Our ESPN fantasy football experts gathered on June 28 for a mock draft with 10-team, non-PPR settings. Mock drafts mostly speak for themselves, as we look to see where certain players are being taken and which positions are thinning out when, but here are a few of my takeaways from this mock:It's not too late to play the No. 1 fantasy game
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- If you're new to fantasy football -- or want a little refresher -- check out our ESPN Fantasy Football 101 , or more specifically, our detailed breakdown of the hows and whys of mock drafting .
- Keep in mind that this is a non-PPR draft, which means players don't get an extra point for each reception made. So players like Julian Edelman and Theo Riddick , who catch lots of passes but don't score many touchdowns, are devalued compared to PPR leagues.
- Knowing the tendencies of your fellow owners is critical. While there are so many good quarterbacks these days that you can wait quite a while to draft one in a 10-team league, there is a groupthink issue you always see in our expert drafts. Because we know we will all wait on QBs, we can fade them completely until near the end of the draft and still score good ones. That likely won't be the case in your home leagues, depending on how your owners value quarterbacks.
The participants in order of draft position are Pierre Becquey, KC Joyner, Stephania Bell, Keith Lipscomb, Tom Carpenter, Mike Clay, Leo Howell, Matt Bowen, Kyle Soppe and Matthew Berry.
Round 1 Pick Overall Owner Player Pos Rank 1 1 Becquey David Johnson , AriRB1 2 2 Joyner Ezekiel Elliott , DalRB2 3 3 Bell Le'Veon Bell , PitRB3 4 4 Lipscomb Antonio Brown , PitWR1 5 5 Carpenter Odell Beckham Jr ., NYGWR2 6 6 Clay Julio Jones , AtlWR3 7 7 Howell Mike Evans , TBWR4 8 8 Bowen A.J. Green , CinWR5 9 9 Soppe LeSean McCoy , BufRB4 10 10 Berry Melvin Gordon , LACRB5
Round 2 Pick Overall Owner Player Pos Rank 1 11 Berry Jordy Nelson , GBWR6 2 12 Soppe Devonta Freeman , AtlRB6 3 13 Bowen Jordan Howard , ChiRB7 4 14 Howell DeMarco Murray , TenRB8 5 15 Clay Jay Ajayi , MiaRB9 6 16 Carpenter Rob Gronkowski , NETE1 7 17 Lipscomb Michael Thomas , NOWR7 8 18 Bell T.Y. Hilton , IndWR8 9 19 Joyner Lamar Miller , HouRB10 10 20 Becquey Todd Gurley , LARRB11
Round 3 Pick Overall Owner Player Pos Rank 1 21 Becquey Amari Cooper , OakWR9 2 22 Joyner Brandin Cooks , NEWR10 3 23 Bell Marshawn Lynch , OakRB12 4 24 Lipscomb Leonard Fournette , JaxRB13 5 25 Carpenter Dez Bryant , DalWR11 6 26 Clay Doug Baldwin , SeaWR12 7 27 Howell DeAndre Hopkins , HouWR13 8 28 Bowen Julian Edelman , NEWR14 9 29 Soppe Terrelle Pryor Sr ., WshWR15 10 30 Berry Isaiah Crowell , CleRB14
Round 4 Pick Overall Owner Player Pos Rank 1 31 Berry Alshon Jeffery , PhiWR16 2 32 Soppe Golden Tate , DetWR17 3 33 Bowen Jordan Reed , WshTE2 4 34 Howell Mark Ingram , NORB15 5 35 Clay Demaryius Thomas , DenWR18 6 36 Carpenter Christian McCaffrey , CarRB16 7 37 Lipscomb Joe Mixon , CinRB17 8 38 Bell Keenan Allen , LACWR19 9 39 Joyner Jarvis Landry , MiaWR20 10 40 Becquey Allen Robinson , JaxWR21
Round 5 Pick Overall Owner Player Pos Rank 1 41 Becquey Aaron Rodgers , GBQB1 2 42 Joyner Greg Olsen , CarTE3 3 43 Bell Travis Kelce , KCTE4 4 44 Lipscomb Sammy Watkins , BufWR22 5 45 Carpenter Dalvin Cook , MinRB18 6 46 Clay Carlos Hyde , SFRB19 7 47 Howell Eddie Lacy , SeaRB20 8 48 Bowen Davante Adams , GBWR23 9 49 Soppe Michael Crabtree , OakWR24 10 50 Berry Tom Brady , NEQB2
Round 6 Pick Overall Owner Player Pos Rank 1 51 Berry Ty Montgomery , GBRB21 2 52 Soppe Bilal Powell , NYJRB22 3 53 Bowen Spencer Ware , KCRB23 4 54 Howell Emmanuel Sanders , DenWR25 5 55 Clay Larry Fitzgerald , AriWR26 6 56 Carpenter Mike Gillislee , NERB24 7 57 Lipscomb Martavis Bryant , PitWR27 8 58 Bell Tyreek Hill , KCWR28 9 59 Joyner Paul Perkins , NYGRB25 10 60 Becquey Jamison Crowder , WshWR29
Round 7 Pick Overall Owner Player Pos Rank 1 61 Becquey Adrian Peterson , NORB26 2 62 Joyner DeSean Jackson , TBWR30 3 63 Bell LeGarrette Blount , PhiRB27 4 64 Lipscomb Ameer Abdullah , DetRB28 5 65 Carpenter Drew Brees , NOQB3 6 66 Clay Andrew Luck , IndQB4 7 67 Howell Frank Gore , IndRB29 8 68 Bowen Tevin Coleman , AtlRB30 9 69 Soppe Donte Moncrief , IndWR31 10 70 Berry Pierre Garcon , SFWR32
Round 8 Pick Overall Owner Player Pos Rank 1 71 Berry Danny Woodhead , BalRB31 2 72 Soppe Matt Forte , NYJRB32 3 73 Bowen Stefon Diggs , MinWR33 4 74 Howell Mike Wallace , BalWR34 5 75 Clay Brandon Marshall , NYGWR35 6 76 Carpenter Corey Coleman , CleWR36 7 77 Lipscomb DeVante Parker , MiaWR37 8 78 Bell Dak Prescott , DalQB5 9 79 Joyner Jimmy Graham , SeaTE5 10 80 Becquey Kelvin Benjamin , CarWR38
Round 9 Pick Overall Owner Player Pos Rank 1 81 Becquey Tyler Eifert , CinTE6 2 82 Joyner Willie Snead , NOWR39 3 83 Bell Rishard Matthews , TenWR40 4 84 Lipscomb Doug Martin , TBRB33 5 85 Carpenter C.J. Anderson , DenRB34 6 86 Clay Kyle Rudolph , MinTE7 7 87 Howell Jordan Matthews , PhiWR41 8 88 Bowen Russell Wilson , SeaQB6 9 89 Soppe Eric Decker , NYJWR42 10 90 Berry Delanie Walker , TenTE8
Round 10 Pick Overall Owner Player Pos Rank 1 91 Berry Robert Kelley , WshRB35 2 92 Soppe John Brown , AriWR43 3 93 Bowen Corey Davis , TenWR44 4 94 Howell Duke Johnson Jr ., CleRB36 5 95 Clay Theo Riddick , DetRB37 6 96 Carpenter Derrick Henry , TenRB38 7 97 Lipscomb Zach Ertz , PhiTE9 8 98 Bell C.J. Prosise , SeaRB39 9 99 Joyner Jonathan Stewart , CarRB40 10 100 Becquey Latavius Murray , MinRB41
Round 11 Pick Overall Owner Player Pos Rank 1 101 Becquey Jeremy Maclin , BalWR45 2 102 Joyner Hunter Henry , LACTE10 3 103 Bell Samaje Perine , WshRB42 4 104 Lipscomb Kareem Hunt , KCRB43 5 105 Carpenter Josh Doctson , WshWR46 6 106 Clay Randall Cobb , GBWR47 7 107 Howell Martellus Bennett , GBTE11 8 108 Bowen Sterling Shepard , NYGWR48 9 109 Soppe Jack Doyle , IndTE12 10 110 Berry Kenneth Dixon , BalRB44
Round 13 Pick Overall Owner Player Pos Rank 1 121 Becquey Quincy Enunwa , NYJWR52 2 122 Joyner Ben Roethlisberger , PitQB9 3 123 Bell O.J. Howard , TBTE13 4 124 Lipscomb Marvin Jones , DetWR53 5 125 Carpenter Breshad Perriman , BalWR54 6 126 Clay Kenny Britt , CleWR55 7 127 Howell Giovani Bernard , CinRB49 8 128 Bowen Kevin White , ChiWR56 9 129 Soppe Kirk Cousins , WshQB10 10 130 Berry Jamaal Williams , GBRB50