The NFL preseason is now in full swing, as is fantasy draft season. We once again called out for your draft questions from the @PFF_Fantasy Twitter account. Below are some of the best questions— answered in more than 140 characters.
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12 team keep max 9 guys Marriota Freeman Miller Hyde Ingram Evans ARobinson Cooks Adams -keep Hyde, Ingram or Miller? Most keep 5-9 #askpff
— David Schwartz (@HashtagSchwartz) August 6, 2017
Rephrasing the question: In a 12-team keeper league where you can keep nine players, who would you choose between Carlos Hyde, Mark Ingram, or Lamar Miller? He’s already keeping six other players.
Technically, that means you can keep all of Hyde, Ingram, and Miller. But I wouldn’t do that. In dynasty leagues, which is the best equivalent to keeper leagues, I’d rank those three running backs as Miller, then Hyde, then Ingram.
I don’t think you particularly need to keep any of them, though — assuming there’s something to gain in letting them go. Miller now has D’Onta Foreman to contend with, Ingram has never been a coaches’ favorite in New Orleans and has short-term competition from Adrian Peterson, and Hyde is on a miserable team and apparently doesn’t have a ton of support from his coaching staff, either. None of them are in untouchable situations.
With that said, if it’s free to keep them, they you definitely should. All three figure to be RB2s in 2017, or flex options at worst.
#AskPFF What role will Blount have in the Eagles' new-look offense?
— Daniel Bunson (@Daboonson) August 9, 2017
I fully expect Blount to be Philadelphia’s lead back in 2017. We currently have Blount projected for 206 attempts for just shy of 900 yards and eight rushing touchdowns. That would be good enough for a tail-end RB2 season in standard leagues.
Blount will obviously not have the same consistent touchdown production as he did in New England, but he is Philadelphia’s only viable goal-line threat, which makes him a good bet to finish in the top 10 in rushing touchdowns again in 2017.
Does Jay Cutler signing improve chances Jay Ajayi will have more receptions this year similar to when he was in college?
— Blind Squirrel FF (@blndsqrlff) August 10, 2017
I had not considered this as a possibility, but now that you mention it, it does seem reasonable. Ajayi was not much of a receiver last year. He caught a modest 27 passes in the regular season for an even more modest 151 yards and no touchdowns.
His 0.69 yards per route run ranked 43rd out of 43 qualifying running backs last year.
We don’t have him projected to do much through the air in 2017, either. He’s projected for 33 receptions for 289 yards and one or two touchdowns. It’s an improvement over last year, but still well behind most other elite fantasy RB1s.
A better receiving floor would give Ajayi a big boost and make him a serious contender for the No. 4 running back spot behind fantasy’s “big three” of David Johnson, Le’Veon Bell, and Ezekiel Elliott.
And Ajayi is apparently looking better as a receiver heading into the new year. Is that just offseason coachspeak? It’s possible. But it’s better than hearing nothing about Ajayi’s receiving skills.
As for Cutler’s specific impact on Ajayi, it’s impossible to say, given the two of them actually haven’t practiced together yet. Cutler did grow accustomed to dumping it off to Matt Forte for several years in Chicago, though, so it’s entirely plausible to think he’ll look to Ajayi as a safety blanket more often than Ryan Tannehill would.
But to be perfectly honest, that’s just speculation. Odds are that Ajayi will once again be underwhelming as a receiver.
also, is martavis Bryant a value in the first half of the 5th round?
— Lucas Aliança (@l_lucs) August 10, 2017
The middle of the fifth around is around Martavis Bryant’s current average draft position, so you can’t really call him a value there from the perspective of being a “draft steal.” But I do think Bryant’s upside far exceeds that of your typical fifth-round pick. So from that perspective, yes, he’s definitely a value. He’s a favorite target of mine in the fifth round, especially if you started your draft with running backs.
Bryant has played 21 games in his career, amassing 76 receptions, 1,314 yards and 14 touchdowns in that span. For a regular 16-game season, that would net him a line of 58-1,001-11.
Will he reach those yardage and touchdown totals? That would be an impressive feat, but it’s certainly within reach. Bryant is a strong WR2 with upside.
Dalvin Cook or McCaffrey?
— Jake ???? (@White_Iversen92) August 10, 2017
These two rookies are close. I currently have McCaffrey ranked at No. 19 and Cook ranked at No. 24. The PFF Fantasy staff consensus ranks have McCaffrey at 19 and Cook at 20. Based on these ranks alone, I have to give McCaffrey the slight edge here. He looked strong in preseason Week 1, gaining 33 yards on seven attempts (4.7 YPC). Cook collected just 13 yards on five attempts in his preseason debut.
I don’t want to put too much stock into the first preseason performances, however. When it’s all said and done, both Cook and McCaffrey should be decent RB2s. They would have higher ceilings if they didn’t face competition in the form of Latavius Murray (for Cook) and Jonathan Stewart and Cam Newton (for McCaffrey).
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