When it comes to drafting your fantasy football team, sometimes it can feel more confusing than it needs to be. While deep dives into data and analytics are great, there are often a few ways to get a leg up on your competition that don’t feel like rocket science. Andrew Erickson has shared one of those strategies to follow as you’re making decisions between players on draft day: prioritize players on good offenses. Erickson lays out his case in that article. Below we’ll take a look at a few fantasy football draft picks to consider on one of these offenses, the Eagles.
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Fly Eagles Fly. From the 12th-ranked offense from a season ago, Jalen Hurts and company enter as the league’s most expensive offense to draft. And what did it take for them to make the major leap? Add a dynamic WR1 in A.J. Brown as the tide that lifts all boats.
He remains a target for me in Round 1/2.
Can’t say the same for DeVonta Smith who is being drafted as the WR12. Vastly overvalued in my estimates. His ADP last season was WR38. Meanwhile, Dallas Goedert‘s ADP has stayed in the same round (Round 7) as last year.
What’s the cheapest access point to the Eagles? The RB backfield. D’Andre Swift, Rashaad Penny and Kenneth Gainwell round out the ambiguous backfield that is sure to pay dividends if one emerges above the rest.
I prefer the latter two because the cost is non-existent. Swift goes as back-end RB2, which is steep for an RB with a totally unknown role on a brand-new offense. He’s got red flags as I laid out in my Fantasy Football Bust Guide: Draft Strategy & Advice (2023).
Penny and Gainwell are two of my favorite Eagles RB sleepers.
Fantasy Football Draft Strategy: Leverage ADP
As you prepare for your fantasy football draft, it’s important to have a sense of rankings and where players are being drafted. Of course, this will change league-to-league, but you can usually get a sense of where a player is likely to go in your draft with a little fantasy football research. To really zero in on a player’s average draft position (ADP), you can use our consensus ADP. This, combined with our Expert Consensus Ranking, will allow you to get a sense of players that are drafted earlier or later in general drafts versus where the experts would recommend you targeting them.
For example, if you have a player with an ADP of No. 12 overall, but our consensus of experts view them as a top-five player, that’s probably someone you want to consider targeting in the back-end of the first round. On the flip side, if a player has an average draft position of No. 5 overall but our experts view the player as outside of the top-10 overall in their rankings, you’re likely better off allowing one of your league mates to make that draft pick.