2016 Fantasy Football PPR Mock Draft: Round 6
- Mock start date: Saturday, July 9th- Mock end date: Monday, July 18th
Scoring: This mock draft is based on a point-per-reception (PPR) scoring format 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 and one point per reception.
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 6 of our 2016 Fantasy Football PPR Mock Draft:
6.01 - Dan Yanotchko (Team 3): Travis Kelce, TE, Kansas City Chiefs
Kelce's 2015 numbers (875 yards and five touchdowns) were nearly identical to his 2014 numbers (862 yards and five touchdowns). Among tight ends, only Rob Gronkowski (2,300), Greg Olsen (2,112) and Delanie Walker (1,978) have more receiving yards than Kelce (1,737) over the past two seasons.
6.02 - Kevin Hanson (Team 3): 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.
6.03 - Brendan Donahue (Team 3): Ben Roethlisberger, QB, Pittsburgh Steelers
For a second consecutive season, Big Ben has led the NFL in passing yards per game (328.2/G in 2015). Even with the full-season suspension of Martavis Bryant, Roethlisberger has top-five upside provided he can stay healthy for 16 games. That said, Roethlisberger has now missed at least three games in half of his past six seasons.
6.04 - Brendan Donahue (Team 2): Larry Fitzgerald, WR, Arizona Cardinals
Fitzgerald got off to a phenomenal four-game start: 30/432/5. Naturally, his pace slowed from that torrid start, but he finished the year with a career-high 109 receptions for 1,215 yards, his first 1,000-yard campaign in four years, and nine touchdowns. I still expect Fitzgerald to be the most productive of the team's receivers in PPR, but Michael Floyd and John Brown will be right behind him.
6.05 - Sean Beazley (Team 3): Eric Decker, WR, New York Jets
Scoring a touchdown in 12 of 15 games, Decker's weekly production was extremely consistent: 11.7-plus PPR points every week. While he finished as a weekly top-12 fantasy wide receiver only twice, he never finished worse than PPR WR34 last season. That consistency led to WR14 full-season finish in PPR scoring in 2015.
6.06 - Sean Beazley (Team 2): Donte Moncrief, WR, Indianapolis Colts
In his sophomore campaign, Moncrief doubled his reception total from 32 to 64 catches for 733 yards and six touchdowns. Moncrief had turf toe surgery earlier this offseason, but he recently began running routes again. With an ideal combination of size (6-2, 222) and athleticism (4.40 forty, 39.5-inch vertical), the 22-year-old (turns 23 in August) Moncrief has plenty of breakout appeal heading into his third season provided Andrew Luck stays healthy.
6.07 - Dan Yanotchko (Team 2): Sterling Shepard, WR, New York Giants
I like Shepard, but not as much as Dan based on his selection here. Shepard has a ninth-round ADP in PPR (per FFC) so I'm not the only one that thinks this is a little early. That said, the Giants used a top-40 pick on Shepard, who should be the No. 2 option behind Odell Beckham and I could see Shepard finishing with 60-plus catches as a rookie.
- Related: New York Giants 2016 Fantasy Football Projections - More teams
6.08 - Dan Yanotchko (Team 1): Tyler Eifert, TE, Cincinnati Bengals
Averaging a touchdown per game, Eifert finished 2015 with 52 catches for 615 yards and 13 touchdowns over 13 games and the sixth-most fantasy points among tight ends in 2016. Exceeding 53 yards in only three games, all of which occurred by Week 5, Eifert averaged only 37.88 YPG over his final eight games played. Given the team's free-agent losses in the passing game, Eifert should see a bump in targets in 2016 when he's healthy. The concern is that Eifert (ankle surgery) could miss the start of the season.
6.09 - Kevin Hanson (Team 2): Frank Gore, RB, Indianapolis Colts
Gore fell just shy of the 1,000-yard milestone with 967 yards on 260 carries and a career-low 3.7 YPC in his first season with the Colts. That said, Gore's efficiency was much better with Luck (4.11 YPC) than Matt Hasselbeck (3.44 YPC). With a healthy Luck and improved offensive line, Gore, who was fantasy's RB12 last season, should be more consistent week to week even though he recently turned 33 years old.
- Related: Frank Gore 2016 Fantasy Football Profile and Outlook
6.10 - Kevin Hanson (Team 1): Jonathan Stewart, RB, Carolina Panthers
There are a couple of concerns with Stewart: (1) durability and (2) Cam Newton-vultured touchdowns. After all, Newton has the third-most rushing touchdowns since entering the league in 2011. Before a Week 14 injury, however, Stewart had eight consecutive games with 20-plus carries so the workload is there when healthy even though he has missed at least three games in four consecutive seasons.
6.11 - Brendan Donahue (Team 1): John Brown, WR, Arizona Cardinals
In Year 2, Brown finished with 65 catches for 1,003 yards and seven touchdowns as he scored the 25th-most fantasy points (PPR) 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.
6.12 - Sean Beazley (Team 1): Ameer Abdullah, RB, Detroit Lions
Atop the team's depth chart with Joique Bell no longer on the roster, Abdullah has some breakout potential in 2016. Abdullah rushed for 597 yards on 143 carries, added 25 catches for 183 yards and scored three total touchdowns as a rookie. No team ran the ball on a lower percentage of their plays last season, but the Lions should be a little more balanced on offense this year following Megatron's retirement.
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