re: Usefulness of NFL mock drafts

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it's hard to win without a stud RB

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less than 50% chance of success...busts who were barely worth rostering

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1 1.01 Adrian Peterson RB MIN
2 1.03 Doug Martin RB TB-was crao before being injured
3 1.05 Jamaal Charles RB KC
4 1.05 Arian Foster RB HOU
5 1.05 C.J. Spiller RB BUF-crappy all year
6 1.06 Marshawn Lynch RB SEA
7 1.06 LeSean McCoy RB PHI
8 1.08 Trent Richardson RB-crap all year
9 1.08 Ray Rice RB BAL-crap
10 1.11 Alfred Morris RB WAS-crap
11 1.12 Matt Forte RB CHI
12 2.03 Steven Jackson RB-crap ATL

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Injuries were the only reason all these weren't BOLD

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1 1.09 Calvin Johnson WR DET
2 2.02 Dez Bryant WR DAL
3 2.06 A.J. Green WR CIN
4 2.10 Julio Jones WR ATL
5 2.12 Brandon Marshall WR
6 3.02 Demaryius Thomas WR
7 3.05 Larry Fitzgerald WR
8 3.07 Andre Johnson WR HOU
9 3.08 Randall Cobb WR GB
10 3.11 Roddy White WR ATL
11 4.01 Victor Cruz WR NYG
12 4.02 Vincent Jackson WR TB

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Only an injury to rodgers kept the top 3 from being the top 3

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1 2.07 Drew Brees QB
2 3.01 Aaron Rodgers QB
3 3.08 Peyton Manning QB

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70% chance success at TE(top 10 who finished in top 10)

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1 2.11 Jimmy Graham TE NO
2 4.08 Rob Gronkowski TE NE
3 5.08 Vernon Davis TE SF
4 5.11 Jason Witten TE DAL
5 6.06 Tony Gonzalez TE ATL
6 7.04 Jermichael Finley TE GB
7 8.02 Jordan Cameron TE CLE
8 8.05 Antonio Gates TE SD
9 8.11 Jared Cook TE STL
10 9.05 Greg Olsen TE CAR

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Kash Strategy.....draft sure things, grab/trade for garbage time RBs(woodhead,rashad jennings,Joique bell, etc)

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Morris was not crap. he was as steady as anyone.never busted out but got you solid points every week

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in PPR leagues MJD and Ray Rice beat him

22# overall

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MJD and Ray Rice beat him

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godi find that hard to believe

i do several hundered every yr. i was in the top 3 in every league i was in last yr.. thanks to mocks

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oleyeller

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you again?

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meh not so much. the best strategy is to have no strategy, imo. Take the BPA.

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Yes. This. I know who my keeper pick will be and it will cost me a 6th rounder. I know the exact position I am targeting in the first rd. Every rd after that is BPA.

Ok - I do maybe 10 or so mock drafts & will this year. The game continues to evolve & I have seen strategies change a little from year to year. I keep the previous years drafts & have an idea what they will do.

The "practice" drafts give me a computer generated guess of the end result using different strategies for my team, i.e., QB early or later. I win last year taking the QB in the 9th round. For me, it is practice.

By draft time, I am really don't have to give much thought to the next pick when someone throws a curve, more of a reaction. If you are a league with a group that really knows what they are doing, IMO, you don't win it in the draft, but with the moves executed during the season & especially close to the playoffs.

I'm sure it's been said already, but that team is baaaaddd.

ETA: I do a mock per day on average. Only because I'm bored at work in the afternoons. My main reason for doing them is to try and find what draft position I think is best, in case I get to pick my spot early. So far I like the 4-6 spot this year. Had a pretty nice draft in the 8 spot last week though. That team just for shits and giggles:

QB - T. Brady
RB - Reggie Bush, MJD, Tre Mason, Carlos Hyde
WR - AJ Green, B. Marshall, V. Cruz, R. Cooper, Mike Evans
TE - J. Cameron, Antonio Gates
PK - M. Crosby
DST - Bengals