Fantasy football Draft-A-Thon PPR recap for August 28: Top analysts reveal their best strategies for St. Jude

This is the best mock draft you will read. And it's not close.

I can stop there and just let you look at the results. You'll see some of the best Fantasy analysts in the industry making picks in a 12-team, PPR league. You know the names -- Joe Pisapia of FantasyPros, Andy Holloway of The Fantasy Footballers, The Scott Fish himself, Nando Di Fino of Fantasy Life, professional wrestler Eric Young, Jake Ciely of The Athletic, and Adam Rank and Marcas Grant of the NFL Network -- joining me, Dave Richard, and Heath Cummings.

But it gets even better. This league is part of our Draft-A-Thon to benefit the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. James Ahn made a generous donation to participate in this league, and we are extremely grateful. And because of people like James and all of you who donated, we raised just shy of $190,000 for St. Jude.

It's just amazing, and we're blown away. And if you want to continue to donate to our Draft-A-Thon to benefit St. Jude, you can click here.

As for the draft, it was great to see some of these incredible analysts make picks. You should study the results in depth.

And if you like rookies, check out what Scott Fish did with Ashton Jeanty at No. 5 overall, TreVeyon Henderson in Round 3, Emeka Egbuka in Round 5, Travis Hunter in Round 6, Ollie Gordon II in Round 9, Isaac TeSlaa in Round 11, and Dont'e Thornton Jr. in Round 12. Scott is all in on these rookies, which is awesome.

I had the No. 4 overall pick, and I started my team with CeeDee Lamb, Josh Jacobs, Kyren Williams, Tyreek Hill, and Joe Burrow with my first five picks. I felt somewhat fortunate to get Jacobs in late Round 2, Williams in Round 3, and Hill in Round 4, and often you need luck to win your Fantasy leagues, so I'll take it.

In Round 6, I wanted a third receiver, and I couldn't believe that George Pickens was still on the board. Even though I already had Lamb, I decided to see how this would work out with both Cowboys, so I selected Pickens.

David Montgomery felt like another gift in Round 7, and I want to leave every draft with Braelon Allen, so I reached for him in Round 8. I also took a flier on Brian Robinson Jr. in Round 12, and he's a lottery ticket in case something happens to Christian McCaffrey this season.

I got T.J. Hockenson as my tight end in Round 11 -- another gift -- and the rest of my draft was about padding my receiver depth with Christian Kirk in Round 9, Darnell Mooney in Round 10, Romeo Doubs in Round 13, and Xavier Legette in Round 14. We'll see if Legette benefits now that Adam Thielen was traded to Minnesota, and Legette is a good late-round flier in all leagues.

This will be a tough league to win with all of these amazing analysts. But, more importantly, we did our job by how much money we raised for St. Jude. And hopefully, we'll continue to raise much more for a worthy cause.

As a reference point for this mock draft, all touchdowns are worth six points, and we award one point for every 10 yards rushing and receiving and one point for every 25 yards passing. We also award one point for every reception. We feature a starting lineup of QB, 2 RB, 3 WR, TE, FLEX (RB/WR/TE), DST, and K with six reserves for a 16-round draft.

Our draft order is as follows:

1. Joe Pisapia
2. Andy Holloway
3. Dave Richard
4. Jamey Eisenberg
5. Scott Fish
6. Nando Di Fino
7. James Ahn
8. Eric Young
9. Jake Ciely
10. Adam Rank
11. Marcas Grant
12. Heath Cummings