2012 Draft Prep: 12-team standard draft

Every draft features difficult decisions for Fantasy owners to make. When do you draft a quarterback? Is this the right time to take a tight end? Did I get the right food for my draft party?

Our recent 12-team standard mock draft featured many tough decisions -- although none involved food. It started in Round 1 with the No. 6 overall pick. Five running backs were drafted in a row with Arian Foster, Ray Rice, LeSean McCoy, Ryan Mathews and Chris Johnson.

Nathan Zegura decided to stop that run there, taking the first quarterback in Aaron Rodgers. He also passed on the No. 1 receiver in Calvin Johnson, but he was looking for the most consistent option, which in his view is Rodgers.

Two other quarterbacks (Tom Brady and Drew Brees) went in the first round, and Johnson wasn't drafted until No. 10 overall by Adam Aizer. He decided to go the unconventional route of drafting receiver-receiver with his first two picks, taking Larry Fitzgerald in Round 2.

Aizer didn't draft his first running back until Round 4 because for some reason, Cam Newton dropped into the third round, as did Matthew Stafford. You can't fault Aizer for his first three picks even if his running back corps started out a little thin with Doug Martin and Willis McGahee. He did say following the draft if he had to do it again, he might have taken Matt Forte ahead of Fitzgerald.

Dave Richard and I did something you might see a lot this year, going running back-running back with our first two picks at the end of the first round. Richard ended up with Darren McFadden and Michael Turner, and I took Trent Richardson and DeMarco Murray with the swing picks. I was extremely happy with those two selections based on their potential coming into the season.

Some other interesting decisions included Nando Di Fino drafting Michael Vick over Stafford and Newton to start Round 3. Di Fino said he likes Vick's upside based on his rushing ability, the return of a "happy" DeSean Jackson and he doesn't believe Newton will repeat his 2011 prowess.

Rob Gronkowski and Jimmy Graham also fell to Round 3, which isn't crazy in a standard draft. What was interesting was Peter Madden drafting Gronkowski and then taking Jermichael Finley as his flex player in Round 8. There's no way Finley should have been on the board that late, and drafting two elite tight ends when you can use one as a flex -- in standard or PPR leagues -- is underrated, especially when they produce like standout receivers. Madden also took advantage of other great value picks by drafting Hakeem Nicks in Round 4 and Mike Wallace in Round 5. There's obvious risk involved if Nicks (foot) and Wallace (holdout) are out for an extended period of time, but if they are active and ready for Week 1 then his team should be tough to beat.

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.

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We also had a special guest join us for this draft as Kevin Leonard -- 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. Nando Di Fino, Senior Fantasy Writer
2. J. Darin Darst, College Football Production Editor
3. Aleese Kopf, Social Media Coordinator
4. Jeff Tobin, Associate Managing Editor
5. Bill Passonno, Fantasy Writer
6. Nathan Zegura, Senior Fantasy Writer
7. Peter Madden, Editorial Director, Fantasy Sports
8. Will Brinson, Senior NFL Blogger
9. Kevin Leonard, Twitter follower
10. Adam Aizer, Podcast/Video Host
11. Dave Richard, Senior Fantasy Writer
12. Jamey Eisenberg, Senior Fantasy Writer

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

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