The Fantasy Football Players Championship (FFPC) is one of the longest-running and best fantasy football platforms. It combines interesting formats with high stakes.
Drafts run from $5 to $10,000 per entry, with their flagship contests either $35 for the Superflex tournament or $125 for the 1-QB, TE-Premium best ball contest, with $400,000 up top. Below are the best value picks.
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Best Fantasy Football Draft Values on FFPC
Stefon Diggs (WR – WSH) | ADP: 113
Last month, we identified Stefon Diggs as one of the biggest values when he was available at pick 146, and the inevitable rise did come when he signed with the Commanders, jettisoning him up over 30 spots, but it still might not be enough. Diggs had little competition for targets in New England, but he still performed to a good standard, earning 100 targets.
Among 26 receivers with 100+ targets, Diggs ranked sixth in yards per route run and fifth in yards per target. He also ranked ninth in total yards after the catch and 10th in yards after contact per reception, according to the Fantasy Points Data Suite.
The Commanders’ offense should be in a better place this season with Jayden Daniels healthy. However, their secondary looks awful again, and that will likely keep them in pass-heavy game scripts, which is nothing but good news for the clear number two target in Washington.
Brian Robinson Jr. (RB – ATL) | ADP: 175
Brian Robinson Jr, the second of Atlanta’s B. Robinsons, is going too low. Brian Robinson was brought in to be the backup to Bijan Robinson and replace Tyler Allgeier, who departed for Arizona. Allgeier left behind 32 red-zone carries, as well as 43.5% of the carries inside the 5-yard line.
It’s likely that Bijan Robinson acquires a good amount of these, but it’s also worth considering how Kevin Stefanski fits into this.
The former Cleveland Browns head coach often leaned into a committee approach, even when he had Nick Chubb and Kareem Hunt. Yes, that committee was typically pushed toward Chubb’s side rather than Hunt’s, but both players were relevant and had established roles.
Brian Robinson is coming off a solid, if unspectacular, season in San Francisco, putting up 400 yards at a 4.3 yards-per-carry clip and scoring two touchdowns. If Brian Robinson can come close to the 500+ rushing yards Allgeier put up in each of his four seasons and acquire some red-zone work, he’ll pay off his average draft position (ADP) handsomely. Not to mention the potential massive contingent upside should anything happen to Bijan Robinson.
Cade Otton (TE – TB) | ADP: 173
In a format where tight ends are rewarded with an extra half point per reception, you’d assume most of the reliable options would be going earlier. Cade Otton, though, has an ADP beyond pick 150, despite 59 receptions in consecutive seasons.
Otton has never been great at scoring touchdowns, admittedly, averaging 2.75 per season in the NFL, but there is a big opportunity to grow in that area in 2026. Mike Evans, now in San Francisco, had a 24.3% target share in the red zone last season, but he was also the first read on red-zone plays a massive 34.6% of the time, according to the Fantasy Points Data Suite. This ranked ninth-highest among pass-catchers, ahead of Jaxon Smith-Njigba and Ja’Marr Chase.
Should Baker Mayfield find himself looking around for a big-bodied receiver to go and get the ball, Otton could benefit somewhat. As your likely TE3/TE4 in this format, it’s a very low-risk move. This pick looks stronger given the recent news that Emeka Egbuka is dealing with a sprained toe, an injury that tends to linger and hamper ceiling outcomes.
Bo Nix (QB – DEN) | ADP: 110
Over his two seasons in the NFL, Bo Nix has finished as the QB9 and QB11 in fantasy points per game among quarterbacks. Somehow, he’s available as the QB16 in FFPC formats.
The Broncos’ impressive defense does have the ability to keep scores low and potentially cap Nix’s ceiling in a way that the hopeless Bengals defense doesn’t do to Joe Burrow, for instance, but it’s not like we haven’t seen Nix provide for fantasy at a higher level than he’s being taken. Nix has the best pass-catching group he’s had in his NFL career with the addition of Jaylen Waddle, who can play all across the formation and has earned rave reviews during minicamp.
The only weak spot among the skill position players is tight end, with a lackluster duo of Evan Engram and rookie Justin Joly. Nix might not have top-five upside, but as your QB2, this is a slam-dunk pick.
Josh Downs (WR – IND) | ADP: 97
Ever since Michael Pittman Jr. was traded to the Steelers, it was glaringly obvious that the Colts were going to give Josh Downs every opportunity to have a bigger role in 2026. But with the news that Alec Pierce‘s offseason surgery could cost him as much recovery time as potentially September, Josh Downs is going to shoot up draft boards.
Downs found himself in a marginalized role in 2025, playing 62% of the snaps, with Pittman and Pierce both above 80%, but he still earned targets when on the field. He had a targets per route run rate of 0.24, the highest among the Colts. Even in a “down” season, he earned 84 targets. Beat reports suggest the distance between Pierce and Downs as the top two options, and Ashton Dulin as the No. 3, is substantial.
When we talked about Downs in June, he was WR46 in ADP, but he’s shot up to WR41. The hype has continued, though, with plenty of speculation from reliable sources that Downs will play more on the outside, unlocking his potential to be an every-down player.
Drafters have hesitated to push Downs too far up the board in case Keenan Allen signs with the team, as various reporters have speculated, but it’s now mid-August, and Allen still hasn’t shown up. Meanwhile, Alec Pierce is looking increasingly likely to miss time and carry the effects of his surgery into the regular season. Sooner or later, you’re simply going to have to accept that you might be missing out.
Tucker Kraft (GB – TB) | ADP: 60
Last season, Tucker Kraft played the tight end position in a way no other tight end can, and it was the same in 2024.
Kraft is a yards-after-the-catch (YAC) monster, leading all tight ends with 50+ targets at a whopping 9.38 YAC in 2024. No other tight end had a YAC mark higher than 7.00. In 2025, Kraft saw that number jump to 10.66 YAC, and no other tight end with 25+ catches was over 8.00.
To add to that, Kraft was third in yards per route run, second in targets, and boasted a 26% target share in the red zone. Kraft is recovering from a torn ACL, but all indications are that he will be on the field in Week 1 without a pitch count. When he gets to training camp and is fully healthy, that’s going to cause a significant spike in his ADP, particularly in TE-Premium formats like FFPC.
DK Metcalf (WR – PIT) | ADP: 87
The Steelers are a somewhat undervalued offense. This isn’t Arthur Smith calling plays, who used to enjoy a slow pace of play and frequently tortured fantasy managers with obscure options. This is Mike McCarthy, the former Packers and Cowboys head coach. McCarthy is an offensive-minded coach who believes in heavily utilizing wide receivers.
DK Metcalf has established himself as the number one option in this offense and is the only wide receiver of note to have already played with Aaron Rodgers, which likely matters.
Last season, Metcalf adapted his game to suit Rodgers’ old-age inability to push the ball downfield. Instead of being the deep, vertical option he’s often been relied on to be, Metcalf became a yards-after-the-catch monster, generating 7.2 YAC per reception, the fourth-most among wide receivers with 50+ targets.
That was a massive increase from his career average of 4.25. The Steelers scored only 14 red-zone touchdowns, tied for 20th in the league. Metcalf was the clear choice there with 13 targets, six more than any other player on the team. If that can be maintained, and the Steelers take a step forward as an offense, he’ll likely outperform his fantasy football ADP.
Jayden Daniels (QB – WSH) | ADP: 74
Currently, the QB5 in ADP, behind both Drake Maye and Joe Burrow, Jayden Daniels represents the biggest upside swing you can make at quarterback inside the top 100 picks.
The fact that Daniels missed 10 games last season is obviously a big turn-off for many drafters, but playing scared doesn’t tend to win you these big-format competitions.
Daniels averaged the second-most rushing yards per game among quarterbacks with 39.7 and tied Jaxson Dart for hitting 50+ yards in 42.86% of starts. Daniels regressed in yards per attempt and completion rate.
Part of that could be attributed to Terry McLaurin having a long, messy contract standoff last Summer, and to him catching only seven of his thirteen targets in the opening couple of games they played together before Daniels missed some time.
Then, when Daniels returned, McLaurin also missed some time. With both players healthy currently, there’s a chance they both have nice bounce-back seasons. The addition of Stefon Diggs gives Washington a reasonable top trio of McLaurin, Diggs and Chig Okonkwo.
Zay Flowers (WR – BAL) | ADP: 37
Despite Lamar Jackson missing time and playing through injuries that severely hampered him when he was on the field, Zay Flowers managed to increase his production for the third consecutive season. He posted career highs in targets (118), receptions (86) and yards (1,211).
That yardage total was the second-highest among receivers in the AFC and sixth-most overall. Flowers has already established himself as the clear alpha wide receiver in this offense, and potentially as one of the best Ravens wide receivers ever, coming off two Pro Bowl appearances, something Baltimore fans had only dreamed of before his arrival.
The one area Flowers lacks is scoring touchdowns, with only 14 through three seasons, but that was equally a Jackson issue in 2025, with the quarterback ranking 35th out of 36 signal-callers in completion rate with 25+ red-zone pass attempts.
Part of that was on Jackson, but much of it was on the offensive line, which allowed a 62% pressure rate, 9% higher than any other quarterback faced. He also had a 12.5% sack rate, a product of woeful guard play, and plenty of the rest was down to drops, with Ravens pass-catchers dropping 15.9% of Jackson’s passes — 2.6% more than any other quarterback suffered.
If the Ravens get better play from their interior offensive line and the rookie wide receivers can help keep the ball moving, Flowers can have a chance to ascend to top-12 wide receiver status.
Reports from training camp suggest Mark Andrews is struggling, which only further enhances this play.
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