![]() With them drafting Harris in 1 st round of the 2021 NFL Draft, it’s clear that they plan to utilize him heavily in their game plan. Mike Tomlin, Head Coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers, isn’t shy about favoring a single RB and using him as a bell-cow, as we saw with Le’Veon Bell, DeAngelo Williams, James Conner, etc. I opted for a player whom I anticipate having a massive workload: Najee Harris. Beyond that no-brainer potential pick in the second, I wanted to double down on the RB position. Had Travis Kelce somehow fallen to me at the 2.07, I would have scooped him up here, but that’s a bit of wishful thinking. This spot presented me with a much more difficult decision than in the first round. ![]() Other Players Considered: Ezekiel Elliott I believe he’s the best all-around RB in the league, and although he’s surely more valuable in PPR leagues due to his exceptional receiving prowess, his immense touchdown upside makes him more than worthy of the 1.06. As such, I took Alvin Kamara, the reigning RB1. With this pick, I wanted to take the best available RB since, in 0 PPR leagues, touchdown-dependent RBs are more valuable than WRs. Unsurprisingly, this is what happened in this mock draft, with five RBs being drafted before the 1.06. The Mock Draftġ2-Team, Zero PPR, Snake Format, 6 th Positionįrom the various mock drafts I’ve done thus far into the offseason, I anticipated a strong RB-run to begin the draft with the first five picks. I will target high-upside, deep threat WRs in the middle-to-late rounds and then wrap my draft up with a late-round QB or two, depending on how things shake out. As such, my strategy will be to select multiple young, bell-cow RBs early in the draft – and perhaps take a premier TE if one were to fall to me in the mid-3 rd (as I assume the consensus TE1 Travis Kelce won’t last until the mid-2 nd round). There is no bonus awarded to receptions, so high-reception RBs (e.g., Austin Ekeler) and possession/low touchdown receivers (e.g., CeeDee Lamb or Julio Jones) are less favorable. In this mock draft, I’ll simulate a draft in a “standard” (i.e., 0 PPR) league, which means that RBs and touchdown-dependent skill-position players are more valuable. Run custom mocks with your league settings with our Draft Simulator > StrategyĪs I note in all of my mock draft articles, knowing your league settings before your drafts are crucial. ![]() In these prior two articles, I tested both an early- and late-round draft slot, so in this article, I will pick from right in the middle: the 1.06. For further reference, please see my other two mock drafts – both from April.( Standard Superflex, Standard). Since my last mock draft, one of the most apparent changes has been an upward trajectory for perennial RB1 Ezekiel Elliott while young RB Josh Jacobs has seemingly fallen in the ranks and ADP. ![]() However, it’s best to start practicing as soon as you know your league’s draft order, or even before then, to gauge changes in ADP rankings and to better understand continual trends over time. For example, if you know that your league highly prioritizes rookies in your drafts, you can adjust the Mock Draft Simulator to select rookies more frequently than their rankings and ADPs suggest.īeyond this, many fantasy managers don’t realize the benefits of mock drafting throughout the offseason, instead preparing in late July or August right before their drafts. Fantasy managers can incorporate many of their leagues’ distinct league settings, such as setting the number of teams, PPR scoring levels and even adjust each positional group’s draft priority level based on perceived preferences by competitors in their leagues. It’s been a few months since I last utilized the FantasyPros Mock Draft Simulator, which allows users to practice drafting quickly and efficiently.
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