Fantasy Football Draft Prep 2024: Drafting from No. 2 overall in a PPR league, full results, standout picks

Having the second overall pick in a full PPR Fantasy Football draft in 2024 is an excellent spot because it guarantees you'll get the choice of your top wide receiver or your top running back. Even in this format, Christian McCaffrey is likely to be the first overall pick and that was the case in this draft. While I'm a strong believer that there is a big dropoff after three running backs (McCaffrey, Bijan Robinson , and Breece Hall ) in 2024, thus making them more valuable than their current ADP suggests, I would only move them up my draft board in half-PPR and standard scoring leagues. This made my decision easy to go with my top-ranked receiver.

That's the easy part -- my first-round pick. Things get a bit tricky immediately in Round 2, but my focus remained on finding receiving options that can maximize scoring in a format like this one. I heard Adam Aizer refer to my draft as his favorite and I think a lot of that has to do with the running backs available in this year's Fantasy landscape in the middle rounds. We'll explore that and more below, but first, let's check out how the team developed.

Here's my squad from the second pick:

1.02: CeeDee Lamb , WR, DAL
2.11: Davante Adams , WR, LV
3.02: Travis Kelce , TE, KC
4.11: Joe Mixon , RB, CIN
5:02: Kenneth Walker , RB, SEA
6.11 Terry McLaurin , WR, WAS
7.02 DeAndre Hopkins , WR, TEN
8.11: Brock Purdy , QB, SF
9.02: Raheem Mostert , RB, MIA
10.11: Rashid Shaheed , WR, NO
11.2: Tua Tagovailoa , QB, MIA
12.11: Tyler Allgeier , RB, ATL
13.2: Marvin Mims , WR, DEN
14.11: Jalin Hyatt , WR, NYG

I was excited to grab Mixon and Walker as my starting backs despite passing on the position for the first three rounds. Mixon has three-down upside on what could be one of the NFL's highest-scoring offenses. We've already seen Mixon provide a floor during his time with the Bengals in a heavy-volume role, and if he just finds the end zone a few more times, we're talking about getting back-end RB1 value in Round 4. Walker has a little more working against him, but big play upside every snap and talent (and age) that belongs in Rounds 1-2. The situation can change fast if the Seahawks offense resembles the 2022 breakout season we saw with Geno Smith .

Wide receiver depth is my main concern with this build as I leaned heavily into running backs after locking up three elite pass catchers. Hopkins was better than given credit for in 2023 and while volume might be a question mark with Calvin Ridley , Will Levis has a rapport down with Nuk.

In the final third of the draft, I focused on locking up a second quarterback to give myself an opportunity to find a consistent QB1. Between Purdy and Tagovailoa, I feel confident one will work out as a QB1.