As veteran fantasy leaguers know, timing is critical. An early draft could result in taking the player that inevitably tears their ACL in pre-season or the bargain of the season that’s taken in the last round. Below are a few of the players that have been most on the move as we start drafting. For this exercise, we consulted the latest FantasyPros Expert Consensus Rankings (ECR) to see how it’s risen and fallen the most over the last few days. And below we’ll examine a few draft value fallers.
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Fantasy Football Fallers
Breece Hall (RB – NYJ): Current ECR: RB12
The lack of good news on Breece Hall’s recovery from a torn ACL last season was reason enough to be cautious of his re-draft ranking. Before the injury, he was looking like an overall RB1 in fantasy leagues before suffering a significant but common injury. He missed the rest of the season and any off-season workouts, but the pre-season is where there was hope he’d see the field. That hasn’t happened yet, and coach Robert Saleh said it’ll be at least a few more weeks before it does. Cue the first drop in his re-draft ADP and ranking. And as further proof that Hall may not be ready for the foreseeable future, the Jets brought in (but have yet to sign) the best back on the market, Dalvin Cook. Cook has made the Pro Bowl the last four seasons and still has enough in the tank to torpedo Hall’s fantasy value when he comes back. There’s no telling how they would deploy a Cook and Hall backfield duo, but it’s fair to say the latter won’t be a workhorse back early in the season, if at all. Hall is currently considered a top-30 player, but it could continue to drop right up until your fantasy draft.
Dalvin Cook (FA – RB): Current ECR: RB32
You might think that the write-up above would boost Cook’s fantasy value in the eyes of re-drafters, but it looks like everyone (potentially) in the Jets backfield is shaping up to be a hot mess. For Cook, his decline started a couple of weeks ago when the Vikings finally pulled the trigger and released him. This despite Cook making four straight Pro Bowls and rushing for at least 1,100 yards in each of those seasons. The timing was unfortunate, but it’s still peculiar that Cook has yet to latch on to a team. He could be holding out for more money or waiting for an inevitable injury to open up a bigger opportunity, but whatever the reason, he’s losing the confidence of re-drafters who keep pushing him further and further down their rankings and drafts. And with the running back market the way it is now, it’s too risky to take Cook at his current ECR without knowing the situation he’s walking into.
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