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Webthumb generated its 4 millionth thumbnail on monday

The official time was 2008-08-11 11:09:49.

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I just completed my first real fantasy football draft of the season. I think i had a better mock earlier in the day, but I was in 8th position here (out of 12), and had problems executing my plan from that position.

Here are my picks for the Evil Pigeons, I think the worst aspect is the bye week overlaps on my rb1-2 and wr1-2

1. (8) Marion Barber
2. (17) Andre Johnson
3. (32) Chad Johnson
4. (41) Earnest Graham
5. (56) Ben Roethlisberger
6. (65) Laveranues Coles
7. (80) Julius Jones
8. (89) DeAngelo Williams
9. (104) Derrick Mason
10. (113) Anthony Gonzalez
11. (128) Matt Schaub
12. (137) Green Bay
13. (152) Owen Daniels
14. (161) Brandon Jackson
15. (176) David Patten
16. (185) Kris Brown

I just completed my first mock draft. I messed up a the running back picks Brian Westbrook and Michael Turner have the same bye week, i also waited too long to get running back 3/4 especially since I foolishly picked up 2 players with suspensions (Steve Smith, Brandon Marshall).

The only problem with this is I am playing in 2 different leagues with live drafts (Yahoo and ESPN) and neither really match this setup, in one I would need a WR3 and neither have TE in the flex just WR or R so I would be owned with this roster until week 3 when Steve Smith returns.

Here’s what i ended up with (I was pick #3):
R1 P3 RB Brian Westbrook, PHI (7)
R2 P8 QB Tony Romo, DAL (10)
R3 P3 WR Steve Smith, CAR (9)
R4 P8 RB Michael Turner, ATL (7)
R5 P3 WR Calvin Johnson, DET (4)
R6 P8 TE Tony Gonzalez, KC (6)
R7 P3 WR Brandon Marshall, DEN (8)
R8 P8 RB DeAngelo Williams, CAR (9)
R9 P3 RB Felix Jones, DAL (10)
R10 P8 WR Javon Walker, OAK (5)
R11 P3 TE Todd Heap, BAL (10)
R12 P8 QB Matt Schaub, HOU (8)
R13 P3 WR D.J. Hackett, CAR (9)
R14 P8 RB Maurice Morris, SEA (4)
R15 P3 DEF Pittsburgh Steelers, PIT (6)
R16 P8 K Matt Stover, BAL (10)

My week 1 starters would be:
QB: Romo
RB1: Westbrook
RB2: Turner
WR1: Johnson
WR2: Walker
RB/WR/TE: Heap
TE: Gonzalez
K: Stover
DEF: Steelers