6 Fantasy Football Draft Pick Fallers (2023 ADP)

With training camp fast approaching, more and more best ball contests roll out every week across the multitude of platforms looking to convince drafters they are where the money should be spent. It can be easy to enter draft after draft without taking a second to consider the shifting landscape as blurbs and news articles send players skyrocketing several rounds, and if you’re not considering whether a player is now being drafted too high, or possibly even still too low, then it’s easy to end up making bad choices. Over the past month, these are the players who have fallen the most in Underdog drafts.

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Best Ball Fallers

Jalin Hyatt (WR – NYG) ADP: 195.8 -41.1

While Parris Campbell goes up, Jalin Hyatt goes down. This one isn’t overly complicated, and Hyatt’s drop by over three rounds is a clear reaction to Campbell’s hype.

Josh Downs (WR – IND) ADP: 212.2 -23.3

There was hope post-draft that Josh Downs might be a deep threat that Anthony Richardson would lean on to open up the Colts’ passing game, but as the cold light of day dawns on drafters, more and more people are starting to consider that this Colts’ passing game might be condensed and might not be as potent as we once hoped. Downs is an exciting prospect, but he’s not someone we need to be heavily exposed to.

Chase Claypool (WR – CHI) ADP: 210.5 -20.8

Reports came out recently that Chase Claypool had failed to impress the Bears coaching staff since his incredibly expensive acquisition from the Pittsburgh Steelers during the 2022 season. It’s a shame to say, but this marries up with the vibes that came out of Pittsburgh towards the end of Claypool’s time there. Claypool went on to total 13 catches for 115 yards with the Bears, and it never became clear what they wanted to do with him. Now the Bears have brought in better competition in the shape of DJ Moore, and they will still be a run-heavy team, even if they do pass slightly more than last year. Simply put, it’s hard to imagine a ceiling outcome for Claypool.

Trey Lance (QB – SF) ADP: 211.6 -16.6

Brock Purdy goes up, Trey Lance goes down. We’ll always have the 29th of April 2021, when Lance was selected third overall.

Dalvin Cook (RB – FA) ADP: 88.8 -12.5

As Dalvin Cook continues to sit on the Free Agent market, his price continues to drop. The latest reports have Cook unhappy with the offers Miami has sent his way, and with every passing day, it seems less likely that Cook will have a workhorse role in 2023.

Jonathan Mingo (WR – CAR) ADP: 141.1 -10.2

Somebody has to catch the ball people cried as a promising rookie was drafted ahead of expectations, but then time passed, and as realization set in that the Panthers might not be a potent offense this year, or even a particularly good one, drafters started to consider that perhaps Jonathan Mingo was going a tad high, almost in the 2022 Jalen Tolbert range. Mingo is a much easier pick in the 140 range than he was in the 130 range.