In a 12-team league, the talent pool gets shallow quickly. Players you can wait on in a smaller format, such as a 10-team league?
Those guys come off the board much earlier with two extra picks per round. And that matters when building your overall draft strategy.
For example, if you usually wait on quarterbacks and tight ends -- which is a defining aspect of my personal draft philosophy -- you need to be prepared to jump in quicker at both spots. That tight end I usually grab in the 11th or 12th round of a 10-team format?
He's gone when you have 12 teams drafting. In this mock, a total of 17 tight ends and 19 quarterbacks were taken by managers who intend to stream them or prefer to secure their bye week and injury options now rather than count on the waiver wire later.
And the same can be said for your late-round adds, such as a rookie wide receiver or a potential sleeper at the running back spot who just needs an opportunity to burst onto the scene. With two more teams in the mix?
Don't get caught sleeping. Even your dart throws in the 13th and 14th rounds start to lean out.
This is also a reminder to do weekly mocks for your draft prep -- using multiple formats. Find out what works and start to track player movement (based on league size) as you build out your board.
And this is the time of the year to experiment while getting the necessary reps to be game-ready for the fall. Joining me in this 12-team PPR mock are fellow ESPN analysts Stephania Bell, Daniel Dopp, Eric Karabell, Liz Loza and Field Yates, NFL reporter Dan Graziano, researcher Kevin Pulsifer and editors Pierre Becquey, Tom Carpenter, Joe Kaiser and Keith Lipscomb.
Individual rosters are displayed below the round-by-round results. Want to hone your draft strategy?
Our Mock Draft Lobby a variety of league formats you can practice drafting, including league-specific practice drafts against autodrafters. Round 1 1.
Jahmyr Gibbs , DET (RB1) -- Bowen 2. Bijan Robinson , ATL (RB2) -- Yates 3.
Ja'Marr Chase , CIN (WR1) -- Becquey 4. Puka Nacua , LAR (WR2) -- Dopp 5.
Jaxon Smith-Njigba , SEA (WR3) -- Karabell 6. Christian McCaffrey , SF (RB3) -- Bell 7.
Jonathan Taylor , IND (RB4) -- Lipscomb 8. Amon-Ra St.
Brown , DET (WR4) -- Pulsifer 9. CeeDee Lamb , DAL (WR5) -- Carpenter 10.
De'Von Achane , MIA (RB5) -- Graziano 11. Ashton Jeanty , LV (RB6) -- Kaiser 12.
James Cook III , BUF (RB7) -- Loza Round 2 13. Justin Jefferson , MIN (WR6) -- Loza 14.
Saquon Barkley , PHI (RB8) -- Kaiser 15. Drake London , ATL (WR7) -- Graziano 16.
Jeremiyah Love , ARI (RB9) -- Carpenter 17. Brock Bowers , LV (TE1) -- Pulsifer 18.
Omarion Hampton , LAC (RB10) -- Lipscomb 19. Derrick Henry , BAL (RB11) -- Bell 20.
Josh Jacobs , GB (RB12) -- Karabell 21. Kenneth Walker III , KC (RB13) -- Dopp 22.
Trey McBride , ARI (TE2) -- Becquey 23. A.J.
Brown , NE (WR8) -- Yates 24. Nico Collins , HOU (WR9) -- Bowen Round 3 25.
George Pickens , DAL (WR10) -- Bowen 26. Javonte Williams , DAL (RB14) -- Yates 27.
Breece Hall , NYJ (RB15) -- Becquey 28. Chase Brown , CIN (RB16) -- Dopp 29.
Chris Olave , NO (WR11) -- Karabell 30. Garrett Wilson , NYJ (WR12) -- Bell 31.
Rashee Rice , KC (WR13) -- Lipscomb 32. Kyren Williams , LAR (RB17) -- Pulsifer 33.
Travis Etienne Jr. , NO (RB18) -- Carpenter 34.
DeVonta Smith , PHI (WR14) -- Graziano 35. Tetairoa McMillan , CAR (WR15) -- Kaiser 36.
Terry McLaurin , WSH (WR16) -- Loza Round 4 37. Cam Skattebo , NYG (RB19) -- Loza 38.
Davante Adams , LAR (WR17) -- Kaiser 39. Quinshon Judkins , CLE (RB20) -- Graziano 40.
Colston Loveland , CHI (TE3) -- Carpenter 41. Zay Flowers , BAL (WR18) -- Pulsifer 42.
Tee Higgins , CIN (WR19) -- Lipscomb 43. Emeka Egbuka , TB (WR20) -- Bell 44.
Bucky Irving , TB (RB21) -- Karabell 45. Malik Nabers , NYG (WR21) -- Dopp 46.
Josh Allen , BUF (QB1) -- Becquey 47. Lamar Jackson , BAL (QB2) -- Yates 48.
Ladd McConkey , LAC (WR22) -- Bowen Round 5 49. Jadarian Price , SEA (RB22) -- Bowen 50.
Luther Burden III , CHI (WR23) -- Yates 51. TreVeyon Henderson , NE (RB23) -- Becquey 52.
Jameson Williams , DET (WR24) -- Dopp 53. Tyler Warren , IND (TE4) -- Karabell 54.
Rome Odunze , CHI (WR25) -- Bell 55. Jayden Daniels , WSH (QB3) -- Lipscomb 56.
Bhayshul Tuten , JAX (RB24) -- Pulsifer 57. Carnell Tate , TEN (WR26) -- Carpenter 58.
Harold Fannin Jr. , CLE (TE5) -- Graziano 59.
Jaylen Waddle , DEN (WR27) -- Kaiser 60. DJ Moore , BUF (WR28) -- Loza Round 6 61.
David Montgomery , HOU (RB25) -- Loza 62. Drake Maye , NE (QB4) -- Kaiser 63.
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