With plenty of drafts taking place this weekend, I wanted to give you all an article that made things easy for the last-minute drafter. Perhaps you haven’t done your research at all, or even just want a cheat sheet that highlights everything I’ve had to say through 50+ preseason podcast episodes, dozens of articles and 300+ player notes. After having dozens of long conversations last season where I tried to tell everyone in my life everything they could know before their drafts, I learned my lesson and approached it differently this year. I figured the best way to provide them with all of my advice was to simply build a series of lists. That is what I offer you today and it should do the trick. For any more specific questions, feel free to hit me up on Twitter.
*All rounds listed are for standard 12-team half-PPR, 1 QB leagues.
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Quarterbacks I Want at Their ADP
- Aaron Rodgers (if he falls to the 4th)
- Andrew Luck (if he falls to 11th)
- Matt Ryan (13th)
- Dak Prescott (top two-week streamer)
- Alex Smith (two QBs target)
Quarterbacks I’m Avoiding at Their ADP
Starting Running Backs I Want at Their ADP
- Any of the clear-cut Top 10 workhorses (Gurley, Zeke, Johnson, Bell, Gordon, Fournette, Saquon, Kamara, Cook, Hunt in that order)
- Christian McCaffery (mid-2nd)
- Joe Mixon (late 2nd, early 3rd)
- Lamar Miller (late 3rd, early 4th)
- Kenyan Drake (4th)
- Mark Ingram (5th)
- Marshawn Lynch (late 5th/6th)
- Jamaal Williams (6th)
- Sony Michel (6th/7th)
- Carlos Hyde (7th)
Running Backs I’m Avoiding at Their ADP
Running Backs I Want On My Bench
- Chris Carson (8th)
- Peyton Barber (9th)
- Marlon Mack (9th)
- Adrian Peterson (9th/10th)
- Bilal Powell (11th)
- Jordan Wilkins (13th)
- James Conner, John Kelly, Spencer Ware, Rod Smith (Could all be RB1s if their starter suffers an injury–think Kareem Hunt last year)
Starting Wide Receivers I Want at Their ADP
- Any of the clear-cut top 8 (Brown, Jones, Beckham, Thomas, Adam, Hopkins, Allen, Green in that order)
- Stefon Diggs (3rd/4th)
- Doug Baldwin (3rd/4th)
- Amari Cooper (4th)
- Larry Fitzgerald (4th/5th)
- Josh Gordon (5th/6th)
- Corey Davis (6th)
- Jamison Crowder (9th)
- Kelvin Benjamin (10th)
- Sterling Shepard (10th)
Wide Receivers I’m Avoiding at Their ADP
Wide Receivers I Want On My Bench
- Devante Parker (11th)
- Keelan Cole (12th)
- Mike Williams (12th)
- Geronimo Allison (13th)
- Chris Godwin (14th)
- John Brown (14th)
- John Ross (14th or later)
- Ryan Grant (14th or later)
Tight Ends I Want at Their ADP
- Rob Gronkowski (15th overall or later)
- Kyle Rudolph (8th)
- Trey Burton (9th)
- Jack Doyle (10th)
Tight Ends I’m Avoiding at Their ADP
General Strategy
- Don’t draft a quarterback before the 10th round unless it is Rodgers
- Only draft 1 QB and 1 TE
- Don’t draft a DST or kicker at all, instead, fill the spot with another high-upside RB until right before Week 1 starts
- Draft at least 5 WRs, but fill your bench with a ton of high-upside RBs
- Draft for value, not need
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