The Best Picks In Fantasy Football This Year

Free Draft Guide one of the best strategies in your fantasy football drafts is to take the value that falls to you based on ADP and depending on which platform you're drafting on whether it's ESPN whether it's sleeper whether it's yahoo whether it's CBS whether it's NFL whether it's wherever there are going to be values based on those different places that you're Drafting and so these are the best picks no matter where you're drafting okay we're going to look at a list of ADP for all of these platforms compare them across the board and then say okay where does this platform fall short and where should you be taking advantage that way no matter who you are no matter where you're drafting in fantasy football you can watch this video and you can be like that person's going way too low on in my format I'm going to go and try to take them because it's going to give me a significant Advantage based on where they're going in ADP in other formats so uh let's look at where you can find the value let's look at the first three rounds right because this is where you're going to be anchoring your fantasy team this is where fantasy teams are going to be won and let's look at who is way too high and way too low first make sure you drop a like on this video and make sure you subscribe if you haven't subscribed we're giving you our draft guide for free it's in the pen comment down below the only thing we ask if you use that is if you subscribe to the channel we would love to have your subscription and honestly we will do all that we can to give you the best and most accurate fantasy football content all right uh let's start with sleeper because a lot Sleeper of people play on sleeper a lot of our audience plays on sleeper sleeper ADP sucks and and that's kind of a known fact um among everybody in fantasy football sleeper ADP it sucks it sucks it sucks in reality sleeper ADP is actually the most accurate out of any of these platforms which is I know interesting to say but it's true only a couple players and they're probably the ones in the lower round are like way buried in ADP okay so the main one that I've noticed so far since I've been drafting is Rashi rice I've done a couple of mock drafts on this channel um I've actually skipped over Rashi rice like in the fifth round because I didn't even know he was there we're doing 30 second mocks I just scrolled way I didn't scroll way down he would have been there uh but in the fifth round of the league we just did the Pinnacle League which had a $900 pot to it I did take Rashi rice in the fifth round and that was a about a round and a half before his ADP said he should be going the main thing is I think if people in your league are not scrolling down they're not going to see Rashi rice with that being said in a sleeper League until the ADP updates I'm not taking Rashid rice in the fourth round most likely I think Rashid rice in the fourth round is about where he should be going given the additions in in that offense but I think you can get him in the fifth and if you don't obviously it sucks but if you do you get somebody in the fourth somebody else that should be going in the fourth and then you get Rashi in the fifth I think you are essentially betting that somebody's GNA catch Rashi if you try to take him in the fourth whereas in the fifth I think you're going to be able to stack your roster even a little bit more uh and still take Rashid rice Rashi rice is a great value still in fantasy football drafts uh in sleeper leagues in particular he is a very good value he's one of the few very good values from an ADP standpoint on sleeper so I'm definitely taking advantage of that Calvin Ridley is going to be another one here we're obviously big Calvin Ridley fans uh but with that being said he's still going quite a bit lower than probably where he should be going this is a guy that came out in in the preseason looked fairly solid uh was on the field a limited amount of time but was definitely getting the ball at a high enough rate and making plays at a high enough rate to where if you extrapolate that to an entire game uh he is going to be hyper productive this year in Tennessee will Lis can get Calvin Ridley the ball and Calvin Ridley does not look like he's washed I will say that Calin Ridley does not look like he's washed he look like he was washed last year so Ridley he didn't and honestly like Ridley could be one of the better picks this year in later rounds I think you're getting him like right now in like the six seven round in sleeper drafts it's a good price that's a really good price you're getting way better than last year wide receiver one that just got a huge contract has a ton of Team investment playing with a Young quarterback with a brand new head coach and offensive coordinator and you're getting that six seventh round this allows you if you want to to go zero running back still or even take more running back up top and go double hero or hero running back and still get good wide receiver Talent later not only wide receiver talent but wide receiver opportunity in that the wide receiver one in Tennessee is going this late and it's a guy that we know is a very talented receiver can be dominant and just got paid well and with the number of points that he scored last year if he was going where he should have been going last year he would have been one of the better picks in the draft if he was going in the fifth six round like he should have that would have been I it would have been a huge payoff even with only like 76 receptions on 140 targets like the rate at which he was bringing in the ball because the the the accuracy rating was so low it didn't matter because he was still that good with such limited uh capitalization on the opportunity I guess so um that's that's a great pick this year and then javante Williams against sleepers ADP does update at a little bit faster Pace than Yahoo ESPN CBS the NFL whatever uh however javante is now the wide receiver one you getting him in rounds 9 through 11 before now I think he's going to slide up to round eight or nine but he's still really good pick there because again this is this is a guy that allows you to uh go zero running back up top take advantage of the of the wide receiver which and sleeper you have to because sleep sleeper is pushing up those wide receivers so far that you really can't leave without wide receivers or you might be screwed you can still grab those wide receivers though maybe grab an elite tight end quarterback and then get Javonte Williams later and be like okay I still know I'm rolling with a positional one it's in Denver's offense but Denver's offense looks better than we expected it to so far so we're going to see if that comes to play uh but with that being said gavon Williams uh definitely a guy I think is going a little bit low in Sleepers ADP and if you can take advantage of that uh he's a really good second or third running back option for your fantasy teams this year you're getting him in like again the ninth round so sleeper drafts again they're going to be probably the sharpest there's going to be uh the least amount of discrepancies but Yahoo's one that Yahoo Nathan just did so Nathan's going to cover if you're playing in Yahoo leagues who you should be targeting how you should be approaching your drafts in those leagues I think the downside of being in home leagues is a lot of people do drafts not on sleeper um I think the upside to it is the ADP is so gosh dang bad for so many players that if you really know what you're doing going into those drafts you can work your league and um I I was able to get get my hands on a Yahoo draft and and do it like literally just yesterday and there was I was blown away by some of the followers on ADP that were so buried I was like where's Bowers Bowers is completely gone like he's not even going in the 10th round right he's going past the 10th round in this ADP no one knows that he's even there it's pretty crazy but you're generally going to see running backs pushed up boards this was a trend that I saw very quickly I'm glad that I went hero wide receiver and then anchor running back back in the second round as well because uh if I had gone double wide receiver I would have been screwed for the entire draft I'm glad that I snagged when I got Jay Jeff um in the middle of the first round and then I got Kiren on the wrap around in the middle of the second uh Bree Hall and beon are usually going 104 105 that's going to be pretty consistent you'll see ah if someone's crazy enough they'll take one of those guys 103 and then Derk Henry uh consistently going at the onew turn um there's there's going to be a lot of people that take shots on him there because again most of your casual are playing in like a Yahoo style format and they they still believe in Derrick Henry of 2019 right so um cup is a pretty good price here too I mean cup at the 302 is going to be a little aggressive I would not take him there but if he falls like to the end or to the middle of the fourth is round which I actually was able to see him go like beginning of middle of fourth um that's not that bad of a price I think a lot of people are concerned about the injury and stuff like that but look at the end of the day if you're not comfortable taking Cooper cup just go ahead and take Stefon digs uh anywhere from the middle of the fourth to the beginning of the fifth um I was able to get waddle in the middle of the third and then I went and I got Diggs in the middle of the fourth because no one wanted to touch him I think that's a way better price in my opinion I think Diggs offers just as much RIS risk as Cooper cup does in 2024 You could argue that cup maybe has a higher ceiling because he's just going to do what he does in sham mic Bay offense if he's healthy and that's you know like 15 plus points per game but I I think that Diggs is a great price here in this format Rashi rice doesn't have a terrible ADP actually and it's to a point where it's like you know what I'm just comfortable I know he's not going to fall to the middle of the six I'll just take him in the middle of the fifth because I think his price is good there as well and that's actually what I ended up doing because um I I wouldn't necessarily overpay for rir rice and Yahoo um like you would on other platforms but I still think that he's um if if you take him out ADP in the middle of the fifth I think that's great um rookies in general this was very surprising to me generally what you see in like sleeper and Underdog and all those formats and stuff like that is all of those rookies kind of going together in the same area so like lad makoni Keon Coleman Brian Thomas romad dun going a little bit ahead of those guys but like all of them are pretty much in the same area and then even Brock Bowers is kind of like going a round later after those guys it's all over the place I mean every single one of these rookies was going multiple rounds apart to a point where Bowers was falling to the 11th round you were having you were getting Brian Thomas Jr in that same price range as well I got Bowers I think in the uh goodness yeah I got him in the the middle of the 10th which is not a bad price at all um Calvin Ridley as well like you mentioned Calvin Ridley for sleeper I got a great price for him in this format as well I I I think it's this is a great time to take a shot on rookies when again most of your casuals are like Grumpy Old Men with fantasy football where running backs win you leagues and rookies don't do anything so that's why they're consistently falling so far and that's why you're going to see ADP really reflect that uh General opinion of of the guys that are playing in Yahoo um and then Jordan Addison I was going to say I see him going next to a defense there yeah uh the First Defense off the board in the ninth rounds like guys half of fantasy football leagues have this happen consistently like you're going to see this people would take on defenses multiple rounds ahead of this like don't say it doesn't happen but half of the fun of fantasy football is playing with idiots and and if Jordan Addison falls to the ninth round like you have to take him there you absolutely have to take him there I I gambled because he was in my hands in the eighth round um and and I let him go because I thought he'd come back to me and he went like the pick before me and I was so ticked because I was I was almost able to snag him there um it it was it was a risky gamble I I just kept playing the game though because I was like I could take him in the seventh easy and be happy easily because I I mean we're throwing fits when we're getting sniped with from Jordan Addison at the beginning of the seventh and he goes in the ninth round here like that's that's an awesome price um you're Jonathan Brooks again kind of a a product of just being a guy that's a rookie that's going to fall who's starting the season on the puppy dog list I was able to get Brooks in the ninth round which you're not usually seeing and then you just handcuff him with chuba hubard and you're good to go so uh those are kind of some of the values that we like in Yahoo I I'm sure there's more that I'm just forgetting because honestly there were so many and I was kind of taking back Hollywood Brown in the 11th rounds like there's just so many good values there but remember don't just look at the values and be like oh this guy his ADP is two rounds later I'm going to take him now because this is where he should be going that's not how you play the game right you you you play the game where you're like okay I recognize this guy going in this price range in the sixth round I'm going to take him here because I know he won't go any further and now let me wa who usually the round and I'll get at a and just end up with Incredible value on my fantasy team yeah let's talk about ESPN drafts now ESPN and the name of the game in ESPN is going to be wide receivers because the wide receivers are drastically mispriced in this format uh the only first round selection that we really have an issue with sequan Bara is going at the 110 probably wouldn't take him that early uh outside of that everything else is fairly normal through the beginning of draft but yeah I was going to say look at let's look at five wide receivers here in any ESPN drafts that uh you can take advantage of number one Pitman at the 212 uh you are not taking advantage of that you are not draing Pitman at the2 do that that is absolutely atrocious you're getting Pitman almost a full round earlier than where you're getting Drake London I will say this right now very loudly into the camera Drake London is going to outscore Michael Pitman this year in fantasy with Drake London he's long been since since people started drafting on ESPN leagues this year Drake London has always been one of the best values on ESPN okay he's he's by far that is his cheapest price he's going everywhere and when you're talking about the risk with Drake London there's obviously a lot of it but wow it is 100% baked into his price we're looking across the board here sleeper 18 Yahoo 25 Underdog 15 ESPN 34 34 for Drake London so look you're third round Target in every ESPN League I do not care I do not care how you're drafting ESPN leagues you're getting Drake London in the third and you're going to laugh at your league mates for it I I will say that right now you have to go get Drake London in those drafts uh let's look at Nico Collins at the 309 also another really good value with Nico in in sleeper drafts he's going anywhere from like the 2011 to the 2 six right typically half round later than that probably the wide receiver one in Houston maybe it's it doesn't really matter right because you're still getting a guy who just put up a wide receiver one season in a ton of yards and is going back to the same offense playing one of the best passing offenses in the league with one of the best quarterbacks in the league in CJ Stout and so with Nico at that price in the late third late third ABS freaking lutely and so here's the other thing like you could honestly I mean you're probably not going to get Nico in the third but the other thing is I guess I'll say this London or Nico in the third is fine I would even consider and I'm just I mean I guess you know if you're at like the if you're at like the the two three turn I would maybe consider grab both of these guys uh that's a pretty at that price that's a pretty broken have no issue with that at all uh you have to reach on one of them is my issue and I don't love doing that but at the same time imagine imagine starting I mean imagine starting and you're getting him in the what second and third round you could probably start CD Nico London you could start Chris mcaffry n London bejan Nico London and not even think about it like that's that's insane to me uh but iuk is also going at the 42 it's a smash at that price guys like again any combination of these receivers you can get iuk at the 42 is good Debo at the 43 any I don't know why those San Francisco wide receivers are going maybe in your leagues they're not but ESP and ADP if you're playing with anybody casual if you're playing in home leagues which a lot of our audience does play in those casual leagues this is for you Debo auk Nico London those guys you need to get as many of those guys on your roster as you can third and fourth round period exclamation point you can't trade picks in ESPN leagues and that's why ESPN sucks but if you could I'd be telling you to go get as many third and fourth round picks as you freaking can and just load your roster with these guys uh the running backs in this format are going to be questionable at best it's definitely fair to be weary of Devon hen we we've said this over and over right uh We've we've gone on our Channel with other channels like we sat here with Cory from FC and tol to like yeah uh hn is a little bit too risky for us I was on his channel he's a big hn guy he hates moster and I sat on his channel I was like I think I'd fade H and go moster right we've been the people who have been very cautious about this and Devon Anan is going like the 307 in this format So within three picks here here's the 307 is aan the 308 is London the 309 ISO it's all it's all you need to know your draft in ESPN leag is going to be one in the third and fourth round you can see it right here grab any of these guys hn is a smash there uh Mixon and James Cook are actually ahead of Devon hn they're at the 302 and 305 the running back values are skewed there pass on running back in the third round uh at the early third and go hn in the late third that's what I would do I mean I I and I don't think you need to take hn in the second either because hn in the second is risky as it is but you can pass on hn in the second get somebody better and get hn on the third those are the best values in ESPN leag if you can take advantage of any of those like I said London Nico iuk Debo hn get as many of those guys as you can you're going to be in really good shape for your ESPN leagues yeah and then we've got CBS Sports being the last CBS one that people usually you know are using if their casuals and and the the first round is absolutely a mess I mean you you could just you could just poop on CBS Sports in their ADP like the entire time you could poop on your league mates if they're simplon the entire time um because it's just all over the place I mean Bree is going at the 102 CD is falling to the 105 JJ is all the way at the 110 like we talked about me getting a steal with Justin Jefferson in the flock League at at the 110 that's not usually happening guys in CVS Sports it is and that's abysmal he's going behind saquon Barkley who's going at the 106 I mean talk about cavemen old running backs win leagues no rookies like it's it's so dis disgusting guys like come on this is 2024 uh even though I don't love Marvin Harrison Jr as a price at like the uh tail end of the first round if he's falling to the middle of the second like he is in Yahoo and CBS like just go ahead and take a shot on him there second round isn't going to be much better puka at the 204 yes thank you good night goodbye I I mean if if you're starting with Justin Jefferson and puking AA on your team barring injury uh you're definitely not losing your league that's for sure I mean if you're terrified of your league punishment and you get that start you're chilling man you're you're you're probably going to be okay in making a push for the championship and hopefully run in the playoffs James Cook at the 206 no thank you pass no um I I don't even know how many running backs are going in the first and second round I mean based on how much they're being pushed up ADP it's got to be a lot more than sleeper and than any of these other formats you got a bunch of falling receivers again I mean we just talked about London and IU and Collins and Deo London's at the 310 auk's at the 405 I mean imagine a start where you can get Justin Jefferson pukaa Drake London and then Brandon iuk back on the way around you're as as long as you can get a pretty decent value at running back at some point in like the the fifth six round like you're probably again going to win your league like that's that's ridic that's ridiculous rid that's absolutely ridiculous uh Diggs at the 502 the beginning of the 5th jsn in the ninth round so here's the clear trend for all of these casual formats running backs consistently getting pushed up boards these are basically your your people that don't do like analytics they don't realize how much running backs have lost you leagues in the last couple of years and they just keep on hammering running backs like they have been for the last decade or two and um you're going to reap the benefits of that right we we've been talking about how the strategy this year might be to go hero running back it might be to go double running back if the values there at the one two turn you definitely want to take a running back in the first two rounds of your fantasy draft in these formats might be changing our minds and if you're if you're in CBS ESPN and Yahoo so just keep that in mind again when you are in one of these casual uh draft apps where the ADP is just all over the place like you you cannot pass up the wide receiver value here even even if you end up getting kind of a weak running back core I I don't really care that much I I I don't really care yeah and really what you have here is like there's a spectrum basically the difference in these leagues is how you value running backs right on the on the far left you have Underdog Underdog hates hates running backs right um and then you've got sleeper right and then you've got ESPN ESPN's kind of you know normal on running backs and then you've got either Yahoo or CBS and then CBS prob yaho CBS because CBS seems to be man they're high onun C and Underdog could not be any differ I mean honestly like it's probably shifted more to the side who loves running backs but but with that being said I mean depending on where you're drafting you're basically your draft is going to be decided by where you're be targeting these running backs and so again for every single platform there are guys that we think are really good ADP and when you compare them across the board when you compare them to each individual platform you can get an average you can compare to the average you can be like okay that's way above average that's way below average and taking advantage of this I think this year is going to be a league winning Fantasy Football strategy and I think you've seen this in your past as well so do a huge favor check out our draft guide in the comments and if we use that make sure you subscribe to the channel as well we're trying to get to 10,000 subscribers so we'd love 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