Fantasy Football Mock Draft Using Matthew Berry's Sleeper Rankings: CeeDee Lamb At 1.10

The mock drafts continue.

We’ll once again be using Matthew Berry’s fantasy football rankings as a guideline, one of the many awesome features available to you in the Draft Champion mock draft simulator. But this time, we’ll be doing so using Sleeper’s fantasy football ADP, which tends to create a handful of value opportunities.

You can check out the entire draft here.

Matthew Berry's Rankings Used For Sleeper Fantasy Football Mock Draft

1.10: CeeDee Lamb | WR | Dallas Cowboys

In most drafts, I would have easily drafted James Cook, who fell to the 1.11 in this draft. But I’ve drafted him in so many of these mocks and I wanted to switch it up, deploying a WR-RB start, which I haven’t done in a mock yet.

So CeeDee Lamb it is.

Because of last year’s breakout from George Pickens, Lamb is becoming somewhat of an overlooked Round 1 player this summer. An ankle injury and some poor touchdown luck limited Lamb to 14.4 PPG, the worst mark since his rookie season. He still eclipsed 1,000 yards on 75 catches thanks to a career-best 14.4 yards per reception. But overall, it was a strange season for Lamb, who didn’t help himself with eight drops (second most).

The addition of Pickens did cut into Lamb’s volume a bit, as his target share 23% and TPRR (25%) dropped by 4% and 3%, respectively. Fortunately, Dallas’ pace and play volume can help make up for added target competition. And following the Cowboys’ Week 10 bye, Lamb was pretty damn good, averaging 8.9 targets, 5.6 receptions, 83.1 yards and 15.6 PPR PPG from Weeks 11-17 (Dallas starters played less than half of Week 18).

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2.03: Derrick Henry | RB | Baltimore Ravens

Matthew does have Omarion Hampton ranked ahead of Derrick Henry in full PPR formats, but in half PPR, Henry is ahead. I actually have Henry ranked higher in both formats, so this was an easy decision for me, despite the hype and excitement surrounding Hampton. Sure, Henry is entering his age-32 season, but he continues to buck the trend. And since joining the Ravens in 2024, only Josh Jacobs has more goal-to-go carries than Henry’s 58.

3.10: Zay Flowers | WR | Baltimore Ravens

Admittedly, I did not plan on drafting Baltimore’s top two skill position players on one team.

Let’s go, Declan Doyle?

Zay Flowers is coming off a career-best season, setting personal bests in receptions (86) and receiving yards (1,211). His 30% target share was also the highest of his career, as Flowers continues to operate as Baltimore’s clear top target. Flowers finished as the WR12 on a points per game basis (14.3), with his strong season sandwiched between a pair of monster showings to start and finish the year.

Week 1: 7-143-1 (WR1)
Week 18: 4-138-2 (WR1)

Flowers hasn’t cleared 5 touchdowns yet in his career, and since entering the NFL in 2023, his 18 end-zone targets ranks 45th among all receivers. As a result, we saw just four top-12 fantasy finishes from Flowers a year ago, while he was outside the top-24 wideouts on eight different occasions. At 5-foot-9, 182 pounds, Flowers isn’t exactly the most ideal end-zone target, especially with Lamar Jackson targeting the tight end position over 41% of the time in the red zone since 2023.

However, a change in offense could see more schemed red-zone usage for Flowers.

The Ravens brought in Doyle to run the offense, which is exciting considering he was alongside Ben Johnson in Chicago last year. Although Doyle wasn’t alongside Johnson in Detroit, you’d have to imagine the offensive recipe is very similar. And during Johnson’s time as the Lions’ OC from 2022-24, no wideout in football saw more targets from motion in the red zone than Amon-Ra St. Brown. The Sun God has a little more size and physicality than Flowers, but so many of those scores were perfectly designed looks for St. Brown to find daylight and run into the end zone. I could easily see Doyle implementing similar concepts for Flowers when the Ravens are in close.

4.03: Jaylen Waddle | WR | Denver Broncos

Move along. Nothing to see here. Just Adam drafting Jaylen Waddle once again.

I continue to draft Waddle ahead of Tetairoa McMillan, Luther Burden and now Emeka Egbuka. And I have zero hesitation doing so. Sleeper’s ADP reflects quite the opposite, with everyone but Burden still coming off draft boards ahead of Waddle.

If I had a list of five players I am 100% planting my flag on, Waddle wouldn’t just make the list—he might headline it. Denver’s OC Davis Webb, who had a front-row seat, likened Waddle’s potential Broncos impact to Stefon Diggs’ when he was traded to the Buffalo Bills.

5.10: Bhayshul Tuten | RB | Jacksonville Jaguars

Bhayshul Tuten is suddenly finding himself on a lot of my rosters. Maybe it’s because I always need a running back in Round 5. Or maybe I just talked myself into Tuten a hell of a lot more after writing an in-depth piece on him a few weeks ago.

With Henry providing a solid floor, I like the idea of Tuten as an upside RB2.

6.03: Tyler Warren | TE | Indianapolis Colts

I don’t always draft tight ends in the sixth round of fantasy drafts.

But when I do, I make sure it’s Tyler Warren.

Seemingly everyone in the Colts passing attack is dealing with an injury. So at this point, it might come down to whoever is the last man standing. Warren seems to be recovered from a minor groin injury and with Josh Downs and Alec Pierce banged up, it’s entirely possible the tight end leads Indianapolis in targets this season. We have a 140-route sample of Warren playing with both Michael Pittman Jr. and Pierce off the field during his rookie year. In that split, Warren was targeted on nearly 25% of routes, while posting a 21% target share. He’s already a candidate to see more designed looks without Pittman, plus we’d likely be even more excited about him heading into his sophomore season if the Colts didn’t lose Daniel Jones in the second half of last year.

7.10: Dak Prescott | QB | Dallas Cowboys

This came down to Dak Prescott or Justin Herbert (who remains an elite value on Sleeper). But I gave Prescott the edge simply to pair him with Lamb.

He missed most of the 2020 season with a fractured ankle, but from 2021 on, Prescott has been one of the busiest quarterbacks in all of football. From 2021-25, Prescott ranks sixth in the league in both pass attempts per game (35.2) and dropbacks per game (38.5). During that span, Prescott has been one of the most productive and efficient passers in the league:

262.2 passing YPG (5th)
1.96 passing TD (3rd)
5.6% TD rate (4th)
36.4% 1D/Att (9th)
18.4 FPPG (9th)

8.03: Tony Pollard | RB | Tennessee Titans

This selection didn’t excite me, especially considering the Tennessee preseason usage suggests much more of a split backfield than originally anticipated. But when you draft a tight end in the first six rounds, your FLEX is likely to underwhelm a little bit, at least on paper.

9.10: Michael Pittman Jr. | WR | Pittsburgh Steelers

DK Metcalf continues to come off draft boards earlier than Michael Pittman Jr. That just doesn’t feel right to me. Pittsburgh traded for Pittman this offseason and I immediately believe he steps in and leads this team in receiving. He may not have the overall talent and upside as Metcalf, but Pittman meshes with Rodgers much better, which is more important.

As his career has progressed, Rodgers has become a lot more reliant on quick-hitting slant routes and timing concepts. Over the last two seasons, no quarterback has targeted slant routes more than Rodgers (96). Pittman, meanwhile, was often used on such concepts, especially on RPO plays, during his time in Indianapolis. This past season, his 15 targets off slant routes were good for the eighth-most in football. The way Pittman wins correlates with where Rodgers wants to go with the football, which is why he’s my highest-ranked Steelers wide receiver.

10.03: Jordan Mason | RB | Minnesota Vikings

Jordan Mason in Round 10 felt like a great value, especially in a half-PPR format. Reports out of Minnesota indicate that Mason is going to lead the Vikings backfield this season, at least on early downs. He was once again efficient last year, averaging 4.8 yards per carry, and his main competition for touches is 31-year-old Aaron Jones, who missed four games due to injury this past season.

Final Roster of Fantasy Football Mock Draft Using Matthew Berry's Sleeper Rankings

QB: Dak Prescott

RB: Derrick Henry

RB: Bhayshul Tuten

WR: CeeDee Lamb

WR: Zay Flowers

WR: Jaylen Waddle

TE: Tyler Warren

FLEX: Tony Pollard

K: Cam Little

DST: Jaguars

Bench: Michael Pittman Jr.