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The Fantasy football industry has largely moved in the direction of PPR (either half or full) in recent years, but not everyone plays in a league where catches count. In fact, more than a quarter of Fantasy football leagues are still what we used to call "standard." Now we call it non-PPR, because it's not so standard anymore. But it's still relevant, and that's why we used the format for our most recent Dynasty mock draft. The other change that we made is that we went with the two starting wide receivers that is standard in CBS leagues, instead of three receivers as we normally do.

And we were reminded quickly of just how dominant running backs are with these rules.

Jonathan Taylor was the first overall pick and he was followed by 10 more running backs to start the draft. That's especially rare in Dynasty startups, because running backs have the shortest shelf life of all positions. After DK Metcalf was taken with the 12th pick, things evened out a bit, but the running back run didn't come to a complete stop until Round 4 when there wasn't a running back taken. 

All of these running backs led to some values you won't often see in a startup mock. The run at the end of the second round was especially telling, with Dave Richard landing Calvin Ridley at pick 21, setting me up for a very tough choice between A.J. Brown and Patrick Mahomes, both of whom rank inside my top seven in my Dynasty PPR Top 150. I tried to be cute and guess that Mahomes might come back to me, but Major Caldwell snagged him with the very next pick. 

The values didn't stop after Round 2 either. Dave also got Stefon Diggs with the fourth pick of Round 3, which was my favorite value of that round. And even though running backs flew off the board, I thought Matt Price did well to land James Robinson at pick 32. Some of my other favorite values I didn't draft were Russell Wilson and Brandin Cooks in Round 8, Gus Edwards in Round 10 and Taysom Hill in Round 14. 

This was probably our last startup mock without the 2021 rookie class, which probably means it's our last startup mock before the NFL Draft. But it's not our last Dynasty mock. We'll have at least one, probably two, rookie-only mocks coming in April.

We have projection disagreements (too low on Jonathan Taylor?) and a mailbag on the Fantasy Football Today podcast. Listen below and follow at Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts:

The analysts who participated in this mock are:

Scott Fish, Scott Fish Bowl
Major Caldwell, Fantasy Gurus
Heath Cummings, CBS Sports
Dave Richard, CBS Sports
Robbie Johnson, Rumboyz Fantasy Network
Adam Aizer, CBS Sports
Dan Schneier, CBS Sports
Matt Price, Dynasty League Football
Calvin and Hobby, Dynasty Vipers
Jamey Eisenberg, CBS Sports
Dan Meylor, Dynasty League Football
Donkey Teeth, Razzball

And here are the results:

Round By Round
Round 1
Pos Team Player
1 Donkey Teeth - Razzball
2 Dan Meylor
3 Dave Richard
4 Daniel Schneier
5 Matt Price
6 Scott Fish
7 Jamey Eisenberg
8 Way2majorGuruFF
9 Heath Cummings
10 RumboyzFFnet
11 Adam Aizer
12 CalvinandHobby
Round 2
Pos Team Player
13 CalvinandHobby
14 Adam Aizer
15 RumboyzFFnet
16 Heath Cummings
17 Way2majorGuruFF
18 Jamey Eisenberg
19 Scott Fish
20 Matt Price
21 Daniel Schneier
22 Dave Richard
23 Dan Meylor
24 Donkey Teeth - Razzball
Round 3
Pos Team Player
25 Donkey Teeth - Razzball
26 Dan Meylor
27 Dave Richard
28 Daniel Schneier
29 Matt Price
30 Scott Fish
31 Jamey Eisenberg
32 Way2majorGuruFF
33 Heath Cummings
34 RumboyzFFnet
35 Adam Aizer
36 CalvinandHobby
Round 4
Pos Team Player
37 CalvinandHobby
38 Adam Aizer
39 RumboyzFFnet
40 Heath Cummings
41 Way2majorGuruFF
42 Jamey Eisenberg
43 Scott Fish
44 Matt Price
45 Daniel Schneier
46 Dave Richard
47 Dan Meylor
48 Donkey Teeth - Razzball
Round 5
Pos Team Player
49 Donkey Teeth - Razzball
50 Dan Meylor
51 Dave Richard
52 Daniel Schneier
53 Matt Price
54 Scott Fish
55 Jamey Eisenberg
56 Way2majorGuruFF
57 Heath Cummings
58 RumboyzFFnet
59 Adam Aizer
60 CalvinandHobby
Round 6
Pos Team Player
61 CalvinandHobby
62 Adam Aizer
63 RumboyzFFnet
64 Heath Cummings
65 Way2majorGuruFF
66 Jamey Eisenberg
67 Scott Fish
68 Matt Price
69 Daniel Schneier
70 Dave Richard
71 Dan Meylor
72 Donkey Teeth - Razzball
Round 7
Pos Team Player
73 Donkey Teeth - Razzball
74 Dan Meylor
75 Dave Richard
76 Daniel Schneier
77 Matt Price
78 Scott Fish
79 Jamey Eisenberg
80 Way2majorGuruFF
81 Heath Cummings
82 RumboyzFFnet
83 Adam Aizer
84 CalvinandHobby
Round 8
Pos Team Player
85 CalvinandHobby
86 Adam Aizer
87 RumboyzFFnet
88 Heath Cummings
89 Way2majorGuruFF
90 Jamey Eisenberg
91 Scott Fish
92 Matt Price
93 Daniel Schneier
94 Dave Richard
95 Dan Meylor
96 Donkey Teeth - Razzball
Round 9
Pos Team Player
97 Donkey Teeth - Razzball
98 Dan Meylor
99 Dave Richard
100 Daniel Schneier
101 Matt Price
102 Scott Fish
103 Jamey Eisenberg
104 Way2majorGuruFF
105 Heath Cummings
106 RumboyzFFnet
107 Adam Aizer
108 CalvinandHobby
Round 10
Pos Team Player
109 CalvinandHobby
110 Adam Aizer
111 RumboyzFFnet
112 Heath Cummings
113 Way2majorGuruFF
114 Jamey Eisenberg
115 Scott Fish
116 Matt Price
117 Daniel Schneier
118 Dave Richard
119 Dan Meylor
120 Donkey Teeth - Razzball
Round 11
Pos Team Player
121 Donkey Teeth - Razzball
122 Dan Meylor
123 Dave Richard
124 Daniel Schneier
125 Matt Price
126 Scott Fish
127 Jamey Eisenberg
128 Way2majorGuruFF
129 Heath Cummings
130 RumboyzFFnet
131 Adam Aizer
132 CalvinandHobby
Round 12
Pos Team Player
133 CalvinandHobby
134 Adam Aizer
135 RumboyzFFnet
136 Heath Cummings
137 Way2majorGuruFF
138 Jamey Eisenberg
139 Scott Fish
140 Matt Price
141 Daniel Schneier
142 Dave Richard
143 Dan Meylor
144 Donkey Teeth - Razzball
Round 13
Pos Team Player
145 Donkey Teeth - Razzball
146 Dan Meylor
147 Dave Richard
148 Daniel Schneier
149 Matt Price
150 Scott Fish
151 Jamey Eisenberg
152 Way2majorGuruFF
153 Heath Cummings
154 RumboyzFFnet
155 Adam Aizer
156 CalvinandHobby
Round 14
Pos Team Player
157 CalvinandHobby
158 Adam Aizer
159 RumboyzFFnet
160 Heath Cummings
161 Way2majorGuruFF
162 Jamey Eisenberg
163 Scott Fish
164 Matt Price
165 Daniel Schneier
166 Dave Richard
167 Dan Meylor
168 Donkey Teeth - Razzball
Team by Team
Donkey Teeth - Razzball
Rd Pk Player
1 1
2 24
3 25
4 48
5 49
6 72
7 73
8 96
9 97
10 120
11 121
12 144
13 145
14 168
Dan Meylor
Rd Pk Player
1 2
2 23
3 26
4 47
5 50
6 71
7 74
8 95
9 98
10 119
11 122
12 143
13 146
14 167
Dave Richard
Rd Pk Player
1 3
2 22
3 27
4 46
5 51
6 70
7 75
8 94
9 99
10 118
11 123
12 142
13 147
14 166
Daniel Schneier
Rd Pk Player
1 4
2 21
3 28
4 45
5 52
6 69
7 76
8 93
9 100
10 117
11 124
12 141
13 148
14 165
Matt Price
Rd Pk Player
1 5
2 20
3 29
4 44
5 53
6 68
7 77
8 92
9 101
10 116
11 125
12 140
13 149
14 164
Scott Fish
Rd Pk Player
1 6
2 19
3 30
4 43
5 54
6 67
7 78
8 91
9 102
10 115
11 126
12 139
13 150
14 163
Jamey Eisenberg
Rd Pk Player
1 7
2 18
3 31
4 42
5 55
6 66
7 79
8 90
9 103
10 114
11 127
12 138
13 151
14 162
Way2majorGuruFF
Rd Pk Player
1 8
2 17
3 32
4 41
5 56
6 65
7 80
8 89
9 104
10 113
11 128
12 137
13 152
14 161
Heath Cummings
Rd Pk Player
1 9
2 16
3 33
4 40
5 57
6 64
7 81
8 88
9 105
10 112
11 129
12 136
13 153
14 160
RumboyzFFnet
Rd Pk Player
1 10
2 15
3 34
4 39
5 58
6 63
7 82
8 87
9 106
10 111
11 130
12 135
13 154
14 159
Adam Aizer
Rd Pk Player
1 11
2 14
3 35
4 38
5 59
6 62
7 83
8 86
9 107
10 110
11 131
12 134
13 155
14 158
CalvinandHobby
Rd Pk Player
1 12
2 13
3 36
4 37
5 60
6 61
7 84
8 85
9 108
10 109
11 132
12 133
13 156
14 157