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Superflex Mock Draft (2019 Fantasy Football)

Superflex Mock Draft (2019 Fantasy Football)

Some will say it’s never too early to start doing mock drafts, but the best time to start looking at how drafts will shake out is once free agency has concluded and the NFL Draft is in the books. I love to complete as many mock drafts as possible this time of year, and the best way I’ve found to do this is with the Mock Draft Simulator right here at FantasyPros.

The best part about mock drafts is that it gives you the ability to test out different strategies and find what you like. One game plan might work one year, but not the next. Similarly, a draft approach in one format might not translate well when drafting in another format.

One of the fastest growing new fantasy setups is Superflex, a league that allows owners to play any offensive skill position in a flex spot. Even the QB. Personally, I think Superflex should become the new “normal” in the fantasy football landscape. Gone are the days when amateurs take QBs in the first round. Even the most casual players have caught on to the position’s depth. Superflex, however, changes the game and gives fantasy owners another position to navigate. Here’s how my draft turned out in a 12-team, full PPR mock draft, including my thought process at each selection.

Scoring and Roster Construction – Full PPR, 1QB, 2RB, 2WR, 1TE, 1 Flex (RB/WR/TE), 1 Superflex (QB/RB/WR/TE), six bench spots.

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1.5 – Melvin Gordon (RB – LAC)
The big four RBs came off the board, and at this spot, I was staring down Patrick Mahomes or my top WR. I ended up going with Gordon here because even though he’s just outside that top four at RB, he is still a stud. As one of the most consistent players in all of fantasy, Gordon gave owners 14 PPR points or more in all but one game last season. This was an easy pick in my opinion.

2.8 – Joe Mixon (RB – CIN)
RB-RB is tough in PPR, and it’s even tougher in a Superflex. There were already five QBs and five WRs off the board at this point. I considered JuJu Smith-Schuster to go RB-WR, but felt that the value was just too good for Mixon at this spot. I liked what I saw from Mixon in his second year, and now I’m off and running with two of my top-six RBs.

3.5 – Mike Evans (WR – TB)
This almost couldn’t have landed any better. Only two WRs went between the round two-three turn, and Evans fell to me in the mid-third. For reference, eight QBs are now gone, but I’m not panicking yet. The position is deep enough. I think Tampa Bay has a chance to be a top-five offense this year, and if nothing else, the Buccaneers will chuck it around a lot under new head coach Bruce Arians.

4.8 – A.J. Green (WR – CIN)
In other mock drafts I’ve done this offseason, I’ve noticed that it’s not uncommon for Green to fall a bit compared to past years. Even factoring in the Superflex aspect, he still went behind Adam Thielen, T.Y. Hilton, Stefon Diggs, and Amari Cooper to get to me here in the mid-late fourth. Again, it’s tough to lay off the QBs, but Green was too great of a value. While he has been unable to stay healthy two of the past three seasons, he’s still a stud when on the field.

5.5 – Jared Goff (QB – LAR)
OK, enough was enough. At this pick in round five, 12 QBs had come off the board, including three teams that had already locked up two at the position. I waited just long enough to stack both my RB and WR positions with high-end starters and still get a QB1. Goff is QB11 in my rankings, and while he struggled down the stretch, remember he was only two points behind Aaron Rodgers in 2018 and outscored the likes of Drew Brees and Russell Wilson on the season.

6.8 – Evan Engram (TE – NYG)
Although I’m usually in the “wait on TE” camp, Engram’s value here was intriguing. When making this pick, I debated taking my second QB with both Josh Allen and Philip Rivers still on the board, but decided to see how it played out. Engram is my TE4 this season in a tier of his own. He’s the most talented receiver left on the Giants, and I expect him to produce closer to his rookie season than 2018.

7.5 – Robby Anderson (WR – NYJ)
Well, I made my bed. After passing on Allen and Rivers with my last pick, I wasn’t lucky enough for one of them to make it back to me. It would have been nice to grab my second QB with this pick, but not being in love with the remaining options (Kirk Cousins, Lamar Jackson, Dak Prescott), I decided to lock up my other flex spot. Anderson was by far my top-ranked WR still left, and after finishing 2018 with 70+ yards and a TD in three of this last four games, I really liked the pick here in the seventh.

8.8 – Jimmy Garoppolo (QB – SF)
Garoppolo is the last guy in my “I’m alright with them as my QB2” tier. I feel like we’ve been waiting on Jimmy G for a while, but I’m OK putting my faith in him with an eighth-round selection. They haven’t been splashy moves, but San Francisco has added some weapons around him this offseason, which should help us see some of that breakout potential we’ve been waiting on.

9.5 – Tevin Coleman (RB – SF)
Back to back 49ers. I’m not yet 100% sure Coleman is the lead back in San Francisco, but he is the only healthy one at the moment and has a history with 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan. In 2016, as the backup to Devonta Freeman in Atlanta, Coleman put up low-end RB2 numbers, finishing RB19 with 11 total TDs.

10.8 – Keke Coutee (WR – HOU)
Unlike Coleman, I wasn’t thrilled with the value here with Coutee in the 10th. We saw flashes from the wideout during his rookie campaign, but we also didn’t see a lot of him on the field. There is some PPR upside, so I’m OK with him as my WR4.

11.5 – Derek Carr (QB – OAK)
Personally, my strategy in Superflex is to make sure I walk away with three QBs I can start at some point. When I run into situations where I don’t love my QB2, I’ll take my third a little earlier, which is what I did here. Carr has top-15 upside this season, and if Garoppolo flops again, I have some security.

12.8 – Carlos Hyde (RB – KC)
I love Carlos Hyde this season. That makes me a little sick to say at first, but his value right now is unbelievable. If you’re telling me his only hurdle to being the RB1 in an Andy Reid offense is an unproven Damien Williams, I’m buying.

13.5 – Robert Foster (WR – BUF)
Just some WR depth here, but similarly to Anderson, I really like how Foster finished 2018, posting 12 or more fantasy points in five of his last seven games.

14.8 – Marquez Valdes-Scantling (WR – GB)
Again, WR depth here with my last pick, but I never hate taking a lottery ticket on a WR in an Aaron Rodgers-led offense.

Favorite Pick: Tevin Coleman (9.8) – I expect him to go a round or two earlier once we reach August, but for now the value is excellent.

Least Favorite Pick: Evan Engram (6.8) – I don’t hate the pick, but in hindsight, I probably would like my team a little more if I would have taken Rivers or Allen in the sixth.

Projected Starting Lineup

QB: Jared Goff
RB: Melvin Gordon
RB: Joe Mixon
WR: Mike Evans
WR: A.J. Green
TE: Evan Engram
Flex: Robby Anderson
Superflex: Jimmy Garoppolo
Bench: Carr, Coleman, Hyde, Coutee, Foster, Valdes-Scantling

Hopefully this mock helps those of us who still want to wait on QB in Superflex leagues. I think too often the default strategy is to start overvaluing QBs in this format, which other owners can take advantage of. As I mentioned, I’m not in love with Garoppolo as my QB2, but I can live with it knowing how stacked the rest of my lineup is with my earlier picks.

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