Fantasy Football: Most intriguing ADPs to monitor as players move up and down draft boards this summer

Here I’ll examine the average draft position (ADP) of some players I can’t wait to track over the course of the summer. This exercise is less a “buy or sell” some of these draft positions and more just outlining some players who could be subject to movement up or down the board as the next few months move along. I’ll use FantasyPros consensus best-ball ADP as the source to take the temperature of early drafters across the industry.

Recent news out of Rams camp that Kyren Williams will miss time this offseason due to a “foot issue” should force us to re-examine this backfield.

The coaching staff and front office told us that they drafted Blake Corum in the third round because his skill set mirrored Williams, and that would allow them to not wear down the veteran back over the course of the season. The assumption that Corum would mix in and bring down some of the absurd touch totals and snap rates Williams posted in 2023 was already baked into existing ADP. If the Rams never drafted a Day 2 back, Williams would be going in the first round and be a clear top-five back off the board.

He’s a perfect sheme fit for the new Rams run game and is tethered to an excellent offense overall. The only negative in Williams’ outlook is injury risk. He’s a smaller back who has missed time in both of his first two NFL seasons with nagging injuries. That worry is already cropping up this offseason and serves as a major reminder of Corum’s upside.

If Corum starts any games this season, he’ll be a consensus fantasy RB1 in weekly rankings. He’s also a strong man/gap run scheme system fit and was a good college player. That’s why, despite the fact that he is the on-paper RB2, early drafters are taking him inside the top-40 backs. Maybe he doesn’t have weekly standalone value but he has enormous contingent value.

I also believe we should account in the range of outcomes that Corum could, at some point, just leapfrog Williams. It may be a slight chance —…

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Publish date : 2024-05-23 18:54:26

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