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Fantasy Football Mock Draft: Where Are the Quarterbacks?
The numberFire staff held a fantasy football mock draft as we get set for the 2017 NFL season to kick off. Some picks will surprise you.

Round 2

Overall Pick Team Selection Position
13 Charlie Kleinheksel Devonta Freeman RB6
14 Brandon Gdula Michael Thomas WR8
15 Sam Hauss Jay Ajayi RB7
16 Austan Kas DeMarco Murray RB8
17 Alan Goldsher Jordan Howard RB9
18 Matt Blair Doug Baldwin WR9
19 Abe Schwadron Amari Cooper WR10
20 Jim Sannes Dez Bryant WR11
21 Matt Musico Demaryius Thomas WR12
22 Barry Cohen Rob Gronkowski TE1
23 Joseph Nammour Sammy Watkins WR13
24 JJ Zachariason Todd Gurley RB10


Best Pick: Devonta Freeman

Let's keep this ATLiens theme going.

Running back Devonta Freeman fell to the second round even though our draft rankings have him tabbed as the fifth-best player in fantasy for 2017. While there are valid reasons to believe Freeman may be overvalued, getting him sixth among running backs and in the second round is a good deal. Freeman has finished the last two seasons as the RB6 (2016) and RB1 (2015), and our algorithm projects Freeman to have a similar season to what he did last year.

Freeman gets the luxury of facing the New Orleans Saints defense in Weeks 14 and 16 during the fantasy playoffs -- one of the easiest schedules in the playoffs among running backs. He also has a very easy schedule to begin the season.

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