2016 Fantasy Football Mock Draft: Round 9
- 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 9 of our 2016 Fantasy Football Mock Draft:
9.01 - Dan Yanotchko (Team 1): Dorial Green-Beckham, WR, Tennessee Titans
Based purely on talent and physical tools, Green-Beckham is the most gifted of the team's receivers and no receiver on the roster has more upside. At least in part to send him a message, however, DGB was working with the second-string receivers during OTAs behind Rishard Matthews and Tajae Sharpe. After less-than-impressive offseason workouts, Green-Beckham got training camp off to a good start by reporting at 228 pounds and running well in conditioning tests. A high-ceiling, low-floor selection for Dan, this is about three rounds earlier than his current ADP (11.12 via FFC).
9.02 - Kevin Hanson (Team 1): DeAngelo Williams, RB, Pittsburgh Steelers
Filling in for Le'Veon Bell due to suspension and then injury, Williams finished as fantasy's RB4 in 2015. Williams racked up a total of 1,274 yards from scrimmage and 11 touchdowns last year. With Bell facing a four-game suspension to open the season, Williams will have at least four startable weeks in fantasy (even though Bell believes he will win his appeal).
9.03 - Brendan Donahue (Team 1): Tyler Lockett, WR, Seattle Seahawks
Dangerous as a returner, Lockett became more involved in the team's offense in the second half of his rookie season. While he had a couple of return scores early in the season, all six of his receiving scores occurred in the final 10 games of the season. Lockett should improve upon his rookie receiving numbers (51/664/6) in 2016 and he's a steal as the WR44 in this mock draft.
9.04 - Brendan Donahue (Team 2): Laquon Treadwell, WR, Minnesota Vikings
Some will knock Treadwell for his (lack of) speed, but the Vikings first-round pick is a big-bodied (6-2, 221), physical receiver with strong hands that runs good routes. Perhaps a bigger problem than his speed is Minnesota's offense, as no team threw it less than the Vikings in 2015, but Treadwell should especially make his presence felt in the red zone.
9.05 - Sean Beazley (Team 1): Ladarius Green, TE, Pittsburgh Steelers
Green had offseason ankle surgery, but recurring headaches threaten his availability for the start of the season and there is even speculation that he may retire. If Green is ready for the start of the season, however, he should shatter previous career highs and he has fantasy top-10 upside.
9.06 - Sean Beazley (Team 2): Gary Barnidge, TE, Cleveland Browns
It was the atypical 30-year-old breakout for Barnidge last season as he finished with 79 catches for 1,043 yards and nine touchdowns, all of which exceeded his NFL production from 2008 to 2014 combined. In fact, only Rob Gronkowski scored more fantasy points than Barnidge in standard-scoring formats (TE4 in PPR) last season. While he may not finish as a top-five producer once again, he enters the season as a viable starting tight end despite a change in coaching staff and quarterback.
9.07 - Dan Yanotchko (Team 2): Jay Ajayi, RB, Miami Dolphins
With Lamar Miller in Houston, Ajayi's workload was certain to jump in his sophomore campaign. To complicate matters, however, the Dolphins have signed free-agent running back Arian Foster to a one-year deal. Based on comments from Gase, it appears that Ajayi will be second in line for touches after Foster.
9.08 - Dan Yanotchko (Team 3): Eli Manning, QB, New York Giants
For a second consecutive season, Manning finished as a top-10 fantasy quarterback. In both seasons, Manning threw 600-plus times and exceeded 4,400-plus yards while throwing a total of 65 touchdowns. With one of the league's most dynamic players as his go-to receiver, Eli could finish as a top-10 fantasy quarterback for a third straight season.
9.09 - Kevin Hanson (Team 2): Torrey Smith, WR, San Francisco 49ers
Smith is coming off a career-worst season -- 33 catches, 663 yards and four touchdowns all set or tied career lows -- even though he led the NFL in yards per reception (20.1). With Anquan Boldin no longer in San Francisco and Chip Kelly taking over as coach, Smith becomes the No. 1 receiver in an offense that should rank in the top 10 in the league in number of plays. And as far as game flow is concerned, the 49ers are underdogs in every game from Weeks 1 to 16 (based on odds from sportsbook.ag) so there could be plenty of garbage-time production for Smith.
9.10 - Kevin Hanson (Team 3): DeSean Jackson, WR, Washington Redskins
A hamstring injury limited Jackson to just nine games last season so his overall numbers dropped to 30/528/4 after finishing with 56/1,169/6 in 2014. Over the final six weeks of the season, Jackson had 25 catches for 469 yards, 11th-most among wide receivers during that span, and all four of his touchdowns. With the team using a first-round pick on Josh Doctson, D-Jax remains a boom-or-bust weekly option, but he should finish with 1,000 yards or so provided he remains healthy.
9.11 - Brendan Donahue (Team 3): Derek Carr, QB, Oakland Raiders
Slumping down the stretch, Carr averaged 18.33 fantasy points (263.18 Y/G and 24:6 TD-to-INT ratio) through Week 12, but he averaged only 14.34 (218.4 Y/G and 8:7 TD-to-INT ratio) over his final five games. That said, Carr still finished as fantasy's QB14 overall in 2016 and he's a low-end QB1 going into the 2016 season.
9.12 - Sean Beazley (Team 3): Kamar Aiken, WR, Baltimore Ravens
Aiken had 75 catches for 944 yards in 2015, but his production should decline year over year with the addition of Mike Wallace and returns of Steve Smith and Breshad Perriman. Even so, it wouldn't surprise me if Aiken ends 2016 as the team's most productive fantasy receiver once again.
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