The Best Fantasy Football Value Pick From Each AFC Team

Here’s a look at 16 AFC players who present excellent value for fantasy football owners. If you’re a fan and want to draft a player from your team, here’s the player you can feel good about targeting. These suggestions are based upon standard average draft position on Fantasy Pros.

AFC East

Buffalo Bills: Charles Clay, TE (ADP of 189th overall) — The Bills offense is devoid of talent. But they seem intent upon giving the reigns to Josh Allen sooner than later. That might make Clay mighty useful, if he becomes Allen’s safety blanket. Clay is currently TE22 — it’s hard to imagine he’ll perform that poorly, even in the Bills unimpressive offense.

Miami Dolphins: Kenyan Drake, RB (37) — Kalen Ballage will get hype out of training camp. But he and Frank Gore should be second and third options behind Drake, who proved capable of catching and rushing the ball in 2018. Drake had only two games under 10 points in the final nine games of the season. He also had three games over 20 points.

New England Patriots: Chris Hogan, WR (73) — No Brandin Cooks. No Danny Amendola. No Julian Edelman for the first four games. Hogan has a massive opportunity. So long as he’s healthy, he should be a monster.

New York Jets: Terrelle Pryor, WR (241) — He flunked out in Washington after a huge year with the Browns in 2016. Can the Jets figure out how to get the talented pass-catcher involved? Won’t cost much to find out. He’s generally going undrafted, depending on the size of the league.

AFC North

Baltimore Ravens: Alex Collins, RB (40) — He presents value in a similar way that Drake does. Just like Drake, Collins has competition. He’ll have to beat out Kenneth Dixon for touches. But just like Drake, Collins surged at the end of the season. Collins had more than 10 points in seven of the final nine games of the season. He had two games above 20 points.

Cincinatti Bengals: A.J. Green, WR (20) — You can pretty much put 1,000 yards and eight touchdowns in the bank. He may not be a hot name anymore, but he’s one of the best receivers in the league, and he’ll get a lot of looks. The emergence of John Ross — if it ever happens — would probably benefit Green.

Cleveland Browns: David Njoku, TE (123) — He’s going at TE13, and has the physical abilities to finish in the top five. It might be wise to double up on tight ends if you select him, because he’s risky. But he could quickly become one of Baker Mayfield’s favorite targets.

Pittsburgh Steelers: Ben Roethlisberger, QB (104) — Antonio Brown would be my pick here, but there’s no guaranteeing you can pick him with his ADP at No. 7. Running backs are owning the top five which, has somehow turned Brown (1,533 yards, nine touchdowns in 2017) into a value. But alas, we’ll defer to Big Ben, who is oft-injured but oft-productive. He’s going preposterously late, which makes for surprisingly good value.

AFC South

Houston Texans: Will Fuller, WR (74) — No one expects him to score at the rate he was scoring with Deshaun Watson in 2017. But let’s not disregard what he did in those games. His volume was dangerously low, but there’s a point where trepidation goes too far. He’s a big playmaker.

Indianapolis Colts: Andrew Luck, QB (94) — He’s QB11, but has been one of the most productive quarterbacks in the NFL when healthy. The fear is that he won’t play — like last season. So his might be a high-stress pick, but so long as he gets cleared through preseason, he’ll be a great value. The fantasy grudge for his absence in 2017 may be too significant.

Jacksonville Jaguars: Marqise Lee, WR (134) — He’s the highest-ranked Jaguars receiver, and yet he’s WR50. Surrounded by young and inexperienced receivers who seem liable to pop on any given week, Lee will be consistent. Blake Bortles has to throw to somebody.

Tennessee Titans: Delanie Walker (72) — Since joining the Titans, he has been a consistent producer in terms of yardage. His touchdown totals, however, have been erratic. He has scored as many as nine and as few as three in Tennessee. That’s what lands him as TE8 this year. Typically, drafting tight ends highly is inadvisable, but Walker’s lack of touchdowns seems to have dropped his value below what it should be. Expect more from him this season.

AFC West

Denver Broncos: Royce Freeman, RB (75) — Hop on Freeman’s bandwagon before he takes off. He’s a risk because he’s a rookie, but the Denver backfield boasts little competition with Devontae Booker. New arrival and quarterback Case Keenum should give Freeman space to work.

Kansas City Chiefs: Patrick Mahomes, QB (109) — He’s got TE8 (Travis Kelce), RB7 (Kareem Hunt) and WR10 (Tyreek Hill) and WR28 (Sammy Watkins). If all those guys are putting up big numbers, then so will Mahomes.

Los Angeles Chargers: Tyrell Williams 218 — In the event Mike Williams doesn’t pop, Tyrell Williams will be the team’s No. 2 receiver. But even if Mike does get ahead of Tyrell, the Chargers love to throw the ball. Tyrell will be more fantasy-relevant than his draft position lets on. (That said, Mike Williams, ADP of 147, also qualifies for this list.)

Oakland Raiders: Jordy Nelson, WR (95) — In 2016, he had 1,257 yards and 14 touchdown receptions with Aaron Rodgers. Then 2017 happened. Derek Carr isn’t Aaron Rodgers, but the Raiders offense should be more prolific than last season. Nelson won’t continue to fall off a production cliff — he’ll bounce back in 2018.