Players Experts Target & Avoid (2025 Fantasy Football)

When preparing for your fantasy football drafts, knowing which players to target and others to avoid is important. The amount of information available can be overwhelming, so a great way to condense the data and determine players to draft and others to leave for your leaguemates is to use our expert consensus fantasy football rankings compared to fantasy football average draft position (ADP). In this way, you can identify players the experts are willing to reach for at ADP and others they are not drafting until much later than average. Let’s dive into a few notable fantasy football players below. And you can check out which experts are higher or lower than our expert consensus rankings using our Fantasy Football Rankings Comparison Tools.

Fantasy Football Draft Advice

Let’s dive into players I like more or less than the expert consensus rankings.

Players I’m Targeting

Andrew Erickson’s Rank	Player	ECR	Diff.
41	Xavier Worthy KC – WR	55	14
44	Tetairoa McMillan CAR – WR	67	23
50	Jaylen Waddle MIA – WR	64	14
56	Evan Engram DEN – TE	96	40
58	Patrick Mahomes II KC – QB	70	12
59	Calvin Ridley TEN – WR	74	15
62	Justin Fields NYJ – QB	100	38
73	Brock Purdy SF – QB	98	25
76	David Njoku CLE – TE	88	12
82	Travis Etienne Jr. JAC – RB	107	25
86	Tucker Kraft GB – TE	103	17
88	Jordan Mason MIN – RB	121	33
89	Christian Kirk HOU – WR	125	36
99	Cam Skattebo NYG – RB	115	16
101	Jayden Higgins HOU – WR	169	68
102	Rachaad White TB – RB	122	20
109	Matthew Golden GB – WR	128	19
110	Dalton Kincaid BUF – TE	123	13
119	Trey Benson ARI – RB	134	15
121	Bhayshul Tuten JAC – RB	149	28

Players I’m Avoiding

Expert Consensus’s Rank	Player	Andrew Erickson’s Rank	Diff.
29	Tyreek Hill MIA – WR	47	18
48	Courtland Sutton DEN – WR	63	15
50	DeVonta Smith PHI – WR	75	25
53	Sam LaPorta DET – TE	84	31
58	Chris Godwin TB – WR	74	16
59	Chris Olave NO – WR	81	22
62	Jordan Addison MIN – WR	83	21
72	Bo Nix DEN – QB	107	35
79	Jonnu Smith MIA – TE	96	17
80	George Pickens PIT – WR	106	26
84	Tyrone Tracy Jr. NYG – RB	113	29
89	Brandon Aiyuk SF – WR	115	26
90	Deebo Samuel Sr. WAS – WR	114	24
91	Travis Kelce KC – TE	105	14
94	Jakobi Meyers LV – WR	120	26
95	Jauan Jennings SF – WR	108	13
106	Josh Downs IND – WR	125	19
110	Tank Bigsby JAC – RB	126	16
111	Cooper Kupp SEA – WR	148	37
114	Tyjae Spears TEN – RB	144	30