2015 Fantasy Football Mock Draft: Round 2

Scoring: This mock draft is based on standard-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.

Mock Draft Start Date: Saturday, August 22nd
Mock Draft End Date: Tuesday, September 1st

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 12 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 2 results of our 2015 Fantasy Football Mock Draft:

2.01 - Sean Beazley (Team III): Odell Beckham, WR, New York Giants

Closing the season with nine consecutive games of 90-plus yards, Beckham racked up a massive stat line of 81/1,199/9 on 115 targets during that stretch. In fact, only 11 other receivers had more yards in all of 2014 than OBJ had in his final nine games. And as impressive as that sounds, he was even more dominant over his final four games -- 43/606/7 on 63 targets.

While ODB is far from being the biggest receiver, his combination of hands, route-running ability, speed and elusiveness makes him nearly impossible to cover especially in today's age of offense-friendly rules.

2.02 - Brendan Donahue (Team III): Jeremy Hill, RB, Cincinnati Bengals

Over the final nine games of the season, Hill had 22-plus carries and 100-plus rushing yards five times including the final three games of the regular season. During that nine-game span, Hill had 172 carries for 929 yards and six touchdowns and no running back had more rushing yards than Hill during that stretch. (Marshawn Lynch was second with 824 yards.)

Going into the 2015 season, Hill is clearly the team's lead back with Giovani Bernard back as the change-of-pace option. Considering that the Bengals ranked in the top-five in run-play percentage last season, it's possible that Hill challenges for the league lead in rush attempts in 2015.

2.03 - Kevin Hanson (Team III): Julio Jones, WR, Atlanta Falcons

Jones finished with 104 catches for 1,593 yards, both of which shattered his previous career highs, and six touchdowns in 2014. After scoring 0.62 TD/G on 74.4 YPG in his first two seasons, Jones has averaged just 0.40 TD/G despite a jump to 1087.7 YPG over the past two seasons. With plus size and speed, however, Jones should bounce back in terms of red-zone production and could put together a 100/1,500/10 season in 2015 with good health.

2.04 - Kevin Hanson (Team II): Jordy Nelson, WR, Green Bay Packers

The only receiver to score more fantasy points than Nelson last season was Antonio Brown, coincidentally Nelson's teammate to start this squad. While he may not finish as a top-two fantasy receiver once again, Nelson posted a 98/1,519/13 line last season and has scored a total of 43 touchdowns over the past four seasons.

Granted, the duo of Brown/Nelson means I'll have one of this league's strongest receiving corps, I tend to dislike how my teams turn out when I fail to secure my RB1 in one of the first two rounds. I'll be cautiously optimistic as I wait to see who falls to me in the next couple of rounds.

[Update: Nelson is likely to miss the rest of the season with a torn ACL.]

2.05 - Dan Yanotchko (Team III): Calvin Johnson, WR, Detroit Lions

Including playoff appearances, Megatron has more 200-yard games (six) than any other receiver in league history. And while he still has as much potential as any to take over a given game, he has missed a total of five games in 2013 and 2014 while appearing as a decoy in some others. With five consecutive 1,000-yard seasons, Megatron has averaged a stat line of 90/1,467/11 during that span. And if he does play a full 16-game season, it wouldn't be a surprise if he finished the year as the WR1 (or at least higher than his WR7 draft slot).

2.06 - Dan Yanotchko (Team II): Justin Forsett, RB, Baltimore Ravens

Arguably the biggest surprise in fantasy football last season, Forsett scored more fantasy points than all but seven other running backs in 2014. Forsett, who re-signed with the Ravens this offseason, rushed for a career-high 1,266 yards last season and averaged an RB-high 5.4 YPC while adding 44 receptions for 263 yards. With Marc Trestman hired to coordinate the offense, Forsett is virtually guaranteed to set a new career high in receptions, but it's perhaps a bit of a concern that the soon-to-be 30-year-old journeyman back has a new coordinator after last year's career year.

2.07 - Sean Beazley (Team II): A.J. Green, WR, Cincinnati Bengals

Injuries kept Green from building upon his 2013 numbers (98/1,426/11), but he extended his streak of 1,000-yard seasons to begin his career to four. Only Megatron (6,214), Antonio Brown (5,092) and Demaryius Thomas (5,034) have more yards during that four-year span than Green (4,874). With good health, Green is a good bet for 1,300 yards and double-digit touchdowns in 2015.

2.08 - Sean Beazley (Team I): Aaron Rodgers, QB, Green Bay Packers

The reigning NFL Most Valuable Player, Rodgers was also the top-scoring fantasy quarterback as well. Since becoming Green Bay's starting quarterback seven years ago, Rodgers has finished as a top-two fantasy quarterback in six of seven seasons with the lone exception due to injury (broken clavicle, 2013).

2.09 - Brendan Donahue (Team II): Randall Cobb, WR, Green Bay Packers

Prior to the official start of NFL free agency, Cobb re-signed with the Packers. Of course, playing in an Aaron Rodgers-led offense helps to maximize his fantasy value this year and going forward. Cobb finished his age-24 season with 91 receptions for 1,287 yards and 12 touchdowns, all of which set career highs, but I would be surprised if he scored 12 touchdowns again in 2015.

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2.10 - Brendan Donahue (Team I): Mike Evans, WR, Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Not only was he one of three rookie receivers to eclipse the 1,000-yard mark last year, but Evans was one of five receivers to score at least 12 touchdowns. From Weeks 9 to 11, he gave us a glimpse of what we can expect when things really click as he posted a massive 21/458/5 line over that three-game stretch. Turning just 22 this month, Evans should take a step forward in 2015 although playing with a rookie quarterback could lead to some early-season inconsistency.

2.11 - Kevin Hanson (Team I): Alshon Jeffery, WR, Chicago Bears

With the Bears trading Brandon Marshall to the Jets, Jeffery now takes over as the team's clear No. 1 wide receiver. Despite year-over-year dips in both receptions (85) and receiving yards (1,133), Jeffery posted a career high in touchdowns (10) and finished with the 11th-most fantasy points among wide receivers last season. Jeffery is the 11th receiver off the board in this mock.

2.12 - Dan Yanotchko (Team I): LeSean McCoy, RB, Buffalo Bills

Barely finishing as a top-12 fantasy running back last season, McCoy finished third in the league in rushing (1,319 yards) and was one of only two 300-carry backs. Not only did he average nearly a yard per carry less in 2014 than 2013, McCoy also saw his receptions (52 in 2013) and touchdowns (11 in 2013) drop roughly in half to 28 and five, respectively.

Despite running behind an inferior offensive line (compared to Philadelphia's), McCoy should still see a healthy volume of work within Buffalo's ground-and-pound offense due to philosophy and necessity (poor QB situation). In fact, I have McCoy projected to lead all running backs in carries. But will his per-touch effectiveness bounce back in a less-efficient offense?

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