2016 Fantasy Football Mock Draft: Round 5
- Mock start date: Saturday, May 14th- Mock end date: Saturday, May 28th
Scoring: This mock draft is based on standard-scoring formats and is for the 2016 season only (i.e., not keeper or dynasty leagues). Passing touchdowns are worth four points while rushing and receiving touchdowns are worth six points. In addition, one point is earned per 25 passing yards, 10 rushing or 10 receiving yards.
In this mock draft, four of our contributors -- Kevin Hanson, Brendan Donahue, Sean Beazley and Dan Yanotchko -- will each draft for three (of 12) teams.
Note: This is a "slow" mock, but picks will be added once they are made with commentary from Kevin Hanson.
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Here is Round 5 of our post-draft 2016 Fantasy Football Mock Draft:
5.01 - Dan Yanotchko (Team 1): Allen Hurns, WR, Jacksonville Jaguars
In a breakout second season, Hurns finished with 1,031 yards and 10 touchdowns. Along with teammate Allen Robinson, the two Allens were among only nine wide receivers to post 1,000/10 lines in 2015. With an improved team outlook, the Jaguars are unlikely to rank second pass-play percentage (65.02%) once again, but Hurns is a solid WR3 in 2016.
5.02 - Brendan Donahue (Team 1): Carlos Hyde, RB, San Francisco 49ers
A stress fracture in his foot limited Hyde to just seven games last season, but he should benefit from playing in an up-tempo, run-heavy Chip Kelly offense. The Eagles have ranked in the top-11 in rush attempts in all three of his seasons in Philadelphia. Provided he stays healthy, Hyde has a lot of upside in 2016.
5.03 - Kevin Hanson (Team 1): Jay Ajayi, RB, Miami Dolphins
With Lamar Miller in Houston and the Dolphins only using a third-round pick on Alabama's Kenyan Drake, Ajayi's workload is certain to jump in his sophomore campaign. Beginning last season on short-term IR, Ajayi plans to shed about 10 pounds to be shiftier after averaging just 3.8 YPC as a rookie.
5.04 - Kevin Hanson (Team 2): Ryan Mathews, RB, Philadelphia Eagles
Earlier this offseason, Mathews was reportedly available for trade, but he enters the season as Philadelphia's lead back. The Eagles drafted Wendell Smallwood in the fifth round and still have the versatile Darren Sproles, but Mathews should get close to 250 touches if he stay healthy for a full season.
5.05 - Sean Beazley (Team 1): Jordan Matthews, WR, Philadelphia Eagles
Matthews improved on his rookie numbers with 85 receptions (67 as a rookie) and 997 yards (872 as a rookie) and once again hauled in eight touchdown receptions, but fantasy owners had bigger expectations from Matthews. On a positive note, six of his eight touchdowns came in his final six games and he finished with 100-plus yards in two of his final three games.
5.06 - Sean Beazley (Team 2): Matt Jones, RB, Washington Redskins
Impressive during the preseason (7.0 YPC), Jones had a couple of big games in the regular season -- 19/123/2 rushing in Week 2 and 187 YFS in Week 10. That said, Jones averaged just 3.4 YPC on the season, fumbled five times on 163 touches and missed three games last season. The good news, though, is Jones will get a large workload as the Redskins have limited depth behind Jones.
5.07 - Brendan Donahue (Team 2): Greg Olsen, TE, Carolina Panthers
Olsen followed up his first career 1,000-yard season with another (77/1,104/7) and scored fourth-most fantasy points among tight ends in 2015. The durable and consistent tight end enters 2016 as a top-three tight end.
5.08 - Brendan Donahue (Team 3): Aaron Rodgers, QB, Green Bay Packers
The loss of Jordy Nelson (ACL) for the season hurt the offense in general and Rodgers production in particular. Rodgers completed 60.7 percent of his attempts for just 6.7 Y/A, both of which were lows since becoming a starter (2008). Before this season, however, Rodgers finished as the QB1 or QB2 in all full seasons as a starter and I'd be comfortable drafting him after Cam Newton (and perhaps Andrew Luck).
5.09 - Dan Yanotchko (Team 2): John Brown, WR, Arizona Cardinals
In Year 2, Brown finished with 65 catches for 1,003 yards and seven touchdowns as he scored the 22nd-most fantasy points among wide receivers. All three of the team's top-three receivers, however, are limited some by the presence of the other two, but the arrow is certainly pointing up for the speedy third-year receiver.
5.10 - Dan Yanotchko (Team 3): Tavon Austin, WR, St. Louis Rams
Even though Austin had just 473 receiving yards, the versatile receiver had a total of 907 yards from scrimmage and 10 touchdowns including a punt return touchdown. Even though Austin finished as a top-20 fantasy wide receiver in 2015, I don't expect a repeat performance in 2016 and there are several receivers still on the board (Golden Tate, Michael Floyd, etc. to name a few) that I'd prefer over Austin.
5.11 - Kevin Hanson (Team 3): Golden Tate, WR, Detroit Lions
Tate followed up a career-best season (99/1,331/4 in 2014) with another 90-catch season although he averaged just 9.0 Y/R in 2015. With the retirement of Calvin Johnson, however, Tate should lead the team in targets and he's been productive in the games that Megatron has missed. Tate should easily exceed his WR30 draft slot in this mock.
5.12 - Sean Beazley (Team 3): Michael Floyd, WR, Arizona Cardinals
While Floyd once again failed to exceed 1,000 yards, he finished the season strong after a slow start. A nice value here, Floyd exceeded the 100-yard mark in five of his final eight regular-season games in 2015.
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