2020 R.C.’s Mock Redraft (#9 spot/12-team, PPR, 4pts pass TD, 2WR/flex)
*Note…this is nearly 10,000 words, so prepare your reading time as needed.
OK, here’s my first published, solo mock redraft of 2020. I did my annual redraft event with Jason Katz a few weeks ago, but we have some different opinions on value of QB and TE, which is totally fine…but I wanted to show my mock redraft plan under my full control so you can compare and contrast.
I’m using the following parameters…
-- I’m drafting using the FantasyPros platform – and their expert consensus plus they pull rankings from six different sources (like ESPN, etc.), so there are many inputs going in to set the ADP/ranks for their program to run.
-- PPR (full)
-- 1 QB, 2 RB, 2 WR, 1 TE, 1 Flex, 1 DST, 1 PK starting
-- 4pts per pass TD, no bonuses and no TE catches worth 1.5
-- 12-team, 16 roster spots.
-- #9 spot in a snake draft (which I hate the #9…but that’s why I should use it and to compare to the one I just did from #9 with Jason Katz).
Before we mock redraft, I want to share my general/detailed game plan (overview by position). And buckle up, be ready to take notes or re-read in prep for your draft, because this is a 3K+ word intro…
QB = I believe Patrick Mahomes is arguably the top fantasy asset in all of Fantasy Football 2020.
You could argue Lamar Jackson is in 4pts per pass TD leagues (as we’re mocking here). You could agree with me mostly on Mahomes (or Lamar) but argue I’m too far overvaluing…that’s he/they are not THE #1-2-3 assets overall.
You might be right…maybe Mahomes is the #3…or #7…or #10 overall among all assets in the redraft big picture. My point would be Lamar in 2019 and Mahomes in 2018 – they beat their fellow competitors/QBs FF scoring by a huge distance. Only Christian McCaffrey 2019 (in PPR) beat his pack by more. In fantasy, I want the players who are providing a huge spread from the pack. I’m ready to make picks within the ‘good’ pack after, chasing all the players I think can emerge from or stay in the top/good pack…but there are only a few ‘big scoring spread’ fantasy assets atop their position. They are (in no particular order)…
-- Mahomes and Lamar
-- McCaffery…and probably the #2-3 RBs, whomever you think they will be…and maybe the #4-5 as well.
-- Michael Thomas/2019…Tyreek Hill has the ability but has yet to be a big push away from the pack. -- Travis Kelce…has been the only FF asset who has beaten the pack with consistency (in PPR), with Zach Ertz not far off but was bigger in 2018 and was back in the top pack (after Kelce) in 2019.
Let’s pull Ertz into this PPR discussion…but not Tyreek (because he hasn’t won by a big spread ever, yet)…then we have 10 players who are clearly ‘the elite’ scorers, who make a difference: Mahomes, Lamar, five RBs (CMC + prob. Zeke + maybe Saquon and two more we’d all have different opinions on/seem to be random year-to-year), Mike Thomas, Kelce, and Ertz.
Ten names, and their position does not matter at this point – they are the guys who are going to make the biggest difference to your scoring ability week-to-week, to give you an edge vs. whatever your opponents throw at you at the same position. 10 foundational players. To me, the goal is to find a way to get the most of these 10 foundational players as I can.
I’d rank them this way…
1a) The #1-2 RBs, CMC and let’s say Zeke (never hurt). I put RBs at the top because we start two, they run out fast, and most leagues/FF-players hoard RBs like doomsday preppers. It gives RBs more boost to ‘valuation’ in general. ‘Zero RB’ theory (that I never cared about one way or the other) is dead.
1b) The last two big scoring spread guys, the QBs…Mahomes and Lamar.
3a and b) Travis Kelce and Michael Thomas in whatever order you’d like.
5) …that’s six names (above). Not 10.
I do not put RBs #3-4-5 on here because there are 5-10 contenders for those spots…it’s not a given exactly who they are.
I do not put Ertz down out of some fear of Dallas Goedert and the rise of other TEs pushing Ertz as a sweet #2-3-4 TE, but not a major ‘spread’ scorer like 2018. Ertz was #2 last year, but in a bunching with Andrews-Kittle-Waller in that order.
So, if I feel like I can draft the eventual #3-4-5 best RBs (whomever they are) for 2020 not in the top 10, and I am just focused on CMC, Zeke, Mahomes, Lamar, Kelce, Thomas as the foundational six players I want…well, if I am picking #9 overall …CMC and Zeke and Thomas are gone. That leaves me with the remaining options of Mahomes, Lamar, Kelce. I can get one of them still available at #16/2nd- round…and either take one at #9 or take a ‘best available RB that I like’ at #9 to punch that ticket and then take my best name of Mahomes/Lamar and Kelce at #16.
Why Mahomes over Lamar, for me? I think Lamar could get exposed/run into trouble because of his passer issues…but there was no sign of that in 2019, but we’ve seen dicey passer QBs run hot one year and colder the next (Blake Bortles almost led the NFL in passing TDs one season/2015). I like both Lamr and Mahomes, but to me Mahomes is as sure money as there is out there. In 4pts, I could go Lamar or Mahomes. In 6pts per pass TD it’s all Mahomes…and especially with 300+ yard bonuses – I could/will take Mahomes #9/1st-round if it was a passer scoring friendly league.
Why Mahomes/QB over Kelce? More points generated out of the QB, the TOP fantasy QB, lately. And as goes Mahomes, so goes Kelce as a top name. I’d love to pair them but choosing one over another – I go Mahomes. Picking #9 and #16 out of the gates…I am not leaving this draft without Mahomes. It’s a foundational pick. I’ll find my craved/desired RB options around that, but I’m not passing up an ‘elite’ at #16 for ‘best available RB’.
To me, when you tie yourself to ‘I gotta get an RB before they are all gone’ mindset…then you can force yourself to take non-difference making RBs or plain old good RBs who will be equal to or beaten out by RBs you can take in the 3rd and 4th-rounds. I’m not going to pick an RB first and then panic into an RB second ‘just because’, when I can prudently go RB-Mahomes as my #1-2 and then resume my RB chase after the 2nd-round. If I get one of Leonard Fournette or David Johnson or Le’Veon Bell as my second RB, picking them 3rd-round (and/or 4th-round)…I’m fine. Then I got two strong RBs getting real workloads plus my foundational/elite scoring QB.
I am going Mahomes at #16 here. If the FantasyPros system takes him ahead of me, then I’ll look at Lamar or Kelce. I’m targeting M-A-H-O-M-E-S not ‘a quarterback’ for the sake of a quarterback.
I plan to do a mock non-PPR to show the different theories, because that does change the board and the value of Kelce, etc., but for PPR…at QB, 4pts per pass TD, I’m leaving with Mahomes or Lamar and all the people who laugh at an early QB have no idea why they are laughing…and I know that they are just accepting axioms that aren’t even logical, I’ve been in this business for a decade+ and have seen ‘a lot’. The absolute worst people at a draft, especially in person, is ‘commenter on every pick guy’…he alone knows where every player should be taken and whether they are any good or not. He hasn’t won the league in years/ever but he knows everything.
Most fantasy players and fantasy analysts will laugh at an early QB taken and give the brilliant debate point of, “Oh, I’ll just get my QB later!” Well, shit why didn’t I think of that…why don’t I just get all my RBs later or my WRs later or everything later. I should trade all my first three picks for more picks in the 7-8-9th rounds then. I see plenty of RBs to take later…the top 12 RBs last season, for PPR fantasy, you could have drafted half of them after pick #30-35. People say, “I’ll get my QB (or TE) later,” because they have boxed themselves up into a ‘must have RBs at any cost’ plan, because the fantasy masses repeat the dogma statement, and do so based on emotion not full economics/mathematics. They aren’t killing themselves with a heavy RB craze, but I think they think they can get a QB later because they are familiar with the names…whereas the later RB names all scare them because they don’t know the work of Devin Singletary or Jordan Howard as well. They should be scared of the later QB names like anything else…scared of the difference of what Lamar vs. Big Ben or Brady or Stafford does, it’s math and it’s obvious but people FEEL good about later QBs so they play it that way. It’s fine…but it allows me to operate upstream while they go downstream, and I can pretty much get what I want with a smart plan taking things a round or two ahead of what THEY say I should. .
I’m not taking a QB at any cost 2nd-round…I’m taking Mahomes or Lamar specifically. If they are gone by my #16…then time for a new plan. They won’t be there in the 3rd-round where I’m picking…so, I gotta pay the 2nd-round price…and I am happy to do so.
I’m also, typically, a two QBs on the roster guy…because over the years I have identified great, undervalued second QBs who are strong QB1s to use/trade in the past few years, but this year isn’t giving me that option like it had been…not like a Mahomes/Goff/Trubisky in 2018 or Kyler in 2019. I may not even take a 2nd QB this time, we’ll see how it is going. I’m more likely to take an extra WR gamble (since I’m not taking any first few rounds) or a 2nd TE to make sure one is working, because there is second TE opportunity this year…more so than second QB (assuming I can get generic ones off free agency or trade for QBs in season if a panic/crisis occurs with my main QB…RBs are hoarded and QBs are serendipitously mistreated by fantasy GMs – we have to recognize it and use to our advantage).
RB = I covered a lot of my plan in the QB section, so not as much to cover here but…
I am not getting CMC or Zeke or Barkley at #9, so any RB frenzy grab is tempered by ‘what’s available?’. I am into Joe Mixon (in general, and even more so with Joe Burrow), so he’s my main RB target at #9…if he’s gone I’m gonna cry and start to wonder if I should go Mahomes-Kelce #1-2 and take a whole other approach – because my goal is to win, not finish 3rd with an acceptable level of RBs who only cause me mild panic each week.
You can’t have everything the first 3-4-5 rounds. If I go RB-QB-RB…I’ll be shy at WR. If I go RB-RB and miss out on the top QBs, then I am with the pack picking a solid-not-top producing QB (most likely). You are going to be shy/down at a position or two based upon what you take early…you can’t have it all. I would argue the most economically pressing things to get are ‘any of the valuable six’ (CMC, Zeke, Mahomes, Lamar, Kelce, Mk. Thomas) as well as, as many top 20 RBs as you can get. If you fall short at WR early in the draft…there are a LOT of WRs to choose from after the 3rd and 4th-round. The RBs are dried up after the 4th-round and you no longer have access to Mahomes, Lamar, Kelce but there are still pretty great options at WR as we go, because there are so many talented ones AND so many QBs changed around this year.
Whether you go RB-RB or RB-QB or RB-TE out of the gates…I’d not try to shoehorn in ‘WR’ in there just because. Don’t get in a panic over what you don’t have early in the draft. Every year you have things you fear about the draft…it’s the nature of the business. Take the best players you can early and then we’ll help you fill in the gaps with trades and waivers all season in-season…and our best help is usually finding you/me the undervalued WRs in-season. Fade WRs…lean into more RBs early.
RB is so very important, but also is the position injuries happen the most causing a missed 1-2-3 games…which hurts their overall economic value a little bit, but also raises the value of a handcuff; especially in the world of the unknown/COVID era. I’ve never been a huge handcuff guy but if it obvious, I’ll plan/reach for it.
I KNOW Tony Pollard is an RB1 if Zeke goes down.
I have no idea or faith in any of the backup RBs to Leonard Fournette, so they are not as big a priority.
In the situation of two RB options I like for any particular pick…I’ll lean the one who (a) has had the virus (like Zeke) and/or (b) the one with a clear handcuff for me to take. It’s not a big/massive deal on the handcuffs, but it is something to consider/plan for depending on what RBs you’re targeting/getting.
I want Joe Mixon or Derrick Henry with my #9 pick (more likely it will be Mixon there).
I think Leonard Fournette, David Johnson, Le’Veon Bell and Devin Singletary can be top 5-10 PPR backs this season…which is awesome because I can get one of them at my #33 pick/3rd-round and maybe another at #40 if I was so inclined, but 4th-round is likely going to be a WR after an RB-QB-RB start, maybe…going RB-QB-RB-RB is not out of the question and I’ll discuss that more when we get to the 4th- round of this mock draft.
Sleeper RBs I am targeting middle+ rounds (not particular order): Jordan Howard, D’Andre Swift (I’m not a huge fan but he will get PPR action), Jonathan Taylor, Tevin Coleman…and then Darrell Henderson a bit later from that group. All these names available middle of draft, I believe can/will lead their team in PPR and be strong RB1.5-2.0 threats.
WR = You can’t have it all, on paper, coming out of a redraft/draft. You’re not going to get Mahomes + Kelce + two obvious top five RB1s + two obvious top five WR1s. But for some reason, people think they are or can…and then feel compelled to draft one RB or WR by the 3rd-round…going into the 4th-round without an RB or WR makes many drafters breakout in hives.
And for some reason, the hysteria is more on the RB front and then WR front (as it should be). Most people’s plans are to get two RBs in the first three picks and then a WR in there too. And it doesn’t even matter who those RBs or WR are…they just robotically plan to get those RBs and a WR…a somehow comfort themselves with ‘I’ll get a QB and TE later’. Again, I say – no shit, why didn’t I think of that! Why can’t you say, ‘I’ll just get an RB or WR later?’ We don’t because we’re hysterical about RBs and WRs. We should be hysterical to chase after top QBs and TEs (and RBs and WRs)…not just any old good ones but THE TOP ones if we can.
Now, RB hysterics are valid – there are like 20 decent options and then it gets murky with some flyers and then a lot of prayers…and your league mates are hoovering all of them too. I get the RB economics for sure -- limited supply, high demand. If you want to go RB-RB-RB out of the gates, I will not blame you in the Year of Our Lord 2020…heavy RBs is the way the cards are dealt this season. With RBs not participating in preseasons anymore and NFL coaches mostly in love with running games and many coaches still in love with ONE particular back of theirs – I get the power of the RB in fantasy. I just advocate that you can build a draft with getting 2-3 RBs of great value in the first five rounds…you don’t have to go picks 1-2-3 all RBs…you don’t have to miss out on the high impact scorers of Mahomes- Lamar-Kelce because Nick Chubb is too special/unduplicatable in the middle 2nd-round. We have 3rd and 4th and 5th round RB options that are 1st-2nd-round realities/hopefuls, the names of which we’ve already hit upon and will talk about again when we get drafting. We can build a draft BY SPECIFIC PLAYER/S early on…not by blind passion/mission for accumulating at one position.
I didn’t mention any WRs in the first three rounds, as a plan, for good reason…I think WR is the biggest spot you can say, “I’ll get ___ later” is at the WR position and it makes total economic sense this year. There are a ton of good-to-great WRs, WRs who can be WR1s and are going in the 3rd-4th-5th+ round and many great hopefuls going 7th+ round, AND there are many options in season off waivers and you can trade for WRs like crazy the first few weeks when people panic on ___ WR starting slow. They’ll clutch onto failing RBs, they’ll quickly ditch slow starting WRs.
2020 is the year to FADE WIDE RECEIVERS!!!
You have to keep telling yourself that or you’re going to overreact to a perceived value WR in the 1st or 2nd-round. It’s not damning, but mathematically/economically – I wouldn’t do it. Purposefully go on a WR diet…trusting you’ll figure it out as you go. The options will be there. If you’re in a 3WR to start each week league…then that’s a bit different, more pressing, but not on par with the RB hysteria still. *And I think all leagues should go to 3WRs starting (+ a flex) in order to make the WRs more valuable than they are right now, in general.
If you wait until the 4th-round to take a WR…you’ll see names like Courtland Sutton, A.J. Brown, Tyler Lockett, Robert Woods (sometimes), T.Y. Hilton (who is an easy WR1-1.5 if healthy)…and my favorite 4th-round+ WR, D.J. Chark. If I could leave the redraft with RB-Mahomes-RB-Chark-Hilton through five rounds, I’m ecstatic. I think Chark is a WR1 and TYH is a WR1-1.5. What steals they are in the 4th and 5th-rounds!!
Later you can add WR1.5-2.0 hopefuls: Diontae Johnson, Curtis Samuel, Will Fuller, Marvin Jones, Deebo Samuel, Michael Gallup, Christian Kirk, Parris Campbell to name a few. The RB options in and around these particular WR names are somewhat depressing…but the WR names are exciting/productive for sure.
FADE WIDE RECEIVERS…you will get them as you go or trade in-season and we’ll always find you a WR1 shocker off the waiver wire every year, so believe we’ll do it once again.
TE = Statistically/economically, I should be pushing a bit more for Travis Kelce…BUT…I cannot get them all, I cannot get all the top six elite scorers and a healthy stock of RBs. If I plan to go RB-Mahomes-RB and then WR…I’m definitely not getting Kelce, and then I’m fine with most any TE ranked #3-11 as a shot at a player who can finish strong top 3, like we did last year with Darren Waller, and before that with George Kittle and Evan Engram before they really broke out. I’d love to have Kelce, but I think this year’s plan is to target Higbee-Hurst-Cook 6th-7th-8th-rounds and I might pick another TE right after, potentially…or take Blake Jarwin later as my 2nd TE.
I’m into taking two TEs off the bat to make sure I have one strong for the season. And I think Higbee- Engram-Hurst could all be pretty strong bets this year…all available rounds 6-8 approx. (12-team).
PK/DST = In the past, I’ve had a few specific plans/thoughts on these positions…
1) They are undervalued/people do not take them seriously and miss out on opportunities.
2) Justin Tucker was worth paying up slightly for.
3) There’s usually one defense that stands out on a mix of talent and (more importantly) schedule. Like the Patriots last season, which were all over until mid-August and then started flirting with Denver-DST and got scorched on them.
I’m willing to pay up for the defense that meets a talent + schedule (early good) criteria.
That was the past, the cards I see dealt in 2020 are…
1) People still undervalue the PK/DST position, because they understand it the least and can stream it easier – all true statements/beliefs but waiting until ‘the end’ as an axiom/religious belief like ‘get all RBs early’…people force themselves to do things without specifics, and I think it’s a missed opportunity. If there are standout situations/’best in class’ things – why not pay a round or two early price? Like you know your 13th-round RB flyer is going to be a guaranteed payday? Most of your picks round 12 and on at the RB-WR position will be cut within 2-3 weeks of the season as you seek the new hot things off waivers, so why not pay up for a great PK/DST and then use your last picks for flyers?
That being said, 2020 is not revealing (to me) the same strong/obvious PK and DST options, but I still believe you should pay a round early for a top kicker…and, if you see a nice quick start defense that needs paying up for (but I don’t see as obvious a one this season).
2) PK…
I’m going to show the top five kickers in PPG last season (Wks 1-16, no Wk 17, ten or more games played) by the rank of their offense’s/team’s NFL scoring/PPG ranking in the league last season.
1) #5 (Butker)
2) #3 (Lutz)
3) #4 (Gay)
4) #1 (Tucker)
5) #2 (Gould)
The top five offenses produced the top five kickers on fantasy PPG basis in 2019.
Was it true in 2018? The 2018 display the same way…
1) #2 (Zuerlein)
2) #11 (Fairbairn)
3) #3 (Lutz)
4) #23 (J. Myers)
5) #13 (Tucker)
*The #1 offense/KC in 2018 yielded the #7 kicker.
Not as true in 2018, but typically top offenses yield top 10 kickers…there’s just more scoring opportunities for them. Whenever you can get a good kicker on a projected higher scoring offense…you’re in good shape.
I love Justin Tucker, but as the Ravens have started ‘going for it’ on more 4th-downs, it’s brought Tucker back to a great top 3-5 kicker not a potential blowout #1 candidate. He’s almost always in the top five among FF kickers, so he’s a great bet again for 2020…but not as great as the past. Wil Lutz and Harrison Butker have become top kickers because of their team’s offensive prowess as well.
3) DST = I want a fast start/great early schedule DST…I want to pick on turnover laden QBs. I’m looking for as many NYG, NYJ, DEN, and especially WAS matchups as I can get the first 2-3-4-5-6 weeks.
Looking for those four offenses to pick on:
Through Week 2: Only Pittsburgh starts out with one of each of them right away.
Through Week 3: PIT and SF have two matchups with these four offenses.
Through Week 4: Still just PIT and SF with the two.
Through Week 5: LAR and ARI join PIT and SF with the two good matchups.
Really, it’s PIT with the fastest start…Weeks 1-2, but then they get HOU-TEN-PHI-CLE-BAL-BYE-DAL…no more cupcakes.
This is a year, of any I’ve seen, to either find two defenses that work together as one great mix & match unit…OR just start with one and stream/change/adapt all year. There is not an obvious ‘silver bullet’ DST evident, to me, this season.
…and if the VIRUS knocks out various QBs and WRs and RBs for a week or two, there might be more reason to just start fast and then stream from there because sudden opportunities will pop up when Minnesota goes from Kirk Cousins to Sean Mannion for 1-2 games in-season.
I like the Buffalo Bills schedule + talent the most the first 7-8 games, and they have a BYE Week 11, and I find a one-week rental Week 6 at KC. The Bills-DST goes fast/quick when the DST dominos start to fall, as do the Steelers…so you need to pay a round early to secure them, which I’m willing to do if I believe in one of them.
OK, there’s a not-so-quick overview of mindset. We’ll get into more player thoughts as we get drafting, so let’s start…
*Just to reset the scene:
I’m using the following parameters…
-- I’m drafting using the FantasyPros platform – and their expert consensus from six different sources, so about 40+ inputs going in to set the ADP/ranks for their program to run.
-- PPR (full)
-- 1 QB, 2 RB, 2 WR, 1 TE, 1 Flex, 1 DST, 1 PK starting
-- 4pts per pass TD, no bonuses and no TE catches worth 1.5
-- 12-team, 16 roster spots.
**AND, I fully expect to get graded D or F by FantasyPros afterwards, if I don’t – I did something wrong.
Round-1, pick 1.09 (#9)
Going into the pick: I am targeting Joe Mixon or Derrick Henry, because I am going for Mahomes/Lamar at pick #16/2nd-round, followed by an RB in the 3rd-round (Fournette, D. Johnson. L. Bell).
If Mixon and Henry are both gone, I am going to be FURIOUS and I might change my strategy on the fly depending upon what is left to pick from – but I’m pretty confident at least one of them will be there.
Round #1
1.1 Christian McCaffrey, CAR
1.2 Saquon Barkley, NYG
1.3 Ezekiel Elliott, DAL
1.4 Alvin Kamara, NO
1.5 Michael Thomas, NO
*This is the same top five, in this order, as I see in most PPR redrafts right now*
1.6 Dalvin Cook, MIN
1.7 Davante Adams, GB
1.8 Derrick Henry, TEN
1.9 Joe Mixon, CIN
1.10 Julio Jones, ATL
1.11 Miles Sanders, PHI (this is a mainstream favorite…hope your league drafts while he goes this highly/before Philly signs/trades for a power back to go into their RB trio…and if they don’t, Boston Scott is a going to have an ADP on fire in late August)
1.12 DeAndre Hopkins, ARI
Derrick Henry went right before me, leaving me Joe Mixon…which I am fine with. Mixon was great with a terrible offense/O-Line (injured) last season – now, he gets a healthier O-Line (in theory) and a big upgrade on offense with Joe Burrow. I am well-pleased to make this pick. Now we go onto #16 where I very much expect my choice of Mahomes/Lamar.
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Round-2, pick 2.09 (#16)
Going into the pick: I’m taking a QB here for all the reasons I’ve already gone over in-depth…and not just any QB, this is a move for Mahomes or Lamar on purpose. This is a 4pts per pass TD league/mock, so Lamar is right there as a choice to take. Either is fine. If this were a 6pts per pass TD league and/or with 300+ yard bonuses – then Mahomes over Lamar, and Mahomes probably the #9 overall pick/1st-round IF you’re 6pts per pass TD, bonuses, and non-PPR.
I am taking Mahomes because I believe he is the single best/most ‘money’ asset in the NFL. He’s not going to let you down/he will be a top 1-2 fantasy QB/top 1-2-3 overall FF scorer if healthy…and I think he’s going to run a lot more (as he started to late last season, go look at his shocking game log of rushing into the playoffs) to help push his FF numbers higher. I also have a twinge of doubt that Lamar might falter, so I’ll take ‘the franchise’ Mahomes…assuming he is there.
Round #2
2.1 Tyreek Hill, KC (used to be a staple of FFM redrafts, a bargain no more…)
2.2 Kenyan Drake, ARI (ahead of Chubb…Jones…Jacobs…wow)
2.3 Austin Ekeler, LAC
2.4 Patrick Mahomes, KC
2.5 Chris Godwin, TB
2.6 Nick Chubb, CLE (more and more falling to the #18 overall and even later…the Kareem Hunt fears are real across the land)
2.7 Aaron Jones, GB
2.8 Josh Jacobs, LV
2.9 Mike Evans, TB
2.10 Allen Robinson, CHI (Remember last season when we were stealing this 5th-6th-7th-rounds? Those days are gone!)
2.11 Travis Kelce, KC (You’re supposedly an idiot if you take him #16…but #23 is totally fine?? I’d argue he’s a more top 15 than not.)
2.12 George Kittle, SF
Travis Kelce was there too, but I am forgoing the great scoring spread Kelce provides in order to take the greater spread (to me) in Patrick Mahomes.
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Round-3, pick 3.09 (#33)
Going into the pick: I’m hoping to choose from Leonard Fournette, David Johnson, and/or Le’Veon Bell…at least one of them should be there.
Round #3
3.1 Kenny Golladay, DET
3.2 Adam Thielen, MIN (creeping up the ADPs more and more)
3.3 Le'Veon Bell, NYJ (also, creeping up a bit…going ahead of Fournette sometimes, like here)
3.4 Lamar Jackson, BAL (if I take him #16 it’s a crime against humanity, but #28…no prob? Like anyone knows 12 spots difference for sure in the big picture…but my computer does!)
3.5 Clyde Edwards-Helaire, KC
3.6 D.J. Moore, CAR
3.7 Chris Carson, SEA
3.8 Odell Beckham Jr., CLE
3.9 Leonard Fournette, JAC
3.10 Robert Woods, LAR (also, on fire/moving up draft boards recently…after three years, he’s been ‘discovered’)
3.11 Mark Andrews, BAL (three TEs in the top 35 of this redraft)
3.12 Todd Gurley, ATL
And of those three RBs that I wanted, two are all still there. I took Fournette because David Johnson will be there next pick, and I’ll address my thoughts on going RB-QB-RB-RB next pre-pick. For now, I’m going Fournette to give me two RB1s in my backfield + the greatest player in fantasy (Mahomes) as my start – which I am well-pleased with this start.
Note…Leonard Fournette is falling drafts/ADP, he’s being quasi-given away in trades in Dynasty. You can miss him here and go trade for him reasonably after the draft (based on today’s sentiment).
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Round-4, pick 4.09 (#40)
Going into the pick: This is a huge moment in this mock redraft. David Johnson is likely to be available here. Do I go for a power move and land three RB1s in my first four picks, and really control the board…but then I’m left scrambling for a bunch of WR2s trying to find WR1s for the next two picks…?
OR…
Do I take the WRs that I really like as more legit WR1s here to not be empty at WR through four rounds? I can take D.J. Chark or T.Y. Hilton.
It’s also possible Hilton will be there at my next pick.
I could take the WR (Chark) and then take Devin Singletary to try to build/have a power block at RB that way instead of with DJ?
Would I rather have Chark (who I believe is a top 10 WR) + Singletary OR… David Johnson + and let’s say Tyler Boyd as the 5th-round WR? I see a great value in taking the WR who I believe is top 5-10 material and then considering Singletary in the 5th-round. It’s a bit of a risk assuming Singletary will be there, but he is dropping off people’s radars since the NFL Draft.
You’re not crazy to pick David Johnson and be sitting on Mixon-Fournette-DJ and have a power base at RB, with a strong flex option, plenty of depth when an issue hits, and have critical trade chips if you get it right. Man, do I love me some David Johnson though…I could be so powerful at QB and RB/flex and just wing it at WR, knowing that’s the spot (WR) where I can wing it and trade for it in-season.
You know what, I love David Johnson’s hope in Houston, I love having a power block of RB1s, I trust my WR acquisition abilities, I hope T.Y. Hilton falls to my next pick to make this a dream come true. I am going with my heart, my guy for years – David Johnson…a supreme PPR RB talent in a great spot with Houston. The combined RB fantasy numbers for the Texans’ backfield last year were terrific. I don’t think DJ is losing much work/touch count to Duke Johnson.
Round #4
4.1 Amari Cooper, DAL
4.2 Cooper Kupp, LAR
4.3 Calvin Ridley, ATL
4.4 David Johnson, HOU
4.5 Zach Ertz, PHI
4.6 JuJu Smith-Schuster, PIT 4.7 A.J. Brown, TEN
4.8 D.K. Metcalf, SEA
4.9 James Conner, PIT
4.10 Jonathan Taylor, IND (the lack of a preseason for him to show off might really keep his ADP down into late August/into your redrafts)
4.11 Keenan Allen, LAC
4.12 Melvin Gordon, DEN
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Round-5, pick 5.09 (#57)
Dang it, I almost got Chark and Hilton to fall to my 5th-round pick…but neither did.
Now, I have to craft a plan for the 5th-6th-7th rounds to get two WRs and one of my TEs. What’s the best way to pull that off? Let’s discuss next round.
Also, note… We just started with RB-QB-RB-RB…three RBs in four picks, three strong RB1 candidates in PPR…if you go this way and then start pissing and moaning about ‘I’m weak at WR’ – then it just proves you are drafting totally on emotion. You spend your entire seasons bellyaching about ‘I’m weak at RB’ (no matter who they are, you’re always ‘concerned’ about them), and then here I just hatched a plan for getting three RB1s in four picks, and you’ll quickly adopt a ‘I’m scared about my WRs’ in response. Don’t.
YOU’RE GOING TO BE SCARED ABOUT SOMETHING FROM EVERY REDRAFT AND EVERY WEEK OF THE SEASON…so, why use that as a ‘draft plan’ or team management plan in-season? Why do you think having an RB-WR-RB-WR in your first four picks and thus filling out the starting positions makes you any better off than RB-QB-RB-RB, a power RB group and a softer but hopeful WR group? You’re going to be weaker at something, or at least you’ll perceive it as such, so who cares about that feeling – collect economically prime assets…and that’s elite players (the six of them) regardless of position and starting RBs/RB1 candidates. Take your shots at WR as we go, and change/adapt in-season.
That’s my best theory -- RB strong (for use or trade) with Mahomes to start -- but you can win and adapt with a start of RB-RB-WR or RB-RB-RB or RB-QB-RB or RB-WR-RB. I’m not pushing for a ‘positional plan’…I’m crafting PLAYER SPECIFIC PLANS. I see an opportunity to go RB-QB-RB-RB here because of the way David Johnson and Leonard Fournette or Le’Veon Bell…or Devin Singletary are being radically undervalued in drafts.
Going into the pick: OK, let’s look at the WRs that I’m interested in the next three rounds, and how best to get them. In my mind’s eye… Tyler Boyd – Could be the #1 for Burrow but A.J. Green lurks. I’d have to take 5th-round, might be there 6th-round, but gone 7th-round.
Marvin Jones – Strong WR2 of late, always selling at a discount. I can wait for the 7th-round.
Diontae Johnson – I LOVE HIM, but he’s not a sure thing because we haven’t really seen him + Ben (and whether Ben will feature him), but I’m willing to bet on the come here. I can wait for the 7th, possibly 8th-round.
Marquise Brown – Lamar’s #1, but that’s a low volume passing game…but rare #1 WRs-for-their-team are here to choose from. Have to take him by the 6th-round or he is gone.
Will Fuller – Could be great for FF up and down, but never sustains/stays healthy. Hard to rely on as a starter for FF. Should be there in 7th-round if I want.
Basically, I can almost have my pick of this group taking one in the 5th, then I need/want to take Tyler Higbee in the 6th-round, and then best of the bunch of these WRs remaining 7th-round. So, I am looking at my choice of Boyd or Marquise 5th-round. Which one do I pick?
I am going to roll the dice on Marquise Brown – I know he is the #1 WR for Lamar. I also know this is a lower volume (yards/catches) passing game, but TDs will be there. Of all the WRs left, Brown is the most obvious to be his team’s #1 WR for 2020…so, I go Marquise Brown (if he’s still there to take).
Round #5
5.1 Courtland Sutton, DEN (what a group of WRs here in Round Five…that’s some of why ‘fading’ the WRs is the plan this year)
5.2 Julian Edelman, NE
5.3 Terry McLaurin, WAS
5.4 D.J. Chark, JAC (wanted, so badly!)
5.5 T.Y. Hilton, IND (wanted, so badly!)
5.6 Tyler Lockett, SEA
5.7 Stefon Diggs, BUF
5.8 DeVante Parker, MIA
5.9 Marquise Brown, BAL
5.10 David Montgomery, CHI (I thought he was so great? He broke all those tackles and stuff they told us last preseason…and I was an idiot for scouting his fraudulent ways and speaking out about it! But what do I know, I didn’t play pro football or work for an NFL team before, so I can’t know anything in scouting…or so I’m often told)
5.11 A.J. Green, CIN 5.12 Deshaun Watson, HOU
OK, we got Marquise. Onto Higbee next…I think…
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Round-6, pick 6.09 (#64)
Going into the pick: I plan on taking Tyler Higbee here because I think, for the price, I might have a top 3 fantasy TE. I don’t feel as good falling back to Gronk/Cook at TE by waiting another round…I don’t feel as strong with Gronk/Cook, but I’m not crushed to do so…especially if I would get Jared Cook.
I could go Higbee, but Tyler Boyd lasted to me here and Devin Singletary is sitting there…Kyler Murray is there. Kareem Hunt is lurking. If I took Devin Singletary and waited until the 8th-round to take Jared Cook…I might be sitting on four RB1s to use/trade…that’s a powerful, powerful position to be in.
I could take Singletary, hope Higbee falls, and then take the best available WR…and Diontae might be there. That would be a gutsy call to have a power block at RB, get Cook later (who I like for 2020), and just keep winging it at WR, trusting my WR instincts as we go pre- and in-season.
We’re here to win…let’s go for it. Let’s get Singletary to create a monster backfield, and hope Higbee falls…and if he doesn’t we take Cook later at TE and a WR in the 7th-round. Let’s take advantage of an RB group that will not cause me any heartburn on depth, etc., and if the 3-4 of them hit…I got options to use/trade like a mother!
Here goes a move to create a monster backfield, crossing my fingers for a Higbee fall (which he has of late).
Round #6
6.1 Darren Waller, LV
6.2 Jarvis Landry, CLE
6.3 Hayden Hurst, ATL (man, is Hurst on fire in ADPs the past week+)
6.4 Devin Singletary, BUF
6.5 Dak Prescott, DAL
6.6 Evan Engram, NYG (I wish I knew how much that Lisfranc was going to nag him this season)
6.7 Kyler Murray, ARI 6.8 Russell Wilson, SEA
6.9 Tyler Boyd, CIN
6.10 Tyler Higbee, LAR (he didn’t fall…)
6.11 Mark Ingram II, BAL (this is a steal too, I haven’t been thinking about him -- but I should put him on the radar more)
6.12 Michael Gallup, DAL
Well, that blew up in my face a little bit. Not only did Higbee go much earlier, many other options of interest did too. It wasn’t likely but I was at least hoping I got lucky with a big-time faller…as we all do and need to be ready to call an audible on.
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Round-7, pick 7.09 (#71)
Going into the pick: Let’s look at the team for a moment…
QB: Mahomes
RB: Mixon, Fournette, Dav. Johnson, Singletary
WR: Marquise Brown
TE: none
I am going to select a WR here, and then Jared Cook in the 8th-round. I like Cook a lot for 2020, I just like Higbee A LOT. I’m taking the WR who I never want to leave a 2020 redraft without…Diontae Johnson, and I will need to consider taking another, more stable WR in the 8th and risking Cook into the 9th- round potentially.
Round #7
7.1 Josh Allen, BUF
7.2 Matt Ryan, ATL
7.3 Carson Wentz, PHI
7.4 Marvin Jones, DET (Great sleeper pick…he’s not falling to the 8th-9th-round as much as I like him too lately. People are waking up to him more and more.) 7.5 Brandin Cooks, HOU
7.6 Deebo Samuel, SF
7.7 Tom Brady, TB
7.8 D'Andre Swift, DET
7.9 Diontae Johnson, PIT
7.10 Ke'Shawn Vaughn, TB
7.11 Drew Brees, NO
7.12 Kareem Hunt, CLE (Wow, Hunt really fell here.)
Oh, boy…what do I do in the 8th-round now? Get the starting TE in house or take a stable WR and hope Cook is there 9th-round? I was hoping Marvin Jones might fall to my 8th-round spot. I can also go trade after this draft for Jones or another wayward WR that the masses see as a WR3, but I see strong WR1.5- 2.0 hope for.
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Round-8, pick 8.09 (#88)
Going into the pick: Jared Cook SHOULD be there 9th-round/#95, as Cook trades with a 100+ ADP and three TEs rated higher are still on the generic draft board (Henry, Gronk, Hooper). If I don’t take either Will Fuller or Christian Kirk here, it’s a HUGE drop-off in available WR talent unless…because I would probably miss Sterling Shepard (his team’s #1) too.
I need to consider Shepard more seriously here – he is his team’s/QB’s #1 WR. Fuller is always an unknown. Kirk could be a #2 or #3 in that offense, as far as targeting goes. Shepard would be #1 in targets with a lot of junk time. I have taken a lot of risk at WR so far, so I’m going to play it safe with Shepard here and then go/pray Jared Cook is there in the 9th-round. If the WR thing had fallen more my way, I’d like to add Will Fuller as a rabble-rouser who will be a WR1 for weeks and then go into hiding, I’d like to own him at a discount but I need to find more stable WRs here given my plan and outcomes so far at WR.
Round #8
8.1 Cam Akers, LAR
8.2 Raheem Mostert, SF (really falling of late) 8.3 Tarik Cohen, CHI
8.4 Sterling Shepard, NYG
8.5 James White, NE
8.6 Ronald Jones II, TB
8.7 Will Fuller, HOU (there he goes…)
8.8 CeeDee Lamb, DAL
8.9 Hunter Henry, LAC (Henry + Tyrod is not an option for me AT ALL)
8.10 Christian Kirk, ARI
8.11 Sony Michel, NE
8.12 Derrius Guice, WAS
Phew…Cook (and Gronk) still there. No more pushing off my starting TE decision now…
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Round-9, pick 9.09 (#95)
Going into the pick: I’m going with Jared Cook and cannot consider anything else here because of the need/desire for the TE here.
Round #9
9.1 Jamison Crowder, NYJ
9.2 J.K. Dobbins, BAL
9.3 Anthony Miller, CHI
9.4 Matt Breida, MIA
9.5 Damien Williams, KC
9.6 Emmanuel Sanders, NO
9.7 Tevin Coleman, SF (Coleman is moving up and Mostert is falling…I’d like to think I have something to do with that :) 9.8 Phillip Lindsay, DEN (this is a shame for the person/player…that he’s been relegated to this for the crime of being a successful RB who wasn’t supposed to be…also, see: Jordan Howard).
9.9 Jared Cook, NO
9.10 Michael Pittman Jr., IND
9.11 Justin Jefferson, MIN
9.12 Kerryon Johnson, DET
OK, now I have a foundation of a starting lineup. Now, it’s time to look for ‘best available’, my ‘sleepers’, and any handcuffs to consider.
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Round-10, pick 10.09 (#112)
Going into the pick: I’m so deep at RB, I’m not going to take handcuff seriously here…and with my group, there’s only really Duke Johnson or Zack Moss to consider. But I’m so strong at RB, I don’t need to gum up the roster with handcuffs if I don’t want to. I can use the extra spots for sleeper/great opportunity plays now.
Looking at the available talent of my interest (in no particular order)…
Austin Hooper – If I wanted to take a legit TE to have two legit TEs to be sure I had one, and if both hit -- I can trade one.
Rob Gronkowski – Ditto the Hooper sentiment on Gronk.
Preston Williams – I’m a fan, but I don’t know (today) if he’ll be ready for Week 1. I need stable Week 1 WR lottery tickets more than risky ones at this point, but man do I like Preston…I’ll try to get him after the draft if I don’t get him in it, maybe.
Duke Johnson or Zack Moss – as a handcuff.
Jordan Howard – Love him, but I know he’s in some kind of split with Breida…but still, a lead back available this late…I’d take it.
Other QB available = Rodgers, Baker, Ben out there but in 4pts per pass TD leagues I don’t really want to stretch for a non-mobile QB. I’d rather take Burrow or Minshew later as depth/gambles.
Other WRs available = I need more WRs, but guys I like are out there several rounds from now…Curtis Samuel, Allen Lazard, Parris Campbell. I have the luxury of waiting on these WRs. I don’t want to go with any WR or QB name here in this spot, right now, and it’s too early for PK or DST…so I can go RB or TE. With 16 rounds, I will end up with two QBs and TEs eventually. If Jordan Howard falls, I’d consider him as my 5th and final RB. Moss or Duke, I can wait. Perhaps, the best thing I can do is go TE to shore up the position, since good ones/top 5 hopefuls are available. Gronk or Hooper?
Round #10
10.1 Darrell Henderson, LAR
10.2 Jordan Howard, MIA (What a steal, what a totally undervalued NFL asset by the NFL itself…they should be ashamed of themselves – what Jordan Howard has been paid/been treated compared to Melvin Gordon is a crime. But you simply cannot show up the analysts like this…and the dopey GMs just follow the scouts, who just follow the media herd/sentiment.)
10.3 Antonio Gibson, WAS (Seriously, Antonio Gibson is taken before Gronk or Tony Pollard or Latavius Murray…what kind of sick rookie fetish world do we live in? One we can take advantage of!!!)
10.4 Rob Gronkowski, TB
10.5 John Brown, BUF
10.6 Allen Lazard, GB
10.7 Darius Slayton, NYG
10.8 Jerry Jeudy, DEN
10.9 Latavius Murray, NO
10.10 Tony Pollard, DAL
10.11 N'Keal Harry, NE
10.12 Marlon Mack, IND
Got scooped on JoHo, so I go Gronk not Hooper -- this is a 2nd-TE slot for me, I have the luxury of gambling a bit. If Gronk is healthy, Brady is going to wear him out…and then Gronk would be coveted by many in trade, or I keep/use and trade Cook. I’ll roll the dice on Gronk here combining with Cook to form an ancient (in NFL terms) TE group, but a potentially great one…two top 5 tight end threats, if healthy.
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Round-11, pick 11.09 (#119)
Going into the pick: I can do about anything I want to here.
I keep skipping by Matt Stafford, but he’s still here…and he was a top FF QB last season in the 8 games he played…some of the best numbers of his career. I’m going to add another QB…Burrow or Minshew is who I’m looking at, in that order, but Stafford is not a bad option here at all – of this were 6pts per pass TD, I’d grab Stafford right here.
I could take Alexander Mattison just to bet on a Dalvin Cook injury, but likely I would cut Mattison soon into this season…as we do with these handcuff hopefuls. I need to gamble on more WRs to get a good group more than guess another RB, considering the power block of RBs that I have.
My plan ahead is now…
11th = Joe Burrow (a bit early but everything else I’m targeting at other spots will be there). I’m going Burrow because of his running skills to add FF pts in this 4pts per TD format + Burrow should be throwing a lot as Cincy is often playing from behind.
If Burrow flops, I’ll swim my way through options to replace him as my #2 QB. Gardner Minshew may be on waivers and by an option early on. Could go Stafford or Burrow here, I’ll go Burrow looking for a high end talent with mobility and hope I get lucky…I can afford to gamble on that here.
12th = Curtis Samuel, I’m a big believer in him.
13th = DST
14th = PK
15th = Parris Campbell, I hope
16th = Could be anything…Jalen Hurd or Denzel Mims or Bryan Edwards are names that will be there. Steve Sims, Damien Harris too.
Round #11
11.1 Mike Williams, LAC
11.2 Zack Moss, BUF
11.3 Golden Tate, NYG
11.4 Austin Hooper, CLE
11.5 Mecole Hardman, KC (There’s a new wave of Mecole Hardman love coming from the mainstream, I guess they’re going to try this again.)
11.6 Henry Ruggs III, LV (How fitting that Henry Ruggs is taken one spot after Mecole Hardman.)
11.7 Nyheim Hines, IND
11.8 Duke Johnson, HOU 11.9 Joe Burrow, CIN
11.10 Cam Newton, NE
11.11 Jalen Reagor, PHI
11.12 Preston Williams, MIA
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Round-12, pick 12.09 (#136)
Going into the pick: Taking my Curtis Samuel pick…because I think he has ‘#1 skills’ and is now going to work with the best passing QB he ever has.
Round #12
12.1 Noah Fant, DEN
12.2 Aaron Rodgers, GB (how the mighty have fallen…)
12.3 Tyrod Taylor, LAC
12.4 Curtis Samuel, CAR
12.5 Alshon Jeffery, PHI
12.6 Jonnu Smith, TEN
12.7 Alexander Mattison, MIN
12.8 Sammy Watkins, KC
12.9 Anthony McFarland Jr., PIT (How is he seen as a handcuff????)
12.10 T.J. Hockenson, DET
12.11 Randall Cobb, HOU
12.12 Boston Scott, PHI (Could be a major steal…IF the Eagles don’t sign a big back to be in the RBBC. But the Eagles will, and Scott will fall hard when it happens…sadly. Don’t be a UDFA who plays so well and shows up the 2nd-round pick starter (Sanders) – that cannot happen, he must be punished!!!)
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Round-13, pick 13.09 (#143)
Going into the pick: I just realized, last round, that for some reason this FantasyPros draft is set up with no DSTs and PKs needed to take. My mistake in set up…maybe? So, I will take them at #13 and #14 and live with the FantasyPros program taking more real players. I’ll just deal with it.
Time for my DST, I’ll take Buffalo ahead of everyone just to secure it. I like their early schedule and I want to have a fast start DST with a late BYE (Wk 11 for BUF) to ride or start streaming as needed.
To keep the system going, I’ll take a decent player just to keep the ball rolling because of the no PK or DST setup.
Round #13
13.1 Matthew Stafford, DET
13.2 Ben Roethlisberger, PIT
13.3 Jared Goff, LAR
13.4 Robby Anderson, CAR
13.5 Mike Gesicki, MIA
13.6 Dallas Goedert, PHI
13.7 Gardner Minshew II, JAC (Wow, Minshew isn’t far off from Stafford-Ben-Goff…that’s an honor, of sorts.)
13.8 Ryan Tannehill, TEN
13.9 Breshad Perriman, NYJ (actually, Bills-DST)
13.10 Jace Sternberger, GB
13.11 Justin Jackson, LAC
13.12 Devonta Freeman,
I took Perriman just to take a name I had some interest in. In reality, I might take Denzel Mims over Perriman. The presence of both of them scares me on the prospects for output for both of them…not sure who wins Darnold’s heart or if they just split low volume into WR3-4 land.
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Round-14, pick 14.09 (#160)
Going into the pick: I’ll take Justin Tucker in the 13th over Harrison Butker, I do that because I have Mahomes…and I don’t need extra pressure with the QB and PK both on a BYE, if I need to stream a QB or PK then…I don’t want to drop Tucker (or Butker) for a one-week PK. I normally add an extra PK for that one week and then drop them the next.
For the system pick, I’ll grab Blake Jarwin, who I like…but I got two TEs already.
Round #14
14.1 Daniel Jones, NYG
14.2 Brandon Aiyuk, SF
14.3 Joshua Kelley, LAC
14.4 Blake Jarwin, DAL (actually, Justin Tucker)
14.5 Jack Doyle, IND
14.6 Laviska Shenault Jr., JAC
14.7 Chase Edmonds, ARI
14.8 A.J. Dillon, GB
14.9 Chris Thompson, JAC (I understand and don’t understand this at the same time…do people really think Chris Thompson is going to be the handcuff for the Jags…or even pull targets away from Fournette? Thompson probably won’t even make the team.)
14.10 Darrynton Evans, TEN
14.11 Carlos Hyde, SEA
14.12 Adrian Peterson, WAS
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Round-15, pick 15.09 (#167)
Going into the pick: My team going into the last two rounds… QB: Mahomes, Burrow
RB: Mixon, Fournette, Da. Johnson, Singletary
WR: Mq. Brown, Diontae, Sterling Shepard, C. Samuel
TE: Cook, Gronk
DST: BUF
PK: Tucker
I’m looking at ‘best available’ anything, but more so WRs because I might need six lottery tickets to find two nice starters. I’m golden/feel good at all the other positions.
Round #15
15.1 Denzel Mims, NYJ
15.2 Parris Campbell, IND (Wow, what a difference one year not playing much due to injury makes…such value.)
15.3 James Washington, PIT
15.4 Dede Westbrook, JAC
15.5 Damien Harris, NE
15.6 Jamaal Williams, GB
15.7 Jalen Richard, LV
15.8 Rashaad Penny, SEA
15.9 Jalen Hurd, SF
15.10 DeSean Jackson, PHI
15.11 Eric Ebron, PIT
15.12 Antonio Brown, FA
They took my Parris Campbell on me, but only because there are no DSTs and PKs going…otherwise this would be Parris. So, I’ll take Steven Sims, or Denzel Mims and/or Jalen Hurd in my final two WRs.
I think Sims can be a WR2-3 with WR1 weeks/spikes, but that awful QB play is scary…and new coaching staff leaves me unsure what Sims’ role will be.
I am smitten with what might be with Jalen Hurd as a radical WR/RB play who leads the 49ers in TDs this season. I go Hurd first/here.
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Round-16, pick 16.09 (#174)
Going into the pick: I could take Sims or, thinking about it more, I could go Taysom Hill and see if I get a radical TE/QB who all leagues designate as a TE/QB to give me neat flexibility. Let’s do Hill rather than another WR. Likely, I’m dropping Hill a week or two in if his designation didn’t change or he’s not really playing as much, etc., but it’s worth a Hail Mary shot.
I could look at Joshua Kelley or A.J. Dillon or Damien Harris as late RB gambles, but they are gone right now somewhat due to the lack of PK/DSTs taken…or they would be available. I’d likely take Dillon or Harris as a late gamble but with them gone I’ll take a shot at Taysom, and quick drop/change him if it doesn’t work out for me quickly.
Round #16
16.1 Jerick McKinnon, SF (Great pick for a deep sleeper RB.)
16.2 Ryquell Armstead, JAC
16.3 Giovani Bernard, CIN
16.4 Taysom Hill, NO
16.5 Hunter Renfrow, LV
16.6 Corey Davis, TEN
16.7 Chris Herndon IV, NYJ
16.8 Ian Thomas, CAR
16.9 Baker Mayfield, CLE (Wow, what a difference a year makes…)
16.10 Ito Smith, ATL
16.11 Greg Olsen, SEA
16.12 Irv Smith Jr., MIN
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