Fantasy Football Draft Prep 2024: Drafting from No. 11 overall in a half-PPR league, every pick, more

This pick-by-pick series allows us to explore how our teams look with different builds. In this draft, I had picks 5 and 11. With the fifth pick, I went with an RB/RB build, and with this team at pick 11, I started WR/WR/WR. I loved my RB/RB team, so let's see if drafting WRs with each of my first three picks yields similarly awesome results!

If anything trips this team up, it could be Puka Nacua's knee. At the time of the draft, he was week-to-week with a knee injury, but the injury was not considered serious so I'm going to assume Nacua will have a great season (NOTE: You will like your team a lot more if you give the most optimistic outlooks for all of your players)! After taking A.J. Brown and Nacua, I selected George Pickens and Alvin Kamara . I continued with two more RBs with my next three picks. I went stud WRs early and solid RBs (Kamara, David Montgomery , and Tony Pollard ) in the middle of my draft. To build out my RB depth, I waited on QB but was still able to get Kyle Pitts in Round 6.

I'm happy with this team because it is a 3-WR league. In a 2-WR league, I don't love going so WR-heavy with my early picks. I probably would have taken Travis Kelce or Patrick Mahomes over George Pickens in a 2-WR league.

Overall, I think this team has no major weaknesses. It is strong at WR. Fine at RB, TE, and potentially strong at QB with Jayden Daniels and Brock Purdy . If you are in the middle of your draft and you feel weak at RB or WR, just keep waiting on QB. Take advantage of the depth at that position.

Here is my team which will go 8-6, earn the 4 seed, and sadly lose on a fumble during Monday Night Football in the league semifinals:

1.11 A.J. Brown, WR, PHI

2.2 Puka Nacua, WR, LAR

3.11 George Pickens, WR, PIT

4.2 Alvin Kamara, RB, NO

5.11 David Montgomery, RB, DET

6.2 Kyle Pitts, TE, ATL

7.11 Tony Pollard, RB, TEN

8.2 Rome Odunze , WR, CHI

9.11 Zach Charbonnet , RB, SEA

10.2 Jayden Daniels, QB, WAS

11.11 Dallas Goedert , TE, PHI

12.2 Brock Purdy, QB, SF

13.11 Gabe Davis , WR, JAC

14.2 Khalil Herbert , RB, CHI