Fantasy Football draft season is here—and the difference between winning your league and spending the season chasing the waiver wire could come down to a handful of draft-day decisions.
On this episode of Madden On The Line, host Jo Madden, Vice President of Sports Gaming Media at CrossCheck Media Inc., welcomes fantasy football expert Andy McNamara for a rapid-fire breakdown of the players, sleepers and strategies fantasy managers should be watching as drafts get underway.
McNamara makes the case that Kenneth Walker III could be significantly undervalued, arguing that his combination of opportunity and workload could give him top-five fantasy running back upside despite being drafted considerably lower. His philosophy is straightforward: “Opportunity equals success.”
The conversation then turns to potential value deeper on the board. McNamara highlights Jadarian Price as an intriguing running back opportunity, while also discussing wide receivers including George Pickens, Chris Olave, Denzel Boston and DeVonta Smith as players fantasy managers should have on their radar.
But perhaps McNamara's biggest advice involves how to actually build a fantasy roster.
Instead of automatically reaching for an elite quarterback early, McNamara argues that fantasy managers can wait at quarterback and use those valuable early-round selections on scarce top-tier running backs and wide receivers. He also explains why knowing the tendencies of the other managers in your league, monitoring bye weeks and drafting backup quarterbacks and tight ends can become major strategic advantages.
Jo also breaks down what NFL fans and fantasy managers should actually watch during Week 2 of the preseason—not final scores, but first-team reps, player usage, running backs involved in passing situations, receiver targets and rookies climbing depth charts. As Jo explains, Week 1 can introduce the names, but Week 2 starts revealing the roles that could reshape fantasy draft boards.
Plus, Madden examines the night's Raiders-Texans and 49ers-Chargers preseason matchups and the roster battles, injuries and depth-chart movement that could matter once the regular season begins.
If your fantasy football draft is approaching, this episode gives you the names, strategies and preseason signals worth knowing before you're on the clock.
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