2013 Fantasy Football Mock Draft (PPR Scoring)
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Scoring: This mock draft is based on leagues that use 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 and one point per
reception.
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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 eight rounds and I will include commentary for each of the 96 picks.
This is a slow draft that is conducted offline, but picks/rounds of the draft will be posted as they are completed.
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Draft Start Date: Wednesday, March 20th
Draft End Date: Monday, April 8th
Round Completed: Sunday, March 24thTBD
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Round Three
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Rounds: One - Two - Three - Four - Five - Six - Seven - Eight | By Teams
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Our earlier mock draft: Our eight-round standard-scoring mock draft
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Pick (Overall)
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Contributor (Team)
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Player, Position, Team
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1 (25).
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Kevin Hanson (Team 1)
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Demaryius Thomas, WR, Denver Broncos
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While I debated a couple of other options here, specifically Jimmy Graham or Drew Brees, Thomas had a
breakout season last year in his first with Peyton Manning. Even with the offseason addition of slot receiver
Wes Welker, I don't expect a huge drop in targets for Thomas, who finished the year with 94 receptions for
1,434 yards and 10 touchdowns.
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2 (26).
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Sean Beazley (Team 1)
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Jimmy Graham, TE, New Orleans Saints
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Graham had a solid but disappointing season in 2012 as injuries slowed him down. He finished the year
with 85 receptions for 982 yards and nine touchdowns after posting a line of 99/1,310/11 in 2011. He will be
fully recovered from his offseason wrist surgery before the start of the season and could post numbers closer
to his 2011 (than 2012) line this year.
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3 (27).
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Dan Yanotchko (Team 1)
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Victor Cruz, WR, New York Giants
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After setting the franchise single-season receiving record with 1,536 yards as a breakout player in 2011, Cruz
had fewer yards (1,092) but he set career highs in receptions (86) and touchdowns (10). The drop in yardage
and yards per reception (18.7 in 2011 to 12.7 in 2012) had a lot to do with his unsustainable amount of long
touchdowns in 2011 (five of 68 yards or more). His average score was 52.0 yards in 2011; it was 25.8 last
year.
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4 (28).
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Brendan Donahue (Team 1)
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Roddy White, WR, Atlanta Falcons
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One of the best things about Roddy White is Julio Jones. While Jones gets the hype and certainly has more
upside, White should produce another great stat line at a relatively under-the-radar price for an elite receiver.
It was White, not Jones, that led the team in receiving with 92 receptions for 1,351 yards last year. Over the
past six years, White has averaged 94 receptions, 1,296 yards and eight touchdowns per season.
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5 (29).
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Brendan Donahue (Team 2)
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Randall Cobb, WR, Green Bay Packers
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In his second season, Cobb set career highs with 80 receptions, 954 receiving yards, 132 rushing yards and
eight touchdowns. With Greg Jennings in Minnesota and Donald Driver entering retirement, Cobb (plus Jordy
Nelson and James Jones as well) should get a few more targets in the Packers' high-powered offense.
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6 (30).
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Dan Yanotchko (Team 2)
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Michael Crabtree, WR, San Francisco 49ers
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Crabtree set career highs last year with 85 receptions for 1,105 yards, his first 1,000-yard season, and eight
touchdowns. Counting the team's postseason run to Super Bowl XLVII runner-up, Crabtree had five 100-yard
games and seven touchdowns in his last eight games played.
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7 (31).
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Kevin Hanson (Team 2)
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Darren Sproles, RB, New Orleans Saints
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Srpoles missed three games last season, which contributed to lower overall numbers from the previous
season. In his two years in The Big Easy, Sproles has a 16-game average of 1,227 YFS, 9.4 TDs and 88.9
receptions.
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8 (32).
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Sean Beazley (Team 2)
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Larry Fitzgerald, WR, Arizona Cardinals
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Unfortunately for Fitzgerald, one of the league's most-talented receivers, his performance was impacted by
the team's atrocious quarterback play. It's not that the team's quarterbacks weren't collectively trying to get
him the ball; Fitz was targeted 153 times, seventh-most in the league. Fitzgerald ranked only 27th in the
league in receptions (71), however, and nearly set a career low with 798 yards. That's nearly half of his 2011
total (1,411 yards) and he set a career low in touchdowns (four).
Assuming the quarterback play improves (and it's hard to imagine it getting any worse) under Drew Stanton
(or a rookie quarterback), Fitzgerald just might have a bounce-back season.
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9 (33).
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Sean Beazley (Team 3)
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Ryan Mathews, RB, San Diego Chargers
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Mathews' season ended how it began -- with a broken collar bone. Of course, the biggest concern with
Mathews is his lack of durability. When he was on the field last year, however, he was unproductive. He
averaged a career-low 3.8 yards per carry and scored just one touchdown in 12 games. Perhaps he stays
healthy and he bounces back, but I'd prefer a few backs that are still available at this point.
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10 (34).
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Dan Yanotchko (Team 3)
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David Wilson, RB, New York Giants
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With the Giants parting ways with Ahmad Bradshaw earlier this offseason, Wilson is poised to take over as
the team's featured runner although Andre Brown will get a decent amount of touches as well. Averaging 5.0
yards per carry and 26.9 yards per kickoff, Wilson has great quickness and explosiveness but he will need to
protect the football and pass protect well to stay out of Tom Coughlin's doghouse.
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11 (35).
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Kevin Hanson (Team 3)
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Steven Jackson, RB, Atlanta Falcons
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For a long time, Jackson has been his team's primary offensive option with little help from his teammates.
He now moves to a situation where opposing defenses must pick their poison as the Falcons have one of
the best wide receiver duos (White and Jones) and tight ends (Gonzalez).
My biggest concern for Jackson is the cumulative effect of his workload in St. Louis (2,395 career rush
attempts). He ranks No. 1 (or, in a way, No. Last) among active running backs in that undesirable category.
That said, Jackson has eight consecutive 1,000-yard seasons and he should get an opportunity to finally
cash in at the goal line. Before being released, Michael Turner had double-digit rushing touchdowns in the
past five seasons for the Falcons. Jackson has not had double-digit scores since 2006; his fantasy owners
will hope that drought ends.
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12 (36).
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Brendan Donahue (Team 3)
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Stevan Ridley, RB, New England Patriots
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Ridley had a breakout season with a career-high 1,263 yards and 12 touchdowns last year. While he only
has nine career receptions, Ridley should continue to get a heavy workload and goal-line opportunities.
Ridley's 290 carries were the eighth-most in franchise history and the most since Corey Dillion had 345 in
2004.
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