Fantasy football season is just around the corner, and there’s no better way to prepare than to jump into some best ball drafts!
Best ball is a great way to get a feel for where players will go in your fantasy drafts this fall. If you’ve never played best ball before, I encourage you to jump in.
The format is simple: draft the best players you can, and the software will tally the points for your top-scoring players each week of the fantasy football season! That's right- no setting lineups and start/sit decisions! You'll get the points for your ideal lineup each week.
Best ball drafts also have a low barrier of entry. Drafts are as little as $5. After the draft is complete, forget all about it and log back in at the end of the season and see what you’ve won! It’s always fun to log in and see a nice payday for the “practice” drafts you did in the summer.
Many places offer best ball drafts, including NFC and RT Sports, but I will use average draft positions (ADP) from Underdog for this article.
There is some strategy difference between your regular redraft leagues and your best ball leagues, but for the most part, these ADPs are a good guide.
So, without further ado, here are a few players that look like great values in early drafts.
QB Derek Carr, Las Vegas Raiders
Carr passed for a career-high 4,804 yards, fifth-highest mark in the league, with 23 touchdowns in 2021. He finished as the QB13 and did all of this despite being without Darren Waller for six contests and Henry Ruggs for most of the season.
That's right—Carr passed for nearly 5,000 yards with a guy who looks like he wandered over from the accounting department, Hunter Renfrow.
And now he gets Davante Adams.
Adams, arguably the best receiver in the game and an old college teammate, should open up more red-zone opportunities for Carr, and his TD numbers should get a big bump. With the weapons of Waller, Renfrow, and Adams and plenty of shootouts vs. the Chargers, Chiefs, and Broncos in a stacked AFC West, Carr looks like a good bet to outperform his ADP.
Carr is coming off the board in early drafts as the QB14, which means he could be going undrafted in some 12-team leagues.
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