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Fantasy football mock draft: How to approach pick 1.07 (2026)

FantasyPros · Jul 22, 2026 11:05 · 6 min read

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Rookies are already reporting for training camp, which means fantasy football season is truly upon us as July starts to dwindle. Whether you’ve done hundreds of best ball drafts or have paid zero attention this offseason, now is the time to refocus your mind for redraft. If you’re picking from the 1.07 or simply want to check out what your competition might be doing, this is the way to approach that pick.

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Fantasy Football Draft Strategy: Pick 1.07

Players to Consider at 1.07 Fantasy Football Draft Pick

Here are players that are at the top of ADP when you make your selection:

No matter how crazy your league is, you can kiss goodbye to the idea that you’ll land Bijan Robinson, Jahmyr Gibbs, or Ja’Marr Chase here. It’s possible, but rather unlikely, you could see Puka Nacua or Jaxon Smith-Njigba in this range either. This pick most likely comes down to a tier of four players before things move into the back half of the draft, and there is plenty to like about our potential selections.

Players to Target at 1.07 Fantasy Football Draft Pick

Christian McCaffrey (RB – SF)

It’s true that Christian McCaffrey is coming off quite a poor year by his standards in the ground game, rushing for 3.9 yards per carry, his lowest mark since 2020 in Carolina. This ranked 48th among running backs with 50 or more rush attempts, while also ranking 47th in yards after contact per attempt and 29th in missed tackles forced. But for fantasy purposes, that simply didn’t matter as CMC saw 129 targets, more than AJ Brown, Courtland Sutton, Keenan Allen, or Zay Flowers had. McCaffrey was the RB1 in points per game, scoring 2.5 more than the RB2.

Once again, the 49ers did very little to persuade us that they don’t believe in McCaffrey’s ability to be a workhorse this year, instead continuing their habit of talking up a later-round dart throw at the position, who’ll likely struggle to see any involvement. McCaffrey is 30 years old, but like Derrick Henry, he seems as committed as anyone to working hard year-round, and if he can PPR scam his way to another dominant receiving role, it’s hard not to argue in his favor if you’re okay with some risk.

Jonathan Taylor (RB – IND)

Last year, Jonathan Taylor was absolutely dominant for the first half of the season, and had Daniel Jones not gotten injured, then Taylor most likely could have stayed effective throughout the whole season. According to teams synced to our FantasyPros tools, they led all players in advance rate to the playoffs at 66.8%. Simply drafting Jonathan Taylor gave you a two-in-three chance of making the playoffs. Sadly, though, that wasn’t the whole story. Taylor was RB4 in PPG, but from Week 12 onwards was the RB21, with an explosive run rate of 0.7% (41st) and ranking 36th in yards after contact and scoring only three rushing touchdowns.

Taylor is heading into a contract year, probably his last massive contract, with him having turned 27 this offseason. He’ll be motivated, have his quarterback returning, who might need to lean on the run game more, and once again has virtually no competition for touches. There’s a very real world where Taylor is a top two RB this year.

CeeDee Lamb (WR – DAL)

2025 was a really disappointing year for CeeDee Lamb, posting the second lowest numbers of his career in targets, receptions,, and yards, with only his rookie season in 2020 worse. He also had a career low of three touchdowns. The newly arrived George Pickens saw a 22.1% target share in the red zone compared to Lamb’s 18.6%, which was also behind Jake Ferguson, who led the team with 23.1%. Contrast this to 2024, when Lamb had 27.7% and led the team by 10%, and 2023, when he had 28.8% and also led the team by 10%, if you’re happy to believe 2025 was a blip rather than the new normal, it becomes easier to see him as a value here. Betting on Lamb’s well-established connection with Prescott and this team as a whole to bounce back isn’t the worst bet in the world. Amon-Ra St. Brown (WR – DET)

When you draft Amon-Ra St. Brown, you have a pretty solid idea of what you’re getting. St. Brown has had over 119 targets in every one of the five seasons he’s played in the NFL and scored double-digit touchdowns in each of the last three. Perhaps the ceiling gets capped slightly if Jameson Williams trends upwards and Sam LaPorta is healthier, but the Lions were bad last year and the most important thing is that they might have a competent play caller once again in Drew Petzing, formerly of Arizona, who said they want to lean into what Jared Goff does best by using play action heavily. That would be a bonus for St. Brown, who has consistently been top of the team in first-read target share on play action.

Players to Avoid at 1.07 Fantasy Football Draft Pick

Justin Jefferson (WR – MIN)

We used to say the Vikings’ offensive scheme was QB-proof. After all, we’d seen the likes of Josh Dobbs and Sam Darnold thrive in Kevin O’Connell’s offense. Then JJ McCarthy came in and blew all that out of the water, being so impressively bad that the coaching staff had to take middle-of-the-field passes out of the playbook by the end of the season due to him not being able to read the field correctly. Perhaps McCarthy has enough talent to turn things around, or perhaps Kyler Murray is the answer. So far, camp reports don’t suggest either player is distancing themselves from the other, which could lead to annoying back-and-forths in season, affecting the play of the rest of the team.

Justin Jefferson had fewer receiving yards in 2025 (1048) than he did in 2023, when he only played 10 games (1074). Jefferson also had a career low 12.5 yards per reception and a career-low two receiving touchdowns. Among wide receivers with 50 or more targets, Jefferson ranked 58th in catchable target rate (71%). He may bounce back, but it’s hard to take Jefferson ahead of the other wide receivers in this range.

James Cook (RB – BUF)

In 2024, James Cook dominated with 16 touchdowns on only 1009 rushing yards, and it seemed unsustainable. Then, in 2025, he had 1621 rushing yards with 12 touchdowns and gave us slightly more reason to have confidence. The counter to this would be that Josh Allen is coming off his lowest passing yardage since 2019 (3668), and hasn’t been over 30 pass TDs in the last three years, but the Bills seem positive their offense will take a step forward this year with the addition of DJ Moore under new head coach Joe Brady. That remains to be seen, but if it does happen, and the team scores more passing touchdowns and can finally move the ball better again, could it come at the expense of James Cook‘s ceiling?

Roster Constructions to Consider at 1.07 Fantasy Football Draft Pick

The middle of the draft board always gives the most flexibility for draft strategy and this year is no different, allowing us to start with either WR or RB. Starting WR + WR could let you lean into Zero RB with an elite TE such as Brock Bowers or Trey McBride available in the second or third round, or adding your first RB out of a selection of De’Von Achane, Jeremiyah Love, or Breece Hall. If you tilt towards a running back here, then your WR selections are likely Drake London, Nico Collins, or A.J. Brown.

Running Back tends to dry up quicker than usual this year, but only having one wide receiver through three rounds can leave your WR room struggling to catch up. It’s a good year to consider a more balanced approach.

Fantasy Football Mock Draft From the 1.07 Pick

We used our FREE fantasy football mock draft simulator to show you an example of a draft from the 1.07 position. You can sync your league for free and mock draft against your fantasy football league settings to prepare more specifically for your draft. Here’s how our fantasy football mock draft from the 1.07 position turned out.