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Best Ball Season is here in full force. Over at Underdog Fantasy, multiple tournaments have dropped, including their hallmark tournament, Best Ball Mania. Today, I’ll be looking at some of my favorite players to target to help you win in Underdog fantasy football drafts.
Underdog Fantasy Football Value Targets
WR Tetairoa McMillan, Carolina Panthers
Tetairoa McMillan enters the NFL as a top-notch wide receiver prospect. He’s 6-4, 219 pounds, and athletic for his size with a large wingspan. McMillan easily plucks the ball out of the air with his consistent hands. He can easily beat press coverage, making him a prototypical X wide receiver. He can also line up across the formation and use his after-the-catch ability to make him more versatile than the average receiver. McMillan is a complete wide receiver with few holes in his game.
Tetairoa McMillan‘s Advanced States & Metrics Profile
Landing with the Panthers was a great spot for Tetairoa McMillan. The Panthers desperately needed an alpha X wide receiver after taking a couple of swings on others that turned out to be misses. McMillan will step in on day one and dominate Carolina’s receiver room. Earning 150 targets during his rookie season is easily in the cards for McMillan. With Bryce Young‘s resurgence over the second half of 2024, we could see a top connection between them very early.
Tetairoa McMillan currently goes in the fourth round of Underdog fantasy football drafts with an overall ADP of 40 as the WR23. It’s a bit of an aggressive price, but it’s well worth it. Rookie wide receivers with high draft capital are routinely one of the best bets to make in Best Ball. They can contribute early and peak during the tournament weeks, becoming pillars of your season.
QB Caleb Williams, Chicago Bears
Caleb Williams‘ Advanced Stats & Metrics Profile
Caleb Williams came into the NFL as a highly regarded quarterback prospect with nearly unlimited potential. He has the arm talent most quarterbacks dream of, capable of making every throw on the field from various arm angles and positions. He also excels as a scrambler and can add value as a runner. Even though the Bears had no shortage of weapons, their offensive line and poor offensive system hampered Williams during his rookie season. Williams averaged just 15.3 PPG, although he did have four weeks scoring at least 23 fantasy points, showing his ceiling.
This offseason, the Bears did their best to give Caleb Williams an ideal situation. Ben Johnson, one of the best offensive minds in the NFL, is now in as Chicago’s head coach. In free agency, they made big moves to fix the offensive line. Then, in the NFL Draft, they further bolstered their weapons by adding Colston Loveland and Luther Burden III. Williams now has no reason not to succeed.
Being drafted as the QB8 with an overall ADP of 91.2, Caleb Williams has an aggressive price in Underdog fantasy football ADP. He is worth it, though. We’ve already seen that the 2024 first-overall pick has a high ceiling while overcoming a bad offensive line and system. Now, with those issues fixed, Williams has top-five potential at his position. Additionally, there are plenty of stacking options to go with him, which is always a plus for Best Ball drafts.
QB Drake Maye, New England Patriots
Despite landing in one of the worst possible situations for a rookie quarterback, Drake Maye had a successful rookie season. He had the worst group of weapons in the league and played behind one of the worst offensive lines, yet still averaged 17.4 PPG in the 10 games he started and finished. Maye excelled as a runner, finishing ninth in rushing yards, seventh in rushing yards per game, and first in yards per carry among quarterbacks. Maye didn’t produce highly as a passer, but it makes sense considering what he was working with. He did, however, show reasons for optimism. For the season, Maye was 14th in True Completion Percentage and fifth in Pressured Completion Percentage, which helps show how he was better than his surroundings.
Drake Maye‘s Advanced Stats & Metrics Profile
This offseason, the Patriots did exactly what a team is supposed to do when they find a franchise quarterback: They did their best to surround Drake Maye with talent. In free agency, they started by adding offensive line depth with Wes Schweitzer and Morgan Moses. Then they were able to add Stefon Diggs to give Maye a legit wide receiver. In the NFL Draft, the Patriots knocked it out of the park. Over the first two days of the draft, they drafted the best offensive lineman in the draft in Will Campbell, a dynamic playmaker in running back TreVeyon Henderson, and a polished separator at wide receiver in Kyle Williams.
Drake Maye currently has an overall ADP of 120.6 as the QB15 on Underdog. This is a great price for a quarterback like Maye, whose ceiling is reaching the top five of the position due to his great running ability and aggressive passing nature. In addition, Maye is an easy quarterback to stack with his pass catchers. Only Stefon Diggs is drafted before him, and you can easily add Kyle Williams, Hunter Henry, or DeMario Douglas after drafting Maye.
RB Tyler Allgeier, Atlanta Falcons
Tyler Allgeier came on the scene as a fifth-round NFL Draft pick and filled in for the Falcons effectively. Allgeier ran for over 1,000 yards as a rookie, showing he was a capable running back in the NFL. However, he was quickly replaced the following season by Bijan Robinson. When Allgeier lost his starting job, he became one of the best handcuff running backs in all of fantasy football. Occasionally, we’ve even seen Robinson and Allgeier produce highly together, giving Allgeier the possibility of spike weeks even with Robinson healthy.
Tyler Allgeier‘s Advanced Stats & Metrics Profile
Although Robinson has not missed any games in his two seasons in the NFL, we already know Allgeier can handle a three-down workload and produce with it. The Falcons spent most of their offseason resources on the defensive end, meaning Allgeier’s status is unchanged. He remains one of the top handcuffs in fantasy football, but he isn’t priced like it.
On Underdog, Tyler Allgeier goes as the RB48 with an overall ADP of 155.9. Running backs like Allgeier, who have known three-down workload potential in the event of an injury, should be going rounds ahead of where he does. Hitting on late-round running backs in Best Ball is one of the best ways to improve your chances of finishing highly. Allgeier can do that for you.
WR Tory Horton, Seattle Seahawks
During his five years in college playing for Nevada and Colorado State, Tory Horton had a productive career. He averaged 2.7 yards per route run over his final three seasons, all with Colorado State. He was also pacing for three straight 1,000 receiving yard seasons before an injury shortened his final year. Horton is a tall, rangy receiver with fluid route running and is quick through his breaks. On the downside, Horton is a little on the slighter side, so he can get bullied by press coverage and more physical corners.
Tory Horton‘s Advanced Stats & Metrics Profile
Heading into the NFL Draft, Tory Horton was expected to be drafted on Day 3. This predraft projection turned out to be correct, as he was selected in the fifth round by the Seahawks. Although fifth-round draft capital isn’t ideal, landing with the Seahawks is bullish for Horton’s fantasy outlook. The Seahawks needed wide receiver depth, and especially needed receivers who can play on the outside. Horton isn’t able to play as an X receiver and beat press coverage, but he could still end up being the Seahawks’ flanker playing outside, off the line of scrimmage.
Tory Horton is practically free right now. He has an overall ADP of 213.1 and is the WR92 in Underdog ADP. With that in mind, the thesis is simple for Horton. When looking to draft a wide receiver at the end of your draft, you want to take shots on players who are young and/or have a realistic path to opportunities. Horton checks both of those boxes. If I reach Round 18 and need one more wide receiver, Horton is a priority.
Millions of dollars are at stake in Underdog fantasy football drafts this year. Finding the best targets that can provide immense value compared to their ADP will help you win. Don’t miss out.
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