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Is Jacory Croskey-Merritt the Worst Pick on the Board?? #bestball #fantasyfootball

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3 min
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Jul 10, 2026
Published
Fri, July 10, 2026
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Jacory Croskey-MerrittJeremy McNicholsRachaad White
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Jacory Croskey-Merritt

NegativeBust0:00

Croskey-Merritt is called "the worst pick on the board right now" due to being a zero in the passing game, lacking a goal-line role, and facing competition from Rachaad White and Ke'Shawn Allen in an open running back competition.

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The upside case for Croskey-Merritt is that he's really explosive and could add pass-catching capability to be in the mix, similar to early James Cook, with potential breakaway rushing element if he secures the job.

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NegativeDepth Chart0:48

Dan Quinn indicated the running back room is an open competition in training camp, with Ke'Shawn Allen also in the mix, meaning Croskey-Merritt's role is uncertain.

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NegativeRole0:57

Even if Croskey-Merritt wins the job, he would likely be a two-down lead grinder without pass-catching ability or goal-line work, creating an ugly floor if other backs mix in.

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Jeremy McNichols

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Jeremy McNichols is expected to be on the field in passing situations like third and 13, ahead of Croskey-Merritt.

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Rachaad White

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Rachaad White is one of the best running backs in the league in the pass game, excelling at both pass protection and pass-catching, and also handles goal-line work well.

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0:00Bill Croskey-Merit might be
0:03the worst pick
0:05on the board right now. He's He's This
0:07is a guy who's a zero in the passing
0:08game. This team is talking about, you
0:11know, how they're working on that area
0:14with them, but like that doesn't mean
0:15he's all of a sudden going to turn into
0:17a pass-catching back. Like Rachaad White
0:19is one of the best running backs in the
0:21league in the pass game when you when
0:23you talk about pass protection and then
0:26being a uh a pass-catcher. And then you
0:29have Dan Quinn talking about how
0:31uh they're going to run zone and hey, we
0:33really like how this running back we
0:35just drafted runs zone. And then you
0:38have the goal-line role, which Rachaad
0:40White, Ke'Shawn Allen both do really
0:43well. So,
0:45Croskey-Merit probably not a factor
0:48there. And then you have Dan Quinn
0:50talking about how this running back room
0:51is an open competition in in training
0:55camp. So,
0:57even even if Croskey-Merit
1:00wins that job, he's their like two-down
1:04lead grinder,
1:05it could still be kind of an ugly floor,
1:07I think, if he's not catching passes and
1:10if he doesn't have a goal-line role, and
1:11then other guys are mixing in. And then
1:14Ke'Shawn Allen wins the job, like the
1:17floor is zero and you drafted him in
1:20the 10th round.
1:23>> I think To me, the Bill case, the upside
1:25case, is that he's really explosive and
1:28so you're betting on him
1:31to add enough
1:33to his
1:34pass-catching capability that he can
1:37just be in the mix there. Like he
1:39obviously he's not like it's it's third
1:41and 13, who's on the field? Rachaad
1:45White or Jeremy McNichols. McNichols.
1:47Like it's it's going to be not Bill.
1:50Um which is fine. It doesn't matter, you
1:52know, what you want is
1:55it's second and seven and
1:58if actually trust him to be, you know,
2:00running routes and they they're actually
2:01willing to target him. It's more like
2:03James Cook ask but like early
2:06early James Cook where it's like he's
2:07not going to get the goal line work.
2:10You know, in Cook's case it was cuz
2:12it was cuz Allen was but he's not going
2:14to get the goal line work and they don't
2:15really throw to him that much but like
2:18he's the guy they trust the most as a
2:20runner
2:21and he's explosive. So I think that's
2:23where you get Bill but
2:25the problem with that bull case is what
2:27if he's not the guy they trust the most
2:29as a runner as a runner because of
2:30K'Shawn Allen which seems like super
2:32plausible to me.
2:34So it is thin like I think I guess what
2:37I'm saying is I think if he secures the
2:39job
2:41there's more upside to it
2:43than than maybe you think because
2:47he he can he can have that breakaway
2:49rushing element.

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