Fantasy Football Mock Draft: Quarterbacks Fall, Wide Receivers Rise
Round 1
| Overall Pick | Team | Selection | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jake Kent | Antonio Brown | WR1 |
| 2 | Tyler Buecher | Julio Jones | WR2 |
| 3 | Jim Sannes | Odell Beckham | WR3 |
| 4 | Matt Blair | David Johnson | RB1 |
| 5 | Joseph Nammour | A.J. Green | WR4 |
| 6 | Stan Son | Ezekiel Elliott | RB2 |
| 7 | Aaron Watson | Todd Gurley | RB3 |
| 8 | JJ Zachariason | DeAndre Hopkins | WR5 |
| 9 | Jacob Gibbs | Dez Bryant | WR6 |
| 10 | Sam Hauss | Keenan Allen | WR7 |
| 11 | Jason Schandl | Jamaal Charles | RB4 |
| 12 | Jordan Hoover | Allen Robinson | WR8 |
Best Pick: Antonio Brown
Maybe it's lame that I'm calling Antonio Brown the best pick of the first round, but it's hard to say otherwise. According to our metrics this year, Brown's top comparable season -- that is, a historical season that compares most favorably to what we could expect from Brown -- is Marvin Harrison's 2002 campaign. You know, that one year he just went out and broke the single-season receptions mark.
I ended up selecting Hopkins with the eighth overall selection, and while I don't think anyone should see it as a bad pick, a strong argument can be made that he's a tad overvalued entering this year. That's thanks to his splits when the Texans defense played to their actual potential last year as well as the team's tendency to run the ball. Oh, what's that? I wrote an article on him being overvalued? You can peep that here.
