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Fantasy Fox: Reviewing the FOX Sports mock draft -- #10 slot

Published Jul. 7, 2014 9:54 p.m. ET

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Here's a dry run of draft expectations when holding the No. 10 slot in 12-team leagues (standard scoring).

In first 12 games last year, Bush crossed the 'star' threshold of 90 total yards and/or one TD nine times; and for 2014, he's a strong bet to replicate last season's tallies with catches (54), targets (80) and receiving yards (506), while playing a prodigious part in Joe Lombardi's offense.

His dominance during that three-game span: 28 catches, 39 targets, 482 yards and two TDs. Plus, of the three outings in which Hilton found the end zone last year ... he tallied multiple touchdowns each time.

BREAKDOWN: If I wasn't so focused on getting Dalton for this particular simulation, I would have grabbed Griffin here. He's my No. 5-rated quarterback and a healthy lock for career numbers in Jay Gruden's new offensive system.

That aside, Wright (94 catches, 1,079, two TDs last year) should be an excellent value pick for Rounds 7-8, especially if he maintains the targets pace of his final 10 games last season -- at 9.3 per game.

As for the quarterbacks ... it's absurd that Dalton and Philip Rivers (4,478 yards passing, 32 TDs last year) are still on the board.

And check this out: For their third seasons in the NFL, Dalton (2013) and Peyton Manning (2000 with the Colts) posted virtually identical numbers -- including their five regular-season outings of zero or one touchdown.

Tre Mason, the Auburn tailback who shredded the vaunted Florida State defense in the BCS title game in January (237 total yards, two TDs), would have been an ideal handcuff to Zac Stacy (Round 2 pick).

Jay Clemons can be reached on Twitter, day or night, at FOX_JayClemons.

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