The current average draft position is a very useful tool when you are drafting. If you know where the consensus has been taking the individual players, it can help you determine where you need to select the players you are targeting. Immediately after the draft, I ran a crowdsourced average draft position thread on Twitter here.
For each selection, I provided four options for the crowd to choose from. The winner of that pick was then taken off for the next poll. If a player received too few votes he was also relegated from the next poll in favor of another option. We got solid participation with the first poll receiving over 600 votes at the time this was authored. This method created a pretty strong correlation of what a rookie draft might look like for your Superflex dynasty league.
So away we go. Here are the results.
1.01 Breece Hall
1.02 Drake London
1.03 Treylon Burks
1.04 Kenneth Walker
1.05 Garrett Wilson
1.06 Jameson Williams
1.07 Chris Olave
1.08 Skyy Moore
1.09 Kenny Pickett
1.10 Christian Watson
1.11 George Pickens
1.12 Jahan Dotson
Observations
Skyy Moore and Christian Watson were the two biggest draft winners for sure. The crowd loved their landing spots of Kansas City and Green Bay respectively. Before the draft, they were round two selections in most dynasty rookie mocks. You should now expect them to go in round one. Both have a clear path to make an early impact with generational quarterbacks in high-volume pass offenses.
The quarterbacks falling to the third round in the NFL draft bumped all but Pickett out of the first round of this dynasty rookie draft exercise. The top seven remained relatively the same as before the draft. Breece Hall and Kenneth Walker are far and away the two best running back options in this rookie draft so if you need one you are going to have to pay up.
2.01 James Cook
2.02 Malik Willis
2.03 Rachaad White
2.04 Desmond Ridder
2.05 John Metchie
2.06 Matt Corral
2.07 Isaiah Spiller
2.08 Trey McBride
2.09 Dameon Pierce
2.10 David Bell
2.11 Zamir White
2.12 Alec Pierce
Observations
Despite only one quarterback going in round one, it was surprising to me that four still went by the 2.06 in this rookie draft ADP even though three were drafted in the third round of the NFL draft. Malik Willis 2.02, Desmond Ridder 2.04, Matt Corral 2.06 each still has their supporters for dynasty. The NFL seemed to have spoken and said these quarterbacks are not the future. However, given how valuable quarterbacks are in Superflex the crowd is willing to take the flyer on them.
James Cook was a riser here after being drafted by Buffalo with the 63rd pick overall of the second round. That is excellent draft capital for a running back in a high-powered offense. Isaiah Spiller is living off his pre-draft hype based on getting the 2.07 spot. He was the ninth running back chosen in the NFL draft and slots in behind Austin Ekeler. The dynasty crowd still likes him as the fifth running back off the board.
After a disastrous combine performance, David Bell was saved by getting day three draft capital in the draft and getting a premium landing spot on the Browns helmed by Deshaun Watson. The crowd slotted him in at the 2.10 pick. Dameon Pierce was another draft day winner. He got a landing spot with a clear path to early touches with only Rex Burkhead and Marlon Mack standing in his way. This led to him getting the dynasty 2.09 pick here.
Despite getting better than expected draft capital, the crowd still doesn’t believe in the height-challenged Wan’Dale Robinson as several wide receivers selected behind him in the NFL draft went ahead of him in this thread.
I hope you enjoyed reading my article. My goal is to provide actionable advice you can utilize to improve your dynasty team. You can follow me on Twitter @force_fantasy.
