Fantasy Points

Getting Rashawn Slater back fully healthy is massive for the Chargers' offensive line; when both he and Alton are on the field, the offense jumps from bottom-three to top-10 by EPA per play.

Getting Rashawn Slater back fully healthy is massive for the Chargers offensive line, as the offense improves from bottom-three to top-10 by EPA per play when both he and Joe Thuney are on the field.

Getting Joe Thuney back fully healthy is massive for the Chargers offensive line, as the offense improves from bottom-three to top-10 by EPA per play when both he and Rashawn Slater are on the field.

Amon-Ra St. Brown is mentioned as a mid-first round receiver option that pairs well with a second-round running back like Hampton.

Kamani Vidal was basically an afterthought until Naji Harris and Hampton got hurt last year, suggesting limited role going forward.

Katon Mitchell is a change of pace back who doesn't concern the analyst, having only one career game with more than 10 carries.

Bowers played hurt last year and didn't play with an elite quarterback, suggesting significant upside improvement potential.

The analyst is 'banging the table' for Bowers as a league-winning tight end pick, describing him as a 'slam dunk windmill pick' with dominant upside.

Bowers has less target competition this year with Jacobe Myers no longer on the team, and benefits from a quarterback upgrade with Chip Kelly.

Bowers is going at a slightly reduced price compared to last year (closer to 2021 ADP) when he was going 15-18 overall, now closer to 20-21 overall on Underdog.

Brock Bowers has averaged 15.1 PPR points per game in his first two seasons, second only to Rob Gronkowski (15.2) since the NFL merger, demonstrating elite tight end production.

The analyst compares Brock Bowers to transcendent tight ends like Tony Gonzalez, Antonio Gates, Rob Gronkowski, and Travis Kelsey, believing he will be a league-record tight end this year and will dominate to bring the Raiders back from the dead.

Brock Bowers has an ADP of 20.2 on Sleeper, allowing you to start with elite RBs like Jalen Gibbs, Jonathan Taylor, or Christian McCaffrey and still get him in the second round, exploiting a significant ADP advantage at tight end.

The analyst believes Brock Bowers has league-wrecking upside and will dominate this year, driven by improved quarterback play (Cousins or Mendoza), a strong offensive scheme, and limited competition at receiver outside of Tucker Craft.

Kenneth Walker will have a much better situation than Henry is will this season and makes a ton of sense on an RB-heavy build where you could pair him with James Cook as two top-six running backs.

Kenneth Walker is RB6 on Sleeper but RB8-9 on Underdog and RB11 on FFPC, representing good value in the middle of the second round with huge upside potential.

Kenneth Walker has limited competition in the Kansas City backfield (Amari D. Marcato, EMTT Johnson, Bashard Smith) and has a chance to really own the backfield, with potential for more dump-offs and screen game work due to Patrick Mahomes' knee injury limiting scrambles.

Kenneth Walker finished as RB12 in 2024 with 16.5 fantasy points per game when he got over 60% snap share, and the analyst expects to see similar production this year with potential added passing game work.

Charbonnet suffered a serious knee injury in the postseason and missed the rest of the playoffs, opening the door for Kenneth Walker to take over the backfield.

Mahomes is not favored for fantasy due to excessive scrambling last year, though this may decrease due to his knee injury.

Walker is deadly in the screen game and may see increased passing game work with Patrick Mahomes potentially scrambling less due to his knee injury.

In 2024, when Walker achieved over 60% snap share, he finished as RB12 with 16.5 fantasy points per game, and similar production is expected this year.

With minimal backfield competition (Amari D. Marcato, EMTT Johnson, Bashard Smith), Walker has a chance to really own the Chiefs backfield.

Walker is going in the second round with Kansas City after signing for nearly $29 million guaranteed, representing a significant price increase from prior years.

In the postseason with Seattle, Walker averaged 24.9 fantasy points per game over three games, exceeding Christian McCaffrey's RB1 pace of 24.5 points last year.

Higgins could absolutely break leagues if Jamar Chase were to miss a game or two, given his elite red zone role and volume.

Burrow averaged 35.1 pass attempts per game last year (fourth most), tied with Matthew Stafford, and led all QBs in pass attempts the prior year, supporting high volume for Bengals receivers.

Higgins is being drafted one pick behind Ladd Mankey despite being a consistent WR6 every year with locked-in volume, representing broken brain mentality in ADP.

The ADP already has the injury risk built in, and Higgins fits any draft build—can be your first, second, or third receiver depending on strategy.

Higgins is a dominant contested target receiver and his skill set is trusted by both Joe Burrow and Joe Flacco on touchdowns.

Over the last two seasons, Higgins ranks sixth among all WRs with 27 end zone targets (averaging one per game) and has converted 12 of those into touchdowns, second in the NFL behind only Devonte Adams.

Higgins will remain on the field even if the Bengals run more 12 personnel, as the team is unlikely to shift to heavy tight end sets.

Finished as WR4 in 2024 with healthy Joe Burrow and is available at WR14 ADP (end of third/beginning of fourth round), representing significant value.

The Bengals are hyping up Eric All at tight end, but even if they run more 12 personnel, Tee Higgins will still be on the field.

Chris Alave averaged 5.5 fantasy points per game in three games with Jake Browning at quarterback, dropping him to WR12 in fantasy points despite finishing as WR9 overall (half PPR).

Tee Higgins will remain on the field even if the Bengals run more 12 personnel, as the team barely made changes at tight end and won't shift to a run-heavy approach.

Despite missing seven games over the last two years, Tee Higgins finished as WR4 in 2024 with a healthy Joe Burrow, demonstrating his elite production when available.

Tee Higgins averaged 13.7 fantasy points per game in 12 games with Joe Burrow starting (half PPR), roughly equivalent to Chris Alave's WR9 finish, making him undervalued at WR14 ADP.

Tee Higgins is the analyst's favorite receiver to draft and possibly favorite player overall, available at wide receiver 14 ADP despite finishing as WR4 in 2024 with a healthy Joe Burrow.

Travis Etienne had 260 carries last year, providing context for comparing his efficiency metrics to Jaylen Dutton's smaller sample.