NFL Fantasy Football 2014: HNGN’s Mock Draft 2.0 With 3rd Overall Pick

Many fantasy football participants have already drafted, but there are many more in multiple leagues or waiting until the very last day before Week One kicks off in Seattle on Thursday. In HNGN's Mock Draft 3.0, we were given the third overall pick in a league of 12 participants and our results are likely to give you a good draft strategy of your own.

Below is the analysis of the ESPN Fantasy Football mock draft we conducted. As mentioned in the previous mock draft analyses, we'll be providing our picks as well as the picks directly before and after ours. The 'Worst Pick of the Round' will be documented in each of the first 14 rounds to further give you an idea of who was being selected at each point in time. We opt not to reveal every selection because it's better to think outside the box rather than have the entire draft laid out in front of you. Here are the draft picks with the third overall selection:

Round 1, Selection #3: Minnesota Vikings RB Adrian Peterson

Pick #2: Kansas City Chiefs RB Jamaal Charles

Pick #4: Chicago Bears RB Matt Forte

Worst Pick: Houston Texans RB Arian Foster - With a new coach and essentially no quarterback, I wouldn't have wasted a top-10 pick on Foster, especially since he's coming off a season in which he played only eight games.

Round 2, Selection #10: Chicago Bears WR Brandon Marshall

Pick #9: Denver Broncos RB Montee Ball

Pick #11: St. Louis Rams RB Zac Stacy

Worst Pick: I would have to go with Stacy here, solely because Rams beat reporters believe backup Benny Cunningham is going to eat into his workload, which is not a good sign for the 23^rd overall selection.

Round 3, Selection #3: Washington Redskins RB Alfred Morris

Pick #2: New England Patriots TE Rob Gronkowski

Pick #4: Pittsburgh Steelers WR Antonio Brown

Worst Pick: San Diego Chargers WR Keenan Allen - I don't doubt his talent, but Pierre Garcon and Larry Fitzgerald were selected right after him.

Round 4, Selection #10: Detroit Lions QB Matthew Stafford

Pick #9: New England Patriots RB Shane Vereen

Pick #11: Washington Redskins WR DeSean Jackson

Worst Pick: Atlanta Falcons WR Roddy White - The 10-year veteran had only 63 receptions for 711 yards and three touchdowns in 14 games last season, which was his worst season since 2006. The decline has begun.

Round 5, Selection #3: San Francisco 49ers TE Vernon Davis

Pick #2: New York Giants RB Rashad Jennings

Pick #4: Tennessee Titans WR Kendall Wright

Worst Pick: Indianapolis Colts RB Trent Richardson - He's averaged just 3.3 yards per carry in two seasons and carried the ball four times for one yard and a lost fumble in two postseason games last year.

Round 6, Selection #10: Philadelphia Eagles WR Jeremy Maclin

Pick #9: San Francisco 49ers QB Colin Kaepernick

Pick #11: Buffalo Bills WR Sammy Watkins

Worst Pick: Sammy Watkins - Round 6 was too early to draft a rookie WR who had three catches in the preseason and has suffered two rib injuries in the past couple of weeks.

Round 7, Selection #3: Miami Dolphins RB Lamar Miller

Pick #2: Philadelphia Eagles QB Nick Foles

Pick #4: New Orleans Saints RB Pierre Thomas

Worst Pick: Baltimore Ravens TE Dennis Pitta - I think the Ravens might see Owen Daniels as a better receiving option as the season goes on, but that's unknown at this point. Greg Olsen, Jordan Reed and Martellus Bennett went after him, and I think they're all going to have better scoring seasons.

Round 8, Selection #10: Dallas Cowboys WR Terrence Williams

Pick #9: Washington Redskins TE Jordan Reed

Pick #11: Kansas City Chiefs WR Dwayne Bowe

Worst Pick: Dwayne Bowe - As I've already mentioned in the previous mocks, Bowe has just 116 receptions for 1,474 yards and eight touchdowns in the past two seasons as the number one option. He's also suspended for one game, and Andy Reid will find other options if he underperforms or misbehaves.

Round 9, Selection #3: San Francisco 49ers RB Carlos Hyde

Pick #2: New Orleans Saints RB Khiry Robinson

Pick #4: Jacksonville Jaguars WR Cecil Shorts

Worst Pick: New England Patriots WR Danny Amendola - An injury-ridden player who has just 24 games under his belt over the past three seasons. If Gronk is as healthy as he says he is, I think Brady will be going to him and Edelman a lot more even if Amendola can stay on the field.

Round 10, Selection #10: Cincinnati Bengals D/ST

Pick #9: New York Giants WR Reuben Randle

Pick #11: New Orleans Saints WR Brandin Cooks

Worst Pick: Indianapolis Colts WR Hakeem Nicks - He had eight catches for 86 yards during the preseason, with five receptions and 53 yards coming in one game against the Giants. Nicks has been said to have motivation issues and we've seen his excessive injury woes, which have limited him to 109 receptions and three touchdowns over the past two seasons.

Round 11, Selection #3: Seattle Seahawks WR Doug Baldwin

Pick #2: San Diego Chargers RB Donald Brown

Pick #4: Oakland Raiders WR James Jones

Worst Pick: St Louis Rams WR Tavon Austin - Shaun Hill is taking over the offense and the team just claimed Case Keenum off waivers. Perhaps Round 11 isn't terrible value, but I wouldn't touch any WRs on the Rams.

Round 12, Selection #10: Philadelphia Eagles TE Zach Ertz

Pick #9: Tennessee Titans WR Dexter McCluster

Pick #11: Oakland Raiders RB Darren McFadden

Worst Pick: San Diego Charges TE Ladarious Green - He was selected before Antonio Gates and Gates is still the starter, but I suppose he's not a bad backup option for later in the season.

Round 13, Selection #3: Cincinnati Bengals RB Jeremy Hill

Pick #2: Miami Dolphins TE Charles Clay

Pick #4: Tennessee Titans TE Delanie Walker

Worst Pick: I surprisingly have no criticisms for the selections in this round.

Round 14, Selection #10: New York Giants QB Eli Manning

Pick #9: Miami Dolphins QB Ryan Tannehill

Pick #11: Tampa Bay Buccaneers D/ST

Worst Pick: Green Bay Packers WR Davante Adams - The #4 wide receiver on the depth chart? Floyd, Marquise Lee, and Kelvin Benjamin all went after him.

Round 15, Selection #3: Jacksonville Jaguars WR Marquise Lee

Pick #2: San Diego Chargers K Nick Novak

Pick #4: Buffalo Bills D/ST

Round 16, Selection #10: Minnesota Vikings K Blair Walsh

Pick #9: Chicago Bears K Robbie Gould

Pick #11: Houston Texans QB Ryan Mallett

So here's my full team:

QB: Matthew Stafford

RB: Adrian Peterson

RB: Alfred Morris

WR: Brandon Marshall

WR: Jeremy Maclin