Drafts are often a delicate balance between drafting for a player’s ceiling and drafting for their floor. Of course, you cannot win your week without at least a few of your players having monster games. However, you can lose your week when players make little or no contribution to the cause. With that in mind, I wanted to focus on some high-floor PPR players you should consider drafting.
You certainly do not need me to tell you that Alvin Kamara and Rashee Rice have high weekly PPR floors when on the field. However, the players mentioned below are ones that I currently project to finish the season with at least 135 PPR points. I chose 135 PPR points because it is roughly eight points per game over 17 weeks. That may not seem like a whole lot. But last year, there were at least 28 running backs, 42 wide receivers, and 11 tight ends who scored at least eight PPR points each week. In a 12-team league where you start two running backs, three wide receivers, and a tight end, this group represents the baseline for what we want out of our Flex position. Here are some high-floor PPR players who are widely available after the seventh round in 12-team leagues.
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High Floor Fantasy Football Running Backs to Target
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Jaylen Warren (RB – PIT) (ADP: RB31, 89 overall)
Jaylen Warren feels like the ultimate high-floor, low-ceiling player. There is certainly value in that, depending on roster construction. Warren has only scored six NFL touchdowns on 473 career touches, which seems almost impossible. Even more bizarre, given his emergence as Pittsburgh’s passing down back in recent years, is that he has never caught a touchdown pass in the NFL. Still, Warren was the overall RB22 in PPR leagues in 2023 before finishing as last year’s RB39. Warren dealt with an early-season injury and struggled to find his footing with Justin Fields as the team’s starting quarterback. Warren was the overall RB30 from Week 7 (when Russell Wilson took over as the starter) on. He should continue to have value as a safety valve for Aaron Rodgers, and make for a solid mid-round PPR pick.
Rachaad White (RB – TB) (ADP: RB42, 138 overall)
Most fantasy managers love Bucky Irving, and rightfully so. However, I think the hate has gone a bit too far when it comes to fellow Buccaneers running back Rachaad White, who finished as the overall RB22 in PPR leagues last year. It is not like his production disappeared once Irving emerged as the team’s starting running back. Far from it, in fact. White scored at least 11 PPR points in four of seven games following Tampa’s Week 11 bye. Given the uncertainty surrounding Tampa’s pass catchers beyond Mike Evans, White should be able to do some damage as a pass catcher out of the backfield. That should keep his PPR floor stable, even if he does not threaten Irving to be the team’s lead running back.
Austin Ekeler (RB – WAS) (ADP: RB45, 141 overall)
Fantasy football managers are an amusing breed. We are so fixated on finding the next big thing that we often overlook the steady player. Just look at what has happened with the Washington Commanders over the past few weeks. The team seems has moved on from incumbent starter Brian Robinson Jr. As a result, Jacory Croskey-Merritt‘s ADP has shot up. Yet Austin Ekeler is still available well after Round 10 in 12-team PPR leagues. No disrespect to Big Beautiful Bill, but I’m baffled that Ekeler’s ADP hasn’t also risen, especially in PPR formats.
Ekeler was the overall RB34 in PPR formats last year despite playing just 12 games. He averaged more PPR points per game last season than Sam LaPorta, Jaylen Waddle, and Chris Olave, to name a few. Ekeler does not even need to improve on last year’s numbers to be considered a value. Let’s consider the very real possibility that Ekeler does improve on those numbers. When Robinson missed three games due to injury last season, here were Ekeler’s weekly finishes in PPR leagues: RB25, RB13, RB6. Again, he doesn’t even have to reach those thresholds to be a value. Austin Ekeler is my favorite value on the entire board this late in PPR drafts.
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