The 2023 NFL season is still several weeks away. However, training camps are underway, meaning the fantasy football redraft season is just around the corner. Therefore, now is the time to prepare for your fantasy drafts.

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Redraft ADP Values

Jonathan Taylor (RB – IND): ADP 8.3

Taylor was the RB6 as a rookie before ending the 2021 season as the overall RB1. Unfortunately, the superstar struggled with injuries last year, missing six games because of multiple ankle sprains. However, Taylor still finished as the RB10 on a points-per-game basis, averaging 13.1 half-point PPR fantasy points per game if you remove the contests he left early with an injury.

Meanwhile, head coach Shane Steichen was part of a Philadelphia Eagles’ offense that was one of two teams to finish top 10 in rushing and passing yards per game last season. Taylor should be a top-five pick and get drafted ahead of Saquon Barkley and Tyreek Hill.

Tony Pollard (RB – DAL): ADP 19.7

Last year Pollard was a popular breakout candidate. Despite having an ADP outside the top-24 running backs, the former Memphis star ended the year as the RB7, averaging 14.3 half-point PPR fantasy points per game. Pollard had his first career 1,000-yard rushing season last season. Furthermore, the star running back had 10 career touchdowns entering the year but had 12 in 2022.

Meanwhile, the Cowboys released Ezekiel Elliott this offseason after placing the franchise tag on the former Memphis star. While Dallas hasn’t closed the door on a Zeke reunion, it seems unlikely. Even if the veteran returns, Pollard still has top-five upside.

Miles Sanders (RB – CAR): ADP 44.3

Sanders had an awful 2021 season, as he didn’t score a single touchdown despite having 163 touches. However, the former Penn State star bounced back last year, finishing the season as the RB13, averaging 12.2 half-point PPR fantasy points per game. The veteran had 11 rushing touchdowns after having only nine over the first three years of his career.

Meanwhile, Sanders will have more upside with the Panthers now that his quarterback won’t steal goal-line work from him. More importantly, running backs averaged 116.5 targets per season in the four full years Frank Reich was with the Indianapolis Colts. Fantasy players shouldn’t be surprised when Sanders has a career year in the passing game.

Cam Akers (RB – LAR): ADP 55.3

There are two types of fantasy players with Akers – lovers and haters. Thankfully the haters have kept the running back’s ADP lower than it should be. While the veteran had a season of two halves, Akers ended the 2022 season on fire. He was the RB2 over the final four weeks, averaging 18.3 half-point PPR fantasy points per game.

Furthermore, the former Florida State star forced a missed tackle on 22.7% of his rushing attempts in those four contests. More importantly, the Rams didn’t do anything to threaten Akers’ featured role this year. The fact that he is getting drafted behind J.K. Dobbins and Dalvin Cook is disgusting.

James Conner (RB – ARI): ADP 61.7

Many will refuse to draft the veteran running back purely because of his name, age, or the team he plays for. However, Conner is one of my favorite middle-round running backs to target this year. The Cardinals didn’t add any competition this offseason, leaving the veteran as one of the few featured running backs in the NFL.

More importantly, he was outstanding to the end of last season, averaging 21.3 touches and 17.9 half-point PPR fantasy points per game over his final seven games. Conner is likely heading into his final year with the team. Therefore Arizona has no reason not to run the veteran into the ground, which is outstanding for fantasy players.

De’Von Achane (RB – MIA): ADP 117.3

The rookie running back is stuck in no man’s land right now. Achane’s fantasy value plummets if the Dolphins sign Dalvin Cook. However, he could be this year’s Dameon Pierce if the team doesn’t add any competition. Last year the Miami backfield scored 352.2 half-point PPR fantasy points. If one player had only 60% of that production, he would have been the RB12 in 2022 and the RB8 the year before.

He would have been the RB8 last season and the RB6 in 2021 with 65% of that production. Raheem Mostert and Jeff Wilson Jr. shouldn’t keep the rookie off the field. Achane will be a steal at his ADP if he earns 60% of the backfield work.

Kenneth Gainwell (RB – PHI): ADP 181.3

After losing Miles Sanders this offseason, Philadelphia signed Rashaad Penny and traded for D’Andre Swift. However, the veteran running backs are arguably the two most injury-prone players in the NFL. Penny has missed nearly half of the matchups in his career because of various injuries. Meanwhile, Swift can’t handle a full workload without getting hurt.

Their injury history opens the door for Gainwell to have an expanded role this season. The best thing fantasy players can do with the final draft pick is shoot for the most upside possible. Gainwell has two injury-prone running backs ahead of him on the depth chart and could find himself the starter at some point in 2023.

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