2016 Fantasy Football Draft Prep: 12-team standard mock draft review

After his performance in Thursday's third preseason game, Dallas rookie running back Ezekiel Elliott has solidified himself as a first-round pick in the majority of leagues. And rightfully so.

Elliott looked great against the Seahawks with seven carries for 48 yards, and he should be drafted in the Top 10 in standard formats, which happened in this 12-team mock draft when he was selected at No. 9. Some Fantasy owners might be scared of drafting a rookie in the first round, but Elliott comes packaged with that Dallas offensive line, which makes him potentially elite.

DeAndre Hopkins should be considered elite also, but his stock could be dropping a little. The Texans loaded up on offense this offseason with the additions of Brock Osweiler at quarterback, Lamar Miller at running back and Will Fuller and Braxton Miller at receiver. Hopkins probably welcomes the help, but he should see a decline in his 192 targets from last year.

With the potential decline in production, some Fantasy owners don't view him as a top-five receiver, and in this draft he went after Antonio Brown, Odell Beckham, Julio Jones, A.J. Green and Dez Bryant, which pushed him to No. 13 overall in the second round. I don't mind him in that range, but he could be a steal at that spot.

It worked out for Will Brinson in this draft, and he started his team with a WR-WR approach with Bryant and Hopkins. He then took the best player available in Round 3 with Cam Newton, and his first running back was Carlos Hyde in Round 4. I like the way his team turned out.

His lineup is Newton at quarterback, Hyde and Jonathan Stewart at running back, Bryant and Hopkins at receiver, Jimmy Graham at tight end and Ameer Abdullah at flex. His bench consists of Tony Romo, Derrick Henry, Christine Michael, Markus Wheaton, Travis Benjamin and Devin Funchess.

I don't love Graham as a starter, and he didn't need to draft Romo. But his collection of running backs and receivers, along with Newton, makes this team potentially dangerous. He benefited with Bryant and Hopkins landing in his lap at No. 12 overall.

I picked at No. 5 overall, and I took a more balanced approach with my roster. In fact, this was one of the rare drafts where I filled out my starting lineup before focusing on depth at running back and receiver, and I have mixed feelings on the results.

My lineup is Andrew Luck at quarterback, David Johnson and LeSean McCoy at running back, Mike Evans and Eric Decker at receiver, Coby Fleener at tight end and Chris Ivory at flex. I drafted T.J. Yeldon to pair with Ivory, and the rest of my bench is Alfred Morris, Kenny Stills, Michael Crabtree, Tyler Boyd and Torrey Smith.

I'm buying Stills is better than DeVante Parker after he played ahead of him for two preseason games, and Still has now become a sleeper in the majority of leagues. I also like Morris as a sleeper just in case Elliott goes down.

But Elliott showed Thursday night he is worth drafting in the first round. And Hopkins has slipped to the point where he could be a steal toward the end of Round 1 or beginning of Round 2.

The rest of the third week of preseason action concludes this weekend, and Fantasy drafts are in full swing. Hopefully this 12-team standard mock draft is a good guide to get you ready for your Draft Day.

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 six reserve spots for a 15-round draft.

Our draft order is as follows:

1. Matthew Coca, College Football Analyst
2. Heath Cummings, Senior Fantasy Writer
3. Jeff Tobin, Director of Editorial
4. Chris Towers, Fantasy Writer
5. Jamey Eisenberg, Senior Fantasy Writer
6. George Maselli,Editor
7. Dave Richard, Senior Fantasy Writer
8. Nick Kostos, Video Host
9. Luke Rodgers, 247Sports NFL Analyst
10. Peter Madden, Managing Editor
11. Meron Berkson, Video Producer
12. Will Brinson, NFL Writer

Round by Round Round 1 Pick Team Player 1 Coca Antonio Brown, WR, PIT 2 Cummings Todd Gurley, RB, LAR 3 Tobin Odell Beckham, WR, NYG 4 Towers Julio Jones, WR, ATL 5 Eisenberg David Johnson, RB, ARI 6 Maselli Rob Gronkowski, TE, NE 7 Richard Adrian Peterson, RB, MIN 8 Kostos A.J. Green, WR, CIN 9 Rodgers Ezekiel Elliott, RB, DAL 10 Madden Eddie Lacy, RB, GB 11 Berkson Lamar Miller, RB, HOU 12 Brinson Dez Bryant, WR, DAL Round 2 Pick Team Player 13 Brinson DeAndre Hopkins, WR, HOU 14 Berkson Jordy Nelson, WR, GB 15 Madden Brandon Marshall, WR, NYJ 16 Rodgers Le'Veon Bell, RB, PIT 17 Kostos Allen Robinson, WR, JAC 18 Richard Jamaal Charles, RB, KC 19 Maselli Keenan Allen, WR, SD 20 Eisenberg Mike Evans, WR, TB 21 Towers Doug Martin, RB, TB 22 Tobin Amari Cooper, WR, OAK 23 Cummings Alshon Jeffery, WR, CHI 24 Coca Brandin Cooks, WR, NO Round 3 Pick Team Player 25 Coca T.Y. Hilton, WR, IND 26 Cummings Sammy Watkins, WR, BUF 27 Tobin Mark Ingram, RB, NO 28 Towers Devonta Freeman, RB, ATL 29 Eisenberg LeSean McCoy, RB, BUF 30 Maselli Latavius Murray, RB, OAK 31 Richard Demaryius Thomas, WR, DEN 32 Kostos Randall Cobb, WR, GB 33 Rodgers Julian Edelman, WR, NE 34 Madden Aaron Rodgers, QB, GB 35 Berkson C.J. Anderson, RB, DEN 36 Brinson Cam Newton, QB, CAR Round 4 Pick Team Player 37 Brinson Carlos Hyde, RB, SF 38 Berkson Doug Baldwin, WR, SEA 39 Madden Kelvin Benjamin, WR, CAR 40 Rodgers Drew Brees, QB, NO 41 Kostos Jordan Reed, TE, WAS 42 Richard Michael Floyd, WR, ARI 43 Maselli DeMarco Murray, RB, TEN 44 Eisenberg Andrew Luck, QB, IND 45 Towers Greg Olsen, TE, CAR 46 Tobin Jeremy Hill, RB, CIN 47 Cummings Giovani Bernard, RB, CIN 48 Coca Russell Wilson, QB, SEA Round 5 Pick Team Player 49 Coca Melvin Gordon, RB, SD 50 Cummings Thomas Rawls, RB, SEA 51 Tobin Donte Moncrief, WR, IND 52 Towers Jarvis Landry, WR, MIA 53 Eisenberg Eric Decker, WR, NYJ 54 Maselli Tyler Lockett, WR, SEA 55 Richard Jeremy Maclin, WR, KC 56 Kostos Jeremy Langford, RB, CHI 57 Rodgers Delanie Walker, TE, TEN 58 Madden Matt Forte, RB, NYJ 59 Berkson Golden Tate, WR, DET 60 Brinson Jonathan Stewart, RB, CAR Round 6 Pick Team Player 61 Brinson Ameer Abdullah, RB, DET 62 Berkson Ryan Mathews, RB, PHI 63 Madden LeGarrette Blount, RB, NE 64 Rodgers Larry Fitzgerald, WR, ARI 65 Kostos Frank Gore, RB, IND 66 Richard Rashad Jennings, RB, NYG 67 Maselli Marvin Jones, WR, DET 68 Eisenberg Coby Fleener, TE, NO 69 Towers Emmanuel Sanders, WR, DEN 70 Tobin Carson Palmer, QB, ARI 71 Cummings Travis Kelce, TE, KC 72 Coca Gary Barnidge, TE, CLE Round 7 Pick Team Player 73 Coca Duke Johnson, RB, CLE 74 Cummings John Brown, WR, ARI 75 Tobin Allen Hurns, WR, JAC 76 Towers Matt Jones, RB, WAS 77 Eisenberg Chris Ivory, RB, JAC 78 Maselli Sterling Shepard, WR, NYG 79 Richard Tom Brady, QB, NE 80 Kostos Arian Foster, RB, MIA 81 Rodgers DeAngelo Williams, RB, PIT 82 Madden James White, RB, NE 83 Berkson Danny Woodhead, RB, SD 84 Brinson Derrick Henry, RB, TEN Round 8 Pick Team Player 85 Brinson Christine Michael, RB, SEA 86 Berkson Eli Manning, QB, NYG 87 Madden Jay Ajayi, RB, MIA 88 Rodgers Jordan Matthews, WR, PHI 89 Kostos Charles Sims, RB, TB 90 Richard Jerick McKinnon, RB, MIN 91 Maselli Isaiah Crowell, RB, CLE 92 Eisenberg T.J. Yeldon, RB, JAC 93 Towers Kevin White, WR, CHI 94 Tobin Devontae Booker, RB, DEN 95 Cummings Josh Gordon, WR, CLE 96 Coca Spencer Ware, RB, KC Round 9 Pick Team Player 97 Coca DeSean Jackson, WR, WAS 98 Cummings Willie Snead, WR, NO 99 Tobin DeVante Parker, WR, MIA 100 Towers Michael Thomas, WR, NO 101 Eisenberg Michael Crabtree, WR, OAK 102 Maselli DeAndre Washington, RB, OAK 103 Richard Antonio Gates, TE, SD 104 Kostos Justin Forsett, RB, BAL 105 Rodgers Corey Coleman, WR, CLE 106 Madden C.J. Prosise, RB, SEA 107 Berkson Zach Ertz, TE, PHI 108 Brinson Markus Wheaton, WR, PIT Round 10 Pick Team Player 109 Brinson Devin Funchess, WR, CAR 110 Berkson Stefon Diggs, WR, MIN 111 Madden Martellus Bennett, TE, NE 112 Rodgers Tyler Eifert, TE, CIN 113 Kostos Paul Perkins, RB, NYG 114 Richard Blake Bortles, QB, JAC 115 Maselli Ben Roethlisberger, QB, PIT 116 Eisenberg Kenny Stills, WR, MIA 117 Towers Tevin Coleman, RB, ATL 118 Tobin Bilal Powell, RB, NYJ 119 Cummings Vincent Jackson, WR, TB 120 Coca Kamar Aiken, WR, BAL Round 11 Pick Team Player 121 Coca Theo Riddick, RB, DET 122 Cummings Matthew Stafford, QB, DET 123 Tobin Julius Thomas, TE, JAC 124 Towers Philip Rivers, QB, SD 125 Eisenberg Alfred Morris, RB, DAL 126 Maselli Andy Dalton, QB, CIN 127 Richard Kenneth Dixon, RB, BAL 128 Kostos Mohamed Sanu, WR, ATL 129 Rodgers Jordan Howard, RB, CHI 130 Madden Chris Hogan, WR, NE 131 Berkson Phillip Dorsett, WR, IND 132 Brinson Travis Benjamin, WR, SD Round 12 Pick Team Player 133 Brinson Jimmy Graham, TE, SEA 134 Berkson Dion Lewis, RB, NE 135 Madden Tavon Austin, WR, LAR 136 Rodgers DST DEN Broncos 137 Kostos Tyrod Taylor, QB, BUF 138 Richard DST ARI Cardinals 139 Maselli Tajae Sharpe, WR, TEN 140 Eisenberg Tyler Boyd, WR, CIN 141 Towers Chris Johnson, RB, ARI 142 Tobin Javorius Allen, RB, BAL 143 Cummings Bruce Ellington, WR, SF 144 Coca DST SEA Seahawks Round 13 Pick Team Player 145 Coca Breshad Perriman, WR, BAL 146 Cummings Cameron Artis-Payne, RB, CAR 147 Tobin Will Fuller, WR, HOU 148 Towers Steve Smith, WR, BAL 149 Eisenberg Torrey Smith, WR, SF 150 Maselli Dwayne Allen, TE, IND 151 Richard Sammie Coates, WR, PIT 152 Kostos Laquon Treadwell, WR, MIN 153 Rodgers Terrelle Pryor, WR, CLE 154 Madden Terrance Williams, WR, DAL 155 Berkson Mike Wallace, WR, BAL 156 Brinson Tony Romo, QB, DAL Round 14 Pick Team Player 157 Brinson DST CAR Panthers 158 Berkson DST HOU Texans 159 Madden Stephen Gostkowski, K, NE 160 Rodgers Justin Tucker, K, BAL 161 Kostos DST MIN Vikings 162 Richard Darren Sproles, RB, PHI 163 Maselli DST NE Patriots 164 Eisenberg DST LAR Rams 165 Towers DST KC Chiefs 166 Tobin DST CIN Bengals 167 Cummings DST PIT Steelers 168 Coca Dorial Green-Beckham, WR, PHI Round 15 Pick Team Player 169 Coca Steven Hauschka, K, SEA 170 Cummings Blair Walsh, K, MIN 171 Tobin Chris Boswell, K, PIT 172 Towers Mason Crosby, K, GB 173 Eisenberg Graham Gano, K, CAR 174 Maselli Adam Vinatieri, K, IND 175 Richard Chandler Catanzaro, K, ARI 176 Kostos Dan Bailey, K, DAL 177 Rodgers Jared Cook, TE, GB 178 Madden DST JAC Jaguars 179 Berkson Roberto Aguayo, K, TB 180 Brinson Brandon McManus, K, DEN

Team by Team Meron Berkson Rd.Pk Player 1.11 Lamar Miller, RB, HOU 2.2 Jordy Nelson, WR, GB 3.11 C.J. Anderson, RB, DEN 4.2 Doug Baldwin, WR, SEA 5.11 Golden Tate, WR, DET 6.2 Ryan Mathews, RB, PHI 7.11 Danny Woodhead, RB, SD 8.2 Eli Manning, QB, NYG 9.11 Zach Ertz, TE, PHI 10.2 Stefon Diggs, WR, MIN 11.11 Phillip Dorsett, WR, IND 12.2 Dion Lewis, RB, NE 13.11 Mike Wallace, WR, BAL 14.2 DST HOU Texans 15.11 Roberto Aguayo, K, TB Will Brinson Rd.Pk Player 1.12 Dez Bryant, WR, DAL 2.1 DeAndre Hopkins, WR, HOU 3.12 Cam Newton, QB, CAR 4.1 Carlos Hyde, RB, SF 5.12 Jonathan Stewart, RB, CAR 6.1 Ameer Abdullah, RB, DET 7.12 Derrick Henry, RB, TEN 8.1 Christine Michael, RB, SEA 9.12 Markus Wheaton, WR, PIT 10.1 Devin Funchess, WR, CAR 11.12 Travis Benjamin, WR, SD 12.1 Jimmy Graham, TE, SEA 13.12 Tony Romo, QB, DAL 14.1 DST CAR Panthers 15.12 Brandon McManus, K, DEN Matthew Coca Rd.Pk Player 1.1 Antonio Brown, WR, PIT 2.12 Brandin Cooks, WR, NO 3.1 T.Y. Hilton, WR, IND 4.12 Russell Wilson, QB, SEA 5.1 Melvin Gordon, RB, SD 6.12 Gary Barnidge, TE, CLE 7.1 Duke Johnson, RB, CLE 8.12 Spencer Ware, RB, KC 9.1 DeSean Jackson, WR, WAS 10.12 Kamar Aiken, WR, BAL 11.1 Theo Riddick, RB, DET 12.12 DST SEA Seahawks 13.1 Breshad Perriman, WR, BAL 14.12 Dorial Green-Beckham, WR, PHI 15.1 Steven Hauschka, K, SEA Heath Cummings Rd.Pk Player 1.2 Todd Gurley, RB, LAR 2.11 Alshon Jeffery, WR, CHI 3.2 Sammy Watkins, WR, BUF 4.11 Giovani Bernard, RB, CIN 5.2 Thomas Rawls, RB, SEA 6.11 Travis Kelce, TE, KC 7.2 John Brown, WR, ARI 8.11 Josh Gordon, WR, CLE 9.2 Willie Snead, WR, NO 10.11 Vincent Jackson, WR, TB 11.2 Matthew Stafford, QB, DET 12.11 Bruce Ellington, WR, SF 13.2 Cameron Artis-Payne, RB, CAR 14.11 DST PIT Steelers 15.2 Blair Walsh, K, MIN Jamey Eisenberg Rd.Pk Player 1.5 David Johnson, RB, ARI 2.8 Mike Evans, WR, TB 3.5 LeSean McCoy, RB, BUF 4.8 Andrew Luck, QB, IND 5.5 Eric Decker, WR, NYJ 6.8 Coby Fleener, TE, NO 7.5 Chris Ivory, RB, JAC 8.8 T.J. Yeldon, RB, JAC 9.5 Michael Crabtree, WR, OAK 10.8 Kenny Stills, WR, MIA 11.5 Alfred Morris, RB, DAL 12.8 Tyler Boyd, WR, CIN 13.5 Torrey Smith, WR, SF 14.8 DST LAR Rams 15.5 Graham Gano, K, CAR Nick Kostos Rd.Pk Player 1.8 A.J. Green, WR, CIN 2.5 Allen Robinson, WR, JAC 3.8 Randall Cobb, WR, GB 4.5 Jordan Reed, TE, WAS 5.8 Jeremy Langford, RB, CHI 6.5 Frank Gore, RB, IND 7.8 Arian Foster, RB, MIA 8.5 Charles Sims, RB, TB 9.8 Justin Forsett, RB, BAL 10.5 Paul Perkins, RB, NYG 11.8 Mohamed Sanu, WR, ATL 12.5 Tyrod Taylor, QB, BUF 13.8 Laquon Treadwell, WR, MIN 14.5 DST MIN Vikings 15.8 Dan Bailey, K, DAL Peter Madden Rd.Pk Player 1.10 Eddie Lacy, RB, GB 2.3 Brandon Marshall, WR, NYJ 3.10 Aaron Rodgers, QB, GB 4.3 Kelvin Benjamin, WR, CAR 5.10 Matt Forte, RB, NYJ 6.3 LeGarrette Blount, RB, NE 7.10 James White, RB, NE 8.3 Jay Ajayi, RB, MIA 9.10 C.J. Prosise, RB, SEA 10.3 Martellus Bennett, TE, NE 11.10 Chris Hogan, WR, NE 12.3 Tavon Austin, WR, LAR 13.10 Terrance Williams, WR, DAL 14.3 Stephen Gostkowski, K, NE 15.10 DST JAC Jaguars George Maselli Rd.Pk Player 1.6 Rob Gronkowski, TE, NE 2.7 Keenan Allen, WR, SD 3.6 Latavius Murray, RB, OAK 4.7 DeMarco Murray, RB, TEN 5.6 Tyler Lockett, WR, SEA 6.7 Marvin Jones, WR, DET 7.6 Sterling Shepard, WR, NYG 8.7 Isaiah Crowell, RB, CLE 9.6 DeAndre Washington, RB, OAK 10.7 Ben Roethlisberger, QB, PIT 11.6 Andy Dalton, QB, CIN 12.7 Tajae Sharpe, WR, TEN 13.6 Dwayne Allen, TE, IND 14.7 DST NE Patriots 15.6 Adam Vinatieri, K, IND Dave Richard Rd.Pk Player 1.7 Adrian Peterson, RB, MIN 2.6 Jamaal Charles, RB, KC 3.7 Demaryius Thomas, WR, DEN 4.6 Michael Floyd, WR, ARI 5.7 Jeremy Maclin, WR, KC 6.6 Rashad Jennings, RB, NYG 7.7 Tom Brady, QB, NE 8.6 Jerick McKinnon, RB, MIN 9.7 Antonio Gates, TE, SD 10.6 Blake Bortles, QB, JAC 11.7 Kenneth Dixon, RB, BAL 12.6 DST ARI Cardinals 13.7 Sammie Coates, WR, PIT 14.6 Darren Sproles, RB, PHI 15.7 Chandler Catanzaro, K, ARI Luke Rodgers Rd.Pk Player 1.9 Ezekiel Elliott, RB, DAL 2.4 Le'Veon Bell, RB, PIT 3.9 Julian Edelman, WR, NE 4.4 Drew Brees, QB, NO 5.9 Delanie Walker, TE, TEN 6.4 Larry Fitzgerald, WR, ARI 7.9 DeAngelo Williams, RB, PIT 8.4 Jordan Matthews, WR, PHI 9.9 Corey Coleman, WR, CLE 10.4 Tyler Eifert, TE, CIN 11.9 Jordan Howard, RB, CHI 12.4 DST DEN Broncos 13.9 Terrelle Pryor, WR, CLE 14.4 Justin Tucker, K, BAL 15.9 Jared Cook, TE, GB Jeff Tobin Rd.Pk Player 1.3 Odell Beckham, WR, NYG 2.10 Amari Cooper, WR, OAK 3.3 Mark Ingram, RB, NO 4.10 Jeremy Hill, RB, CIN 5.3 Donte Moncrief, WR, IND 6.10 Carson Palmer, QB, ARI 7.3 Allen Hurns, WR, JAC 8.10 Devontae Booker, RB, DEN 9.3 DeVante Parker, WR, MIA 10.10 Bilal Powell, RB, NYJ 11.3 Julius Thomas, TE, JAC 12.10 Javorius Allen, RB, BAL 13.3 Will Fuller, WR, HOU 14.10 DST CIN Bengals 15.3 Chris Boswell, K, PIT Chris Towers Rd.Pk Player 1.4 Julio Jones, WR, ATL 2.9 Doug Martin, RB, TB 3.4 Devonta Freeman, RB, ATL 4.9 Greg Olsen, TE, CAR 5.4 Jarvis Landry, WR, MIA 6.9 Emmanuel Sanders, WR, DEN 7.4 Matt Jones, RB, WAS 8.9 Kevin White, WR, CHI 9.4 Michael Thomas, WR, NO 10.9 Tevin Coleman, RB, ATL 11.4 Philip Rivers, QB, SD 12.9 Chris Johnson, RB, ARI 13.4 Steve Smith, WR, BAL 14.9 DST KC Chiefs 15.4 Mason Crosby, K, GB