Now’s the time to take a hard look at Average Draft Position (ADP). As the biggest draft weekends of the year come and go, ADP data will provide a clearer idea of where players are realistically going in your drafts.
Today, we will examine the ADP in ESPN leagues to identify some players whom I see a lot of value in:
Now’s the time to take a hard look at Average Draft Position (ADP). As the biggest draft weekends of the year come and go, ADP data will provide a clearer idea of where players are realistically going in your drafts.
Today, we will examine the ADP in ESPN leagues to identify some players whom I see a lot of value in:
Best Value Players on ESPN (2023 Fantasy Football)
Nick Chubb is a beast. Chubb was voted as the league’s best running back in a poll of league executives conducted by ESPN. Yet somehow, Chubb is going outside the first round with an overall ADP of 15. That’s lunacy. Chubb might be the first tailback I’m taking in standard and half-PPR formats. He doesn’t catch a ton of passes, but that’s fine. He’ll rush for at least 1,200 yards if he’s healthy.
I sense Rhamondre Stevenson’s ADP has been negatively impacted by New England signing Ezekiel Elliott. And it’s an understandable assumption. But this isn’t vintage Elliott coming to compete with Stevenson for touches. In fact, Elliott is a shell of his former self. He could factor in a bit more than we’d like near the goal line, as the only thing he does well is plunge into the endzone. But Stevenson should still be the primary bell cow in this offense. At ADP38, I’m buying the dip.
I feel like Terry McLaurin is a forgotten, under-appreciated fantasy asset. He’s posted at least 75 catches, 1,000 yards and four touchdowns the last three seasons with a revolving door of terrible quarterbacks. His upside may be capped by whoever’s throwing him the ball, but he’s a darn good player who could be a great value at an ADP of 62, even if Sam Howell isn’t great.
I’m not giving up on Courtland Sutton, and I still believe he can be the star receiver he was before his ACL injury. Jerry Jeudy is going 44th overall, yet Sutton’s going more than 50 picks later at the ADP of 99?
I’m not sure that’s a fair assertion, as Sutton has more strengths as a deep-ball and contested-catch specialist. Jeudy is the better route runner, but I’m not sure he’s much better than Sutton in other areas. If you believe in a Russell Wilson resurgence, Sutton is going too late.
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