2012 Draft Prep: 14-team mock draft

Every draft presents different challenges, but adding more owners to the mix can make Draft Day a nightmare. In a 14-team league you can get into Round 3 or 4 and find the quality of running backs looking thin based on the talent pool, especially with the lack of depth at that position this year.

That happened to one owner in this 14-team draft, Will Brinson, a Senior NFL Blogger at CBSSports.com. Brinson started his draft with Drew Brees in Round 1 at No. 10 overall, Larry Fitzgerald in Round 2 at No. 19 and A.J. Green in Round 3 at No. 38. Instead of reaching for a running back in Round 4 that he didn't like -- the players available to him were BenJarvus Green-Ellis, Roy Helu, Reggie Bush and Isaac Redman -- Brinson continued to stockpile talent at other positions.

He drafted Victor Cruz in Round 4 at No. 47, Jason Witten in Round 5 at No. 66 and Peyton Manning in Round 6 at No. 75. Brinson admitted that the Manning pick was a "planning to trade" strategy since he already had Brees, and he was looking at the best player available. Brinson said in the draft room "at this point in the draft, I'd rather gamble on Peyton and hope he looks great in training camp."

He finally took his first running back in Round 7 with Ben Tate at No. 94, and then he started loading up at the position with Ronnie Hillman in Round 8 (No. 103), Shane Vereen in Round 9 (No. 122), Jacquizz Rodgers in Round 10 (No. 131) and Isaiah Pead in Round 11 (No. 150). He could be in great shape if injuries happen to Arian Foster, Willis McGahee, Michael Turner or Steven Jackson, but running back is clearly his biggest weakness.

Brinson is loaded at the other spots with a Top 3 quarterback in Brees, three stud receivers in Fitzgerald, Green and Cruz and a standout tight end in Witten, but he will need some breaks for his running back corps to be successful. Still, his team should be competitive in a 14-team league.

But this draft should be an example of not letting one position get away from you in a deeper league. You can still compete with elite level talent at other spots, but you'd rather have a balanced squad like some of the other teams below.

As always, we ask you to share your thoughts on this draft. Take advantage of our Fantasy Football Twitter feed (@CBSFantasyFB) and post your comments there, or share your thoughts on our Fantasy Football Facebook page.

In this league, all touchdowns are worth six points, and we award one point for every 10 yards rushing and receiving and one point for every 25 yards passing. 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.

We also had two special guests join us for this draft as Dylan Demming and Kurt Panchura -- two randomly selected readers -- were 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.

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Round by Round Round 1 Pick Owner Player 1 Darst Arian Foster, RB, HOU 2 White Ray Rice, RB, BAL 3 Towers LeSean McCoy, RB, PHI 4 Freeman Ryan Mathews, RB, SD 5 Tobin Maurice Jones-Drew, RB, JAC 6 Richard Aaron Rodgers, QB, GB 7 Kopf Calvin Johnson, WR, DET 8 Demming Trent Richardson, RB, CLE 9 Di Fino Chris Johnson, RB, TEN 10 Brinson Drew Brees, QB, NO 11 Eisenberg Darren McFadden, RB, OAK 12 Aizer DeMarco Murray, RB, DAL 13 Panchura Steven Jackson, RB, STL 14 Zegura Tom Brady, QB, NE Round 2 Pick Owner Player 15 Zegura Matt Forte, RB, CHI 16 Panchura Michael Turner, RB, ATL 17 Aizer Matthew Stafford, QB, DET 18 Eisenberg Andre Johnson, WR, HOU 19 Brinson Larry Fitzgerald, WR, ARI 20 Di Fino Ahmad Bradshaw, RB, NYG 21 Demming Julio Jones, WR, ATL 22 Kopf Fred Jackson, RB, BUF 23 Richard Greg Jennings, WR, GB 24 Tobin Cam Newton, QB, CAR 25 Freeman Rob Gronkowski, TE, NE 26 Towers Jimmy Graham, TE, NO 27 White Roddy White, WR, ATL 28 Darst Wes Welker, WR, NE Round 3 Pick Owner Player 29 Darst Tony Romo, QB, DAL 30 White Adrian Peterson, RB, MIN 31 Towers Frank Gore, RB, SF 32 Freeman Brandon Marshall, WR, CHI 33 Tobin Jordy Nelson, WR, GB 34 Richard Darren Sproles, RB, NO 35 Kopf Jamaal Charles, RB, KC 36 Demming Michael Vick, QB, PHI 37 Di Fino Shonn Greene, RB, NYJ 38 Brinson A.J. Green, WR, CIN 39 Eisenberg Doug Martin, RB, TB 40 Aizer Hakeem Nicks, WR, NYG 41 Panchura Mike Wallace, WR, PIT 42 Zegura Miles Austin, WR, DAL Round 4 Pick Owner Player 43 Zegura Marshawn Lynch, RB, SEA 44 Panchura Demaryius Thomas, WR, DEN 45 Aizer Beanie Wells, RB, ARI 46 Eisenberg Steve Smith, WR, CAR 47 Brinson Victor Cruz, WR, NYG 48 Di Fino Antonio Gates, TE, SD 49 Demming Percy Harvin, WR, MIN 50 Kopf Aaron Hernandez, TE, NE 51 Richard BenJarvus Green-Ellis, RB, CIN 52 Tobin Roy Helu, RB, WAS 53 Freeman Marques Colston, WR, NO 54 Towers Jeremy Maclin, WR, PHI 55 White Reggie Bush, RB, MIA 56 Darst Isaac Redman, RB, PIT Round 5 Pick Owner Player 57 Darst Dez Bryant, WR, DAL 58 White DeSean Jackson, WR, PHI 59 Towers Dwayne Bowe, WR, KC 60 Freeman Steve Johnson, WR, BUF 61 Tobin Vincent Jackson, WR, TB 62 Richard Willis McGahee, RB, DEN 63 Kopf Torrey Smith, WR, BAL 64 Demming Vernon Davis, TE, SF 65 Di Fino Reggie Wayne, WR, IND 66 Brinson Jason Witten, TE, DAL 67 Eisenberg Mikel Leshoure, RB, DET 68 Aizer Antonio Brown, WR, PIT 69 Panchura Eli Manning, QB, NYG 70 Zegura Brandon Lloyd, WR, NE Round 6 Pick Owner Player 71 Zegura Eric Decker, WR, DEN 72 Panchura Jermichael Finley, TE, GB 73 Aizer Jonathan Stewart, RB, CAR 74 Eisenberg Philip Rivers, QB, SD 75 Brinson Peyton Manning, QB, DEN 76 Di Fino Ben Roethlisberger, QB, PIT 77 Demming Denarius Moore, WR, OAK 78 Kopf Matt Schaub, QB, HOU 79 Richard Donald Brown, RB, IND 80 Tobin Stevan Ridley, RB, NE 81 Freeman Matt Ryan, QB, ATL 82 Towers C.J. Spiller, RB, BUF 83 White Robert Griffin III, QB, WAS 84 Darst Titus Young, WR, DET Round 7 Pick Owner Player 85 Darst Michael Bush, RB, CHI 86 White Jay Cutler, QB, CHI 87 Towers Peyton Hillis, RB, KC 88 Freeman DeAngelo Williams, RB, CAR 89 Tobin Fred Davis, TE, WAS 90 Richard Kenny Britt, WR, TEN 91 Kopf Santonio Holmes, WR, NYJ 92 Demming James Starks, RB, GB 93 Di Fino Greg Little, WR, CLE 94 Brinson Ben Tate, RB, HOU 95 Eisenberg Robert Meachem, WR, SD 96 Aizer Lance Moore, WR, NO 97 Panchura Jahvid Best, RB, DET 98 Zegura Toby Gerhart, RB, MIN Round 8 Pick Owner Player 99 Zegura Mark Ingram, RB, NO 100 Panchura Malcom Floyd, WR, SD 101 Aizer Felix Jones, RB, DAL 102 Eisenberg Ryan Williams, RB, ARI 103 Brinson Ronnie Hillman, RB, DEN 104 Di Fino Randy Moss, WR, SF 105 Demming LeGarrette Blount, RB, TB 106 Kopf Daniel Thomas, RB, MIA 107 Richard Anquan Boldin, WR, BAL 108 Tobin Pierre Thomas, RB, NO 109 Freeman Brandon Jacobs, RB, SF 110 Towers Joe Flacco, QB, BAL 111 White Pierre Garcon, WR, WAS 112 Darst David Wilson, RB, NYG Round 9 Pick Owner Player 113 Darst Sidney Rice, WR, SEA 114 White Tim Hightower, RB, WAS 115 Towers Justin Blackmon, WR, JAC 116 Freeman Mike Tolbert, RB, CAR 117 Tobin Brandon LaFell, WR, CAR 118 Richard Brent Celek, TE, PHI 119 Kopf Santana Moss, WR, WAS 120 Demming Rashard Mendenhall, RB, PIT 121 Di Fino David Nelson, WR, BUF 122 Brinson Shane Vereen, RB, NE 123 Eisenberg Robert Turbin, RB, SEA 124 Aizer Darrius Heyward-Bey, WR, OAK 125 Panchura Mike Goodson, RB, OAK 126 Zegura Rashad Jennings, RB, JAC Round 10 Pick Owner Player 127 Zegura Michael Crabtree, WR, SF 128 Panchura Laurent Robinson, WR, JAC 129 Aizer Tony Gonzalez, TE, ATL 130 Eisenberg Carson Palmer, QB, OAK 131 Brinson Jacquizz Rodgers, RB, ATL 132 Di Fino Mike Williams, WR, TB 133 Demming Nate Washington, WR, TEN 134 Kopf Andy Dalton, QB, CIN 135 Richard Kevin Smith, RB, DET 136 Tobin Danny Amendola, WR, STL 137 Freeman Mario Manningham, WR, SF 138 Towers Andrew Luck, QB, IND 139 White Josh Freeman, QB, TB 140 Darst Jermaine Gresham, TE, CIN Round 11 Pick Owner Player 141 Darst Ryan Fitzpatrick, QB, BUF 142 White Jacob Tamme, TE, DEN 143 Towers Kendall Hunter, RB, SF 144 Freeman Austin Collie, WR, IND 145 Tobin Alex Smith, QB, SF 146 Richard Bernard Scott, RB, CIN 147 Kopf Joe McKnight, RB, NYJ 148 Demming Kevin Kolb, QB, ARI 149 Di Fino Sam Bradford, QB, STL 150 Brinson Isaiah Pead, RB, STL 151 Eisenberg Brandon Pettigrew, TE, DET 152 Aizer 49ers DST 153 Panchura Doug Baldwin, WR, SEA 154 Zegura Coby Fleener, TE, IND Round 12 Pick Owner Player 155 Zegura Owen Daniels, TE, HOU 156 Panchura Delone Carter, RB, IND 157 Aizer Brian Quick, WR, STL 158 Eisenberg Nate Burleson, WR, DET 159 Brinson Kendall Wright, WR, TEN 160 Di Fino Mohamed Sanu, WR, CIN 161 Demming Jon Baldwin, WR, KC 162 Kopf Vincent Brown, WR, SD 163 Richard Dustin Keller, TE, NYJ 164 Tobin Rueben Randle, WR, NYG 165 Freeman Cedric Benson, RB, CIN 166 Towers Michael Floyd, WR, ARI 167 White Jared Cook, TE, TEN 168 Darst LaMichael James, RB, SF Round 13 Pick Owner Player 169 Darst Eagles DST 170 White Steelers DST 171 Towers Ravens DST 172 Freeman Mason Crosby, K, GB 173 Tobin Texans DST 174 Richard Giants DST 175 Kopf Packers DST 176 Demming Falcons DST 177 Di Fino Stephen Gostkowski, K, NE 178 Brinson Cowboys DST 179 Eisenberg Bears DST 180 Aizer Evan Royster, RB, WAS 181 Panchura Patriots DST 182 Zegura Bills DST Round 14 Pick Owner Player 183 Zegura David Akers, K, SF 184 Panchura Sebastian Janikowski, K, OAK 185 Aizer Jason Hanson, K, DET 186 Eisenberg Garrett Hartley, K, NO 187 Brinson Dan Bailey, K, DAL 188 Di Fino Lions DST 189 Demming Matt Bryant, K, ATL 190 Kopf Alex Henery, K, PHI 191 Richard Robbie Gould, K, CHI 192 Tobin Randy Bullock, K, HOU 193 Freeman Jets DST 194 Towers Nate Kaeding, K, SD 195 White Matt Prater, K, DEN 196 Darst Dan Carpenter, K, MIA

Team by Team Adam Aizer Rd.Pk Player 1.12 DeMarco Murray, RB, DAL 2.3 Matthew Stafford, QB, DET 3.12 Hakeem Nicks, WR, NYG 4.3 Beanie Wells, RB, ARI 5.12 Antonio Brown, WR, PIT 6.3 Jonathan Stewart, RB, CAR 7.12 Lance Moore, WR, NO 8.3 Felix Jones, RB, DAL 9.12 Darrius Heyward-Bey, WR, OAK 10.3 Tony Gonzalez, TE, ATL 11.12 49ers DST 12.3 Brian Quick, WR, STL 13.12 Evan Royster, RB, WAS 14.3 Jason Hanson, K, DET Aleese Kopf Rd.Pk Player 1.7 Calvin Johnson, WR, DET 2.8 Fred Jackson, RB, BUF 3.7 Jamaal Charles, RB, KC 4.8 Aaron Hernandez, TE, NE 5.7 Torrey Smith, WR, BAL 6.8 Matt Schaub, QB, HOU 7.7 Santonio Holmes, WR, NYJ 8.8 Daniel Thomas, RB, MIA 9.7 Santana Moss, WR, WAS 10.8 Andy Dalton, QB, CIN 11.7 Joe McKnight, RB, NYJ 12.8 Vincent Brown, WR, SD 13.7 Packers DST 14.8 Alex Henery, K, PHI Chris Towers Rd.Pk Player 1.3 LeSean McCoy, RB, PHI 2.12 Jimmy Graham, TE, NO 3.3 Frank Gore, RB, SF 4.12 Jeremy Maclin, WR, PHI 5.3 Dwayne Bowe, WR, KC 6.12 C.J. Spiller, RB, BUF 7.3 Peyton Hillis, RB, KC 8.12 Joe Flacco, QB, BAL 9.3 Justin Blackmon, WR, JAC 10.12 Andrew Luck, QB, IND 11.3 Kendall Hunter, RB, SF 12.12 Michael Floyd, WR, ARI 13.3 Ravens DST 14.12 Nate Kaeding, K, SD Dave Richard Rd.Pk Player 1.6 Aaron Rodgers, QB, GB 2.9 Greg Jennings, WR, GB 3.6 Darren Sproles, RB, NO 4.9 BenJarvus Green-Ellis, RB, CIN 5.6 Willis McGahee, RB, DEN 6.9 Donald Brown, RB, IND 7.6 Kenny Britt, WR, TEN 8.9 Anquan Boldin, WR, BAL 9.6 Brent Celek, TE, PHI 10.9 Kevin Smith, RB, DET 11.6 Bernard Scott, RB, CIN 12.9 Dustin Keller, TE, NYJ 13.6 Giants DST 14.9 Robbie Gould, K, CHI Dylan Demming Rd.Pk Player 1.8 Trent Richardson, RB, CLE 2.7 Julio Jones, WR, ATL 3.8 Michael Vick, QB, PHI 4.7 Percy Harvin, WR, MIN 5.8 Vernon Davis, TE, SF 6.7 Denarius Moore, WR, OAK 7.8 James Starks, RB, GB 8.7 LeGarrette Blount, RB, TB 9.8 Rashard Mendenhall, RB, PIT 10.7 Nate Washington, WR, TEN 11.8 Kevin Kolb, QB, ARI 12.7 Jon Baldwin, WR, KC 13.8 Falcons DST 14.7 Matt Bryant, K, ATL J. Darin Darst Rd.Pk Player 1.1 Arian Foster, RB, HOU 2.14 Wes Welker, WR, NE 3.1 Tony Romo, QB, DAL 4.14 Isaac Redman, RB, PIT 5.1 Dez Bryant, WR, DAL 6.14 Titus Young, WR, DET 7.1 Michael Bush, RB, CHI 8.14 David Wilson, RB, NYG 9.1 Sidney Rice, WR, SEA 10.14 Jermaine Gresham, TE, CIN 11.1 Ryan Fitzpatrick, QB, BUF 12.14 LaMichael James, RB, SF 13.1 Eagles DST 14.14 Dan Carpenter, K, MIA Jamey Eisenberg Rd.Pk Player 1.11 Darren McFadden, RB, OAK 2.4 Andre Johnson, WR, HOU 3.11 Doug Martin, RB, TB 4.4 Steve Smith, WR, CAR 5.11 Mikel Leshoure, RB, DET 6.4 Philip Rivers, QB, SD 7.11 Robert Meachem, WR, SD 8.4 Ryan Williams, RB, ARI 9.11 Robert Turbin, RB, SEA 10.4 Carson Palmer, QB, OAK 11.11 Brandon Pettigrew, TE, DET 12.4 Nate Burleson, WR, DET 13.11 Bears DST 14.4 Garrett Hartley, K, NO Jeff Tobin Rd.Pk Player 1.5 Maurice Jones-Drew, RB, JAC 2.10 Cam Newton, QB, CAR 3.5 Jordy Nelson, WR, GB 4.10 Roy Helu, RB, WAS 5.5 Vincent Jackson, WR, TB 6.10 Stevan Ridley, RB, NE 7.5 Fred Davis, TE, WAS 8.10 Pierre Thomas, RB, NO 9.5 Brandon LaFell, WR, CAR 10.10 Danny Amendola, WR, STL 11.5 Alex Smith, QB, SF 12.10 Rueben Randle, WR, NYG 13.5 Texans DST 14.10 Randy Bullock, K, HOU Kurt Panchura Rd.Pk Player 1.13 Steven Jackson, RB, STL 2.2 Michael Turner, RB, ATL 3.13 Mike Wallace, WR, PIT 4.2 Demaryius Thomas, WR, DEN 5.13 Eli Manning, QB, NYG 6.2 Jermichael Finley, TE, GB 7.13 Jahvid Best, RB, DET 8.2 Malcom Floyd, WR, SD 9.13 Mike Goodson, RB, OAK 10.2 Laurent Robinson, WR, JAC 11.13 Doug Baldwin, WR, SEA 12.2 Delone Carter, RB, IND 13.13 Patriots DST 14.2 Sebastian Janikowski, K, OAK Mike Freeman Rd.Pk Player 1.4 Ryan Mathews, RB, SD 2.11 Rob Gronkowski, TE, NE 3.4 Brandon Marshall, WR, CHI 4.11 Marques Colston, WR, NO 5.4 Steve Johnson, WR, BUF 6.11 Matt Ryan, QB, ATL 7.4 DeAngelo Williams, RB, CAR 8.11 Brandon Jacobs, RB, SF 9.4 Mike Tolbert, RB, CAR 10.11 Mario Manningham, WR, SF 11.4 Austin Collie, WR, IND 12.11 Cedric Benson, RB, CIN 13.4 Mason Crosby, K, GB 14.11 Jets DST Nando Di Fino Rd.Pk Player 1.9 Chris Johnson, RB, TEN 2.6 Ahmad Bradshaw, RB, NYG 3.9 Shonn Greene, RB, NYJ 4.6 Antonio Gates, TE, SD 5.9 Reggie Wayne, WR, IND 6.6 Ben Roethlisberger, QB, PIT 7.9 Greg Little, WR, CLE 8.6 Randy Moss, WR, SF 9.9 David Nelson, WR, BUF 10.6 Mike Williams, WR, TB 11.9 Sam Bradford, QB, STL 12.6 Mohamed Sanu, WR, CIN 13.9 Stephen Gostkowski, K, NE 14.6 Lions DST Nathan Zegura Rd.Pk Player 1.14 Tom Brady, QB, NE 2.1 Matt Forte, RB, CHI 3.14 Miles Austin, WR, DAL 4.1 Marshawn Lynch, RB, SEA 5.14 Brandon Lloyd, WR, NE 6.1 Eric Decker, WR, DEN 7.14 Toby Gerhart, RB, MIN 8.1 Mark Ingram, RB, NO 9.14 Rashad Jennings, RB, JAC 10.1 Michael Crabtree, WR, SF 11.14 Coby Fleener, TE, IND 12.1 Owen Daniels, TE, HOU 13.14 Bills DST 14.1 David Akers, K, SF Scott White Rd.Pk Player 1.2 Ray Rice, RB, BAL 2.13 Roddy White, WR, ATL 3.2 Adrian Peterson, RB, MIN 4.13 Reggie Bush, RB, MIA 5.2 DeSean Jackson, WR, PHI 6.13 Robert Griffin III, QB, WAS 7.2 Jay Cutler, QB, CHI 8.13 Pierre Garcon, WR, WAS 9.2 Tim Hightower, RB, WAS 10.13 Josh Freeman, QB, TB 11.2 Jacob Tamme, TE, DEN 12.13 Jared Cook, TE, TEN 13.2 Steelers DST 14.13 Matt Prater, K, DEN Will Brinson Rd.Pk Player 1.10 Drew Brees, QB, NO 2.5 Larry Fitzgerald, WR, ARI 3.10 A.J. Green, WR, CIN 4.5 Victor Cruz, WR, NYG 5.10 Jason Witten, TE, DAL 6.5 Peyton Manning, QB, DEN 7.10 Ben Tate, RB, HOU 8.5 Ronnie Hillman, RB, DEN 9.10 Shane Vereen, RB, NE 10.5 Jacquizz Rodgers, RB, ATL 11.10 Isaiah Pead, RB, STL 12.5 Kendall Wright, WR, TEN 13.10 Cowboys DST 14.5 Dan Bailey, K, DAL