The NFL preseason is moving into the final week of play and with the regular season getting ready to start, that means the fantasy football year is also getting ready to start online and smart owners need to find the best values and top performers at every position.
Fantasy owners need balance and a little bit of luck to win their leagues each season and this year in the 2013 season things should be no different. Most teams need a strong quarterback and running back to win, while others in PPR leagues may go after a different breed of player, including wideouts and running backs that can catch out of the backfield.
With a number of players getting hurt in the preseason some of these picks could change, but keep an eye out for players like Rob Gronkowski and others coming off of injuries, as many of those players are slipping and value can be found in a number of late drafts. Some teams made some great additions in the offseason like the Dolphins and some of those picks could work out well.
ESPN, Yahoo and CBS are the top fantasy football providers and each site has some decent mock drafts from before the preseason as well as cheat sheets to help out when looking to draft your teams.
Check here for some links to ESPN fantasy football mock drafts as well as expert picks and here is a CHEAT SHEET from ESPN for your draft.
Here are the CBS mock draft links.
Here are some Yahoo Sports mocks.
Here is an ESPN mock draft:
ROUND 1
Pick Overall Position Player By
1 1 RB1 Adrian Peterson, Min McCormick
2 2 RB2 Doug Martin, TB Cwalinski
3 3 RB3 Ray Rice, Bal Karabell
4 4 RB4 Arian Foster, Hou Cockcroft
5 5 RB5 C.J. Spiller, Buf Hunter
6 6 RB6 Jamaal Charles, KC Harris
7 7 RB7 Marshawn Lynch, Sea Gramling
8 8 RB8 Trent Richardson, Cle Joyner
9 9 WR1 Calvin Johnson, Det Becquey
10 10 RB9 LeSean McCoy, Phi Bell
11 11 RB10 Alfred Morris, Wsh Berry
12 12 RB11 Darren Sproles, NO Lipscomb
13 13 RB12 Matt Forte, Chi Mass
14 14 RB13 Steven Jackson, Atl Yates
ROUND 2
Pick Overall Position Player By
1 15 RB14 Stevan Ridley, NE Yates
2 16 RB15 Chris Johnson, Ten Mass
3 17 WR2 Dez Bryant, Dal Lipscomb
4 18 WR3 Brandon Marshall, Chi Berry
5 19 RB16 Maurice Jones-Drew, Jac Bell
6 20 RB17 Reggie Bush, Det Becquey
7 21 WR4 A.J. Green, Cin Joyner
8 22 RB18 Frank Gore, SF Gramling
9 23 RB19 Darren McFadden, Oak Harris
10 24 TE1 Jimmy Graham, NO Hunter
11 25 QB1 Aaron Rodgers, GB Cockcroft
12 26 RB20 David Wilson, NYG Karabell
13 27 WR5 Demaryius Thomas, Den Cwalinski
14 28 QB2 Drew Brees, NO McCormick
ROUND 3
Pick Overall Position Player By
1 29 WR6 Julio Jones, Atl McCormick
2 30 RB21 DeMarco Murray, Dal Cwalinski
3 31 WR7 Roddy White, Atl Karabell
4 32 WR8 Andre Johnson, Hou Cockcroft
5 33 WR9 Vincent Jackson, TB Hunter
6 34 WR10 Randall Cobb, GB Harris
7 35 WR11 Larry Fitzgerald, Ari Gramling
8 36 RB22 Montee Ball, Den Joyner
9 37 WR12 Wes Welker, Den Becquey
10 38 WR13 Reggie Wayne, Ind Bell
11 39 RB23 Lamar Miller, Mia Berry
12 40 WR14 Victor Cruz, NYG Lipscomb
13 41 QB3 Peyton Manning, Den Mass
14 42 WR15 Danny Amendola, NE Yates
ROUND 4
Pick Overall Position Player By
1 43 RB24 Chris Ivory, NYJ Yates
2 44 WR16 Mike Wallace, Mia Mass
3 45 TE2 Rob Gronkowski, NE Lipscomb
4 46 WR17 Dwayne Bowe, KC Berry
5 47 TE3 Jason Witten, Dal Bell
6 48 RB25 Eddie Lacy, GB Becquey
7 49 WR18 Hakeem Nicks, NYG Joyner
8 50 QB4 Tom Brady, NE Gramling
9 51 WR19 Marques Colston, NO Harris
10 52 RB26 Ryan Mathews, SD Hunter
11 53 WR20 Antonio Brown, Pit Cockcroft
12 54 RB27 Le'Veon Bell, Pit Karabell
13 55 WR21 Steve Smith, Car Cwalinski
14 56 RB28 Shane Vereen, NE McCormick
