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I'm taking part in a mock draft today for the Beckett Magazine. It's a 12 team PPR draft and I have the 5th pick. I'll try to post some of the picks and I'll post my team afterwards. I have the 5th pick which is MUCH better than the brutal 13th spot I had in the 14-team RotoWire magazine mock Greg and I were in a couple of weeks ago. Here's the list of participants:

Is it Lev Bell or Todd Gurley time at 5?

1.01 1. Paul Kelly
1.02 2. John Hansen
1.03 3. Tom Brolley
1.04 4. Chris Liss
1.05 5. Tom Kessenich
1.06 6. Evan Silva
1.07 7. Kevin Adams
1.08 8. Ryan Bonini
1.09 9. Tom Simons
1.10 10. Brandon Funston
1.11 11. Joe Dolan
1.12 12. Ben Kukainis

First 6 rounds:

1.01 1. Paul Kelly Brown, Antonio PIT WR Thu Jun 2 4:00:11 p.m. ET 2016
1.02 2. John Hansen Jones, Julio ATL WR Thu Jun 2 4:00:23 p.m. ET 2016
1.03 3. Tom Brolley Beckham, Odell NYG WR Thu Jun 2 4:00:31 p.m. ET 2016
1.04 4. Chris Liss Bell, Le'Veon PIT RB Thu Jun 2 4:00:46 p.m. ET 2016
1.05 5. Tom Kessenich Gurley, Todd RAM RB Thu Jun 2 4:00:52 p.m. ET 2016
1.06 6. Evan Silva Green, A.J. CIN WR Thu Jun 2 4:00:53 p.m. ET
1.07 7. Kevin Adams Hopkins, DeAndre HOU WR Thu Jun 2 4:01:11 p.m. ET 2016
1.08 8. Ryan Bonini Peterson, Adrian MIN RB Thu Jun 2 4:01:17 p.m. ET 2016
1.09 9. Tom Simons Bryant, Dez DAL WR Thu Jun 2 4:01:28 p.m. ET 2016
1.10 10. Brandon Funston Gronkowski, Rob NEP TE Thu Jun 2 4:01:51 p.m. ET 2016
1.11 11. Joe Dolan Johnson, David ARI RB Thu Jun 2 4:01:58 p.m. ET 2016
1.12 12. Ben Kukainis Miller, Lamar HOU RB Thu Jun 2 4:02:16 p.m. ET 2016

2.01 13. Ben Kukainis Robinson, Allen JAC WR Thu Jun 2 4:02:30 p.m. ET 2016
2.02 14. Joe Dolan Elliott, Ezekiel DAL RB Thu Jun 2 4:03:08 p.m. ET 2016
2.03 15. Brandon Funston Nelson, Jordy GBP WR Thu Jun 2 4:03:45 p.m. ET 2016
2.04 16. Tom Simons Freeman, Devonta ATL RB Thu Jun 2 4:03:54 p.m. ET 2016
2.05 17. Ryan Bonini Cooper, Amari OAK WR Thu Jun 2 4:04:09 p.m. ET 2016
2.06 18. Kevin Adams Charles, Jamaal KCC RB Thu Jun 2 4:05:21 p.m. ET 2016
2.07 19. Evan Silva Allen, Keenan SDC WR Thu Jun 2 4:05:30 p.m. ET 2016
2.08 20. Tom Kessenich Cooks, Brandin NOS WR Thu Jun 2 4:09:50 p.m. ET 2016
2.09 21. Chris Liss Evans, Mike TBB WR Thu Jun 2 4:09:58 p.m. ET 2016
2.10 22. Tom Brolley Lacy, Eddie GBP RB Thu Jun 2 4:10:07 p.m. ET 2016
2.11 23. John Hansen Marshall, Brandon NYJ WR Thu Jun 2 4:10:33 p.m. ET 2016
2.12 24. Paul Kelly Jeffery, Alshon CHI WR Thu Jun 2 4:11:47 p.m. ET 2016

3.01 25. Paul Kelly Thomas, Demaryius DEN WR Thu Jun 2 4:12:16 p.m. ET 2016
3.02 26. John Hansen Anderson, C.J. DEN RB Thu Jun 2 4:12:28 p.m. ET 2016
3.03 27. Tom Brolley Ingram, Mark NOS RB Thu Jun 2 4:13:07 p.m. ET 2016
3.04 28. Chris Liss Hilton, T.Y. IND WR Thu Jun 2 4:13:20 p.m. ET 2016
3.05 29. Tom Kessenich Cobb, Randall GBP WR Thu Jun 2 4:13:25 p.m. ET 2016
3.06 30. Evan Silva Tate, Golden DET WR Thu Jun 2 4:13:48 p.m. ET 2016
3.07 31. Kevin Adams Edelman, Julian NEP WR Thu Jun 2 4:15:22 p.m. ET 2016
3.08 32. Ryan Bonini Landry, Jarvis MIA WR Thu Jun 2 4:15:25 p.m. ET 2016
3.09 33. Tom Simons Fitzgerald, Larry ARI WR Thu Jun 2 4:16:00 p.m. ET 2016
3.10 34. Brandon Funston Hyde, Carlos SFO RB Thu Jun 2 4:16:09 p.m. ET 2016
3.11 35. Joe Dolan Watkins, Sammy BUF WR Thu Jun 2 4:16:18 p.m. ET 2016
3.12 36. Ben Kukainis Benjamin, Kelvin CAR WR Thu Jun 2 4:16:52 p.m. ET 2016

4.01 37. Ben Kukainis Jones, Matt WAS RB Thu Jun 2 4:17:48 p.m. ET 2016
4.02 38. Joe Dolan Reed, Jordan WAS TE Thu Jun 2 4:17:51 p.m. ET 2016
4.03 39. Brandon Funston Matthews, Jordan PHI WR Thu Jun 2 4:18:01 p.m. ET 2016
4.04 40. Tom Simons Forte, Matt NYJ RB Thu Jun 2 4:18:24 p.m. ET 2016
4.05 41. Ryan Bonini Martin, Doug TBB RB Thu Jun 2 4:18:32 p.m. ET 2016
4.06 42. Kevin Adams McCoy, LeSean BUF RB Thu Jun 2 4:19:23 p.m. ET 2016
4.07 43. Evan Silva Maclin, Jeremy KCC WR Thu Jun 2 4:19:35 p.m. ET 2016
4.08 44. Tom Kessenich Floyd, Michael ARI WR Thu Jun 2 4:20:11 p.m. ET 2016
4.09 45. Chris Liss Moncrief, Donte IND WR Thu Jun 2 4:20:21 p.m. ET 2016
4.10 46. Tom Brolley Brown, John ARI WR Thu Jun 2 4:21:01 p.m. ET 2016
4.11 47. John Hansen Rodgers, Aaron GBP QB Thu Jun 2 4:21:44 p.m. ET 2016
4.12 48. Paul Kelly Rawls, Thomas SEA RB Thu Jun 2 4:22:02 p.m. ET 2016

5.01 49. Paul Kelly Decker, Eric NYJ WR Thu Jun 2 4:23:06 p.m. ET 2016
5.02 50. John Hansen Lewis, Dion NEP RB Thu Jun 2 4:23:26 p.m. ET 2016
5.03 51. Tom Brolley Baldwin, Doug SEA WR Thu Jun 2 4:23:49 p.m. ET 2016
5.04 52. Chris Liss Parker, DeVante MIA WR Thu Jun 2 4:24:01 p.m. ET 2016
5.05 53. Tom Kessenich Sanders, Emmanuel DEN WR Thu Jun 2 4:24:23 p.m. ET 2016
5.06 54. Evan Silva Johnson, Duke CLE RB Thu Jun 2 4:24:35 p.m. ET 2016
5.07 55. Kevin Adams Newton, Cam CAR QB Thu Jun 2 4:26:06 p.m. ET 2016
5.08 56. Ryan Bonini Murray, Latavius OAK RB Thu Jun 2 4:26:12 p.m. ET 2016
5.09 57. Tom Simons Luck, Andrew IND QB Thu Jun 2 4:26:36 p.m. ET 2016
5.10 58. Brandon Funston Wilson, Russell SEA QB Thu Jun 2 4:27:00 p.m. ET 2016
5.11 59. Joe Dolan Jones, Marvin DET WR Thu Jun 2 4:27:20 p.m. ET 2016
5.12 60. Ben Kukainis Murray, DeMarco TEN RB Thu Jun 2 4:28:10 p.m. ET 2016

6.01 61. Ben Kukainis Eifert, Tyler CIN TE Thu Jun 2 4:29:18 p.m. ET 2016
6.02 62. Joe Dolan Coleman, Corey CLE WR Thu Jun 2 4:29:23 p.m. ET 2016
6.03 63. Brandon Funston Lockett, Tyler SEA WR Thu Jun 2 4:29:46 p.m. ET 2016
6.04 64. Tom Simons Henry, Derrick TEN RB Thu Jun 2 4:29:59 p.m. ET 2016
6.05 65. Ryan Bonini Hurns, Allen JAC WR Thu Jun 2 4:30:07 p.m. ET 2016
6.06 66. Kevin Adams Woodhead, Danny SDC RB Thu Jun 2 4:30:45 p.m. ET 2016
6.07 67. Evan Silva White, Kevin CHI WR Thu Jun 2 4:31:31 p.m. ET 2016
6.08 68. Tom Kessenich Olsen, Greg CAR TE Thu Jun 2 4:31:53 p.m. ET 2016
6.09 69. Chris Liss Mathews, Ryan PHI RB Thu Jun 2 4:32:17 p.m. ET 2016
6.10 70. Tom Brolley Hill, Jeremy CIN RB Thu Jun 2 4:32:20 p.m. ET 2016
6.11 71. John Hansen Ajayi, Jay MIA RB Thu Jun 2 4:32:54 p.m. ET 2016
6.12 72. Paul Kelly Gore, Frank IND RB Thu Jun 2 4:33:13 p.m. ET 2016

My team:

QB-Blake Bortles

RB-Todd Gurley
RB-Jeremy Langford
RB-TJ Yeldon
RB-Shane Vereen

WR-Brandin Cooks
WR-Randall Cobb
WR-Michael Floyd
WR-Emmanuel Sanders
WR-Markus Wheaton
WR-Pierre Garcon

TE-Greg Olsen
K-Cairo Santos
D-Panthers

I like this team a lot more than the RotoWire mock I did a few weeks ago. Much stronger and deeper WR corps. I loaded up on that position and laid off RBs and QBs and still got good RBs in my opinion and a strong QB1 in Bortles. I got jumped on a few players I really wanted like Woodhead as my RB2, Maclin as my WR3 and Tyler Lockett and Kevin White as my WR4 but overall I felt like I put together a strong team here. I'd be very happy if this was a legit league and not a mock.

Tom Im curious.. Do you think that Gurley becomes a staple in the passing game? I don't...5 targets in 3 games after Boras took over in week 14. Is it crazy to say with as much potential as Gurley has he has serious limits at 5?

TheReckoner wrote:Tom Im curious.. Do you think that Gurley becomes a staple in the passing game? I don't...5 targets in 3 games after Boras took over in week 14. Is it crazy to say with as much potential as Gurley has he has serious limits at 5?

Given his talent, the simple answer is he clearly should become a staple especially given the massive lack of weapons the Rams have in the passing game and the absolute need to help a rookie QB in the passing game with easy passes to complete (few passes are easier to complete than screens and dump-offs to RBs). And getting the ball to Gurley in open space should be a rather obvious mission statement to any coach with an IQ in double digits. Now whether the Rams realize all this and commit to it is the question.

But even if they don't if Gurley plays a full season or close to it I think he's a lock for upwards of 15+ touchdowns. He scored 10 last season in about 12 games on a putrid offense with a pathetic quarterback situation with defenses clearly focused on trying to stop him. That's a reflection of his supreme talent. If the Rams' QB situation improves even marginally (which seems a safe bet at the very least) his TD potential should rise. So I'm more than comfortable banking on the talent and should his role increase at all in the passing game than the upside grows even more.

My goal in fantasy drafts is simple, especially in the early rounds - I want elite talents. Gurley is an elite talent. The situation isn't 100% ideal. But his talent is unquestioned. I'll bank on that. Given all I've seen in the NFL having covered it for nearly a decade and having watched it for as long as I have one thing I've seen more often than not is that talent wins out more often than not. If I lose with Todd Gurley I won't feel bad at all because I lost with an elite talent. That's the kind of play that won't cause me to lose a single night of sleep at all.

Ditto

Tom Kessenich wrote:My team:

QB-Blake Bortles

RB-Todd Gurley
RB-Jeremy Langford
RB-TJ Yeldon
RB-Shane Vereen

WR-Brandin Cooks
WR-Randall Cobb
WR-Michael Floyd
WR-Emmanuel Sanders
WR-Markus Wheaton
WR-Pierre Garcon

TE-Greg Olsen
K-Cairo Santos
D-Panthers

I like this team a lot more than the RotoWire mock I did a few weeks ago. Much stronger and deeper WR corps. I loaded up on that position and laid off RBs and QBs and still got good RBs in my opinion and a strong QB1 in Bortles. I got jumped on a few players I really wanted like Woodhead as my RB2, Maclin as my WR3 and Tyler Lockett and Kevin White as my WR4 but overall I felt like I put together a strong team here. I'd be very happy if this was a legit league and not a mock.

I like this team Tom. Solid depth at WR, a solid TE in PPR and you got a solid QB by waiting. Nothing wrong with waiting on the RB2 this year, that's for sure. I'd take my chances on this team in a 12-team format.

Greg Ambrosius wrote:

Tom Kessenich wrote:My team:

QB-Blake Bortles

RB-Todd Gurley
RB-Jeremy Langford
RB-TJ Yeldon
RB-Shane Vereen

WR-Brandin Cooks
WR-Randall Cobb
WR-Michael Floyd
WR-Emmanuel Sanders
WR-Markus Wheaton
WR-Pierre Garcon

TE-Greg Olsen
K-Cairo Santos
D-Panthers

I like this team a lot more than the RotoWire mock I did a few weeks ago. Much stronger and deeper WR corps. I loaded up on that position and laid off RBs and QBs and still got good RBs in my opinion and a strong QB1 in Bortles. I got jumped on a few players I really wanted like Woodhead as my RB2, Maclin as my WR3 and Tyler Lockett and Kevin White as my WR4 but overall I felt like I put together a strong team here. I'd be very happy if this was a legit league and not a mock.

I like this team Tom. Solid depth at WR, a solid TE in PPR and you got a solid QB by waiting. Nothing wrong with waiting on the RB2 this year, that's for sure. I'd take my chances on this team in a 12-team format.

Yeah just so many on the board in the middle rounds. I really wanted Woodhead but even after I got sniped on him I didn't panic because there were still so many solid options left. Hell I got Yeldon as my RB3 and I would be happy with him as my RB2 paired with Gurley. Even Vereen is someone I can plug in as a RB2 when the matchup is right due to his PPR upside. The days of needing two great RBs are over. Load up on WRs and then all you really need for your RB2 is someone who can get you double-digit points each week. If you get more that's great obviously but a solid 10 is definitely enough to get you where you need to be each week.