2024 Fantasy Football: Anthony Richardson, Zay Flowers reach rare air in latest #AskFFT Fan Mock Draft

Richardson and Flowers -- two second-year players -- made a jump in our most recent mock, but the first pick in the draft might surprise you even more.

In every one-QB mock draft I've seen and participated in this offseason, Christian McCaffrey was the first player taken with zero hesitation.

Until now. 

In our most recent #AskFFT fan mock draft with 12 members of our Fantasy Football Today audience, Justin Jefferson went first overall. McCaffrey went second overall. 

Why might someone consider another player besides McCaffrey with their first pick? There's the obvious: He's a 28-year-old running back. Though it's more common with backs who are even older than 29, there are breakdown concerns. By comparison, wide receivers tend to have better shelf-lives. 

It should also be mentioned that McCaffrey is coming off of a 417-touch season including the playoffs, a career-high. McCaffrey missed 23 games over two seasons the last time he had over 400 touches in one year (2019). 

Was Jefferson the right receiver to take over Tyreek Hill, CeeDee Lamb and Ja'Marr Chase? Perhaps so if rookie J.J. McCarthy plays to the level that Kirk Cousins did. But we're a long way from there. Our consensus rankings have Jefferson at fifth overall

Here are some other notable picks from our most recent fan mock draft: 

• Amon-Ra St. Brown went sixth overall, one spot ahead of Tyreek Hill. This isn't the first time St. Brown went earlier than expected in a fan mock -- perhaps it's a sign that Fantasy managers are very much OK with St. Brown's mostly consistent high-end production. 
• Jahmyr Gibbs went in Round 2 for the second straight mock draft, and no higher than 12th in any fan mock. It's beginning to look like he'll be an option for those picking in draft slots 10, 11 and 12. 
  
• Maybe it was because he just got a fresh new contract extension, but Nico Collins went 17th overall ahead of Chris Olave, Drake London, Davante Adams and Michael Pittman, just to name a few. For him to go that high suggests that there are no concerns about a thinner target volume now that Stefon Diggs is in H-town. Diggs, for what it's worth, went 52nd -- two spots after Tank Dell. 
• Josh Allen was the first quarterback off the board this time, and at 44th overall. It's another example of Fantasy fans collectively waiting to take a quarterback instead of rushing to get one with a top-20 pick. Jalen Hurts went with the pick right after, then Patrick Mahomes went in the round after. 
• Speaking of quarterbacks, Anthony Richardson was the fourth one off the board at 56th overall -- three spots ahead of Lamar Jackson. It's the first time he's gone this high in a mock. 
• Zay Flowers, DK Metcalf, Amari Cooper and Richardson all went higher than anticipated. 
• Deebo Samuel, De'Von Achane, Rachaad White and Mahomes all went later than anticipated. 

Every manager fielded a team that must start a QB, 2 RB, 2 WR, a TE and a FLEX (RB/WR/TE) along with seven reserve spots. Our scoring includes six points for all touchdowns along with one point per reception, one point for every 10 yards rushing and receiving, one point for every 25 yards passing and minus-two points for every turnover.

The results are listed below -- please take the time to review each team, and even consider how they started their mock drafts. Eight managers started their teams with one RB and a pass catcher, one had two RBs (Team 9) and the remaining three had two WRs (Teams 1, 7 and 12).

Round By Round

Round 1
Pos	Team	Player
1	TEAM 6
2	No IR!
3	TEAM 5
4	TEAM 3
5	TEAM 11
6	TEAM 9
7	TEAM 12
8	TEAM 2
9	TEAM 8
10	TEAM 10
11	TEAM 1
12	TEAM 4
Round 2
Pos	Team	Player
13	TEAM 4
14	TEAM 1
15	TEAM 10
16	TEAM 8
17	TEAM 2
18	TEAM 12
19	TEAM 9
20	TEAM 11
21	TEAM 3
22	TEAM 5
23	No IR!
24	TEAM 6
Round 3
Pos	Team	Player
25	TEAM 6
26	No IR!
27	TEAM 5
28	TEAM 3
29	TEAM 11
30	TEAM 9
31	TEAM 12
32	TEAM 2
33	TEAM 8
34	TEAM 10
35	TEAM 1
36	TEAM 4
Round 4
Pos	Team	Player
37	TEAM 4
38	TEAM 1
39	TEAM 10
40	TEAM 8
41	TEAM 2
42	TEAM 12
43	TEAM 9
44	TEAM 11
45	TEAM 3
46	TEAM 5
47	No IR!
48	TEAM 6
Round 5
Pos	Team	Player
49	TEAM 6
50	No IR!
51	TEAM 5
52	TEAM 3
53	TEAM 11
54	TEAM 9
55	TEAM 12
56	TEAM 2
57	TEAM 8
58	TEAM 10
59	TEAM 1
60	TEAM 4
Round 6
Pos	Team	Player
61	TEAM 4
62	TEAM 1
63	TEAM 10
64	TEAM 8
65	TEAM 2
66	TEAM 12
67	TEAM 9
68	TEAM 11
69	TEAM 3
70	TEAM 5
71	No IR!
72	TEAM 6
Round 7
Pos	Team	Player
73	TEAM 6
74	No IR!
75	TEAM 5
76	TEAM 3
77	TEAM 11
78	TEAM 9
79	TEAM 12
80	TEAM 2
81	TEAM 8
82	TEAM 10
83	TEAM 1
84	TEAM 4
Round 8
Pos	Team	Player
85	TEAM 4
86	TEAM 1
87	TEAM 10
88	TEAM 8
89	TEAM 2
90	TEAM 12
91	TEAM 9
92	TEAM 11
93	TEAM 3
94	TEAM 5
95	No IR!
96	TEAM 6
Round 9
Pos	Team	Player
97	TEAM 6
98	No IR!
99	TEAM 5
100	TEAM 3
101	TEAM 11
102	TEAM 9
103	TEAM 12
104	TEAM 2
105	TEAM 8
106	TEAM 10
107	TEAM 1
108	TEAM 4
Round 10
Pos	Team	Player
109	TEAM 4
110	TEAM 1
111	TEAM 10
112	TEAM 8
113	TEAM 2
114	TEAM 12
115	TEAM 9
116	TEAM 11
117	TEAM 3
118	TEAM 5
119	No IR!
120	TEAM 6
Round 11
Pos	Team	Player
121	TEAM 6
122	No IR!
123	TEAM 5
124	TEAM 3
125	TEAM 11
126	TEAM 9
127	TEAM 12
128	TEAM 2
129	TEAM 8
130	TEAM 10
131	TEAM 1
132	TEAM 4
Round 12
Pos	Team	Player
133	TEAM 4
134	TEAM 1
135	TEAM 10
136	TEAM 8
137	TEAM 2
138	TEAM 12
139	TEAM 9
140	TEAM 11
141	TEAM 3
142	TEAM 5
143	No IR!
144	TEAM 6
Round 13
Pos	Team	Player
145	TEAM 6
146	No IR!
147	TEAM 5
148	TEAM 3
149	TEAM 11
150	TEAM 9
151	TEAM 12
152	TEAM 2
153	TEAM 8
154	TEAM 10
155	TEAM 1
156	TEAM 4
Round 14
Pos	Team	Player
157	TEAM 4
158	TEAM 1
159	TEAM 10
160	TEAM 8
161	TEAM 2
162	TEAM 12
163	TEAM 9
164	TEAM 11
165	TEAM 3
166	TEAM 5
167	No IR!
168	TEAM 6

Team by Team

TEAM 6
Rd	Pk	Player
1	1
2	24
3	25
4	48
5	49
6	72
7	73
8	96
9	97
10	120
11	121
12	144
13	145
14	168
No IR!
Rd	Pk	Player
1	2
2	23
3	26
4	47
5	50
6	71
7	74
8	95
9	98
10	119
11	122
12	143
13	146
14	167
TEAM 5
Rd	Pk	Player
1	3
2	22
3	27
4	46
5	51
6	70
7	75
8	94
9	99
10	118
11	123
12	142
13	147
14	166
TEAM 3
Rd	Pk	Player
1	4
2	21
3	28
4	45
5	52
6	69
7	76
8	93
9	100
10	117
11	124
12	141
13	148
14	165
TEAM 11
Rd	Pk	Player
1	5
2	20
3	29
4	44
5	53
6	68
7	77
8	92
9	101
10	116
11	125
12	140
13	149
14	164
TEAM 9
Rd	Pk	Player
1	6
2	19
3	30
4	43
5	54
6	67
7	78
8	91
9	102
10	115
11	126
12	139
13	150
14	163
TEAM 12
Rd	Pk	Player
1	7
2	18
3	31
4	42
5	55
6	66
7	79
8	90
9	103
10	114
11	127
12	138
13	151
14	162
TEAM 2
Rd	Pk	Player
1	8
2	17
3	32
4	41
5	56
6	65
7	80
8	89
9	104
10	113
11	128
12	137
13	152
14	161
TEAM 8
Rd	Pk	Player
1	9
2	16
3	33
4	40
5	57
6	64
7	81
8	88
9	105
10	112
11	129
12	136
13	153
14	160
TEAM 10
Rd	Pk	Player
1	10
2	15
3	34
4	39
5	58
6	63
7	82
8	87
9	106
10	111
11	130
12	135
13	154
14	159
TEAM 1
Rd	Pk	Player
1	11
2	14
3	35
4	38
5	59
6	62
7	83
8	86
9	107
10	110
11	131
12	134
13	155
14	158
TEAM 4
Rd	Pk	Player
1	12
2	13
3	36
4	37
5	60
6	61
7	84
8	85
9	108
10	109
11	132
12	133
13	156
14	157