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Thursday, July 18, 2019

PPR Fantasy Football Mock Draft 2019: 12 Teams, 12th Pick

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Practice, of course!

Leading up to the start of the 2019 NFL season, Kevin Hanson will use the 2019 Fantasy Football Mock Draft Simulator (powered by FantasyPros) to complete fantasy football mock drafts.

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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.

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2019 PPR Mock Draft: 12 Teams, 12th Pick

Without further ado, here are the picks of our 12-team 2019 fantasy football mock draft using point-per-reception (PPR) scoring:

1.12 - Le'Veon Bell, RB, New York Jets

Returning to the field after sitting out 2018, Bell trades the high-powered Steelers offense for an improving-but-not-yet-as-potent Jets offense. Bell had a career-high 406 touches, 1,946 scrimmage yards and 11 touchdowns in his most recent season. Duplicating that level of production is unlikely, but I have Bell projected for more than 330 touches, 1,600 yards from scrimmage and 10 total touchdowns.

2.01 - James Conner, RB, Pittsburgh Steelers

Conner missed three games and was less productive in the second half of the season, but he still finished as PPR's RB6. In his first eight games, Conner rushed for 100-plus yards five times and scored multiple touchdowns in four of those games. Especially if he can stay healthy and be more consistent from start to end, the sky's the limit for the Pittsburgh's workhorse back.

3.12 - Marlon Mack, RB, Indianapolis Colts

Missing four games in 2018, Mack has now missed multiple games in each of his first two seasons. Highly productive when he was on the field, however, the second-year back had at least 119 rushing yards and a touchdown (or more) in five of his final 12 games counting the playoffs. During that 12-game span, Mack scored 11 total touchdowns. Running behind one of the league's best offensive lines, Mack has legitimate top-five upside despite his late-third draft slot.

4.01 - Brandin Cooks, WR, Los Angeles Rams

No longer with Drew Brees (2016) or Tom Brady (2017), Cooks didn't miss a beat in 2018 with Jared Goff as he had 80 catches for a career-high 1,204 yards and five touchdowns in his first season with the Rams.

5.12 - Robby Anderson, WR, New York Jets

Anderson's numbers were down year-over-year, but he finished strong when Sam Darnold returned from a foot injury. Over the final four games of the season, Anderson had 23 catches for 336 yards and three touchdowns. During that span, Anderson was the WR6 in PPR. With improvement and more consistency from Darnold, Anderson has upside even if I'd ideally prefer him to be my WR3.

6.01 - O.J. Howard, TE, Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Injury has cut each of his first two seasons short, but Howard has averaged exactly 16.6 yards per reception in both of those seasons. Extrapolating last year's production over 16 games, Howard would have posted a 54/904/8 stat line. Howard is the clear-cut next-best option after the top three in my early 2019 fantasy projections. As Jameis Winston says, the "moon" is the limit for the third-year tight end.

7.12 - Cam Newton, QB, Carolina Panthers

From 2011 (his rookie season) through 2017, Newton had finished as a top-four fantasy quarterback in five of seven seasons. A shoulder injury slowed and eventually sidelined him down the stretch last season, but Newton was third in fantasy points through Week 13. Newton was the ninth QB off the board in this mock and he's currently the QB5 in my rankings.

8.01 - Tarik Cohen, RB, Chicago Bears

More efficient (10.2 Y/R, 4.5 YPC) on his opportunities with eight total touchdowns in 2018, Cohen may see a dip in 2019 workload with the addition of David Montgomery as a more versatile lead back. Cohen was PPR's RB11 last season and is a top-25 PPR option in my current rankings.

9.12 - DaeSean Hamilton, WR, Denver Broncos

Over each of the final four games of last season, Hamilton had at least eight targets, five receptions and 40 yards and was fantasy's WR22 in PPR during that four-game stretch. Of the team's top three receivers, Hamilton has the potential for the biggest year-over-year improvement and it wouldn't be a surprise if he finished as the team's most productive wideout when the season is over.

10.01 - Rashaad Penny, RB, Seattle Seahawks

In better shape than last year, Penny was on the short end of last year's 74-26 split in workload with Chris Carson, but that margin should narrow in 2019. Earlier this year, coach Pete Carroll said of the Carson-Penny duo that "I don't know who's one and who's two, it doesn't matter to me." Given his first-round pedigree, Penny has enormous upside in Seattle's run-first attack even if he enters the season as Carson's backup.

11.12 - Jamison Crowder, WR, New York Jets

Crowder missed a significant portion of last season and his per-game numbers weren't great. Provided he maintains good health and Darnold takes a step forward, he should be able to return to his 2016/17 level of production.

12.01 - Mohamed Sanu, WR, Atlanta Falcons

Sanu set a career high in receiving yards (838) in 2018 and just missed another in receptions (66, career high: 67). Sanu adds some depth as my WR5 and could be productive during the byes.

13.12 - Robert Foster, WR, Buffalo Bills

A big play waiting to happen, Foster had at least 50 receiving yards and/or a touchdown in six of his final seven games last season. In fact, he had three 100-yard games over that stretch and was one of just nine players to do during that span.

14.01 - Jacksonville Jaguars D/ST

15.12 - Lamar Jackson, QB, Baltimore Ravens

Starting just seven (regular-season) games last season, Jackson led the team in rush attempts (147) and was second in rushing yards (695). Even though eked out only one 200-yard passing game (204 in Week 16), Jackson scored the eighth-most fantasy points per contest during his seven-week stretch as starter.

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New Orleans Saints 2019 Fantasy Football Projections

In addition to viewing our 2019 Fantasy Football Projections by position, we will post our preseason projections per team.

Below you will find our 2019 fantasy football projections for the New Orleans Saints.

QUARTERBACKS

Player	Att.	Comp.	Yards	TD	INT	Rush	Yards	TD	Points
Drew Brees	522.9	379.1	4235.5	28.76	8.37	29.8	23.8	2.24	283.54
Now the NFL's recordholder for passing yards, Brees needs just 20 touchdowns to overtake Peyton Manning for that record as well. Perhaps more impressively, Brees has been a model of consistency with 15 consecutive seasons as fantasy's QB9 or better. The days of Brees slinging it 600-plus times appears over, however, as his pass attempts in 2017 (536, 33.5/G) and 2018 (489, 32.6/G) are the two lowest of his Saints tenure. Could 2019 be the first season that Brees doesn't finish as a top-nine fantasy quarterback as a Saint?
Taysom Hill	5.4	2.7	47.5	0.22	0.19	34.4	168.6	1.38	27.54
Teddy Bridgewater	10.8	7	77.8	0.43	0.32	3.4	1.7	0	4.36

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RUNNING BACKS

Player	Att.	Yards	TD	Rec.	Yards	TD	Points
Alvin Kamara	216.9	986.9	10.3	77.7	691.5	3.5	250.64
Even though he has a total of only 476 touches through two seasons, Kamara has finished as a top-four fantasy running back (any scoring format) in both of his first two NFL seasons. Another top-four season is the expectation based on his ADP and our rankings. Kamara has scored 32 touchdowns -- 22 rushing, nine receiving and one return -- in his 31 NFL games with more than 1,500 scrimmage yards in both seasons.
Latavius Murray	137.7	564.6	6.89	19.9	135.3	0.2	112.53
Before last season (RB32, RB38 in PPR), Murray had finished as a top-20 fantasy running back in standard-scoring formats for three consecutive seasons. While he's unlikely to bounce back to that level of fantasy production, we've seen the Saints offense support to productive running backs with Kamara and Mark Ingram so it's possibly that Murray flirts with back-end RB2 production in standard-scoring formats as a Saint.
Buck Allen	11.5	43.7	0.23	6.6	40.3	0.26	11.34
Zach Line	4.6	15.2	0.14	3.2	12.8	0.32	5.56
Dwayne Washington	11.5	47.2	0.12	0	0	0	5.44

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WIDE RECEIVERS

Player	Rec.	Yards	TD	Rush	Yards	TD	Points
Michael Thomas	108.5	1269.5	8.14	0	0	0	175.79
Three years into his young career, Thomas continues to improve each season -- 92/1,137/9 in 2017, 104/1,245/5 in 2018 and 125/1,405/9 in 2019. Since Thomas has been in the league, there have been 19 100-catch seasons and, of those, only Christian McCaffrey (86.3%, 2018) had a better catch rate than Thomas (85.0%, 2018) over the past three years. The only other wide receivers with 100 catches and catch rate above 70 percent -- Adam Thielen (73.9%, 2018), Larry Fitzgerald (71.3%, 2016) and DeAndre Hopkins (70.6%, 2018).
Ted Ginn Jr.	44.7	603.5	4.02	9.2	55.2	0.09	90.53
Missing more than half of the season on Injured Reserve, Ginn (knee) still got at least six targets in the seven games (including playoffs) in which he appeared. While Michael Thomas and Alvin Kamara are the clear focal points of the Saints' offense, Ginn will have some big weeks as the No. 3, perhaps No. 4, option in the offense.
Tre'quan Smith	25	367.5	3	0	0	0	54.75
Smith had a couple of big games (3/111 vs. WAS and 10/157/1 vs. PHI) and a lot of quiet games (23 yards or less in 11 of the other 13). Even if he's more consistent on a weekly basis, it's difficult to trust any receiver not named Thomas in season-long formats.
Keith Kirkwood	13.6	191.8	1.36	0	0	0	27.34
Rishard Matthews	10	132	0.85	0	0	0	18.3
Cameron Meredith	10.4	133.1	0.83	0	0	0	18.29
Chad Hansen	3	31.8	0.21	0	0	0	4.44
Austin Carr	2.6	28.1	0.21	0	0	0	4.07

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TIGHT ENDS

Player	Rec.	Yards	TD	Rush	Yards	TD	Points
Jared Cook	50.1	663.8	5.14	0	0	0	97.22
Oakland's passing game had virtually nothing last season and Cook paced the team by leading them in targets (101), receptions (68), yards (896) and touchdowns (six). Setting career highs across the board, Cook finished as fantasy's TE5 last season. Perhaps his year-over-year target share dips, but there is also a major offensive boost with Drew Brees and the Saints.
Josh Hill	11.9	121.4	0.71	0	0	0	16.4
Dan Arnold	4.3	51.6	0.43	0	0	0	7.74

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Wednesday, July 17, 2019

PPR Fantasy Football Mock Draft: 12 Teams, 3rd Pick

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2019 PPR Mock Draft: 12 Teams, 3rd Pick

Without further ado, here are the picks of our 12-team 2019 fantasy football mock draft using point-per-reception (PPR) scoring:

1.03 - Christian McCaffrey, RB, Carolina Panthers

Breaking Matt Forte's single-season record for receptions (107) by a running back, McCaffrey totalled 1,965 yards from scrimmage and 13 total touchdowns in his sophomore campagain. Even though I have Saquon Barkley ranked ahead of him, McCaffrey (or any of the top four backs, for that matter) have a case to be the first player off the board in fantasy drafts.

2.10 - Mike Evans, WR, Tampa Bay Buccaneers

One of three NFL players to begin his career with five consecutive 1,000-yard seasons, Evans set career highs in yards (1,524), yards per reception (17.7) and yards per target (11.0) last season. Technically, I have Leonard Fournette (17th) ranked higher than Evans (19th) in my Top-200 PPR Cheat Sheet, the pick predictor feature (see screen shot below) means that I have a better chance to get both Fournette and Evans if I draft Evans first.

3.03 - Leonard Fournette, RB, Jacksonville Jaguars

Durability (11 missed games in two seasons) and inefficiency (career 3.7 YPC) are worrisome, but there are several reasons for optimism. A true workhorse, Fournette has averaged nearly 20 carries per game (19.09) when he's been active and the team should sustain more drives with improved quarterback play. Season-ending injuries sidelined Jacksonville's LT/LG/C for major chunks of last season, but running lanes should be wider with their return to health and the addition of road-grading RT Jawaan Taylor in this year's draft. Plus, Fournette could be more involved in the passing game as well. He's a high-upside RB2.

4.10 - Tyler Lockett, WR, Seattle Seahawks

Despite a consistent level of targets -- 66 to 71 -- in all four of his seasons, Lockett posted career highs in receptions (57), yards (965) and touchdowns (10) as he shattered previous career highs in catch rate (81.4%), yards per reception (16.9) and yards per game (60.3). While those ratios may regress closer to the mean, Lockett's target volume is all but assured to increase with Doug Baldwin's retirement.

5.03 - Kerryon Johnson, RB, Detroit Lions

Playing just 10 games as a rookie, Johnson had exactly 150 touches -- 118 carries and 32 receptions. Averaging 5.4 yards per carry, Johnson was PPR's RB14 through Week 11 before missing the remainder of the season. Provided he stays healthy in 2019, the second-year back could see north of last year's 15 touches per game and once again perform as a top-15 back when he's on the field.

6.10 - Robby Anderson, WR, New York Jets

Anderson's numbers were down year-over-year, but he finished strong when Sam Darnold returned from a foot injury. Over the final four games of the season, Anderson had 23 catches for 336 yards and three touchdowns. During that span, Anderson was the WR6 in PPR. Anderson is one of my favorite targets as a third receiver.

7.03 - James White, RB, New England Patriots

Coming off a career-best season, White shattered his previous marks with 181 touches including 87 receptions, 1,176 scrimmage yards and 12 touchdowns during the regular season. White may see fewer carries, but there's the potential that he's even more involved as a receiver with the retirement of Rob Gronkowski. While he performed as an RB1 (top-12 back) in any format last season, it feels like stealing to get him as an RB4 in PPR formats.

8.10 - Tevin Coleman, RB, San Francisco 49ers

Reunited with his former coach, Coleman is the "clear favorite" (via NBC Sports' Matt Maiocco) for work among the team's running backs.

9.03 - Carson Wentz, QB, Philadelphia Eagles

The obvious concern with Wentz is durability as the fourth-year quarterback has now missed at least three games in back-to-back seasons. If he can stay healthy, however, he has a ton of upside. Wentz showed how good he could be in 2017 when he was the QB2 through Week 14 before missing the final three weeks of the season. The addition of DeSean Jackson gives Wentz the best and most complete group of weapons that he has had in his young career.

10.10 - David Njoku, TE, Cleveland Browns

In his age-22 season, Njoku finished 2018 with 56 catches, 639 yards and four touchdowns to end the year as fantasy's TE9 in PPR. While the offense will continue to blossom as Baker Mayfield enters his sophomore campaign, Njoku (and all of the team's other pass-catchers) move down a spot in the target pecking order with Odell Beckham now at the top.

11.03 - Jamison Crowder, WR, New York Jets

Missing roughly half the season, Crowder also set a career low in receptions per game (3.2) and his 43.1 YPG were the lowest since his rookie season. A return to his 2016/2017 numbers -- 60-plus catches and 750-plus yards -- (or better) seems possible, however, if he can stay healthy.

12.10 - Mohamed Sanu, WR, Atlanta Falcons

Sanu set a career high in receiving yards (838) in 2018 and just missed by one in receptions (66, career high: 67). Even with Julio Jones and Calvin Ridley as the team's top-two receivers, Sanu could once again finish as a top-36 wide receiver in 2019.

13.03 - Jared Goff, QB, Los Angeles Rams

Outperforming his ADP in each of his first two seasons in Sean McVay's offense, Goff currently sits as fantasy's QB13 in terms of fantasy football ADP. Last year, he entered the season with an ADP of QB16 and finished as fantasy's QB7. The year before that, Goff was outside the top-24 fantasy QBs in ADP yet finished as a top-12 quarterback. With such a talented trio of wide receivers, it wouldn't be a surprise if Goff finished as a top-10 fantasy quarterback and outperformed his ADP once again.

14.10 - Los Angeles Chargers D/ST

15.03 - Giovani Bernard, RB, Cincinnati Bengals

With 36 of his touches coming in the two games that Joe Mixon missed, Bernard had just 55 in his other 10 games played. Even so, The Athletic's Paul Dehner suggests he could see double-digits touches per week.

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Wednesday, July 10, 2019

Indianapolis Colts 2019 Fantasy Football Projections

QUARTERBACKS

Player	Att.	Comp.	Yards	TD	INT	Rush	Yards	TD	Points
Andrew Luck	602.5	400.7	4398.3	35.25	14.76	50.3	211.3	1.26	316.1
Winner of the NFL Comeback of the Year Award, Luck threw for 4,593 yards and 39 touchdowns, both of which were the second-most of his career. Finishing as fantasy's QB5 last season, Luck has now finished as a top-five fantasy quarterback in four consecutive seasons where he's played at least 15 games.
Jacoby Brissett	9.2	5.5	62.1	0.23	0.14	6.3	3.2	0.02	3.56

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RUNNING BACKS

Player	Att.	Yards	TD	Rec.	Yards	TD	Points
Marlon Mack	238.9	1051.2	9.91	28.4	244.2	1.35	197.1
Missing four games in 2018, Mack has now missed multiple games in each of his first two seasons. Highly productive when he was on the field, the second-year back had at least 119 rushing yards and a touchdown (or more) in five of his final 12 games counting the playoffs. During that 12-game span, Mack scored 11 total touchdowns. Running behind one of the league's best offensive lines, Mack has legitimate top-five upside despite having a late-second/early-third round ADP.
Nyheim Hines	71.3	263.8	1.43	50.2	341.4	1.76	79.66
The selection of second-round receiver Parris Campbell could cut into his receiving opportunities some, but Hines should get north of 50 receptions as a change-of-pace to Mack.
Jordan Wilkins	29.3	123.1	0.88	4.6	29.4	0.09	21.07
Spencer Ware	12.6	56.7	0.38	7.5	71.3	0.23	16.46

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WIDE RECEIVERS

Player	Rec.	Yards	TD	Rush	Yards	TD	Points
T.Y. Hilton	76.8	1240.3	6.53	0	0	0	163.21
Excluding the season that Andrew Luck missed, Hilton has five consecutive seasons over 1,000 yards. Hilton missed two games last season and dealt with a high-ankle sprain down the stretch, but he set career highs with 10.6 yards per target, 90.7 yards per game and a catch rate of 63.3 percent. The only drawback with the 5-foot-10 receiver is that he has never had more than seven touchdowns in any of his seven seasons.
Devin Funchess	46.3	615.8	5.79	0	0	0	96.32
The Colts target their tight ends often in the red zone, but Funchess gives Andrew Luck a TE-sized receiver. Only 25 years old and just two seasons removed from a top-25 season, Funchess will help Luck more than he'll be a viable fantasy option on his own outside of deeper leagues.
Parris Campbell	41.9	410.6	3.14	10.5	47.3	0.21	65.89
Campbell gives the Colts another dynamic speedster, but there's a good chance that he could be No. 5 or even 6 in line for targets as a rookie. Like Funchess, Campbell's 2019 impact will be more of a boost for Luck.
Chester Rogers	18.2	191.1	0.91	0	0	0	24.57
Deon Cain	10.9	133	0.98	0	0	0	19.18
Zach Pascal	4.7	47.9	0.29	0	0	0	6.53

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TIGHT ENDS

Player	Rec.	Yards	TD	Rush	Yards	TD	Points
Eric Ebron	51.3	574.6	6.03	0	0	0	93.64
The former top-10 pick, Ebron had a breakout season in his first with Andrew Luck and the Colts. Ebron turned his 110 targets into 66 catches for 750 yards and 13 touchdowns. Ebron's target volume will drop as long as Jack Doyle stays healthy all season, but he's in the next tier of tight ends outside the top six.
Jack Doyle	52.3	475.9	4.84	0	0	0	76.63
Missing 10 games last season, Doyle (hip) has resumed running routes at full speed. Doyle is essentially going undrafted based on his current ADP, but he is an excellent streaming option for someone that decides to punt the position.
Mo Alie-Cox	10.7	133.8	1.61	0	0	0	23.04
Alie-Cox has generated some buzz this offseason and if Ebron and/or Doyle were to miss any time this season, he could parlay that into some fantasy-relevant weeks given how much the Colts offense involves their tight ends.

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Tuesday, July 9, 2019

Fantasy Football PPR Mock Draft: 12 Teams, 5th Pick

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2019 PPR Mock Draft: 12 Teams, 5th Pick

Without further ado, here are the picks of our 12-team 2019 fantasy football mock draft using point-per-reception (PPR) scoring:

1.05 - David Johnson, RB, Arizona Cardinals

Believing 2019 will be "similar to 2016" (2,118 YFS and 20 TDs), Johnson (once again) has his sights set on a 1,000/1,000 season. Given the up-tempo and wide-open nature of the offense, Johnson should have a lot more opportunities to make plays in space and significantly improve upon last year's numbers.

2.08 - JuJu Smith-Schuster, WR, Pittsburgh Steelers

Taking a massive step forward in his sophomore campaign, Smith-Schuster led the Steelers in both receptions (111) and receiving yards (1,426) in 2018. With Antonio Brown and his 104/1,297/15 production now in Oakland, there could be more targets in Smith-Schuster's future, but there will certainly be more defensive attention.

3.05 - Leonard Fournette, RB, Jacksonville Jaguars

Durability (11 missed games in two seasons) and inefficiency (career 3.7 YPC) are worrisome, but there are some reasons for optimism. A true workhorse, Fournette has averaged nearly 20 carries per game (19.09) when he's been active and the team should sustain more drives with improved quarterback play. Season-ending injuries sidelined Jacksonville's LT/LG/C for major chunks of the season, but running lanes should be wider with their return to health and the addition of road-grading RT Jawaan Taylor in this year's draft. Plus, Fournette could be more involved in the passing game as well.

4.08 - Tyler Lockett, WR, Seattle Seahawks

Despite a consistent level of targets -- 66 to 71 -- in all four of his seasons, Lockett posted career highs in receptions (57), yards (965) and touchdowns (10) as he shattered previous career highs in catch rate (81.4%), yards per reception (16.9) and yards per game (60.3). While those ratios may regress closer to the mean, Lockett's target volume is all but assured to increase at the same time given Doug Baldwin's retirement.

5.05 - Sammy Watkins, WR, Kansas City Chiefs

Through five NFL seasons, Watkins has just one top-24 season (2015, WR16) although he just turned 26. A major problem with Watkins has been his durability (or lack thereof) as he has missed three or more games in three of the past four seasons and a total of 18 games over that four-year span. The former fourth-overall pick has tremendous upside to open the season while Hill is suspended.

6.08 - Aaron Rodgers, QB, Green Bay Packers

Since 2008, Rodgers has played at least 15 games in nine of 11 seasons. In those nine full seasons, he has finished no worse than fantasy's QB7 and he has finished as a top-two fantasy quarterback seven times. Assuming good health, he's about as safe as it gets in terms of fantasy quarterbacks.

7.05 - Kenyan Drake, RB, Miami Dolphins

Drake finished second on the team in carries (120) to Frank Gore (156) and in targets (73) to Danny Amendola (79) last season. With Gore in Buffalo and a new coaching staff in town, perhaps Drake will see the year-over-year bump in usage that we expected from 2017 to 2018. Despite the less-than-expected workload, Drake was efficient as he averaged 4.5 yards per carry and 9.0 yards per catch while scoring nine total touchdowns on his 173 offensive touches last season.

8.08 - Rashaad Penny, RB, Seattle Seahawks

In better shape than last year, Penny was on the short end of last year's 74-26 percent split in workload with Chris Carson, but that margin should narrow in 2019. Earlier this year, coach Pete Carroll said of the Carson-Penny duo that "I don't know who's one and who's two, it doesn't matter to me." Given his first-round pedigree, Penny has enormous upside in Seattle's run-first attack even if he enters the season as Carson's backup.

9.05 - David Njoku, TE, Cleveland Browns

In his age-22 season, Njoku finished 2018 with 56 catches, 639 yards and four touchdowns to end the year as fantasy's TE9 in PPR formats. While the offense will continue to blossom as Baker Mayfield enters his sophomore campaign, there are potentially fewer targets with Odell Beckham now in Cleveland.

10.08 - DeSean Jackson, WR, Philadelphia Eagles

In spite of missing four games, Jackson finished 42nd in fantasy points in 2018. Now back in Philadelphia, D-Jax gives the Eagles the deep threat they have lacked. Jackson led the NFL in Y/A in 2018 (18.9), 2016 (17.9) and 2014 (20.9).

11.05 - Jamison Crowder, WR, New York Jets

Not only did he miss roughly half the season, but Crowder set a career low in receptions per game (3.2) and his 43.1 YPG was his lowest since his rookie season. A return to his 2016/2017 numbers -- 60-plus catches and 750-plus yards -- seems reasonable if he can stay healthy.

12.08 - Mohamed Sanu, WR, Atlanta Falcons

Sanu set a career high in receiving yards (838) in 2018 and just missed by one in receptions (66, career high: 67). Even with Julio Jones and Calvin Ridley ahead of him in the pecking order for targets, Sanu could once again finish as a top-36 wide receiver in 2019.

13.05 - Kalen Ballage, RB, Miami Dolphins

The fourth-round rookie got 28 of his 36 carries in the final three games of the season with Gore sidelined. Although his workload will certainly expand in 2019, he'll form a timeshare with Drake and likely get the smaller share of that split, but there is certainly upside from his 13th-round draft slot.

14.08 - Minnesota Vikings D/ST

15.05 - Darwin Thompson, RB, Kansas City Chiefs

A sixth-round rookie out of Utah State, Thompson has plenty of sleeper appeal as the final pick of this team.

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Monday, July 8, 2019

PPR Fantasy Football Mock: 12 Teams, 2nd Pick

- MORE: Check out Kevin Hanson's way-too-early 2020 NFL Mock Draft.

2019 PPR Mock Draft: 12 Teams, 2nd Pick

Without further ado, here are the picks of our 12-team 2019 fantasy football mock draft using point-per-reception (PPR) scoring:

1.02 - Saquon Barkley, RB, New York Giants

The Giants ranked middle of the pack in total offense (17th) and scoring offense (16th), but Barkley was an absolute stud in a mediocre offense. Leading the NFL in scrimmage yards, Barkley rushed for 1,307 yards and 11 touchdowns and added 91 catches for 721 yards and four more touchdowns. Barkley is my top-ranked player, so I'm happy to get him second overall, as Ezekiel Elliott went first.

MORE: PPR Top 200 Fantasy Football Cheat Sheet

2.11 - Keenan Allen, WR, Los Angeles Chargers

Playing full 16-game slates in back-to-back years, Allen saw his numbers dip year-over-year, but he still put up a healthy 97/1,196/6 stat line (WR12 in PPR). A top-15 fantasy wide receiver in any format, Allen is about as steady and consistent as it gets.

3.02 - Leonard Fournette, RB, Jacksonville Jaguars

Durability (11 missed games in two seasons) and inefficiency (career 3.7 YPC) are negatives, but there are some reasons for optimism. A true workhorse, Fournette has averaged nearly 20 carries per game (19.09) when he's been active and the team should sustain more drives with improved quarterback play. Season-ending injuries sidelined Jacksonville's LT/LG/C for major chunks of the season, but running lanes should be wider with their return to health and the addition of road-grading RT Jawaan Taylor in this year's draft. Plus, Fournette could be more involved in the passing game as well.

4.11 - Tyler Lockett, WR, Seattle Seahawks

Despite a consistent level of targets -- 66 to 71 -- in all four of his seasons, Lockett posted career highs in receptions (57), yards (965) and touchdowns (10) as he shattered previous career highs in catch rate (81.4%), yards per reception (16.9) and yards per game (60.3). While those ratios may regress closer to the mean, Lockett's target volume is all but assured to increase at the same time given Doug Baldwin's retirement.

5.02 - Alshon Jeffery, WR, Philadelphia Eagles

Jeffery's catch rate was up significantly in 2018 (70.7%) compared to his first season (47.5%, 2017) in Philadelphia and that led to per-game improvements in receptions and yards (5.0/64.8 vs. 3.6/49.3). Missing three games in 2018, Jeffery has now missed at least three games in three of four seasons and has failed to reach the 900-yard mark since 2014, but there is upside as this team's WR3.

6.11 - James White, RB, New England Patriots

Coming off a career-best season, White shattered his previous marks with 181 touches including 87 receptions, 1,176 scrimmage yards and 12 touchdowns during the regular season. White may see fewer carries, but there's the potential that he's even more involved as a receiver with the retirement of Rob Gronkowski. A top-11 performer last year, there's a pretty good chance that White outperforms his 2019 flex-range ADP.

7.02 - Evan Engram, TE, New York Giants

Even though Engram missed five games last season, he has been one of the best fantasy tight ends on a point-per-game basis in his first two NFL seasons. In terms of fantasy PPG, Engram has finished as the TE4 and TE7 in 2017 and 2018, respectively. Coincidentally, Engram returned from injury just in time for the four games that Odell Beckham missed last season and Engram totaled 22/320/1 with a minimum of 75 yards per game over that four-game span to close the season. Among tight ends, only George Kittle had more fantasy points during that stretch.

8.11 - Lamar Miller, RB, Houston Texans

Miller was more efficient in 2018 (4.6 YPC) than he was in either of his first two seasons (4.0 in 2016 and 3.7 in 2017) in Houston.

9.02 - Tevin Coleman, RB, San Francisco 49ers

Reunited with his former coach, Coleman is the "clear favorite" for the most touches among the team's running backs. With Devonta Freeman sidelined nearly all of 2018, Coleman set career highs in both workload (199 touches) and scrimmage yards (1,076) and scored nine touchdowns last season.

10.11 - DeSean Jackson, WR, Philadelphia Eagles

Now back in Philadelphia, D-Jax gives the Eagles the deep threat they have lacked. Jackson led the NFL in Y/A in 2018 (18.9), 2016 (17.9) and 2014 (20.9).

11.02 - Austin Ekeler, RB, Los Angeles Chargers

Once again, Ekeler averaged more than five yards per carry and 10 yards per reception. But as he nearly doubled his workload (74 to 145 touches), Melvin Gordon's complementary back finished as the RB25 in PPR last season. Given Gordon's injury history, there is a better chance than not that Ekeler will get an opportunity to make a start or two, but he has stand-alone value even if Gordon stays healthy.

12.11 - Jameis Winston, QB, Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Starting only nine games last season, Winston set career highs in completion percentage (64.6), yards per attempt (7.9) and TD% (5.0), but he also set a career high in INT% (3.7). Winston needs to cut down on turnovers, but Tampa's passing offense should rank near the top of the league once again.

13.02 - Dak Prescott, QB, Dallas Cowboys

The next time that Prescott finishes outside the top-12 fantasy quarterbacks will be his first. And based on my rankings, that won't be this year. Through his first three NFL seasons, Prescott has finished as fantasy's QB6, QB11 and QB10, respectively. In the team's run-first offense, Prescott threw it 526 times in 2018 for 3,885 yards, both of which were career highs, and the presence of Amari Cooper gives Prescott a legitimate weapon in the passing game. Consistent with 22 or 23 passing touchdowns each season, Prescott has rushed for exactly six scores each season and 944 rushing yards over his three seasons.

14.11 - Minnesota Vikings D/ST

15.02 - Jamison Crowder, WR, New York Jets

Not only did he miss roughly half the season, but Crowder set a career low in receptions per game (3.2) and his 43.1 YPG was his lowest since his rookie season. A return to his 2016/2017 numbers -- 60-plus catches and 750-plus yards -- seems reasonable if he can stay healthy.

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Saturday, July 6, 2019

Miami Dolphins 2019 Fantasy Football Projections

QUARTERBACKS

Player	Att.	Comp.	Yards	TD	INT	Rush	Yards	TD	Points
Josh Rosen	354.5	217.1	2446.1	12.94	11.17	24.8	91.8	0.25	137.94
Whether Rosen starts Week 1 or not, it would be an upset if he didn't start more games than Ryan Fitzpatrick as the Dolphins try to get a close look at what they have in the second-year quarterback. After all, the Dolphins are the consensus worst team in the league (see consensus NFL power rankings) and could find themselves with the first overall pick in a more talented quarterback class next year.
Ryan Fitzpatrick	118.2	71.5	886.5	5.02	4.43	13.3	57.2	0.4	54.8
Reports are that Fitzpatrick has outplayed Rosen this offseason and I could see a scenario where Fitzpatrick starts Weeks 1 to 4 and then Rosen takes over after their Week 5 bye. Fitzmagic always has the chance to implode any given week, but he's a higher-upside streamer than Rosen when he is the starter. That role just may not last long, if at all.

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RUNNING BACKS

Player	Att.	Yards	TD	Rec.	Yards	TD	Points
Kenyan Drake	156.4	696	4.69	51	415.7	2.81	156.17
Drake finished second on the team in carries (120) to Frank Gore (156) and in targets (73) to Danny Amendola (79) last season. With Gore in Buffalo and a new coaching staff in town, perhaps Drake will see the year-over-year bump in usage that we expected from 2017 to 2018. Despite the less-than-expected workload, Drake was efficient as he averaged 4.5 yards per carry and 9.0 yards per catch while scoring nine total touchdowns on his 173 offensive touches last season.
Kalen Ballage	119.2	512.6	2.98	16.4	105	0.29	81.38
The fourth-round rookie got 28 of his 36 carries in the final three games of the season with Gore sidelined. Although his workload will certainly expand in 2019, he'll form a timeshare with Drake and likely get the smaller share of that split, but there is certainly upside compared to his 14th-round ADP.
Mark Walton	38.1	158.1	0.38	6.5	50.1	0.07	23.52
Myles Gaskin	20	81	0.4	3.1	21.1	0.05	12.91

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WIDE RECEIVERS

Player	Rec.	Yards	TD	Rush	Yards	TD	Points
Kenny Stills	44.1	657.1	3.75	0	0	0	88.21
Stills has finished as a top-30 receiver in two of the past three years and inside the top-50 every season except 2015. So, in other words, there's a good chance that he outperforms his current ADP. Much of his success is tied to his touchdowns -- six-plus in each of the past three seasons. With only 37 receptions on the year, Stills closed 2018 with just one reception in six of his final 10 games last year.
DeVante Parker	48.9	650.4	2.93	0	0	0	82.62
Who's Miami's No. 1 receiver? When the Dolphins drafted him in the first round in 2015, they expected Parker to become that guy. Durability has eluded him and the former top-15 pick has a total of nine touchdowns in 53 games over four seasons. Missing five games last season, Parker had a 134-yard game in Week 8, but failed to reach 50 yards in any of his other 10 games. That said, he's once again generating offseason buzz as Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald recently wrote that Parker had been "best player in camp the past five weeks." Could this be the year that Parker stays healthy and puts it all together?
Albert Wilson	42.9	553.4	3.22	7.6	34.2	0.15	78.98
Wilson missed nine games in his first season with the Dolphins and there's a chance that he won't be ready for Week 1, although Wilson himself says he's "right on track." Last season, Wilson averaged 55.9 receiving yards per game and scored four touchdowns, both of which were career highs.
Jakeem Grant	18.4	246.6	1.79	1.9	8.6	0	36.26
Preston Williams	4.8	60.5	0.34	0	0	0	8.09
Brice Butler	1.3	18.9	0.13	0	0	0	2.67

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TIGHT ENDS

Player	Rec.	Yards	TD	Rush	Yards	TD	Points
Mike Gesicki	45	468	2.7	0	0	0	63
As a rookie, Gesicki converted his 32 targets into 22 scoreless receptions for 202 yards (9.2 Y/R). One of the most athletic tight ends in the league, the second-year tight end should make more (but how much more?) of a receiving impact in 2019 for the playmaker-deficient Dolphins.
Dwayne Allen	10.9	115.5	0.76	0	0	0	16.11
Durham Smythe	6.8	59.8	0.27	0	0	0	7.6

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Thursday, July 18, 2019

PPR Fantasy Football Mock Draft 2019: 12 Teams, 12th Pick

2019 PPR Mock Draft: 12 Teams, 12th Pick

New Orleans Saints 2019 Fantasy Football Projections

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Wednesday, July 17, 2019

PPR Fantasy Football Mock Draft: 12 Teams, 3rd Pick

2019 PPR Mock Draft: 12 Teams, 3rd Pick

Wednesday, July 10, 2019

Indianapolis Colts 2019 Fantasy Football Projections

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Tuesday, July 9, 2019

Fantasy Football PPR Mock Draft: 12 Teams, 5th Pick

2019 PPR Mock Draft: 12 Teams, 5th Pick

Monday, July 8, 2019

PPR Fantasy Football Mock: 12 Teams, 2nd Pick

2019 PPR Mock Draft: 12 Teams, 2nd Pick

Saturday, July 6, 2019

Miami Dolphins 2019 Fantasy Football Projections

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