With many people starting new dynasty leagues daily, I felt it was time to present a mock draft so you can begin to get a feeling for ADP. For this, I used our free draft simulator and standard scoring as the format. After I randomized my draft spot, I landed in the second pick and expanded the bench to 10 to simulate most dynasty home leagues for a bit of extra spice. Other than that, it was a standard 1QB, 2RB, 3WR, 1TE, 1FLex, 1DST.
The results of the mock draft are below:
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Q: What did you learn from this draft?
This was the first draft I have done this offseason. I felt rusty. However, what surprised me was seeing Dalvin Cook still on the board at the 2.11 pick. I don’t tend to go in with a pre-meditated plan, but I was surprised with my RB/RB start. It was not something I was expecting, especially in a dynasty startup. However, I felt Cook was too good a value to pass up there. It forces this team into more of a win-now mode than I perhaps expected.
I was also surprised at the value you could grab on veteran receivers. DeAndre Hopkins on the 4/5 turn, Mike Evans in the 5th, and JuJu Smith-Schuster in the 8th round. I always know there is value there. However, that seems crazy to me to get those players there.
I was also surprised by the depth of running back. Picking up Miles Sanders in the 8th, Chris Carson in the 10th, and taking a chance on Ke’Shawn Vaughn in the 16th means I feel good with the depth I have in my RB room.
Q: What area(s) of your draft are you happy with?
I am delighted with the running back room, quarterbacks, and tight ends. I feel I have a lot of depth and quality starters as my backups. To get Trevor Lawrence to pair with Justin Herbert gives me an excellent trade asset should he become the talent we expect in year two or three. That should allow me to get some premium pieces for my team in future years. Also, I hadn’t planned to take a second top tight end, but the way Dawson Knox fell in the draft gives me options or another trade asset.
Q: What area(s) of your draft would you have liked to improve?
My wide receiver corps is not what I had hoped coming into this. I planned to attack that position hard with a blend of veteran and young guys. However, the value just wasn’t there at times, and I was forced to pivot. This meant I had taken a lot of shots at younger guys who I expect to step up this year, like Gabriel Davis, Michael Gallup, Donovan Peoples-Jones, Nico Collins, Tim Patrick, Dyami Brown, and Amari Rodgers. I have a lot of young guys on here. If a couple of them hit, my team is in excellent shape.
Q: What lesson did you learn from today’s mock that you will apply to future drafts you partake in?
Be prepared to take your wide receiver targets a round or two earlier if you believe they will make a difference. I would have loved to have added someone like Robert Woods as my WR3, but it didn’t happen that way. Also, there appears to be an area between the 9th and 12th rounds where there are many wide receivers to choose from, but not a ton that will give you a significant edge. So, if I can maintain that pivot in other drafts, it will allow me to steal some nice value pieces for my team.
Also, just because it is standard scoring, don’t assume that people will not go hard at the wide receiver position. I had the joint fewest wide receivers by the 6th round. Part of that was reaching a little for a quarterback, anticipating a QB run that didn’t happen until the 7th/8th round. I don’t think that trend will hold up the more of these I will do.
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