2012 Draft Prep: Our 12-team, PPR mock draft

I was nearly having the perfect draft. It was all coming together so nicely heading into Round 6 in this 12-team PPR mock.

Picking at No. 3 overall, it started out with two stud running backs in LeSean McCoy and Trent Richardson, two receivers with a ton of upside in A.J. Green and Dez Bryant and a bounce back quarterback in Michael Vick. I couldn't be happier. And then it happened.

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Falling in Round 6 was Antonio Gates, and he was two picks away. Mike Freeman was desperate for running backs, and Aleese Kopf was already set with Aaron Hernandez. It appeared as if Gates was mine. But Freeman, to his credit, didn't panic and took Gates. I settled for Torrey Smith, but my perfect team was tarnished. Still, it rounded out nicely and hopefully will be competitive.

In a PPR league where you get one point per reception, the advantage is getting running backs and receivers who catch the ball more than their peers. Darren Sproles is more valuable in this format then Michael Turner, for example. The same goes for Wes Welker compared to Greg Jennings.

You can see some of the other decisions these owners made, like when to draft Adrian Peterson, Matt Ryan vs. Peyton Manning or Denarius Moore vs. Randy Moss. All of these questions will be answered in this mock draft, including many others. You should use it as an early guide on what to expect heading into training camp.

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In this league, all touchdowns are worth six points, and we award one point for every 10 yards rushing and receiving, one point for every 25 yards passing and one point for every reception. We feature a starting lineup of QB, 2 RB, 2 WR, TE, K, DST and a FLEX (RB/WR/TE). There will also be five reserve spots for a 14-round draft. This lineup reflects our CBSSports.com free Fantasy Football game.

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We also had a special guest join us for this draft as Kyle Moulton, a randomly selected reader, was chosen on Twitter to mock with us. This is something we plan to do going forward, so be on the lookout for your chance to draft with us.

Our draft order is as follows ...

1. Dave Richard, Senior Fantasy Writer
2. Nathan Zegura, Senior Fantasy Writer
3. Jamey Eisenberg, Senior Fantasy Writer
4. Aleese Kopf, Social Media Coordinator
5. Mike Freeman, National NFL Insider
6. Jeff Tobin, Associate Managing Editor
7. Kyle Moulton, Twitter follower
8. Adam Aizer, Podcast Host
9. Scott White, Senior Fantasy Writer
10. Peter Madden, Editorial Director, Fantasy Sports
11. J. Darin Darst, College Football Production Editor
12. Michael Hurcomb, Fantasy Writer

Round by Round Round 1 Pick Owner Player 1 Richard Arian Foster, RB, HOU 2 Zegura Ray Rice, RB, BAL 3 Eisenberg LeSean McCoy, RB, PHI 4 Kopf Maurice Jones-Drew, RB, JAC 5 Freeman Calvin Johnson, WR, DET 6 Tobin Ryan Mathews, RB, SD 7 Moulton Chris Johnson, RB, TEN 8 Aizer Andre Johnson, WR, HOU 9 White Larry Fitzgerald, WR, ARI 10 Madden Darren McFadden, RB, OAK 11 Darst Marshawn Lynch, RB, SEA 12 Hurcomb Aaron Rodgers, QB, GB Round 2 Pick Owner Player 13 Hurcomb Roddy White, WR, ATL 14 Darst Wes Welker, WR, NE 15 Madden Drew Brees, QB, NO 16 White Jimmy Graham, TE, NO 17 Aizer DeMarco Murray, RB, DAL 18 Moulton Matt Forte, RB, CHI 19 Tobin Rob Gronkowski, TE, NE 20 Freeman Tom Brady, QB, NE 21 Kopf Matthew Stafford, QB, DET 22 Eisenberg Trent Richardson, RB, CLE 23 Zegura Cam Newton, QB, CAR 24 Richard Greg Jennings, WR, GB Round 3 Pick Owner Player 25 Richard Julio Jones, WR, ATL 26 Zegura Darren Sproles, RB, NO 27 Eisenberg A.J. Green, WR, CIN 28 Kopf Mike Wallace, WR, PIT 29 Freeman Hakeem Nicks, WR, NYG 30 Tobin Steven Jackson, RB, STL 31 Moulton Jordy Nelson, WR, GB 32 Aizer Victor Cruz, WR, NYG 33 White Ahmad Bradshaw, RB, NYG 34 Madden Brandon Marshall, WR, CHI 35 Darst Reggie Bush, RB, MIA 36 Hurcomb Fred Jackson, RB, BUF Round 4 Pick Owner Player 37 Hurcomb Steve Smith, WR, CAR 38 Darst Jason Witten, TE, DAL 39 Madden Adrian Peterson, RB, MIN 40 White Jamaal Charles, RB, KC 41 Aizer Demaryius Thomas, WR, DEN 42 Moulton Eli Manning, QB, NYG 43 Tobin Percy Harvin, WR, MIN 44 Freeman Miles Austin, WR, DAL 45 Kopf Michael Turner, RB, ATL 46 Eisenberg Dez Bryant, WR, DAL 47 Zegura Marques Colston, WR, NO 48 Richard Tony Romo, QB, DAL Round 5 Pick Owner Player 49 Richard Doug Martin, RB, TB 50 Zegura Jeremy Maclin, WR, PHI 51 Eisenberg Michael Vick, QB, PHI 52 Kopf Aaron Hernandez, TE, NE 53 Freeman Frank Gore, RB, SF 54 Tobin Dwayne Bowe, WR, KC 55 Moulton Antonio Brown, WR, PIT 56 Aizer Beanie Wells, RB, ARI 57 White Roy Helu, RB, WAS 58 Madden Stevan Ridley, RB, NE 59 Darst Philip Rivers, QB, SD 60 Hurcomb Shonn Greene, RB, NYJ Round 6 Pick Owner Player 61 Hurcomb Kenny Britt, WR, TEN 62 Darst Steve Johnson, WR, BUF 63 Madden DeSean Jackson, WR, PHI 64 White Matt Ryan, QB, ATL 65 Aizer Isaac Redman, RB, PIT 66 Moulton Brandon Lloyd, WR, NE 67 Tobin Peyton Manning, QB, DEN 68 Freeman Antonio Gates, TE, SD 69 Kopf Eric Decker, WR, DEN 70 Eisenberg Torrey Smith, WR, BAL 71 Zegura Vernon Davis, TE, SF 72 Richard Vincent Jackson, WR, TB Round 7 Pick Owner Player 73 Richard BenJarvus Green-Ellis, RB, CIN 74 Zegura Reggie Wayne, WR, IND 75 Eisenberg Mikel Leshoure, RB, DET 76 Kopf Jonathan Stewart, RB, CAR 77 Freeman Donald Brown, RB, IND 78 Tobin Titus Young, WR, DET 79 Moulton C.J. Spiller, RB, BUF 80 Aizer Ben Roethlisberger, QB, PIT 81 White Pierre Garcon, WR, WAS 82 Madden Mark Ingram, RB, NO 83 Darst Robert Meachem, WR, SD 84 Hurcomb Jermichael Finley, TE, GB Round 8 Pick Owner Player 85 Hurcomb Toby Gerhart, RB, MIN 86 Darst Fred Davis, TE, WAS 87 Madden Ryan Williams, RB, ARI 88 White Jahvid Best, RB, DET 89 Aizer Lance Moore, WR, NO 90 Moulton Brandon Pettigrew, TE, DET 91 Tobin Anquan Boldin, WR, BAL 92 Freeman Willis McGahee, RB, DEN 93 Kopf Laurent Robinson, WR, JAC 94 Eisenberg Peyton Hillis, RB, KC 95 Zegura James Starks, RB, GB 96 Richard DeAngelo Williams, RB, CAR Round 9 Pick Owner Player 97 Richard Randy Moss, WR, SF 98 Zegura Denarius Moore, WR, OAK 99 Eisenberg Robert Griffin III, QB, WAS 100 Kopf Michael Bush, RB, CHI 101 Freeman LeGarrette Blount, RB, TB 102 Tobin Pierre Thomas, RB, NO 103 Moulton Malcom Floyd, WR, SD 104 Aizer Felix Jones, RB, DAL 105 White Sidney Rice, WR, SEA 106 Madden Darrius Heyward-Bey, WR, OAK 107 Darst Michael Crabtree, WR, SF 108 Hurcomb Matt Schaub, QB, HOU Round 10 Pick Owner Player 109 Hurcomb Ben Tate, RB, HOU 110 Darst David Wilson, RB, NYG 111 Madden Santonio Holmes, WR, NYJ 112 White Greg Little, WR, CLE 113 Aizer Justin Blackmon, WR, JAC 114 Moulton Nate Washington, WR, TEN 115 Tobin Santana Moss, WR, WAS 116 Freeman Tim Hightower, RB, WAS 117 Kopf Jermaine Gresham, TE, CIN 118 Eisenberg Ronnie Hillman, RB, DEN 119 Zegura Shane Vereen, RB, NE 120 Richard Brent Celek, TE, PHI Round 11 Pick Owner Player 121 Richard Daniel Thomas, RB, MIA 122 Zegura Brian Quick, WR, STL 123 Eisenberg Jacob Tamme, TE, DEN 124 Kopf Cedric Benson, RB, CIN 125 Freeman Tony Gonzalez, TE, ATL 126 Tobin Jacquizz Rodgers, RB, ATL 127 Moulton Brandon LaFell, WR, CAR 128 Aizer Owen Daniels, TE, HOU 129 White Danny Amendola, WR, STL 130 Madden Coby Fleener, TE, IND 131 Darst Mike Williams, WR, TB 132 Hurcomb Jared Cook, TE, TEN Round 12 Pick Owner Player 133 Hurcomb Michael Floyd, WR, ARI 134 Darst Joe Flacco, QB, BAL 135 Madden Mike Goodson, RB, OAK 136 White Jay Cutler, QB, CHI 137 Aizer 49ers DST 138 Moulton Evan Royster, RB, WAS 139 Tobin David Nelson, WR, BUF 140 Freeman Rashard Mendenhall, RB, PIT 141 Kopf Andy Dalton, QB, CIN 142 Eisenberg Nate Burleson, WR, DET 143 Zegura Bernard Scott, RB, CIN 144 Richard Carson Palmer, QB, OAK Round 13 Pick Owner Player 145 Richard Texans DST 146 Zegura Packers DST 147 Eisenberg Steelers DST 148 Kopf Eagles DST 149 Freeman Ravens DST 150 Tobin Bears DST 151 Moulton Patriots DST 152 Aizer Kendall Wright, WR, TEN 153 White Jets DST 154 Madden Giants DST 155 Darst Falcons DST 156 Hurcomb Lions DST Round 14 Pick Owner Player 157 Hurcomb David Akers, K, SF 158 Darst Dan Bailey, K, DAL 159 Madden Stephen Gostkowski, K, NE 160 White Mason Crosby, K, GB 161 Aizer Sebastian Janikowski, K, OAK 162 Moulton Alex Henery, K, PHI 163 Tobin Randy Bullock, K, HOU 164 Freeman Nate Kaeding, K, SD 165 Kopf Matt Bryant, K, ATL 166 Eisenberg Garrett Hartley, K, NO 167 Zegura Jason Hanson, K, DET 168 Richard Robbie Gould, K, CHI

Team by Team Adam Aizer Rd.Pk Player 1.8 Andre Johnson, WR, HOU 2.5 DeMarco Murray, RB, DAL 3.8 Victor Cruz, WR, NYG 4.5 Demaryius Thomas, WR, DEN 5.8 Beanie Wells, RB, ARI 6.5 Isaac Redman, RB, PIT 7.8 Ben Roethlisberger, QB, PIT 8.5 Lance Moore, WR, NO 9.8 Felix Jones, RB, DAL 10.5 Justin Blackmon, WR, JAC 11.8 Owen Daniels, TE, HOU 12.5 49ers DST 13.8 Kendall Wright, WR, TEN 14.5 Sebastian Janikowski, K, OAK Aleese Kopf Rd.Pk Player 1.4 Maurice Jones-Drew, RB, JAC 2.9 Matthew Stafford, QB, DET 3.4 Mike Wallace, WR, PIT 4.9 Michael Turner, RB, ATL 5.4 Aaron Hernandez, TE, NE 6.9 Eric Decker, WR, DEN 7.4 Jonathan Stewart, RB, CAR 8.9 Laurent Robinson, WR, JAC 9.4 Michael Bush, RB, CHI 10.9 Jermaine Gresham, TE, CIN 11.4 Cedric Benson, RB, CIN 12.9 Andy Dalton, QB, CIN 13.4 Eagles DST 14.9 Matt Bryant, K, ATL Dave Richard Rd.Pk Player 1.1 Arian Foster, RB, HOU 2.12 Greg Jennings, WR, GB 3.1 Julio Jones, WR, ATL 4.12 Tony Romo, QB, DAL 5.1 Doug Martin, RB, TB 6.12 Vincent Jackson, WR, TB 7.1 BenJarvus Green-Ellis, RB, CIN 8.12 DeAngelo Williams, RB, CAR 9.1 Randy Moss, WR, SF 10.12 Brent Celek, TE, PHI 11.1 Daniel Thomas, RB, MIA 12.12 Carson Palmer, QB, OAK 13.1 Texans DST 14.12 Robbie Gould, K, CHI J. Darin Darst Rd.Pk Player 1.11 Marshawn Lynch, RB, SEA 2.2 Wes Welker, WR, NE 3.11 Reggie Bush, RB, MIA 4.2 Jason Witten, TE, DAL 5.11 Philip Rivers, QB, SD 6.2 Steve Johnson, WR, BUF 7.11 Robert Meachem, WR, SD 8.2 Fred Davis, TE, WAS 9.11 Michael Crabtree, WR, SF 10.2 David Wilson, RB, NYG 11.11 Mike Williams, WR, TB 12.2 Joe Flacco, QB, BAL 13.11 Falcons DST 14.2 Dan Bailey, K, DAL Jamey Eisenberg Rd.Pk Player 1.3 LeSean McCoy, RB, PHI 2.10 Trent Richardson, RB, CLE 3.3 A.J. Green, WR, CIN 4.10 Dez Bryant, WR, DAL 5.3 Michael Vick, QB, PHI 6.10 Torrey Smith, WR, BAL 7.3 Mikel Leshoure, RB, DET 8.10 Peyton Hillis, RB, KC 9.3 Robert Griffin III, QB, WAS 10.10 Ronnie Hillman, RB, DEN 11.3 Jacob Tamme, TE, DEN 12.10 Nate Burleson, WR, DET 13.3 Steelers DST 14.10 Garrett Hartley, K, NO Jeff Tobin Rd.Pk Player 1.6 Ryan Mathews, RB, SD 2.7 Rob Gronkowski, TE, NE 3.6 Steven Jackson, RB, STL 4.7 Percy Harvin, WR, MIN 5.6 Dwayne Bowe, WR, KC 6.7 Peyton Manning, QB, DEN 7.6 Titus Young, WR, DET 8.7 Anquan Boldin, WR, BAL 9.6 Pierre Thomas, RB, NO 10.7 Santana Moss, WR, WAS 11.6 Jacquizz Rodgers, RB, ATL 12.7 David Nelson, WR, BUF 13.6 Bears DST 14.7 Randy Bullock, K, HOU Kyle Moulton Rd.Pk Player 1.7 Chris Johnson, RB, TEN 2.6 Matt Forte, RB, CHI 3.7 Jordy Nelson, WR, GB 4.6 Eli Manning, QB, NYG 5.7 Antonio Brown, WR, PIT 6.6 Brandon Lloyd, WR, NE 7.7 C.J. Spiller, RB, BUF 8.6 Brandon Pettigrew, TE, DET 9.7 Malcom Floyd, WR, SD 10.6 Nate Washington, WR, TEN 11.7 Brandon LaFell, WR, CAR 12.6 Evan Royster, RB, WAS 13.7 Patriots DST 14.6 Alex Henery, K, PHI Michael Hurcomb Rd.Pk Player 1.12 Aaron Rodgers, QB, GB 2.1 Roddy White, WR, ATL 3.12 Fred Jackson, RB, BUF 4.1 Steve Smith, WR, CAR 5.12 Shonn Greene, RB, NYJ 6.1 Kenny Britt, WR, TEN 7.12 Jermichael Finley, TE, GB 8.1 Toby Gerhart, RB, MIN 9.12 Matt Schaub, QB, HOU 10.1 Ben Tate, RB, HOU 11.12 Jared Cook, TE, TEN 12.1 Michael Floyd, WR, ARI 13.12 Lions DST 14.1 David Akers, K, SF Mike Freeman Rd.Pk Player 1.5 Calvin Johnson, WR, DET 2.8 Tom Brady, QB, NE 3.5 Hakeem Nicks, WR, NYG 4.8 Miles Austin, WR, DAL 5.5 Frank Gore, RB, SF 6.8 Antonio Gates, TE, SD 7.5 Donald Brown, RB, IND 8.8 Willis McGahee, RB, DEN 9.5 LeGarrette Blount, RB, TB 10.8 Tim Hightower, RB, WAS 11.5 Tony Gonzalez, TE, ATL 12.8 Rashard Mendenhall, RB, PIT 13.5 Ravens DST 14.8 Nate Kaeding, K, SD Nathan Zegura Rd.Pk Player 1.2 Ray Rice, RB, BAL 2.11 Cam Newton, QB, CAR 3.2 Darren Sproles, RB, NO 4.11 Marques Colston, WR, NO 5.2 Jeremy Maclin, WR, PHI 6.11 Vernon Davis, TE, SF 7.2 Reggie Wayne, WR, IND 8.11 James Starks, RB, GB 9.2 Denarius Moore, WR, OAK 10.11 Shane Vereen, RB, NE 11.2 Brian Quick, WR, STL 12.11 Bernard Scott, RB, CIN 13.2 Packers DST 14.11 Jason Hanson, K, DET Peter Madden Rd.Pk Player 1.10 Darren McFadden, RB, OAK 2.3 Drew Brees, QB, NO 3.10 Brandon Marshall, WR, CHI 4.3 Adrian Peterson, RB, MIN 5.10 Stevan Ridley, RB, NE 6.3 DeSean Jackson, WR, PHI 7.10 Mark Ingram, RB, NO 8.3 Ryan Williams, RB, ARI 9.10 Darrius Heyward-Bey, WR, OAK 10.3 Santonio Holmes, WR, NYJ 11.10 Coby Fleener, TE, IND 12.3 Mike Goodson, RB, OAK 13.10 Giants DST 14.3 Stephen Gostkowski, K, NE Scott White Rd.Pk Player 1.9 Larry Fitzgerald, WR, ARI 2.4 Jimmy Graham, TE, NO 3.9 Ahmad Bradshaw, RB, NYG 4.4 Jamaal Charles, RB, KC 5.9 Roy Helu, RB, WAS 6.4 Matt Ryan, QB, ATL 7.9 Pierre Garcon, WR, WAS 8.4 Jahvid Best, RB, DET 9.9 Sidney Rice, WR, SEA 10.4 Greg Little, WR, CLE 11.9 Danny Amendola, WR, STL 12.4 Jay Cutler, QB, CHI 13.9 Jets DST 14.4 Mason Crosby, K, GB

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