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Fantasy Football Mock Draft, 12-Team PPR: Clyde Edwards-Helaire at No. 4

By Cody Williams

Clyde Edwards-Helaire, Kansas City Chiefs (Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty Images)
Clyde Edwards-Helaire, Kansas City Chiefs (Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty Images) /
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Round 14

  • Team 12 (14.01) – Anthony McFarland, RB, PIT
  • Team 11 (14.02) – Zane Gonzalez, K, ARI
  • Team 10 (14.03) – Wil Lutz, K, NO
  • Team 9 (14.04) – Ryan Tannehill, QB, TEN
  • Team 8 (14.05) – LeSean McCoy, RB, KC
  • Team 7 (14.06) – Nyheim Hines, RB, IND
  • Team 6 (14.07) – Greg Zuerlein, K, DAL
  • Team 5 (14.08) – New Orleans D/ST
  • Team 4* (14.09) – Tampa Bay D/ST
  • Team 3 (14.10) – Seattle D/ST
  • Team 2 (14.11) – Carlos Hyde, RB, HOU
  • Team 1 (14.12) – Kansas City D/ST

Full disclosure, you could take or leave defenses as far as I’m concerned. Yes, you don’t want to take a team like the Giants, whose defense might be a sieve this season. But I’m a bigger proponent of streaming defenses than having to spend a pick prior to the last two rounds on one. It’s as simple as that.

Just in case you don’t live by that mantra, though, I went ahead and selected Tampa Bay’s defense, a unit that should get a bit more love. They were a top-10 unit against the run last season and have an impressive pass rush. If the secondary can improve to generate more turnovers, they could be a consistent enough defense for you to rely on throughout the entire year.

Round 15

  • Team 1 (15.01) – Younghoe Koo, K, ATL
  • Team 2 (15.02) – Robbie Gould, K, SF
  • Team 3 (15.03) – Matt Prater, K, DET
  • Team 4* (15.04) – Jason Myers, K, SEA
  • Team 5 (15.05) – Dan Bailey, K, MIN
  • Team 6 (15.06) – Bryce Love, RB, WAS
  • Team 7 (15.07) – Jerick McKinnon, RB, SF
  • Team 8 (15.08) – Jack Doyle, TE, IND
  • Team 9 (15.09) – T.J. Hockenson, TE, DET
  • Team 10 (15.10) – John Brown, WR, BUF
  • Team 11 (15.11) – N’Keal Harry, WR, NE
  • Team 12 (15.12) – Ka’imi Fairbairn, K, HOU

For the most part, kickers aren’t going to win or lose you a week in fantasy football unless there is a complete outlier performance, which is impossible to predict. That’s why I always wait until the final round of a draft to select one. And when I do so, there is a simple strategy I take: Find an offense that is good but that also has some shortcomings.

Jason Myers with the Seahawks fits that to a T. Seattle has more than enough potential as an offense but, because of their historical style of play that’s insistent on relying on the run, they often come up short of a touchdown. That could put Myers in a consistent position to kick and give your fantasy lineup a little boost.

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