Fantasy Football 2016: 2-Round Mock Draft and Top Team Names

As odd as it might sound, it’s time for mock drafts in the world of fantasy football.

Mock drafts, those pertaining to an incoming rookie class, serve an all-encompassing role, one helping fans get familiar with each team’s needs, prospect values and how a board might fall a certain way.

In the fantasy realm these mocks serve a similar purpose, helping owners get a wide-reaching look at positional value and an offseason-spanning update concerning a player and team’s outlook.

Here’s a two-round mock in a 12-person standard league as the preseason gets underway:

As usual, running backs provide the most value. Call it a simple risk-factor situation dictating positional value.

For example, Antonio Brown of the Pittsburgh Steelers might have been the top-scoring wideout last year with 243 points. Odell Beckham Jr. of the New York Giants might have been in the top five, too. But if either of the quarterbacks getting them the ball went down, well, good night.

Adrian Peterson of the Minnesota Vikings, on the other hand, took north of 300 carries and totaled 217 fantasy points, and it didn’t much matter what happened under center behind him.

It’s simply a must-follow rule. The NFL continues to transition to a more committee-based approach at running back, but when owners have a stab at a Peterson, Todd Gurley or Jamaal Charles, it’s hard to justify many players coming off the board before them.

The only exception to the running back-wideout law over the first two rounds is New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski. But that’s what happens when one of the best to ever do it at his position scores 26 points more than any other tight end and only a total of eight players at the spot scored more than 100 points last year.

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