Fantasy Football Expert Draft Picks: Nick Chubb, Tony Pollard, Drake London

Preseason is fun, but we’re ready for the good stuff. Another week or so of fantasy drafts, and then we’ll be watching NFL games that count.

As we enter the home stretch of fantasy draft season, FantasyPros analysts Derek Brown, Andrew Erickson and Pat Fitzmaurice continue a series of preseason roundtables by discussing players in whom they’ve gained or lost confidence over the last month, how to handle the Buccaneers’ top fantasy performers, favorite late-round targets and more. Here’s the full article, and below we dive into one of the sections.

Here’s a chance to offer some final words to fantasy managers who have drafts this week. Which one player do you most want to urge them to draft, and why? Which one player do you most want to urge them NOT to draft, and why?

Andrew Erickson: Just draft Nick Chubb. The Browns have no idea what the RB2 situation is behind him. Jerome Ford was supposed to be the guy, but he’s been hurt all preseason. I’m guessing that’s why they traded for Pierre Strong — after he failed to separate in Patriots training camp. The answer to the Browns backfield is to just draft Nick Chubb.

Derek Brown: In the second round of every draft, select Tony Pollard and thank me at the end of the year. Pollard is the easiest second-round pick in recent memory. He has been mispriced all offseason. Pollard is Austin Ekeler 2.0. Don’t miss out on a league-winning second-round pick.

Pat Fitzmaurice: As a rookie, Drake London had a 29.4% target share and was targeted on 32.4% of his pass routes. He averaged 2.07 yards per route run — 14th-best among receivers with at least 30 catches. Yes, the Falcons will be run-heavy, and QB Desmond Ridder is a mystery box. I don’t care. London is a 6-4, 219-pound velociraptor who had a wildly impressive rookie year as a 21-year-old despite iffy QB play. Don’t overthink it.