Fantasy Football: Our first mock draft of 2016

Here's your Fantasy Football assignment, should you should choose to accept it. You have the No. 1 overall pick in a standard league, and your choice is to draft a running back or a receiver. What do you do?

For me, the choice is easy based on what we've seen over the past couple of seasons. Running backs continue to prove how fragile they are, with teams preferring to use committees, while the elite receivers are thriving. Will Brinson, one of our NFL writers at CBS Sports, held the No. 1 spot in our first 2016 mock draft, and he made the right selection with Antonio Brown.

Other owners took a different route in the first round with five running backs coming off the board, which is fine, but I thought a couple of owners made mistakes in the Top 5 by passing on Odell Beckham and Julio Jones for Todd Gurley and Le'Veon Bell. It really comes down to personal preference if you want a running back with your first pick, but I would rather draft the elite receivers ahead of the running backs because they are safer and just as good. I would also draft Rob Gronkowski in the Top 5, and our video host Ryan Bass did that here at No. 3 overall.

We'll cover this topic plenty during the offseason, but go back to 2015 when running backs like Bell, Jamaal Charles, Eddie Lacy, C.J. Anderson, Marshawn Lynch and DeMarco Murray were either injured or busts, but you had success with mid- to late-round picks or free agents in Devonta Freeman, Doug Martin, David Johnson, Chris Ivory and Darren McFadden, among others. The running back position just isn't the same, and you shouldn't risk your first-round pick on someone who can fail.

One thing we didn't see in the first two rounds is a quarterback being drafted, and I hope that's a trend.

Cam Newton didn't get selected until the third round, and Aaron Rodgers and Andrew Luck lasted until Round 5. I've been saying this for years that you don't have to draft a quarterback early to have success, and guys like Newton, Blake Bortles and Carson Palmer proved that again in 2015. The same will happen this season, so let a quarterback fall to you instead of reaching for one.

I was looking forward to seeing where the injured players would get drafted, and Charles (torn ACL), Dez Bryant (foot) and Jordy Nelson (torn ACL) still went in the first round. Those guys warrant being drafted there, especially Bryant and Nelson. Kelvin Benjamin (torn ACL) also was drafted in Round 4, which is great value.

And we included rookies in this draft even though we have no idea where they will be playing in advance of the NFL Draft in April. The prominent guys were Ohio State running back Ezekiel Elliott in Round 4, Alabama running back Derrick Henry in Round 5 and Ole Miss receiver Laquon Treadwell in Round 5. Their Fantasy value will be determined by their NFL teams, but Elliot and Henry can certainly upgrade the running back position, with Treadwell another potential elite receiver.

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. Will Brinson, NFL Writer
2. Jeff Tobin, Director of Editorial
3. Ryan Bass, Video Host
4. Dave Richard, Senior Fantasy Writer
5. Chris Towers, Fantasy Writer
6. Nick Kostos, SportsLine Analyst
7. Meron Berkson, Producer
8. Joe Polito, Social Media Coordinator
9. Jamey Eisenberg, Senior Fantasy Writer
10. Heath Cummings, Senior Fantasy Writer
11. Matthew Coca, College Football Analyst
12. Adam Aizer, Podcast Host

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

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