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). And even ADP can lag as you prepare for your draft, making it difficult to know when to draft the top trending players. We have you covered with Real-Time ADP! Unlike traditional ADP, Real-Time ADP quickly detects changes in a player’s average draft position. Instead of showing you where players were drafted yesterday, Real-Time ADP shows you where they’re being drafted now.
Let’s look into a few notable fantasy football draft risers and fallers based on Real-Time ADP.
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Fantasy Football Draft Advice: Risers & Fallers
Here are fantasy football draft ADP risers and fallers based on Real-Time ADP.
Fantasy Football ADP Risers
| Name | POS.RK | REAL-TIME | TREND (24H) | TREND (7D) | PICK NUM. | YAHOO | SLEEPER |
| Jacory Croskey-Merritt WAS (12) | RB41 | 124.9 | 16 | 29.2 | 11.04 | 162 | 183 |
| Austin Ekeler WAS (12) | RB43 | 134.1 | 6.1 | 10.3 | 11.1 | 160 | 132 |
| Jaydon Blue DAL (10) | RB48 | 138.8 | 5.9 | 4.1 | 12.07 | 167 | 131 |
| Tyler Warren IND (11) | TE11 | 102.6 | 5 | 11 | 9.05 | 125 | 96 |
| Isaac Guerendo SF (14) | RB47 | 138.2 | 4.9 | 8.9 | 12.05 | 164 | 152 |
| Michael Pittman Jr. IND (11) | WR49 | 122.5 | 4.1 | 12 | 11.01 | 166 | 114 |
| Keon Coleman BUF (7) | WR50 | 128.5 | 4 | 7.7 | 11.06 | 169 | 119 |
| Emeka Egbuka TB (9) | WR37 | 85.4 | 3.1 | 12.1 | 7.1 | 107 | 102 |
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The Commanders’ 7th-round pick is about to take the NFL by storm. With Brian Robinson likely on his way out through trade, Jacory Croskey-Merritt has an immediate path to touches in the Commanders’ backfield as Kliff Kingsbury’s A-back. Because Bill is hardly your average 7th-round rookie RB who has done nothing but drawn rave reviews since being drafted by Washington. Merritt had an unusual finish to his college career, as eligibility limitations allowed him to play just one game for the Arizona Wildcats in 2024. And this was after he came off a monster 2023 season with New Mexico when he posted a 33% dominator rating. He was PFF’s 4th-highest graded running back in 2023. Bill is better than his 7th-round draft capital suggests. And the Commanders see that a well.
– Andrew Erickson
Warren got the ballyhooed first-round draft capital that we all figured he would. The landing spot is rough, though. Indy has a ton of talented pass-catching options that will push Warren weekly for target volume. Michael Pittman and Josh Downs presumably will be above him in the target pecking order. I still love Warren as a player, but I’m worried that he could struggle to live up to the hype that his talent has deserved. The passing volume, quarterback play, and receiving depth chart are all big-time concerns for his 2025 outlook. Last year, Indy had the third-lowest passing rate inside the red zone and in neutral game environments. During his final collegiate season, Warren ranked in the top three among tight ends in yards per route run, receiving grade, missed tackles forced, and yards after the catch (per PFF). Warren is a TE2 who could easily finish as a TE1.
– Derek Brown
Jalen McMillan will be placed on injured reserve after suffering a “severely sprained neck,” against the Steelers and could be out past the Bucs Week 9 bye week, the Times has learned. Team still feels fortunate the injury wasn’t worse and have depth at WR starting with Mike…
— Rick Stroud (@NFLSTROUD) August 19, 2025
Fantasy Football ADP Fallers
| Name | POS.RK | REAL-TIME | TREND (24H) | TREND (7D) | PICK NUM. | YAHOO | SLEEPER |
| Joe Mixon HOU (6) | RB32 | 89 | -7.2 | -10.9 | 8.04 | 67 | 59 |
| Brian Robinson Jr. WAS (12) | RB30 | 85.2 | -4.3 | -5.1 | 7.09 | 83 | 78 |
| Colston Loveland CHI (5) | TE14 | 123.1 | -4.1 | -1.4 | 11.02 | 134 | 113 |
| Matthew Stafford LAR (8) | QB24 | 158.7 | -3.9 | -7.8 | 17.1 | 149 | 205 |
| DeVonta Smith PHI (9) | WR23 | 57.4 | -3.5 | -4.1 | 5.07 | 51 | 53 |
Check out all of the latest fallers in our Real-Time ADP
It’s unclear where Brian Robinson Jr. is going to be playing football in 2025. The Commanders have been wowed by seventh-round rookie RB Jacory Croskey-Merritt, and they also have veteran Austin Ekeler on the roster. The Commanders held Robinson out of their second preseason game and are reportedly trying to trade him. Robinson is a solid if unspectacular early-down back. It’s possible he’ll resurface somewhere in a fantasy-relevant role, but now that he’s on the outs in Washington, he should be regarded as nothing more than a midrange to low-end RB4 in fantasy drafts.
– Pat Fitzmaurice
Over the last four years, Joe Mixon has averaged 1,377 yards from scrimmage and 12.3 touchdowns per season. But Mixon is heading into his age-29 season and dealing with a foot issue that might force him to miss all of training camp and could linger into the regular season. It’s also possible he’ll cede some snaps to rookie Woody Marks on passing downs and to veteran Nick Chubb on early downs. Plus, the Texans have one of the league’s worst offensive lines. There are a lot of storm clouds here — probably too many to warrant spending a draft pick on Mixon.
– Pat Fitzmaurice
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