Welcome to the August update of the best value players in NFL.com fantasy football drafts. The last two times I did this, I compared NFL.com’s prices to FantasyPros Expert Consensus Rankings (ECR), finding the most undervalued players according to experts.
Today, I’m taking a different approach. Instead of comparing ADP to expert rankings, I’m making an apples-to-apples comparison of NFL.com’s ADP to overall PPR ADP (with NFL.com’s ADP data filtered out).
With this approach, we can use the wisdom of one massive crowd to find inefficiencies in a much smaller crowd. Without further ado, these are the players who are the best fantasy football values on NFL.com as we enter peak draft season.
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Best Fantasy Football Values In NFL.com Drafts
Jakobi Meyers (WR – LV)
NFL.com ADP: 123.9 | Consensus ADP: 83
Jakobi Meyers isn’t an exciting player. The Raiders’ offense should improve with Geno Smith under center and Chip Kelly and Pete Carroll on the sidelines, but it’s still not likely to be more than a roughly average unit. Additionally, Meyers is never going to beat out Brock Bowers to be the top target on that offense.
Still, Meyers is a talented NFL player. His target-earning skill set is also perfect for fantasy football, especially full PPR scoring, which is NFL.com’s default. There’s a reason he is projected as the WR30 in Mike Clay’s projections.
To be clear, I’m not actually saying Meyers should be drafted as the WR30. Projections are median outcomes, and we want to chase outliers in fantasy football. Meyers is exceedingly unlikely to break out as an elite option, so he shouldn’t be drafted at that WR30 price tag. Consensus ADP has him as the WR39, while ECR has him even higher as the WR37. In NFL.com ADP, he’s the WR46. That’s a no-brainer price for a player who projects as a solid WR3 or flex option in PPR formats.
Jerry Jeudy (WR – CLE)
NFL.com ADP: 105.0 | Consensus ADP: 71
Sticking with the theme of unexciting veteran receivers, we have Jerry Jeudy. I honestly don’t love Jeudy this season. Obviously, the Browns’ QB situation is terrible. In addition, a lot of Jeudy’s success last year was based on the fact that he led the NFL in routes run; he also performed significantly worse in games where Cedric Tillman was healthy.
With all that said, Jeudy is still firmly within my top 100 players in PPR formats. He is going to be the WR1 on a team that, for all its flaws, should once again rank near the top of the league in pass attempts this season.
Going back to the same projections as before, Jeudy is projected to be the WR26, almost a fantasy WR2. Again, I wouldn’t pay that price for him, or anything particularly close. However, he also doesn’t deserve to fall all the way to WR39, which is where he is currently being drafted on NFL.com.
Jerome Ford (RB – CLE) & Dylan Sampson (RB – CLE)
NFL.com ADP: Undrafted | Consensus ADP: 149 & 150
Technically, Ford and Sampson are listed with ADPs of 150.58 and 150.71, respectively. That’s right in line with their back-to-back consensus ADPs, but default NFL.com drafts only have 150 picks. When a player goes undrafted, they are assigned a draft pick of 151 for the purpose of calculating ADP. That means that any player with an ADP above 150 is going undrafted in the majority of leagues.
At this moment, both Ford and Sampson are absolutely must-drafts in all leagues. Quinshon Judkins has still not signed a contract with the Browns, presumably thanks to his arrest for domestic assault and battery. That means Cleveland’s RB1 job is up for grabs, and Ford and Sampson are the only real contenders.
As for who will win the job, my money’s on Ford, who was quietly effective as the Browns’ starter last season. Still, Sampson is also a solid prospect, and it’s definitely possible that he eventually emerges as the team’s lead back.
More importantly, it actually doesn’t matter who is more likely to be the RB1. Both guys have a real shot, which makes them both obvious smash picks in the final round of any fantasy draft. I don’t even hate drafting both if you have the roster spots available. If you don’t (after all, NFL.com’s default shallow rosters are why we are in this predicament in the first place), simply pick your favorite. Having one of these two guys on every NFL.com team you draft is not a bad strategy. If you hit, you got a starting NFL running back for free. If the other back wins out or Judkins returns, you can simply drop and move on.
J.K. Dobbins (RB – DEN)
NFL.com ADP: 144.2 | Consensus ADP: 100
For those of us locked into the fantasy football news cycle, Dobbins signing with the Broncos feels like ancient history. However, that move was actually announced just barely over a month ago. Whether thanks to unsavvy managers or a slow-to-update algorithm, it’s clear that NFL.com’s ADP has still not adjusted.
To be fair, more recent news hasn’t been great for Dobbins. He played second fiddle to rookie R.J. Harvey in the Broncos’ first preseason game. Ultimately, Dobbins should still have a role in this offense, and we know that Sean Payton’s offenses tend to funnel points to running backs.
Even if you believe that Dobbins will be completely crowded out by Harvey, he still has value as a handcuff. In this Denver offense, that value should be enough for him to have a higher ADP than 144. Given that he is trending in the wrong direction, you don’t have to reach for Dobbins at his consensus ADP. Snagging him in the 120s or 130s feels like a great way to still extract value with very little risk.
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Ted Chmyz is a fantasy football contributor for FantasyPros.com. Find him on Twitter and Bluesky @Tchmyz for more fantasy content or to ask questions.
