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Matthew Freedman’s Last-Minute Draft Tips & Targets
If you don’t get a top-three tight end, wait on the position
After Travis Kelce, Mark Andrews and Kyle Pitts, the TE position falls off. George Kittle and Darren Waller both have talent, but Kittle is likely to be in a run-heavy offense, and Waller will have more target competition than he has ever had. After them, the difference between Dalton Schultz (No. 6 in ADP) and David Njoku (No. 16) is marginal. In bypassing the position in the middle rounds, you give yourself more opportunities to add upside running backs and wide receivers.
Draft a second-year quarterback
I have a flow chart: If I miss out on Trey Lance, then Justin Fields is the next quarterback I want — and if I miss out on him, then I want Trevor Lawrence. All three of them have rushing ability and the opportunity to progress in their second NFL seasons. Best of all, they’re all outside the top-12 quarterbacks in ADP for friends-and-family leagues.
Draft Julio Jones
Jones is almost certainly more fragile than he used to be — but since 2020 he has still averaged 10.4 yards per target, and that’s an elite number. With an ADP well outside the top-40 wide receivers, Jones has tremendous upside relative to his acquisition cost, and he’ll have the softest coverage of his career playing alongside WRs Mike Evans and Chris Godwin while also having the best quarterback of his career in Tom Brady.
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