I’ve a transparent top-tier of 5 gamers in my 2025 Fantasy rankings, so choosing sixth makes me nervous. On this draft, I lucked out and was capable of land Jahmyr Gibbs. I hoped to pair him with a stud WR in Spherical 2, however seven of the following 12 picks have been on the extensive receiver place. This left me with a tricky alternative: do I am going RB-RB to start out, or do I seize Brock Bowers and roll the cube on placing collectively the RB and WR positions over the remainder of the draft? I made a decision to pencil Bowers in as a secure PPR choose with the upside to be a weekly positional edge, after which I performed the ready recreation at RB.
That is our 12-part, pick-by-pick collection the place me, Dan Schneier, Dave Richard, Jamey Eisenberg, Thomas Shafer, and Heath Cummings all took half in a six-person mock draft. We every constructed two of the 12 groups on this 14-round draft to point out you a distinct technique from every spot.
As a reference level, all touchdowns on this league are price six factors, and we award one level for each 10 yards speeding and receiving and one level for each 25 yards passing. We additionally award one level for each reception. We function a beginning lineup of QB, 2 RB, 3 WR, TE, and FLEX (RB/WR/TE).
My draft from No. 6 total:
1.6 – Jahmyr Gibbs
2.7 – Brock Bowers
3.6 – Ladd McConkey
4.7 – George Pickens
5.6 – Travis Hunter
6.7 – Matthew Golden
7.6 – Chris Olave
8.7 – Jordan Mason
9.6 – Rhamondre Stevenson
10.7 – Dylan Sampson
11.6 – Drake Maye
12.7 – J.J. McCarthy
13.6 – Kyle Monangai
14.7 – Kyle Williams
Favourite choose: Ladd McConkey
Leaving Spherical 2, WR was my prime precedence. Touchdown Ladd McConkey in Spherical 3 felt like a present! I’ve issues in regards to the Chargers offense’s probability to lean run-heavy, and possibly Keenan Allen cuts into McConkey’s goal charges. Whilst just lately as 2024, Allen has demanded targets at a a lot increased charge than Josh Palmer. McConkey is so good that I truthfully do not sweat the team-level issues when contemplating him as a Spherical 3 choose. Omnipresently open and paired with a QB who could make any throw on the sector, McConkey is a menace to go for 200 yards any given week. That is an absurd expertise pairing, and I would anticipate the chemistry to be stronger after the primary full offseason working collectively. The final time that we noticed them in motion, McConkey accounted for 197 of 242 receiving yards produced by Justin Herbert. Even when the offense would not go a ton, McConkey can crush for Fantasy.
Decide I would remorse: Travis Hunter
I hoped to land Tony Pollard in Spherical 6, however my astute podcasting accomplice, Dan Schneier, sniped me. I hoped to then land Jaylen Warren in Spherical 8, however Heath Cummings snatched him up 4 picks earlier than I might. And so, I ended up with a extremely questionable RB2 spot and 5 superior receivers. I positively would have higher served – from a team-building standpoint – to take James Conner forward of Travis Hunter. It is a full-PPR league with three beginning WR spots, and I am immensely excited for what Liam Coen’s Jaguars offense might appear like with the quantity two total choice added to the combo. However dang it, James Conner is simply such a rock-solid Spherical 5 choose. My pleasure obtained the most effective of me, and now I’ve an issue to resolve at RB2.
Participant who might make or break my workforce: Brock Bowers
The rationale I fell behind the eight ball within the first place at RB/WR was my Spherical 2 Brock Bowers choice. I then hammered WR for five-straight rounds, as a result of I actually do not like leaving the primary two rounds with no WR who brings league-breaking upside. After which I missed out on the RB2 choices that I appreciated later within the draft. So, I would like Bowers to be price it. I would like Bowers to supply a real positional edge. He wants to attain rather more than the seven touchdowns posted as a rookie. I would like the Raiders protection to be unhealthy and the offense to be good and shootouts to ensue. I would like big manufacturing from the stud 12 months 2 TE, as a result of I handed up on Chase Brown and Bucky Irving to position a wager on him.
