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Fantasy Football Mock '16, RDs 5-6: Luck, Big Ben join the party

Fantasy football drafting in May? Heck ya! Are you itching to mock? Deep down you are. And we are too. With the NFL Draft in the books, we recently participated in a 12-team, .5 PPR, with a FLEX, exercise to whet your whistle. Wake up from your pigskin coma, fantasy freaks. The 2016 fantasy football season is officially underway. Let the "expert" derision begin.

SEE ROUNDS 1-2 HERE; ROUNDS 3-4 HERE

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ROUND 5

Pick 49: Jordan Matthews, Phi, WR25 – A top-twenty fantasy WR in 2015, and now moving from the slot to the outside in Doug Pederson's West Coast offense, Matthews is primed to take the next step in his maturation. (Liz Loza 1)

Pick 50: Greg Olsen, Car, TE3 – Consistency is key. The ultra-durable target hog has been a top-ten fantasy TE since 2012 and top-five option in back-to-back campaigns. (Loza 2)

Pick 51: Golden Tate, Det, WR26 – Has been a monster whenever the now retired Calvin Johnson hasn't played. (Dalton Del Don 1)

Pick 52: Jeremy Langford, Chi, RB20 – Some advanced metrics are worrisome, but he looks like Chicago's workhorse, and a lead back at this stage is tough to come by. (DDD 2)

Pick 53: Ryan Mathews, Phi, RB21 – Drafting Mathews ahead of Brad brings me indescribable pleasure, even in a mock. Also, Mathews averaged 5.1 YPC last year and he has the lead role. (Andy Behrens 1)

Pick 54: Andrew Luck, Ind, QB4 – He's a slightly better deal this year, isn't he? Everything you liked about Luck last season still holds, basically. (Behrens 2)

Pick 55: Jay Ajayi, Mia, RB22 – It happened almost by accident, but he needs to be Miami's bell cow, essentially by default. Team is hard to trust, but Ajayi will get a chance to be their foundation guy. (Scott Pianowski 1)

Pick 56: T.J. Yeldon, Jax, RB23 – A reasonable debut for someone who was 21 when the 2015 season began. Chris Ivory will steal work, but probably not the pass-catching part of the game. (Pianow 2)

Pick 57: Ben Roethlisberger, Pit, QB5 – Big Ben was the seventh-best QB in a per game basis notching 19.0 fppg in traditional Yahoo settings. With arguably the game's best WR and RB as targets and adding Ladarius Green he could flirt with some 4,800 yards and 30-plus TDs. (Brad Evans 1)

Pick 58: Latavius Murray, Oak, RB24 – It's hard to understand the existing disdain toward Murray. He's locked into an early-down role on an emerging offense and coming off a top-20 campaign. On roughly 275-285 total touches bank on 1,000-1,200 combined yards with 7-9 TDs. (Evans 2)

Pick 59: Tyler Eifert, Cin, TE4– He's an upper middle class version of Gronk, averaging a TD catch per game in '15 (13 in 13). (Brandon Funston 1)

Pick 60: Allen Hurns, Jax, WR27 – Happy to nab former 'Cane as the No. 27 wideout here as he was No. 14 fantasy WR last season. (Funston 2)

ROUND 6

Pick 61: Dion Lewis, NE, RB25 – Was a top 10 FAN RB before the ACL injury derailed his '15 breakout campaign - reports are encouraging that he'll be good to go for the '16 opener. (Funston 2)

Pick 62: Jeremy Maclin, KC, WR28 – Turned out that KC wasn't as much of a dead end for Maclin as I expected - he finished as the No. 16 fantasy WR, a level that he should return again as the go-to guy ithe Chiefs' passing game. (Funston 1)

Pick 63: Travis Kelce, KC, TE5 – He didn't exactly deliver on enormous expectations finishing as TE8 last year, but still offered plenty of serviceability. Hoping Andy Reid feeds him more than 12 times inside the red zone.  (Evans 2)

Pick 64: Jeremy Hill, Cin, RB26 – For all the pain and anguish caused last fall he still churned out the 14th most valuable line among rushers. Presumably motivated to shake off the sophomore slump, he'll return as Cincy's primary early-down and goal-line option. Roughly 1,100 combined yards with 10 TDs is entirely reachable. (Evans 1)

Pick 65: Larry Fitzgerald, Ari, WR29 – You never know when the cliff season is coming for skill guys in their 30s, but Fitzgerald won't be outworked or out-prepared, and I'm only asking for him to be my fourth-best receiver on this roster. (Pianow 2)

Pick 66: Delanie Walker, Ten, TE6 – His standard FF rank at tight end since joining the Titans: 12th, 8th, 5th. And the Tennessee wideouts look just as sketchy as ever. Advantage, Walker. (Pianow 1)

Pick 67: John Brown, Ari, WR30 – My ranks may have said Sanders (although he seems like a diceroll with Sanchez/Lynch), but this team already rostered DT. Brown will do. Not much separating him from the other Cards receivers. (Behrens 2)

Pick 68: Drew Brees, NO, QB6– In a down year, Brees still passed for 4870 yards and 32 scores. He's attempted 625 or more passes in eight of his last nine seasons. (Behrens 1)

Pick 69: Emmanuel Sanders, Den, WR31 – Has averaged 1,270 receiving yards and 7.5 touchdowns over the past two seasons, yet 30 wide receivers went ahead of him. (DDD 2)

Pick 70: Matt Jones, Was, RB27 – Needs to stop fumbling but with Alfred Morris gone the job is all his. Has a bunch of upside. (DDD 1)

Pick 71: Devante Parker, Mia, WR32 – Not fully healthy until Week 12 of last year, Parker scored 3 TDs and had four 80+ yard outings in the last six games of the season. With a full offseason under his belt, he projects to be a monster in the red area of the field. (Loza 2)

Pick 72: Chris Ivory, Jax, RB28 – Don't like the timeshare with Yeldon, but dig Ivory's goal line gremlin appeal. (Loza 1)

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