Monday Mocks: Cornerstone Players

Welcome to Monday Mocks, where I’ll bring you…you guessed it, a new mock draft every Monday during the offseason. In my opinion, drafting is the best part of fantasy football, so I do as much of that as I can. This series will be filled with all types of mocks. We’ll draft startups, rookies, devys and more.

One of my favorite features of our site are the Cornerstone Rankings. Years ago, I wrote a series entitled Rookies, and Sophomores, and Devys (Oh My!) In this periodic article, I would rank past, current and upcoming rookie classes. The idea was that this trio of classes serve as the cornerstone of a strong dynasty roster. Ultimately, we opted to turn this article into a full set of continuously updated rankings and Cornerstone Rankings were born.

While there are mixed feelings about the incoming rookie class, there is no doubt that the rookie class of 2021 was a total game-changing group for dynasty leagues. We’re still over a year away from welcoming the much-hyped 2023 rookie class to the league and our dynasty rosters, but the value these players and picks already carry is obvious to anyone who has attempted to trade for extra rookie picks.

This mock draft should give dynasty managers an idea of how to value the top players from class to class. At this time of year, these can be especially valuable to determine the trade value of current and future rookie picks compared to last year’s rookie class. Just as our Cornerstone Rankings are, this mock is based on a 12-team superflex league.

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