Good morning you beautiful souls, it’s the big draft weekend this weekend!!

Expect to see this newsletter in your inbox next week on Thursday with some week 1 prep. The following weeks in-season will also be on Thursdays for some weekly prep. This gives me time to do my own prep so I can offer my best analysis.

ALSO I will be hosting a Newsletter League for you all reading, more information in the Rival Fantasy section below.

Please feel free to reply with comments, advice requests, section suggestions - anything! I’ll do my best to help you out where I can.

Let’s talk some fantasy football!

In this week’s newsletter:
- What the heck happened this week?
- Highlighting draft room values
- Rival Fantasy season-long spotlight
- ADP risers and fallers

📰 What the heck happened this week?

• Surprise! Jonathan Taylor is… not playing for the first 4 weeks.

  • After all the fun trade rumors (that can still take place) Jonathan Taylor finds himself still on the PUP list and can not play for the first 4 weeks of the NFL season, no matter which team he plays for

• TJ Hockenson gets PAID

  • I can’t say I’m surprised, Hockenson has been “hurt” for quite a bit this offseason looking for this. The four-year contract extension with the Vikings is worth $68.5 million and makes him the highest paid RB (also the highest paid TE).

🤑 The Biggest Draft Room Values

What’s more fun than knowing which players are HUGE values in your draft rooms? Probably drafting them.

Here are a few guys that I find are great values on draft sites based on FantasyPros rankings and draft room rankings. These are guys ranked much higher on FantasyPros than they are in draft rooms.

🐆 Zay Jones - ESPN
ESPN Rank: 174
FantasyPros Rank: 119
I love Zay Jones and I can’t hide my excitement for his late round value this year. He’s currently ranked as the WR63 in fantasy drafts but FantasyPros rankings has him ranked as the WR54. Give me the several full round draft discount on Zay jones in 2023.

⚫ Diontae Johnson - Sleeper
Sleeper Rank: 79
FantasyPros Rank: 45
Experts have Diontae Johnson ranked as the WR24 while he’s being drafted on Sleeper as the WR35. This feels criminal to find this much value in the middle rounds like this. Love it.

Other things to check out:
- Abusing Draft Rankings is updated for Draft Weekend
- My Draft Rankings have also been updated
- Play Fantasy Bingo on Rival Fantasy and use code FIRSTSEED at signup

💸 Rival Fantasy Spotlight

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To spice things up, I'll be hosting a Newsletter League exclusively for you reading this! This league will be absolutely free to join, and the winner will walk away with $250. Interested? Simply fill out this form to apply. Draft will take place next week.

🚀 ADP Risers and Fallers

This is the final weekend of fantasy football drafts, let’s take a peek at some guys who have seen the biggest shifts in draft rooms over the past month.

📈 Tank Dell - WR, Houston Texans
41 Draft Spots Higher
It was nothing but hype for rookie WR Tank Dell in August, and well deserved. With some great preseason performances, a lackluster WR room and the endorsement from QB CJ Stroud we’ve seen Dell’s 2023 ceiling continue to raise.

📉 Alvin Kamara - RB, New Orleans Saints
21 Draft Spots Lower
It was August 4th when the news that Alvin Kamara would be suspended for the first three regular season games this year. Since then, his draft position has only dropped. Personally, not a drat pick I’m against and I think he’s fallen to the right draft price.

📈 Justyn Ross - WR, Kansas City Chiefs
35 Draft Spots Higher
I think the tweet below is all I need tbh

📉 Jameson Williams - WR, Detroit Lions
23 Draft Spots Lower
A double whammy of the 6-game suspension and not participating in preseason/training camp since Mid-August doesn’t sit well with drafters, and understandably so. Williams has done very little to show any confidence to fantasy managers, and quite honestly I don’t think he should be drafted.