Training camp is cranking into high gears, and we’re zooming into the golden season of Best Ball drafts. But with preseason games just around the corner, the questions are piling up. Luckily, we have FREE Best Ball rankings to help unravel the NFL’s biggest questions when it comes to Best Ball. Each division will get its moment in the spotlight, but right now we’re diving into the juiciest Best Ball questions for every team in the NFC East.
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Biggest Best Ball Questions for EVERY TEAM In The NFC East
Here are some other biggest Best Ball questions:
Dallas Cowboys: How should we feel about these RBs?
If you ask the public how they feel about the Cowboys running back room, the consensus will tell you that Ezekiel Elliott is passable value, but that’s kind of it. This committee is too much of a timeshare to draft.
Our rankings, however, say that both Elliott and Rico Dowdle are viable at their ADPs, with each ranking higher than public perception:
- Elliott: ADP 122.6, No. 119 Overall
- Dowdle: ADP 138.1, No. 121 Overall
In our rankings, these two are neck and neck, with Elliott only projecting for 5 more fantasy points this season. He is still our RB1 for Dallas since he is going to get nominal “starts” and the high-leverage carries. However, Dowdle is almost certain to be the third-down back given his receiving upside, and he has more big-play potential.
Mike McCarthy called this a 1A, 1B backfield, and we are treating it as such. Both are good options at Round 10/11 or later.
New York Giants: Is Daniel Jones good enough to make these WRs viable?
We’re not shy about our liking for Daniel Jones as a late-round quarterback value — we have him at No. 170 overall against an ADP of 193.3. However, that is largely tied to his rushing, which was really high end a couple years ago. As a passer, well, Jones needs to be better if the Giants are going to start becoming stackable.
We rank three of the top 4 Giants receivers ahead of their ADP:
- Wan’Dale Robinson: ADP 164.1, No. 142 Overall
- Jalin Hyatt: ADP 213.2, No. 171 Overall
- Darius Slayton: ADP 202.7, No. 181 Overall
But the only receiver the public seems to like as much as we do is rookie Malik Nabers, who is going at 26.8 on average (we have him 33rd). A lot of how well Robinson, Hyatt and Slayton perform behind Nabers in the pecking order will depend on Jones A) being healthy, and B) being good. This team is low-key stackable if Jones gets back up to around average as a passer since he offers so much rushing value.
And yet there is also a lot of downside here since Jones has not really given us a track record of good real-life quarterback play. Median projections like this team in general, but both ends of the spectrum are easily in the range of outcomes.
Philadelphia Eagles: Will Barkley and Hurts sap each other’s rushing value?
We’ll start here — Jalen Hurts is one of our top quarterback values period, while Saquon Barkley is slightly behind ADP:
- Hurts: ADP 41.6, No. 30 Overall
- Barkley: ADP 20.7, No. 25 Overall
Hurts is actually our QB1 and Barkley our RB6. The big reason is we still expect Hurts to be the go-to at the goal line. Will the Tush Push suffer a big without Jason Kelce leading it? TBD, but we can be pretty certain the Eagles will stick with it. Hurts scored 13 and 15 touchdowns the last two season; Barkley’s career high is 11, which came in his rookie season.
In essence, Barkley may steal some of Hurts’ rushing volume between the 20s, but it isn’t going to dig into Hurts’ touchdown upside all that much.
Washington Commanders: Who is RB1?
We have covered this Austin Ekeler-Brian Robinson situation all summer across many platforms, most recently in our analysis of Best Ball running back committees. Though the exact projections have fluctuated a bit, the conclusion has remained the same: Ekeler is undervalued, Robinson is overvalued.
Robinson has been a stud in a committee the last two seasons, but Ekeler was a first-round Best Ball pick for years before suffering a setback last year. He is still the better receiver, though, and reports of his demise are treating him like he’s 35 — he’s only 29.
These are our rankings for the two backs; spoiler alert, it’s not particularly close as to who is the better value at their position:
- Ekeler: ADP 129.9, No. 117 Overall
- Robinson: ADP 104.3, No. 130 Overall
Until proven otherwise, we are treating Ekeler as RB1 and Robinson as RB2.
