For many dynasty players, the highlight of the off-season is the annual rookie draft, and we're now days away from kickoff for many of those drafts. Since sometime in late winter — or earlier for those of us deep in rebuild mode — we've shifted our fantasy attentions to the incoming class, and delusions of grandeur have begun to form. The rookie draft is our gridiron and we're sitting at our locker, head down, with "Remember the Name" blasting in the headphones.
In this twelve-part series, our team will use the latest data available here at Dynasty League Football, namely our most recent Superflex Rookie ADP and the Dynasty Trade Finder, to ensure you're as prepared as possible when your draft begins. Based on our most recent ADP data, we’ll suggest the "best player available" at your respective slots, along with some potential pivot options for those with more specific needs. In addition, we’ll include options based on the updated 1QB rookie ADP for those who play in that format. Finally, using the Trade Finder, we’ll highlight the kind of trades you could expect to make with your pick, if you're more interested in moving it.
We all know the first round of rookie drafts includes the players we’ve been hearing about for months, if not years, but difference-makers can also be found in the second round and beyond. Consequently, we’ll also address the picks that accompany each respective first-round draft slot in the ensuing two rounds.
Rookie Selection 1.08
In a twist of fate, this exact article last year (the 1.08 edition) recommended a tight end — Brock Bowers — and one year later, he's one of the best values in the class and the overall TE1 in dynasty. While we may not get quite that ceiling from Penn State tight end Tyler Warren... we legitimately might not be far off.
