'Rate My Mock' - 2014

Paully D

Hi lads.

Hopefully it's alright to create this thread.

It's my first year playing fantasy football this year for NFL and thought it would be a good idea to have one of these threads. Similar to the 'Rate My Team' thread on the soccer fantasy football forum, we could essentially have a 'Rate My Mock' thread here, whereby we can rate and critique each others mock drafts.

I'll be trying to get involved in as many mocks as possible over the next while in order to try to get a grip on how to play the game as I have very little clue as thing stand :pac: I just jumped into one on NFL.com there. I didn't bother with the bench as it's getting late, but from the starter players I came up with the below:

RD 1 (#7) - Eddie Lacy RB
RD 2 (#18) - Julio Jones WR
RD 3 (#31) - Zac Stacy RB
RD 4 (#42) - Keenan Allen WR
RD 5 (#55) - Cam Newton QB
RD 6 (#66) - Maurice Jones-Drew RB
RD 7 (#79) - Jordan Reed TE
RD 8 (#90) - Bengals DEF
RD 9 (#103) - Robbie Gould K

So go on then, tell me how bad the above is. :pac:

I fear one mistake (among a huge amount of other mistakes no doubt) I might have made was going for a QB so early. When I was having a scan of the other selections in the draft it seemed there was still lots available in round 6, so perhaps it would have been better taking a RB in round 5 and waiting until the 6th to take the QB. Same with the K's and DEF's I presume? I noticed loads of them available when the bench picking was ongoing (automated on my part) so perhaps better to take impact players such as RB's and WR's and take the K's and DEF's right at the end?

It's all a learning process I guess.

Guffy

Hey Pauly.. a small bit early for it tbh. But...

what were your other picks?
How many teams in draft?

It is way too high for a d and a k. Every year teams will take a d like seatle with a couple rounds left but 9 an 10 r to early

mikemac1

Cam Newton is recovering from ankle surgery. The Panthers receiving corps is awful and their O line has gone from above average to not so good

Newton may have been a top 5 fantasy QB since he entered the league but I don't think he'll have a good year at all. 5th round seems high

Paully, you will be entering a 16 man legue here. If you are doing 10 man or 12 man mock drafts your team will be stronger and while it's practice try to do 16 man mock drafts

You can draft a kicker alright. With defence a lot of this is down to matchups and GM's often change their D week to week

The Bogman

Obviously too early to start really trying to determine draft order and the like until training camp is over but decided to start practicing my drafting a bit. Usually do my drafts over on http://fantasyfootballcalculator.com/mockdrafts but I can't see any 16 team mocks there this year. Could have sworn they had them last year. Anyway, done 1 12 team and one 14 team mock. Both 15 rounds. TBH I'm not sure about either of them. I almost think the team from the 14 teamer is better! As always. very happy with some picks and not happy with others. Surprised to find CJ2/K at the start of the fourth round in the 14 teamer. Happy I done them though, because if nothing else it reaffirmed for me to go RB early and often. In the 12 teamers 5th round, looking for a third RB and choosing between Ben Tate, Trent Richardson and Rashad Jennings! Any opinions/criticisms etc. are welcome!
12 Team mock-picking at 4:
1. AP
2. Alfred Morris
3. Antonio Brown
4. Cordarelle Paterson
5. Ben Tate
6. Marques Colston
7. Stevan Ridley
8. Reggie Wayne
9. Philip Rivers
10. Ladarius Green
11. Russell Wilson
12. Steve Smith
13. Knile Davis
14. Cleveland D
15. Matt Bryant
14 Team mock-picking at 10
1. Foster
2. Gio Bernard
3. Vincent Jackson
4. CJ2K
5. Torrey Smith
6. Sammy Watkins
7. Colin Kaepernick
8. Darren McFadden
9. Martellus Bennett
10. Marvin Jones
11. Eli Manning
12. Odell Beckham
13. Dwayne Allen
14. Houston D
15. Greg Zuerlein

fatgav

12-team mock snake draft. I picked seventh. I think I need to pay more attention to bye weeks, because there is some overlapping, and I probably have one wide receiver too many. Any and all feedback appreciated.


Peyton Manning
Zac Stacy
Montee Ball
DeSean Jackson
Trent Richardson
Julian Edelman
Eric Decker
Terrance Williams
Riley Cooper
Jordan Reed
James Jones
CJ Anderson
Jordan Todman
Benny Cunningham
Saints D
Shayne Graham

alsully

Few points to make-
-Who the hell does a 16 team fantasy league?? Terrible idea. You should split your league into a 10 team elite league. Nd then get 2 extra players nd have an 8 team league with relegation each year.
-its never to early to do mock drafts gives you an idea of where players are going so you can do your research around that and compare players like for like. No point compating pmoney with sam bradford or AP and ben tate. Wen you have your players research put them into tiers nd then you will see from mocks how accurate your tiers and research has been. Its a sin to reach for players too early in drafts.
-

alsully

Paully D wrote: »

Hi lads.

Hopefully it's alright to create this thread.

It's my first year playing fantasy football this year for NFL and thought it would be a good idea to have one of these threads. Similar to the 'Rate My Team' thread on the soccer fantasy football forum, we could essentially have a 'Rate My Mock' thread here, whereby we can rate and critique each others mock drafts.

I'll be trying to get involved in as many mocks as possible over the next while in order to try to get a grip on how to play the game as I have very little clue as thing stand :pac: I just jumped into one on NFL.com there. I didn't bother with the bench as it's getting late, but from the starter players I came up with the below:

RD 1 (#7) - Eddie Lacy RB
RD 2 (#18) - Julio Jones WR
RD 3 (#31) - Zac Stacy RB
RD 4 (#42) - Keenan Allen WR
RD 5 (#55) - Cam Newton QB
RD 6 (#66) - Maurice Jones-Drew RB
RD 7 (#79) - Jordan Reed TE
RD 8 (#90) - Bengals DEF
RD 9 (#103) - Robbie Gould K

So go on then, tell me how bad the above is. :pac:

I fear one mistake (among a huge amount of other mistakes no doubt) I might have made was going for a QB so early. When I was having a scan of the other selections in the draft it seemed there was still lots available in round 6, so perhaps it would have been better taking a RB in round 5 and waiting until the 6th to take the QB. Same with the K's and DEF's I presume? I noticed loads of them available when the bench picking was ongoing (automated on my part) so perhaps better to take impact players such as RB's and WR's and take the K's and DEF's right at the end?

It's all a learning process I guess.

Im guessing this is an 8 team league. Solid draft. I would have waited bit longer on a qb in 8 man league. Any of the qb rated 5-12 are solid you could have picked up two in late rounds and played matchups each week. So I f keenan only went 42 im guessing some1 like vjax was around. So you could have went allen vjax foles/brady/rg3

JohnnyRyan99

My first mock of the year.

Drafting 3rd in a 14 man draft.

Adrian Peterson
Doug Martin
Victor Cruz
Vernon Davis
Torrey Smith
Marques Colston
Colin Kap
LeGar Blount
Hackeem Nicks
Chris Ivory
James Jones
Alex Smith
Stephen Gotskowski
Green Bay Packer D
Coby Fleener

HigginsJ

JohnnyRyan99 wrote: »

My first mock of the year.

Drafting 3rd in a 14 man draft.

Adrian Peterson
Doug Martin
Victor Cruz
Vernon Davis
Torrey Smith
Marques Colston
Colin Kap
LeGar Blount
Hackeem Nicks
Chris Ivory
James Jones
Alex Smith
Stephen Gotskowski
Green Bay Packer D
Coby Fleener

Aside from the Doug Martin pick (not a fan) that is a smashing draft

adrian522

First mock of the year, 12 team league, picking 11th:

In order they were drafted:

1. Zac Stacy RB
2. A.J. Green WR
3. Rob Gronkowski TE
4. Pierre Garcon WR
5. Cordarrelle Patterson WR
6. Chris Johnson RB
7. Maurice Jones-Drew RB
8. Fred Jackson RB
9. Tony Romo QB
10. Philip Rivers QB
11. Carlos Hyde RB
12. Jarrett Boykin WR
13. Markus Wheaton WR
14. Lance Dunbar RB
15. Buccaneers D/ST D/ST
16. Nick Folk K

Could have gone Montee Ball, Arian Foster or DeMarco Murray with that first pick. I like Stacy though. I reckon I'd be happy enough with that team.

HigginsJ

adrian522 wrote: »

First mock of the year, 12 team league, picking 11th:

In order they were drafted:

1. Zac Stacy RB
2. A.J. Green WR
3. Rob Gronkowski TE
4. Pierre Garcon WR
5. Cordarrelle Patterson WR
6. Chris Johnson RB
7. Maurice Jones-Drew RB
8. Fred Jackson RB
9. Tony Romo QB
10. Philip Rivers QB
11. Carlos Hyde RB
12. Jarrett Boykin WR
13. Markus Wheaton WR
14. Lance Dunbar RB
15. Buccaneers D/ST D/ST
16. Nick Folk K

Could have gone Montee Ball, Arian Foster or DeMarco Murray with that first pick. I like Stacy though. I reckon I'd be happy enough with that team.

Were Brees & Rodgers gone at 11?

adrian522

No, both were still there, they went 20 and 22. So I passed on them twice.

This was the first round

Round: 1
(1) Team 1 - LeSean McCoy RB
(2) Team Smith - Adrian Peterson RB
(3) Team Taylor - Jamaal Charles RB
(4) Team C - Eddie Lacy RB
(5) Team 5 - Marshawn Lynch RB
(6) Team Blackman - Matt Forte RB
(7) Team Digrazia - Calvin Johnson WR
(8) Team Levine - Jimmy Graham TE
(9) Team Trombetta - Peyton Manning QB
(10) Team Nguyen - Demaryius Thomas WR
** (11) Team adrian522- Zac Stacy RB
(12) Team Curry - DeMarco Murray RB

GoldFour4

Just did my first proper draft of the year for an NFL managed league. I'd be pretty happy if it went like this for a boards league.




Thoughts? I have Justin Tucker as my kicker and the Seahawks as my D. Obviously a glaring mistake is the lack of a backup QB but I'm considering going without one this year and just picking up someone for the bye week.

Guffy

malistheman wrote: »

Just did my first proper draft of the year for an NFL managed league. I'd be pretty happy if it went like this for a boards league.




Thoughts? I have Justin Tucker as my kicker and the Seahawks as my D. Obviously a glaring mistake is the lack of a backup QB but I'm considering going without one this year and just picking up someone for the bye week.

If I picked one of the top 3 qb's I wouldn't carry a backup. I wouldn't carry hilton and wayne together but if one gets injured the other is a must have. I like wright a lot this season.

Paully D

I think I'm starting to get a bit better at this now anyway after practicing over the last few weeks. Here's my latest, 16 man mock:





What do you lads think of the above?

I've started to realise the value of players and positions a bit more now. Obviously still a lot of work for me to do to improve between now, (I'm not at all happy with the RB's) and draft night but it's a lot better than my OP :pac:

I probably should have taken Ball who was available at #12 instead of Bryant.

HigginsJ

Paully D wrote: »

I think I'm starting to get a bit better at this now anyway after practicing over the last few weeks. Here's my latest, 16 man mock:

What do you lads think of the above?

I've started to realise the value of players and positions a bit more now. Obviously still a lot of work for me to do to improve between now, (I'm not at all happy with the RB's) and draft night but it's a lot better than my OP :pac:

I probably should have taken Ball who was available at #12 instead of Bryant.

Not mad about your QB situation and taking TRich in the 6th but aside from that it's solid

DBIreland

3 of your 4 RB's have the same bye-week (week 10). Might not be an issue if you are a wheeler-dealer through-out the season but might be something to consider.

Paully D

DBIreland wrote: »

3 of your 4 RB's have the same bye-week (week 10). Might not be an issue if you are a wheeler-dealer through-out the season but might be something to consider.

I hadn't even considered that to be honest. I definitely need to start paying attention to that. Cheers.

helimachoptor

From a titans perspective I expect wright to get more yards but hunter to get more TDs, wright played 16 games and had 2 TDs, hunter Didn't get many snaps before week 6 iirc but due to his size and jumping is big target in the redbone

LightningBlue

Hi guys, Any thoughts on this. Feel free to pick holes

16 team mock draft picking at No. 4.

Your Team





Overall very happy with the balance.
Went a bit early at Quarterback but like Matt Ryan.
Don't have great depth at Running back. (A Shady/Any Top 4 Back injury would pretty much screw me there).
Would have liked to get Palmer as a backup QB but he went 10 picks before Smith.

LightningBlue

Paully D wrote: »

I think I'm starting to get a bit better at this now anyway after practicing over the last few weeks. Here's my latest, 16 man mock:





What do you lads think of the above?

I've started to realise the value of players and positions a bit more now. Obviously still a lot of work for me to do to improve between now, (I'm not at all happy with the RB's) and draft night but it's a lot better than my OP :pac:

I probably should have taken Ball who was available at #12 instead of Bryant.

Bar the two quarterbacks (although they have nice rotating schedule) - it is a very solid team.
You might have to take a QB slightly earlier in a 16 team draft (say round 7 or 8) to get someone like Cutler/Romo and then pick up one of Tannehill/Palmer/Manning as backup later.

Ball at 12 would have improved it as you could have got Jeffery or another stud receiver on the turn in Round 2 instead of Bryant. There's more elite depth at WR than RB.

Both TE's have huge upside and Tampa are a great pick for a bottom of the last round defense.

HigginsJ

LightningBlue wrote: »

Hi guys, Any thoughts on this. Feel free to pick holes


Overall very happy with the balance.
Went a bit early at Quarterback but like Matt Ryan.
Don't have great depth at Running back. (A Shady/Any Top 4 Back injury would pretty much screw me there).
Would have liked to get Palmer as a backup QB but he went 10 picks before Smith.

Would have rather taken a receiver instead of Gerhart & then gotten maybe Jennings or MJD instead of Colston. Freeman is a nice pick up as I think by mid season he will have a nice workload. Very solid at TE as well, Olson will gave a great year as Cam really has no one else to throw to

Neil3030

Playing in an 8-team league this year and I suspect it won't be any fun, considering how strong everyone's roster is going to be:

Vanolder

I'm second pick in a 12 team league... I went the convential RB for first pick in a couple of mock drafts and noticed by the time I got to my second pick WRs were few and far between. Of those who you'd list certain starters that were left they all seem to be on a bye in week 9!

Anyway, I changed it up and went with Calvin Johnson first pick this time to see what way it would fall and i'm not sure it worked out a whole pile better - i just seem to get Jonson in over maybe one of the Top 5 RB's- Is it a decent trade off if I still land with Morris and Gerhart as RBs? -

team-

Tom Brady
Alfred Morris
Toby Gerhart
Calvin Johnson
Keenan Allen
M Crabtree
Jordan Reed
(Flex)J Edleman
Crosby
Browns

Bench-
Philip Rivers
M. Colston
Vernon Davis
Ryan Matthews
Boldin
Roy Helu

Guffy

First league I care about also my first draft this year (woefully unprepared)
7th pick

1. Montee Ball, rb Den
2. Alshon Jeffery, wr Chi
3. Frank Gore, rb SF
4. Michael Floyd, wr Ari
5. Brandon Cookes, wr NO
6. Matt Ryan, QB ATL
7. Martellus Bennett, TE Chi
8. Terrance West, Rb Cle
9. Carlos Hyde, RB SF
10. Markus Wheaton, Wr Pit
11. Jordan Matthews, Wr Phi
12. Christine Michaels, rb Sea (messed up here, meant to draft Cunningham from stl)
13. Texans DST
14. Matt Bryant K ATL
15. Kenbrell Thompkins Wr NE

FastFullBack

Where can you do 16 team mocks? Not available on NFL. Com

DBIreland

FastFullBack wrote: »

Where can you do 16 team mocks? Not available on NFL. Com

Someone on here showed me this link, http://draftwizard.fantasypros.com/, you are drafting against the computer all the time and not real other players.

Deco99

Last Pick of an 8 team league. First time picking a team

Tony Romo Dal QB
Steven Jackson Atl, RB
Giovani Bernard Cin RB
T.Y. Hilton, Ind WR
Calvin Johnson, Det WR
Percy Harvin, Sea WR
Jimmy Graham, NO TE
Texans D/ST D/ST
Phil Dawson, SF K
C.J. Spiller, Buf RB
Andrew LucK, Ind QB
Bishop Sankey, Ten RB
Cecil Shorts, Jac WR
Brian Quick, StL WR
Maurice Jones-Drew, Oak RB
Bengals D/ST D/ST

Onecoolcookie

Drafted from 14th, happy enough overall, any opinions? I'll pick up a kicker and defence based on each gameweek.

QB - Kaepernick
RB - Gio Bernard
RB - Toby Gerhart
WR - Brandon Marshall
WR - Emmanuel Sanders
WR - Golden Tate
TE - Delanie Walker

BN - Carson Palmer
BN - Steve Smith
BN - Jonathan Grimes (Texans RB)
BN - Davante Adams (Packers WR)
BN - Harry Douglas
BN - Andre Williams (Giants RB)