Fantasy Football draft prep: Players Chris Towers keeps drafting, won’t touch and early waiver-wire targets

To be crystal clear, this is (practically solely) about value. I would like to have Derrick Henry on my workforce, I’m just not keen to pay out what it costs to close up with him. The relaxation of these fellas … well, I’d like to have some of them on my workforce, at the very least. 

• Derrick Henry — Henry is awesome. An apparent elite Fantasy selection who can place up a massive Fantasy video game with a person extensive rumble, and he is fantastic for that extensive rumble more generally than ought to be reasonable to expect. He’s a person of a person, a peerless force who upends a whole lot of what we realize about how offenses are meant to run in 2021. There, now no person can accuse me of not liking Henry! He’s got an extremely large floor, but his ceiling just isn’t as large as his go-catching friends, which is what it will come down to. As I mentioned in Monday’s e-newsletter, it is a math difficulty, finally. 
• Odell Beckham — It has not particularly damaged through to the mainstream, but it definitely seems like Beckham is heading to be really confined early on.  “It can be hard to think about Beckham acquiring more than twenty snaps a video game in September,” The Athletic’s Zack Jackson mentioned recently. The Browns are seemingly pretty satisfied with how Donovan Peoples-Jones has appear together this offseason, and his emergence may give them the luxury of taking part in it sluggish with Beckham. He has not shown elite upside due to the fact acquiring to the Browns, so if the upside is more like a major-twenty receiver than a major-five a person and you can have to wait around for the chance to even get that, I just are not able to justify taking him in the seventh spherical. 
• Justin Herbert — Arif Hasan wrote an fantastic piece for The Athletic a several months ago looking at the evidence for and in opposition to regression for Herbert, and I really advise you go check that out. Herbert is coming off a historic rookie time and still has a lot of fantastic weapons close to him, but I think he is becoming drafted as if 2020 was his floor and he is only heading to get superior from there. He pretty well could, but I think it is more probably Herbert’s figures just take a stage back, even if he will not automatically enjoy worse. I’d relatively just take the chance that Jalen Hurts’ Lamar Jackson impersonation can continue.
• Damien Harris — Harris ought to be a high-quality Fantasy running back, especially in Non-PPR, and you will find no question his value has taken a massive stage forward among the trade of Sony Michel to the Rams and the launch of Cam Newton. The difficulty for me is, I’m not positive he is at any time probably to be significantly more than high-quality. The difficulty, as is the circumstance with so numerous gamers, will come down to the absence of a passing video game function for Harris. Even with an expected strengthen in dashing volume, I are not able to get Harris significantly greater than RB30 in my projections, and he is heading to close up greater than that in drafts when it is all mentioned and performed. He’s a person of the fastest risers in ADP on CBS Fantasy more than the last week, and I just never see significantly to get energized about in his profile even as a guide back. He’s most likely not heading to capture passes (five in ten video games last time), which indicates you happen to be heading to need to have to rely on him to continuously get massive have totals and intention-line touches. You are building that bet on a Monthly bill Belichick-coached workforce and with a back who missed time in his to start with preseason with a hand injuries, missed time with a hamstring injuries throughout that similar time, was a healthy scratch in any other case, and then suffered a fractured pinky and a and a Grade 3 ankle sprain to bookend his sophomore campaign. He’s a two-down back with a lower floor thanks to injuries and a lower ceiling. He’s high-quality, but I’d relatively bet on the upside of Chase Edmonds, or Myles Gaskin in that similar selection, or just wait around for Ronald Jones, A.J. Dillon, or Jamaal Williams.
• Zack Moss — I joked the other day on Twitter that the non-go-catching running backs are like a Russian Nesting Doll, with Henry on the exterior, Nick Chubb a bit more compact, Josh Jacobs underneath that, and all the way down thr
  ough Gus Edwards and Harris. And in the center, hardly visible, is Moss. He’s a 3rd-rounder battling for taking part in time with a further 3rd-rounder, on the workforce that has created the fewest Fantasy factors for running backs more than the earlier three seasons. Devin Singletary has the passing video game function and Josh Allen is the most effective intention-line rusher, so Moss is still left buying up the the very least-beneficial scraps in the offense. As a fourth or fifth running back, Moss is high-quality for your bench, but I’d relatively chase any amount of late-spherical selections like Gainwell or Darrynton Evans who have a potential path to should-start out territory than chase Moss’ largely nonexistent upside. 

Seem, I mentioned I’d like to have most of these fellas on my workforce at the appropriate value. 

Injuries News and Notes

• The Texans are keen to have Deshaun Watson inactive every week — Effectively, they may not have significantly of a option. Watson is eligible to enjoy as investigations into allegations of sexual misconduct in opposition to him continue, but the Texans look to be satisfied to continue to keep staring appropriate through his trade request. Watson appears to be like a extensive shot to enjoy a down this yr, in my eyes. 
• Trey Lance will miss out on about a week with a finger injuries — Lance strike the finger on someone’s helmet and has a chip fracture that will continue to keep him out of action for a week or so. Which indicates he could be all set to go in time for the Week one opener in opposition to the Lions on Sept. 12, but I think it was normally significantly more probably Jimmy Garoppolo was heading to start out in any case, and dropping a week of exercise most likely clinches it. Lance stays a large-upside bench stash in all formats no matter of this injuries.
• Irv Smith will have knee surgical treatment this week — We won’t have a timetable for Smith’s return to action right until they do the technique, so we are in a holding pattern appropriate now. The timeline for recovery from meniscus surgical treatment can selection from times to months to months, and though I’d bet on the center selection at this level, it is more than enough to drive Smith out of draftable territory for me. I just are not able to justify employing two roster spots on limited finishes in a usual league. 
• Javonte Williams was not held out of the last preseason video game simply because of injuries — There was some speculation to that close, but it turns out the workforce just did not need to have to see something else from him, though Melvin Gordon desired some to start with-workforce reps after sitting down out with a groin injuries. You’ve got gotta like the assurance the workforce seemingly already has in Williams, although I still expect him to be the 1b to Gordon’s 1a to start out the time. Nevertheless, I am going to just take Williams to start with and hope he can drive Gordon to No. two territory right before extensive. View Williams as a lower-close starter with major-15 potential down the street and training suitable persistence. 
• Carson Wentz was placed on the COVID-19 list — Alongside with large receiver Zach Pascal and heart Ryan Kelly they ended up large-chance near contacts with an individual who examined positive recently. The Colts have hardly experienced their to start with-workforce offense in place for more than a several times at a time in camp, and the absence of reps are not able to assistance as Wentz attempts to switch his occupation close to following a terrible 2020. With any luck , Wentz will be cleared to return after five times and a few of unfavorable exams, but you simply are not able to come to feel great about the place this offense is heading into Week one. 
• Evan Engram is dealing with a calf injuries — Engram still left Sunday’s preseason video game with the injuries, although we are still waiting around for more info on how extreme it is. Engram could have been in line for a massive function to start out the time with Kenny Golladay’s position in the air, but that won’t be the circumstance if he are not able to get on the industry. Sterling Shepard is looking superior and superior as a late-spherical concentrate on. 
• The Lions introduced Breshad Perriman — This clears points up a little bit for the Lions getting corps, as they ought to head into Week one with Tyrell Williams, Kalif Raymond, and Amon-Ra St. Brown as their major selections in three-large sets. The question is regardless of whether St. Brown will just be a slot male early on — which is how they made use of him in the preseason — or regardless of whether he’ll see some time on the exterior in two-WR sets. St. Brown is the most intriguing selection in this offense, but issues about his function make it tough for me to concentrate on him, simply because he profiles most effective as a PPR compiler. 

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