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 - Sean Beazley (Team 2)
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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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1.08 - Sean Beazley (Team 2): Aaron Rodgers, QB, Green Bay Packers
If I could have any quarterback in fantasy, my preference would be Rodgers. He's a lock to finish in the top three in fantasy points among players at the position. That said, I'd prefer to wait on quarterback in dynasty or re-draft leagues.
Despite the gaudy stats by some other quarterbacks, Rodgers has never thrown more than 552 pass attempts, which is a career high that he set last season. That ranked tenth in the NFL last year. Matthew Stafford threw it almost 200 more times than Rodgers. That said, ARod has an 84-to-14 touchdown-to-interception ratio in the past two seasons combined.
2.05 - Sean Beazley (Team 2): Jimmy Graham, TE, New Orleans Saints
Five total picks in the mock so far for Sean and zero running backs up to this point.
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.
While Gronkowski and Graham are my top two tight ends in both re-draft and dynasty leagues, the gap between the two tight ends is greater in dynasty formats considering Gronk is more than three years younger.
3.08 - Sean Beazley (Team 2): DeMarco Murray, RB, Dallas Cowboys
With Murray, you get a player with a similar outlook as McFadden: talented but injury-prone. If Murray stays healthy, something he has yet to do, he has the potential to put up some big numbers in the Cowboys' offense.
He has played in 23 games over the past two seasons and has accumulated 1,560 rushing yards on 325 carries and 430 receiving yards on 60 receptions.
Adding Travis Frederick, the top center in the draft (albeit a round or two earlier than expected), should help protect Tony Romo and improve the running game. While the team drafted Joseph Randle to replace Felix Jones, Randle recently hand thumb surgery and likely won't get the cast off until training camp.
4.05 - Sean Beazley (Team 2): Eddie Lacy, RB, Green Bay Packers
In the days leading up to the 2013 NFL Draft, SI's draft insider Tony Pauline tweeted that some teams believed UCLA's Johnathan Franklin was preferred over Alabama's Eddie Lacy. In typical Ted Thompson fashion, the Packers got bargain picks with both backs: Lacy at the end of Round 2 and Franklin in Round 4.
Although his toe fusion may have scared teams like the Steelers off Lacy, he should be productive at least for the next several years in a high-powered offense like the Packers. Unfortunately, the presence of another talented runner like Franklin means that Lacy is unlikely to be as productive as he could have been without another talented rookie on the roster.
5.08 - Sean Beazley (Team 2): Justin Blackmon, WR, Jacksonville Jaguars
After being drafted, things did not go so well for Blackmon as he was arrested for DUI, held out longer than any other first-round pick and exceeded 50 receiving yards in only one of his first nine NFL games. During that nine-game stretch, Blackmon had a total of 250 yards.
Then things turned around for Blackmon, who had 38 receptions for 615 yards and four touchdowns in the team's final seven games of the season. Not only did he have a monster 236-yard game, but he had more than 50 yards in six of those seven games.
Despite the positive momentum that he built toward the end of last season, Blackmon will serve a four-game suspension to begin the 2013 season for the violating the league's substance-abuse policy. Even worse from a dynasty standpoint, the next violation could force him to miss a full season.
6.05 - Sean Beazley (Team 2): Pierre Garcon, WR, Washington Redskins
Garcon's tenure as a Redskin got off to a great start: four receptions for 109 yards and a touchdown in the first quarter of his first game. Unfortunately, he suffered a toe injury on that touchdown that kept him out the rest of that game and six other games.
Provided he can stay healthy for a full season, Garcon, who turns 27 in August, should be in store for a career year with the Redskins in 2013. And with one of the best young quarterbacks in the NFL throwing him the ball, the best is yet to come for Garcon.
7.08 - Sean Beazley (Team 2): Andre Brown, RB, New York Giants
With Ahmad Bradshaw being released early in the offseason, David Wilson is expected to be the team's featured back going forward. Even with less talent than and a secondary role to Wilson, Brown should still be a productive back for the Giants.
If Wilson has any issues with ball security or pass protection, Brown could really turn out to be a great value at least for the 2013 season. Brown, who rushed for eight touchdowns last year, is due to become an unrestricted free agent after the 2013 season.
8.05 - Sean Beazley (Team 2): Reggie Wayne, WR, Indianapolis Colts
While he is nearing the end of his career as a 34-year-old receiver, Wayne had a bounce-back season playing with rookie quarterback Andrew Luck, the No. 1 overall pick in 2012. He finished with 106 receptions and 1,355 yards, both of which were the second-most of his career, and five touchdowns.
Including Wayne, only four players have ever finished with 1,300-plus receiving yards at age 34 or older. Both Terrell Owens and ex-teammate Marvin Harrison reached that mark at 34 years old and Irving Fryar was the only to do that when he was older than 34.
9.08 - Sean Beazley (Team 2): Greg Jennings, WR, Minnesota Vikings
Last year was a lost season for Jennings, who signed a big free-agent deal to play for the division-rival Vikings. Jennings played in only eight games and finished with career lows of 36 receptions for 366 yards.
Obviously the downgrade at quarterback from Aaron Rodgers to Christian Ponder is enormous, but Jennings is clearly the team's No. 1 receiver and the Vikings have the league's best running back to help keep defenses honest.
10.05 - Sean Beazley (Team 2): Steve Smith, WR, Carolina Panthers
At 34 years of age, Smith may not have many more productive seasons left, but he should have a productive 2013 season. As Sean's WR5, he will potentially help fill the void when the first receiver he selected, Justin Blackmon, is out for the first quarter of the season due to a four-game suspension.
When the Panthers drafted Cam Newton, the No. 1 overall pick in 2011, Smith was coming off one of the worst seasons (46/554/2) of his NFL career.
In the two seasons with Newton under center, Smith has a total of 152 receptions for 2,568 yards and 11 touchdowns.
11.08 - Sean Beazley (Team 2): E.J. Manuel, QB, Buffalo Bills
As a shock to many, the only first-round quarterback in the 2013 NFL Draft was Florida State's E.J. Manuel. Although he may be a bit raw, Manuel has the size, arm strength, athleticism and intelligence to become a successful NFL quarterback.
With the success of dual-threat quarterbacks when it comes to fantasy production, Manuel has plenty of upside for a later-round quarterback.
12.05 - Sean Beazley (Team 2): Mike Gillislee, RB, Miami Dolphins
While Lamar Miller is expected to get the majority of carries for the Dolphins, Gillislee will be in the mix as well. As noted earlier in this mock, Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald recently wrote that coach Joe "Philbin said he 'wouldn’t rule out' Gillislee competing for the starting job."
A First-Team All-SEC selection last year, Gillislee is a patient runner that became Florida's first 1,000-yard rusher since 2004.
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