After doing a few more drafts this week, we’ve got a good feel of how Fantasy Football Nation is viewing players.
We love guys like Arian Foster and Johnny Knox, but the word is out. Foster sometimes gets taken in the early fourth round and Knox goes in the fifth. (Both players -- especially Foster -- should be great. But their draft position has caught up with their talent.)
With that in mind, here are a few players we still think are getting drafted too late based on the Rotoworld online draft guide.
Jamaal Charles: The Thomas Jones news has spooked way too many of you. Charles has top-five upside. Great second round pick. (We have Charles ranked ninth in PPR leagues.)
Mike Williams (TB): Amazingly, he’s still going very late in drafts. There is no one else to catch the ball in Tampa and Williams is legit. He’s a 1,000-yard receiver with a little help from his quarterbacks.
Fred Jackson: Think long-term. He may start slow, but we’ll take our chances he’s the most valuable fantasy back on a run-first team, especially since he’s getting drafted as a RB4.
Antonio Gates: It’s a small thing, but we like the value of Gates (and other top TEs like Vernon Davis and Jermichael Finley) over some of the shakier WR2/3s and RB2s that often go before them.
John Carlson: A potential every-week starting tight end that sometimes goes undrafted
Devin Hester: We like Knox a lot more, but not five rounds more. Hester is routinely getting ignored. He’s a nice reserve pick.
Eddie Royal: We’d bet the Broncos produce more passing yards this year without Brandon Marshall and someone has to catch the passes. Think poor man’s Wes Welker.
Montario Hardesty: It’s rare that a rookie power back with a great chance to lead his team in rushes goes out of the top 100 picks.
Malcom Floyd and Legedu Naane: Vincent Jackson is not walking through that door. (Although we still like V-Jax outside the top 100 picks in case he gets dealt.)
Finally, we just wanted to say thanks to everyone that’s made this a record-breaking year for Rotoworld in draft guide sales and traffic. 2 million pages views per day the last three days. I’m not even going to mention that to Florio or he’ll get jealous.