The best way to become good at something is to practice. So, what should you do if you want to draft a better fantasy football team?
Practice, of course!
Leading up to the start of the 2020 NFL season, we will use the 2020 Fantasy Football Mock Draft Simulator (powered by FantasyPros) to complete fantasy football mock drafts.
We will use a variety of scoring formats -- PPR, half-PPR, standard scoring and even 2-QB leagues, league sizes and draft slots. The goal is to give you a good representation of the team that you may be able to construct given your league settings and the rationale of why we made the picks we did.
+ Our mocks will be tracked here: Fantasy Football Mock Drafts.
That said, nothing beats practicing yourself so (check out the simulator) and complete a mock in a matter of minutes.
Without further ado, here are the picks of our 12-team 2020 fantasy football mock draft using standard scoring (i.e., non-PPR scoring) with the second pick:
1.02 - Saquon Barkley, RB, New York Giants
Missing a few games early in the season, Barkley closed a relatively disappointing season with some positive momentum -- 393 rushing yards, 146 receiving yards and five touchdowns in his final three games. The most-talented back in the league, Barkley will run behind an improved offensive line in 2020 (although Nate Solder has opted out) and has a legitimate shot to challenge Christian McCaffrey for the top spot in fantasy production.
2.11 - George Kittle, TE, San Francisco 49ers
Kittle missed a couple of games and his 2019 numbers (85/1,053/5) took a small dip compared to 2018 (88/1,377/5), but it's a two-player tier at the top of the TE position with Kittle and Travis Kelce.
MORE: San Francisco 49ers Fantasy Football Projections
3.02 - Chris Carson, RB, Seattle Seahawks
Carson (hip) is expected to be ready for Week 1. Playing 15 games last season, Carson handled a career-high 315 touches for 1,496 yards from scrimmage and nine touchdowns.
4.11 - Robert Woods, WR, Los Angeles Rams
Woods scored only three touchdowns -- two receiving and one rushing -- in 2019, but he posted very similar numbers in other categories -- 9.3 targets per game (8.1 in 2018), 6.0 receptions (5.4) and 75.6 yards (76.2) last season. After the team's bye (Week 9), Woods had a minimum of nine targets every week and averaged 11.3 per game to yield 7.4/94.7/0.3 receiving per game. Woods is one of my favorite WR targets in fantasy drafts this year.
MORE: Robert Woods Fantasy Football Profile 2020
5.02 - Terry McLaurin, WR, Washington
Beginning his career with five consecutive 50-yard games including a pair of 100-yard performances, McLaurin was quick to emerge as the team's top receiver. Finishing his rookie campaign with 58 catches for 919 yards and seven touchdowns in 14 games, McLaurin should be even better in 2020 as Dwayne Haskins becomes more comfortable as the starter.
6.11 - D'Andre Swift, RB, Detroit Lions
Swift was my top-ranked running back prospect entering the draft, but the landing spot is less-than-ideal for his fantasy outlook as Swift will likely form a committee with Kerryon Johnson and the team's other backs. Swift is a complete back, but at his best as a receiver out of the backfield, which bodes well for fantasy in general.
7.02 - Jarvis Landry, WR, Cleveland Browns
Despite all the fanfare generated by the reunion with his former LSU teammate, it was Landry that outproduced Beckham across the board with 83 catches for a career-high 1,174 yards and six touchdowns as fantasy's WR13. Given a timetable of 6-8 months of rehabilitation time for his February hip surgery, it's not a lock that Landry will be ready for the start of the season, but early signs have been positive.
8.11 - Diontae Johnson, WR, Pittsburgh Steelers
As a rookie, Johnson posted team highs in targets (92), receptions (59) and touchdowns (five) and was second in receiving yards (680) as he finished as fantasy's WR41. Even though the team drafted Chase Claypool in the second round and JuJu Smith-Schuster missed several games, Johnson should post better year-over-year numbers in his second year with the Steelers, especially if Ben Roethlisberger is able to stay healthy.
MORE: Pittsburgh Steelers 53-man Roster Projections
9.02 - Tom Brady, QB, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Coming off multi-year lows in completion percentage (60.8, six-year low), TD% (3.9, 11-year low) and Y/A (6.6, 18-year low), things are looking up for Brady in terms of his fantasy outlook as he replaces Jameis Winston in Tampa's high-powered offense. While the team should play with more leads and Brady likely won't lead the NFL in pass attempts (like Winston did in 2019), he inherits a supporting cast loaded with talented pass-catchers -- Mike Evans, Chris Godwin, O.J. Howard, (an unretired) Rob Gronkowski, etc.
10.11 - Jamison Crowder, WR, New York Jets
Crowder led the Jets in targets (122), receptions (78), yards (833) and touchdowns (six) last season. If Sam Darnold can stay healthy for the entire season, Crowder could improve upon his WR31 performance in his first season with the Jets now that Robby Anderson and Demaryius Thomas are gone.
11.02 - Duke Johnson, RB, Houston Texans
While he's always been efficient on his touches (4.4 career YPC and 9.2 Y/R), Johnson averaged only 7.94 touches per game in his first season with the Texans. On a positive note, James White (315) and Christian McCaffrey (303) are the only two running backs with more receptions than Johnson (279) since he entered the league in 2015. Better in PPR formats, Johnson has finished as a top-30 PPR running back in four of five seasons including 2019 (RB29).
12.11 - Hayden Hurst, TE, Atlanta Falcons
Hurst doubled his production in 2019 to 30/349/2, but that paled in comparison to (now former) teammate Mark Andrews. Hurst's trade to Atlanta does wonders for his fantasy outlook with Austin Hooper signing a free-agent deal with Cleveland. Before Hooper's mid-season injury, he was fantasy's top-scoring tight end.
MORE: Atlanta Falcons Mock Draft Roundups
13.02 - Carlos Hyde, RB, Seattle Seahawks
Rashaad Penny is expected to begin the season on the PUP and miss the first six games. Hyde is a handcuff to Carson, who is expected to be ready for Week 1 but returning from a hip injury.
14.11 - Bryce Love, RB, Washington
Love could have a bigger role than most expect and is a worthwhile dart throw at the end of drafts.
15.02 - New England Patriots DST
16.11 - Zane Gonzalez, K, Arizona Cardinals
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