2016 Fantasy Football Mock Draft: Round 7
- Mock start date: Sunday, August 7th- Mock end date: Sunday, August 14th
Scoring: This mock draft is based on a standard-scoring format and is for the 2016 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.
In this mock draft, four of our contributors -- Kevin Hanson, Brendan Donahue, Sean Beazley and Dan Yanotchko -- will each draft for three (of 12) teams.
Note: While this is a "slow" mock, we will post picks as they are made and Hanson will add comments for the picks as well.
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Here is Round 7 of our 2016 Fantasy Football Mock Draft:
7.01 - Dan Yanotchko (Team 1): Justin Forsett, RB, Baltimore Ravens
Forsett broke his arm in the team's 10th game and he missed the final six games of the season. In the first nine games, however, he averaged 16.33 touches per game. Forsett is currently atop the team's depth chart, but he turns 31 in October and rookie Kenneth Dixon as well as Buck Allen and perhaps even Terrance West will push him for snaps and touches.
7.02 - Kevin Hanson (Team 1): Drew Brees, QB, New Orleans Saints
Even without Jimmy Graham last year, Brees averaged 324.7 yards per game, which was the second-highest of his career. Brees has averaged more than 320 yards per game in four of five seasons with a minimum of 32 passing scores for eight consecutive seasons. If it weren't for a missed game early in the season, Brees would have finished with his fifth 5,000-yard season of his career. Since becoming a Saint in 2006, Brees has finished as a top-six fantasy QB every year (10 seasons).
7.03 - Brendan Donahue (Team 1): Ben Roethlisberger, QB, Pittsburgh Steelers
For a second consecutive season, Big Ben has led the NFL in passing yards per game (328.2/G in 2015). Even with the full-season suspension of Martavis Bryant, Roethlisberger has top-five upside provided he can stay healthy for 16 games. That said, Roethlisberger has now missed at least three games in half of his past six seasons.
7.04 - Brendan Donahue (Team 2): Corey Coleman, WR, Cleveland Browns
The first receiver off the board in April's draft, Coleman is an explosive athlete and could wind up leading all rookie receivers in fantasy production. Few teams have a worse receiving corps than the Browns, especially with Josh Gordon on the sidelines for the first four games, and the team should find themselves trailing and needing to throw often.
7.05 - Sean Beazley (Team 1): Kevin White, WR, Chicago Bears
White missed all of his rookie season due to a stress fracture in his shin. Recovered from last year's injury, White has all of the physical tools to develop into a dominant receiver in the league and should finish second on the team in targets behind Alshon Jeffery in 2016.
7.06 - Sean Beazley (Team 2): Tom Brady, QB, New England Patriots
Despite his four-game suspension to start the season, Brady should finish as a top-five (or better) quarterback in terms of fantasy points per game. Scoring more fantasy points than every quarterback not named Cam Newton last season, Brady threw for 4,770 yards and a league-high 36 touchdowns in 2015. And given the depth at the position, it would be easy for Sean (or any Brady owner) to find a quality suspension-replacement for him late.
7.07 - Dan Yanotchko (Team 2): Tyler Eifert, TE, Cincinnati Bengals
Averaging a touchdown per game, Eifert finished 2015 with 52 catches for 615 yards and 13 touchdowns over 13 games and the sixth-most fantasy points among tight ends in 2015. Exceeding 53 yards in only three games, all of which occurred by Week 5, Eifert averaged only 37.88 YPG over his final eight games played.
When healthy, Eifert should see a per-game boost in targets given the turnover in the receiving corps, but durability has been an issue. And it appears more likely than not that Eifert (ankle) won't be ready for Week 1.
7.08 - Dan Yanotchko (Team 3): Sterling Shepard, WR, New York Giants
A little earlier than I would select Shepard, but the rookie out of Oklahoma will be the No. 2 option in the Giants offense behind Odell Beckham. In addition, the Giants ranked sixth in the NFL in pass attempts (623) last season and 11th in offensive plays run in 2015, but the Giants could play at an even faster pace in 2016. I could see Shepard finishing with 60-plus catches as a rookie.
7.09 - Kevin Hanson (Team 2): Jeremy Langford, RB, Chicago Bears
Filling in as a starter for Matt Forte in Weeks 9 to 11, Langford racked up 366 yards from scrimmage and four touchdowns in his three starts. While he averaged more than 20 fantasy points per game in his three starts, Langford averaged only 3.63 yards per carry on the season. If Langford doesn't improve his efficiency, Jordan Howard and/or Ka'Deem Carey should see an expanded role as the season progresses.
Even though the team may go with the "hot hand" on a game-by-game basis, Langford is the favorite to lead the team in touches on a weekly basis. And with his ADP dropping mid-2nd round in mid-March to early-5th now (see ADP chart below), he's not a bad value near the end of the seventh round in this mock draft.
7.10 - Kevin Hanson (Team 3): Danny Woodhead, RB, San Diego Chargers
No running back had more receptions (80) or receiving yards (755) than Woodhead, who totaled 1,091 YFS and nine touchdowns last season. Woodhead played just three games in 2014, but he has finished as a top-24 fantasy running back in each of his past three full seasons. In fact, he finished as a top-10 fantasy running back (RB3 in PPR) in 2015.
7.11 - Brendan Donahue (Team 3): Michael Crabtree, WR, Oakland Raiders
Crabtree tied previous career highs of 85 receptions and nine touchdowns last season and finished with 922 receiving yards, his most since 2012. Crabtree exceeded 55 yards only once in his final eight games after doing so five times in his first eight games, but he had a minimum of four receptions in 15 of 16 games. He's unlikely to finish as a top-20 fantasy receiver once again (as Amari Cooper takes a step forward), but he's a solid WR3 for this team.
7.12 - Sean Beazley (Team 3): Sammie Coates, WR, Pittsburgh Steelers
This is a little earlier than I would have selected Coates, but he was someone that I was targeted a couple of rounds from here. No player saw their ADP increase more than Coates last week and it's a trend that may continue throughout fantasy draft season.
With just one catch in six games as a rookie, Coates is poised for an expanded role due to Martavis Bryant's full-season suspension. As a vertical threat possessing outstanding physical traits, Coates will have plenty of weekly upside that will likely find his way into many of my DFS GPP lineups as well. Earlier this offseason, OC Todd Haley said Coates was having a "tremendous offseason" and that momentum has carried into training camp.
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