I hemmed and hawed with this pick.  I looked at TE, another RB, WR and the remaining QBs.  As I was the last FAD team to draft my #1 QB, I had decided that I would be trotting out 3 QBs already and there's not much left that I feel are valuable picks so eventually pulled the trigger on Jackson.  JaMarcus Russell was also a consideration here.  Ultimately I like that Jackson is in his third year with the Vikings and has experience in 2007 having played in 12 games.  He has shown signs of progress and the Vikings have added a few more receivers like Bernard Berrian and it doesn't hurt that defenses will be focused on Adrian Peterson and not Tarvaris Jackson.  Jackson has looked sharp in training camp and his new familiarity with the offense has shown as he's making much quicker reads and is throwing the ball with confidence.  He should post some decent numbers given the offense that he is running and I hope my three headed QB machine will be scoring some good base points for me all season long.
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Just adding more depth at running back with a guy who could emerge as a starter even though Dunn really returned to Tampa Bay only to wrap up his career. He has been very durable late in his career and the Bucs could use a regular presence at running back. He also is a good receiver and if that leads to a few nice games, I'll take that production.
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12.03

It was always my intent to have three quarterbacks but I had hoped that Tarvaris Jackson would fall to me.  Since that was the case I was left with a decision between a quarterback that is unhappy with his contract, Jeff Garcia, and one that might lose his job, Alex Smith.  I opted for Smith because I believe he will continue to be the starter in San Francisco and if Mike Martz can turn Jon Kitna into a fantasy stud, it is likely he will do the same with Smith.
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12.04

I have four wide receivers I really like — Andre Johnson, Steve Smith, Wes Welker and Calvin Johnson — but all of those guys are going to have byes and multiple weeks with poor stats, so there’s certainly room for another wide receiver. I’ve opted to go light at the running back position, so I’ll be playing four wide receivers virtually every week. Bryant Johnson, I think, might be pretty good. I think he’ll be the top pass catcher in San Francisco, and I expect the 49ers to throw the ball a lot this season (with Mike Martz taking over as their offensive coordinator).
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12.06

We can honestly say that WR was the position we were LEAST looking at with this selection.  In this case, we simply thought the RB talent too thin to pass up a value pick like Hackett at this spot. 

Hackett was given assurances by the Panthers that he'll be the #2 WR on the squad this year, and any WR opposite Steve Smith isn't going to see much double coverage - we like the sound of that.  Toss in the fact that Hackett is the tall possession receiver in contrast to the smaller, faster Smith and we think Hackett will get a few looks in the redzone.  Injured last year, he still managed 6 TDs in the 6 games he played in - a scoring trend we'd love to see continue into 2008.  Even with Hackett's injury history, he simply had too much upside for us to ignore this late in the draft.
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