2015 Fantasy Football PPR Mock Draft: Round 6

Scoring: This mock draft is based on point-per-reception (PPR) scoring formats and is for the 2015 season only (i.e., not keeper or dynasty leagues). Passing touchdowns are worth four points while rushing and receiving touchdowns are worth six points. In addition, one point is earned per 25 passing yards, 10 rushing or 10 receiving yards and per reception.

Mock Draft Start Date: Monday, June 22nd
Mock Draft End Date: Tuesday, July 7th

Four of our site's contributors — Kevin Hanson, Brendan Donahue, Sean Beazley and Dan Yanotchko — will make picks for three teams of this 12-team mock. The mock will go 15 rounds with no kickers or team defenses selected.

Although this is a slow draft, we will post picks as they occur, along with comments from Kevin Hanson, as opposed to waiting for the entire mock draft to be completed.

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Here are Round 6 results of our 2015 Fantasy Football Mock Draft:

6.01 - Dan Yanotchko (Team 3): Latavius Murray, RB, Oakland Raiders

Loaded with potential and upside, Murray is a physical freak that runs a sub-4.4 forty at 6-foot-3 and 225 pounds. Finally getting a chance to showcase what he could do down the stretch last season, Murray gained 478 yards from scrimmage over his final five games on a total of 83 touches (72 carries and 11 receptions). With Darren McFadden and Maurice Jones-Drew out and Trent Richardson and Roy Helu in, Murray should be given every opportunity to be the team's lead back in 2015.

6.02 - Kevin Hanson (Team 3): Peyton Manning, QB, Denver Broncos

The good news is that Manning has passed for 4,954 yards and 44 touchdowns per season over his three seasons in Denver. That said, Manning's most recent football was less inspiring -- 233.8 yards per game with five TDs and six INTs over his final five games. A thigh injury was at least partly to blame for his drop in production, but there are other concerns going into 2015: (1) offensive line losses (injury and free agency), (2) now 39 years old and (3) more of a balanced offense expected under Kubiak.

Given all of those things, Manning is still my fourth-ranked quarterback going into 2015 behind Aaron Rodgers, Andrew Luck and Russell Wilson and he has an average draft position of two rounds earlier than this.

6.03 - Sean Beazley (Team 3): Joseph Randle, RB, Dallas Cowboys

Based on the composition of Sean's team through this point, Randle could be a key determinant to its success. Sean has perhaps the strongest receiving corps within the league as he used his first three picks on receivers -- Odell Beckham, Calvin Johnson and Jordan Matthews -- and a top-four tight end -- Greg Olsen. That means that he goes into the season with Carlos Hyde and Randle drafted as his top-two running backs.

We've seen how productive DeMarco Murray could be behind the Cowboys dominant offensive line with a high volume of work. Randle won't approach Murray's workload, obviously, and he's not nearly as talented as Murray, but he was productive on a per-touch basis (6.73 YPC) last year. I expect him to lead the backfield in touches and production even if it's a timeshare with McFadden and his high-upside nature lends well to Sean's strategy with this team's roster.

6.04 - Sean Beazley (Team 2): Rashad Jennings, RB, New York Giants

Dealing with multiple injuries, Jennings played in just 11 games in his first season with the Giants. Second-year back Andre Williams will steal some goal-line opportunities and Shane Vereen will steal some of his passing-down work, which limits the weekly upside of the soon-to-be 30-year-old Jennings. On a positive note, the Giants used the ninth-overall pick on Ereck Flowers, one of the best run-blocking offensive linemen in this year's draft class. Only the Cardinals (3.3) and Chargers (3.4) averaged fewer YPC than the Giants (3.6) last season.

6.05 - Brendan Donahue (Team 3): Shane Vereen, RB, New York Giants

Vereen is one of the league's better receiving backs and he set career highs last year with 52 catches for 447 yards. In fact, Vereen has a total of 99 receptions in 24 games over the past two seasons and has the potential to approach 70 receptions in 2015.

6.06 - Brendan Donahue (Team 2): Allen Robinson, WR, Jacksonville Jaguars

One of two second-round receivers selected by the Jaguars last season, A-Rob's season was cut short by a season-ending foot injury in Week 10, but he was quietly off to a strong rookie season. From Weeks 2 to 10, Robinson averaged 5.22 receptions and 60.89 yards per game. During that nine-game span, Robinson had a minimum of four receptions every game and more than 50 receiving yards in seven of nine games.

Especially if Blake Bortles takes a step forward going into his second season, Robinson could make a substantial leap forward in Year 2 with Cecil Shorts in Houston and Justin Blackmon unlikely to see the field this year.

6.07 - Dan Yanotchko (Team 2): Darren McFadden, RB, Dallas Cowboys

Since entering the league as a top-four pick, McFadden has largely disappointed fantasy owners due to durability issues and/or a lack of production. Back in 2010 and 2011, he gave owners a glimpse of what could be with an average of 121.6 YFS per game and 5.27 YPC over 20 games played. For the first six seasons of his career, he missed at least three games every season and averaged only 11.17 per season before finally playing a full 16-game season in 2014. Over his past three seasons, however, he has averaged just 3.34 YPC.

Only 27 (turns 28 in August), McFadden has plenty of upside if he can stay healthy and get a sizable workload behind the Cowboys dominant offensive line although Randle appears to be the early favorite to lead the backfield's committee in touches.

6.08 - Dan Yanotchko (Team 1): Tevin Coleman, RB, Atlanta Falcons

The biggest home run threat among rookie backs, Coleman rushed for 2,036 yards on his 270 carries last season with four 200-yard games and eight 60-yard runs, most in both categories. Clearly, that won't be repeated at the NFL level, but it clearly illustrates his big-play ability as he joins one of the league's better offenses.

Beat writer D. Orlando Ledbetter of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution gives Coleman the slight edge (1A to 1B) over Devonta Freeman in his early projected depth chart. That said, it has been Freeman in that role during the offseason workouts.

6.09 - Kevin Hanson (Team 2): DeSean Jackson, WR, Washington Redskins

Despite the revolving door at quarterback, Jackson was one of the few bright spots for Washington's offense in 2014. In his first season with Washington, D-Jax finished with 56 catches for 1,169 yards and six touchdowns and he led the NFL in yards per reception (20.9). While he's better in standard-scoring formats (WR16 last year), he still finished as a top-24 receiver in PPR formats in 2014.

The biggest drawback of owning Jackson, however, is his boom-or-bust nature. Based on PPR scoring, Jackson finished as a weekly top-20 fantasy wide receiver in eight of 15 games. In his other seven games, he finished as the WR50 or worse six times.

6.10 - Kevin Hanson (Team 1): Martellus Bennett, TE, Chicago Bears

Bennett set career highs across the board in 2014 with 90 receptions, 916 yards and six touchdowns. Finishing as a top-five scorer among tight ends, Bennett led the position in receptions and his 916 yards ranked third behind Gronkowski and Olsen. With the Bears trading Brandon Marshall to the Jets, Bennett has the potential to post even better numbers this season.

6.11 - Brendan Donahue (Team 1): Nelson Agholor, WR, Philadelphia Eagles

Landing in Chip Kelly's up-tempo offense bodes well for Agholor's short- and long-term fantasy outlook. While the Eagles lost Jeremy Maclin (6-0, 198, 4.48 forty) in free agency, Agholor (6-0, 198, 4.42 forty) has earned comparisons to the departed receiver. An excellent route runner, Agholor has the ability to play both inside and outside, is one of the most pro-ready receivers in this year's rookie crop and finished with a 104/1,313/12 stat line last year for USC.

6.12 - Sean Beazley (Team 1): Montee Ball, RB, Denver Broncos

In general, I like the idea of drafting Ball late. But much later than this, however. I'm not sure why Sean was willing to take him so early especially given that his ADP (via FFC) of 12.01 is nearly twice this spot. If he wanted to make sure that he got Ball, he likely could have waited two more turns back at picks 10.12/11.01. This is definitely a head-scratcher.

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