Learning is great, but doing is even better. That’s why, as much as we like to promote our rankings, cheat sheets, sleeper lists, and other assorted preseason fantasy football content, nothing will top mock drafts when it comes to draft prep. Mock drafts aren’t perfect, but they let you practice your draft strategy and give you a good idea of how fantasy owners are valuing players in 2023.
Of course, mock drafts take up precious time, and you never know when someone is gonna leave after the first handful of rounds. Fortunately, there’s a way to participate in mock drafts while avoiding those potential negatives: FantasyPros’ interactive Mock Draft Simulator.
You can customize the Mock Draft Simulator to your league settings (PPR or standard, number of teams, roster spots, etc.), and you even can choose your draft position. Perhaps most important, you can finish your entire draft in mere minutes. After you make your picks, FantasyPros rapidly simulates the rest of the selections based on either their default player rankings or the default rankings of your preferred fantasy site (ESPN, Yahoo, CBS, etc.). If you upgrade to the premium version, you can also lock in keepers.
DOMINATE YOUR DRAFT: Ultimate 2023 Fantasy Cheat Sheet
While most drafters opt to go with their instincts, FantasyPros offers pick suggestions and cheat sheets to help with your decisions. The player suggestions are generated by an expert consensus and show you the most popular picks at that draft position. Check out what it looks like below.
PRACTICE YOUR DRAFT STRATEGY: FantasyPros' Mock Draft Simulator
Of course, you can always go “off the board” and take any player you want. The beauty of the Mock Draft Simulator is that you can try out any strategy you want, whether it’s drafting four straight RBs or waiting until the sixth round to draft a back. You can see what happens if you draft Travis Kelce in the first round or if you’re the last owner in your league to draft a TE starter. You can “reach” for your favorite breakout or purposely avoid them to see how long, on average, they’ll last.
Here’s what the cheat sheet in the FantasyPros’ Mock Draft Simulator looks like:
2023 PPR RANKINGS:
QBs | RBs | WRs | TEs | D/STs | Ks | Top 200 | S-Flex | IDP
The length of each draft is really up to you. You can rush through them and finish a few drafts during a break at work, or you can labor over each pick and analyze each selection like you would in your real draft. Don’t worry – no one else is there to complain about how long you’re taking, nor is anyone there to take a long time between picks. What more could you ask for?
FantasyPros’ Mock Draft Simulator can’t account for all of the oddball picks that owners in your league might make. It mixes up the picks each time you run a mock, but it can’t replicate the owner in your league who takes a D/ST in the sixth round, two QBs by the eighth round, or a kicker in the 10th round.
2023 FANTASY SLEEPERS
QBs | RBs | WRs | TEs | D/STs | Each Team
Fortunately, those owners rarely win your league anyway. That said, the results of a simulated mock will still be extremely useful as you get ready for the real deal. In fact, FantasyPros’ Mock Draft Simulator just might be the best tool to help you perfect your draft strategy ahead of a championship season.
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