Many fantasy football drafts are going to be occurring over
Many fantasy football drafts are going to be occurring over
vallie.klein Sun, 08/14/2022 - 22:38
Many fantasy football drafts are going to be occurring over the next week. That means that time is running out to identify sleepers andfind value picksbefore draft day. In the time remaining, it will be important for sharp fantasy footballowners to participate in mock drafts totest out draft strategy and fantasy football rankings Brian Westbrook Jersey to make sure they're well prepared for the most important event of the season.Some mock drafts do take a while, so if you only have a little bit of time on your hands, check out the , which allows you to do a mock draft in minutes. But if you want a full, 12-man mock experience, feel free to take an hour or so to complete a mock in full.Recently, I participated in a 15-round mock set up by Walter Cherepinsky of . The 12-team PPR draft gave me a perfect opportunity to testand have a look at what players might be sleepers and steals come draft day.DOMINATE YOUR DRAFT: After going with a low pick in , I decided to go at the opposite end of the spectrum. I took the No. 2 selection knowing that I would get one of the top-two RBs on the board. From there, the goal was to land a solid RB2 before loading up on receivers to round out my team. In e sence, this was a test of the balanced strategy after I went RB-heavy last time around.With all that said, heres a look at how my team came out this time around.2020 PPR RANKINGS:| | | | 2020 Experts FantasyMock Draft: 12-Team PPR league* This draft was for a PPR league that starts 1 QB, 2 RBs, 2 WRs, 1 TE, 1 FLEX, 1 D/ST, 1 K, and has 6 bench spots Saquon Barkley, RB, Giants (Round 1, Pick 2). Having the second overall pick is the lowest-stre s position in the first round of fantasy football drafts. There are two top RBs that are going with the first Jason Kelce Jersey two picks, . With the top pick, you have to choose which one you like better. With the second pick, you choose which one is left. Pretty simple, no? Anyway, McCaffrey (unsurprisingly) went off the board with the No. 1 overall pick, so we were able to grab Barkley here. Barkley was the consensus No. 1 pick in fantasy last season but didn't live up to expectations because of an ankle injury. Still, he had 1,441 scrimmage yards and eight scores in 13 games despite not being fully healthy, so he could emerge as the top player in fantasy once again.Leonard Fournette, RB, Jaguars (2.23). Last year, Fournette wasn't expected to be much of a threat in PPR. Instead, he shocked the world by racking up 100 targets and 76 receptions en route to a season with 1,674 total yards. The problem with Fournette is that he plays for a weak Jaguars team that doesn't score much, so he racked up only three TDs on the year. Still, he's , so grabbing him at the end of the second round as an RB2 is a great value, even factoring in fewer catches with Chris Thompson now in Jacksonville.Odell Beckham Jr., WR, Browns (3.26). There were three WRs at this spot that fit the bill in our rankings: Beckham, Cooper Kupp, and Amari Cooper. All fit into the same WR tier, so I went with the player that has both the most upside and that I thought was least likely to Ronald Darby Jersey come back to me in Round 4. Beckham has seen at least 124 targets in every season that he has played 12 or more games and has cro sed the 1,000-yard mark in all five of those campaigns. He'll need to build up better chemistry with Baker Mayfield and score double-digit TDs against (something he hasn't done since 2016), but the rest of the numbers are there for Beckham to have a bounce-back season.Cooper Kupp, WR, Rams (4.47). My gamble in the third round paid off. Kupp came all the way back around to me with my fourth-round pick, so I was able to scoop him up here. Kupp is and actually clocks in ahead of Beckham for us. But people are sleeping on the Rams receiver because of the other quality receiving options that the team has (WR Robert Woods, TE Tyler Higbee). Last year, Kupp finished 11th in the NFL in targets (134) and posted 94 catches for 1,161 yards and 10 scores. He has a high floor for PPR, so landing him as a WR2 is an unbelievable value at this point in the draft.Courtland Sutton, WR, Broncos (5.50). Last year, Sutton finished 17th in the NFL in yards per catch witha mark of 15.4. He ranked 15th among WRs in total targets with 124, and he did all of this despite playing with three different quarterbacks(Joe Flacco, Brandon Allen, and Drew Lock). His ceiling is sky-high, and while we could've grabbed another high-floor player like Keenan Allen here, Sutton makes sense as a swing for the fences WR3/FLEX play.James White, RB, Patriots (6.71).Taking White in PPR is never a bad bet. The Patriots top receiving back has averaged 99 targets per 16 games the past four seasons for 72 catches, 623 receiving yards, and five TDs. New England lacks talent in the receiving corps, so White could be relied on more by Cam Newton in his first year as the Patriots starter. Newton did have Christian McCaffrey as a weapon in Carolina, so it's safe to a sume that he'll be comfortable enough checking the ball down to White to put himin the RB2/FLEX range.2020 STANDARD FANTASY RANKINGS:| | | | | | | Ru sell Wilson, QB, Miles Sanders Jersey Seahawks(7.74). Wilson tops for the '20 season, checking in as our third-ranked pa ser. Considering that Patrick Mahomes and Lamar Jackson both went in the third round of this mock, Wilson is a great value with the second pick in the seventh round. Wilson has been a top-10 fantasy QB in each of the past three seasons and was twice in the top-five during that span, including a No. 1 overall ranking in '17. He has to sed at least 31 TDs in each of the past three seasons, and with the presence of Tyler Lockett, DK Metcalf, and Greg Olsen in the receiving corps, Wilson should be in for a good year.Christian Kirk, WR, Cardinals(8.95). Last year, Kirk had just one fewer target than Larry Fitzgerald despite playing in three fewer games than the venerable veteran. DeAndre Hopkins' addition to the offense will take away some balls intended for Kirk, but Kliff Kingsbury and Kyler Murray will do their best to spread the ball around, so Kirk's upside should still be high. He's a great as our WR4 and should be a fine bye-week filler if he doesn't emerge as a true WR3 for fantasy.Duke Johnson, RB, Texans Wes Hopkins Jersey (9.98).Johnson is a valuable a set in PPR formats, as he caught 44 pa ses and logged 410 receiving yards last year for the Texans. He also totaled exactly 410 yards on the ground despite only seeing 83 carries. Duke is behind David Johnson for now, but he has had injury troubles in recent seasons. If he goes down again, Duke will have a chance to prove himself as the lead back for Houston. He has value in PPR as both a receiver and a top handcuff.Sony Michel, RB, Patriots (10.119).
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