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Fantasy Football Mock Draft: Young Running Backs Rising
As OTAs progress toward training camp, we continue to gear up for peak drafting season. Which young runners went in the early rounds of our 12-team mock?

Round 13

Pick Team Selection Position
145 Blair Ames LeGarrette Blount RB57
146 Abe Schwadron Ameer Abdullah RB58
147 Akash Bhatia James Washington WR70
148 Joseph Redemann George Kittle TE14
149 Dale Redman John Ross WR71
150 Brandon Gdula Jimmy Garoppolo QB8
151 JJ Zachariason Ben Roethlisberger QB9
152 Austan Kas Austin Ekeler RB59
153 Anthony Amico Patrick Mahomes QB10
154 Drew Crawford Kirk Cousins QB11
155 Jim Sannes Jordan Matthews WR72
156 Justin Freeman Jordan Wilkins RB60


Best Pick: Jordan Matthews

By the time the last few rounds roll around, you want to search for hidden upside at the skill positions. Successful fantasy footballers will tell you how important the last few rounds are. While your league mates are stockpiling kickers or drafting their third quarterback, astute owners will tell you they have won league titles with sharp picks late in the draft.

One such option, Jordan Matthews, signed a one-year "prove it" deal with the Patriots following a down year which saw him get traded from the Eagles to the Bills. Still only entering his age-26 season, Matthews steps into a New England offense who traded Brandin Cooks in the offseason, has Julian Edelman coming off an ACL tear and saw Chris Hogan lose seven games to injury in 2017. The wide receiver situation in New England can definitely be considered "murky", but we have seen that huge fantasy seasons usually are produced from Patriots' pass-catchers.

In this case, Matthews is worth the cost at the end of Round 13, as a player who is being drafted at a discount at this point in the offseason.

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