Fantasy Football Mock Draft, 10-team PPR: Ekeler in Round 2

Round 6

• Team 10 (6.01): Cam Akers, RB, LAR
• Team 9 (6.02): Courtland Sutton, WR, DEN
• Team 8 (6.03): Mark Ingram, RB, BAL
• Team 7* (6.04): Dak Prescott, QB, DAL
• Team 6 (6.05): Keenan Allen, WR, LAC
• Team 5 (6.06): Kareem Hunt, RB, CLE
• Team 4 (6.07): Russell Wilson, RB, SEA
• Team 3 (6.08): Devin Singletary, RB, BUF
• Team 2 (6.09): Marquise Brown, WR, BAL
• Team 1 (6.10): Ronald Jones II, RB, TB

There’s no question that Lamar Jackson and Patrick Mahomes belong in the top tier of quarterbacks by themselves. After that duo, though, it seems that guys such as Dak Prescott, Russell Wilson, Deshaun Watson and Kyler Murray are lumped together. But to me, Prescott is a slight cut above that group.

Not only did the Cowboys signal-caller finish as the QB2 in 2019 with over 4,900 yards and a career-high 30 touchdowns. Some are thinking that he would regress but I truthfully don’t understand why. Not only do I expect Mike McCarthy to gear more towards the passing attack given his tendencies and the weapons at wide receiver but Prescott is also entering his prime. That might actually be the baseline for what he is as a player so to get him in Round 6 feels like solid value.

Round 7

• Team 1 (7.01): David Montgomery, RB, CHI
• Team 2 (7.02): Darren Waller, TE, LV
• Team 3 (7.03): T.Y. Hilton, WR, IND
• Team 4 (7.04): J.K. Dobbins, RB, BAL
• Team 5 (7.05): Kyler Murray, QB, ARI
• Team 6 (7.06): DeVante Parker, WR, MIA
• Team 7* (7.07): Stefon Diggs, WR, BUF
• Team 8 (7.08): Will Fuller, WR, HOU
• Team 9 (7.09): Deshaun Watson, QB, HOU
• Team 10 (7.10): Tyler Boyd, WR, CIN

Say what you will about Josh Allen — and there is plenty to say — but the Bills young quarterback helped produce a 1,000-yard receiver last season with new arrival John Brown, who finished the year with 72 catches for 1,060 yards and six scores. So with Stefon Diggs arriving in Buffalo, it’s completely reasonable to think that he can be a 1,000-yard receiver for this offense.

The risk with Diggs and why he’s available in Round 7 is the fact that he thrived as a deep threat in Minnesota and Allen, for all of his elite arm strength, has been horribly inaccurate on throws down the field to this point in his career. Diggs isn’t a one-trick pony, though, and will be the focal point of this passing offense. As such, he should easily be a WR2 this season with the potential to be a WR1 if Allen takes a step forward in his development as a passer.