• Wide receiver is the right first round pick outside of 1.01: Christian McCaffrey is the right pick at 1.01, but wide receiver is the preferred option over every other first-round pick.

• Find out when Rashee Rice will be available: It’s becoming increasingly clear that Rice likely won’t be suspended in 2024, making him possibly the best choice.

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The “Perfect Fantasy Football Draft” series combines current average draft positions from both expert and casual drafts to predict player availability at each pick, allowing us to make the best possible selections based on that information. This draft is designed for 12-team PPR leagues. Click here for our 10 team version.

Last updated: 07:15 AM Monday September 2

Round 1, Picks 1-12: Draft a wide receiver

Anyone with the best overall choice should choose Christian McCaffrey without hesitation. He scored over 100 more PPR points than any other running back last season and has the perfect combination of talent, opportunity and situation. Anyone who misses should switch to wide receiver. No quarterback or tight end is worth a first round pick this year.

Bijan Robinson And Breece Hall are both worth taking in the first round, but both also have slightly higher ADPs than they should given the talent at wide receiver. So if you’re going somewhere between the second and tenth spots, wide receiver is your best bet.

Main objective: CeeDee Lam (Player Profile)

Lamb has improved noticeably each season and is now at the top of the position. He finished 2023 as the top wide receiver and has less competition for targets this season after Tony Pollard‘s and Michael Gallup‘s departure. The only notable addition is the sixth-round pick Ryan Flournoywhich will not affect Lamb’s target market share.

On the other hand, Justin Jefferson has a new quarterback, Ja’Marr ChaseThe quarterback of ‘is coming back from an injury and Tyreek Heuvel is 30 years old, which adds a little risk to their profiles.

Possible goals: Ja’Marr Chase, Amon-Ra Saint Brown, Justin Jefferson, AJ Brown, Puka Nacua

Round 2, Picks 13-24: Draft a wide receiver

Like the first round, the value in this round also lies with wide receiver, making wide receiver the strength of your team. This is where the “zero running back” strategy gains popularity: wide receivers selected around this time tend to be more reliable as fantasy starters throughout the season than running backs available in the same range.

Main objective: Puka Nacua (Player Profile)

Nacua finished last season with the fourth-most fantasy points of any wide receiver, making it one of the best rookie seasons ever for a wide receiver. His situation this year is very similar to last year, with Sean McVay as his head coach, Matthew Stafford as his quarterback, and Cooper Kupp as his main competition. It is certainly possible that Nacua will have an even better sophomore season. Still, he has a sample size of excellent play in one year compared to the wide receivers selected ahead of him who have been clear elite options for multiple seasons.

Possible goals: Davante Adams, Marvin Harrison Jr., Chris Olave, Drake London, Mike Evans

Round 3, Picks 25-36: Draft a wide receiver or quarterback

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