2025 Fantasy Football Mock Draft: Pick 12 Strategy
Okay, here’s a breakdown of the fantasy football draft strategy outlined in the provided text, along with the specific players drafted in each round.
Overall Strategy:
Early Rounds (1-4): Prioritize running backs and potentially an elite tight end or quarterback,especially if your league has a smaller starting lineup. The author believes wide receiver value drops off significantly after the third/fourth round.
Rounds 5-8: Focus on tight end (after the top tier is gone) and continue to grab running backs. The author specifically highlights Tetairoa McMillan as a value pick in this range, making it okay to delay drafting a WR.
Rounds 9-12: Fill out your roster with running backs and late-round quarterbacks (using a specific strategy detailed in a linked Forbes article).
Draft Picks (Rounds 1-12):
Round One: christian McCaffrey
Round Two: (Not specified in the text)
Round Three: (Not specified in the text)
Round Four: (Not specified in the text)
Round five: Tetairoa McMillan (WR)
Round Six: DeVonta Smith (WR)
Round Seven: Jaylen Waddle (WR)
Round Eight: Chris Olave (WR)
round Nine: Cam Tax Do (RB)
Round Ten: Justin Fields (QB)
Round Eleven: Jaydon Blue (RB)
Round Twelve: Cedric Tillman (WR)
Key Takeaways:
RB/WR Balance: The author suggests aiming for 2 RBs and 2 WRs in the early rounds, but is flexible based on value.
Tight End Priority: If you miss out on the top tight ends, aggressively target the position in rounds 5-8.
Late-Round QB: The strategy emphasizes waiting to draft a quarterback until the later rounds, leveraging a specific approach (explained in the linked Forbes article).
* Value-Based Drafting: The author stresses the importance of identifying value, particularly with players like Tetairoa McMillan.