2013 Fantasy Football Dynasty Mock Draft
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Scoring: This mock draft is based on dynasty leagues. 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-half 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 12 rounds and I will include commentary for each of the 144 picks.
This is a slow draft that is conducted offline, but picks/rounds of the draft will be posted as they are completed.
Although we conducted re-draft mocks for both standard-scoring and point-per-reception (PPR) formats prior to the 2013 NFL Draft, we will conduct new drafts in the near future.
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Draft Start Date: Tuesday, May 7th
Draft End Date: Thursday, May 30th
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Results by Team - Dan Yanotchko (Team 3)
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Rounds: One - Two - Three - Four - Five - Six - Seven - Eight - Nine - 10 - 11 - 12 | By Team
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Our re-draft mocks: Standard Scoring (Feb. 3-14) | PPR Scoring (Mar. 20 - Apr. 8)
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1.12 - Dan Yanotchko (Team 3): A.J. Green, WR, Cincinnati Bengals
Green has had about as good of a start to his young NFL career as any receiver has had.
The sky is the limit for the 24-year-old receiver, who has a total of 162 receptions for 2,407 yards and 18 touchdowns combined in his first two seasons. He even has another 91 yards rushing as well.
If both Spiller and Charles had been off the board before my previous pick, I would have selected Green.
2.01 - Dan Yanotchko (Team 3): Alfred Morris, RB, Washington Redskins
Alfred Morris is a perfect Terrell Davis-type fit in Mike Shanahan's offense. That said, I will always reserve a bit (or lot) of skepticism when Shanahan is involved.
As a rookie, the former sixth-round pick out of Florida Atlantic rushed for a franchise-record 1,613 yards and 11 touchdowns, both of which ranked second in the NFL.
Shanahan did not shy away from giving Morris a huge workload as he finished with 335 carries and he was tied with Houston's Arian Foster for most 20-carry games (10).
3.12 - Dan Yanotchko (Team 3): Andrew Luck, QB, Indianapolis Colts
Luck set the rookie record for most passing yards (4,374) in a season and scored a total of 28 touchdowns (23 passing and five rushing) last year. He has all of the physical tools and intangibles to potentially develop into one of the top two or three fantasy quarterbacks down the line.
In Bruce Arian's vertical passing attack, Luck threw a lot of interceptions (19), but I would expect that number to drop considerably in his second season. Although he has a new offensive coordinator, Luck is familiar with Pep Hamilton's offense from his days at Stanford.
4.01 - Dan Yanotchko (Team 3): Aaron Hernandez, TE, New England Patriots
Through three seasons, Hernandez, who turns 24 in November, has missed a total of 10 games including six of them last season and has yet to play in more than 14 games in any season. Although he had offseason shoulder surgery, he is expected to be ready for training camp.
If Hernandez can stay healthy, he has the potential to be a top-three fantasy tight end for a long time.
5.12 - Dan Yanotchko (Team 3): Torrey Smith, WR, Baltimore Ravens
Smith has the skill set to be more productive than his numbers would indicate. While many expected a breakout season last year, his numbers were nearly identical year over year. He finished with 49 receptions (50 in 2011) for 855 yards (841) and eight (seven) touchdowns.
Perhaps Smith will break out this year; or perhaps his production will be eerily similar to his 2012 (and 2011) numbers.
6.01 - Dan Yanotchko (Team 3): Frank Gore, RB, San Francisco 49ers
Although Gore just turned 30 years old (on May 14th), he's coming off back-to-back 1,200-yard seasons. It's possible that he has one more 1,200-yard season in him.
Considering Gore's age and the fact that the team drafted Marcus Lattimore, however, Gore owners should see a (potentially significant) drop in production after this season.
As the 27th running back off the board, this is a good spot for him.
7.12 - Dan Yanotchko (Team 3): James Jones, WR, Green Bay Packers
Jones set career highs across the board with 64 receptions for 784 yards and a league-high 14 touchdowns. It's unlikely that Jones repeats the 14 touchdowns, but it's possible that he sees a jump in receptions and yards with Donald Driver and Greg Jennings no longer on the roster.
8.01 - Dan Yanotchko (Team 3): Daryl Richardson, RB, St. Louis Rams
Of the Rams running backs, I would prefer Pead and/or Stacy over Richardson. Pead was already off the board in this mock, but Stacy is still available. Richardson averaged 4.8 yards per carry on the season, but he had only 24 rushing yards on 16 carries in five games in the month of December. Going forward, I would expect him to be used mostly as a change-of-pace back.
9.12 - Dan Yanotchko (Team 3): Emmanuel Sanders, WR, Pittsburgh Steelers
This could be Sanders final year with the Steelers. There was some speculation this offseason that the Steelers might not match the offer sheet made to him by the Patriots, but ultimately they matched it.
After posting career highs last year with 44 receptions and 626 yards, Sanders should have an opportunity to set new career highs in 2013. With Mike Wallace now in Miami, Sanders will get much more than the 74 targets he had in 2012.
His longer-term fantasy value will be impacted some by where he ends up in 2014 and beyond.
10.01 - Dan Yanotchko (Team 3): Daniel Thomas, RB, Miami Dolphins
Thomas seems to be the odd-man out in the Dolphins backfield with Lamar Miller leapfrogging him on the depth chart. In addition, they drafted Mike Gillislee out of Florida in the fifth round and he has looked good early on.
Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald recently wrote that coach Joe "Philbin said he 'wouldn’t rule out' Gillislee competing for the starting job." In addition, Will Muschamps, his former coach at UF, said that Gillislee is a back with “good lateral quickness, a tough, hard-nosed runner” who “gets stronger as the game goes on” and “can play every down because he can pass protect.”
Long story short, I expect Thomas to rank third behind Miller and Gillislee in touches and production.
11.12 - Dan Yanotchko (Team 3): Andre Roberts, WR, Arizona Cardinals
Roberts set career highs across the board last season with 64 receptions for 759 yards and five touchdowns. When it comes to Cardinals receivers, I would prefer Michael Floyd, the team's first-round pick last year, over Roberts in both dynasty and re-draft formats.
12.01 - Dan Yanotchko (Team 3): Tony Gonzalez, TE, Atlanta Falcons
This will likely be the final year for Gonzalez, who despite his age had his best season since signing with the Falcons in 2009. He finished with 93 receptions for 930 yards and eight touchdowns.
In re-draft formats, Gonzalez is a top-five fantasy tight end for 2013 and Dan could either draft a replacement next year or a younger option later in this draft (if we mocked out more than 12 rounds).
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