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Fantasy Football Mock Draft 2023, 12-team PPR: Tyreek Hill or Travis Kelce?

By Cody Williams

EAST RUTHERFORD, NEW JERSEY - OCTOBER 09: Tyreek Hill #10 of the Miami Dolphins celebrates a first down New York Jets during the second quarter at MetLife Stadium on October 09, 2022 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)
EAST RUTHERFORD, NEW JERSEY - OCTOBER 09: Tyreek Hill #10 of the Miami Dolphins celebrates a first down New York Jets during the second quarter at MetLife Stadium on October 09, 2022 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images) /
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Fantasy Football Mock Draft 2023, JuJu Smith-Schuster, New England Patriots
JuJu Smith-Schuster, New England Patriots. Mandatory Credit: Eric Canha-USA TODAY Sports /

Fantasy Football Mock Draft Round 8

  • Team 12 (8.01): James Cook, RB, Buffalo Bills
  • Team 11 (8.02): Gabe Davis, WR, Buffalo Bills
  • Team 10 (8.03): Jordan Addison, WR, Minnesota Vikings
  • Team 9 (8.04): Antonio Gibson, RB, Washington Commanders
  • Team 8 (8.05): Treylon Burks, WR, Tennessee Titans
  • Team 7 (8.06): Jaxon Smith-Njigba, WR, Seattle Seahawks
  • Team 6 (8.07): Brandin Cooks, WR, Dallas Cowboys
  • Team 5 (8.08): JuJu Smith-Schuster, WR, New England Patriots
  • Team 4 (8.09): Courtland Sutton, WR, Denver Broncos
  • Team 3 (8.10): Dalvin Cook, RB, FA
  • Team 2 (8.11): Quentin Johnston, WR, Los Angeles Chargers
  • Team 1 (8.12): AJ Dillon, RB, Green Bay Packers

After what we saw in Foxboro last season, no one will blame you for not wanting to roll the dice on the Patriots offense. That ain’t me, though. Me, I’m going in on the potential value of JuJu Smith-Schuster.

Look, the simple truth is that the Patriots now have a legitimate offensive mind in the building with Bill O’Brien, a guy who, for his many shortcomings in his career, knows how to get the ball moving. Then, the team went out and made a big-money free agency play, albeit short-term, to land JuJu Smith-Schuster.

Smith-Schuster isn’t a WR1 to be sure, but he could be in this offense, which is enough for me to believe in as we insert him as a depth option for our fantasy football team.

Fantasy Football Mock Draft Round 9

  • Team 1 (9.01): Brian Robinson Jr., RB, Washington Commanders
  • Team 2 (9.02): Michael Thomas, WR, New Orleans Saints
  • Team 3 (9.03): Khalil Herbert, RB, Chicago Bears
  • Team 4 (9.04): Rashod Bateman, WR, Baltimore Ravens
  • Team 5 (9.05): Jamaal Williams, RB, New Orleans Saints
  • Team 6 (9.06): Rashaad Penny, RB, Philadelphia Eagles
  • Team 7 (9.07): Elijah Moore, WR, Cleveland Browns
  • Team 8 (9.08): Samaje Perine, RB, Denver Broncos
  • Team 9 (9.09): Daniel Jones, QB, New York Giants
  • Team 10 (9.10): Kadarius Toney, WR, Kansas City Chiefs
  • Team 11 (9.11): Elijah Mitchell, RB, San Francisco 49ers
  • Team 12 (9.12): Damien Harris, RB, Buffalo Bills

In no way is Jamaal Williams going to replicate the ridiculous performance in scoring touchdowns last season (17) that made him the RB13 last year. That’s an outlier season and, even if he’d stayed with the Lions, I wouldn’t be buying that.

With that said, he’s still a solid runner and he is going to have opportunities when Alvin Kamara is suspended for three games and after. The simple truth with Kamara is that he’s not a traditional back. He’s never had a 1,000-yard rushing season, he’s never been great in short-yardage situations, and now he’s missing time to start the year too.

Williams was paid pretty well in the current running back market to come to New Orleans, so banking on him to be a big factor in the rushing offense seems more than reasonable.

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