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

By Cody Williams

Austin Ekeler, Los Angeles Chargers (Photo by Rob Leiter via Getty Images)
Austin Ekeler, Los Angeles Chargers (Photo by Rob Leiter via Getty Images) /
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Round 8

  • Team 10 (8.01): Antonio Gibson, RB, WAS
  • Team 9 (8.02): Michael Gallup, WR, DAL
  • Team 8 (8.03): Matt Ryan, QB, ATL
  • Team 7* (8.04): Evan Engram, TE, NYG
  • Team 6 (8.05): James White, RB, NE
  • Team 5 (8.06): Julian Edelman, WR, NE
  • Team 4 (8.07): Hayden Hurst, TE, ATL
  • Team 3 (8.08): Drew Brees, QB, NO
  • Team 2 (8.09): D’Andre Swift, RB, DET
  • Team 1 (8.10): Aaron Rodgers, QB, GB

If Evan Engram had played 16 games last season, the Giants tight end would’ve end up with 88 catches on 136 targets for 934 yards and six touchdowns. On a per-game basis, he was the TE7 in fantasy football in the 2019 season. But therein lies the rub with Engram. Health has been an issue for his three seasons in the league, which makes him a risky selection.

With people assuming that Daniel Jones makes a leap in his second season, that should mean that Engram has more potential to produce. And if there was a guarantee that he’d be healthy for even 14 games this season after playing in only eight last year, he’s likely go off the board in the first six rounds. So to get a player with that type of upside in the eighth round makes him worth the gamble in my opinion.

Round 9

  • Team 1 (9.01): A.J. Green, WR, CIN
  • Team 2 (9.02): Zack Moss, RB, BUF
  • Team 3 (9.03): Jarvis Landry, WR, CLE
  • Team 4 (9.04): Jordan Howard, RB, MIA
  • Team 5 (9.05): Deebo Samuel, WR, SF
  • Team 6 (9.06): Brandin Cooks, WR, HOU
  • Team 7* (9.07): Tarik Cohen, RB, CHI
  • Team 8 (9.08): Rob Gronkowski, TE, TB
  • Team 9 (9.09): Marlon Mack, RB, IND
  • Team 10 (9.10): Tom Brady, QB, TB

On a larger scale, the Chicago Bears offense absolutely terrifies me. I don’t have faith in Mitchell Trubisky or Nick Foles to lead a coherent unit that makes a big impact. So while that may hurt my opinion of Allen Robinson or Anthony Miller, it leads me to believe even further in Tarik Cohen as a PPR option, especially in the ninth round.

As the quarterbacks check down, Cohen is the beneficiary as a safety valvle out of the backfield. He has 195 targets over the past two seasons with 150 receptions. Though you’d like to see a bit more yardage (1,181) and touchdown (8) production than what he’s had in the past two seasons, the fact that he’s going to continue to be used in that role gives him solid FLEX upside in PPR formats.

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