Fantasy Football Mock Draft - 10 Teams, 4th Pick
- Updated: Tuesday, July 18thAs the saying goes, practice makes perfect. While we may not be able to draft a "perfect" fantasy football team, the more we practice, the better our teams will be.
Starting on June 10th, we began drafting (at least) one fantasy football team per day using the 2017 Fantasy Football Mock Draft Simulator and we will continue to do so up until the start of the 2017 NFL season.
Each day, we will switch things up -- e.g., PPR vs. standard scoring, league size, draft slot, 2-QB leagues, auction leagues, etc.
In addition, we will centralize links to our daily fantasy football mock drafts for an easy way to keep track of our mock drafts.
Details of today's mock draft:- Scoring: Standard scoring (i.e., not PPR scoring)
- # of Teams: 10
- Draft Slot: 4
- Roster Setup: QB, 2 RB, 3 WR, TE, Flex (RB/WR/TE), DST, 6 Bench
1.04 - Antonio Brown, WR, Pittsburgh Steelers: Finishing as the WR1, WR1 and WR3 in standard-scoring formats over the past three seasons, respectively, Brown has triple-digit receptions in four consecutive seasons and double-digit touchdowns in three straight. No receiver, or player, has a higher floor than AB84.
2.07 - Leonard Fournette, RB, Jacksonville Jaguars: Using a top-four selection on Fournette, the Jags should make him a workhorse sooner rather than later with the possibility of seeing 20-plus touches per game. Given their strong defense, the Jags are likely to shift to a run-focused approach after calling a run on only 37.26% of their plays (seventh-fewest) in 2016.
3.04 - Amari Cooper, WR, Oakland Raiders: Overall his numbers were solid as Cooper set career highs in both receptions (83) and yards (1,153) in his sophomore campaign. That said, Cooper was much more productive in the first half (52/787/2) than the second half (31/366/3) of the season. Hopefully, he's able to put together a more consistent season from start to finish in his age-23 season.
4.07 - Allen Robinson, WR, Jacksonville Jaguars: As Blake Bortles and the passing offense regressed, Robinson finished with 73 catches for 880 yards and six touchdowns in his age-23 season following an 80/1,400/14 line in 2015. As noted above, the Jags should be more of a run-based team in 2017, but A-Rob should post better year-over-year numbers.
5.04 - Travis Kelce, TE, Kansas City Chiefs: Kelce set career highs in receptions (85), yards (1,125) and 100-yard games (six) and led the position in fantasy points scored despite scoring only four touchdowns. With Jeremy Maclin now in Baltimore, Kelce should be the clear focal point of the passing offense and has a chance to finish as fantasy's TE1 even if Rob Gronkowski plays a full season.
6.07 - Emmanuel Sanders, WR, Denver Broncos: After a career year in 2014 (101/1,404/9), Sanders has at least 75 catches and 1,000 yards in each of the past two seasons. His floor should be a 1,000-yard season, but there is some upside for more.
8.07 - Ameer Abduallah, RB, Detroit Lions: After missing all but two games last season due to a Lisfranc injury, Abdullah goes into the 2017 season as the Lions starting running back. On a per-touch basis, Abdullah was off to a good start last year -- 18/101 (5.6 YPC) rushing and 5/57/1 (11.4 Y/R) receiving -- and there is definitely some fantasy breakout potential in 2017.
9.04 - Paul Perkins, RB, New York Giants: Perkins enters the season as the starter and even though the team's offensive line was essentially (and surprisingly) ignored this offseason, Perkins should easily exceed his 127 rookie touches.
10.07 - Jeremy Maclin, WR, Baltimore Ravens: Last season was a year to forget for Maclin (and his fantasy owners). Before last season, however, Maclin had 85-plus catches and 1,000-plus yards in each of his previous two seasons. Given the departure of targets from last year's squad, Maclin could bounce back in a big way with good health.
11.04 - Jonathan Stewart, RB, Carolina Panthers: There are plenty of concerns with Stewart (age, durability, inefficiency, etc.), but I think Stewart will get a larger share of the workload than Christian McCaffrey.
12.07 - Kareem Hunt, RB, Kansas City Chiefs: Extremely productive at Toledo with nearly 5,000 career rushing yards, Hunt should be highly involved in the offensive game plan early on even if Spencer Ware continues to lead the backfield in touches.
13.04 - Derek Carr, QB, Oakland Raiders: Carr has thrown a total of 60 touchdown passes over the past two seasons combined and set a career low with six interceptions in 2016. Recovered from his broken leg, Carr could finish as a top-10 fantasy quarterback (QB9 in 2016) once again.
14.07 - Mike Wallace, WR, Baltimore Ravens: Fantasy owners don't get excited when they draft 60 Minutes, but perhaps they should. Even though Wallace had his first 1,000-yard season since 2011, he has finished as a top-30 fantasy wide receiver (standard scoring) in seven of eight seasons since entering the league in 2009.
15.04 - Arizona Cardinals DST
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