Monday Mocks: 2025 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 less than two weeks away from the 2025 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 comes 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 ten 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 Ashton Jeanty, Tetairoa McMillan, or Cam Ward, these are the landing spots that could give incoming rookies a value boost come superflex dynasty rookie drafts.
ROUND ONE:
1.01 Denver Broncos RB
The Broncos were one of the surprise teams of this past season, but it had nothing to do with their running game. After giving Javonte Williams the first shot at the lead role, the Denver backfield developed into a three-headed committee and none of the trio broke through with consistent success. That led to Williams being ushered out of town and Jaleel McLaughlin and Audric Estime to lose nearly all dynasty value. The Broncos have often been projected to use an early pick on one of the many incoming rookie backs and that player will be a fast riser post-draft.
1.02 Chicago Bears RB
Last year in this article, the Bears quarterback position was the top overall landing spot. With the quarterback and wide receiver positions settled after last year’s work, Chicago could turn their attention to improving the backfield. D’Andre Swift was fine last year but the Bears could be in position to land Ashton Jeanty with their first pick. Even a Day-Two back would see a value gain as a result of this landing spot.
