When preparing for your fantasy football drafts, knowing which players to target and others to avoid is important. The amount of information available can be overwhelming, so a great way to condense the data and determine players to draft and others to leave for your leaguemates is to use our expert consensus fantasy football rankings compared to fantasy football average draft position (ADP). In this way, you can identify players the experts are willing to reach for at ADP and others they are not drafting until much later than average. Let’s dive into a few notable fantasy football players below. And you can check out which experts are higher or lower than our expert consensus rankings using our Fantasy Football Rankings Comparison Tools.
Fantasy Football Draft Advice
Players to Target
Wide Receivers I Like More Than ECR
| Andrew Erickson’s Rank | Player | ECR | Diff. |
| 19 | Tetairoa McMillan CAR – WR | 28 | 9 |
| 20 | Xavier Worthy KC – WR | 27 | 7 |
| 21 | Jaylen Waddle MIA – WR | 29 | 8 |
| 22 | Jameson Williams DET – WR | 26 | 4 |
| 30 | Rome Odunze CHI – WR | 37 | 7 |
Tetairoa McMillan (CAR)
Tetairoa McMillan lands in an ideal situation to emerge as the alpha wideout in Carolina. Drafted with top-10 capital (8th overall) the former Arizona star joins a Panthers offense in need of a true WR1. McMillan brings size, production and opportunity to a WR room featuring an underwhelming Xavier Legette and a promising but undrafted Jalen Coker. T-Mac was just one of 3 WRs in the FBS in 2023 to hit 1,396 yards, 10 TDs, and 89 receptions. The others being fellow top-10 WR draft selections: Malik Nabers and Rome Odunze. If Bryce Young takes even a modest step forward and continues to fuel fantasy success for his No. 1 target, McMillan could be this year’s breakout rookie receiver.
Rome Odunze (CHI)
Rome Odunze is primed for a Year 2 breakout after a rookie campaign marred by poor offensive structure and an overlooked early-season MCL injury. The former top-10 pick was the WR66 in points per game as the WR49 overall. Despite operating in a dysfunctional offense, Odunze ranked 10th in end-zone targets (14) and led the Bears in high-value targets (air yards/red-zone targets) over the second half of the season – but caught just 3 of those end-zone looks, a number likely to regress positively. With veteran Keenan Allen/offensive coordinator Shane Waldron gone, and the Bears improving their offensive environment under Ben Johnson, Odunze has a path to becoming Caleb Williams’ go-to weapon. If he sees more slot usage in 2025, watch out – the Bears’ future WR1 could skyrocket in both fantasy value and production.
Jaylen Waddle (MIA)
Jaylen Waddle took a backseat in the Miami offense with Jonnu Smith and De’Von Achane vacuuming up the underneath targets. And the games that Tagovailoa missed further cratered Waddle’s numbers. However, Waddle is just 26 years old, and part of his down year was related to a lack of TDs. Given how the Miami Dolphins’ season ended, I can’t imagine they run back the same offense they deployed in 2024. If Tyreek Hill continues his downward trajectory or Miami moves on from the speedy WR, Waddle will benefit greatly. Jonnu Smith has already been traded, signaling that Miami will get back to featuring it’s top two wideouts and Achane as the focal points of the passing attack.
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