Football’s back! Mock drafts are here! We’ve spent the offseason speculating. Teams and players have given us hints. But we’re now only a few weeks away from watching actual football. I’ve been using best-ball leagues to give me some tells on market value, but redraft leagues are another animal. High-upside and risky players must be mitigated with floor plays to account for the entirety of the fantasy season. To test the waters, I joined a 12-team PPR expert mock draft hosted by Fantrax with some of the best in the industry.…
With the draft in sight, it's time to take a look at potential landing spots for this year's top prospects. Fit, talent, and draft history of teams were all taken into account with this mock, which includes a franchise cornerstone at the top, an international riser falling out of the top 10, and a downtrodden franchise landing some serious upside.
1. Philadelphia 76ers (from Celtics) – Markelle Fultz, Guard, Washington
After completing a trade to move up to the first pick, the Sixers will almost assuredly take Fultz. Fultz…
With the 2017 NFL Draft on the horizon (it starts on Thursday), I have decided to put together a Mock Draft of the first round. This is all in fun as it seems almost everyone has an opinion on what teams will do in the draft and they are usually wrong. Here is the way I think it will go, barring trades:Also, check out Jim Bay's Mock Draft HereCleveland Browns - Myles Garrett, DE, Texas A&M - The Browns suffered through a horrible 1-15 season in 2016, so they earned this pick. With it they do the smart thing…