Senior Fantasy Football Experts Shawn Childs, Adam Ronis, and Dr. Roto each look at a few teams from a recent Online Championship at FullTime Fantasy Sports! If you want to get in on the action, head to PlayFFWC.com to sign up for a draft TODAY!
Here is a look at the draft board:
Team 1
Best Pick: Aaron Rodgers based the final team structure. A stud RB1 and upside RB2 added to an elite QB should be a nice foundation of a winning team. He just needs to get out at the WR position to be a contender.
Worst Pick: Isaiah Crowell – I don’t hate the pick, but there are other backs in the 7th round that have a chance to offer more upside.
Upside Pick: Anthony Miller should develop into an exciting option at WR2 for the Bears.
Team 2
Best Pick: Brandin Cooks should end up being a very good WR3 in this team structure while being undervalued by Fantasy owners in 2018.
Worst Pick: Doug Baldwin has way too much injury risk in early August based on his recent news. When a Fantasy owner has the pick of the litter at the back end of the WR1 pool, it doesn’t make sense to take the wounded option.
Upside Pick: Greg Olsen should finish as a nice piece to a Fantasy roster while having a fair price point this year. He may even beat Zach Ertz who was drafted almost three rounds earlier.
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Team 3
Best Pick: Mike Evans is a great value on the 2/3 turn while being discounted due to the Jameis Winston suspension. He’ll score double-digit TDs, which will be his winning edge in many weeks.
Worst Pick: Marquise Goodwin is my type of player. Short resume with a history of injuries adds up to a trap for me.
Upside Pick: Josh Gordon was the 14th WR off the board, which may seem high to many Fantasy owners. He has top 5 WR talent if he plays 16 games in 2018. Go big or go home!
Team 4
Best Pick: This is pretty much a slam dunk – Cooper Kupp. Developing WR in a high-scoring offense with a great college resume added to positive camp news = future stud WR1.
Worst Pick: Chris Hogan has never caught over 41 passes in a season at age 29. Tough for me to believe he’ll be a WR2 in PPR leagues in 2018. I’m not buying his nine-game total in 2017 = X in 2018.
Upside Pick: Tarik Cohen is the pass-catching back to own in the 6th to the 8th round in PPR leagues after the front end talent comes off the board. With a full season under his belt, Cohen will be even better this year.
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Team 5
Best Pick: Corey Davis. Find out why we are high on Davis.
Worst Pick: Evan Engram. It’s difficult to see Engram getting 115 targets again. They do use him more as a wide receiver, but he had less competition last year. With Odell Beckham, Sterling Shepard and Saquon Barkley, Engram is going to see fewer targets.
Upside Pick: Taywan Taylor. He’s a good late-round pick.
Team 6
Best Pick: Randall Cobb. The WR2 in an offense with Aaron Rodgers at QB usually is Top 25. Cobb is lined up to be in that spot and you want a receiver connected to Rodgers.
Worst Pick: Larry Fitzgerald. While most people expect Fitzgerald to keep rolling, we have a source that says otherwise.
Upside Pick: James Washington.
Team 7
Best Pick: Rex Burkhead. He’s rising up draft boards, so getting him in the sixth round is a fair price. He can catch the football and will be the goal line back.
Worst Pick: John Ross. There’s no glaring bad pick here. Only went Ross because there were some better receivers on the board and Ross in round 12 is earlier than usual.
Upside Pick: Courtland Sutton. He has been the talk of Broncos training camp. He’s going to make them play more three-wide sets and if Demaryius Thomas or Emmanuel Sanders miss time, Sutton could be huge.
Team 8
Best Pick: Emmanuel Sanders. He’s undervalued as WR33. There are many reasons to like Sanders. Click HERE to read more about why Sanders will have a positive 2018 season!
Worst Pick: Sterling Shepard. He had four, five and two targets in games Odell Beckham played last year. Beckham is back and there’s Evan Engram and Saquon Barkley.
Upside Pick: Dante Pettis
– Adam Ronis
Team 9
Best Picks:
- Dalvin Cook 2.4 — what a complete steal as Cook has been going late first round in many drafts.
- Devonta Freeman 3.9 — I am not a big Freeman fan this season, but this value was too good to pass.
Worst Pick: Drew Brees 10.4 — Not sure why he needed Brees in Round 10 after taking Brady in Round 8.
Upside Pick: Antonio Callaway 20.4 — With Coleman gone, there’s a small chance he could start this season.
Team 10
Best Picks:
- Kerryon Johnson 8.3 — Something tells me he’s going to start by Week 5.
- Matt Breida 12.3 — They are already talking about not giving McKinnon the carries, meaning Breida could be in store for a sneaky good season.
Worst Pick: Carson Wentz 10.3 — I could live with Wentz but this team did not take a second QB and if Wentz is out it could mean trouble.
Upside Pick: Geronimo Allison 15.10 — I think he turns into a trusted target for Rodgers.
Team 11
Best Picks:
- Derrick Henry 3.11 — I think he’s a lock for 1200 yards and 10 TDs this year.
- Michael Gallup 12.2 — Dak has been hooking up nicely with him in camp thus far.
Worst Pick: Danny Amendola 13.11 — Doesn’t he get hurt every year?
Upside Pick: Deon Cain 19.11 — There’s a huge buzz on him at Colts’ camp and Ryan Grant is pedestrian at best.
Team 12
Best Picks:
- Jamison Crowder 6.1 — Will be Alex Smith’s go-to guy.
- Nick Chubb 10.1 — I think he wins the job by Week 8.
Worst Pick: John Brown 13.12 — Flacco is almost done and Lamar can’t throw any pass that does not wobble.
Upside Pick: Kallen Ballage 18.1 — Adam Gase will forget he exists until later in the season when he will go off for like 4 straight weeks.
– Dr. Roto
