Offseason Extra: Post-Super Bowl 12-team standard mock

A lot is going to change with the NFL between now and August, but we can still have a little fun when it comes to Fantasy Football. And nothing is as much fun as a mock draft.

We realize the season just ended, and free agency and the NFL Draft are still on the horizon. But we wanted to see how a mock draft would look based on what we just learned from the 2014 season and what we expect to happen – minus the rookies – this year. This is a 12-team standard mock draft, and there are plenty of bullet points to take away about key players and how to approach certain positions.

For example, Peyton Manning was terrible to close last season, and his future is undecided since he could retire. But he was still drafted in Round 4 as the No. 5 quarterback off the board behind Aaron Rodgers, Andrew Luck, Drew Brees and Tom Brady. If Manning returns to form then this pick is a steal.

Only one quarterback, Rodgers, was drafted in the first two rounds, and Luck, Brees and Brady went in Round 3. I would expect a similar approach for quarterbacks in August, with Rodgers and Luck the two best at the position heading into this season.

At running back, we saw a continued reliance on finding a stud with an early-round pick, as 11 of the first 24 picks, and eight in Round 1, were running backs. There were 12 running backs drafted in the first 24 picks last year based on Average Draft Position and six in Round 1.

Even though Le'Veon Bell could be facing a two-game suspension from his arrest last August, he still went No. 1 overall. DeMarco Murray was No. 2 overall despite being a free agent and the potential he could leave that standout Dallas offensive line. I drafted Marshawn Lynch at No. 9 overall even though he could retire. And Adrian Peterson, who was suspended for most of the 2014 campaign, was still a second-round pick. Ray Rice was even drafted with a flier in the last round.

At receiver, a big topic this season will be the order of the top guys because you can argue eight receivers are top 5 worthy. Antonio Brown was the first receiver drafted at No. 10 overall, and he was followed by Dez Bryant (No. 11 overall), Calvin Johnson (No. 12), Demaryius Thomas (No. 13), Odell Beckham (No. 16), Julio Jones (No. 17), Jordy Nelson (No. 18) and A.J. Green (No. 21). I have it ranked Brown, Thomas, Bryant, Johnson, Beckham, Nelson, Jones and Green, but you will likely see these eight receivers drafted in a variety of different orders.

Beckham was the first receiver drafted from the stellar class of 2014, but Kelvin Benjamin, Mike Evans, Sammy Watkins and Brandin Cooks all went in the first 50 picks. Meanwhile, Andre Johnson went in Round 10 and Larry Fitzgerald in Round 13, and both of them were Top 15 receivers on Draft Day last season. The changing of the guard has happened.

The tight ends were drafted as you would expect with Rob Gronkowski in Round 1, Jimmy Graham in Round 2 and Julius Thomas, even though he could leave the Broncos as a free agent, in Round 3. Gronkowski went at No. 8 overall, but I consider him a Top 5 overall pick. He is easily the biggest difference-maker at any position, and I would only draft Bell, Eddie Lacy and Jamaal Charles ahead of him as of now.

After Gronkowski, Graham and Thomas, the next tight ends off the board were Travis Kelce and Greg Olsen in Round 6 and Dwayne Allen in Round 7. We had a big run on tight end in Round 10 with Martellus Bennett, Antonio Gates, Larry Donnell, Jordan Cameron and Jason Witten, and that's a good spot to take a tight end if you plan to wait on the position.

If I can't get Gronkowski or Graham, I plan to target Kelce, and he was an easy choice for my team in Round 6. He should improve on his debut performance in 2014, and he's a solid breakout candidate with top 3 upside.

The rest of my team is Ryan Tannehill and Nick Foles at quarterback, Lynch, Andre Williams, Rashad Jennings, Chris Ivory and Bryce Brown at running back and Beckham, Emmanuel Sanders, Mike Evans, Allen Robinson and Duron Carter at receiver. I waited too long on quarterback, so I'll have to platoon Tannehill and Foles, and my running backs will be awful if Lynch retires.

I easily have the best receiving corps (on paper) in this league, but I regret drafting Evans in Round 4 now that the draft is over. In hindsight, Tre Mason, Isaiah Crowell, Jonathan Stewart or Justin Forsett might have made more sense for my roster, especially after getting sleepers in Robinson and Carter with late-round picks.

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. Dave Richard, Senior Fantasy Writer
2. Joe Polito, Social Media Coordinator
3. Larry Hartstein, Staff Writer
4. Adam Aizer, Podcast Host
5. Chris Towers, Fantasy Writer
6. Scott White, Senior Fantasy Writer
7. Meron Berkson, Producer
8. Will Brinson, Senior NFL Writer
9. Jamey Eisenberg, Senior Fantasy Writer
10. Peter Madden, Managing Editor
11. George Maselli, Editor
12. Jeff Tobin, Associate Managing Editor

Round by Round Round 1 Pick Team Player 1 Richard Le'Veon Bell, RB, PIT 2 Polito DeMarco Murray, RB, DAL 3 Hartstein Eddie Lacy, RB, GB 4 Aizer Jamaal Charles, RB, KC 5 Towers Matt Forte, RB, CHI 6 White Arian Foster, RB, HOU 7 Berkson LeSean McCoy, RB, PHI 8 Brinson Rob Gronkowski, TE, NE 9 Eisenberg Marshawn Lynch, RB, SEA 10 Madden Antonio Brown, WR, PIT 11 Maselli Dez Bryant, WR, DAL 12 Tobin Calvin Johnson, WR, DET Round 2 Pick Team Player 13 Tobin Demaryius Thomas, WR, DEN 14 Maselli C.J. Anderson, RB, DEN 15 Madden Jimmy Graham, TE, NO 16 Eisenberg Odell Beckham, WR, NYG 17 Brinson Julio Jones, WR, ATL 18 Berkson Jordy Nelson, WR, GB 19 White Jeremy Hill, RB, CIN 20 Towers Adrian Peterson, RB, MIN 21 Aizer A.J. Green, WR, CIN 22 Hartstein T.Y. Hilton, WR, IND 23 Polito Aaron Rodgers, QB, GB 24 Richard Alshon Jeffery, WR, CHI Round 3 Pick Team Player 25 Richard Andre Ellington, RB, ARI 26 Polito Julius Thomas, TE, DEN 27 Hartstein Randall Cobb, WR, GB 28 Aizer Andrew Luck, QB, IND 29 Towers Drew Brees, QB, NO 30 White Alfred Morris, RB, WAS 31 Berkson Lamar Miller, RB, MIA 32 Brinson Joique Bell, RB, DET 33 Eisenberg Emmanuel Sanders, WR, DEN 34 Madden Carlos Hyde, RB, SF 35 Maselli Tom Brady, QB, NE 36 Tobin Mark Ingram, RB, NO Round 4 Pick Team Player 37 Tobin Latavius Murray, RB, OAK 38 Maselli Kelvin Benjamin, WR, CAR 39 Madden Peyton Manning, QB, DEN 40 Eisenberg Mike Evans, WR, TB 41 Brinson Giovani Bernard, RB, CIN 42 Berkson Brandon Marshall, WR, CHI 43 White Jeremy Maclin, WR, PHI 44 Towers DeAndre Hopkins, WR, HOU 45 Aizer Jonathan Stewart, RB, CAR 46 Hartstein Justin Forsett, RB, BAL 47 Polito Julian Edelman, WR, NE 48 Richard Sammy Watkins, WR, BUF Round 5 Pick Team Player 49 Richard DeSean Jackson, WR, WAS 50 Polito Brandin Cooks, WR, NO 51 Hartstein Torrey Smith, WR, BAL 52 Aizer Isaiah Crowell, RB, CLE 53 Towers Tre Mason, RB, STL 54 White Golden Tate, WR, DET 55 Berkson Keenan Allen, WR, SD 56 Brinson Michael Floyd, WR, ARI 57 Eisenberg Andre Williams, RB, NYG 58 Madden Jerick McKinnon, RB, MIN 59 Maselli Doug Martin, RB, TB 60 Tobin Roddy White, WR, ATL Round 6 Pick Team Player 61 Tobin Devonta Freeman, RB, ATL 62 Maselli John Brown, WR, ARI 63 Madden Jordan Matthews, WR, PHI 64 Eisenberg Travis Kelce, TE, KC 65 Brinson Denard Robinson, RB, JAC 66 Berkson Greg Olsen, TE, CAR 67 White Matt Ryan, QB, ATL 68 Towers Victor Cruz, WR, NYG 69 Aizer Mike Wallace, WR, MIA 70 Hartstein Matthew Stafford, QB, DET 71 Polito Bishop Sankey, RB, TEN 72 Richard Jonas Gray, RB, NE Round 7 Pick Team Player 73 Richard Russell Wilson, QB, SEA 74 Polito Frank Gore, RB, SF 75 Hartstein C.J. Spiller, RB, BUF 76 Aizer LeGarrette Blount, RB, NE 77 Towers Donte Moncrief, WR, IND 78 White Ben Roethlisberger, QB, PIT 79 Berkson Tony Romo, QB, DAL 80 Brinson Cam Newton, QB, CAR 81 Eisenberg Rashad Jennings, RB, NYG 82 Madden Dan Herron, RB, IND 83 Maselli Robert *Turbin, RB, SEA 84 Tobin Dwayne Allen, TE, IND Round 8 Pick Team Player 85 Tobin Eli Manning, QB, NYG 86 Maselli Joseph Randle, RB, DAL 87 Madden Fred Jackson, RB, BUF 88 Eisenberg Chris Ivory, RB, NYJ 89 Brinson Brandon LaFell, WR, NE 90 Berkson Darren Sproles, RB, PHI 91 White Vincent Jackson, WR, TB 92 Towers Ryan Mathews, RB, SD 93 Aizer Eric Decker, WR, NYJ 94 Hartstein Davante Adams, WR, GB 95 Polito Jarvis Landry, WR, MIA 96 Richard Lorenzo Taliaferro, RB, BAL Round 9 Pick Team Player 97 Richard Christine Michael, RB, SEA 98 Polito Shane Vereen, RB, NE 99 Hartstein Charles Sims, RB, TB 100 Aizer Knile Davis, RB, KC 101 Towers Coby Fleener, TE, IND 102 White Terrance West, RB, CLE 103 Berkson Terrance Williams, WR, DAL 104 Brinson Colin Kaepernick, QB, SF 105 Eisenberg Allen Robinson, WR, JAC 106 Madden Charles Johnson, WR, MIN 107 Maselli Jace Amaro, TE, NYJ 108 Tobin Khiry Robinson, RB, NO Round 10 Pick Team Player 109 Tobin Cody Latimer, WR, DEN 110 Maselli Michael Crabtree, WR, SF 111 Madden Andre Johnson, WR, HOU 112 Eisenberg Bryce Brown, RB, BUF 113 Brinson Martavis Bryant, WR, PIT 114 Berkson Matt Asiata, RB, MIN 115 White Martellus Bennett, TE, CHI 116 Towers Percy Harvin, WR, NYJ 117 Aizer Antonio Gates, TE, SD 118 Hartstein Larry Donnell, TE, NYG 119 Polito Jordan Cameron, TE, CLE 120 Richard Jason Witten, TE, DAL Round 11 Pick Team Player 121 Richard Stevan Ridley, RB, NE 122 Polito Reggie Bush, RB, DET 123 Hartstein Eric Ebron, TE, DET 124 Aizer Seahawks DST 125 Towers Pierre Garcon, WR, WAS 126 White Kendall Wright, WR, TEN 127 Berkson Danny Woodhead, RB, SD 128 Brinson Montee Ball, RB, DEN 129 Eisenberg Ryan Tannehill, QB, MIA 130 Madden Ronnie Hillman, RB, DEN 131 Maselli Philip Rivers, QB, SD 132 Tobin Alfred Blue, RB, HOU Round 12 Pick Team Player 133 Tobin Jay Cutler, QB, CHI 134 Maselli Kyle Rudolph, TE, MIN 135 Madden Ahmad Bradshaw, RB, IND 136 Eisenberg Duron Carter, WR, IND 137 Brinson Zach Ertz, TE, PHI 138 Berkson Kenny Stills, WR, NO 139 White Branden Oliver, RB, SD 140 Towers Knowshon Moreno, RB, MIA 141 Aizer Doug Baldwin, WR, SEA 142 Hartstein Brian Quick, WR, STL 143 Polito Cordarrelle Patterson, WR, MIN 144 Richard Carson Palmer, QB, ARI Round 13 Pick Team Player 145 Richard Larry Fitzgerald, WR, ARI 146 Polito Texans DST 147 Hartstein Rueben Randle, WR, NYG 148 Aizer Marqise Lee, WR, JAC 149 Towers Teddy Bridgewater, QB, MIN 150 White Bills DST 151 Berkson Joe Flacco, QB, BAL 152 Brinson Patriots DST 153 Eisenberg Nick Foles, QB, PHI 154 Madden Blake Bortles, QB, JAC 155 Maselli Rams DST 156 Tobin Lions DST Round 14 Pick Team Player 157 Tobin Austin Seferian-Jenkins, TE, TB 158 Maselli Stephen Gostkowski, K, NE 159 Madden Ravens DST 160 Eisenberg 49ers DST 161 Brinson Roy Helu, RB, WAS 162 Berkson Cardinals DST 163 White Marques Colston, WR, NO 164 Towers Dolphins DST 165 Aizer Delanie Walker, TE, TEN 166 Hartstein Broncos DST 167 Polito James White, RB, NE 168 Richard Packers DST Round 15 Pick Team Player 169 Richard Cody Parkey, K, PHI 170 Polito Dan Bailey, K, DAL 171 Hartstein Matt Bryant, K, ATL 172 Aizer Adam Vinatieri, K, IND 173 Towers Steven Hauschka, K, SEA 174 White Connor Barth, K, DEN 175 Berkson Justin Tucker, K, BAL 176 Brinson Sebastian Janikowski, K, OAK 177 Eisenberg Mason Crosby, K, GB 178 Madden Dan Carpenter, K, BUF 179 Maselli Ray Rice, RB, BAL 180 Tobin Matt Prater, K, DET

Team by Team Adam Aizer Rd.Pk Player 1.4 Jamaal Charles, RB, KC 2.9 A.J. Green, WR, CIN 3.4 Andrew Luck, QB, IND 4.9 Jonathan Stewart, RB, CAR 5.4 Isaiah Crowell, RB, CLE 6.9 Mike Wallace, WR, MIA 7.4 LeGarrette Blount, RB, NE 8.9 Eric Decker, WR, NYJ 9.4 Knile Davis, RB, KC 10.9 Antonio Gates, TE, SD 11.4 Seahawks DST 12.9 Doug Baldwin, WR, SEA 13.4 Marqise Lee, WR, JAC 14.9 Delanie Walker, TE, TEN 15.4 Adam Vinatieri, K, IND Meron Berkson Rd.Pk Player 1.7 LeSean McCoy, RB, PHI 2.6 Jordy Nelson, WR, GB 3.7 Lamar Miller, RB, MIA 4.6 Brandon Marshall, WR, CHI 5.7 Keenan Allen, WR, SD 6.6 Greg Olsen, TE, CAR 7.7 Tony Romo, QB, DAL 8.6 Darren Sproles, RB, PHI 9.7 Terrance Williams, WR, DAL 10.6 Matt Asiata, RB, MIN 11.7 Danny Woodhead, RB, SD 12.6 Kenny Stills, WR, NO 13.7 Joe Flacco, QB, BAL 14.6 Cardinals DST 15.7 Justin Tucker, K, BAL Will Brinson Rd.Pk Player 1.8 Rob Gronkowski, TE, NE 2.5 Julio Jones, WR, ATL 3.8 Joique Bell, RB, DET 4.5 Giovani Bernard, RB, CIN 5.8 Michael Floyd, WR, ARI 6.5 Denard Robinson, RB, JAC 7.8 Cam Newton, QB, CAR 8.5 Brandon LaFell, WR, NE 9.8 Colin Kaepernick, QB, SF 10.5 Martavis Bryant, WR, PIT 11.8 Montee Ball, RB, DEN 12.5 Zach Ertz, TE, PHI 13.8 Patriots DST 14.5 Roy Helu, RB, WAS 15.8 Sebastian Janikowski, K, OAK Jamey Eisenberg Rd.Pk Player 1.9 Marshawn Lynch, RB, SEA 2.4 Odell Beckham, WR, NYG 3.9 Emmanuel Sanders, WR, DEN 4.4 Mike Evans, WR, TB 5.9 Andre Williams, RB, NYG 6.4 Travis Kelce, TE, KC 7.9 Rashad Jennings, RB, NYG 8.4 Chris Ivory, RB, NYJ 9.9 Allen Robinson, WR, JAC 10.4 Bryce Brown, RB, BUF 11.9 Ryan Tannehill, QB, MIA 12.4 Duron Carter, WR, IND 13.9 Nick Foles, QB, PHI 14.4 49ers DST 15.9 Mason Crosby, K, GB Larry Hartstein Rd.Pk Player 1.3 Eddie Lacy, RB, GB 2.10 T.Y. Hilton, WR, IND 3.3 Randall Cobb, WR, GB 4.10 Justin Forsett, RB, BAL 5.3 Torrey Smith, WR, BAL 6.10 Matthew Stafford, QB, DET 7.3 C.J. Spiller, RB, BUF 8.10 Davante Adams, WR, GB 9.3 Charles Sims, RB, TB 10.10 Larry Donnell, TE, NYG 11.3 Eric Ebron, TE, DET 12.10 Brian Quick, WR, STL 13.3 Rueben Randle, WR, NYG 14.10 Broncos DST 15.3 Matt Bryant, K, ATL Peter Madden Rd.Pk Player 1.10 Antonio Brown, WR, PIT 2.3 Jimmy Graham, TE, NO 3.10 Carlos Hyde, RB, SF 4.3 Peyton Manning, QB, DEN 5.10 Jerick McKinnon, RB, MIN 6.3 Jordan Matthews, WR, PHI 7.10 Dan Herron, RB, IND 8.3 Fred Jackson, RB, BUF 9.10 Charles Johnson, WR, MIN 10.3 Andre Johnson, WR, HOU 11.10 Ronnie Hillman, RB, DEN 12.3 Ahmad Bradshaw, RB, IND 13.10 Blake Bortles, QB, JAC 14.3 Ravens DST 15.10 Dan Carpenter, K, BUF George Maselli Rd.Pk Player 1.11 Dez Bryant, WR, DAL 2.2 C.J. Anderson, RB, DEN 3.11 Tom Brady, QB, NE 4.2 Kelvin Benjamin, WR, CAR 5.11 Doug Martin, RB, TB 6.2 John Brown, WR, ARI 7.11 Robert Turbin, RB, SEA 8.2 Joseph Randle, RB, DAL 9.11 Jace Amaro, TE, NYJ 10.2 Michael Crabtree, WR, SF 11.11 Philip Rivers, QB, SD 12.2 Kyle Rudolph, TE, MIN 13.11 Rams DST 14.2 Stephen Gostkowski, K, NE 15.11 Ray Rice, RB, BAL Joe Polito Rd.Pk Player 1.2 DeMarco Murray, RB, DAL 2.11 Aaron Rodgers, QB, GB 3.2 Julius Thomas, TE, DEN 4.11 Julian Edelman, WR, NE 5.2 Brandin Cooks, WR, NO 6.11 Bishop Sankey, RB, TEN 7.2 Frank Gore, RB, SF 8.11 Jarvis Landry, WR, MIA 9.2 Shane Vereen, RB, NE 10.11 Jordan Cameron, TE, CLE 11.2 Reggie Bush, RB, DET 12.11 Cordarrelle Patterson, WR, MIN 13.2 Texans DST 14.11 James White, RB, NE 15.2 Dan Bailey, K, DAL Dave Richard Rd.Pk Player 1.1 Le'Veon Bell, RB, PIT 2.12 Alshon Jeffery, WR, CHI 3.1 Andre Ellington, RB, ARI 4.12 Sammy Watkins, WR, BUF 5.1 DeSean Jackson, WR, WAS 6.12 Jonas Gray, RB, NE 7.1 Russell Wilson, QB, SEA 8.12 Lorenzo Taliaferro, RB, BAL 9.1 Christine Michael, RB, SEA 10.12 Jason Witten, TE, DAL 11.1 Stevan Ridley, RB, NE 12.12 Carson Palmer, QB, ARI 13.1 Larry Fitzgerald, WR, ARI 14.12 Packers DST 15.1 Cody Parkey, K, PHI Jeff Tobin Rd.Pk Player 1.12 Calvin Johnson, WR, DET 2.1 Demaryius Thomas, WR, DEN 3.12 Mark Ingram, RB, NO 4.1 Latavius Murray, RB, OAK 5.12 Roddy White, WR, ATL 6.1 Devonta Freeman, RB, ATL 7.12 Dwayne Allen, TE, IND 8.1 Eli Manning, QB, NYG 9.12 Khiry Robinson, RB, NO 10.1 Cody Latimer, WR, DEN 11.12 Alfred Blue, RB, HOU 12.1 Jay Cutler, QB, CHI 13.12 Lions DST 14.1 Austin Seferian-Jenkins, TE, TB 15.12 Matt Prater, K, DET Chris Towers Rd.Pk Player 1.5 Matt Forte, RB, CHI 2.8 Adrian Peterson, RB, MIN 3.5 Drew Brees, QB, NO 4.8 DeAndre Hopkins, WR, HOU 5.5 Tre Mason, RB, STL 6.8 Victor Cruz, WR, NYG 7.5 Donte Moncrief, WR, IND 8.8 Ryan Mathews, RB, SD 9.5 Coby Fleener, TE, IND 10.8 Percy Harvin, WR, NYJ 11.5 Pierre Garcon, WR, WAS 12.8 Knowshon Moreno, RB, MIA 13.5 Teddy Bridgewater, QB, MIN 14.8 Dolphins DST 15.5 Steven Hauschka, K, SEA Scott White Rd.Pk Player 1.6 Arian Foster, RB, HOU 2.7 Jeremy Hill, RB, CIN 3.6 Alfred Morris, RB, WAS 4.7 Jeremy Maclin, WR, PHI 5.6 Golden Tate, WR, DET 6.7 Matt Ryan, QB, ATL 7.6 Ben Roethlisberger, QB, PIT 8.7 Vincent Jackson, WR, TB 9.6 Terrance West, RB, CLE 10.7 Martellus Bennett, TE, CHI 11.6 Kendall Wright, WR, TEN 12.7 Branden Oliver, RB, SD 13.6 Bills DST 14.7 Marques Colston, WR, NO 15.6 Connor Barth, K, DEN