As NFL training camps get underway and the itch to draft your fantasy football teams grows, it’s time you jumped on board with one of the hottest new best ball draft platforms, FastDraft. But it’s not just about drafting; it’s about one of the fastest-rising communities in the fantasy industry, as the platform is filled with like-minded competitors who love to draft. Yes, there is money to be won, but with so many drafts, so many competitors, and so many fantasy football conversations happening, it’s tough not to get swept up in the excitement. 

If this is your first time hearing about FastDraft, then do yourself a favor and click here for a quick read. That article from Andrew Cooper lays everything out for you about FastDraft, from the basic contest parameters, draft strategies, and a full explanation of all the ins and outs of the app. You can also check out this Friday’s Fantasy Alarm Show on SiriusXM Fantasy Sports Radio as Matt Kelley, one of the creators of FastDraft, joined us to add further insights.

Bottom line is that FastDraft has revolutionized drafting. Short clock, short drafts. You’ve got contests like Origins (rookies only) and Flex-4 (draft six flex players, best-ball starts your best four), where the drafts take no more than five minutes. Even less if you set up your own rankings and load them into their Turbo Mode feature, where you can set up to auto-draft off of them for multiple teams – five, 10, 20, you set the number. 

And now they also have a contest called The Rabbit, where you’re drafting a true, 15-round best-ball team, but in the same fashion with a 20-second clock. Rabbit drafts only take about 20 minutes each, and yes, you can also set up Turbo Mode here as well. The experience is spectacular because they make it so easy.

Best of all? They give you the tools to succeed, including a fully comprehensive FastDraft ADP. Not only do they tell you where everyone is going, but they also provide ownership numbers so you can see where the masses are going with their picks. You’ll also see that the ADP is broken up into the individual contests they run. Drafting players in Origins is obviously different from drafting them in the Rabbit, so why would you want one giant lump of ADP data that doesn’t tell an accurate story? The folks at FastDraft know this and, again, have made it as easy as possible for you to succeed.

With the Rabbit in full swing, we can begin to look at some of the ADP risers and fallers. Last week, we began our look at the FastDraft ADP to find a few notable names to keep tabs on. Today, we continue that journey.   

 

 

FastDraft Rabbit ADP Risers

Lamar Jackson, QB Baltimore Ravens (ADP: 29.04; +1.32)

We start with Jackson, who, in my opinion, should have won the NFL MVP for the second year in a row, but watched as the NFL powers that be handed it to their preferred poster boy, Josh Allen. But the real ones are here in the FastDraft lobby. They know who the real No. 1 quarterback is. Just like I do. You might be able to get a discount in your home league as the mindless sheep continue to draft Allen first, but based on the proximity of the two here in the FastDraft ADP and the higher rate of increase we’re seeing for Jackson, we should see him start coming off the board as the top quarterback option much sooner than later. That means you want to start drafting right now and grab that value. 

Travis Hunter, WR Jacksonville Jaguars (ADP: 55.07; +2.89)

The ADP increase here is all about name recognition and hype. Maybe people are reaching to ensure that Jaguars stack and get a strong share of that Liam Coen offense, but let this serve as a buyer-beware warning. Hunter is a good receiver. Not a great one. He is still catching the ball with his body, and that is going to be a problem in the NFL with far more physical corners ready to pounce once the ball gets near him. There was also an interesting point made by Travis Kelce, who said teams will look to tire him out when he’s on defense by sending the receiver he’s covering all the way downfield, basically forcing him into wind sprints all day. If you are looking at him in any way, by himself or part of a stack, be careful with his ADP increase. You don’t want to force it, lose value, and overpay. 

Darnell Mooney, WR Atlanta Falcons (ADP: 98.33; +4.27)

Now here’s an increase that makes some sense. Mooney remains one of the most underrated receiver commodities in the game. He’s not flashy, the Falcons aren’t playing huck-it-chuck-it football, and the overall numbers aren’t gaudy by any means. His first season in Atlanta was considered a success as he fell just eight yards shy of his second career 1,000-yard season, and that was with a struggling Kirk Cousins and a very inexperienced Michael Penix under center. This season should work a whole lot better as Penix will start from Day 1, and offensive coordinator Zac Robinson has a full year of actual play-calling under his belt. Consider Mooney a fairly safe player with a decent floor.

 

 

 

FastDraft Rabbit ADP Fallers

Rashee Rice, WR Kansas City Chiefs (ADP: 25.81; -0.20)

By now, you should have seen the news that Rice was sentenced to 30 days in jail and five years of probation for his car accident in Dallas back in 2024. Now the ball is in the NFL’s court as we await a potential suspension. NFL Insider Adam Schefter seems to think one is coming, yet there are some other reports (nothing substantiated) indicating that he may not be suspended at all or, if he is, it won’t come down until next season. Maybe that’s just wishful thinking by those who have already drafted him. This current ADP drop is negligible, but it wouldn’t be surprising at all to see some overreaction and to see his ADP drop by a few rounds.

TreVeyon Henderson, RB New England Patriots (ADP: 59.23; -3.31)

Watching the running back ADP has been very interesting and not just in the Rabbit, but the Flex-4 contest as well. We’re seeing a number of mid-tier veteran backs falling a bit – Kenneth Walker and Chuba Hubbard to name a pair -- but we are also seeing a few rookies climb the boards. Not Henderson, though. Maybe the bloom is off the rose, so to speak, with regard to everyone hyping him as the next James White with the upside to steal the full workload, but I don’t see Rhamondre Stevenson sitting on the bench, especially when OC Josh McDaniels likes to use a power run. Remember, this is best ball and still just 15 rounds, so drafting a guy with the hope that he’s going to see more volume is a risky proposition.

Jaylen Warren, RB Pittsburgh Steelers (ADP: 110.00; -3.58)

And here is where we are addressing the rise of some rookie running backs, most notably Kaleb Johnson. The rookie is getting teamed up just a bit as we dive further into the offense Arthur Smith is running in Pittsburgh. He prefers an outside zone blocking scheme, the same as Johnson ran at Iowa, and getting this kid running out in space is seemingly a priority. He is also built to run in a power/gap scheme between the tackles, so he is definitely looking at some decent volume. That’s not to say Warren is headed to the bench, but he is more likely to fill out that third-down pass-catching role. Now, he is considered a strong pass-blocker, and we all know that Aaron Rodgers likes to call his own number at the line, so maybe that helps him with the snap count. Does it help with the touches? Probably not, but we’ll have to wait and see. 

 

 

Friday Promotion: FastDraft Friday Rabbit Beauty Contest

  • Draft your team in the Rabbit and post the roster to their Rate-My-Team Discord channel
  • They will be reviewing all submissions this weekend. The "prettiest" roster will receive $500 in FastDraft promotional credits and be featured in a FastDraft video breakdown
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