Drafting Strategy: RB vs. WR

Join Ryan Wormeli, Andrew Erickson, and Jake Ciely as they break down the Top 6 tiers of the FantasyPros consensus wide receiver rankings!

Tune in as the group has some great conversations regarding the drop-offs within each tier, which players are over and undervalued, and how you should go about constructing your teams this season!

Intro - 0:00:00

Tier 1 - 0:02:43

DraftKings BestBall - 0:08:25

Tier 2 - 0:09:46

Drake London - 0:11:35

Amon-Ra St. Brown - 0:13:39

Malik Nabers - 0:15:23

BetterHelp - 0:19:47

Tier 3 - 0:21:07

Garrett Wilson - 0:22:07

DK Metcalf - 0:22:51

Davante Adams - 0:23:55

A.J. Brown - 0:24:41

Ladd McConkey - 0:25:30

Fantrax - 0:30:28

Tier 4 - 0:31:45

Tet McMillan - 0:34:54

Zay Flowers - 0:37:48

Marvin Harrison Jr. - 0:41:04

FantasyPros DraftKit - 0:47:23

Tier 5 - 0:47:45

Calvin Ridley - 0:48:14

Jordan Addison - 0:50:15

Rome Odunze, Jerry Jeudy, and Chris Olave - 0:54:35

Ricky Pearsall - 0:56:42

Travis Hunter - 0:57:39

Tier 6 - 0:58:25

Matthew Golden - 0:59:39

Jayden Higgins - 1:00:15

Keenan Allen - 1:01:06

Jayden Reed - 1:01:30

Final Thoughts - 1:03:10

Outro - 1:07:26

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