Fantasy Football 2024: Printable Cheat Sheet and PPR Mock Draft Strategy
Less than a week remains before the opening kick of the 2024 NFL season.
This is the prime drafting time in the fantasy football world. It's also a great time to run through some mock drafts with however much time you have remaining before your actual talent grab.
Mock drafts should always teach you something, so we'll lay out a couple of pointers to help make sure that's the case. First, though, we'll run through a three-round mock put together with FantasyPros' mock draft simulator.
Printable cheat sheets for fantasy drafts can be found at ESPN.com and could be a valuable tool at your draft.
12-Team, 3-Round PPR Mock Draft
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Round 1
1. Christian McCaffrey, RB, SF
2. CeeDee Lamb, WR, DAL
3. Tyreek Hill, WR, MIA
4. Justin Jefferson, WR, MIN
5. Bijan Robinson, RB, ATL
6. Amon-Ra St. Brown, WR, DET
7. Ja'Marr Chase, WR, CIN
8. Breece Hall, RB, NYJ
9. A.J. Brown, WR, PHI
10. Garrett Wilson, WR, NYJ
11. Saquon Barkley, RB, PHI
12. Jahmyr Gibbs, RB, DET
Round 2
13. Marvin Harrison Jr., WR, ARI
14. Puka Nacua, WR, LAR
15. Josh Allen, QB, BUF
16. Jonathan Taylor, RB, IND
17. Travis Etienne Jr., RB, JAX
18. Jaylen Waddle, WR, MIA
19. Davante Adams, WR, LV
20. Kyren Williams, RB, LAR
21. Drake London, WR, ATL
22. Derrick Henry, RB, BAL
23. Chris Olave, WR, NO
24. Isiah Pacheco, RB, KC
Round 3
25. Travis Kelce, TE, KC
26. Cooper Kupp, WR, LAR
27. Brandon Aiyuk, WR, SF
28. Sam LaPorta, TE, DET
29. James Cook, RB, BUF
30. Jalen Hurts, QB, PHI
31. Josh Jacobs, RB, GB
32. De'Von Achane, RB, MIA
33. Michael Pittman Jr., WR, IND
34. Nico Collins, WR, HOU
35. Deebo Samuel Sr., WR, SF
36. Rachaad White, RB, TB
Take Different Approaches in Different Makes
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If you seek out a dozen fantasy football experts, you might find yourself steered in a dozen different directions.
That's because there are multiple paths that can lead you to a fantasy title.
This is your chance to explore those paths. Even if you see some merit in waiting to take your first quarterback, you should run through a mock or two in which you spend an early pick on Josh Allen, Jalen Hurts or Patrick Mahomes. Maybe the resulting roster will look stronger than you think.
If you have the time to do a lot of mocks, you should try out every draft strategy you can find. What happens when your first six picks are all running backs and receivers? What about when you don't use any of your first five picks on a running back? Is there an opportunity cost for setting the market on a tight end, or do you simply gain a leg up at one of fantasy's most shallow positions?
Be Willing To Take Reasonable Risks
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It's possible you'll be pretty risk-averse when it comes to your actual draft. And that can be fine. Avoiding risk all costs might deny you chances at collecting big rewards, but it's sensible to seek out security, especially early in the draft.
Mock drafts should be different, though.
There are no seasonlong stakes attached to the picks, so you should be willing to throw more darts. You should be stepping outside of your comfort zone and seeing what happens when you do things you normally wouldn't.
What you don't want to do, though, is start doing things no one would do at an actual draft. There's a difference between risk-taking and being reckless, and if you veer toward the latter you might distort the draft board in ways that make the results too unrealistic to offer any actual information.
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