Running backs continue to dominate the early portion of  recent mock drafts with nine going off the board in the first thirteen picks. Around the mid-second round we have a breaking point were ADP trends are showing us fantasy owners are opting more for elite talents at other positions as five receivers, two tight ends and two quarterbacks are gone in the next eighteen picks. For most of the summer my thoug ...

Photo By: Matthew Emmons / US PRESSWIRE A couple of injuries to key receivers to report as we take a look at the recent ADP trends for wide receivers in standard scoring leagues. Depth remains strong overall at this position so before you roll the dice on a receiver with injury concerns it might be a good idea to take a healthy player instead, unless they continue to fall down draft board to a value worth t ...

Photo By: Icon SMI We have 42 running backs going through nine rounds of recent ADP trends for PPR leagues. While no one can deny the top tiers of the 2012 running back class are the weakest we've seen, maybe ever, the depth at this position overall is actually respectable. Perhaps that shouldn't surprises us; not only are teams using RBBCs with regularity, but we have a decent group of veteran running back ...

Photo By: Jeff Hanisch / US PRESSWIRE While I'm a little surprised to see Aaron Hernandez going as the 6th tight end off the board in PPR league trends, but he is lumped closely with Vernon Davis and Jermichael Finley in the 6th round of ten team leagues. Unless you plan to snag Jimmy Graham or Gronkowski, it is clear that respectable starting value can be had around the fifth through seventh rounds. This a ...

With training camps underway for all 32 teams, we can count on ADP trends to fluctuate at a rapid rate. While individuals are sure to fall or rise based on breaking daily news, we can still take a look at the overall tendencies by current ADP results. When taking the time to break down the first 100 trending players (first ten rounds) off the board over at Fantasy Football Calculator, I can't help but walk ...

Photo By: Icon SMI With so much depth at the receiver position it's time to run away from secure options like Larry Fitzgerald, Andre Johnson, Roddy White and so on, unless you're absolutely sold they will have a terrific season. It's nice to feel like you have a WR1 in the bag and take some of the names mentioned above in the second and third round, but your competition will be drafting key running backs a ...

Photo By: Jason O. Watson / US PRESSWIRE Calvin Johnson FFC 5, CBS 7 Way ahead of the pack, Calvin Johnson has proven to be a top five producer at this position without Matthew Stafford in the lineup, and even on a team that didn't win a game a few years back. When Stafford is in the lineup, we witnessed what Johnson can do and his final three games of the year were off the charts. At times Johnson is good ...

Photo By: Icon SMI Depth, Depth, Depth I've said it for the past three years in a row, "this is the deep quarterback class I've seen in over 20 years of playing fantasy football." Yup, this year beats last year for sure as breakout stars like Matthew Stafford and Cam Newton landed into the top five and project to stay in that range for awhile. Even Eli Manning proved to us that he's much more than an early ...

Photo By: Icon SMI Jermichael Finley FFC 70, CBS 71 Let's give Jermichael Finley a pass for his inconsistency last year. Quality veterans like Miles Austin and Justin Tuck attributed their nagging injuries to poor conditioning, and that is understandable when they didn't have their team trainers around to help them. Factor in Finley was coming off a knee injury that cost him most of the 2010 season, and not ...

Photo By: Icon SMI Trent Richardson 12 FFC, 35 CBS With all do respect to those mock drafting over at CBS, Trent Richardson is a top ten fantasy back already. I don't care if he has yet to play a snap in the league, we are in desperate times to find true foundation backs in the NFL and Richardson is one of them. Not to mention he has the kind of talent that should make him an elite player at his position an ...