ON YOUR MOCKS BY EDDIE MATZ

ON YOUR MOCKS

BY EDDIE MATZ

ESPN FANTASY FOOTBALL   37   

ROUND 1

1

 LIPSCOMB RB 

ADRIAN PETERSON,

 MIN

2

 WILLIAMSON RB 

L

E

SEAN M

C

C O Y, PHI

3

 HARRIS RB 

JAMAAL CHARLES,

 KC

4

 BERRY RB 

M AT T F O R T E ,

 CHI

5

 YATES RB 

M A R S H AW N LY N C H ,

 SEA

6

 JOYNER  RB

 E D D I E L A C Y,

 GB

7

 COCKCROFT RB 

D O U G M A R T I N ,

 TB

8

 DAUBE QB 

PEYTON MANNING,

 DEN

9

 KARABELL  RB 

ARIAN FOSTER,

 HOU

10

 M CCORMICK WR 

C A LV I N J O H N S O N , DET

BRAVO It only seems like Lynch is 53 years old. The truth? He's just 28! And even though he's logged 1,753 career carries (third most since 2007), his three consecutive double-digit-TD seasons make him felonious at the five spot.

BRUTAL With the seventh pick, do you take the QB who shattered pretty much every record last year or the RB who shattered his shoulder? Cockcroft goes with the latter.  That's not gonna end well.

BRIC-A-BRAC Charles outscored Peterson  by 101 fantasy points last year. Sure, his  19 touchdowns were 11 more than his previous best, but KC's offense is here to stay. In other words, AD is no no-brainer.

ROUND 2

11

 M CCORMICK RB 

Z A C S TA C Y,

 STL

12

 KARABELL  RB 

L

E

' V E O N B E L L ,

 PIT

13

 DAUBE  TE 

JIMMY GRAHAM,

 NO

14

 COCKCROFT  QB 

DREW BREES,

 NO

15

 JOYNER QB 

AARON RODGERS,

 GB

16

 YATES  RB

 D

E

M A R C O M U R R AY,

 DAL

17

 BERRY  WR 

D E M A R Y I U S T H O M A S ,

 DEN

18

 HARRIS RB 

ALFRED MORRIS,

 WAS

19

 WILLIAMSON WR 

D E Z B R YA N T,

 DAL

20

 LIPSCOMB WR 

A.J. GREEN,

 CIN

BRAVO I love me some Zac Stacy. Dude single- handedly carried my squad to the playoffs with 7 TDs in the final eight weeks of the fantasy regular season. (Sure, he wet the bed in Week 14, but that was the Arizona D's doing, not his.)

BRUTAL Everyone knows Graham is a monster, but going QB/TE to start—while everyone else snaps up running backs and wide receivers—is like not brushing your teeth in the morning: very dangerous.

BRIC-A-BRAC Last year Rodgers was the first quarterback taken, at No. 20. This year three passers were drafted by pick No. 15. The  lesson? If you fancy one of the Big Three QBs, prepare to pay.

DAUBE STRIKES BACK I will outscore everyone by a wide margin at QB and TE, and that will more than make up for the perceived loss at RB and WR. Points win fantasy games, not who has the best running backs.

, GET ET, GO!‍

36   ESPN FANTASY FOOTBALL

The NFL draft has become an annual rite of spring. It's as much a part of April as tax day, the Boston Marathon and Little League rainouts. Except for when it's not. As you may have heard, due to a scheduling conflict at Radio City Music Hall (you'd think his royal Rogerness would have a little more pull, no?), this year's prospect pageant got pushed all the way back to the sixth week of April. Or, as it's more commonly known in the Western Hemisphere, the second 

week of May. Apparently, Conference Room 1110 at ESPN's Bristol  HQ is a slightly less desirable venue than Radio City, because when the ESPN.com fantasy crew tried to book it May 13 for their big show—the Ninth Almost Annual ESPN Fantasy Football Guide Mock Draft—they got absolutely no pushback. I've taken the liberty of spotlighting the best and worst moments from all 16 rounds, along with some bonus nuggets of fantasy goodness. Let's roll tape …

1 KEITH LIPSCOMB ESPN.COM SENIOR FANTASY EDITOR

2 MATT WILLIAMSON ESPN INSIDER NFL ANALYST

3 CHRISTOPHER HARRIS ESPN.COM  SENIOR FANTASY WRITER

4 MATTHEW BERRY ESPN.COM SENIOR FANTASY ANALYST

5 FIELD YATES ESPN INSIDER NFL ANALYST

6 KC JOYNER  ESPN INSIDER FOOTBALL ANALYST

7 TRISTAN H. COCKCROFT ESPN.COM  SENIOR FANTASY WRITER

8 KEN DAUBE ESPN.COM FANTASY ANALYST

9 ERIC KARABELL ESPN.COM SENIOR WRITER

10 JIM MCCORMICK  ESPN.COM FANTASY WRITER

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