Monday Mocks: NFL Draft Landing Spots

Welcome to Monday Mocks, where I’ll bring you… you guessed it, a new mock draft every Monday during the off-season. 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.

The countdown continues as we are now just over three weeks away from the 2023 NFL Draft. Much of the analysis throughout the past several months has been focused on individual players. As most would admit though, two of the most crucial data points in studying and projecting the outlook for these players come on draft weekend – draft capital and landing spot.

Landing spot is a difficult piece to consider as there are so many layers to what makes up a “good” landing spot. Opportunity is obviously important, so a crowded depth chart would be imposing. The quality of the overall team and offense matters as well. Of course, landing spots will ultimately be revealed in 24 days, but we should all be prepared for what happens that weekend. One way to do that is to identify the ideal landing spots for the players we are hoping to acquire in rookie drafts.

In this mock, I “drafted” the landing spots that could be most beneficial for the players we care about. Whether your NFL Draft weekend is focused on Bijan Robinson, Anthony Richardson, or Jaxon Smith-Njigba, these are the landing spots that could give incoming rookies a value boost come superflex dynasty rookie drafts.

ROUND ONE:

1.01 Kansas City Chiefs WR

The Chiefs coaching staff insists they are comfortable with Kadarius Toney as the team’s top wide receiver but that is difficult to believe given the injury history and limited playing time following his trade from the Giants. While Toney is an exciting player who oozes upside, the Chiefs need another wideout. Any rookie receiver landing with Patrick Mahomes would be a post-Draft riser.