Two of Playerprofiler’s finest face off in a Dynasty Rookie Mock Draft featuring Bijan Robinson and the rest of the 2023 rookie class! Which players are the two PlayerProfiler gurus higher on than consensus? Who are they passing in their rookie drafts in 2023?
PlayerProfiler’s dynasty rookie rankings are updated, and they account for the results of the 2023 NFL Combine. The dynasty rookie rankings feature the top dynasty assets of the 2023 rookie class and assigns each player with a lifetime value rating, generated by PlayerProfiler’s proprietary lifetime value engine, which estimates future fantasy output based on age, near-term player projections, and long-term positional production trends for dynasty league football.
As dynasty players move closer to the 2023 rookie draft in their leagues, it’s important to remember the results of prior rookie drafts. This helps maintain reasonable expectations among rookie hype. It also provides a valuable history lesson for those new to dynasty leagues. This article focuses on redrafting the 2018 rookie class. How does the 2018 rookie class compare with the 2023 rookie class?
Rookie wide receivers are sought-after assets in the NFL. They are still available late in fantasy drafts as drafters catch up to the trend. This article shows fantasy gamers exactly how much value there is in drafting rookie wide receivers in fantasy football drafts!
This series is dedicated to breaking down the prospects of the 2023 rookie class. What round should Flowers expect to be drafted? What showed up on tape? Can Zay Flowers become a difference-maker in the NFL and in fantasy football?
Rookie Draft Season for a lot of leagues has come and gone, but I still have several leagues of my own that have not yet drafted. This is our first look at a superflex rookie mock draft for August 2022. I will give my analysis for each round and hopefully you can start to see where fantasy players are valuing these rookies.
Drake London is a large target with 95th-percentile arm length, benefitting him for contested targets. He also boasts an 18.1 (99th-percentile among qualified wide receivers) Breakout Age and 34.9 (69th-percentile) College Dominator Rating, a similar mix of Breakout Age and College Dominator Rating to Donte Moncrief, Sammy Watkins, and DeAndre Hopkins. Atlanta’s QB situation will be the primary thing to hold him back.
The Titans swapped out A.J. Brown for Treylon Burks during the draft, adding the Arkansas product to a team expected to contend. The Titans are looking for a new physical WR1, and with Robert Woods getting older, Burks is next up. With Derrick Henry in the backfield, Burks may not see as much pass volume as guys like Drake London or Jameson Williams. Still, he has a physical profile and clear path to being the WR1 on his own team, giving him a strong case to be the rookie WR1.
Every process is different. And there is likely no perfect one. But the existence of a repeatable process by which you make decisions helps you avoid bias. It lets you organize data or film in a way that fits within your broader strategy for Dynasty Rookie Drafts.
However you evaluate prospects, keep in mind their current and potential market values, draft archetypes of player who can maximize fantasy ceilings, and always make market-efficient choices.
You’ll likely find yourself on the clock in the third, fourth, and sometimes fifth round of your rookie draft with very few attractive options. Whether it’s bad draft capital, poor athleticism, or uninspiring production, the players here have more red flags than Ron Swanson’s ex-wives. But that doesn’t make the selection pointless. On the contrary, navigating these later rounds (the RB rounds) properly can give you a significant edge over your leaguemates.
Forget trying to find the next Darnell Mooney needle in a haystack of future supermarket employees. Instead, once Round 3 rolls around, just toggle off the other positions and queue up any RB capable of latching onto an NFL depth chart. Remember, your odds of finding the next WR1 or RB1 at the 3.09, 4.05, or 5.11 are exceptionally low, and that’s okay. If you can squeeze three or four games of RB2 production out of a pick that late, you’re doing just fine.
If you couldn’t get enough of the PlayerProfiler vs. RosterWatch rivalry, we’re back with the second installment in the Summer of Collaboration series of fantasy football mock drafts with RosterWatch. Did the Underworld successfully defend the mock drafting crown? Did anyone plant any outrageous flags? Who actually wins in a mock draft of any sort? If there is a way to win, you can bet that the six mock drafters on the Underworld side of the ledger will ride PlayerProfiler’s advanced stats, metrics, and analytics all the way to a successful defense of the mock drafting heavyweight championship of the world.
