This exercise aims to provide you with examples of player values to help you with building your dynasty rosters. After the first round, you will be given a list of players you could possibly move for early and late picks in rounds two through four. These targets will be players you could potentially use in a trade for each pick or they just allow you to find the appropriate value for your negotiations. In this twist on a Superflex rookie mock draft, we will be adding specific trade targets to each first-round draft pick. Everyone can write a rookie mock draft, but there is value in knowing what players you could potentially flip for each pick. At this point in the draft process, analysts should be telling you what each pick is worth and providing names with specific draft picks when giving trade advice. Now that the combine is over and pro days are in full swing, we are getting a clearer picture of the 2022 draft class. His extensive resumé as a returner (over 122 combined collegiate returns) will help him stick on a roster as he works his way up a receiver depth chart.Photo: Charles LeClaire, USA Today Sports That never-quit attitude will serve him well with sticking with an NFL franchise as a depth receiver. He refused to settle and flashed potential with his big final season. Jones bounced around with Buffalo and Iowa before finding a home with Purdue in 2022. He only managed 1.6-2.7 YAC per reception on short and medium-depth targets. He forced only two missed tackles beyond the line of scrimmage in 2022. Jones can chew up opposing secondaries underneath on slants and crossers. He has the quickness to gain separation on quick hitters and offers a trusty set of mitts. Miller is an ideal home-run hitter and a 1-2 punch fit with veteran Jamaal Williams should Alvin Kamara miss anytime.Ĭharlie Jones is a dependable chain mover. Miller did not test at all during the pre-Draft process (recovering from post-season knee surgery), but that didn’t stop the New Orleans Saints from investing a third-round pick in him during the 2023 NFL Draft. Per Sports Info Solutions, Miller also posted the fourth-lowest bust run rate (percentage of plays that resulted in EPA below -1) and finished first in his class in broken tackles per 100 touches (18). He’s explosive with the ball in his hands, as indicated by his 21 rushes of 15-plus yards last year (tied for the fifth-highest in the class). Miller’s career of 3.14 yards per play ranks fourth best in the class. The bell cow rushed for nearly 1400 yards at 5-foot-11, 215 pounds (identical to Bijan Robinson), and his size is enticing in addition to the efficiency he displayed on a per-play basis at the college level. But with Evans gone in 2022, Miller was thrust into the RB1 role for the Horned Frogs, where he posted a career-high 23 percent dominator rating. Miller flashed talent in a limited sample size, leading the FBS in yards after contact per attempt (5.06) in 2021. Kendre Miller spent his first two seasons in a two-way platoon with Zach Evans before the latter transferred to Mississippi. Smith-Njigba should garner targets early and often in 2023. Last year he logged the second-lowest aDOT of his career and the lowest YAC per reception mark. Since 2019 he’s ranked top-12 in deep targets twice. The addition of Smith-Njigba can allow Lockett to return to stretching the field. Over the last four seasons, he’s never ranked higher than 36th in target per route run rate. While I don’t want to take anything away from Lockett, he hasn’t been a high-end target earner. Regarding the subject of target share, Smith-Njigba can put those concerns to rest quickly and hit the ground running as the second option in this passing attack. With that said, I have a hard time believing the Seahawks burnt a first-round pick on a player they don’t plan to feature, so I believe they will run a ton of 11 personnel in 2023. In 2021 he was ninth in yards per route run and tied for first in PFF’s deep receiving grade (minimum 15 deep targets per PFF). Smith-Njigba gets typecast as a low aDOT player, but he has also shown the ability to win downfield. In 2021 he was first in yards per route run and first in PFF receiving grade (minimum 50 targets per PFF) while drawing a 22.7% target share alongside Garrett Wilson and Chris Olave. These are valid concerns, but before I push back against them, let’s discuss Smith-Njigba as a talent. Since Jaxon Smith-Njigba was announced as the Seahawks’ pick in the NFL Draft, worries have been circulating about Seattle’s usage of three wide receiver sets and his target share with D.K.
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