Fantasy Football Superflex Mock Draft: Pick Jalen Hurts And Bo Nix Early

Repetition, repetition, repetition. Life’s all about practice making perfect until muscle memory takes the wheel. Switching to cruise control helps find a center, putting you in a spot to succeed as things slow down rather than speed up under duress.

Sounds wild to equate these deeply mindful philosophies with this funny game of ours, but it’s true nonetheless. Isn’t making snap decisions against our priors usually the fastest path to fantasy demise?

And the best way to sharpen that skill is to mock. Nothing beats a great tool …

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Fantasy Life’s Mock Simulator, presented by Gopuff doesn’t just instantly change ADP from PPR to Half-PPR or superflex, but also allows for customization of different tendencies into the other drafters (Hero RB, Zero RB, Punt TE, etc.).

For the first time, there’s competitive practice available. Perfect timing, too—I need to test my personal strategy before a high-stakes superflex draft coming up.

Fantasy Football 2-QB Mock Draft Strategy

My 2-QB plan is almost always the same—secure two top-10 QBs off the bat and go from there. Some more courageous drafters will play ADP chicken at the position, but the times I’ve missed out at quarterback all ended poorly. It’s a tough spot to play from behind with nonstop demand.

So pencil me in at the six-hole for two QBs to start and more or less punting at tight end. It’s the easiest position to stream and steal a top-12 weekly finish. Starting three WRs plus a Flex in a PPR scoring format also means planning to front load pass catchers.

Practice will prove helpful in determining whether or not waiting until the fourth round to snatch up my RB1 works. Fingers crossed for Kenneth Walker III or Alvin Kamara at the 4.07 and Isiah Pacheco or Tony Pollard at 8.07 (pick 91).

That places me in the ninth round with a full roster short of a tight end, and fixed in a praying position for Tyler Warren at pick 102. Earlier on this summer, Indy’s rookie TE habitually fell passed ADP 110, but as they say—yesterday’s price is not today’s price. I have a bad feeling on this one.

After that, I’ll grab a few of my favorite sleepers or handcuffs, hopefully leaving this mock with my head held high. Wish me luck, here we go …

Round 1, Pick 6—Jalen Hurts, QB, PHI

Surprised Jalen Hurts dropped to six overall (he’s my 1.04), but I get it—how do you pass on Bijan Robinson or Ja’Marr Chase? First round definitely went as well as I could’ve hoped, getting me one step closer to getting any QB-related stress out of the way.

Round 2, Pick 19—Bo Nix, QB, DEN

The rest of the room must be using our Fantasy Life projections. At a meta level, sharper superflex drafters continue to pump the brakes on early QBs. The opportunity cost of a midrange QB in the third is now more widely considered a significant overpay if (and when) they fall back to the pack.

I considered passing on Bo Nix for Nico Collins, but ultimately decided not to abandon my macro plan so soon.

Round 3, Pick 30—Drake London, WR, ATL

I couldn’t have rushed to smash the button for Drake London any faster in the middle of the third. Truly elite WRs with first-round potential were almost all gone, and I’m stoked for London’s versatile usage with Michael Penix Jr. under center.

Round 4, Pick 43—Ken Walker III, RB, SEA

Love it when a plan comes together. By the middle of the fourth round, it’s increasingly difficult to find RBs with top-5 possibilities. A healthy Kenneth Walker should act as the battering ram early and often in Klint Kubiak’s offense to protect Sam Darnold. Walker also projects to handle most, if not all of the Seahawks’ goal-line work.

Round 5, Pick 54—Xavier Worthy, WR, KC

With two QBs and my RB1 in the books, the runway’s cleared to descend on Wide Receiver City. Xavier Worthy just led the Chiefs in air yards during a rookie campaign, which culminated in an 8-157-2 Super Bowl breakout. Sure, Rashee Rice will soak up some of Patrick Mahomes' targets, I just think those come from an aging Travis Kelce.

Round 6, Pick 67—Tetairoa McMillan, WR, CAR

Elite size, prospect pedigree, and college production on an emerging offense … at a discount? Sign me up all day long. As Dwain’s Super Model will tell you, Tetairoa McMillan is a star in the making, with all the ingredients to be this year’s biggest rookie standout. If Bryce Young picks up where he left off in 2024, we could be talking about a backend WR1 after a Tet Offensive.

Round 7, Pick 78—Calvin Ridley, WR, TEN

Already one of my favorite late PPR values, Calvin Ridley predictably fell toward pick 80, where I’ve been more than willing to buy with both hands. Ridley somehow managed 1,017 receiving yards and a WR30 finish on one of the worst passing offenses in recent memory—a miracle of sorts in its own right. All Cam Ward needs to do is play average ball to elevate his top wideout to a windfall fantasy profit.

Round 8, Pick 91—Tony Pollard, RB, TEN

Luckily for me, my RB2 target for the eighth round fell right into my lap as hoped—though I experienced deep internal strife passing on Kaleb Johnson. Deciding to forego the Steelers’ rookie felt like the precise rake I tried to describe not stepping on earlier. I can’t promise Pollard outproduces Johnson, but chasing a third-round rookie on what projects to be the NFL’s slowest offense scares me.

Round 9, Pick 102—Cam Ward, QB, TEN

For the first time in this draft, things suddenly went completely haywire out of nowhere. Just 10 picks away from getting my tight end to complete my starters, all four queued TEs fldew off the board: Tyler Warren, David Njoku, Tucker Kraft, and even Jake Ferguson!

That last one threw me for a loop. Since I just spent back-to-back picks on Titans and like to leave superflex drafts with three QBs, scooping up No. 1 overall pick Cam Ward felt right. For transparency’s sake, Ricky Pearsall fell just short of making the squad. Suddenly, I’m a big Music City guy. What could go wrong?

Round 10, Pick 115—Dallas Goedert, PHI

Wobbling around on rubber knees after the consecutive blows dealt at TE, things somehow went from bad to worse. The two tight ends I couldn’t imagine not falling to me at pick 115 (Colston Loveland, Dalton Kincaid) go back-to-back right in front of me. The dreaded double snipe.

For what it’s worth, I don’t love old man Dallas Goedert this season, but the battery to Jalen Hurts felt too intuitive to shrug off.

Two things to unpack here. First is a testament to the Mock Draft Simulator tool itself—if your mock draft doesn’t infuriate you at least once, it’s not great. Second, I’ll definitely be prioritizing TEs in superflex drafts going forward. Tight end ADPs are moving up as the rookies garner buzz, so act accordingly.

Round 11, Pick 126—Jaydon Blue, RB, DAL

The further we get, the simpler my approach. When even a chance to assume a leading backfield role on a top-10 offense presents itself, spending an 11th pick is a no-brainer for me.

Yeah, it's entirely possible Javonte Williams just needed another season to recoup from his multi-ligament knee injury on his way to regain his former glory. It’s also possible we’ve seen his best pro football, and Blue’s the best RB on the Dallas roster.

Round 12, Pick 139—Rasheed Shaheed, WR, NO

We’re beyond the point of vanilla ice cream. In other words, no bland efficiency projections. Draft the highest-impact players, and Rashid Shaheed is a perfect example.

Of the 67 WRs with 115+ targets going back through 2023, Shaheed’s 1.46 fantasy points per target ranks seventh in the NFL (behind players like Collins, Brian Thomas Jr., and Jameson Williams). Quarterback is a mess for New Orleans, but it’s already baked into a ~140 ADP.

Round 13, Pick 150—Tyler Allgeier, RB, ATL

I don’t draft my handcuff, I draft yours. Few backups, if any, carry with them Tyler Allgeier’s instant demand in the event of increased opportunity.

Atlanta projects to score a ton of points in a weak defensive division, played in a bunch of indoor venues. If, for whatever reason, Bijan can’t go, Allgeier’s an automatic RB1.

Round 14, Pick 163 — Elijah Arroyo, TE, SEA

That’s all I can stand. I can’t stands no more. Ignoring my TE problem as long as humanly possible, round 14 sure felt like my last chance at hitting on a weekly replacement for Goedert. As I pondered Chig Okonkwo to complete the Titan mega-stack, of course, the draft simulator snatched him up.

So, I chose to steam-chase instead. Seattle’s second-round rookie Elijah Arroyo has been the focus of every Seahawks beat writer’s reporting and projects to start for the Seahawks. Maybe I luck out on Arroyo, but more likely than not, this team is stalking TE waivers early.

Players Mentioned in this Article

JalenHurts
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11.36
KennethWalker
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10.58
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16.67
TylerWarren
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7.30
BoNixO
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14.09