Subscriber Junior Ayers carries a commanding lead projected points, but which rosters are really the strongest, who is finding the best values and which drafters are in the weeds?

This mock draft is for a full PPR redraft league. The rosters are 1QB/2RB/2WR/2FLEX/1PK/1DST/6BENCH. Where referenced, positional rankings and projections are from Fantasy Index and Average Draft Position (ADP) is from Sleeper via Draft Sharks. Our drafters include Andy Richardson, Todd Zola, Luke Wilson and myself from the Fantasy Index staff as well as readers and members of the Discord server.

Here is how the board stands after six rounds :

WR was the primary focus in the range with 20 wide outs being drafted compared to just 12 RB and 2 TEs. Two teams took a QB at the end of the 4th bringing the number of rosters with a QB to five, those teams have a distinct advantage in projected points and are marked with an asterisk in the table below. Here’s how the projected points look through Round 6 :

Junior joins the list of teams with a QB, which catapults him to the top of the projected points totals. Even replacing his QB points with an average projection he’s ranked 3rd, leading two teams that have drafted QB. Here’s how his roster stands:

Junior added another locked-in producer in the 4th with Jalen Hurts. Along with Ja’Marr Chase and Kyren Willams this is a core he should be able to count on. His 3rd round pick, Jaxon Smith-Njigba is someone I’ve started to have some concerns about after reading Luke's observations about his usage. Although he seems to be the lead target, I’m a lot less interested in him at 100 targets in this offense than I am at 140+. Similarly, Junior’s 5th round selection, DK Metcalf is someone who should be seeing a lot of his teams passing volume, but Aaron Rodgers slow pace along with Arthur Smith’s run first approach could make it hard for him to return value at WR22 unless he is hyper efficient or is a touchdown machine. In the last four years, the most touchdowns any WR has scored in an Arthur Smith offense is four. While the projections might disagree, I’d like this roster more if Junior had taken an RB in the 5th rather than settle for Isiah Pacheco in yet another murky usage situation in the 6th.

After taking a slight reach to get his guy, Garrett Wilson in the 3rd Breece didn’t let his preferred QB, Jayden Daniels pass him by in the 4th. He followed this up with arguably the biggest reach in the draft taking Tetairoa McMillan twelve spots before his ADP and thirteen spots before his positional ranking at 5.02. Tet has plenty of upside coming into the Panthers young offense as the 8th overall draft pick. The Panthers have taken multiple stabs at the position in recent drafts but have yet to land a true alpha so I can understand pinning your hopes on Tet to finally be that guy. If you like him as much as Breece, stand by your convictions, just realize there are several floor/ceiling combination players in this range that are a lot safer. In the 6th Breece selected TJ Hockenson at TE. Taking TE and QB this early really puts the pressure on to hit with your position player selections, making the bet on Tet all that much riskier.

Todd locked in a lot of reliable volume in the first three rounds and kept that pattern going with DJ Moore and Chuba Hubbard in the 4th and 5th. Hubbard comes into 2025 fresh off 4.80 yards per carry on 250 attempts and 10 touchdowns to pair with 43 receptions. There is some concern about Moore’s short yardage usage in an offense featuring some young guys prone to big plays. Ben Johnson has made some hay with another short yardage specialist you may have heard of, Amon-Ra St. Brown so I’m not too worried about Moore’s floor at WR21 when Fantasy Index has him ranked as the WR15. In the 6th Todd went for another player I am cooling on, Chris Godwin. Godwin’s play before being injured last year was elite. Per game he was the WR2 in full PPR. As we get into camp with no timetable for his return and a second surgery to “clean out the ankle” the klaxons in my head are blaring. I do think Todd’s solid picks up to this point enable him to better take on the risk, but it is fifteen spots before his WR51 ranking and there are a lot of players here who, despite their own risks, will be playing football early in the season.

I’m happy to see Andy’s roster with the most projected points among teams without a QB as he has very efficiently stacked volume and reliability in every round. Getting a productive TE like Sam Laporta in the 4th is the kind of move that rock solid early picks can help you weather. James Conner in the 5th provides a sturdy compliment to Andy’s RB1 Saquon Barkley. Jakobi Meyers has managed to parlay career highs in targets (129), receptions (87) and yards (1027) into somehow becoming a less sexy pick in 2025. The Raiders are looking to run and have added some promising rookies at the position, but an upgrade at QB and rock-solid usage in recent years give Meyers the kind of floor that will enable Andy to take some upside shots later in the draft. By the way, Jakobi at 6.09 and WR35 is fourteen spots before his ADP and eight spots after his positional ranking, meaning this is a value you should be able to find in your drafts.

Josh has also found reliable players with a history of upside in every round, while he’s projected for just the 5th most points among rosters without a QB it’s important to note that just 21 projected points separate him from Andy. Mike Evans at 4.08 is seven spots after his ADP, a great value for a player who has topped 1000 receiving yards every year of his career and has more seasons with double digit touchdowns (6) than single digits (5). David Montgomery is an incredibly productive player to be able to start in your FLEX1 spot. Jaylen Waddle has more name recognition as a floor play than is likely justified after the debacle that the Dolphins 2024 passing game ended up. The Fins had the 4th lowest completion percentage on the 9th most pass attempts last year. All that’s needed for last year to be a blip on Waddle’s record is for Tua to stay upright and willing to go deep, two things vital to the team’s success in a make-or-break year. It’s risky but Josh’s shrewd picks thus far help offset that risk.

Title Town finds himself 3rd in that clutch of five close teams with no QB. His picks in rounds 4-6 were more speculative than his first three. Rookie RB RJ Harvey is a trendy RB fill-in though here he went nine spots before his RB27 ranking and sixteen spots ahead of his ADP, 59th overall. While the addition of JK Dobbins took a lot of the shine off Harvey’s projected workload, his chops as a receiving back have drafters seeing shades of Alvin Kamara in Sean Payton’s offense. I will be prioritizing a dependable RB3 when I go this route in case he ends up more of a flex caliber compliment to Dobbins. Xavier Worthy looks great at the 5.06 which is basically at ADP but eight spots after his WR16 ranking. Once a probable suspension is announced for Rashee Rice you can bet his ADP will skyrocket. If you’re drafting early getting him here is a great opportunity.

After taking two workhorse backs with receiving upside in the first three rounds Lou kept looking for more of the same in rounds four and five with Kenneth Walker and TreVeyon Henderson. Walker has room to excel in Klint Kubiak’s outside zone scheme but is facing significant touch competition from Zach Charbonnet. Henderson projects as another one-two punch alongside Rahmondre Stevenson where his chops in the passing game and playmaking ability cast him as an excellent flex in PPR. The 2WR/2FLEX format allows managers to start two RB in their flex spots and these two provide a healthy floor with potential for spike weeks that should fill that role nicely. Chris Olave at the 6.06 is a regular target for Lou this season. The only thing preventing Olave from looking like one of the biggest steals this season is his concussion history. I usually try to give players the benefit of the doubt on injury concerns but repeated concussions like Olave and Tua Tagovailoa have suffered are legitimately concerning. Having said that, getting a WR1 with a history of elite production as bench player or flex in the 6th round is great, here, as the WR2, Lou is living dangerously but also taking a big swing to fill a big hole. I hope it works out.

Luke held to his convictions in this range by reaching for three players significantly ahead of their rankings. Rashee Rice emerged down the stretch in 2023 averaging 86.3 yards on 9.3 targets per game from Week 11 on and improved on that in his three full games before getting injured in 2024. Physically he’s ready to play but the looming suspension for his legal troubles has the fantasy community fading him hard this season. Luke drafted him as the WR19, Fantasy Index has him as the WR45. Whether that’s appropriate or not is something we each must decide for ourselves but I’d caution drafters to assume at least a six-game suspension this season. In the 5th Luke opted for another WR I’ve seen him target a lot, George Pickens. Pickens has incredible contested catch ability which pairs well with the way CeeDee Lamb and Dak Prescott play. Something of a diva, Pickens’ off field shenanigans and work ethic were issues in Pittsburgh and he’s flashed some of the same in Cowboys camp already. Whether that’s sufficient to drop him to WR37 where FI has him remains to be seen. A player with his talent entering the barren desert that has long been Dallas’s WR2 spot does have some real potential and here, at WR25, I think he should be able to return value but it’s difficult to project him much higher.

One of the assertions I’m standing pat on this season is that RB needs to be addressed early, so going into the 4th round I was determined to get my RB2 before the tier dropped again. I seriously considered reaching for James Conner for his consistent production and known variables. In the end I decided that Omarion Hampton is in a good enough situation and has the skill to take over the lion’s share of the Chargers backfield and be a reliable RB2. Make no mistake that betting on Hampton here is betting against his battery mate Najee Harris. Training camp has provided few clues since Najee has been sidelined, which doesn’t hurt Hampton’s chances of claiming the top spot, but there is a real risk of this being a split backfield. Courtland Sutton and Calvin Ridley are not my ideal receivers as they both work on the outside on around 80% of their routes. I’m usually enamored with slot receivers and their higher catch percentage but the sheer volume these two have garnered recently has them on my radar in the mid-rounds. Among WR’s with an average depth of target greater than 11.5 yards only four saw more than 110 targets last year and the top two are Ridley with 120 and Sutton with a mouth-watering 135. They may tend toward boom/bust type production but hopefully stacking two of the same type will yield at least one boom most weeks.

T’Challa took three players here that I’m less exited about than his initial trio. I have my doubts as to whether the Cardinals can or will support an outside receiver like Marvin Harrisonen enough to live up to his WR18 draft price here. He was the WR30 in PPR last year. Trey McBride and an efficient running game are going to soak up most of the offense, but there was not a lot left on the board that I would have taken earlier. Maybe Mike Evans would be better or taking a more established RB than his 5th round choice Kaleb Johnson. I like Johnson as a flex, his potential goal line usage should make him fantasy relevant out of the gate, he scored 21 touchdowns for the Hawkeyes last year! I do think his lack of speed and mobility will leave a lot of room for Jaylen Warren to look like the better back and limit Johnson’s touches, and I’m far from certain that the Steelers are a good enough team to generate a lot of goal line opportunities. Taken here at 58th overall and RB23 Kaleb is twenty-two spots ahead of his ADP and eleven spots ahead of his positional ranking.

Sanj also looks to be willing to start RBs in his flex in this format as he added two more starters in this range. James Cook seems to be a great value here after blowing up for 16 rushing TDs last year. Eleven RBs scored 10 or more rushing TDs last year and they averaged 275 carries; Cook had just 207. Combine hyper efficiency with the variability of touchdowns and Cook starts to look like a leap of faith even after such a resounding breakout. But that’s why he’s available around the 3/4 turn. He finished as the RB8 last year, RB12 the year before, so there is room to finish strong even accounting for TD regression. Devonta Smith is another guy potentially flying under the radar after a hyper-efficient season. His career high 8 receiving TDs came in just thirteen games but his targets held steady despite Saquon Barkley soaking up so much of the offensive production. Smith dipped from 7.04 targets per game in his first three seasons to 6.84 in 2024, not a significant decline. Joe Mixon slots in as Sanj’s first flex after being selected in the 6th. You could do a lot worse than the unchallenged RB1 in a playoff offense in your flex spot.

Chuck continued to invest in veteran talent from the 12 adding Davante Adams and Jerry Jeudy in the 4th and 6th respectively. I will take all the Adams shares I can get in the late 3rd/early 4th this season. The Rams absolutely peppered their receivers last season. They had the 14th most pass attempts last season but a league high 74.5% of those targets went to WRs. I have no worries about both Adams and Puka Nacua seeing well over 100 targets this year. Last season Jeudy blew past his career high with 145 targets. I think there is room to grow both his catch percentage and his TD totals with better QB play, it just very much remains to be seen if the Browns can provide that. Chuck took Jeudy here at his WR29 ranking but thirteen spots before his ADP of 74th overall, indicating yet another solid value on the board for Fantasy Index drafters.