Pick 12 of 12. You draft on the turn every round: two picks back to back, then 22 picks of waiting.
went in round 3: Lamar Jackson, Joe Burrow, Jalen Hurts. This room pays for quarterbacks early.
went in rounds 3–4: Bowers, Kittle, McBride. Expect the top TE tier to be gone by your 36/37 turn. Do not chase it.
Every early QB or TE pick pushes an RB or WR down the board. Expect RB/WR value at your second turn and read the live board, not the ADP.
Your 2025 team scored 5th most points and allowed the most points against. Points against is mostly luck, so 5-9 does not prove the roster was bad. The fix is more usable starters and bench, not a different philosophy.
Eleven players go before you. Expect Gibbs, Bijan, Chase, Nacua, McCaffrey, Taylor, JSN, St. Brown, Cook, Lamb, Barkley. Anything from the top tier that slips is an automatic pick unless its status changed today (McCaffrey carries a Q). Otherwise take Justin Jefferson and the best remaining bell-cow RB. RB then RB is acceptable if two of Achane, Chase Brown, Henry are sitting there; if you open RB/RB, go WR/WR at 36/37.
Three or four of this room's managers will have spent a round-3 pick on a QB or TE. Take the running back who falls first, then the receiver. If none of the wanted RBs are there, go WR/WR here, then RB/RB at 60/61 and push QB to 84/85. If you opened RB/RB, take two WRs here.
Aim for three running backs by the end of this turn so the flex slots have real starters; if you went WR/WR at 36/37 this turn is RB/RB. Daniels or Hurts falling here is the one mid-round QB worth it. Burrow is acceptable only if he is the last of that tier and the RB/WR tier is drained. Maye (47.6) will be gone. Otherwise take a WR3 and wait on QB.
Kittle is the one TE priced at this turn; he is the ceiling play if he has practiced this week, and if you take him decide on a TE2 by 108/109. Fannin and Pitts need a 12-pick slide in a room that takes TEs early, so Kelce and Kincaid are the realistic fallback. Lawrence and Purdy are fine QB1s in 20-yard scoring; Dak needs a slide. Skip TE here if you took Bowers.
If you waited on QB, Mahomes and Stafford are the targets if available, with Murray, Goff and Rodgers as the fallback tier. After eight rounds you have exactly six RB/WR for six slots, so the first skill pick here must be someone you could start in Week 1; only then take a stash with a path to a job by October. If you took Kittle, settle TE2 here or at 132.
Mark Andrews, Goedert and Kincaid are the TE2 options if any is still there. Do not carry both a QB2 and a TE2; that leaves four bench spots for RB/WR. For a handcuff, open your own RB1's team page in the draft room and take his listed backup if he is on the board. The names below are independent upside RBs, not mapped to your starters.
Every kicker below has a Yahoo ADP 30+ picks earlier than this turn, so treat the list as an order of preference among whoever is left. Rule if none remain: a kicker on a top-10 offense with a secure job. Same for the darts: take the best still on the board.
All of these defenses have ADPs far earlier than 180, so take whichever is left in this order. If none remain, take the defense facing the weakest Week 1 offense (check the opponent in the draft room). You will stream this slot by matchup anyway.
| Ja'Marr Chase | knee, bone bruise | Expected W1 |
| Puka Nacua | groin | Practicing |
| Ashton Jeanty | ankle sprain, out of practice Tue | W1 unclear |
| Jeremiyah Love | high ankle, out this week | 50/50 W1 |
| Malik Nabers | ACL return, full practice | Noncommittal |
| Breece Hall | groin | On track |
| Emeka Egbuka | toe | Day to day |
| George Kittle | Achilles, 8 months | Hopeful W1 |
| Tucker Kraft | ACL, off PUP | Snap-count risk |
| McCaffrey · Flowers · T.Warren · Dicker | Yahoo Q tag, no detail | Check status |
| Patrick Mahomes | ACL / LCL | Tracking W1 |
| Josh Jacobs | Commissioner exempt list | No return date |
| Kyle Monangai | hyperextended knee | Week to week |
| TreVeyon Henderson | ankle, out since Aug 24 | Needs practice |
| Jayden Higgins · Ricky Pearsall | torn ACL / PCL | Season |
| Jordyn Tyson | IR, hamstring | Earliest W5 |
| Isiah Pacheco | IR | Out |
| Slot | Target pick | Why |
|---|---|---|
| RB | 12/13, 36, 60, then 108+ | Aim for three by pick 61. RB3 is a likely flex starter, not a requirement. |
| WR | 12/13, 37, 61 if no QB, 84+ | Two elite, then volume. Do not overpay slot WRs in half PPR. |
| QB | 60/61 only for Daniels or Hurts; else 84–109 | Room takes QBs early. Let them. Fallback tier Murray, Goff, Rodgers if the run reaches 108. |
| TE | 84/85 unless you took Bowers; TE2 only with Kittle | Top four gone by 47. Kittle, then Kelce or Kincaid. |
| K | 156/157 | Under-50 FGs are all 3. Accuracy and volume over leg. Aubrey goes at 87 here, skip. |
| DEF | 180/181 | Points-allowed tiers reward matchups. Stream weekly. |
Jefferson plus Chase Brown or Achane puts two starters on a Week 6 bye. Use bye conflicts as a tiebreaker after value, and make sure you have Week 6 replacements by the end of the draft.
Before the room opens (3:00pm): optionally set your Yahoo pre-draft rankings to this board's order. An autopick follows a single ranked list, not these branches, so it is a fallback, not the plan.