2015 Fantasy Football Mock Draft: Round 12
Scoring: This mock draft is based on standard-scoring fantasy football leagues for the 2015 season only (i.e., not keeper or 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.Mock Draft Start Date: Saturday, May 9th
Mock Draft End Date: Friday, May 22nd
Four of our site's contributors — Kevin Hanson, Brendan Donahue, Sean Beazley and Dan Yanotchko — will make picks for three teams of this 12-team mock. The mock will go 12 rounds with no kickers or team defenses selected.
Although this is a slow draft, we will post picks as they occur, along with comments from Kevin Hanson, as opposed to waiting for the entire mock draft to be completed.
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12.01 - Dan Yanotchko (Team 3): DeAngelo Williams, RB, Pittsburgh Steelers
Williams is essentially a short-term rental for Dan (and fantasy owners) as he'll lead the team in touches during Le'Veon Bell's three-game suspension. Beginning in Week 4, the 32-year-old back will become droppable in 12-team leagues like this as Bell will assume his every-down role again.
12.02 - Kevin Hanson (Team 3): John Brown, WR, Arizona Cardinals
Small but ultra quick, Brown had a solid rookie season especially given the team's injuries at quarterback and finished with 48 receptions for 696 yards and five touchdowns. Improved year-over-year production should be expected, but his personal outlook is less bullish than it would have been without Larry Fitzgerald back in Arizona.
12.03 - Sean Beazley (Team 3): Cordarrelle Patterson, WR, Minnesota Vikings
There were a few potential breakout receivers going into the 2014 that disappointed, but Patterson was easily the poster child of that group. Going in the first four rounds (ouch!) in many fantasy drafts last August, Patterson's numbers dropped in his sophomore campaign to 33 catches for 384 yards, 117 rushing yards and two total touchdowns in 2014. Over the final five games of the season, Patterson played just three, one, nine, nine and six offensive snaps, respectively.
Coach Zimmer recently said of Patterson that he's "doing a good job in this offseason. He has been in better shape coming in, and he is doing a better job of running routes, of competing each and every down. I look forward to him coming on and I’m a big fan of his." With a much lower ADP, perhaps Patterson exceeds diminished expectations in 2015.
12.04 - Sean Beazley (Team 2): Coby Fleener, TE, Indianapolis Colts
Fleener finished with 774 yards and eight touchdowns, both of which were career highs, on 51 receptions last season. Unsurprisingly, Fleener's best games last season came in games that Dwayne Allen was out. In the four games that Allen missed or left early due to injury, Fleener had 355 yards and four touchdowns. In the other 12 games, he had just 419 yards and four touchdowns. Assuming that Fleener and Allen are healthy for the entire season, I actually prefer Allen over Fleener but the Colts often use two-TE sets and both are heavily involved in the passing offense.
12.05 - Brendan Donahue (Team 3): Danny Woodhead, RB, San Diego Chargers
Woodhead missed all but three games last season, but prior to the 2014 season, he had finished as a top-30 fantasy running back (in standard-scoring leagues) in three of his previous four seasons. In his first full season with the Chargers (2013), which also coincided with the only full season for Ryan Mathews, Woodhead had 1,034 yards from scrimmage, 76 receptions and eight total touchdowns. As the RB53 in this mock, Woodhead should easily exceed value provided he stays healthy.
12.06 - Brendan Donahue (Team 2): Austin Seferian-Jenkins, TE, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Going into his second season, Seferian-Jenkins certainly has plenty of breakout appeal. Not only is it difficult for rookie tight ends to make significant impacts, but ASJ battled some injuries in his rookie season that limited his production as well. Seferian-Jenkins was highly productive (146/1,840/21) in three seasons at Washington and should be featured more often within Dirk Koetter's offense.
12.07 - Kevin Hanson (Team 2): Andre Williams, RB, New York Giants
As a rookie, Williams led the team in carries (217), rushing yards (721) and rushing touchdowns (seven), but he averaged just 3.3 YPC and exceeded 3.5 YPC in only three games. Over the final four games of the season, the 230-pound back had 83 carries for 328 yards (3.95 YPC) and two touchdowns. Williams may only be the third-most productive fantasy back behind Rashad Jennings and Shane Vereen, but he could be first in line for goal-line carries and has some upside if/when the 30-year-old Jennings gets injured.
12.08 - Kevin Hanson (Team 1): Donte Moncrief, WR, Indianapolis Colts
Moncrief (6-foot-2, 220 pounds, 4.4 speed) flashed his potential with a couple of big games last season -- 7/113/1 in Week 8 and 3/134/2 in Week 13. Playing only 39.1 percent of the team's offensive snaps last season, Moncrief should improve upon last year's 32/444/3 rookie campaign. The signing of Andre Johnson, who was released by the Texans, and selection of Phillip Dorsett in Round 1, however, will limit his opportunity for a true breakout season.
12.09 - Dan Yanotchko (Team 2): Breshad Perriman, WR, Baltimore Ravens
Generating plenty of buzz prior to the draft highlighted by a pair of sub-4.3's run at the UCF Pro Day, Perriman is the son of ex-NFL receiver Brent Perriman, who has a 1,400-yard season under his belt with the Lions. Much bigger than his father, Perriman (6-1, 212) has had some issues with drops and needs to improve as a route-runner, but he's a big play waiting to happen. Coming off a career-best 50/1,044/9 season, Perriman has averaged more than 20.0 Y/R over the past two seasons and is an excellent fit to replace Torrey Smith as a vertical threat in this offense.
12.10 - Dan Yanotchko (Team 1): Philip Rivers, QB, San Diego Chargers
Winning the Comeback Player of the Year award in 2013, Rivers followed up his bounce-back season with 4,286 yards and 31 touchdowns in 2014, but he also threw 18 interceptions. Dealing with a back injury, Rivers threw seven of those interceptions in the final three games of the season. Fortunately Rivers didn't need back surgery this offseason and he should be a relatively safe bet for 4,000-plus yards and around 30 touchdowns once again in 2015.
12.11 - Brendan Donahue (Team 1): Marquess Wilson, WR, Chicago Bears
One of my favorite sleepers last offseason before he broke his clavicle, Wilson, still only 22 years old, had less than 20 receiving yards in all but one of his seven games played last season. Even though the Bears traded Brandon Marshall, they used the seventh-overall pick on Kevin White, which lessens his breakout potential in 2015. In fact, ESPN's Jeff Dickerson wrote recently that "Wilson needs a strong preseason to ensure he’s on the 53-man roster."
12.12 - Sean Beazley (Team 1): Dwayne Bowe, WR, Cleveland Browns
The good news is that Bowe can't have fewer touchdown receptions in 2015. After back-to-back 1,100-yard seasons in 2010 and 2011, Bowe has 801, 673 and 754 receiving yards, respectively, in his past three seasons with the Chiefs. Bowe may be one of a few free-agent wide receivers where Cleveland as a landing spot didn't necessarily hurt his fantasy stock. Although it doesn't necessarily help it, either. (No team threw fewer touchdowns than the Browns last season, but at least some of them went to wide receivers.)
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