Podcast 14-team PPR mock draft: Breece Hall sparks an unexpected RB-heavy start as talent dries up fast

We held our Fantasy Football Today Podcast draft Monday night, which was a lot of fun. It's a 14-team, PPR league, featuring me, Adam Aizer, Heath Cummings and Dave Richard, along with listeners of our show who generously donated to the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital as part of our Draft-A-Thon. If you've ever played in a 14-team league or larger, you know it's a challenge on Draft Day because the talent pool dries up quickly. You might have to reach for players sooner than you expect, and the waiver wire isn't as robust as in 10- and 12-team leagues. I share my team with Todd Rones, and we won the league in 2025. We're hoping to defend our championship this season, and we had the No. 13 overall pick in Round 1. Our plan was to get two running backs with our first two picks given where we picked in the draft, barring one of Jaxon Smith-Njigba or Amon-Ra St. Brown falling to us. That didn't happen, and CeeDee Lamb was also selected at No. 10 overall. We went with Derrick Henry in Round 1 and Omarion Hampton in Round 2, and I love that start. Henry just keeps producing at a high level, and he was the No. 8 PPR running back last season. And I expect Hampton to have a breakout campaign this year. But the fate of our team could hinge on what we did in Round 3. After drafting Henry and Hampton, we had planned on going WR-WR with our next two picks. However, Breece Hall was still on the board, and we drafted him in Round 3 to be our flex. Hall, if healthy -- he should play in Week 1 despite dealing with a groin injury -- has top-15 upside. And we know the running back talent drops off quickly in Round 4 and beyond. We needed to draft a receiver in Round 4, and our choices were D.J. Moore, Jaylen Waddle and Tetairoa McMillan. We went with Moore, and I expect him to thrive with Josh Allen and being reunited with Joe Brady, who was his offensive coordinator in Carolina. Receiver was now a priority, and we nearly got lucky with Christian Watson falling to us in Round 5. He went right before us, so we drafted Marvin Harrison Jr. at No. 69 overall. I'm hopeful Harrison will have a breakout campaign in his third year in the NFL, but he's not the ideal No. 2 Fantasy receiver. Sam LaPorta was an easy choice in Round 6, and I'm expecting him to play in Week 1 despite dealing with a hip injury. He has top-five upside if healthy. We then drafted a high-upside receiver in Round 7 with De'Zhaun Stribling, and he could be a difference-maker if given a prominent role as a rookie in San Francisco. Obviously, receiver is a weak spot for us, but we just need one of Harrison or Stribling to produce like a consistent top-30 Fantasy receiver. Dak Prescott was an easy selection in Round 8, and our starting lineup was set. Now, we got to draft high-upside reserves along with Stribling. Our next three picks of Jalen Coker in Round 9, MarShawn Lloyd in Round 10 and Keaton Mitchell in Round 11 are three of my favorite sleepers this season. Coker has top-30 upside as the No. 2 receiver in Carolina, and he outplayed McMillan in the final five games of the season in 2025, including the playoffs. Lloyd is the handcuff for Josh Jacobs, who has battled a groin injury in training camp, and could face a potential suspension stemming from a May arrest linked to a domestic violence allegation, according to ESPN's Adam Schefter. Lloyd would be at least a flex option if Jacobs were to miss any time. Mitchell should have chances to play well in tandem with Hampton, especially as a receiver out of the backfield. And Mitchell would be at least a flex option if Hampton were to miss any time. Finally, we ended the draft with Keenan Allen in Round 12. Allen, 34, might not produce at a high level with the Colts, but he also could be thrust into a prominent role if Alec Pierce (ankle) isn't ready for Week 1. I like this team a lot, especially in a 14-team league. Todd and I have the chance to repeat as champions if our roster stays healthy -- and we get a lot of luck. As a reference point for this draft, all touchdowns are worth six points, and we award one point for every 10 yards rushing and receiving and one point for every 25 yards passing. We also award one point for every reception. We feature a starting lineup of QB, 2 RB, 2 WR, TE and FLEX (RB/WR/TE) with five reserves for a 12-round draft. Our draft order is as follows: 1. John Jose, Podcast Listener 2. Travis Day, Podcast Listener 3. Heath Cummings, Senior Fantasy Writer 4. KJ Townsel, Podcast Listener 5. Adam Aizer, FFT Podcast Host 6. Alexandre Larochelle, Podcast Listener 7. Joshua Hageman, Podcast Listener 8. Chip Mandal, Podcast Listener 9. Todd Nunn, Podcast Listener 10. Dave Richard, Senior Fantasy Writer 11. Josh Cunningham, Podcast Listener 12. Edward Cettina, Podcast Listener 13. Jamey Eisenberg (Senior Fantasy Writer)/Todd Rones (Podcast Listener) 14. Erik Rison, Podcast Listener

Round By Round Round 1 Pos Team Player 1 John Jose J. Gibbs RB DET 2 Travis Day B. Robinson RB ATL 3 Heath Cummings J. Chase WR CIN 4 KJ Townsel P. Nacua WR LAR 5 Adam Aizer C. McCaffrey RB SF 6 Alexandre Larochelle J. Taylor RB IND 7 Joshua Hageman C. Brown RB CIN 8 Chip Mandal J. Smith-Njigba WR SEA 9 Todd Nunn A. St. Brown WR DET 10 Dave Richard C. Lamb WR DAL 11 Josh Cunningham J. Cook RB BUF 12 Edward Cettina K. Walker III RB KC 13 Jamey Eisenberg/Todd Rones D. Henry RB BAL 14 Erik Rison D. Achane RB MIA Round 2 Pos Team Player 15 Erik Rison J. Jacobs RB GB 16 Jamey Eisenberg/Todd Rones O. Hampton RB LAC 17 Edward Cettina S. Barkley RB PHI 18 Josh Cunningham J. Jefferson WR MIN 19 Dave Richard A. Brown WR NE 20 Todd Nunn D. London WR ATL 21 Chip Mandal C. Olave WR NO 22 Joshua Hageman G. Pickens WR DAL 23 Alexandre Larochelle N. Collins WR HOU 24 Adam Aizer B. Bowers TE LV 25 KJ Townsel K. Williams RB LAR 26 Heath Cummings R. Rice WR KC 27 Travis Day A. Jeanty RB LV 28 John Jose D. Smith WR PHI Round 3 Pos Team Player 29 John Jose M. Nabers WR NYG 30 Travis Day C. Loveland TE CHI 31 Heath Cummings Z. Flowers WR BAL 32 KJ Townsel T. McBride TE ARI 33 Adam Aizer T. Etienne RB NO 34 Alexandre Larochelle J. Williams RB DAL 35 Joshua Hageman D. Swift RB CHI 36 Chip Mandal T. Higgins WR CIN 37 Todd Nunn J. Allen QB BUF 38 Dave Richard G. Wilson WR NYJ 39 Josh Cunningham E. Egbuka WR TB 40 Edward Cettina L. McConkey WR LAC 41 Jamey Eisenberg/Todd Rones B. Hall RB NYJ 42 Erik Rison J. Love RB ARI Round 4 Pos Team Player 43 Erik Rison M. Evans WR SF 44 Jamey Eisenberg/Todd Rones D. Moore WR BUF 45 Edward Cettina T. Warren TE IND 46 Josh Cunningham T. McMillan WR CAR 47 Dave Richard Q. Judkins RB CLE 48 Todd Nunn L. Burden III WR CHI 49 Chip Mandal B. Irving RB TB 50 Joshua Hageman J. Waddle WR DEN 51 Alexandre Larochelle D. Adams WR LAR 52 Adam Aizer C. Skattebo RB NYG 53 KJ Townsel J. Williams WR DET 54 Heath Cummings B. Tuten RB JAC 55 Travis Day T. McLaurin WR WAS 56 John Jose P. Washington WR JAC Round 5 Pos Team Player 57 John Jose D. Montgomery RB HOU 58 Travis Day R. Odunze WR CHI 59 Heath Cummings L. Jackson QB BAL 60 KJ Townsel J. Price RB SEA 61 Adam Aizer C. Godwin WR TB 62 Alexandre Larochelle J. Warren RB PIT 63 Joshua Hageman R. Stevenson RB NE 64 Chip Mandal J. Brooks RB CAR 65 Todd Nunn R. Dowdle RB PIT 66 Dave Richard T. Kraft TE GB 67 Josh Cunningham J. Burrow QB CIN 68 Edward Cettina C. Watson WR GB 69 Jamey Eisenberg/Todd Rones M. Harrison Jr. WR ARI 70 Erik Rison K. Pitts TE ATL Round 6 Pos Team Player 71 Erik Rison B. Thomas Jr. WR JAC 72 Jamey Eisenberg/Todd Rones S. LaPorta TE DET 73 Edward Cettina W. Robinson WR TEN 74 Josh Cunningham T. Pollard RB TEN 75 Dave Richard D. Maye QB NE 76 Todd Nunn J. Dobbins RB DEN 77 Chip Mandal C. Sutton WR DEN 78 Joshua Hageman T. Lawrence QB JAC 79 Alexandre Larochelle J. Hurts QB PHI 80 Adam Aizer Q. Johnston WR LAC 81 KJ Townsel T. Henderson RB NE 82 Heath Cummings J. Croskey-Merritt RB WAS 83 Travis Day K. Gainwell RB TB 84 John Jose M. Pittman WR PIT Round 7 Pos Team Player 85 John Jose B. Corum RB LAR 86 Travis Day A. Pierce WR IND 87 Heath Cummings R. Harvey RB DEN 88 KJ Townsel C. Tate WR TEN 89 Adam Aizer J. Daniels QB WAS 90 Alexandre Larochelle T. Kelce TE KC 91 Joshua Hageman M. Wilson WR ARI 92 Chip Mandal J. Mason RB MIN 93 Todd Nunn G. Kittle TE SF 94 Dave Richard J. Downs WR IND 95 Josh Cunningham S. Diggs WR WAS 96 Edward Cettina W. Marks RB HOU 97 Jamey Eisenberg/Todd Rones D. Stribling WR SF 98 Erik Rison K. Monangai RB CHI Round 8 Pos Team Player 99 Erik Rison B. Purdy QB SF 100 Jamey Eisenberg/Todd Rones D. Prescott QB DAL 101 Edward Cettina C. Williams QB CHI 102 Josh Cunningham R. White RB WAS 103 Dave Richard M. Washington Jr. RB LV 104 Todd Nunn D. Samuel WR SF 105 Chip Mandal H. Fannin Jr. TE CLE 106 Joshua Hageman D. Goedert TE PHI 107 Alexandre Larochelle D. Metcalf WR PIT 108 Adam Aizer Z. Charbonnet RB SEA 109 KJ Townsel J. Herbert QB LAC 110 Heath Cummings I. Likely TE NYG 111 Travis Day K. Concepcion WR CLE 112 John Jose C. Hubbard RB CAR Round 9 Pos Team Player 113 John Jose B. Nix QB DEN 114 Travis Day J. Dart QB NYG 115 Heath Cummings C. Rodriguez Jr. RB JAC 116 KJ Townsel M. Golden WR GB 117 Adam Aizer J. Addison WR MIN 118 Alexandre Larochelle J. Goff QB DET 119 Joshua Hageman J. Meyers WR JAC 120 Chip Mandal T. Allgeier RB ARI 121 Todd Nunn A. Jones RB MIN 122 Dave Richard J. Coleman RB DEN 123 Josh Cunningham J. Reed WR GB 124 Edward Cettina J. Ferguson TE DAL 125 Jamey Eisenberg/Todd Rones J. Coker WR CAR 126 Erik Rison X. Worthy WR KC Round 10 Pos Team Player 127 Erik Rison M. Washington WR MIA 128 Jamey Eisenberg/Todd Rones M. Lloyd RB GB 129 Edward Cettina C. Douglas WR MIA 130 Josh Cunningham D. Kincaid TE BUF 131 Dave Richard P. Mahomes QB KC 132 Todd Nunn M. Lemon WR PHI 133 Chip Mandal M. Stafford QB LAR 134 Joshua Hageman B. Mayfield QB TB 135 Alexandre Larochelle R. Shaheed WR SEA 136 Adam Aizer K. Black RB SF 137 KJ Townsel I. Pacheco RB DET 138 Heath Cummings T. Bigsby RB PHI 139 Travis Day T. Spears RB TEN 140 John Jose J. Johnson TE NO Round 11 Pos Team Player 141 John Jose K. Murray QB MIN 142 Travis Day J. Noel WR HOU 143 Heath Cummings B. Allen RB NYJ 144 KJ Townsel R. Doubs WR NE 145 Adam Aizer J. Tyson WR NO 146 Alexandre Larochelle T. Tracy Jr. RB NYG 147 Joshua Hageman T. Shough QB NO 148 Chip Mandal M. Willis QB MIA 149 Todd Nunn E. Johnson RB KC 150 Dave Richard R. Davis RB BUF 151 Josh Cunningham D. Sampson RB CLE 152 Edward Cettina K. Vidal RB LAC 153 Jamey Eisenberg/Todd Rones K. Mitchell RB LAC 154 Erik Rison J. Brissett QB ARI Round 12 Pos Team Player 155 Erik Rison D. Wicks WR PHI 156 Jamey Eisenberg/Todd Rones K. Allen WR IND 157 Edward Cettina B. Robinson Jr. RB ATL 158 Josh Cunningham B. Strange TE JAC 159 Dave Richard J. Conner RB ARI 160 Todd Nunn A. Kamara RB NO 161 Chip Mandal M. Andrews TE BAL 162 Joshua Hageman J. James RB SF 163 Alexandre Larochelle H. Henry TE NE 164 Adam Aizer J. Love QB GB 165 KJ Townsel D. Boston WR CLE 166 Heath Cummings D. Schultz TE HOU 167 Travis Day D. Claiborne RB MIN 168 John Jose O. Gadsden II TE LAC Team by Team John Jose Rd Pk Player 1 1 J. Gibbs RB DET 2 28 D. Smith WR PHI 3 29 M. Nabers WR NYG 4 56 P. Washington WR JAC 5 57 D. Montgomery RB HOU 6 84 M. Pittman WR PIT 7 85 B. Corum RB LAR 8 112 C. Hubbard RB CAR 9 113 B. Nix QB DEN 10 140 J. Johnson TE NO 11 141 K. Murray QB MIN 12 168 O. Gadsden II TE LAC Travis Day Rd Pk Player 1 2 B. Robinson RB ATL 2 27 A. Jeanty RB LV 3 30 C. Loveland TE CHI 4 55 T. McLaurin WR WAS 5 58 R. Odunze WR CHI 6 83 K. Gainwell RB TB 7 86 A. Pierce WR IND 8 111 K. Concepcion WR CLE 9 114 J. Dart QB NYG 10 139 T. Spears RB TEN 11 142 J. Noel WR HOU 12 167 D. Claiborne RB MIN Heath Cummings Rd Pk Player 1 3 J. Chase WR CIN 2 26 R. Rice WR KC 3 31 Z. Flowers WR BAL 4 54 B. Tuten RB JAC 5 59 L. Jackson QB BAL 6 82 J. Croskey-Merritt RB WAS 7 87 R. Harvey RB DEN 8 110 I. Likely TE NYG 9 115 C. Rodriguez Jr. RB JAC 10 138 T. Bigsby RB PHI 11 143 B. Allen RB NYJ 12 166 D. Schultz TE HOU KJ Townsel Rd Pk Player 1 4 P. Nacua WR LAR 2 25 K. Williams RB LAR 3 32 T. McBride TE ARI 4 53 J. Williams WR DET 5 60 J. Price RB SEA 6 81 T. Henderson RB NE 7 88 C. Tate WR TEN 8 109 J. Herbert QB LAC 9 116 M. Golden WR GB 10 137 I. Pacheco RB DET 11 144 R. Doubs WR NE 12 165 D. Boston WR CLE Adam Aizer Rd Pk Player 1 5 C. McCaffrey RB SF 2 24 B. Bowers TE LV 3 33 T. Etienne RB NO 4 52 C. Skattebo RB NYG 5 61 C. Godwin WR TB 6 80 Q. Johnston WR LAC 7 89 J. Daniels QB WAS 8 108 Z. Charbonnet RB SEA 9 117 J. Addison WR MIN 10 136 K. Black RB SF 11 145 J. Tyson WR NO 12 164 J. Love QB GB Alexandre Larochelle Rd Pk Player 1 6 J. Taylor RB IND 2 23 N. Collins WR HOU 3 34 J. Williams RB DAL 4 51 D. Adams WR LAR 5 62 J. Warren RB PIT 6 79 J. Hurts QB PHI 7 90 T. Kelce TE KC 8 107 D. Metcalf WR PIT 9 118 J. Goff QB DET 10 135 R. Shaheed WR SEA 11 146 T. Tracy Jr. RB NYG 12 163 H. Henry TE NE Joshua Hageman Rd Pk Player 1 7 C. Brown RB CIN 2 22 G. Pickens WR DAL 3 35 D. Swift RB CHI 4 50 J. Waddle WR DEN 5 63 R. Stevenson RB NE 6 78 T. Lawrence QB JAC 7 91 M. Wilson WR ARI 8 106 D. Goedert TE PHI 9 119 J. Meyers WR JAC 10 134 B. Mayfield QB TB 11 147 T. Shough QB NO 12 162 J. James RB SF Chip Mandal Rd Pk Player 1 8 J. Smith-Njigba WR SEA 2 21 C. Olave WR NO 3 36 T. Higgins WR CIN 4 49 B. Irving RB TB 5 64 J. Brooks RB CAR 6 77 C. Sutton WR DEN 7 92 J. Mason RB MIN 8 105 H. Fannin Jr. TE CLE 9 120 T. Allgeier RB ARI 10 133 M. Stafford QB LAR 11 148 M. Willis QB MIA 12 161 M. Andrews TE BAL Todd Nunn Rd Pk Player 1 9 A. St. Brown WR DET 2 20 D. London WR ATL 3 37 J. Allen QB BUF 4 48 L. Burden III WR CHI 5 65 R. Dowdle RB PIT 6 76 J. Dobbins RB DEN 7 93 G. Kittle TE SF 8 104 D. Samuel WR SF 9 121 A. Jones RB MIN 10 132 M. Lemon WR PHI 11 149 E. Johnson RB KC 12 160 A. Kamara RB NO Dave Richard Rd Pk Player 1 10 C. Lamb WR DAL 2 19 A. Brown WR NE 3 38 G. Wilson WR NYJ 4 47 Q. Judkins RB CLE 5 66 T. Kraft TE GB 6 75 D. Maye QB NE 7 94 J. Downs WR IND 8 103 M. Washington Jr. RB LV 9 122 J. Coleman RB DEN 10 131 P. Mahomes QB KC 11 150 R. Davis RB BUF 12 159 J. Conner RB ARI Josh Cunningham Rd Pk Player 1 11 J. Cook RB BUF 2 18 J. Jefferson WR MIN 3 39 E. Egbuka WR TB 4 46 T. McMillan WR CAR 5 67 J. Burrow QB CIN 6 74 T. Pollard RB TEN 7 95 S. Diggs WR WAS 8 102 R. White RB WAS 9 123 J. Reed WR GB 10 130 D. Kincaid TE BUF 11 151 D. Sampson RB CLE 12 158 B. Strange TE JAC Edward Cettina Rd Pk Player 1 12 K. Walker III RB KC 2 17 S. Barkley RB PHI 3 40 L. McConkey WR LAC 4 45 T. Warren TE IND 5 68 C. Watson WR GB 6 73 W. Robinson WR TEN 7 96 W. Marks RB HOU 8 101 C. Williams QB CHI 9 124 J. Ferguson TE DAL 10 129 C. Douglas WR MIA 11 152 K. Vidal RB LAC 12 157 B. Robinson Jr. RB ATL Jamey Eisenberg/Todd Rones Rd Pk Player 1 13 D. Henry RB BAL 2 16 O. Hampton RB LAC 3 41 B. Hall RB NYJ 4 44 D. Moore WR BUF 5 69 M. Harrison Jr. WR ARI 6 72 S. LaPorta TE DET 7 97 D. Stribling WR SF 8 100 D. Prescott QB DAL 9 125 J. Coker WR CAR 10 128 M. Lloyd RB GB 11 153 K. Mitchell RB LAC 12 156 K. Allen WR IND Erik Rison Rd Pk Player 1 14 D. Achane RB MIA 2 15 J. Jacobs RB GB 3 42 J. Love RB ARI 4 43 M. Evans WR SF 5 70 K. Pitts TE ATL 6 71 B. Thomas Jr. WR JAC 7 98 K. Monangai RB CHI 8 99 B. Purdy QB SF 9 126 X. Worthy WR KC 10 127 M. Washington WR MIA 11 154 J. Brissett QB ARI 12 155 D. Wicks WR PHI Add CBS Sports on Google Join the Conversation comments