The dust from the 2025 NFL Draft has settled, and we're starting to hear more coachspeak nuggets about player utilization by the day, so it feels like a good time to round up the team for a fantasy football mock draft.

See below for format details as well as what members of the Fantasy Life team are picking from:

  • Scoring/Draft Settings: Half PPR, snake draft
  • Roster: 1 QB/2 RB/3 WR/1 TE/2 FLEX/5 BENCH
  • Draft Order:
    • 1.01: Matthew Freedman
    • 1.02: Jake Trowbridge
    • 1.03: Ian Hartitz
    • 1.04: Sam Wallace
    • 1.05: Kendall Valenzuela
    • 1.06: Joe Metz
    • 1.07: Geoff Ulrich
    • 1.08: Matt LaMarca aka Mr. Wiggles
    • 1.09: Jorge Martin
    • 1.10: Jonathan Fuller
    • 1.11: Chris Allen
    • 1.12: Rob Waziak

What follows is a round-by-round analysis from Ian Hartitz, Matthew Freedman, Chris Allen, and Jonathan Fuller.

Round-by-Round Breakdown of Fantasy Football Mock Draft

First Round

Ian: I actually have Bijan Robinson and Saquon Barkley ahead of Justin Jefferson in my Fantasy Life rankings, but went ahead and took Jettas anyway at 1.03. Why? Because I wanted to feel something in this cruel, cold world. That’s why. (And also because Jefferson is also really f*cking good and I felt like mixing things up.)

Freedman: Before the mock started, Dwain McFarland said something like, "I notice that Freedman always picks first in any mock I do with him." That's right, buddy. I get into the mock room right away and grab the first pick because I'm 1) selfish and 2) I like having back-to-back picks on the turns so that I can go for an extended period of time without needing to worry whether I'm on the clock. Anyway, I'm going with Ja'Marr Chase. He's the consensus No. 1 player in our Fantasy Life rankings. He's coming off a 127-1,708-17 Triple Crown receiving season, and I want to invest my premium draft capital in WRs, as you'll see.

Allen: I looked back at the last couple of mocks and saw I had favored the early to middle of the draft in terms of starting slot. That never works out for me in actual drafts, so I forced the situation from the 11 spot. I’m at the mercy of the ten people ahead of me. On the plus side, I have to continually adjust my strategy. Luckily, opening with Brian Thomas wasn’t a tough decision. His 25.5% target share ranked eighth amongst all WRs. As far as WR1s go, I’ll happily scoop up someone like BTJ to kick off my draft. 

Jonathan: Picking at the end of the first round means letting the draft come to you. The first nine picks went about as I expected, so I had my choice of elite WR and decided to go with Nico Collins. He's the clear top weapon in the Houston passing game and has established himself as one of the most exciting young WRs in the league, averaging 85 receiving yards per game and 3.0 YPRR over the last two seasons. If Houston's offense takes a step forward and we get a bounceback season from C.J. Stroud (more on that later), Collins has the ceiling to outperform this draft slot.

Second Round

Ian: I checked out the draft a few picks before me and was delighted to see both stud tight ends were still available. Awesome, I thought. We’ll get one of them. I didn’t even really care who. But what happened? Sam Wallace and Kendall Valenzuela decided to be dickheads take those players instead, leading to this interaction in the chat.

 

I’m still not over it. Anyways, yeah, Ladd McConkey. Sure. He ran pretty pure during the offseason and is pretty good at football and whatever. Sweet.

Freedman: If you wanted to roster Tyreek Hill last year, you had to spend a top-three fantasy pick on him. Now, he's available at the end of Round 2. He unquestionably underperformed in 2024 (1,012 yards, 6 TDs from scrimmage), but he was without QB Tua Tagovailoa for six games, and I expect Hill to be more efficient this year (9.5 yards per target for career) than he was last (7.8). As noted in my post-NFL draft rankings article, Hill is one of my favorite WR options this year.

Allen: In most drafts, I'd have taken Amon-Ra St. Brown to pair with Brian Thomas. It would've been a strong WR duo, prompting me to look at my RB options in the third round. However, flipping the script by taking De'Von Achane also works in the early second round. With Tua Tagovailoa healthy (which is no small feat on its own), Achane secured an 18.2% target share. He earned the same number of targets per game as Jordan Addison (6.6) while securing a three-down workload. At worst, I could anchor my RB stable with Achane and rotate my RB2 slot. Or, if someone with a similar profile fell to me later, I'd have most of my core positions locked up before the end of the early rounds.

Jonathan: With CMC and Achane going off the board right before my pick at the 2.03, it made my selection pretty easy. Amon-Ra St. Brown has produced like a first-round pick in back-to-back seasons, so pairing him with Collins gives me a dominant WR pairing to start the draft. There are some questions about how the Detroit offense will change with Ben Johnson gone, but I'm not too worried. ARSB should easily top 100 receptions, and if he reaches double-digit TDs like he has in each of the last two seasons, this will look like a great value.

Third Round

Ian: Still reeling from Sam and Kendall’s choosing their mock draft fantasy teams over what I thought was our strong friendship, I decided to bypass Stevie Nicks’ warning and break the chain of WRs (is she actually saying he SHOULD have broken the chain? Idk man). Come on down, Bucky Irving, who sure looked like one of the best RBs in football despite not receiving a full three-down workload until late in the season. His OC, Liam Coen, also left. Do you realize that in another simulation, I would be sitting with a baller TE and probably McConkey or another sweet WR still at this point? But nope, I guess an undersized RB will do. Surely past baller rookie RBs drafted on day three or later wound up continuing their success … OH MY GOD NO.

Freedman: It might seem weird to stack Tee Higgins with Chase, but I believe there's room in the Bengals offense for both guys to contribute, and at a minimum, I believe they, in tandem, provide a high floor. Phrased differently: If one of Chase or Higgins gets injured, the other one has a great opportunity to go off, so they provide insurance on each other, but they do so while also offering reliably strong production when both are healthy.

Allen: Honestly, I'm not a fan of Xavier Worthy at the 3.11. Jonathan betrayed me by taking Kyren Williams the pick before, and sabotaged my plan of having two workhorse RBs. And I wasn't ready to break the QB seal. Besides, it's hard to extrapolate much of Worthy's '24 production into the upcoming season. His slot rate only crested 40.0% in two contests over the back half of the season (including the playoffs), and Rashee Rice looks on track to retake the role. Hollywood Brown almost instantly started soaking up targets when he got back on the field. Mahomes can and has supported multiple pass-catchers in the past, but a third-round price may be too steep for the sophomore. 

Jonathan: With my elite WRs locked up, it was time to address the RB position, and I was happy to see Kyren Williams still on the board when I got on the clock for the 3.10. Williams was an absolute workhorse in 2024, handling 350 touches and amassing nearly 1,500 scrimmage yards in the regular season. Yes, his efficiency declined from the 2023 season, and the Rams drafted an intriguing prospect in Jarquez Hunter, but those concerns are fully priced in where I took him. Williams finished as the RB7 in half PPR scoring last year, and I took him as the RB13 in this mock. This was just about the best-case scenario after starting with two WRs.

Fourth Round

Ian: We managed to get Alvin Kamara at the end of Round 4. Did you know that Kamara has finished as the RB3 and RB5 in PPR points per game during the past two seasons? These are the things you look up to comfort yourself after taking a soon-to-be 30-year-old RB learning a new system inside what might be the frontrunner to be the league’s lowest-scoring offense.

Freedman: I'll be honest … I accidentally autoselected Rashee Rice because we did the draft while I was in the middle of moving across the country. Still, my fault: "No excuses, play like a champion." Here's the thing: Maybe I got lucky with this pick? Rice was strong as a rookie (79-938-7, 102 targets), and he was great last year in Weeks 1-3 (24-288-2, 29 targets) before suffering a season-ending knee injury. The recent reports on his knee are positive (his ACL, MCL, and meniscus are intact), and the legal issues he's facing now seem unlikely to impact his availability until 2026. With his upside, Rice gives me outstanding WR depth to open the draft, and now I'm free to attack all the other positions for the remaining rounds.

Allen: Breaking news: Rob Waziak and I are no longer friends. He had explicit instructions to leave Breece Hall for me, and he ignored them. I'm not upset. I'm just disappointed. Anyway, this point in the draft presented me with a problem. I was also shaken by my Worthy pick beforehand. But drafting Marvin Harrison or Zay Flowers wasn't going to allay my concerns. Instead, I drafted as if my concerns about Worthy were misguided, allowing me to focus on RBs. Only three rushers had a better UR Score than Chuba Hubbard in 2024: Alvin Kamara, Bijan Robinson, and Saquon Barkley. Rico Dowdle's measly 1-year, $2.75M contract doesn't scare me. Assuming health, I found my RB2 to pair with Achane.

Jonathan: Two elite WRs and a workhorse RB through three rounds? Pretty, pretty good if I do say so myself. This start allowed me to swing for the fences in round four with Omarion Hampton. The rookie got a good landing spot and excellent draft capital when the Chargers selected him 22nd overall. I'm very excited to see what Hampton can do in this scheme, and I think his fantasy potential is being slept on a bit because of all the (deserved) hype around Ashton Jeanty. Hampton has a three-down skill set, was extremely productive in college, and tested as an elite athlete for his size. For context, Hampton received the same grade in Dwain's rookie RB super model as Jonathan Taylor and Breece Hall. He will have to compete with Najee Harris for touches, but I wouldn't be surprised if Hampton is ranked as a weekly top-10 RB over the second half of the season.

Fifth Round

Ian: Tetairoa McMillan in round 5. We are so back. Rumor has it nobody has ever been more back. A baller, big-bodied top-10 draft pick in an offense without any sort of meaningful volume hog to worry about at the position, when has this archetype EVER failed us … oh right. Okay, I’m back to being miserable.

Freedman: I normally don't draft QBs this early … but the one exception is if I really want to stack a passer with his receivers, and since I already have Chase and Higgins, I feel like it makes all the sense in the world to draft Joe Burrow. I might be taking him a tad early at the turn of Rounds 4-5, but I think there's almost no chance he'll be available later when I'm back on the clock.

Allen: Here's where drafting from the 11 spot becomes useful. I wanted a QB to close out the early rounds and saw Waz had already taken Josh Allen at the 3.12. I also noticed that because he took Hall at the 4.01, he was short on WRs (only had Nabers). So, I prioritized Chris Olave to secure my WR3 with the confidence that I'd still be able to get the best available passer on the wrap. Yes, I'm concerned about Olave's concussion history. I'm equally worried about the Saints' plan at QB. But the journeyman WR posted top-20 marks in YPRR and target share before winding up on IR, while catching passes from Derek Carr, Spencer Rattler, and Jake Haener. If anyone can navigate whatever HC Kellen Moore puts out on the field in the Superdome, it's Olave.

Jonathan: With a balanced roster build of two WRs and two RBs through four rounds, I could have gone several directions here. I decided to take Calvin Ridley because we had a major WR run in the fifth round and approaching a major tier break at the position. Ridley should benefit from upgraded QB play with Cam Ward under center and has top-20 WR upside if his TD luck bounces back.

Sixth Round

Ian: In Round 6, I went with Rome Odunze because anytime you can draft the reigning WR65 in PPR points per game as a top-70 overall pick, you have to do it.

Freedman: I've ignored the RB position for the first five rounds, so that will be my priority for the rest of the draft. And I think that also means I need to shoot for upside, which rookie Quinshon Judkins has. He was dominant in college (three straight seasons of 1,200-plus scrimmage yards), he has a near-elite physical profile (4.48-second 40-yard dash at 6-foot-0, 221 pounds), and he has strong draft capital (No. 36 overall). There's almost nothing to dislike about the Judkins.

Allen: By 6.02, I had three WRs and two RBs. It's about as balanced a roster as they come. The last of the high-end TEs were gone, with Waz taking Sam LaPorta at the 6.01. So, I went ahead with my aforementioned plan of snagging Patrick Mahomes. He was the QB11 in PPG with his pass-catchers either old, hurt, or inexperienced. One is still over the age cliff, but the others will be healthy and with time to establish a rapport with Mahomes, giving him the runway to get back into the top 6 in '25.

Jonathan: Early indications are that the Jaguars intend to play Travis Hunter as a WR first. If he’s close to a full-time player on offense, he shouldn’t go more than a full round after Tetairoa McMillan. I will continue to draft Hunter everywhere if other managers are discounting him because he will also play on defense.

Seventh Round

Ian: In Round 7, I went with D'Andre Swift because anytime you can draft what most people consider a bad real-life RB inside a new offense, you have to do it.

Okay I’m actually Drake and Josh’ing around here: Swift is a DAMN good pick in the seventh round. We got Jake and Freedman taking day-two rookies in shit offenses (with the exception of Denver), and I’M the crazy one for going with the guy who looks like Ben Johnson’s RB1? The guy who has never finished lower than RB24 in PPR points per game since entering the league? Everyone loves the Bears’ upgrades on the offensive line because that was the big problem for Caleb Williams last season. Why shouldn’t that mightily benefit the incumbent starting RB, whose only newfound competition is a seventh-round rookie? Hell yeah, vibes are high. We ARE BACK.

Freedman: I'm investing back-to-back picks in rookies, first with Judkins and now with Kaleb Johnson, who seems likely to inherit much of the volume vacated by Najee Harris in the Steelers offense. In college last year, Johnson had 1,725 yards and 23 TDs from scrimmage in a 12-game All-American campaign. He could be an NFL workhorse.

Allen: Sure, I'll take a WR1 in the seventh round. Well, at least that's what Jauan Jennings should be to start the year. Brandon Aiyuk's availability isn't a sure thing, and Ricky Pearsall didn't out-target the veteran receiver in any of their eight games together. After sliding into a 24.0% target share (and Deebo Samuel sent east), Jennings was one of my favorite picks in the draft.

Jonathan: Brian Robinson has flown a bit under the radar as one of the big winners coming out of the NFL Draft. Washington didn’t add major competition at the RB position, so Robinson should be slated for a significant workload in an exciting offense yet again. He gives me another great option in case it takes Hampton some time to take over his backfield.

Eighth Round

Ian: Is Stefon Diggs old, coming off a major knee injury, and on his third team in as many years? Yes … but I drafted him anyway. F*ck. Something, something, he’s still good, something, I believe in Drake Maye … you know what, sometimes in life you just gotta take a page out of Ted Lasso’s playbook and BELIEVE. Let’s go with that. I drafted Stefon Diggs in Round 8 because I BELIEVE. How’s that for analytics?

Freedman: The RB attack continues with Rhamondre Stevenson. I know that the Patriots just selected TreVeyon Henderson in Round 2, but that doesn't mean he's entirely going to overtake Stevenson, who is built to get the goal-line work and is also a good pass catcher for a big back.

Allen: Jaylen Warren was a "ho-hum" kind of pick. Do I think he'll take over the Steelers' backfield? No, especially after Pittsburgh drafted Kaleb Johnson. However, is he worthy of a spot start as an RB2? In PPR leagues, yes. He averaged 10.5 touches per game with a veteran in front. If Johnson takes time to acclimate, Warren (and fantasy managers) stand to benefit.

Jonathan: I’m happy to load up on Commanders offensive pieces and Deebo Samuel in the eighth round offers too much upside to pass on. He should slot in as the number two in this offense and seems like a great fit for Kliff Kingsbury’s system. As my WR5, Deebo could be a league winner if he gets back to his 2023 form.

Ninth Round

Ian: I took Evan Engram certain that a TE run would occur afterwards. “Ha, I’ll get my guy at the top of this tier and watch as everyone else panics. Ha!” Instead, two TEs went off the board by the time I picked again. You won’t believe what I did next.

Freedman: It's uncertain how the new Jaguars coaching staff will apportion backfield opportunities, but last year, Tank Bigsby played ahead of Travis Etienne as the team's No. 1 RB and performed well in that role. I'm happy to get this late in the draft a guy who should be considered the frontrunner to be his team's lead back.

Allen: Admittedly, I was hoping Evan Engram or Jonnu Smith would slide to me. Late-round TE it is then! Anyway, if I couldn't address a onesie position, adding depth at my core spots was my next priority. On the one hand, Darnell Mooney's dwindling targets (six in Week 16, four in Week 17) once Michael Penix took over look bad. On the other hand, his shoulder injury sustained the prior week and Achilles issue from earlier in the season, have me thinking a clean bill of health to start the year is all we need to see him running alongside Drake London.

Jonathan: Who needs a QB or TE? Not me, at least not yet. I continued to add RB depth with the rookie Cam Skattebo, who profiles as someone who can consolidate high-value touches thanks to his size, power, and pass-catching chops. I expect Skattebo to take over as the lead back for the Giants at some point this season, and as my RB4, I don’t need that to happen right away.

10th Round

Ian: That’s right: I took another f*cking tight end. Why? Because I think at this point, I actually wanted to punish myself. This monstrosity of a mock draft already hurts enough, but could it hurt even more? After drafting a 35-year-old podcaster at a position I already had, it turns out: Yes. Yes, it could.

Freedman: At this spot in the draft, as the TE10, David Njoku feels undervalued. In his six games in 2023 with QB Joe Flacco (whom I expect to start this year for the Browns), Njoku put up 37-483-4 receiving on 56 targets, and I expect him to be the No. 2 receiver on the team this year.

Allen: Maybe I drafted Jalen McMillan to somehow boost his confidence after the Bucs drafted two WRs (one in the first round!) and signed two UDFAs. Maybe I took McMillan to pick myself up after I hyped up the former Huskie coming into the league. Regardless, if Chris Godwin's rehab schedule extends into the season, I'd at least have a WR2/3 on my roster, depending on Emeka Egbuka's integration into the offense.

Jonathan: I already have a stacked WR room, but I’ve got room for one more, so I took another swing for the fences by taking Luther Burden. I want to be in on this Chicago offense, and Ben Johnson must like Burden a good amount to make him an early second-round pick. If he has a big role early in the season, this is a huge win, but it’s also late enough in the draft that it won’t hurt my team if I have to cut him a few weeks into the season.

11th Round

Ian: Okay, bad few rounds. No worries. Let’s focus on the most important pick: The next one. Everyone will be dying to get QBs at this point, so let’s get Kyler Murray and his theoretical dual-threat upside and watch as everyone is forced to rally at the position. Vibes are looking up!

Freedman: I still have only four RBs on the team … and they're definitely not the best RBs in the league … so I need to continue to address the position. With Tyjae Spears, I get an upside handcuff who also has some standalone value.

Allen: Wh–why are so many people drafting two TEs? I didn't realize I was drafting with savages. We used to be a civilized society. I figured someone like Jake Ferguson would make it back to me, but NoOOooOOoo. Drafting Trey Benson at least gave me another RB with paths to more work during the season. Arizona didn't address the position at all during the draft. Benson was able to show off his complementary skills as a rusher and pass-catcher in Year 1. At worst, he's a stash to see how the Cardinals look in 2025.

Jonathan: Three rookies in a row? Why not? It is still May after all. The Jaguars have a new coaching staff, and they hand-selected Bhayshul Tuten at 104th overall in the NFL Draft. Tuten is a home run threat who ran the fastest 40-yard dash among all RBs at the NFL Combine. The rookie isn't just a speed merchant, though. He handled at least 200 touches in each of his final two seasons at Virginia Tech and accounted for 29 total TDs in 24 games. Last year in Tampa Bay, Liam Coen showed he was willing to turn the backfield over to a fourth-round rookie RB, so if Tuten shows promise early in the year, there is room for him to earn a large role. He's a great bench stash.

12th Round

Ian: *One* QB went after I took Kyler. One. And it was Brock Purdy, whom I actually have ranked higher than Kyler. No stacks to be found. I don’t get it, you don’t get it. It’s all just a bunch of pain. Fantasy football is just pain.

Anyways, I took Ray Davis here. James Cook is all pissed about his contract and Davis balled out in his one spot start last season. Will Cook probably suck it up, stay healthy, and put up big-time numbers again in 2025? Yes, but at least I DRAFTED TWO F*CKING TIGHT ENDS IN THE FIRST 10 ROUNDS! HA! THAT’LL SHOW THEM!

Freedman: I'm conflicted about Blake Corum. On the one hand, the Rams spent a top-100 pick on him last year, and he's currently slated to be the backup behind Kyren Williams, who wasn't efficient last year (4.2 yards per touch). On the other hand, the Rams just added competition for Corum this year in the form of fourth-round rookie Jarquez Hunter, and Corum last year was also inefficient (4.1 yards per touch). Still, every guy at this point of the draft is going to have some items in the con column, and at least Corum has theoretical upside as the No. 2 RB in HC Sean McVay's offense.

Allen: All right, I give up. I held off on TE long enough. With Green Bay breaking tradition and spending actual draft capital at WR, Tucker Kraft seemingly falls even farther down the cheese-filled totem pole (I don't know if it's actually filled with cheese, but I'm trying to make a Packers-themed joke, so just go with it, okay?). However, the GB TE tied with Jayden Reed for the most red-zone targets throughout the 2024 season. At this point in the draft, all I'm asking for my TE to do is fall in the end zone (preferably with the ball in their hands), anyway, so someone with Kraft's profile is an ideal candidate.

Jonathan: I've built plenty of depth at the RB and WR positions, so it is finally time to look at other positions. I wanted Tucker Kraft, but he went one pick before me (thanks, Chris). Dallas Goedert just re-worked his deal with the Eagles and gives me a solid floor at the TE position to start the season.

13th Round

Ian: I took the dagger in my heart and twisted it deeper by taking Justin Fields in Round 13. Not that I dislike Fields as a fantasy asset–he’s finished inside the position’s top-five players in fantasy points per dropback in three consecutive seasons–but now I can look at my team and see how extra pointless it was to take Kyler in Round 11 in the first place. See? Now I can laugh about this! We’re all good! We are laughing, having fun, and enjoying life!

Freedman: The Bears might pick up a veteran back via free agency, but for at least right now, Roschon Johnson looks like the RB2 in HC Ben Johnson's system, and starter D'Andre Swift might be vulnerable to competition.

Allen: Yes, I criticized other people for taking two TEs earlier. Yes, I did it, too. But they did it first, forcing me to do it later. Besides, the Patriots didn't do nearly enough at the skill positions to reduce Hunter Henry's role when the team gets into scoring position (team-high 23 targets).

Jonathan: Goedert is fine, but he's unlikely to be a league-winning pick, so I took Colston Loveland here to give me a ceiling at the position. He's a top-10 pick in a Ben Johnson offense, so I at least want to see what kind of role he has early in the season. I expect one of Luther Burden or Loveland to have a big rookie season, so I drafted them both, easy game.

14th Round

Ian: I finished things up by taking free agent Nick Chubb. It remains to be seen if/when he’ll sign with a new team, and the former workhorse was also quite bad last year following his brutal season-ending 2023 knee injury. Ultimately, I just thought this roster needed another aging former flame to really set itself apart—and I believe I achieved that goal here.

Freedman: Last year, after the Browns traded WR1 Amari Cooper and before suffering a season-ending injury in Week 12, Cedric Tillman balled out with 24-302-3 receiving on 40 targets in a four-game stretch. That's at least enough to suggest that Tillman has a chance to do something this season.

Allen: I took Elijah Mitchell to close things out as a guy that's on my radar. Isiah Pacheco has missed time in back-to-back seasons, and Kareem Hunt's time as a productive rusher is in the rearview mirror. While Mitchell has also dealt with his fair share of injuries, he's shown to be a capable rusher and receiver. Since his path to touches isn't as far-fetched if he can stay healthy, I'd at least want to draft him to start the season and see how things shake out.

Jonathan: When none of the elite QBs came back to me at the end of the fifth round, I knew I was going to wait a long time at the position. I ended up waiting until my final pick and taking C.J. Stroud to stack with my first-round pick. If Stroud has a bounceback season, he will look like a great value here, and if he struggles, I could cut him for any of the good options who went undrafted, like Justin Herbert, Dak Prescott, Trevor Lawrence, etc. 

Fantasy Football Mock Draft Analysis

What team do you like the most, outside of your own?

Ian: I thought Kendall AKA K-Dog (all her close friends call her K-Dog) put together a solid squad, although it’s interesting that she didn’t draft Cam Skattebo, considering her offseason motto is literally, “Draft Cam Skattebo at all costs.” So that’s interesting. I wouldn’t use the term “fraud”, but it’s interesting. Don’t you think that’s interesting?

Freedman: It would feel very on brand for me to say that I don't like anyone's team, including my own, but I suppose that's not an option, so I'll say that I like mrwiggles9's team. He waited until the final two rounds to address the QB position, and that allowed him to load up on all the positions beforehand, especially RB and WR.

Allen: I see the vision in what Jonathan was trying to do, and I dig the approach. A Nico-ARSB open is fire. Kyren Williams at RB1 as a workhorse anchor makes sense. And he can rotate in Brian Robinson as Omarion Hampton comes into his own. Plus, he snagged QB and TE(s) late to build depth at RB and WR. I might've taken one or two fewer rookies, but the overall strategy was solid.

Jonathan: Waz has the all-bounceback team with CMC, Breece Hall, Jaylen Waddle, Sam LaPorta, and Jayden Reed, among others. I dig it. These are all great players going at a discount because they disappointed last year. His team could easily be a juggernaut if a few of those guys return to form.

What pick was the biggest reach of the draft?

Ian: I love you, Sam Wallace, but what’s the upside scenario for Braelon Allen? If Breece Hall goes down, we’re looking at a probable split backfield with Isaiah Davis inside a bad offense with a dual-threat QB? Now, Sam will probably say something like, “I was teaching and more focused on shaping the future minds of our country as opposed to nailing a ninth-round pick in a mock draft in May.” And yeah, I guess that’s a good rebuttal. But yeah: You reached on Braelon Allen, bro.

Freedman: It's probably not fair for me to say this … but I just don't see WR/CB Travis Hunter as offering value in Round 6. At that spot, he feels priced way closer to his ceiling than his median.

Allen: I'm struggling with Najee Harris at the end of the seventh. Omarion Hampton's draft capital and running style don't leave much work for Harris. I get that there isn't much talent behind either RB, but without offering any speed or explosiveness as a pass-catcher, I don't see what Harris has to offer outside of what Hampton already brings to the table.

Jonathan: Keenan Allen in the eighth round was an eyebrow raiser for me. I think it is telling that he is still unsigned at this point in the offseason. The NFL doesn't seem to think highly of him, and the two teams he said he wanted to sign for, the Bears and Chargers, both addressed the WR position early in the draft.

What was the best value pick of the draft?

Ian: Caleb Williams in Round 14 from Jorge is pretty, pretty, pretty sweet, but he’s also probably like me and not even able to appreciate the value because we decided to ruin things by taking a QB who could very well be worse several rounds earlier. But yeah: Good pick, my friend!

Freedman: I like TE Jake Ferguson and RB Jaydon Blue as value picks respectively in the middle of Rounds 11 & 12. They both have a shot to have better-than-expected production in the Cowboys' offense this year.

Allen: The Jared Goff/Drake Maye combo from mrwiggles caught my eye. I usually only draft one QB, but those two together are intriguing as both have top-12 potential while having question marks heading into the season.

Jonathan: Jake Trowbridge getting RJ Harvey in the 7th round after other rookie RBs like TreVeyon Henderson, Quinshon Judkins, and Kaleb Johnson looks pretty nice to me. Harvey is in the best offense of that group and has the clearest path to touches. He goes nearly 20 picks higher than this in best ball drafts, which seems more appropriate than where he went in this mock.