Fantasy Football Values: Travis Etienne, Jaylen Waddle, Zay Flowers, Trey McBride

With the NFL regular season approaching, depth charts and average draft position (ADP) are starting to crystalize. While every draft is unpredictable, trends and groupthink can lead to similar-looking ADP across various platforms.

That makes gaining an edge in fantasy drafts more difficult. It’s not impossible, though, and we’re here to help. Let’s look at the best fantasy football draft values you can find right now according to Fantrax ADP. Here are four fantasy football draft values on Fantrax.

Fantasy Football Draft Values: Fantrax Leagues

It’s important to identify fantasy football draft values as you prepare to make picks in your different leagues. However, these values can vary depending on the commissioner site you use for your fantasy football draft.

We have you covered this fantasy football draft season as we’ll explore the draft values and players that are overvalued for each specific fantasy football commissioner site. Today we’re diving into fantasy football draft values on Fantrax.

Travis Etienne (RB – JAX): ADP 26.45 | ECR 20

Despite finishing last season as the overall RB3 (RB7 in points per game) in PPR scoring, Travis Etienne is severely overlooked in current Fantrax drafts. Etienne (RB9) is being drafted on their platform in the mid-to-late third round. For reference, FantasyPros’ expert consensus rankings (ECR) has Etienne (RB7) ranked as the No. 20 overall player in PPR scoring.

With a half-round difference between ADP and the consensus perceived value, Etienne is a smash pick for those willing to zag while others zig. Let your league mates overpay for aging wide receivers and instead opt for the pass-catching running back with massive upside.

Jaylen Waddle (WR – MIA): ADP 29.64 | ECR 24

After finishing as the WR13 and WR8 in his first two seasons respectively, Jaylen Waddle had a disappointing third season in Miami. Waddle’s career lows in receptions (72), receiving yards (1,014), and touchdowns (four) resulted in a WR34 finish in PPR scoring.

While I understand the concerns about his drop-off, recency bias has probably gone too far in pushing Waddle down to WR17 in current Fantrax drafts. Waddle started 14 regular season games in 2023 but playing through multiple injuries severely impacted his on-field performance. Now past those injuries, Waddle is more likely to return to his 2022 production than repeat as a WR3.

Zay Flowers (WR – BAL): ADP 51.71 | ECR 50

Flowers had a terrific rookie season, has little-to-no target competition outside of tight end Mark Andrews, and figures to be Baltimore’s WR1 for the foreseeable future. Yet, he is currently the WR26 off the board in Fantrax drafts with an ADP in the middle of round five.

Last season, Flowers scored 17.7 PPR points in Week 1 and took off from there. He scored 10+ fantasy points in 11 out of 16 games, including 19+ in four of the final five weeks of the regular season. Flowers was a league winner for those lucky enough to roster him in the fantasy playoffs.

Moving forward, Baltimore does project as a run-first offense behind quarterback Lamar Jackson and new addition Derrick Henry, but that will open up opportunities in the passing game. So while the passing volume won’t be the same as other offenses, Flowers and Andrews soaking up the majority of targets should keep fantasy managers happy.

Trey McBride (TE – ARI): ADP 53| ECR 48

After scoring a combined 15.9 PPR points in the first five regular season games, Arizona tight end Trey McBride broke out over the back half of last season. McBride scored 10+ fantasy points in eight of Arizona’s final 12 contests and finished as the TE7 on the season.

McBride’s late-season breakout is noted in FantasyPros’ ECR (No. 48 overall) but his Fantrax ADP lingered into the 60’s until recently. McBride’s ADP has slowly risen over the past 30 days, but his draft capital is still cheaper than other platforms.