2011 NFL Draft: Chad vs Jim Mock Draft

By Jim Ingram

Fan Fanatic Sports Staff

Well, it's that fun time of the year again. Yes, I'm talking about the 2011 NFL Draft. Lockout, or no lockout, this should be a fun, maybe even crazy couple of days for the draft. So, please check out below the final mock drafts from both Chad and myself. Unlike our picks for the NFL season, I firmly believe that I will lose this one. Either way, feel free to review and criticize our picks.

What's not to like about Tom Brady's passion for the game?

By Chad Garner

Fan Fanatic Sports Staff

This quick video piece from Yahoo! Sports on New England quarterback Tom Brady says it all. Take a look and you'll see why I consider him the best in the game.

Brady still has that burning desire to be the best. And he still plays with a chip on his shoulder for getting drafted in the 6th round.

After watching this, tell me he's just another pro athlete that's in it for the paycheck.

Red Sox fans need to calm down

By Chad Garner

Fan Fanatic Sports Staff

Relax.

That's the message I have for any Major League Baseball fan that has hit the panic button already.

This goes out, especially, to all these Red Sox fans -- and I use the phrase "fans" loosely -- who are also saying that this ballclub stinks.

Yes, they haven't played well during their 0-3 start against Texas this year, but as we all know, this is a very long season.

It's a marathon of 162 games, not a sprint. Teams will hit ups and down all season long. The Sox are on a mini-skid right now, but there's no need to panic.

I'm not saying you shouldn't be upset that your beloved Red Sox have started the season losing three straight, but just take a chill pill for a second and realize that this isn't the end of the world.

This team has talent throughout the lineup. Talent typically prevails in any sport.

If you want to start pointing fingers at certain players who haven't done well yet, then here goes -- Bard, Buchholz, Lester, Lackey and Crawford.

Besides Lackey, any team in the majors would be glad to trade for anyone on that list above. So if you want to run them out of town, that's fine, too, considering they all stink anyway.

Being a fan is a wonderful thing. But being a "fan" that has absolutely no clue about the sport just ticks me off to no end.

And sorry to say, if you think this Red Sox team "stinks" then you don't know jack about baseball.