Fantasy Football Rookie Bracket Match Up: Trent Richardson Vs David Wilson

We here at Mocking the Draft put together a bracket to match up the top 32 rookie quarterbacks, running backs, wide receivers and tight ends drafted in April. Put simply, it's a NCAA tournament style bracket to help us decide which rookie will score the most fantasy points this coming season. If you want to see the updated bracket with the results of the first and second round, click here. Today's match up: Trent Richardson vs David Wilson

Why vote for Richardson?

Richardson could arguably have been the number one seed had we ranked this differently. He looks every part of the classic franchise back. Drawing comparisons to Adrian Peterson, Richardson should see a high number of touches in his rookie campaign. If he comes anywhere close to Peterson's rookie numbers (1341 rushing yards, 12 rushing touchdowns) he'll be a great fantasy pick up. The Browns are likely to start rookie quarterback Brandon Weeden under center, which as I've stated in the last two match ups, means there's a fairly good chance of a run-heavy attack.

More after the jump.

Why vote against Richardson?

There's not much going against Richardson. He had minor knee injury surgery back in February, which caused him to miss on field drills at the combine and at the Alabama pro day. He held his own pro day 20 days later, so all appears to be fine on that front. But knee injuries are always a worry in the NFL, especially with running backs. The Browns were ranked 28th in rushing yards per game average, but its difficult to determine if that was an offensive line problem, a running back problem, or a combination of the two.

Why vote for Wilson?

The Giants and Brandon Jacobs finally parted ways this offseason. Wilson was drafted to split time with Ahmad Bradshaw as Jacob's replacement. For Wilson, that should mean he will make an impact in his rookie year. Bradshaw (171) and Jacobs (152) were fairly even in terms of carries last year, and even if Bradshaw takes an extra 30 carries this year, Wilson will still have over 100 carries. Bradshaw held the highest yards per carry average for the Giants last year at 3.9. In his last season at college, Wilson managed an impressive 5.9 yards per attempt. Now we all expect that to drop as he transitions to the NFL, but if he can keep it above four then he'll manage a solid return on his rookie year.

Why vote against Wilson?

He is a rookie, which means he'll come in behind at least Bradshaw on the depth chart. While I expect him to win the number two job in camp, I expect Bradshaw to take a higher workload during the season. Add in the fact that the Giants have become such a dangerous threat with Eli Manning's arm and that strong group of receivers (made even stronger by rookie Rueben Randle) and Wilson's carries will be limited. Wilson comes out of an effective zone-blocking scheme from Virginia Tech, in which runners stats can be slightly exaggerated. The Giants ranked dead last in the league in rushing yards per game average last year. Wilson will have to work a damn sight harder for yards with the Giants. (Just to note, I'm actually high on Wilson, even though this may have come across as a Redskins bias against the Giants.)

Let us know who you voted for and why in the comments below. Next week we have the results of the quarter-finals and the start of the semi-finals.