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Fantasy football: The ideal mock draft for 2018

By Chris Wilson

LOS ANGELES, CA - SEPTEMBER 17: Todd Gurley #30 of the Los Angeles Rams leaps over Bashaud Breeland #26 of the Washington Redskins before scoring a touchdown during the third quarter at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on September 17, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CA - SEPTEMBER 17: Todd Gurley #30 of the Los Angeles Rams leaps over Bashaud Breeland #26 of the Washington Redskins before scoring a touchdown during the third quarter at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on September 17, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images) /
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SANTA CLARA, CA – SEPTEMBER 21: Pierre Garcon #15 of the San Francisco 49ers makes a catch against the Los Angeles Rams during their NFL game at Levi’s Stadium on September 21, 2017 in Santa Clara, California. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images) /

Round 6: WR Pierre Garcon, San Francisco 49ers

Similar to last season, San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Pierre Garcon is undervalued this year, and is regularly drafted well after Corey Davis, who managed just 375 receiving yards his rookie season, as well as Julian Edelman, who faces a four-game suspension after missing all of 2017 due to injury.

Garcon is also returning from a mid-season injury, but the veteran’s injury was considered minor, and required just an eight-week recovery period. Garcon was undervalued last year with poor quarterback play; now the 49ers have QB Jimmy Garoppolo, who averaged approximately 300 passing yards a game without the surrounding talent or experience of a player like Garcon.

While Garcon is unlikely to end the season as a WR1, Davis is even less likely — and barring injury, Garcon is assured to be in the WR2 conversation, which is difficult to find with a late sixth-round, or early seventh-round pick.