It’s important to know who to target and who to pass on when it comes to your fantasy football draft. To get a better sense of players to avoid and others to reach for, use our Expert Consensus Rankings (ECR) and compare them to a player’s average draft position (ADP). Players that are going higher in ADP versus ECR are likely those that you want to reconsider at their current cost. On the flipside, players that experts are higher on versus ADP are those that could be worth reaching for, or at least targeting at their current ADP.
And you can use our expert accuracy rankings to help determine which experts to select when you are building your custom fantasy football draft cheat sheets.
Here’s a look at players the experts are targeting at their current ADP.
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20 Players to Target From The Most Accurate NFL Experts
| RK | PLAYER NAME | TEAM | POS | ECR VS. ADP |
| 5 | Dalvin Cook | MIN | RB5 | 2 |
| 11 | Travis Kelce | KC | TE1 | 3 |
| 19 | Leonard Fournette | TB | RB12 | 4 |
| 22 | Mike Evans | TB | WR8 | 4 |
| 31 | Michael Pittman Jr. | IND | WR13 | 5 |
| 32 | DJ Moore | CAR | WR14 | 14 |
| 34 | Breece Hall | NYJ | RB17 | 9 |
| 37 | Travis Etienne Jr. | JAC | RB19 | 8 |
| 43 | Courtland Sutton | DEN | WR18 | 14 |
| 45 | J.K. Dobbins | BAL | RB22 | 7 |
| 49 | Brandin Cooks | HOU | WR21 | 11 |
| 53 | Allen Robinson II | LAR | WR22 | 12 |
| 59 | Darnell Mooney | CHI | WR24 | 15 |
| 61 | Miles Sanders | PHI | RB27 | 8 |
| 62 | Michael Thomas | NO | WR26 | 6 |
| 65 | JuJu Smith-Schuster | KC | WR28 | 12 |
| 69 | Kareem Hunt | CLE | RB29 | 9 |
| 72 | Chase Edmonds | MIA | RB30 | 19 |
| 73 | Elijah Moore | NYJ | WR30 | 11 |
| 75 | Rashod Bateman | BAL | WR31 | 13 |
Travis Etienne Jr. (RB – JAC)
Travis Etienne Jr. was a standout college football running back for the Clemson Tigers from 2017 to 2020 and was selected by the Jaguars in the first round of the 2021 NFL Draft -25th overall. However, his rookie season was cut short by a preseason Lisfranc injury. Some NFL personnel reported that Etienne could have come back towards the end of the year had the Jaguars been in playoff contention instead of being the league’s laughing stock.
Etienne is expected to be fully cleared by training camp, giving him a leg up on the RB1 role as the Jacksonville Jaguars install a new offense under new head coach Doug Pederson. With James Robinson attempting to come back from a torn Achilles injury suffered on December 26th, Etienne figures to be the featured back during this spring/summer.
Do not forget what this guy did at Clemson with Trevor Lawrence (QB – JAC) as his quarterback. During his final season as a Clemson Tiger, he led the country in receiving yards and ranked second in receptions among running backs. Etienne also racked up the most rushing attempts of 20-plus yards (40) from 2018 to 2019 while only carrying the ball 20-plus times once since 2018.
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Courtland Sutton (WR – DEN)
Entering Year 3, it looked like Courtland Sutton was on the cusp of true elite fantasy WR1 production, but his 2020 season was lost due to a torn ACL in Week 2. It was unclear how productive Sutton would be returning from the devastating knee injury.
But to start the 2021 season, the Broncos wide receiver looked like his old self. He averaged 13.8 fantasy points per game (17th) and had a 27% target share in Weeks 2-7 during the regular season.
It wasn’t until Jerry Jeudy’s return from injury that Sutton – and the rest of the Broncos pass catchers – became obsolete in a crowded, run-heavy offense led by a combination of Lock/Teddy Bridgewater. Nevertheless, Sutton finished the season as the fantasy WR46.
However, even in the anemic offense, Sutton still finished seventh in air yards (1,756), cemented in between Tyler Lockett and D.K. Metcalf, in 2021.
Sutton has a real chance to recapture his elite form another year removed from his ACL injury. It also helps substantially that he has received an ultra upgrade at the quarterback position with Denver’s trade for Russell Wilson.
Wilson has always been an elite downfield passer – he had the sixth-highest passer rating on throws of 20-plus air yards last season – which plays heavily into Sutton’s strengths as a vertical threat.
Juju Smith-Schuster (WR – KC)
It always seemed more probable than not that JuJu Smith-Schuster would find his way to Kansas City in free agency. The Chiefs were interested in him last season, and the landing spot is perfect to revive Smith-Schuster’s fantasy football value. He’s just one year removed from a WR17 finish in PPR between two injury-plagued seasons.
Let’s not forget JuJu had an elite sophomore campaign – 1,400-plus receiving yards – and he is still just 25 years old. With the most vacated targets available in Kansas City and Patrick Mahomes his new quarterback, 2022 will be a return to form for Smith-Schuster.
He can operate from his natural position in the slot and benefit from the playmakers around him. After all, Smith-Schuster was at his best as a Pittsburgh Steeler during his first two seasons playing opposite of Antonio Brown.
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