Courtney Upshaw's stock shot up due to his ability to take down North Squad QBs at the Sr. Bowl. Mandatory Credit: Chuck Cook-US PRESSWIRE

Last year’s draft proved that the draft can have an immediate impact both in the NFL hierarchy as well as in fantasy leagues. Cam Newton, AJ Green, Julio Jones, and Andy Dalton transformed the way we view their teams and injected themselves into fantasy starting lineups in their first year in the league. Start your scouting now for next year’s breakout players. The key is getting into the right situation, so who goes where can dictate fantasy value or the lack thereof.

In this mock, we’ll just do the first round, but I will try and expand to first 2 or 3 in a later version as more information becomes available and the overall picture becomes clearer. Since this is a site dedicated to fantasy sports, a quick analysis of the fantasy impact of the pick is given where applicable.

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1. Indianapolis Colts
Andrew Luck-QB-Stanford
Fantasy Impact: Luck’s still the most sure pick in the draft. He reamins both the obvious and correct choice for the Colts. With Peyton being medically cleared and saying he wants to return, I think it would be in the best interest of the Colts to let him come back at least for part of preseason to help raise his trade value. However, the financial side of things and his big bonus coming up would seem to indicate the Colts will move sooner rather than later. I see Luck as a immediate QB2 with serious upside if he’s the starter. This offense has weapons at receiver and TE that would allow Luck to succeed on some level right away. New coach Chuck  Pagano is a defensive specialist but Luck’s accuracy should lend itself to a conservative offense that allows for big YAC especially from Pierre Garcon and Reggie Wayne (if he returns). Luck has top 12 QB potential even in his rookie year, but there’s a lot of risk making him your QB1. … [visit site to read more]

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Who will really be #1 in XLVI?. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee/Image of Sport-US PRESSWIRE

To give you the opportunity to show your insight, this year ESPN rolled out its new prop picking game called Super Pickem. The premise is basic, as we explained here, so come over and join the Fantasy CPR group and show of your foreknowledge of Super Bowl 46.

I gave you my overall take on the game yesterday, and today we’re going to run through the 20 questions. My answers will be in bold.

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