

Zach Charbonnet‘s value took a huge hit when the Seahawks drafted him, but the fact remains the Seahawks like to run the ball and now they have two very capable young running backs. Typically you wouldn’t see QBs go this high in a 1QB league, however, this class from 1.07 on is extremely volatile and the range of outcomes for these players is massive - thus managers are electing to play it safe by taking the QBs that went in the first four picks of the NFL Draft. The landing spot helped his cause as well as he has a very realistic opportunity to enter the season as the Panthers’ WR1 or WR2. Jonathan Mingo at the 1.07 seems a little high for a wide receiver that, pre-draft, was consistently a back half of the second, early third-round pick, but NFL Draft Capital caused his value to spike.

The back half of the first is very different from the first half as there are probably 12 players that could go in these next six picks. Any of these six players can impact your fantasy teams as early as Week 1, but it’s more likely you will start to see their production slowly increase as we progress through the season, and in Smith-Njigba and Quentin Johnston‘s case, maybe not till 2024. Overall, there isn’t much to take from this round as it went pretty much chalk. With Lamar Jackson officially a Raven for at least the next few years, and with a new offensive coordinator that loves to throw the ball, Flowers is set up to make an impact in fantasy for Year 1. I’ve seen Addison go as high as 1.02, over the consensus WR1 in this class, Jaxon Smith-Njigba, so seeing him slip to 1.05 here was interesting, but not egregious.Īt my 1.06, I knew I would be left with the last of those players, making my choice easy and grabbing Zay Flowers. My only surprise here was seeing Quentin Johnston go ahead of Jordan Addison. These six players in the first half of Round 1 should be the same six players in nearly every 1QB draft, just the order may vary.
