Thankfully the 2023 fantasy football season is just around the corner. Each year fantasy players want to construct their team with a proper mix of good-value players and upside sleepers while avoiding players with high bust potential.
In the sixth part of an eight-part series, I will identify two ADP values from the NFC North.
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ADP Values
Aaron Jones (RB – GB): ADP 40.3 | RB17
Green Bay’s offense will look drastically different this year compared to the 2021 season. Aaron Rodgers and Davante Adams are gone, while Jordan Love and Christian Watson replace them. However, the one remaining star is Jones. The veteran was the RB9 last season, averaging 12.9 half-point PPR fantasy points per game. Furthermore, he had only two rushing touchdowns, while every other running back in the top 10 had at least eight rushing scores. Yet, the veteran has 1,121 rushing yards, a career-high. More importantly, the Packers’ offense is full of youth.
Last year their most veteran pass catchers were Allen Lazard and Robert Tonyan. Both are no longer with the team. Therefore, the team will lean more on the veteran running back this season. Meanwhile, Jones was efficient with his touches last year. He ranked seventh in true yards per carry (five), 12th in yards per touch (5.6), ninth in evaded tackles (80), and ninth in breakaway runs (13). More importantly, the veteran had 272 touches and averaged 5.6 yards per touch last year, both the second-high averages in his career. While he isn’t flashy, Jones is well worth his early fourth-round ADP.
Justin Fields (QB – CHI): ADP 45.7 | QB7
While Fields started last season slowly, averaging only 16.8 passing attempts and 10.4 fantasy points per game over the first four weeks. However, everything changed in Week 5. Fields had 208 passing yards and 17 fantasy points in the matchup against the Minnesota Vikings. More importantly, it kickstarted his sophomore-year jump. From Week 5 through Week 16, the former Ohio State star was the QB5, averaging 24.1 fantasy points per game. While the quarterback was a fantasy star because of his legs, Fields was a better passer than, given credit for.
The former Ohio State star finished eighth in air yards per attempt (8.9), seventh in red zone completion percentage (62.2%), fourth in red zone accuracy rating (7.4), and 16th in deep ball accuracy rating (5.9). However, those numbers should improve after the Bears acquired DJ Moore this offseason. Furthermore, Fields only played three complete games with Darnell Mooney and Chase Claypool. More importantly, the quarterback has one of the safest floors because of his elite rushing ability. After seeing Jalen Hurts have a third-year breakout after the team added A.J. Brown, Fields is my dark horse candidate to be the overall QB1 in 2023.
More Players to Target & Avoid
- Pat Fitzmaurice: (Targets | Avoids) (Premium)
- Andrew Erickson: (Targets | Avoids) (Premium)
- Derek Brown: (Targets | Avoids) (Premium)
- Fantasy Football Sleepers for Every Team (Premium)
- How to Identify Fantasy Football Busts (Premium)
- Erickson’s Guide to Drafting Players on Good Offenses
- Fantasy Football Draft Values for Every Round
- Predicting First-Round Bust Candidates
- DBro’s Wide Receiver Lottery Tickets
- Erickson’s Running Back Lottery Tickets
- Hoppen’s 4 Players Who Could Become First-Round Picks Next Year
- Players to Target in Each Round (v2 | v3)
- Players to Avoid in Each Round
- Late-Round Draft Targets
- Late-Round QB Targets in Superflex Leagues | More QB Sleepers
- Late-Round RB Targets | More RB Sleepers | July RB Targets
- Late-Round WR Targets
- Late-Round TE Targets
- Deep Dart Throw Draft Targets
- WRs to Target in the RB Dead Zone (v2)| RBs to Avoid in the RB Dead Zone | RBs to Target in RB Dead Zone
- Identifying the Next WR1s | Identifying the Next RB1s
- 2022 Duds That Will Become 2023 Studs
- 4 Kickers To Target at the End of Drafts
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