2012 Fantasy Football Mock Draft (Standard Scoring)
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Scoring: This mock draft is based on leagues that use standard scoring (i.e., not point-per-reception (PPR)
scoring). Passing touchdowns are worth four points while rushing and receiving touchdowns are worth six
points. In addition, one point is earned per 25 passing yards, 10 rushing yards and 10 receiving yards.
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For this mock draft, four EDSFootball.com contributors will draft for three teams per round
and we will exclude kickers and team defenses from this mock.
We will draft 12 rounds and I will include commentary for each of the 144 picks.
To keep track of the updates, bookmark this page or follow me (@EDSFootball) on Twitter.
You can follow the other contributors/mockers on Twitter as well:
- Brendan Donahue (@DonnyCasino)
- Dan Yanotchko (@TheTipDrill_Dan)
- Sean Beazley (@XtremeDynasty)
This is a slow draft that is conducted offline, but rounds of the draft will be posted as they are completed.
Draft Start Date: Saturday, June 30th
Draft End Date: Tuesday, July 10th
Round Completed: Wednesday, July 4th
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Round Five
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Round: One - Two - Three - Four - Five - Six - Seven - Eight - Nine - 10 - 11 - 12 | By Team(s)
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See our PPR Mock Draft (started 7/14)
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Pick (Overall)
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Contributor (Team)
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Player, Pos., Team
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1 (49).
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Dan Yanotchko (Team 1)
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Reggie Bush, RB, Dolphins
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Bush, who missed the season finale last year, was tremendous in his final four games. In fact, no back had
more rushing yards (519) during that span than Bush, who also went over the century mark in all four of those
contests. This year, he has sights set on the rushing title. As unrealistic as that may be, the Dolphins are
devoid of talent when it comes to offensive playmakers, which gives Bush a great opportunity to exceed his
draft value at this spot.
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2 (50).
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Kevin Hanson (Team 1)
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Tony Romo, QB, Cowboys
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With Foster and Murray as my starting running backs, this team arguably has the best RB duo in this draft. If
not, the worst you can say is this team is strong at running back in a year where the position is relatively
weak. With the depth at receiver, I will look to grab my WR3 a bit later and grab my QB here. I thought about
going with Aaron Hernandez, my third-ranked TE, here as well. Romo has the potential to throw for 4,000-
4,500 yards and 25-30 TDs and I like the composition of this team so far: Foster/Murray/White/Colston/Romo.
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3 (51).
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Sean Beazley (Team 1)
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Dwayne Bowe, WR, Chiefs
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Although he had an amazing seven-game stretch back in 2010 when he scored 13 touchdowns, two factors
limit Bowe's ability to be an elite fantasy option: (1) lack of an elite quarterback and (2) the Chiefs anticipated
focus on running the football. Bowe was extremely consistent last year with 12 60-yard (or more) games.
Only Megatron (13) had more. One concern for this team is Sean will count on Bowe as his WR1 and he has
some injury risks: Vick (size/style) and Peterson/Charles (both returning from torn ACLs).
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4 (52).
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Brendan Donahue (Team 1)
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Doug Martin, RB, Buccaneers
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With the coaching change in Tampa, many expect that (1) the Bucs will employ a run-first offense and (2) that
Martin will be the one to benefit the most from that. Not only did the Bucs trade up and back into the first
round to select the versatile back out of Boise State, but Martin has excelled in pass protection early on, which
is so important for a back, especially a young one, to earn playing time.
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5 (53).
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Brendan Donahue (Team 2)
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Kenny Britt, WR, Titans
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After a police blotter-filled offseason, Britt was really coming into his own on the field before tearing his ACL in
Week 3 last year. In the first two games, Britt had 14 receptions for 271 yards and three TDs. Fortunately for
his production this year, Britt sustained the injury early. As we've seen with Wes Welker, however, it typically
is not until the second season after the injury that the player is 100 percent back to form.
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6 (54).
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Kevin Hanson (Team 2)
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Roy Helu, RB, Redskins
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While I had solid running backs for a 12-team league in Mathews and Turner, Helu fills my flex spot but also
adds depth in case Mathews gets banged up or Turner really slows down. Although Shanahan may "start"
Tim Hightower, Helu is the most-talented Redskins running back and will (should) produce the most fantasy
points out of the group. This team has two of my top-10 receivers in Andre Johnson and Julio Jones.
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7 (55).
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Sean Beazley (Team 2)
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Antonio Gates, TE, Chargers
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With his foot issues slowing him down for part of two consecutive seasons, I don't trust Gates enough to take
him as the TE3. In fact, I would prefer Aaron Hernandez, Jason Witten and Vernon Davis over Gates. I feel all
three TEs are safer options. That said, if Gates can stay healthy, he has been a TD-scoring machine since
breaking out in 2004. He has scored 74 TDs in 117 games since that point.
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8 (56).
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Dan Yanotchko (Team 2)
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Steve Johnson, WR, Bills
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With Johnson, you know what you're going to get -- a little more than 1,000 yards and a bonehead play or two
in the process.
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9 (57).
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Dan Yanotchko (Team 3)
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Antonio Brown, WR, Steelers
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Brown broke out last year with 1,100-plus yards and he led the team in receiving yards in six of the team's
final eight regular-season games. Although he only scored two receiving touchdowns last year, that number
is surely to increase this year (of course, it'd be hard for it to fall). Brown averaged more than 16 yards per
reception last year.
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10 (58).
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Kevin Hanson (Team 3)
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Vincent Jackson, WR, Buccaneers
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Jackson tied his career high in touchdowns (nine) and was only 61 yards off his career-best mark. The two
main drawbacks with Jackson, though: (1) he was wildly inconsistent last year and (2) he signed this
offseason with the Bucs, who are likely to use a run-first offense under Greg Schiano.
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11 (59).
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Brendan Donahue (Team 3)
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Shonn Greene, RB, Jets
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Brendan needed a second RB so it's no surprise that he went with the best RB available at this point. While
he's not explosive, Greene is a steady, if not boring, option that should give Brendan around 250 carries and
1,000 yards over the course of the season.
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12 (60).
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Sean Beazley (Team 3)
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DeSean Jackson, WR, Eagles
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Perhaps I shouldn't be so biased against DeSean Jackson, but he will almost never end up on any of my
fantasy teams. In his four seasons, he's never finished with less than 912 yards and, if it weren't for a one-
game team-imposed suspension last year, he would have likely extended his streak of 1,000-yard seasons
to three. (He was 39 yards shy of 1,000 last year.) He's a good value for where he's being drafted, although
I'm sure Sean would prefer to not have to count on him as his WR2.
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- Go back to Round 4
- Continue to Round 6
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