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Fantasy Football Draft Strategy

Aug 11, 2025

Overview

The discussion focuses on fantasy football draft strategy, highlighting players the speaker intends to avoid in 2025 and suggesting alternatives with similar average draft positions (ADP). Emphasis is placed on leveraging league mates’ perceptions and promoting less desirable options to gain an advantage.

Fantasy Football Manipulation Tactics

  • Recommend talking up players you don't like to league mates to influence draft choices.
  • Use stats and analytics, even if they are misleading, to promote players you wish to avoid.
  • Take advantage of uninformed league mates for a competitive edge.

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Running Backs to Avoid

  • Breece Hall: Faces committee backfield, lack of offensive line depth, new quarterback Justin Fields likely to vulture goal-line carries.
  • Brian Robinson Jr.: Limited receiving upside, competition from Austin Ekeler and Jakori Kroski-Merritt, weak offensive line, and health concerns.

Preferred Running Back Alternatives (Similar ADP)

  • Alvin Kamara: Catch-heavy role with lots of checkdowns expected.
  • Amaran Hampton: Opportunity for large workload due to injuries on the team.
  • Chuba Hubbard: Improved Panthers offense provides increased touchdown chances.
  • Tyrone Tracy: RB1 in an improved Giants offense, excellent bench stash.

Wide Receivers to Avoid

  • AJ Brown: Prone to nagging injuries, inconsistent target share, and capped ceiling due to Eagles' run-heavy approach.
  • Jaylen Waddle: Injury history, inconsistent production, increased competition for targets, reliant on big plays.

Preferred Wide Receiver Alternatives (Similar ADP)

  • Drake London: Fewer target competitors, strong connection with quarterback.
  • Chase Brown: Owns the backfield role, in line for high volume.
  • Bucky Irving, Kade Otton, Lad McConkey, Calvin Ridley, Jerry Jeudy: All positioned for volume, safer floors, or greater upside.

Tight Ends to Avoid

  • Travis Kelce: Declining production, more target competition, age, and team plans to reduce regular-season usage.
  • Tucker Kraft: Green Bay’s unpredictable passing game, uncertain weekly workload.

Preferred Tight End Alternatives (Similar ADP)

  • Evan Engram: Must-have tight end with reliable volume.
  • David Njoku: Proven connection with quarterback, limited target competition.
  • Jake Ferguson, Dalton Kincaid, Kyle Pitts: Late-round options offering efficiency or high potential.

Additional Draft Strategy Advice

  • Trust red flag signals and prioritize value and opportunity over name recognition.
  • Use players' name value as leverage in league trade or draft discussions.
  • Target bench players and mid-round picks with breakout or consistent potential.

Recommendations / Advice

  • Promote unwanted players to league mates using stats and hype.
  • Prioritize injury risk, offensive context, and competition for touches when drafting.
  • Select alternatives with higher volume, fewer risks, or better roles at similar ADPs.

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