For those of you that want to get an idea of the kind of players that are available in the first round of this years draft.

Take a look: http://www.nfl.com/draft/2013/mock-d...-brooks/165602

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walterfootball.com is a good site for mock drafts. There's two different guys that seem to do a new mock everyday.

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12 Team Keeper (1 per position). Start two per forward position, 3 D, 1 Goalie, 1 Util
G=1.5, A=1, PPP/SHP=0.5, W=2, SO=3

C-Giroux, Backstrom
LW-Parise, Tanguay
RW-Ryan (lw), Purcell (lw), Parenteau, Iginla
D-Karlsson, Streit, OEL, Burns, Salo
G-Rask, Smith
Rookie- Galchenyuk, Granlund

Not sure if these guys have the pulse of the league. I used to like reading what they posted but until recently they still had Gino Smith going #1 and Shareef Floyd wasn't even listed in the first round. Don't mind what the bleacher report has for their mock but that website just drives me nuts, especially on the iPad.

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16 TM H2H DYNASTY G A +- PIM PPG PPA SHP FW SOG
Hits Blks GS W SV GAA SV% SHO
3C, 3RW, 3LW,2F,6D,1Util,2G,5BN,5IR
25 Player Farm

Penguins
C- Malkin, Crosby,J Thornton, Turris, Johansen, Cullen
LW- Hall, Nash, D Brown, Cooke,
RW- Gaborik, Wheeler, Clutterback, Tarasenko, Dorsett
D-Letang, Goligoski, Salo, Girardi, Faulk, Zanon
G- MAF, Rinne, Gustavsson

Farm - Grimaldi, Faska, JT Brown, Clifford, Rinaldo, Morin, Beach, Tangradi, Pulkinnen, Spooner, Miele, C Conacher, Welsh, Komorov, Rattie, Orlov, Dehann, Klefbom, Clendening, Thrower, Irving, Kuemper, Rynnas, Hovinen

I'd put my money on the Bills selecting Matt Barkley at 8. He's proven capable of coming into an org and taking over - a leader. And Bills are going to need that quality.

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12 team, $$$, 24 players, Weekly, H2H, limited keeper (8), multi-cat (G, A, PIMs, Hits, SOG, HT/ W, GA, SV%, SO)

Start: 2C, 2RW, 2LW, 4D, 2G

You think they go Barkley over Geno if they have a choice? I wouldn't be shocked if the Bills trade out of the 8 spot.

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12 Team Keeper (1 per position). Start two per forward position, 3 D, 1 Goalie, 1 Util
G=1.5, A=1, PPP/SHP=0.5, W=2, SO=3

C-Giroux, Backstrom
LW-Parise, Tanguay
RW-Ryan (lw), Purcell (lw), Parenteau, Iginla
D-Karlsson, Streit, OEL, Burns, Salo
G-Rask, Smith
Rookie- Galchenyuk, Granlund

Oy. That'd make me sad. Not that I necessarily think Geno is the sure-fire answer, just that I'd think they can get Barkley a bit later than at 8 if that's the way they want to go.

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14 Team H2H Dynasty League (14 keepers, 21-man roster, no farm)
G, A, PPP, SOG, BS, +/-, GAA, W, SV%

C: Giroux/B.Richards/Ennis/Cullen/Grigorenko
W: Ovechkin/Neal/Nash/Skinner/Eriksson/Silfverberg/Samuelsson(IR)
D: Doughty/Boyle/Faulk/Seabrook/Martin(IR)/Seidenberg/Brodin
G: Fleury/Markstrom/Lehner/Khudobin

Geez, I think any team looking to solve their issues at quarterback in this draft is gonna be SOL. Personally, if I was running a team with no quarterback I'd be looking to spend my top pick elsewhere so that at least my team is good once I find a quarterback. I wouldn't mind spending a second or a third round pick on a QB but not a first. If desperation is setting in to get a QB in the first round then I'm trading down to take the gun out of my own hands to prevent from shooting myself in the head or foot.

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Agreed. But Geno has one solid pro-day and everyone gushes. Local radio talking heads, especially. When Marrone was hired, all ya heard was how the Bills just HAD to pick Nassib at the 8th spot - Nassib-this and Nassib-that etc.

Now after Geno's pro-day, it's as if Nassib is all but forgotten and the pundits are falling over themselves to get to Smith.

Which is why I like Barkley. Not purely out of spite, mind you. But he's got the brains, decent size, and leadership ability. Arm strength can be improved.

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Commish - Twisted Wrister Fantasy Hockey League

12 team, $$$, 24 players, Weekly, H2H, limited keeper (8), multi-cat (G, A, PIMs, Hits, SOG, HT/ W, GA, SV%, SO)

Start: 2C, 2RW, 2LW, 4D, 2G

Which is all well and good but if you are gonna go that route then you either:

1) Trade down to get multiple picks so rather than using such a high value choice on a guy who shouldn't go there simply because of need you fall back to take that guy at a more reasonable draft slot and add another pick or two (or three) to do so. The spray and pray approach.

2) trade down/out and land 1sts in later years - basically betting that you'll get your starting QB either by having multiple valued assets or that either your future pick or theirs will allow you to draft one.

3) draft a stud at another position and then wait/trade up from the second or third round to draft your guy. This way you draft a sure fire piece and then the most definitely CAN-miss quarterback you want can be drafted at a more reasonable draft slot.

Baltimore actually did a combination of 1 and 3 in '08 when they drafted Flacco. They traded back in the first adding two thirds and a fourth and then used one of those thirds and a sixth to trade up a little to ensure they got their guy even though he was rated a second rounder prior to the draft. And they did so starting with the exact pick the Bills have now.

I don't mind the idea of the Bills going out of their way to draft the guy they really want but simply using the 8th pick on any of these guys is overkill.

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I like this site for mocks:
NFL Draft Geek

As for available QB's this year, I agree there's no can't miss superstar available but I think Smith, Barkley and a couple of others can become quality starting QB's over time. I just wouldn't want to be in the position to have to throw them into the starting role now.

Buffalo will take Smith at 8, but if they trade down it means they are not concerned whether they get Smith or one of the other top QB's. Too many other QB needy teams in the draft. We see it every year where QB's get drafted much higher than they are ranked.