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: Saturday, March 23rd
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Round Two
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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 (13).
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Brendan Donahue (Team 3)
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Rob Gronkowski, TE, New England Patriots
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Over the past five months, Gronkowski has had three surgeries on his forearm. Not only did he refracture his
arm in his first game back from the initial fracture, but he developed an infection (insert joke here) in the arm
as well last month.
Injuries (and jokes) aside, it has been una "fiesta" for fantasy owners when Gronk is healthy. He has a total
of 38 touchdowns in 42 career games and has the potential to string together a bunch of games with multiple
touchdowns.
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2 (14).
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Kevin Hanson (Team 3)
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Brandon Marshall, WR, Chicago Bears
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As I noted earlier, I was really hoping to take Lynch here and celebrate with a bag of Skittles. Instead I'll take a
workhorse among receivers as only Megatron was targeted more than Marshall, who had a career season in
his first year reunited with Jay Cutler.
Not only was he the first 1,000-yard receiver for the Bears since Marty Booker in 2002, but Marshall set the
single-season franchise record in both receiving yards (1,508) and receptions (118). Of the five receivers to
finish with triple-digit receptions, Marshall was the only receiver to finish with double-digit touchdowns (11).
In fact, Wes Welker was second in that group with six.
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3 (15).
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Dan Yanotchko (Team 3)
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A.J. Green, WR, Cincinnati Bengals
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In PPR formats, it's Marshall at 2 and Green at 2(a) for me as that was my debate with the previous pick.
Green is one of the most talented young receivers in the game and you could easily make the case that he
should be the second receiver off the board. Green set career highs across the board with 97 receptions,
1,350 yards and 11 touchdowns and is only going to get better.
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4 (16).
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Sean Beazley (Team 3)
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Julio Jones, WR, Atlanta Falcons
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With a rare combination of size and speed, Jones set career highs with 79 receptions for 1,198 yards and 10
touchdowns after playing a full 16-game season in his second year. That said, I expected a bigger jump for
Jones, who saw his yards-per-game average increase only slightly from 73.8 to 74.9 and his
yards-per-reception average actually dropped from 17.8 to 15.2.
While that probably reads as being negative on Jones, that's not my intention. Instead, I expect the bigger
improvement that didn't necessarily happen last year to happen this year for Jones. As an example, if he has
the same number of receptions in 2013 but averages 16.5 yards (splitting difference from 2011 and 2012), he
would have more than 1,300 yards.
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5 (17).
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Sean Beazley (Team 2)
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DeMarco Murray, RB, Dallas Cowboys
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I don't question Murray's talent, but it's only natural to question his durability. In two seasons with the
Cowboys, Murray has missed a total of nine games. At a minimum, someone who drafts Murray will
especially need to make sure they have sufficient running back depth in case (or when) he gets injured.
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6 (18).
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Kevin Hanson (Team 2)
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Dez Bryant, WR, Dallas Cowboys
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Speaking of durability, Bryant is a player prone to nagging injuries as he plays with a reckless abandon.
Despite a slow start last season (or his career, for that matter), it was pedal to the medal for Bryant from
Week 4 on.
In the second half (final eight games) last year, Bryant had 50 receptions for 879 yards and 10 touchdowns.
With focus and good health, he is about to put it all together and have a monster season.
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7 (19).
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Dan Yanotchko (Team 2)
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Maurice Jones-Drew, RB, Jacksonville Jaguars
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Things could not have gone much worse for Jones-Drew last year. Not only did he not get the new contract
before/after ending his holdout, but he suffered a lisfranc injury and missed the final 10 games of the
season. At this point, MJD is still in a walking boot and is scheduled to start running in May. That's the bad
news.
The good news is Pocket Hercules enters a contract year and "has set his sights on 2,000 yards this
season," according to SI's Jim Trotter. He is expected to start running in May, and be full-go in June.
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8 (20).
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Brendan Donahue (Team 2)
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Alfred Morris, RB, Washington Redskins
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With 11 receptions last year, nobody will mistake Morris for Darren Sproles, but the rookie was a volume
runner in 2013. Morris had 20-plus carries in the team's final seven regular-season games, all wins, and
that included a season-high 33 carries in Week 17. Morris finished second in the NFL in both rushing yards
(1,613) and rushing touchdowns (13) last year.
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9 (21).
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Brendan Donahue (Team 1)
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Percy Harvin, WR, Seattle Seahawks
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One of the most dynamic players in the game, Harvin was traded to the Seahawks for three draft picks
including the team's first-rounder this year. Before last year's injury that landed him on IR, Harvin led the NFL
in receptions with 62 of them through Week 9. Among wide receivers with double-digit receptions, Harvin led
the NFL with an average of 8.9 yards after catch.
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10 (22).
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Dan Yanotchko (Team 1)
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Matt Forte, RB, Chicago Bears
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In each of his five seasons, Forte has had 1,400-plus yards from scrimmage and at least 44 receptions every
year, which firmly establishes Forte's floor. As far as his upside, comments made to Dan Pompei of the
Chicago Tribune suggest Forte could be in for a bigger role in 2013.
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11 (23).
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Sean Beazley (Team 1)
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Andre Johnson, WR, Houston Texans
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Over the past five years, Johnson has 100-plus receptions and 1,500-plus yards in all three of the seasons in
which he has played 16 games during that span. Provided he stays healthy for another full season, there's
no reason to believe that he can't come close to those number again at 32 years old.
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12 (24).
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Kevin Hanson (Team 1)
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Darren McFadden, RB, Oakland Raiders
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First, the obvious: McFadden is a huge injury risk. He has never played more than 13 games in any season.
(He's 0-for-5 in that statistic.) Even worse, he was ineffective when he was healthy last year as he averaged a
career-low 3.3 yards per carry.
With the surest thing at running back on this team already (Peterson), I felt I could take a little risk. Secondly,
the offense under new offensive coordinator, Greg Olson, will utilize a power running attack that better suits
McFaddens skills. If (granted, an enormous if) he ever stays healthy for a full season, he would be a steal
here.
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