Given that it is the official fantasy football site of the NFL, NFL.com’s fantasy platform feels like an afterthought. They don’t even have official drafts open yet, so the only way to draft is in a private league with a scheduled draft. If you do happen to be in one of those leagues, the rankings in your draft lobby will be set not by average draft position (ADP), but by NFL.com’s default rankings.
Today, I will compare these default rankings to FantasyPros’ PPR expert consensus rankings (ECR) to find the best values on NFL.com. Some of these prices are absurd, so let’s get right into it.
Best Fantasy Football Draft Values: NFL.com Leagues
Jerry Jeudy (WR – CLE) | NFL.com Rank: 83/ECR: 56
Unless the NFL.com rankers have some inside info the rest of us don’t, this ranking seems simply too low. Yes, Cleveland’s quarterback situation is an absolute mess. When a 40-year-old Joe Flacco might genuinely be the best possible option, something has gone wrong. But Jerry Jeudy is still the undisputed lead receiver on a team that should be playing from behind constantly in 2025.
The Browns’ quarterback situation was equally putrid last year, and Jeudy still managed to finish as the PPR WR12 (WR21 in points per game). That was even with Amari Cooper serving as the team’s de facto lead receiver for the first third of the season. Cooper is gone, and the Browns haven’t made any moves to replace him (unless you really believe in Harold Fannin Jr.).
Jeudy led the league in routes last season, and he might do it again this year. It won’t always be pretty, but he should see enough volume to provide usable WR3 numbers. On the off chance one of Flacco, Dillon Gabriel, Shedeur Sanders or Kenny Pickett manages to provide something approaching above-average quarterback play, Jeudy should push for WR2 consideration. That makes him an obvious value if you can get him outside the top 80 overall players on NFL.com.
Trey McBride (TE – ARI) | NFL.com Rank: 28/ECR: 20
With just an eight-rank difference between his NFL.com rank and his ECR, Trey McBride isn’t as far off as Jeudy. But those eight spots make a huge difference in the first few rounds of drafts, which is where the third-year tight end is being selected. And this is a difference I absolutely recommend taking advantage of.
In 2024, McBride led all tight ends in targets, receptions and yards per game. He did trail George Kittle in PPR points per game, but it wasn’t by much. This gets even more impressive when you consider McBride only scored two receiving touchdowns all season (he did add one rushing score and one fumble-recovery touchdown). His 1.8% touchdown rate was the fourth-lowest in the league (minimum one touchdown) and less than a third of the 7% NFL average. With some positive regression on that front, McBride should easily once again contend to be the top fantasy football tight end in the league.
Even if he isn’t the overall TE1 (I haven’t yet mentioned the unstoppable Brock Bowers, whose NFL.com rank of 17 is just two slots behind his ECR), McBride should provide a weekly advantage over most options at the tight end position. This is especially true in a full PPR format, where it won’t be as impactful if his allergy to the end zone continues. If this 28th overall ranking means you can grab McBride in the third round after locking up your RB1 and WR1, don’t think twice before clicking the button.
Tank Bigsby (RB – JAX) | NFL.com Rank: 164/ECR: 125
In general, running backs are ranked higher on NFL.com than they are in ECR. Of the 48 backs with an ECR inside the top 150, the experts are only higher on 15. This makes Tank Bigsby stand out even more, as he is ranked over three full rounds later on NFL.com. Of course, that ranking difference isn’t as significant because we are now talking about the double-digit rounds, but it is still a huge gap.
Given that even the higher of his two rankings is outside the top 120 players, Bigsby is not a can’t-miss pick. Between the veteran Travis Etienne and fourth-round rookie Bhayshul Tuten, there’s a chance he ends up without a fantasy-relevant role in the Jaguars’ backfield. On the other hand, Bigsby outperformed Etienne in essentially every rushing efficiency metric in 2024, and we see fourth-round picks fail to make an impact every single year. There’s a real chance Bigsby manages to claim the lead role in this Jaguars backfield, for most, if not all, of the season.
That role could be especially valuable this year, as things are looking up for Jacksonville’s offense. Last year, the Jaguars’ backfield ranked fifth-worst in expected fantasy points. Meanwhile, their new head coach, Liam Coen, steered Tampa Bay’s backfield to the league’s fourth-highest number. That’s before we get into the return of Trevor Lawrence to full health, the continued ascension of Brian Thomas Jr. and the arrival of Travis Hunter. Two of the best situations to target to find huge wins in fantasy football drafts are ambiguous backfields and potentially ascending offenses. Bigsby is both in one, and you can get him at a huge discount on NFL.com.
Rashee Rice (WR – KC) | NFL.com Rank: 49/ECR: 35
If anything, this 14-pick gap might undersell how undervalued Rashee Rice is on NFL.com. The most accurate source of ADP at this time of the year is Underdog best ball drafts, where he is at 24.7 and rising (admittedly, Underdog drafters are notoriously wide receiver-happy). Even if we just compare his NFL rank to his 35 ECR, we see a 14-pick gap that is very meaningful at this stage of the draft.
To be fair to the NFL.com rankers, there are valid reasons to be concerned about Rice. The third-year receiver is coming off a season-ending knee injury, and there is also a risk that he might face a suspension due to his involvement in a car crash last offseason. However, the news on both of those fronts is positive for Rice’s fantasy outlook. He has already returned to Chiefs practice, and recent reports indicate that he will avoid suspension for the 2025 season.
With those concerns off the table, we are just left looking at how Rice performed the last time he was on an NFL field. In the three games he played in 2024 before his season-ending injury, Rice averaged 21.6 PPR points on 9.7 targets per game. Those numbers would have ranked second and fifth for the season, respectively. The late-season emergence of Xavier Worthy does throw a potential wrench into Rice’s path to alpha volume, but we must also consider that Travis Kelce is no longer a target-dominant player. The 25-year-old receiver comes with risk, but he also has league-winning upside, especially when you can get him in the fourth round thanks to NFL.com’s default rankings.
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Ted Chmyz is a fantasy football contributor for FantasyPros.com. Find him on Twitter and Bluesky @Tchmyz for more fantasy content or to ask questions.
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