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Fantasy Football Mock Draft: Quarterbacks Fall, Wide Receivers Rise

The numberFire football staff got together and did a fantasy football mock draft full of twists and turns. Which players fell past their average draft cost?

Vince Lombardi once said, "Practice does not make perfect. Only perfect practice makes perfect."

Well, it's a good thing this fantasy football mock draft is filled with only smart people or else it would've been a completely worthless exercise.

Some of the numberFire writing staff got together to do a mock draft for a hypothetical league that would hypothetically be starting hypothetically 1 quarterback, 2 running backs, 3 wide receivers, 1 tight end, and 1 flex (which could be a running back, wide receiver, or tight end). No defenses. No kickers. Because who wants to read about positions that'll be dropped after Week 1 anyway?

The scoring is standard aside from the fact that receptions are worth half of a point.

Before we dig into the results, you'll notice that quarterbacks went late in this thing. Very late. I'm all about that life, but your leaguemates probably won't be -- at least to the degree that this mock draft shows. Keep that in mind when you see Cam Newton go in -- gasp -- the sixth round. (Spoiler alert.)

Without further ado, let's take a look at Round 1.