Happy Friday!

Training camps are in full swing now, which means this is usually when mock ADP starts actually moving instead of just sitting where it landed back in May. We're already seeing it - several names from our very first values section three weeks ago have kept climbing since. Justin Herbert has now gone from a Landmine Score of 0.8 to 3.5 today - still a fine value, but the free lunch is closing fast.

And a couple of our more recent picks are already paying off: Dylan Sampson has jumped 43 picks in two weeks, and Hunter Henry has moved up 40. If you've been sitting on either of those calls, this is probably your last easy window.

Let’s get to drafting!

🏷️ This Week's Draft Values
📝 Draft Day Cheat Sheet
🔍 Draft Room Trend Watch
🥇 Top-10 RBs

Every week I’ll highlight draft values found in draft rooms, primarily using my Abusing Draft Rankings tool to help find these players.

FantasyPros ECR: 126 overall | Sleeper ADP: 159
Landmine Score: 3.1

Brooks tore his ACL twice in three years and missed all of 2025 recovering. He's now fully healthy, taking first-team reps in padded practice this week, and coach Dave Canales has said he looks like “guy that I remember." NFL Network's Cameron Wolfe has floated a real path to Brooks overtaking Chuba Hubbard as the lead back this season. This is a real health-recovery story, not a hopeful one - worth the late-round bet.

FantasyPros ECR: 81 overall | ESPN ADP: 127
Landmine Score: 2.4

Godwin dealt with a dislocated ankle and a fibula injury that limited him to nine games last year - that's almost certainly why his price is still depressed. He's fully healthy now, was a standout during OTAs, and has no lingering injury concerns entering camp. He's projected to work primarily out of the slot alongside Egbuka and McMillan. The discount here is about last year's health, not this year's outlook.

FantasyPros ECR: 144 overall | Yahoo ADP: 179
Landmine Score: 3.1

Jennings quietly posted career highs with the 49ers in 2024 (77 catches, 975 yards) and followed it up with 643 yards and a career-high 9 touchdowns in 2025. He signed with the Vikings this offseason, and the market hasn't caught up to a proven, reliable target changing offenses.

FantasyPros ECR: 143 overall | ESPN ADP: 182
Landmine Score: 3.0

Worth being straightforward here: Pacheco left Kansas City this offseason and signed with Detroit, where he's locked in as the clear No. 2 back behind Jahmyr Gibbs - a backup role, not a starting job. That's a real ceiling on this pick. But he's a two-time Super Bowl champion with a genuine complementary role in a good offense, and the Lions' running backs coach has specifically challenged him to make the most of every touch he gets. Treat this as a solid deep-bench flier, not a league-winner.

Another year, another update to my draft cheat sheet - JuiceSheets!

These sheets pair nicely with my Abusing Draft Rankings as it includes projections and a value column for Standard, Half PPR and PPR scoring on ESPN, Sleeper and Yahoo. Check it out as a tool to use as you draft.

Remember the QB/RB split we first flagged a few weeks ago? Three weeks later, we've got a real answer on how it played out.

The correction is basically complete. ESPN's QB average Landmine Score has climbed from 3.74 to 4.96 today - nearly all the way back to a normal baseline. RB has followed the same path in reverse, settling from the high-6s back down into the 5.2–5.6 range almost everywhere. The wide positional gaps that defined the first three issues of this season have mostly closed as more mock drafts have piled in and the market has caught up to expert consensus.

The one exception: Sleeper's QB market is still running cold - 4.37 today, barely moved from where it started. If you're on Sleeper specifically, quarterback value is still out there. Everywhere else, the free lunch on QB is mostly gone, and this is likely the last issue where we'll be able to point at a clean positional-level story instead of individual player values.

Going forward, Trend Watch will keep showing up when a real one emerges - just don't expect a QB/RB rerun. That story's finished.

The first draft of my 2026 rankings are LIVE! Here's a look at my top RBs, powered by FantasyPros ECR. Feel free to view all player ranks at the link below. Ranks will continue to be updated.

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