2016 Fantasy Football Mock Draft: Round 4
- Mock start date: Saturday, May 14th- Mock end date: Saturday, May 28th
Scoring: This mock draft is based on standard-scoring formats 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: This is a "slow" mock, but picks will be added once they are made with commentary from Kevin Hanson.
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Here is Round 4 of our post-draft 2016 Fantasy Football Mock Draft:
4.01 - Sean Beazley (Team 3): DeMarco Murray, RB, Tennessee Titans
After leading the NFL in rushing (1,845 yards) in 2014 and signing a large free-agent deal with the Eagles, Murray rushed for only 702 yards in 2015 and set career lows in YPG (46.8) and YPC (3.6). Murray's outlook isn't as positive after the team drafted Derrick Henry in the second round, but he should is a solid mid-RB2 going into 2016.
4.02 - Kevin Hanson (Team 3): Julian Edelman, WR, New England Patriots
Missing seven games with a broken foot, Edelman set a career high with seven receiving touchdowns and averaged 6.8 receptions and 76.9 yards per game, both of which were career highs. Edelman has missed multiple games in each of the past two seasons, but he's a high-volume receiver playing with one of the best quarterbacks in the league. Two concerns heading into 2016, however, are another recent foot surgery for Edelman and the reinstatement of Tom Brady's four-game suspension.
4.03 - Dan Yanotchko (Team 3): Jeremy Maclin, WR, Kansas City Chiefs
Reunited with Andy Reid, Maclin had his second consecutive 1,000-yard season as he finished with a career-high 87 receptions for 1,088 yards and eight touchdowns. Finishing as a mid-tier WR2 (WR17 in 2015), Maclin remains a solid WR2 heading into 2016 and he's the WR19 in this mock.
4.04 - Dan Yanotchko (Team 2): Larry Fitzgerald, WR, Arizona Cardinals
Fitzgerald got off to a phenomenal four-game start: 30/432/5. Naturally, his pace slowed from that torrid start, but he finished the year with a career-high 109 receptions for 1,215 yards, his first 1,000-yard campaign in four years, and nine touchdowns. I still expect Fitzgerald to be the most productive of the team's receivers in 2016, but Michael Floyd and John Brown will be right behind him.
4.05 - Brendan Donahue (Team 3): Kelvin Benjamin, WR, Carolina Panthers
As a rookie in 2014, Benjamin finished with 1,008 yards and nine touchdowns. Unfortunately he missed all of 2015, but he's clearly the team's top wide receiver for last year's highest-scoring offense.
4.06 - Brendan Donahue (Team 2): Doug Baldwin, WR, Seattle Seahawks
Not only did he set career highs of 78 receptions, 1,069 yards and (a league-high) 14 touchdowns last season, but Baldwin scored 11 of those touchdowns during the five-game span from Weeks 12 to 16. It's possible that Baldwin reaches the 1,000-yard milestone again, but the 5-foot-10 receiver had a total of 15 touchdowns in his first four seasons combined.
4.07 - Sean Beazley (Team 2): Randall Cobb, WR, Green Bay Packers
Through the first three games of the season, it was so far, so good with Cobb, who had hauled in 20 receptions for 245 and four touchdowns. From there on out, however, Cobb disappointed his fantasy owners. Over the final 13 games, Cobb averaged 47.85 YFS per game and scored only two touchdowns. With Jordy Nelson (ACL) back as the team's No. 1 receiver, however, it should take pressure off Cobb and lead to improved 2016 production.
4.08 - Sean Beazley (Team 1): Eric Decker, WR, New York Jets
Scoring a touchdown in 12 of 15 games, Decker's weekly production was extremely consistent: 8.1 to 15.7 fantasy points every week. While he finished as a weekly top-12 fantasy wide receiver only twice, he never finished worse than WR31 last season. That consistency led to a top-10 full-season finish in fantasy points scored among wide receivers. The quarterback situation for the Jets is still unsettled, but I ultimately think we will see Ryan Fitzpatrick and the Jets work out a short-term deal for his return.
4.09 - Kevin Hanson (Team 2): Matt Forte, RB, New York Jets
One of the most versatile running backs in the league, Forte turned 30 in December and signed as a free agent with the Jets this offseason. Even though he missed three games last season, Forte averaged close to 100 yards -- 69.1 rushing and 29.9 receiving -- per game in 2015. Forte won't dominate touches in the Jets' backfield the way he did in Chicago, but he's a solid RB2 in 2016.
4.10 - Kevin Hanson (Team 1): Jeremy Hill, RB, Cincinnati Bengals
Admittedly, I was high, too high, on Hill going into the 2015 season and he was a disappointment. With one more carry than he had as a rookie, Hill's rushing yards dropped from 1,124 (5.1 YPC) in 2014 to 794 (3.6 YPC) in 2015. That said, he did score a total of 12 touchdowns. Perhaps we shouldn't expect similar efficiency as his rookie season, but I do expect to see a bit of a bounce-back from the 235-pound Hill and I'm more than willing to gamble on him at the end of Round 4 as my RB2.
4.11 - Brendan Donahue (Team 1): Jarvis Landry, WR, Miami Dolphins
Setting a franchise record with 111 receptions last season, Landry had 1,159 receiving yards, 111 rushing yards and a total of six touchdowns. Even though he is/was better in PPR formats (WR8 in 2015), Landry finished as the the WR13 in standard-scoring formats last season.
4.12 - Dan Yanotchko (Team 1): 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, it wouldn't surprise me if Jordan Howard carves out an expanded role as the season progresses.
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