flops. Their top 2 picks were DT Amobi Okoye and WR Jacoby Jones. Nothing exciting.

Indianapolis Colts (C-) - It started with the injuries to 1st round pick Anthony Gonzalez that has hurt the Colts grade. Then they traded a 1st round pick in 2008 to move up in the 2nd round to take OT Tony Ugoh, who didn’t work out in Indy. They did take LB Clint Sessions in the 4th round, which was solid.

Jacksonville Jaguars (C-) - Much like the Texans, there wasn’t alot of excitement. 1st rounder, Reggie Nelson didn’t work out in Jacksonville and is now in Cincy. Rounds 2 thru 5 were ok, that’s it, ok!

Kansas City Chiefs (D) - Clean cut. Dwayne Bowe and that is it! Bowe is the only player left on the team from the 7 players they drafted. Bowe has looked great and then disappears,much like the rest of his draft class.

Miami Dolphins (F) - This might be the worst of them all. They had the mostand made the least out of them. The Phins had 3 picks in the first 60 picks. They turned out to be 1st rounder WR Ted Ginn Jr., in San Francisco, 2nd rounder QB John Beck and 3rd rounder Samson Satele. Punter Brandon Fields selected in the 7t round was the only bright spot.

Minnesota Vikings (B+) - If it came to straight player talent, the Vikings may have topped the draft, but since 2nd Rounder WR Sidney Rice is now in Seattle and 7th rounder QB Tylet Thigpen is in Miami. Still they have top RB Adrian Peterson from their 1st round selection and DE Brian Robison from the 4th round.

New England Patriots (D+) - The only name that came out of the draft for the Pats was S Brandon Merriweather in the first round. Other than that, there was not much help.

New Orleans Saints (D) - 7 draft picks and only WR Robert Meacham, their first rounder, is the only name Saints fans will recognize. The only thing worse, might be this year’s class.

New York Giants (A) - The G-men may top the draft of 2007 from what I see. The bright spot was the diamond in the rough, 7th rounder RB Ahmad Bradshaw. They also got good production out o 1st rounder S Aaron Ross, 2nd Rounder WR Steve Smith, 5th Rounder TE Kevin Boss and 7th Rounder S Michael Johnson, all who have at least 1 Super Bowl ring with the Giants.

New York Jets (A-) - The Jets only had 4 draft picks but they made the most of them. They took Superstar CB Derrell Revis in the first round and Pro Bowl LB David Harris in the second. They also picked up a productive WR Chansi Stuckey in the 7th.

Oakland Raiders (D+) - It would be so easy to give the Raiders an F because of the flop of Jamarcus Russell, but I think any team in their position would have done the same. Also, the did pick up TE Zach Miller in the 2nd and RB Michael Bush in the 4th, which has helped.

Philadelphia Eagles (B-) - The Eagles didn’t have a first round pick but made the most of their selections getting QB Kevin Kolb in the 2nd, LB Stewart Bradley in the 3rd and TE Brent Celek in the 5th.

Pittsburgh Steelers (A-) -The Steelers had a very good draft adding many contributing parts to Super Bowl teams. LBs Lawrence Timmons went in the first round and Lamarr Woodley in the second. They also added TE Matt Spaeth in the 3rd, P Daniel Sepulveda in the 4th and CB William Gay in the 5th.

St. Louis Rams (F) - The Rams have absolutely no one for their 2007 draft on their current roster. 2nd rounder FB Brian Leonard was ok, but 1st rounder DE Adam Carriker was an absolute bust.

San Diego Chargers (D) - The Chargers wnet 1-6 on draft picks in 2007. The only real hit was 2nd rounder S Eric Weddle. They do get limited production out of 5th rounder WR Legadu NaaNee. 1st round pick WR Craig Davis was a flop.

San Francisco 49ers (A) - The 49ers nailed it twice in the 1st round with All-star LB Patrick Willis and anchor OT Joe Staley. Besides those two, they also added a few support pieces later.

Seattle Seahawks (D+) - The Seahawks didn’t have a 1st round pick. They did do ok with there 2nd and 3rd round selections in picking up DB Josh Wilson in the 2nd and Defensive Line anchor Brandon McBane in the 3rd.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers (D) - Major swing and misses for the Bucs early. 1st Rounder Gaines Adams was a real bust and got nothing out of 2nd rounder G Aaron Sears after off the field problems forced Tampa to send him on his way. They did pick up some quality in 3rd rounder LB Quincy Black and 4th rounder S Tenard Jackson.

Tennessee Titans (C-) - 1st round pick Michael Griffin was the best pick as he should be, but that isn’t saying much if you look at the others. Big misses for the 2nd round with RB Chris Henry and 3nd round with WR Paul Williams.

Washington Redskins (D-) - We didn’t save the best for last. Like Tennessee, the Skins got little out of this draft. S LaRon Landry was their 1st pick and has been up and down. No other starters were drafted.

So there you go the draft of 2007. I hope you enjoyed the look back. So what do you think? How would you change my grades? How do you think the class of 2012 will end up playing out? Now don’t forget that you can get a free winner every day by going to Freeplays.com and clicking on Razor Sharp Sports. Good Luck.