📝 News & Notes

• ESPN put out “A look at the players who during OTAs this spring were the biggest surprises for each team” [@AdamSchefter]

  My take: probably a lot of noise in this article but will note the info I think most actionable that we haven’t discussed much before

  1) Josh ‘Reynolds is the clear-cut leader for the WR2 job.’ This is not likely to be a high-volume role but Reynolds a decent last-round stack option for Fields drafters.

  2) Jermaine ‘Burton has made all the right moves. He was attentive and engaged throughout the spring workouts. He earned praise from every person who was asked about him, including offensive coordinator Dan Pitcher.’ It has never been a talent question for Burton so if he’s actually able to get off the field issues resolved, he’s a major upgrade for the offense over Andrei Iosivas

  3) Pat Bryant ‘showed he will do his part to carve out some playing time’ however noting ‘playing time will be hard to come by with Courtland Sutton, Marvin Mims Jr. and Troy Franklin getting most of the work with the starters.’ Bryant’s ADP on DraftKings is 181 which feels like a solid price to mix him in as a low floor, high upside dart throw

• Vikings beat reporter Alec Lewis sees clarity in their #3 WR role. [The Athletic]

  Jailen Nailor: “He will be the team’s No. 3 receiver.”

  Tai Felton: “Expect his rookie campaign to be spent mostly on special teams”

  My take: this is pretty strong wording and considering Felton was a third round rookie, wouldn’t be shocking if he doesn’t see may offensive snaps. I haven’t been taking much Felton but will start mixing in last round Nailor to JJ McCarthy stacks.

🎧️ What I Listened to this Week

• Underdog Fantasy Football Show put out their series on “the 6 best x Sleepers” for each positional group

• Michael Leone and Ben Gretch continued their Projections Series on Establish the Edge, this week tackling the AFC and NFC East

• Best Ball Breakfast continues to be a great way to start the week for best ball bros, as Peter Overzet does 4 BBM drafts with guests including Pat Kerrane, Mike Leone, and this week Patrick Daugherty.

• The Late-Round Fantasy Football Podcast did a Becoming a Best Ball Bro recap episode that touches on many of the highlight insights from past guests

• Pat Kerrane and Erik Beimfohr did a long-form Mailbag Edition podcast on Legendary Upside

• PFF focused on IDP leagues this week, with their IDP Bounce-Back Candidates and DL Rankings and Tiers

📊 Poll of the Day

Nobody wants the QBs. And everyone else is split on their favorite last-round position to draft. My current preference is TE because there are half a dozen likely starters that can fill out a solid 3-TE team. But as training camp starts, I’ll likely be shifting more to RBs and WRs as we get increased confidence in our projections and specifically contingency upsides.