2012 Draft Prep: 12-team PPR mock draft

The biggest difference in PPR leagues from standard formats might be when quarterbacks are drafted. With the additional value given to running backs and receivers, quarterbacks tend to fall on Draft Day.

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That happened in this draft. Aaron Rodgers, Tom Brady and Drew Brees went in Round 1 as expected, but Matthew Stafford and Cam Newton fell to Round 3. Now, that likely won't happen in most leagues, but you shouldn't reach for a quarterback in this format even with six points for passing touchdowns.

In most standard leagues, quarterbacks are the highest-scoring players. Last year, 18 of the Top 30 players in a standard league were quarterbacks based on total Fantasy points. But in a PPR league, that number was reduced to just 14 quarterbacks.

You can afford to wait on quarterbacks in this format, and in this league 15 running backs, seven receivers and two tight ends were drafted before Stafford at No. 28 overall (I took Newton two picks later at No. 30). The next quarterback after that wasn't drafted until No. 59 overall with Matt Ryan and Michael Vick went one pick later.

Another difference is when the better receiving options are drafted. For example, in this league Jimmy Graham went in Round 1 at No. 12 overall. Darren Sproles was drafted at No. 14 overall in Round 2 ahead of Steven Jackson, Ryan Mathews and Trent Richardson. And Wes Welker was the No. 3 receiver drafted ahead of Andre Johnson and Julio Jones. Roddy White also went ahead of Jones.

I like the Graham pick, but Sproles went too soon. Welker is worth the risk there, but I'd still draft him after Johnson and Jones even in this format. There were some other interesting picks, which you can see here.

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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.

Our draft order is as follows ...

1. Will Brinson, Senior NFL Blogger
2. Scott White, Senior Fantasy Writer
3. Nando Di Fino, Senior Fantasy Writer
4. Aleese Kopf, Social Media Coordinator
5. J. Darin Darst, College Football Production Editor
6. Jamey Eisenberg, Senior Fantasy Writer
7. Adam Aizer, Podcast/Video Host
8. Peter Madden, Editorial Director, Fantasy Sports
9. Michael Hurcomb, Fantasy Editor
10. Jeff Tobin, Associate Managing Editor, Fantasy Sports
11. Dave Richard, Senior Fantasy Writer
12. Chris Towers, Fantasy Writer

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

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